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I'm in a predicament of historic proportions. I've learned I can't inherit my grandfather's highly profitable business unless I'm married? Yes, an entirely ridiculous rule. I live with a herd of rescue cats and nary a boyfriend in sight. I'm also considered plain, sharp-tongued and overweight. And I've never, once been interested in marriage. Hence my reason for applying for a mail-order husband. The next morning I scream with fright when I find a huge, satanic-looking alien lurking on my doorstep.

I scented my mate and she disappeared before we could meet, leaving behind a forgotten piece of clothing. It’s driving me crazy. I’ve checked every unmated human female, asking if this mysterious red fabric is hers. Pissing off other males in the process, but what do I care? I’m on a quest to find my future bound, no matter what.

Lawson wants what is lawfully his, but Banks is prepared to fight for his bride. Banks and Tia haven't consummated their marriage. He's done waiting. But he isn't like her other husbands. And while they both have a love for learning, Tia is about to get an entirely new sort of education. Banks is ready to teach his wife a few things about his dark desires. The world outside their bedroom though, is darker still. She has to get pregnant to stay in Alaska, but carrying a child is a death sentence. Finding a cure is all that matters. It's time to crack the code.

When my evil stepfather sold me into slavery, I thought my life was over. Sent to work in the kitchens at Darkstone Academy for the Magical Arts, an isolated reform school filled with dangerous young mages, I quickly learned that survival meant embracing the darkness. Danger shadowed my every step—until I found myself unexpectedly soul-bonded to four powerful men.

I should be hiding away with wine and snacks while waiting for Christmas to end. Instead, I’m wearing a reindeer mascot costume and pretending I’m oh-so-excited to meet New York City’s most eligible billionaire bachelor! Christmas is already a stressful time of the year without adding a billionaire to the mix. Between dodging bake-off sabotaging cousins, applying for a long-shot prestigious museum internship, and trying to survive being broke in Manhattan, I’m up to my black lipstick in my own special nightmare before Christmas.

Natalia Chase just wants the first family Christmas with her husband and his pride of unruly lion shifter brothers to be perfect. But a simple trip to pick out a Christmas tree turns into a rescue mission when they discover three shifter wolf cubs abandoned in the forest. Between finding the cubs' parents, a surprise Christmas Eve visit from Mama Chase, and Natalia's increasingly difficult pregnancy, will the Chase pride get everything they've asked for from Santa, or will their perfect holiday be a perfect disaster?

When your grandmother stalks the star hockey player on the rival team because “You need a husband, Dakota—you’re not getting any younger!” it’s Christmas crazy on ice.

Stir is book five in The Sizzle TV Series, a series of interconnected standalone novels. You may spot some familiar characters along the way. This book includes a stubborn bodyguard with trust issues, a lawyer in love at first sight, and a woman brave enough to go after what she wants. HEA guaranteed!

Deirdre Baker did a magical favor for a bunch of shape-shifters and barely lived to regret it. She has enough trouble paying the bills and keeping her coven off her back without worrying about whether some wolf alpha dies of poison. But when Miles "I always get my way" Evershaw orders his pack to kidnap her, Deirdre finds herself in over her head before she can even hex the infuriating man.

He sat behind me in Intergalactic High School, pulling on my braids with silver-tipped claws. Knocking my books to the ground and smoke-laughing at my dismay. He was always there, lurking around, scaring away all my possible dates.

Gabe Hawkins - my new boss. My charming, relentless, panty-melting, billionaire of a boss. He hired me because of my brains, but it wasn't long after coming to work for him that I realized he's interested in me for more than my intellect. And because of his pursuit, I now find myself in the midst of cat fights I didn't start, office backstabbing I can't seem to stop, and jealous innuendo from my female coworkers, the likes of which I've never encountered.

The world, at large, is in crisis but so is the marriage between Tia and her husbands. She thought she could trust them all but when one man betrays her, the cracks in the relationship are revealed. In a desperate, emotional finale to the Six Men of Alaska saga, Tia is faced with her worst enemy one last time. A gun is placed in someone’s hands, and the trigger is pulled. No one is safe, and time is running out. When you play the lottery, you enter a deadly game. At least, you do when Christina Thorne is your wife. Love is a gamble, but this is one legacy worth betting on.

When I arrived at Darkstone Academy for the Magical Arts as an indentured servant destined to slave away in the kitchens, I never imagined I was actually the lost Princess Jacinthe, second-in-line to the throne of the Dominion. Since arriving at the isolated island academy for delinquent mage student, my life has become a treacherous dance of emerging power and forbidden desires. Every whisper in these ancient halls speaks of magic and secrets, and every shadow hides hostile eyes watching my every move.

Single mom Noelle hates Christmas. December never goes right for her, and her car breaking down blocks from her best friend’s house is just about right. And of course a gorgeous jerk shows up to help—until a whiff of a full diaper sends him running, just like every other man since she had her babies.

What was the worst day of my life ever? Today. My wedding day. Not because I married a man I’d never met but because my husband, Wolf Van de Berg, hates my freaking guts—and the feeling is mutual. It’s worth it because I get 30 percent of his company if I can survive this marriage. But that’s a big, giant if. And no, before you ask if we had a passionate night of hate and lust on our wedding night, think again. Wolf is doing everything in his power to make me call it quits on our marriage. The only way I’m surviving is with cake. And wine. And did I mention cake?

When smokejumper Carl Jensen’s parachute accident leaves him with a badly-hurt leg, he's forced to take shelter on a remote mountain ranch. The ranch's owner, a lush, curvy woman, intrigues him. He’d like nothing more than to keep her warm through the cold nights. Too bad Michelle wants nothing to do with him. Maybe that’s because she saw him shift from wolf to human. Or maybe because she guards a fragile heart.

He can protect her from anything...except himself. Bear shifter and smokejumper Mike Nakano is secretly in love with his friend and teammate, coyote shifter Kara Latrans. He's quiet, serious, and extremely reserved. She's bubbly, confident, and a notorious practical joker on their smokejumper team. Complicating things is a history of bad feelings between their different shifter lineages. As they face hardship and danger together, Mike is driven to protect the woman he wants as his mate - but can he save her from his own desires?

For generations, Drakkar’s people have chosen to live alone, only coming together for brief periods, but when he joins the battle raging across his home planet, he finds an unexpected family in a set of misfit warriors. After the war ends, he chooses to cut all ties to his past and accompany his new brothers to a backwater planet. He knows he is not suited for a mate and a family, but as he watches his brothers choose human brides, he finds himself envying those relationships. Then a vulnerable female awakens his protective instincts.

The position was for a daytime nanny for my twin nephews. But when Avery appeared at my door, all of that changed. The innocence was beaming off her and engulfing her like a glowing cloud. It grabbed hold of my heart and twisted until I was wincing. Yeah, I wasn't about to let this little cherry get away from me. The position quickly changed to a live-in nanny and it started immediately. Because the master of the house needs his playtime too. And this little cherry is ripe for playing with.

I’m the Hyrrokin High Priest of a remote monastery on the planet Salo. I spend my days in quiet contemplation, keeping my flame-throwing banked and nursing my war wounds. And I take my vows of silence and celibacy very seriously. Very. Seriously. Then one day a mouthy, gorgeous human female is dumped onto the stone steps of the main altar. And suddenly I’m tempted like never before.