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I was kidnapped and sold to a monster. My abductor told me he would let me go...after he got what he wanted. So I offered him my virginity in exchange for my freedom, but he broke that promise. And now he's decided to keep me. When my past suddenly collides with my present, it's an all-out war. How could I have ever guessed that my captor would turn into my protector? I don't know if we can survive this, but now it's my turn to save him.

All Maise wanted was to help raise money for the animal shelter. Instead, her alien date at the charity auction disintegrates, and she ends up taking home a mysterious Great Dane with a suspicious scent of men's cologne. When the dog transforms into a very naked, very blue alien on her living room couch, Maise discovers she's harboring a fugitive shapeshifter wanted for murder.

Addison's life turned upside down when her fiancé took off minutes before their wedding. His best man Dennis was left as the messenger, and she thought it would be the last she saw of him, too. She has to find a new place to live, new friends, a new job and if her best friend has any say, a new man. When Dennis suddenly fits at least two of those categories, he's not so off-limits anymore.

Agent Lora Griffin signed up for a charity auction with aliens to raise money for a shelter—not to find love, and certainly not with an extraterrestrial. But when her alien date dies under suspicious circumstances, Lora finds herself at the center of an interstellar investigation with a partner she didn't ask for: a seven-foot-tall, all-muscle, blue-skinned alien bodyguard who's far too interested in calling her "mate."

A man and his son dreamed of America’s freedom, but the dream became a nightmare when they ended up at Guantánamo Bay. Hasan Makari and his son, Najib, both Lebanese nationals, have dreamed of the day they would experience the shining freedom of America. But when they arrive in the US, they...

He has nowhere left to run. Pierce St. James once served his country with honor, but a devastating betrayal left him scarred and voiceless. Seeking refuge in the remote mountains of Northern California, he lives a quiet life with his loyal search-and-rescue dog, Raszta. But when a powerful earthquake traps him in a crumbling roadside gift shop, Pierce's past catches up with him in the form of dangerous enemies who will stop at nothing to silence him forever. She’s searching for a new direction.

When the Intergalactic Dating Agency hires Georgie to plan the first ever human-alien matchmaking soirée, Georgie thinks a charity auction for the local animal shelter will be the perfect icebreaker. But to get the local singles to participate, she has to set an example, so she offers herself as one of the dates. What she doesn't expect is for her alien buyer to be so freakin' hot. A few drinks in, and Georgie finds herself alone on a spaceship with a blue-skinned, musclebound male.

Maya Lawrence knew that such a feat was impossible. That's why, when she got pregnant as a teenager and hockey star Christian Riley signed with the pros, she let him go. Maya gave up on all her dreams to become a single mother. Her parents and Christian abandoned her when she needed them the most, leaving her to turn to her brother Preston to help raise her son, Finley.

Sea Siege: The nuclear war had come at last, and the research team on an island in the West Indies thought they had been lucky to survive. But survival was going to require more than luck, when they found themselves under attack by sea creatures out of darkest legend. Star Gate: Long ago, the Star Lords had come from a dying Earth to Gorth, where they helped the inhabitants build a civilization. Now some of the Lords have resumed wandering among the stars, but others have decided to travel through an interdimensional gate to another Gorth in a parallel universe. 

After Raine Copelin turns down her long-time boyfriend Caleb Anders's marriage proposal, the two are barely speaking, barely coping as they enter graduate school at Lindon University. Caleb doesn't understand what happened—their relationship has been picture-perfect since high school. He always imagined starting a family together, the same happily ever after his parents had. Until the day she broke his heart, he thought Raine wanted that, too. But Raine has her reasons. Her secrets.

With the Final Guild Trial hurtling toward me—and the Harbingers' shadow looming ever closer—my training has become a brutal race against time. Surviving means mastering my bond with Thalon, my legendary dragon partner, while navigating the deadly politics of the Guild, where more than a few people would rather see me fail . . . or dead. But the trials inside the Guild aren't the only ones testing me. The men in my life—my protectors, my challengers, my greatest temptations—are impossible to ignore.

Problem: My ex is marrying my ex-bestie. Plan A: Burn the church down? Plan B: Fake marry my friend. I haven't seen Archer since fifth grade, but when he shows up in our tiny hometown and offers me a ring, I don't ask too many questions. It's a win-win: I get to save face, and I'm not about to turn down the chance to one-up my ex. All Archer has to do is sell the lie when my ex and his blushing bride roll into town. Easy. Except now I'm fake-married to a ridiculously hot guy who has his own reasons for needing a wife.

I don't have time for romance, much less for prissy Madison Glen. The first time I meet her, I kiss her. The second time I meet her, she's breaking into my neighbor's house. She swears up and down she's not a criminal. Maybe not, but she is definitely a distraction I don't need. I've got my hands full with my mouthy daughter and an insanely busy life as a hotshot firefighter. It doesn't surprise me at all to learn Madison was homecoming queen in high school.

Life as a mom is everything I knew it would be. But going from never thinking too much about my future to focusing so heavily on every move I make has been challenging at times. Especially when there's still so much to be resolved from my past. Raising a baby takes its toll on every party involved, and as Valentine's Day approaches, Niko has made it his mission to take me somewhere we can be the people we were six months ago. There are questions still to be asked and resolutions to find in the midst of our daily chaos, but when it's just the two of us, I know we'll figure it out.

For ex-SEAL Davey Wilde, returning to his family for the holidays is a chance to finally relax after years on the front lines. But the Wilde family isn’t known for quiet holidays. Between the chaos of his rambunctious siblings, mischievous cousins, and the whirlwind of holiday traditions, Davey is in over his head. And then there's her—the one woman who’s always been off-limits and now seems determined to test his restraint.

Tensions mount in Pravhna, as winter descends and the Grand Exhibition moves into town. Ashbourne Claymore and Mina Wildfang finally have their memories back, and it might just tear them apart. Can they find a way to work together before the city is lost to an evil mastermind? Or will the flames of the past burn them out for good?

Turns out, being a Dragon Rider isn't all exhilarating flights and stolen kisses . . . It also means surviving a brutal training program and facing off against rivals who want me gone. Did I mention I'm human and everyone expects me to crash and burn? But that's not all weighing on me. Between a dragon bond that grows stronger (and stranger) by the day, a mysterious wildfire threatening to engulf the countryside, and dangerous enemies moving against us in the shadows, it's hard enough to stay alive, let alone untangle the web of connections forming with my companions.

Picket-Stake Hendry has spent thirty years roaming the Calico Mountains in search of gold. Finally, in a lonely little canyon far from civilization, he strikes the mother lode, and as soon as he gets home to register the claim, he'll be a millionaire. But before he can make it to Cosmos, a bandit attacks him. Cosmos sheriff Johnny Hendry prefers playing cards to fighting crime, and he's kept the peace in this rough-and-tumble western town by letting bandits do whatever they want. But when he hears that Pick, his adoptive father, has been murdered, he vows bloody vengeance.

Awakening from four thousand years encased in ice in an alien world is not how Viking warrior Aki Bloodaxe imagined his life would be. His twin Einarr is his only contact with his old world. Can Aki come to terms with his new existence and find bonded mates to help him survive and learn that the power of love is beyond the limits of time?

When Harlan is captured by a band of females, he has no idea what’s in store. Treated as a sexual plaything and forced to erotically service all the women, he begins to understand what it feels like to be wanted only for his ability to breed. Then he meets Princess Inga, and realizes she’s the woman who has haunted his sexual dreams. As the passion between them explodes, Harlan knows he has an impossible task. How can he convince a tribe of man haters that not all males are evil? Harder still is the task of proving his heartfelt love to the princess.