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Growing up, it was always the three of us. Me, my twin brother, Kyle, and our best friend, Aiden. We were inseparable all the way through high school. Did I picture myself with Aiden from the first moment I laid eyes on him back when we were eight? Hell. Yes. I fell in love with his soul that day. But he was always more Kyle’s friend than mine. And Kyle made damn sure we both know the rules. I was strictly off limits. Forever. But now, Kyle is gone. Dead from a freak accident. And Aiden is still here.

I'm the rebel, the bad one. I follow no rules on the track or anywhere else. I'm the obnoxious bad boy the fans secretly root for. I don't mind playing my role. I'm good at it, and it pays to be the dark to his light. Until the good boy starts to get to me. I'm confused and unsure of what I want, when it was all so clear before. They say good always wins, but is that truly the case? In the race between the far-too-pretty good boy and the angry bad boy, who will actually win?

I'm careful not to show my face, so why do I feel like I'm being watched when the camera turns off? No one should know who I am or be able to find me, but they do—and things quickly spiral out of control. The two unhinged men who fill my cam chat with all the deplorable things they want to do to me are closer than I think. To them, I'm just a pretty little tease. Their obsession turns into something so much more than I bargained for. I should have run away when they found me because now it's too late for me to be anything except theirs.

Maddoc, Dante, and Logan. The Reapers. They’re the type of men mothers warn their daughters about, and the last thing I should be doing is marching into their territory and proposing a deal. But I don’t have any other options. My sister has been sold to the notorious West Point gang to cover a debt my father owes, and I’ll do anything to get her back... even if it means offering myself up to the Reapers, West Point’s enemies.

After Emery Hazard loses his job as a detective in Saint Louis, he heads back to his hometown - and to the local police force there. Home, though, brings no happy memories. Hazard's new partner, John-Henry Somerset, had been one of the worst tormentors, and Hazard still wonders what Somerset's role was in the death of Jeff Langham, Hazard's first boyfriend. When a severely burned body is discovered, Hazard finds himself drawn deeper into the case than he expects. Determining the identity of the dead man proves impossible, and solving the murder grows more and more unlikely.

Vesper Rossi has always known her life isn't her own. Born into the notorious Rossi family, her destiny was set—to marry the heir of the ruthless Petrov empire and solidify a deadly alliance. Her intended's twin cousins, Oscar and Zaire, offer her a dangerous lifeline and the chance to escape. When their plan fails, Vesper is taken captive. For two years, she endures unspeakable horrors, her body exploited by a faceless enemy intent on breaking her. Once she serves her purpose, she is sold—not to strangers, but to the very men who failed her.

If my parents had it their way, I’d be off at college. Instead, I’m drowning in secrets, every one of them involving my brother’s best friend. Hayes Wilder is a walking red flag, warning me to stay away. And yet, all I can think about are his calloused hands on my skin. He’s a total player, on and off the ice, but right now, the only playing he wants to do is with me. Sneaking around isn’t easy, especially when you live in a small town where nothing stays hidden. And when our secret ends up in the wrong hands, decisions and regrets come as a package deal.

Power. Control. Darkness. I've built an empire with those three things, and I'll destroy anyone who tries to threaten it. When Rose Miller's father announces her arranged marriage to a man far worse than me, I step in. She needs my protection. But she doesn't know the price of my help. We share a secret, one that could ruin us both. A crime that ties us together in ways she doesn't understand. I'll marry her, keep her safe, but make no mistake, she won't just be my wife. She'll be mine, body and soul.

A woman is found naked, badly beaten and barely alive in the New Mexico mountains. The shocking discovery plunges Albuquerque Detective Alyssa Wyatt into a case that will test her to the limit. It appears that Callie McCormick is the latest plaything of a shadowy psychopath that leaves a long shadow on the streets of New Mexico - an individual linked to a string of deaths but leaving no evidence. But when Alyssa makes a breakthrough that just might reveal the killer, she unknowingly puts herself in the crosshairs of a brutal maniac - one with an old score to settle.

Still haunted by his wife's murder - and stained by the blood of avenging it - FBI special agent Hatcher McGee can't believe he's being teamed up with rookie agent Korine Davenport. She is his most guilty secret - the one-night stand who almost cost him everything. Korine has her own demons. As a child, she witnessed her father's murder, and she's spent her life waiting for the killer's return. She and Hatcher are both looking for closure, but the disturbing case that draws them together could be their last.

Emilia Harrison. The girl I attended Pacific Prep with. My sister's best friend. The greatest sex I've ever had. I never expected to see her again after graduation, so when she showed up in my kitchen in the middle of the night, I didn't know what to think. Apparently, there's some psycho after her, and she needs my help. My family owns a private security firm, but I can't protect her from Wilder. He's still heartbroken over her and livid at her return. He doesn't care about the reason why she's here; he only wants her gone.

Malena Angeli est une survivante. Elle a grandi dans les quartiers les plus chaotiques de Rome. Son mantra ? Ne jamais s'attacher. Ne jamais baisser la garde. Parmi eux, Samaël Belmonte. Arrogant, magnétique, étoile montante du football italien… et surtout, son pire cauchemar.

Nichts ist heißer als Rache – außer vielleicht Monroe Darlington... Sarah traut ihren Augen nicht, als ihre Zwillingsschwester Payton verstört und voller blauer Flecke vor ihrer Tür steht. Seit Payton ein Studium an der Columbia University in New York begonnen und sich einer neuen Clique zugewandt hat, herrscht Funkstille zwischen den beiden. Mit Mühe kriegt sie aus Payton heraus, wer ihr das angetan hat: nämlich niemand anderer als ihre neuen, ach-so-guten Freunde!

Dans notre imaginaire, le diable est souvent rouge et noir, doté d'ailes, de cornes et d'une longue queue. Dans la réalité, il s'appelle Matteo Scorsese et il est séduisant, haletant et aussi tentant que le fruit défendu. Lorsque Matteo, son amour de jeunesse, qui lui a odieusement brisé le coeur, ressurgit étrangement et sans crier gare dans sa vie, Asia Williencourt s'interroge. Elle n'a qu'une solution pour obtenir des réponses : le confronter, même si elle se serait bien passée de ces retrouvailles, elle qui a mis tant de temps à se remettre de leur histoire.

When a local girl falls prey to a sadistic serial killer, Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson and her lover, FBI profiler Dr. John Baldwin, find themselves in a joint investigation pursuing a vicious murderer. The Southern Strangler is slaughtering his way through the Southeast, leaving a gruesome memento at each crime scene – the prior victim’s severed hand.

The problem with Wake was that he was understandable. He was the type of villain who literally scared the absolute s--t out of you because you knew that under the right circumstances, you could end up exactly like him.