1/2 of a Readers Digest Large Print Special Edition - the other novel is Rainwater by Sandra Brown

    Beware of the Wolves. Born without the ability to hear, Savannah has always had heightened senses. When her family moves to the mysterious town of Grey Mountain she can tell something is “off”. She soon meets Xander Wilson, and is consumed by his magnetic pull. Handsome and wild, he intoxicates her with his presence and makes her feel alive and uninhibited. Xander wants to claim her and defy his ancestral SHIFTER fate. But when his pack turns on her, will he be able to save her before the Grey consumes them both?

    When his best friend dies in a car crash, Jamie is solely responsible for Jasper and Juliet. When he meets his mate, in the form of delectable Dani Darling, he is scared he will be torn between his love and duty toward the children, and his love and need for his mate. Add in the minefield of being a single dad at the school gates, and he's in for a bumpy ride.Teacher Dani Darling has moved to Bear Creek for a fresh start. She's known heartbreak and loss, and wants this fresh beginning to be uncomplicated, so she sets herself a rule--No dating parents, or relatives, of the children in her first-grade class. But she had not factored in Jamie, and the way he makes her feel.Can she put her heartbreak behind her, and will Jamie still want her when her secret is revealed?Mountain BearCaroline has seen her brother, Jamie, find his mate, and his happily ever after. However, she can't see the same happiness ever being hers since the man she loved died. Not that he would ever have been hers, fate had seen to that. But no matter how many times she reminds herself he belonged to another, her heart is still in pieces.So a chance to climb a mountain, to ask reclusive movie star Carter Eden about some land, seems like the perfect opportunity to put her thoughts in order and let go of the past. Little does she know; her future is waiting for her at the top of the mountain--if she can only persuade him to come back down.Everyone wanted a piece of him. Carter Eden was at the height of his career when an incident involving a fan made him turn his back on that life. Now his mate is here, and he knows that the only way they will ever be happy is if he deals with his past and goes back to the real world with Caroline.Can these two unlikely mates find happiness?Honey BearShe's sweeter than honey.Fern had a rough time growing up. Now she's making a new life for herself in Bear Creek. A simple, uncomplicated life. But then she meets Theo and everything changes. He offers her his love, he offers her his loyalty. He tells her he will love her forever. Can she ever be the woman he wants and deserves?Bear shifter Theo left Bear Creek to see the world. But now his dad needs him.Theo never expected to find his mate, but she's there at the airport, waiting to take him to see his dad, and the bond between them is unmistakable. He sees the way she covers her wrists, he knows there is a darkness inside her. He knows he is the one who can shine a light on that darkness and extinguish it forever.Fern is the sweetest woman he's ever met, shy, reserved, innocent. And just like honey to a bear, one taste of her lips is never going to be enough. Can this honey bear win his mate's heart, and seal her happiness?

    What if this 'bet' story isn't cliche at all? Cameron and his four other best friends (also known as man-whores) have been betting each other to get with a girl, sleep with her, and break her heart. Unlike most guys thought, they aren't exactly sweethearts. They're deceiving boys who know how to do and say anything in order to win. What happens when Cameron has to make a bet where the girl must fall in love with him as well as sleep with him? She u knows the rules, the game, even the boys (one being her best friend). Cameron has until football camp to woo her, and win the eight hundred bucks from his friend. Will Rebecca fall for Cameron's trap?

    We closed our eyes and I placed my feverish mouth to hers. Immediately, violent, zealous flashes of shimmering flames climbed to the furthest point, trailed like rain down the pitched ceiling and spilled down the walls, gathering at their feet, pools of fervent, bubbling, silvery liquid electricity, before evaporating into nothing.Elliott Gray is incomplete, scrambling through the dark on his hands and knees, blindly feeling for the switch it would take to bring the peace he's forever been searching for. Julia Jacobs is unhappy, missing a noticeable piece of her soul, a naked canvas with vivid paints at her disposal but no brush to assemble the vision.At a young age, courtesy of an unknowing Elliott Gray, Julia tastes the burn of heartache and since then, has silently vowed to her heart that it would never be susceptible to such pain again but when Julia and Elliott discover they share a supernatural connection that's never been revealed before, Elliott makes it his life's goal to convince her they are fated. He knows, if she only gave him but one chance to prove himself, she would not be afraid but when Elliott's best friend Jesse Thomas turns out to be much more than meets the eye, it's all Elliott can do to hold on to his new love, while attempting to survive an enormous threat on their future.

     “Wait, not yet, I’m awake.” Will’s breath tickled my ear as he brought me closer and even threw one of his legs over mine. He backed us both away from the edge of the bed and I was pretty sure he was hitting the wall with his back. “You’ll make it harder for me to sneak out without waking you up.” I whispered, my slight annoyance edging in my voice. The quick exhale of breath coming from his nose was a probable chuckle as he murmured back to me: “That’s the point.”

    . . Once a respected member of the Sorcerer Council and now an outcast, Blaise has spent the last year of his life working on a special magical object. The goal is to allow anyone to do magic, not just the sorcerer elite. The outcome of his quest is unlike anything he could’ve ever imagined – because, instead of an object, he creates Her.She is Gala, and she is anything but inanimate. Born in the Spell Realm, she is beautiful and highly intelligent – and nobody knows what she’s capable of. She will do anything to experience the world . . . even leave the man she is beginning to fall for.Augusta, a powerful sorceress and Blaise’s former fiancée, sees Blaise’s deed as the ultimate hubris and Gala as an abomination that must be destroyed. In her quest to save the human race, Augusta will forge new alliances, becoming tangled in a web of intrigue that stretches further than any of them suspect. She may even have to turn to her new lover Barson, a ruthless warrior who might have an agenda of his own . . .

