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I'll show everyone I'm a threat, and they will fear me. For my family. I have to protect them. The second I hear the name Damien Vetrov I know I'm in trouble. He's an arrogant Russian God. I have zero intention of bowing to him. Ever. Attractive and lethal—he's such an intoxicating mixture. Every second we spend together, the pull between us becomes stronger, and my fear grows. While my body wants him, my head knows better. He has the power to kill my family.

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Wind Dragons and Cursed Ravens MC series comes sinners, saints and secrets… Dear Skylar, Five years. That’s a long time to go without talking to somebody, especially someone who was such a huge part of your life… A letter from my first kiss...

I can’t have Elijah Iverson. I can’t have him because he’s my older brother’s best friend. I can’t have him because I broke his heart five years ago; because he’s now engaged to someone else - someone kind and dependable who deserves his whiskey eyes, his soft mouth, his fierce intellect.

After Dad cut me off, it was time to start over, far away from my past. New city. New university. New life. A whole new me. Too bad they seem hellbent on ruining my plans. The Kings of Kilborn have set their sights on me, threatening to ruin everything I've built for myself. Kaleb is the broken prince, drowning himself in booze and women to fill the dark void within. Hardin is his quietly menacing older brother, with an intense stare that follows me wherever I go. Despised. Desired. Stalked. I try to hate them, but their unyielding attention and rough touches make me feel so alive.

Cruel. Heartless. A mistake waiting to happen. Knox Vaughn is the epitome of a bad boy. He's trouble in a sexy-as-sin package. I know it. They know it. Even he knows it. It's like a moth to the flame. I can't stay away—even though I'm going to get burned. You know what they say, the sinners are much more fun...and this saint is changing the game.

I hate sports, and he is football royalty. I like quiet and predictable, but he's sex and swagger personified. I didn't particularly care for Saint Stevenson the first moment I laid eyes on him, but his warped brain seemed to process our initial meeting as foreplay. I have a meticulous five-year plan in place for myself and my career, but now this huge, cocky, self-absorbed quarterback who I've been assigned to at work is seriously f--king it up.

Je n’ai besoin de la protection de personne. Je vais bien. Mais pour rassurer ma sœur après un cambriolage, j’accepte de suivre des cours d’autodéfense. Il se trouve que ces leçons sont données par un ancien Navy SEAL, grand et musclé, qui pourrait bien représenter tout ce dont j’ai toujours rêvé, mais que je n’ai jamais pensé pouvoir avoir. Et il est déterminé à prendre soin de moi, même lorsque les choses se compliquent dans ma vie. Entre les menaces qui se multiplient envers moi et la pression exercée par ma famille pour que je sois quelqu’un que je ne suis pas, j’ai du mal à tenir le coup.

Virtuous. Kind. Patient. These were words never associated with Gabriel Saint. He was a monster. The devil that haunted the city of Redhill. And he had found me. I managed to hide for a while from my past, present, and future. But I should have known they’d come looking. After all, I had the heir of the city in my arms, and if I know anything about the ruling crime family of this city, it’s that family comes before all else. When Gabriel comes for me, I fight but know it’s useless, and when he forces me to be his wife, I vow to make his life as miserable as possible.

"Saints & Sinners" tells the twisted tale of Catalina Scott as she navigates the sinister and seductive world of the Lords of Sin. Helshire University is ruled by the Lords, and when they set their sights on the innocent Catalina, she's not sure how to resist their power.

Brian "Talon" Masterson leaned into everything that mattered. Wearing the crown of the Lucifer's Saints MC Presidency was always his legacy to carry. But no patch could ever cover the scar left by the woman he betrayed and let go… or the truth he never saw coming. Gabriella Barone was supposed to be a memory. But memories don't show up with fire in their eyes, secrets on their tongue, and ties to a mafia dynasty ready to set the streets on fire to protect their own. She's back, not as the girl he once loved, but as the key to a betrayal that could destroy everything his family has built.

I've been through a lot with my brothers—from sinister politicians to stalkers and serial killers. The craziest of all has been watching them fall in love with their soulmates. Our lives are dangerous, so it's a miracle one of us found love, let alone four. As the only one still single, I've accepted a future of loneliness. Until one night, a drag show changes everything. With a voice like an angel, legs for days, and eyes that sweep me away from my own heavy thoughts, Kona intrigues me. Everything about him makes me want to know more. He's also in serious need of saving.

