Specials Romance

Hailey Parrish is quick witted and irreverent and hasn't had a date in three years. She wanted an ebook reader only because her collection of paperbacks threatened to take over her small living space. Little did she know that the "special offers" that prompted the purchase included much more than a reduced price in exchange for a few ads. The device comes preloaded with the essence of Sebastian Kess, an erudite womanizer with magical abilities from a parallel dimension.

Sarah is a beautiful and successful dance teacher. She is deaf, but this does not stop her from living life to its fullest. While visiting the Roberts family, David finds himself entranced with this very special lady and ends up defending her honor several times. He finds Sarah has gone through many trials as she teaches him the importance of not dwelling on the past and how to love life. Meanwhile, David learns about the legend of the Bear Lake Monster and wonders why the community believes in such a thing. He is determined to prove there is no Bear Lake Monster.

Angela has reached the end of her rope. Bills are piling up, money is sparse, and her two-timing ex-husband traded her in for a "Barbie" lookalike. Depression and a lack of hope put her in a world filled with never-ending pain, and when she loses the one thing she has left—her will to live—she knows there's nothing left to go back to. Until an unexpected knock on her door wakes her up.

The last thing widow Althea Winsloe wanted to do was remarry. Unfortunately, her meddlesome mountain neighbors had other plans. So, one autumn night they banded together and gave Althea a shocking ultimatum: she was to find herself a husband by Christmas...or the town would do it for her! Althea knew she had her choice of any single man in Marrying Stone, Arkansas. Yet the only one she felt truly comfortable with was Simple Jess. Sweet, gentle Jess wasn't as smart as your average man.

With Chrissy now 18 years old, it was time for her to find her own way in the world. Most importantly, it was time for her to find a mate. But Chrissy was already in love with two vampires and she was having a hard time choosing just one. However, before Chrissy could find the time to decide, a new problem arose. There was a spy in the camp and someone who Chrissy trusted the most was just about to betray her.

The moment I lay eyes on her, I want to kill her. I told her my darkest secrets. How my pack is cursed. How, if I don’t kill the enemy alpha soon, our pack will remain forever trapped as wolves, unable to shift into our human forms. But now is not the time for regret. Phaedra, the enemy pack’s little pariah, has tricked me into revealing my secrets, and she must pay. My fangs flash in the moonlight as they sink into her sweet flesh, knowing this is what she deserves.

I curse the day I ever met Kai DeLune. Literally. In my defense, I put a curse on the gorgeous, domineering alpha for his own protection. Because if he somehow figures out we’re fated, neither of us will live to see the end of this shifter war. It’s just my luck I’ve been assigned as his troop’s healer. Watching him from a distance is torture for me, and if he finds out the truth, he’s headstrong enough to think he can save the world, including me.

Mercy Kilpatrick, aufgewachsen in einer Prepper-Familie in Oregon, wurde seit ihrer frühen Kindheit auf jede Art von Katastrophe vorbereitet. Trotzdem zwang eine Familientragödie sie zur Flucht. 15 Jahre später wird die kampferprobte FBI-Agentin in ihre Heimatstadt zurückgeschickt, um bei der Aufklärung einer mysteriösen Mordserie zu helfen: Ein gnadenloser Killer hat es auf Überlebenskünstler abgesehen und stiehlt ihre Waffen. Das FBI befürchtet einen Terror-Anschlag. Mercy dagegen sieht erschreckende Parallelen zu ihrer Vergangenheit.

The new head coach Is about to get schooled A hero’s welcome awaits NFL bad boy Jackson Knight in Bishop Falls. The Texas town lives and breathes football, and they’re thrilled to have Jackson as their temporary high school coach while he rehabs his torn ACL—and his battered image...

Carly is everything a Valkredian leader needs: stubborn, outspoken, and her body is temptation incarnate. She’s meant to be sold off at auction, but I’ll allow no one else to touch her. Her scent tells me she’s my mate, and her blood calls to me. But a Valkredian prince must always be in control, and giving in to her pulsing veins will cost more than my sanity.

