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Aidan Ward is your typical moody vampire. He's had 104 years to grow comfortable with being alone, but recently, that emptiness has become all-consuming. That is, until an outspoken and spunky human forces her way into his life. Joanna Nelson just won't seem to go away. She's everywhere he goes, but pretending she's just an annoyance is getting harder the more time they spend together.

My parents warned me to never date a coworker, but did I listen? Oh, no. I thought Jackson Montgomery and I had a forever kind of thing going. We even have the cutest couple's name, PB & J, short for Presley Benson and Jackson. I guess he didn't think it was all that cute because he just broke up with me. To make matters worse, he's the newly appointed vice principal for the school where I teach drama, which makes him my boss. That probably means he won't want to make out in the prop room anymore.

Social butterfly. Life of the party. Single for life. While all my friends were busy getting married and making babies, I was happy I wasn't one of them. A series of life-altering events put me on a collision course with Rori O'Shea, the sexiest Irishman I've ever met, and also the grumpiest. We clashed at first sight and yet, ended up striking a bargain. He needs a fake girlfriend, and I need a guide in Ireland.

Ex-cop Kasper “Gutter Mouth” Guttenmuth has always been a playboy. Love was a four-letter word. He learned that lesson as he watched his father run around on his mom before she died. Until he fell hard for the wrong woman—his best friend’s baby sister. Krysta Sokolofski has been in love with the same man since she was a teenager. For a brief time, he held more than her heart in his hands. Until he pushed her away. A dirty secret he wanted distance from. It took her years to move on.

You have to be pretty desperate to consult someone referred to as the "Drunken Psychic" for insight into your perennially single status. Because tonight, after trying to make heads or tails of the psychic's mysterious pronouncements about my love life, I arrive home to find a man on my couch.

Shane Cunningham has been part of my life since he saved me from the elementary school bully. Now he's kissing me out of nowhere. And I like it. A lot. I used to see him as just Shane. Now he's the man who makes me feel butterflies. And don't get me started on how good he looks in his leather jacket and jeans. Or his police uniform. He even has my breakfast order memorized. It's enough to make this single mom swoon. I never thought I'd love again after my divorce. But with Shane I'm ready. Mostly.

Roman Bertini doesn't believe in love—not after the betrayal that cost him everything. So when his best friend's sister shows up as the interior designer for his luxury hotel chain, he's prepared to keep things strictly professional. Too bad her quick wit, bright smile, and maddening curves throw all his plans into chaos. Eva Harlow isn't intimidated by grumpy billionaires, especially not ones who pretend they don't watch her every move. When Roman's cold attitude finally cracks and he confesses his attraction, it sets off fireworks neither of them can ignore.

Playboy, cowboy, and con man, Logan has to go straight when he's suddenly saddled with his brother's four-year-old, filly-shifting daughter. Tabby was taken for a ride by a horse thief, and when she finally tracks him down to demand what she paid her last pennies for, finds herself lassoed into an unbelievable story about magic and shifters.

Raven shifter Alan Petrov has faced down crime bosses in cities and fought ancient magical creatures in the far frozen north. Now he's taking his toughest assignment yet: going undercover at a day care for shifters in a sleepy town in Montana. Single mom and snowy owl shifter Kendra knows there's something off about the new help at Tiny Paws. Not only does he look more like a bouncer than a babysitter, he clearly doesn't understand diapers or dawdling. Instinct says her daughter is safe with him, but her heart definitely isn't.

I, Ashley Jane Moore, am a glorious disaster. Listen, I like myself, but the men in my life typically don’t. Not my dad and certainly not my manipulative ex. The one exception is my best friend, Rusty. He’s the ultimate farm-boy-next-door, and he has a way of making me feel less disaster, more glorious. We’d be perfect for each other if it weren’t for two things: he friend-zoned me instantly, and I only seem to go for jerks.

I'm the star defenseman for the Portland Icehawks and the guy everyone loves to hate. Not that I don't deserve their hatred. After all, how can you like a guy who doesn't even like himself? Michella is the one woman I can't let go, yet I can't be with her. We're like drugs to each other, and addictions aren't a good thing. I've messed up a relationship before and destroyed the one person I loved. I can't do the same to Michella. To make matters worse, Michella's new job with a private investigative agency puts her in the crosshairs of Portland's elusive serial killer. I have to protect her.

My agent has this idea—an insanely bad idea—to reboot my Hollywood heartthrob status by having my long-lost love dump me… while I'm proposing to her on national TV. The theory? Women everywhere will swoon over poor Lincoln James, scrambling to repair his vulnerable, shattered heart. Trouble is, I don't have any kind of love—long, lost, or otherwise. To play my fake girlfriend, my agent enlists Hadley Morgan, my secret college crush. The one who dragged me to an audition that launched my career but left her in the dust.

Liv and Sebastian's love has been put through the test time and time again. Terrible circumstances kept the young couple apart for five years. Now finally married, it should be smooth sailing. But that's the funny thing about real life, there is no magical happily ever after once vows are exchanged. Liv and Sebastian will soon discover marriage is hard work. When life throws another curveball their way, they'll have to face their biggest challenge yet. Will this new storm bring them together or break them apart for good?

I've never had a man be kind to me unless he wanted something, so when a gorgeous hockey star shows interest, I don't believe it's genuine. I was a throwaway child of a drug addict and I learned to survive in dark places. Now I'm determined to get my life on track, and I don't need complications, especially from a drop-dead gorgeous professional hockey player with delusions of rescuing me. I don't need to be rescued by him or anyone else. I'm doing it on my own.

Juliette Anderson needs a change of scenery and a new purpose in life. So, when her parents suggest she move to Orchid City, she doesn't hesitate. What she doesn't need is to catch the attention of the hot-shot hockey player next door. Juliette does not date hockey players, and Mac Sullivan is no exception to her rule. Even if he's insistent on changing her mind…

Sophie Stewart knows a lot about plants. The rooftop garden she tends and beautifies is ample evidence of that. What she doesn't know is anything about love, not with her long track record of always picking the wrong guy. But then a mystery flower pops up in her garden—a flower that only blooms in the presence of true love. Never one to shy away from a little magic, Sophie convinces her best friend, Peter, to help her use the flower to find her soulmate.

My name is Carter Trayland, and I really screwed up. I should've ended things before they began. Instead, I wound up in a twisted love triangle, one that I never wanted to be a part of. The wrong choice sent my life into a whirlwind. A woman I forced myself to love is dead. My best friend was nearly blamed for her murder. And the one I've always wanted now wants revenge. Her favorite person is gone, and she thinks it's my fault. I'm not about to correct her, either. Not when the reality is so much worse.

Claire is the epitome of a good girl. She's cute, smart, demure—and my student and teaching assistant for the semester. Of course, I didn't know the latter when we first met at The Velvet Rooms, an elusive kink club for the richest of the rich. I was looking for a little plaything, she was looking for a Master—and we both felt like we found the perfect match in each other. Learning that she's a virgin already derailed my plans for the night, but fate had an even bigger twist waiting for us.

Rian Thompson thought she joined the gym to get healthy. Little did she know she was about to add 190 pounds of swoonworthy abdominal muscles and arrogance to her life.

Declan Young—single dad, friend to all three of my brothers, and the man who can't walk into a room without getting under my skin. He's too confident, too charming, and from the day he moved back to our small town, the golden boy everyone adores. Growing up, he was older, and I thought of him only as my rival. I still do . . . except now he's hotter, infuriatingly helpful, and living next door. Oh, and his daughter? Best friends with my son. Which means Declan is suddenly everywhere—in my kitchen, in my backyard, in my head when I'm trying to sleep.