Now, I’m a shadow. Exiled from my clan of dragon-shifters, I drift among the humans without purpose or belonging. My inner dragon snaps and snarls as it struggles to adapt, but like me, it has no choice—this is our life now.The only human either of us can tolerate is Natalie, owner of the Buck’s Head Lodge. Her quiet strength and distracting beauty remind me of the fierce women I grew up with. But they were my trusted friends, lovers, and equals. As a human, Natalie can never know who I truly am.Trouble is brewing, but I can’t afford to get involved. I’m a shadow, not a hero—even if my secrecy ends up costing Natalie her life.Hiding in exile, I’m forced to conceal my supernatural powers from the humans at all costs. When my inner-dragon roars in frustration, the only thing that calms the beast is the soft laughter of the local innkeeper, Natalie. I trust the girl more than I should, but I can never risk revealing my true, monstrous, identity. Until evil comes knocking, and I’m forced to choose between a sacred oath, or an innocent young woman’s life.This boxset includes the following books:Book 1: Secrets of My Dragon ProtectorBook 2: Trusting My Dragon HeroBook 3: Revenge of My Dragon SaviorBook 4: Saved By My Dragon GuardianBook 5: Rescued By My Dragon ChampionWarning: Adults Only

    The focus of my FBI investigation?North Wainright.One look at her and I'm f$cked.I want her, and not behind bars.The closer I get, the more I learn about the woman I've decided is mine.When I find out what happened at Billionaire Ranch, I discover I'm not the only one hiding the truth. North also has secrets and they just might get her killed.How can I save her when she finds out I'm the biggest lie of all?Welcome to Billionaire Ranch, USA Today bestseller Vanessa Vale's new cowboy romance series. Where love points you in the right direction when you least expect it.

    Proposition a man and extend a challenge: help me accomplish something I’ve never been able to do before with past boyfriends.But there are rules.He needs to be a stranger and someone who won't judge me if I can't cross the finish line.Luke Sorenson, one of the most famous soccer players in the world, isn't meant to be that man. He's the guy I grew up next door to. The man who broke my heart ten years ago, then moved across the country and never looked back.He also happens to be the one person in the world I can't stand.But as my best friend points out, he's the best option.Besides, it's only for one night. What can possibly go wrong?***The last person I expect to see when I walk into a random corner bar is Olivia Brighton, the one woman I let slip through my fingers when I chased my dream a decade ago.Not only do I run into her again, but I offer to help her out with her dilemma, and she accepts.It's supposed to be a one-time occurrence. One shot to prove my skills in bed.But that one shot turns into a deal, which morphs into something neither of us predicts.One thing's for certain—everything is about to get simply complicated.

    My wealth.But a weekend at the Winter Moon Lodge is exactly what I need to clear my head.And the hordes of hunky handsome guys that are coming out of the woodwork are just what the doctor ordered.But one has my attention without effort.Hunter. And this man is on the prowl.I, for one, am happy to get caught up in his net.Unfortunately, my family will never accept him.Wealth hasn’t corrupted me, but they’re a different story.If our love affair could just be a fling, all would be fine, but I can’t settle for anything less than all of him.Love or family? That is the question…

    She wants Gale Montoya.So what if there has been a feud between their families, lasting for two generations? Her beast has chosen its mate.Their families forbid them from being together, though. Their hatred blinds them.When everyone tries to tear them apart, she’ll fight tooth and nail to keep them together.GaleBaylee Barnes should be his sworn enemy. But he can’t get her out of his head.She’s sweet. Beautiful. Formidable, but powerless against the wishes of her family.He wants to help her. To see her smile. His dragon’s instincts are impossible to ignore, and they’re all shouting mate.He doesn’t care about their families’ vendetta. He is prepared to fight for her, even if it means challenging the head of the Montoya clan.He plays by his own rules. And he will make her his.

    Each is unique in his methods and skills, but all share key similarities. They are passionate about those they love, relentless when fighting for a cause they believe in, and all believe that no case is too hard, no danger too dark. Dedication is what they deliver, results are their reward.Meet Lucifer, one of those men...A man with demons that run deep and dark...The only woman who can bring him to his knees...As one of the newest members of Walker Security, Lucifer lives up to his name. He’s a man with demons that run deep and dark. A man with secrets. A man betrayed by a woman, and that betrayal has shaped every part of his life moving forward.He lives on the edge with fast cars, faster women, and some might say a death wish. That is until he crossed paths with Walker Security and one of their own pulled him from the bowels of his self-created hell.But his own personal devil is about to show herself again. That woman from his past is back, and nothing is as it seems.Lucifer's Trilogy is a Tall, Dark, and Deadly and Walker Security trilogy, but all three books can be read together without reading the previous series.