Somewhere on the train is a key witness for a crime involving arson, murder and a high-profile businessman. And reporter Marni Clare will do whatever it takes to get the story - even if it means crashing in a sleeper car that she's not sure she's reserved. But when she wakes, she finds herself curled up with the man she's seeking...and he's hot enough to derail all her plans!

I’ve never known Earth. Or freedom. Both were taken from me when I was too young to remember. But I know exactly what the latest alien scumbags to buy me have in mind, the moment I hear the word “fertile”. Desperation’s the mother of invention, and one easily seduced guard later, I’m escaping to finally live on my own terms. To find my mom, my one connection to a planet I’ll probably never see. The only person who’s ever given a damn about me.

When former army doctor Vance's peaceful, new life is shattered by a lethal Taliban attack, the ex-special forces operative is catapulted back into the dangerous world he left behind. With only one thought in his mind: Vengeance. Rookie agent, Sloane has been with the CIA for two months. This is her first overseas assignment and she's way out of her depth. But she's onto something - and it might be the biggest cover-up the agency has ever seen. Enter Vance, the angry former British special forces soldier with a personal vendetta who threatens to destroy the mission

Elise Sommers has lived a very sheltered life. She developed Leukemia when she was a teenager and managed to beat the odds not once, but twice. However, despite her recovery, her parents were never able to let go of their fear of losing their daughter. Now at the age of 27, Elise decides it's past time to venture out on her own. She joins the Red Cross to provide aide to the refugees fleeing Syria as the conflict between ISIS and the US worsens.

Kate Reynolds has just graduated from college and is determined to make it on her own. Her job as a junior political analyst at the CIA is a dream come true and the perfect opportunity to find answers about the night that’s plagued her for four years - the night she lost her fiancé, Matt, on a Special Forces mission in Afghanistan. Kate’s consumed with uncovering the truth and avenging the man she loved and lost, even if it means risking her own life to prove that his death wasn’t an accident.

Investigating her friend's suspicious death, Sophie's only source of information turns up dead - and she's the prime suspect. Forced into hiding, she turns to her brother's best friend to help keep her alive, clear her name, and find the killer before she becomes the next victim. Gaige has longed for Sophie for years, and he'd do anything to keep her safe, but details of the investigation aren't adding up. Mounting doubts have him questioning her story, even as his heart insists she's telling the truth. The only thing he knows for sure is he'll do anything to prove her innocence.

Grace Peterson è disperata: vive in clandestinità, in una perenne fuga da uomini malvagi e pericolosi determinati a sfruttare la sua straordinaria capacità di guarire gli altri. Il dono che la rende speciale - un'infallibile abilità telepatica che condivide con la sorella - è svanito nel nulla, lasciandola ora completamente sola e vulnerabile. La missione di riportare a casa Grace sana e salva è affidata a Rio, misterioso e implacabile membro del KGI, un uomo freddo e risoluto ma del tutto impreparato di fronte a quella donna ferita e confusa, che ne scalfirà la dura corazza.

Dallas socialite Cynthia Langhorne is infamous for her beauty, her philanthropy, and her home wrecking - until she's found shot through the heart and posed nude at a fundraising ball. The case is high profile, and there's a bigger problem: Cindy is the wife of a decorated FBI special agent - the prime suspect in her murder.

Tara's looking forward to a challenge, but back at the office, everyone's looking for love. Her boss, Lu "The Lobo" Lobozinski, and office virgin Josh Schmidt are signing up for an online dating service, and - to Tara's dismay - so is her crush, Special Agent Nick Pratt. Tara's trying to act chill. But when she learns that her next case involves cash-funneling to terrorists, it's not just her love life that's on the rocks. It's her life, period.

Bordertown: a city on the Border between the human world and the elfin realm. A place where neither magic nor technology can be counted on, where elf and human kids run away to find themselves…. Here are 13 interconnected stories and eight poems - all new work by some of today's best urban fantasy, fantasy, and slipstream writers.