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Calen is a good man from a bad family, but when the girl of his dreams falls in his lap can he do the right thing and let her go? Calen is the son of an Irish mobster, but he’s rejected his legacy and has made a name for himself as a club owner. After years of hard work, he has the life he’s always wanted. Almost. Then his father asks him to take a meeting with a rival crew. It’s too important to say no. Reluctantly, he drives out to the middle of nowhere to meet them.

Confession time: My name is Noel Sandlund and I play professional hockey-defense to be exact. I lead a pretty good life. I'm not hurting for money and the ladies seem to like me. And now things have gotten even better - I think I may have fallen in love. See, while I was in Sweden playing in the world hockey championships this off-season, I met Maisie Troy. And, man, she's it for me.

I didn't want to love Jake Johnson. He was the boy I fell in love with, my brother's best friend, the man who took my heart. But sometimes love doesn't listen. The night we first kissed was my slap back to reality - the moment I realized he would never see me as more than a little sister. I did the only thing I could think of that would insure it never happened again. I moved away. Now, three years later, faced with a betrayal that pushes me to my limits, I'm thrown back into the arms of the man I'd sworn I left for good - the one who'd seen me through everything.

Sergei has pined for months, waiting for his assistant to turn around and see he's the perfect man for her. But Ada only sees him as her boss. Until one night when they both have to work late and the office is deserted.... It doesn’t happen right away, but soon Sergei has Ada right where he wants her - in his bed. Then demons from his past resurface, and he brutally pushes her away before the darkness inside him can consume them both. But Ada isn’t about to let herself be used. Soon she turns the tables on him and disappears.

The night I met John Eaton I knew I should run. I didn’t know if it was his confidence, his deep brown eyes, or his smile - a mixture of little boy and pure devil at the same time. Just the sight of him left me unsteady. After being constantly uprooted throughout my childhood, I craved a home, and John was the antithesis of that. I needed stability, and he was the man standing on a bar, a bottle of whisky in one hand, and tequila in the other. 

After an intense whirlwind romance, Karrie Parker thought she had it all: a sexy husband, a loving family, a great career and a beautiful home. Together they lived a life fit for royalty. But when tragedy strikes, Karrie is devastated and left to face the consequences of her husband’s deepest, darkest secrets.

It wasn't easy for Lacy Jordan to watch her best friends get paired off one by one while she was still single and toiling away at a low-paying job. Maybe that's how she ended up engaged to her mother's chiropractor - a man who looks good on paper but whose stiff manner and controlling ways leave Lacy cold. When steamy-hot glass artist Daniel Reed rescues Lacy from a dicey situation, she finds herself feeling things for him that she's never felt for another man.

Rose Watkins has never been afraid of anything. She wasn't afraid to leave home and cross the country on her own at 18, she's not afraid to stand up for herself against judgmental bullies who criticize her unconventional looks, and she's not afraid to chase her dreams, no matter how elusive they may seem. But after a phony date with doctoral candidate Will Bachman - concocted to help him save his ego in front of an ex-girlfriend - Rose realizes that the possibility of true love is perhaps the scariest thing she's ever had to face.

Five monuments...five guys...five kisses...for the win. When Madeline Asher convinces her office-mates to play Monument Bingo, she's sure she can win. She has the skills, the drive, and the connections. She doesn't care about bruising egos or ghosting guys who mostly want one thing from her. When she meets Ewan, everything changes. He's exactly what a real man should be. Strong. Honest. Hot as hell. He doesn't like games, and he's looking for lasting love. Will Madeline accept what he's offering? Is she ready to go all in?

When Sophie Barnes’ fiancé jilts her at the altar, her carefully planned life implodes. Considering his betrayal to be a rude wake-up call, she leaves everything she knows in San Diego and flees to Laguna Beach. She vows to transform her life by avoiding men for a year and by fulfilling her dream of writing a wildly successful novel. Sophie’s new landlord, Nicholas Morgan, is a gorgeous, successful architect with a player reputation.

Boring advertising job by day, exciting cat-burglar stint by night. Evelyn lives for the adrenaline rush. Breaking in is her guilty pleasure, and when she takes a little souvenir, she makes sure it’s not a sentimental item. While hunting for her illicit adrenaline high, she doesn't expect to run into a man who is hotter than July. Raf Rinaldi has an explosive temper, a body of a Greek god, and zero tolerance for law-breakers.

I wasn’t even supposed to be in this stupid town. A detour gone wrong and a corrupt small-town sheriff. Now I’m stranded a hundred miles from civilization, with a hundred hours of community service. But guess who the judge partnered me up with? Jayce Hawkins is the bad boy I never knew I wanted. Long hair, and bulging muscles I want to sink my teeth into. Not to mention a cryptic tattoo sleeve on his right arm. And even though he starts off as my grumpy community service partner, I can see the hungry, lustful look he gives me....

Aspiring singer/songwriter Roxy Goodhart ventures to Bluelick, Kentucky to outrun her latest mistake. It’s a doozy, involving a lying ex-manager, a dire lack of cash, and a teensy bit of grand larceny. Landing in the long, strong, entirely too tempting arms of the law is no way to keep a low profile while she re-builds her “L.A. or bust” fund. Taking an apartment that - oops - puts her under West...er...in his path every day doesn’t help.  

Cassie Jordan has a sweet dream to open a bakery specializing in wedding cakes. The problem is, the Airstream trailer where she lives has a kitchen the size of a postage stamp, and her job as housekeeper for a vacation rental agency doesn’t pay enough for her to find other arrangements. When the renters at one of the houses in her care cancel their stay, leaving the house empty and its top-of-the-line kitchen unused, who could blame her for seeing it as an opportunity?