I was the party crasher. He was the Devil. Three months ago, I suffered a moment of insanity and had a one-night stand without even knowing who the man was. It was hot and unforgettable. I tried to forget him, but there are moments I swear I can still smell his aftershave. Little did I know he's the head of the Bratva. Alexei Koslov. My family's worst enemy. There's a thin line between love and hate, and I'm straddling it.

Sie flüchtet vor einer erzwungenen Ehe. Er soll sie beschützen. Dabei ist der Biker mit den stahlgrauen Augen und dem dunklen Geheimnis die wahre Gefahr... Seit Aria dem Mann, den sie gegen ihren Willen heiraten soll, entkommen konnte, gleicht ihr Leben einer Hetzjagd. Sie landet in Fallbury, einer gesetzlosen Stadt, die von skrupellosen Gangs regiert wird. Verzweifelt sucht sie Schutz bei einer Securityfirma, die ihr ausgerechnet Maddox Knight, einen blutrünstigen Bodyguard, zur Seite stellt.

"You may now kiss your bride". They were the last words my mother heard before she collapsed on the church steps, poison ending her pitifully short life. When her new husband dies minutes later, all eyes turn to me. There are whispers. Accusations. The verdict is split. I murdered them both. Or I'm the next to die.

Sie nennen ihn "Saint". Doch er ist alles andere als ein Heiliger... Die Journalistin Rachel Livingston bekommt endlich ihre Chance, eine ganz große Story zu landen: Sie soll einen Enthüllungsbericht über Malcolm Saint schreiben. Saint ist mysteriös, privilegiert - eine Legende in den High-Society-Kreisen Chicagos. Doch obwohl die Presse jeden seiner Schritte verfolgt: Den wahren Malcolm Saint kennt niemand. Noch nicht. Denn genau dieses Geheimnis will Rachel lüften.

One minute I’m cleaning toilets for minimum wage. The next, I’m waking up from a drug-induced nap with a monster staring down at me. Kidnapped and seconds from death, I think I’m done for. Until masked men burst in, murder my attacker, and turn my world upside down. They call themselves Murder Squad. A secret brotherhood of broken men who only kill the worst of the worst. And one of them thinks I’m his wife.

Was wenn dein Mr. Right glaubt, er sei der Falsche für dich? Dixie Carmichael weiß, dass Church ihr Mr. Right ist, aber der sexy Ex-Soldat scheint das anders zu sehen. Nach Monaten ohne Erfolg versucht sie ihren "Einen" eben noch ein zweites Mal zu finden, doch das stellt sich als schwieriger raus als gedacht. Dash Churchill weiß, dass alles Gute in seinem Leben früher oder später schlecht endet. Und Dixie ist das Beste, was ihm je begegnet ist.

Avett Walker und Quaid Jackson könnten nicht unterschiedlicher sein. Während er sich als erfolgreicher Strafverteidiger stets an die Regeln hält, stolpert sie als Unruhestifterin durch ihr Leben. Als Avett plötzlich wegen eines folgenschweren Fehlers in der Klemme steckt, kann nur noch einer helfen: der wahnsinnig heiße Anwalt Quaid Jackson. Alles in ihr sträubt sich dagegen, sich auf ihn zu verlassen, denn obwohl er ihr Schicksal in seinen Händen hält, scheint er nicht gerade viel von ihr zu halten.

She's a mystery I shouldn't chase, a woman with no past and danger on her trail. I don't save people. I eliminate problems. But something about her makes me want to break every rule I've lived by. She shouldn't make me want things I've buried so deep I forgot they existed. They call me Saint, but saints don't keep kill counts like mine. I know better than to get attached. Because the second her memories return, she'll discover exactly what kind of monster saved her. And I'll have no choice but to let her go.

My once carefree life—dancing, smiling, and never looking over my shoulder—ended the day I was kidnapped and held by a serial killer for three months. A part of me was certain I was never getting out of there alive…and then when I thought my end was near, I was rescued. But the killer is still out there, and he wants me back.