    Spending time at her grandmother's country estate in the south of England is her chance to get away from her grief and the spirits that haunt her. Until she meets a mysterious stranger…Alexander Reade is 157 years dead, with secrets darker than the lake surrounding Grange Hall and a lifelike presence that draws Chloe more strongly than any ghost before. But the bond between them awakens the vengeful spirit of Alexander's past love, Isobel. And she will stop at nothing to destroy anyone who threatens to take him from her.To stop Isobel, Chloe must push her developing abilities to their most dangerous limits, even if it means losing Alex forever… and giving the hungry dead a chance to claim her for their own.

    I dream of the day I burn the world to the ground. I dream of the dayI will finally die.Running is something my mother taught me to do very well. I never knew why until the night I cause an earthquake and meet Isaiah. My shadow. My protector. My other half. I need him. I need his blood. He is the only one who can keep me hidden from the man who created me. The man who createdthe monster.The world is depending on me not to fall in love. But what happens when the temptation becomes too great and falling is my only option? Can I live knowing I will destroy the world because his touch is the only thing keeping me alive?And how can I trust someone as lost as I am?Touch Passion. Touch Power. Touch Smoke!

    Now, they search the human Communities for their one true mate.1. Blind Beast Mate: Rey has been sold to one of the alien Beasts that now rule the Earth. If the towering, leather-clad Alpha discovers his prize is blind, he could kill her with a flick of his claw. Or worse, send her home.2. Wild Beast Mate: After Dewlyn’s, third, heart-stopping attempt to escape their mating bed, Vice is more determined than ever to plant babies in his little daredevil’s luscious body. Even if it means feeding the heat between them until she hungers for him alone—and her resistance is starved into submission. But she’s hiding something. He can only hope she hasn’t joined the human rebellion.3. Sent Beast Mate: Mayhem orders pair auctions, confident that Men of Earth will jump at the chance to slip a spy in among the throngs of women at his court’s doors. When he spots a supple, grey-eyed woman, every hunting instinct in his body goes on alert.4. Caught Beast Mate: A young woman remembers the beast who stole her. A beast who hungers for the woman he shouldn’t want. A love that breaks all the rules.5. Free Beast Mate: My mate is the unseen woman who cleans my quarters and serves the man who enslaved me. I can't claim her. I don’t know what they want from the pair of us. If I mate her, they win. If I don’t, I lose my mind.PLUS all the in-between stories Virgin #0, Goddess #2.5, Their #3.5, and His Beast Mate #4.5 are included!

    Her sister left the baby the minute she could get up and leave the hospital. Brielle hasn't seen her since. She also hasn't seen her parents who walked out on her at 17 or her brother who went to the army and hasn't contacted her for 9 months in counting. Being all by herself she's desperately trying to give Delilah a life she never got to experience. Killian RussellA 24 year old ruthless CEO who doesn't tolerate negligence or stupidity. He wouldn't blink an eye before firing someone who worked for him for years. Make one mistake and you're done. His parents were extremely proud of his success. He never had a stable relationship. He was once a hit it and quit it guy but now he just lays low as most women throw themselves at him just for his money. Being the richest man in the northeast and second richest in the country he has no time for love.When he finds little Delilah in a Starbuck's ordering a coffee he follows her out. She takes him to Brielle who instantly made something click in Killian changing their lives forever.

    Because if you don't... I'll just have to keep trying until you do."After a nightmare of a past relationship, you'd think Ivy deserved to finish her senior year in peace. But no, that just wasn't possible if Asher Grayson had anything to say about it.Think you've seen bad boys? You haven't seen anything yet. Asher's gone to juvie for vandalizing a strip mall, tossed a bouncer through a window, and gotten in more fights than Al Capone.And that's on his off days.He's rich, popular, and a heartbreaker. Definitely not who Ivy is looking for to pick up the pieces of her heart. But fate intervenes, and they need each other to graduate. How? By being contestants in the National Dance Tournament.Asher is hiding a past that could threaten Ivy's life, if the opinionated, nosy girl gets too close. And Ivy has a secret...a secret that shattered her soul and is coming back for more. Will they be able to protect each other from the past that haunts them? Will they even be able to make it to the National Dance Tournament without going at each other's throats?

    Competition to the one that didn't expect it. After transferring to her old university's rival school, college sophomore Anneliese is dead set on making sure she doesn't catch anyone's attention. She thought he would be her main rival, but what happens when the biggest one of them all steps through the door? Too late now. She caught his attention. Anneliese meet Ezra.Ezra meet Anneliese.

    

    until her family is forced to flee for their lives.They leave everything and everyone behind to start over in Louisville, Colorado. Magic is forbidden while they are in hiding, but Channie can't resist the temptation to enchant a group of local boys. When her overbearing parents catch her flirting with these "sex-crazed, non-magical delinquents," they slap a chastity spell on her to protect her virtue.The spell is triggered by lust, so just navigating the halls at her new school is an ordeal. She can't even touch a boy she's attracted to without blasting him with a jolt of magical energy that feels like a taser.When Channie falls in love with Josh Abrim, a BMX racer with dangerous secrets of his own, she rebels against her parents and turns to dark and forbidden magic to break the chastity spell ... with disastrous results.