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Charlotte couldn't escape from the prison Raymond put her in or from the dark love she found with him. Especially when she realized that the darkness was inside her too. Charlotte: I ran away from my crap life of stripping and living with my father in a trash heap of a trailer. I thought I was headed toward freedom but I woke up in another prison. A prison that was built just for me. He knows things about me that no one should. He sees things in me that I can't see. I don't want to be here. But I don't want to leave him either.

For the past year, Evonne "Vonnie" Ross has been living with the man she thought she would spend the rest of her life with. As she likes to tell her friends, he checks all of her boxes. Her man is handsome, successful, and takes pride in being a provider. When Vonnie's skilled hand at makeup...

By day, Lena Morrison is an ambitious grant writer. By night, she’s an escort to some of Chicago’s most successful men. Sex isn’t on the menu—Lena’s job is to provide her elite clients with companionship and sparkling conversation. She enjoys the extra income, but even more, she loves the empowering feeling of being admired for her beauty and her brains. When billionaire Roderick Brand hires Lena as his date for a private party, their electric attraction leads to the most erotic night of her life. As incredible as the experience is, she vows not to mix work and pleasure again.

What happens when you embarrass your abusive husband at the office party? You run. That’s how I ended up in a remote town full of werewolves, paired with a tall, brooding wolf who hates me from the moment he lays eyes on me. And then there's Nico—his best friend, all charm and smiles, the complete opposite. When a freak storm traps us together, I wonder: have I traded one danger for another, or is this my chance at a new beginning?

There are things that women want and things that women need. I know deep down, with every fiber in my body, that I need Mr. Ward. He started out as my landscape designer but became so much more. Now, my life is on the line while living with the devil himself. I have been torn down and broken, and I don’t think I can take anymore. The man I need was never the one I married. No, the man I need is the one I was never supposed to have. He’s the one who showed me gentleness, kindness, and true love. Ward would put up a fight for me at any cost.

Bracken Casey. Our hometown’s playboy. My brother’s best friend. The man I love. He doesn’t do girlfriends. He doesn’t do commitments. And he doesn’t see me as anything more than his best friend’s little sister. Until one night changes everything. A drunken kiss leads to a drunken screw. Now he can’t keep his hands off of me, and I can’t say no. Rules are set: No one can find out. It can’t lead anywhere. But rules were always meant to be broken. And that’s exactly what we are doing. Breaking them all. Something bad is bound to happen.

It started with a proposition (in a hotel bar of all places). The brooding drug lord. The beautiful damsel with jagged edges. You know the rest, right? It’s a page straight out of a hood fairy tale. But our story is far from a classic romance. Because Ahsan Patton isn’t your typical gangsta. He’s the kind that’ll order a hit then rearrange your guts to a slow jam. So, tell me why I agreed to be his fake girlfriend again?

Bruqlyn (Brooklyn) Sampson has been on a long road to happiness. Something that she learned early was that life's highway had many on ramps, off ramps, and detours. Her biggest reroute on her trip was leaving her home in Mississippi to come to North Carolina. Now that she's traveling at a comfortable speed, will a new person on her highway cause a distraction that could be the cause of a head-on collision, or will she get a ride-along partner? Euri Westin is on her bumper, but will she be willing to slow down to let him in for the ride, or will he be forced to speed up?

I was supposed to play it safe—work my shifts at the shop, keep my head down, and live the kind of life that doesn’t make the news. But then Roman Milan showed up, with those cold blue eyes and that voice that made me feel like running and leaning in all at once. He isn’t the type of man you fall for. He’s the type you survive.

Phlebotomist Alexis Cavill has wanted to jump her best friend since he died. Well… Not died died, just became undead. When you nearly lose the person closest to you, it puts some things into perspective. At least it did for her. Buying the perfect dress was only the beginning of her grand plan to take a chance.

He's a brooding soul, torn between love and betrayal. She's a hopeful librarian, new to the town he abandoned. Together, they'll defy fate to rescue not only a town but also each other. In the enchanting town of Fated, Missouri, Tory, a quiet and introspective woman, has found her true home. The warm embrace of the community has given her a sense of stability and belonging she desperately needed. But when a looming threat puts the town in jeopardy, Tory faces an arduous task—to convince Jay, the man who mysteriously vanished a year ago, to return and save Fated from impending disaster.

Nea and Amber are two college freshmen attending Clinton Hill University in South Carolina. The roommates come from different worlds: Nea is from Brooklyn, New York, and Amber is from a small town called Tyron, North Carolina. They build a friendship in the first semester of school but take different directions regarding love. Nea is coming off the death of her boyfriend, who was murdered before her eyes two weeks before her first day of classes. She meets Van, a wealthy white boy and talented painter who becomes enamored by her, and she becomes his muse. 

Trevor Mason accepts what should be a simple job…protect the jewels his ex-girlfriend will wear to a breast cancer fundraiser. As founder and owner of Eye Spy International, he should send one of his guys, but he needs to get his ex out of his system and this is the perfect opportunity to remind himself that she is a spoiled, rich debutante who dumped him with a Dear John letter during his SEAL training.

My name is Opal Mae McCool. I love my parents, but that name? Ugh, but I’ve adjusted. This year has been rocking along until October when my entire life lands in the toilet and someone flushes. First, my groom dumps me at the altar. Confession…not as destroyed as I should have been. Then, I share a steamy kiss with old love which leads to…nothing. Radio silence. Fine. Disappointed, but moving on. However, it’s almost Christmas and I make a quick overnight business trip to Montana just in time for the snowmageddon and I’m stuck in Bozeman with only clean panties and a toothbrush.

Publicist. NBA player. Career ending Injury. Family Secrets. Undeniable attraction.

On the surface, Kai Alexander has it all—the perfect life—but her niggling subconscious is hellbent on the fact that her happily single status is in need of eradication. Instead of succumbing to the new age wave of sliding onto an app, she goes old school—placing a personal ad in her hometown newspaper, hoping to spark a love connection. Bringing an additional lady into his life wasn't in Theodore “Rux” Reed‘s life plan, but you know what they say about the best laid plans... When the perfect woman is literally dropped at his doorstep, he was powerless to resist the desire to get to know her.

Everyone thinks I don't remember anything, except that I love Samson. But he keeps pushing me away. He says it's to keep me safe, but I think he's keeping secrets. I want to fall back into his arms, his bed, but the job takes precedence. It always has. This time, however, I want love over money.

Once a powerful paranormal, psychically crippled Drug Enforcement officer, Nolete Ashford has rebuilt her life from ashes. Thanks to experiments done at government facilities, she has lost all of her abilities. It doesn't stop her from doing her job especially now there is a powerful new drug killing paranormals. Unfortunately, she needs help from the one man she could never forget.

At the end of House in Virginia 1, secrets were revealed and fates were sealed. With a premature decision, Karen put her heart and body in the hands of Kway, a man so heartless that he has been recklessly ruining the lives of many women in his path. Just as Karen starts to get what she has always been waiting for from her long-term boyfriend Jo, the walls of the infidelity that she committed with Kway come tumbling down at the exact second that Jo decides that it’s the perfect time to make her his wife.

Brooke: I messed up big time and broke a reporter’s most crucial rule: Always ensure your mic is turned to the off position between shoots. As penance for my mistake, the network has relegated me to Comic Con. The last place I want to be. It’s hot, crowded, and strange costumed characters surround me. What’s worse, a guy stole my freaking latte. On purpose! All I have to do is suffer through these next four days, but Benton Davis is doing his best to make it impossible.