    Because of me, the love of my life is gone.And she's never coming back. Guilt plagues me every single day. As for the pain--it never ends.Losing Carmen damned my soul.But then a beautiful twist of fate changes everything. Note: This is a continuation of Every Sin We Erase. It is NOT a standalone

    Letting someone in could be devastating for my family.For the most part, isolation isn’t a hardship. I haven’t been looking for love or any kind of serious relationship.But then I met Logan. I tried to keep my distance. He won’t let me.Logan is gentle, kind, and loving. Everything I never knew I needed in my life.He’s also a cop—exactly the kind of man who’d never understand my truth.So, while he has shared his deepest, darkest secrets, I keep mine hidden.Too bad I can’t keep my heart locked away, too.Because now I’m falling for a man who can never be mine. Not truly, anyway. How can I ask him to be my future when I can’t even let him help me survive my present?******A steamy girl next door romance featuring a former-military, grumpy hero temporarily relocated to a resort island with a small-town atmosphere, right off the coast of North Carolina. First Light is a standalone steamy contemporary romance. The Haven Island Series can be read in any order; you do not need to read any of the other books in the series to enjoy First Light.

    Though only a high school junior, Mina knows time is an investment, and she’s putting all her capital into academics. Oliver, a child abuse survivor who grew up in the foster care system, is ready to burn down his old life and start from scratch—complete with a new name and emancipation papers—in L.A. When the two are thrown together through circumstance and develop an unexpected connection, they discover how hard it is to keep the past in the past.Content warning: sexual assault, recollections of child abuse, discussions of suicidal thoughts, and mention of miscarriage.

     right? But when Danielle Petrov welcomes her new bundle of joy just in time for the holidays, everything isn’t as magical as it should have been. She’s trying to plan a surprise for their first Christmas as a family of four while dealing with a touch of postpartum depression and a six-year-old who wants nothing to do with his new sibling.Sergei is completely smitten with his wife, his son, and the new baby, but he knows something is bothering Dani. Between being on the road with the Blizzard and trying to spend time with the kids, he’s not there for her the way he wants to be.As the holiday barrels down on them, nothing is going according to plan. Sergei is determined to salvage what he can of a complicated holiday season. Will an unexpected storm be what brings everyone together?

    Warns me to keep the house shut up tight, not opening the door for anyone.But once he’s gone, I feel eyes on me.A stranger’s eyes.Maybe it’s real eyes, or maybe it’s just a feeling. Like something in the wind.Either way, I’m a changed girl since being at home alone and now I feel like doing something I’ve never felt like doing before.Is he watching?Is it really just the wind?Whatever it is, it’s dangerous and it’s my new middle name.God, I hope he’s watching me.Wanting me.NOAHI have a promise to keep. My dear and beloved Gramma’s dying wish.Should be straight forward enough, just deliver the case she left behind.Easy enough, right?The pain of her passing is hard, but she was a good woman. More family than I ever had.She was the only family I ever had, and we weren’t even related.An unexpected stop along the way leads me straight to her, something that cancels out everything in a single moment.It’s not the wet heat of the thunderclouds above.It’s a different kind of Southern heat that draws me to that house.Draws me to her.I have my promise to keep, but suddenly, a whole lot more is riding on what I see.The dry crack of thunder. The huge drops of warm rain that splinter my very soul as I watch her, unseen.Needing her. Wanting her.Planning to claim her.If she’s not riding on me before this night’s through, like I know she needs it…Like I know she wants it.The perfect detour or the perfect storm?I think I may have just stumbled onto both.

