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I never thought I'd be involved with the Italian Mafia. My association with them has made me a target, so they've appointed one of their most ruthless to be my bodyguard. He pretends to be my boyfriend, but a man as cold-hearted as Lorenzo Moretti is not built for high society and will never receive my father's approval. Worse, he's getting too close to my secrets, my heart, and the seemingly perfect life I've built.

Nico I'm not a good man. I never claimed to be. I kept that part of me buried—because the only thing I've ever wanted more than control… was her. My wife. The woman who looked at me like I wasn't a monster. Until the truth was dragged into the light. Now she wants a life without me. But...

Ink has led a pretty charmed life. He has his family. His brothers at Iron Shadows. A thriving business. But there's something missing. He's ready to settle down, if only he could find the right girl. Someone he could pamper and protect. Dominate and discipline. A Little he could cherish. And...

Lately, Tiffany Best's life has been one bad day after another. But a chance encounter with a stranger change everything. Ever since she met Niccolo Basille, things have been on the up and up for her. Until her boyfriend of nine years makes the wrong person angry. Now, Tiffany has a dangerous...

She's the shy, quiet girl next door. He's the bad ass biker with an attitude. It's never going to work... Sunny knows she should steer clear of her neighbor. He's rough, gruff, and quite possibly, dangerous. So why can't she keep her mind off him? Or her body from reacting around him? Or her...

For fans of Tessa Bailey comes a steamy debut sports romance following an Olympic downhill skier and the sexy risk-taking ski mountaineer she hires to train her. But when their chemistry threatens to disrupt her carefully planned life, will she stick with her schedule or let her life veer off...

Ziggy's got a secret... He's on a mission of extreme importance and failure is not an option. The future of the family depends on it. Five years after claiming her throne, Mina has a secret that will change everything—and she's entrusting one of her own mates with the mission of a lifetime...

He's a morally gray grump who needs a fake fiancee. She's small town sunshine . . . and the only one he wants. Simone: I should've said no. Brendan Black is everything I've been warned about—grumpy, controlling, devastating in a suit. But the family farm is days from foreclosure, and his...

When they said only the strong would survive, they weren't joking. Between deadly gauntlets, cutthroat classmates, and my father's relentless attempts to transform me into a dracolich, death has become my closest companion. As the sole surviving fourth year at Shadowcarve Academy, I've evolved from student to reluctant mentor for my younger mates. The school has little left to teach me that my father didn't already beat into my bones. Did I mention that Thauglor has hatched, and Abraxis is slowly becoming his terrifying mini-me?

The history of the Black Cursed Egg. One moment, I'm fighting alongside my best friend to avenge the slaughter of his progeny—the next, I'm entombed within an eternal prison. Years dissolve like sand through my claws, punctuated only by fleeting moments of consciousness. I hatched once for a...

What is inevitable? Emmeline DeLeoste has always talked to the stars. As a member of a fortune-telling warrior clan, her exceptional magic allows her to read the Fates, earning her a prestigious Academy job. But it has also cost her everyone she loves. Roremar Silventa has more responsibilities...

Sugar and spice and everything naughty. A sunless city, a magical boundary, a demon around every corner—what could be better? Nothing, if you ask bright, bubbly Brioni. In fact, being trapped in the demon realm and assigned a letter carrier position might be the best thing that’s ever...

Days bleed together, and time loses all meaning. A thousand years of imprisonment vanish in the blink of an eye, and voices flicker in and out of the egg chamber in Malivore—until hers captures my attention. The ethereal song she sings awakens something deep within me, stirring a long-forgotten spark of life. Who is this enigmatic woman, and could she be the one destined to set me free?

A standalone dark, arranged marriage mafia romance . . . Luna I may have been born into the Mafia underworld, but I left all that behind me, and I never looked back. Until I got the call I’d been dreading. Now, I’m nothing but a sacrifice. A pawn for my father and the man I’m being forced...

After a brutal breakup leaves her emotionally shattered, librarian Morgan Sloane joins Eden—a secretive matchmaking program promising marriage at first sight. Her new husband Henry Langford is utterly perfect: wealthy, charming, and waiting at the altar of a private island paradise. Then she meets a woman who won't stop staring at Henry. Every time Morgan turns around, she's there, watching and smiling like she knows something Morgan doesn't. When Morgan confronts Henry about her, he becomes evasive. He's hiding something.

Survival isn't a subject you can study—it's one you have to live. Year three at Dragonis Academy was supposed to be manageable. I'd survived two years of brutal competition, backstabbing classmates, and professors who'd rather see me dead than graduate. I even have Klauth by my side now, who...

My dad's teammate needs a nanny and I need a job. Sounds perfect, right? Except for my massive crush on him . . . the one he knows all about. Lars I just found out I’m a dad. My one-night stand dropped a baby bombshell in my local bar where I was celebrating my team’s win. Then she fled...

Men always have another secret . . . Morgan thought she'd escaped. Her nightmare marriage is over, her husband Henry is dead, and she's finally free. Or so she believed. Because Henry isn't dead. He's searching for his missing wife, and he knows exactly where to find her.

How can this possibly be my life? If I could go back to the morning before the gala, trust my gut, and stay home, I would in a heartbeat. But that's not possible, so I'm stuck with the repercussions. Because of what I am—not who, mind you—there's a whole new set of rules for me to follow...

Eisa's life is one of pain and cruelty. Living in servitude, she grapples daily with an illness for which there is no cure and abuse at the hands of the man who has owned her since she was a child. When Arik, the silver-eyed second-in-command of the king's dragon-bonded warriors, makes her a deal she can't refuse, Eisa finds herself hurtling toward a destiny she never would have chosen.