Complicating matters is Lars’s innocent new neighbor, who may as well have a target on her back in this seedy neighborhood. Whether she wants it or not, she’s under his protection now. Wendy Wilson is a poor college student who’s been on her own for some time. When she takes out an online ad looking for babysitting work, she finds herself in a dangerous predicament. But the one person who shows up to help her might be even more dangerous to her virtue than being held captive by an evil kingpin. Warning: This special Holidays With Alexa Riley story will leave you happily breathless! This gritty Christmas story has everything and more that readers would expect from characters ripped right out of Alexa Riley: a hot, over-the-top possessive alpha, steamy insta-love, a holiday-themed happily ever after, zero condoms, at least one virgin and tacos. Wait, the tacos … that was me, Abby. ANYWAY … get ready because Lars and Wendy are going to fill your stocking with all the swoons!

    Being raised by a tyrannical father and neglectful mother, Mason failed to learn the things that made us all humans...compassion, sympathy, and understanding. All his life, he's had only three people he's ever gave a damn about; his brothers, Aiden, Gabriel, and Michael. But then his freshman year at college his eyes collided with a short, hazel-eyed brunette, and his world was changed forever. Three years later, he's forced to finally show his hand, and nothing was going to stop him from making Shane Slaughter his. Shane Slaughter was raised in foster care, so when she was accepted into one of the most prestigious colleges in the country, she vowed to spend every waking moment studying hard, and making her dreams come true. Never wanting to be homeless again, Shane's only goal was to get her degree and land a good supporting job. Blaineview was everything she had expected it to be, except for one thing; Mason Buchanan. She'll never forget the first time she saw him, and she'll never forget the way he had made her feel. The way he still makes her feel. What happens when Mason's told he can't have Shane? Everything...everything happens.