    He was that guy; NFL football quarterback and Mr. Popular. He told me he would never leave. He lied. Now he’s back. But I’m not that girl anymore.Aurora St. Claire is that girl. The one who excels at academics. The one from a broken home who lives on the bad side of town. The one with an alcoholic mother who couldn’t care less if she existed. The one with an abusive older sister who would give her bruises instead of hugs. The one who keeps to the shadows, trying not to be seen.Sometimes the best families are the ones you create, not the ones you are born into. Aurora never knows what a true family is like until she has one suddenly thrust upon her at the age of eighteen. It takes a single revelation from a stranger to change her life forever.Then, JD Hallstead comes barreling into her life. He is everything she never thought she wanted, but everything she craves. That is, until the day he destroys her and leaves her heart to burn to ashes in his wake. What is the adage? The flip side of love is hate. Well, her hate burns bright, and it has a name: Jackson Dillon Hallstead.JD Hallstead is that guy. The one who is Mr. Popular and Quarterback King of Highland High. The one voted class president and most likely to succeed. The one who girls go crazy over and guys want to be. The one with a controlling, abusive father who will go to any lengths to keep his son in check. The one with the secrets.Aurora is the girl JD has secretly crushed on for years. It takes a friend’s tragic death to bring Aurora and JD together. It takes JD’s secrets to tear them apart. Aurora tells JD everybody leaves. He promises her he never will.He lied.Now, JD will do anything, fight anyone, give up everything, to get Aurora back. Aurora said JD broke her heart. Who better than him to put it back together?But the thing about secrets is that they always come back to haunt you. The question is: How far will JD go to protect the woman he loves before those secrets destroy them all?Reader’s Warning: That Girl is an enemies-to-lovers, second chance romance with scorching heat that will melt your Kindle and enough twists and turns to keep you guessing what will happen next. It takes place after the conclusion of Broken Butterfly, Fallen Brook Series, Book 3. Even though the book can be read on its own, fans of the Fallen Brook Series will love seeing some of their favorite characters return! That Girl touches upon topics that may be triggering to some readers such as flashbacks to an attempted sexual assault, child neglect and abuse, and violence. The story also contains foul language and sex. Any sexual intimacy between the main characters is consensual. For these reasons, the book is recommended for readers aged 17+.

    Her career is in a slump.After they strike a deal to help each other, will true love be more than they bargained for?NiccoI skyrocketed to fame following my role in the sexy movie, Don Matteo. Now, I want to move to Hollywood and create my American dream. The problem is, I don’t have representation there — yet.And as far as love goes, I was told my fate long ago. I’d never measure up. Never be good enough. So, I live the ultimate playboy life and I like it this way.Everything changes when I meet Destiny Cardone.Not only does she capture my attention and my heart, she also holds the key to my future.We strike a deal that will give me that key, at the cost of facing my fears.Once the deal is struck, I’m not sure I can hold up my end.DestinyThe only adventures I have in life are the ones I create with my characters as I write their love stories on the pages of my heart.Living vicariously through them, I’ve had a highly successful career for years.The problem is, I’ve hit a slump, a big one. After my ex-fiancé broke my heart, I lost my faith that love exists. I lost my faith in myself. And my writing suffered.When one of the sexiest men on earth, Niccolo Mancini, steams into my life, he flips it upside down.In hopes of turning my career around, I accept a deal with him that will give me access to his millions of followers, my ideal readers. But at what cost?As the terms of our deal play out, I refuse to be one of his conquests. But I’m not sure how long I can resist him because, as I’m learning, there’s much more to him than the world gets to see. And I’m falling…(Someone Exactly Like Me is a full-length, standalone, friends to lovers, soul mates, slow burn, happily ever after, celebrity romance for adults with no cheating.This book contains steamy scenes, smoking addiction, and some explicit language. Suitable for 18+ only.There are a few Italian phrases that are translated for you so you don’t have to look them up.)

    It's been years since Kacey's seen her childhood friend Jake, but the minute Jake mentions his ill grandmother, Kacey is ready to do anything for the sweet old woman. And if that means pretending they're engaged for her sake-so be it.But Kacey wasn't counting on Jake's older brother Travis still being there. She calls him "Satan" for a reason: she's never forgotten the way he teased and taunted her. Yet when they meet again, Travis's gorgeous smile is a direct hit to her heart . . . and Kacey's more confused than ever. As the days pass, only one thing starts to become alarmingly clear-she never should have accepted Jake's deal . . .

    She wouldn’t change a thing. Unfortunately, she doesn’t have a choice. She's losing her sight.Tripping over her tongue and her heels, Tatum all too quickly realizes that the things which appeared so important before are slowly slipping away leaving room for what really matters. With the support of her best friends, family and colleagues, she begins to see that there’s much more to life… and herself.When Ben Harris enters her life as her new personal assistant, she can’t tell if it’s his good looks and charm that are working on her libido, or his kind and helpful nature working on her heart? Whatever it is, neither one of them can resist it. As her vision fades out, a world of love and happiness just might…Fade In.Fade In is a contemporary-romance novel about laughing through your tears and telling life to, quite frankly, “Suck it.” This novel contains sexual situations that the author may or may not have tried at home… for your safety, of course. Research is research.