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What was I thinking letting my ex-husband, Jake live with me...and my new husband? Things have been great with my new husband, Kyle. Until I accidentally say Jake’s name during the worst possible time. Okay...it’s more like I moan his name at the wrong time. And now Kyle thinks I still have feelings for my ex. Did I mention that Kyle and Jake are best friends? Of course I care about my strong and sexy ex, Jake. He’s a huge part of my life. But how could I still be in love with him after what he did?

Abbie swore that she was done with rich, powerful men. They've hurt her. They've hurt her mother, whom she will do anything to protect. She's done playing the submissive. She's ready to fight back. The problem is that Gabe Maxwell is one of those rich, powerful men, and he refuses to be ignored. He's in her path, and she can't seem to steer clear of him. He wants her. She wants him. But it's not that simple. There is more to her story, more than Gabe knows, but then, there is more to Gabe's story than Abbie knows, too.

From the pulpy pages of Black Mask Magazine in the 1920s and '30s, through the film noir era of the 1940s, to today, noir fiction has lured many a reader and movie-goer away from the light and into the dark underbelly of society. Names such as Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and James M. Cain; titles like The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, The Postman Always Rings Twice...these have inhabited our collective consciousness for decades. Humanity, it seems, loves the dark. And within the dark, one figure stands out: that of the femme fatale.

Ten years ago, my high school crush found me during senior finals week in the student parking lot with my car decorated with items you find behind a drugstore counter and a "Most Likely to..." banner that would make a pro blush. And by "pro", I don't mean golf. In under an hour, everything I knew about myself was turned upside down and inside out, just as our high school career was in its final hours.

Gabe Maxwell is a powerhouse in the boardroom, a man with a dark past he's buried under success and power. He's not a white-picket-fence-and-forever kind of guy and he's definitely not into redheads. That is until one corners him, kisses him, and thanks him for waking her up. Right before she walks away and leaves him. She's gone and he's obsessed. Only Abbie isn't the good girl she seems. She has secrets and a past, and soon, she'll pull Gabe into her bed, her life, and that spells more than obsession. It spells danger.

In this lifetime there is one person who will own you, who will know you, who will understand you like no one else could possibly understand you. That person for me is Carrie. I didn't want to love her. I didn't want to need her. But now that she's my world, no one is going to take her from me. Yet the minute I propose, that's exactly what the universe tries to do. It tries to take her from me. My father and our many enemies want to take her from me. They'll be sorry they tried.

Letting the ocean current take me where it may for the last 25 years hasn’t worked out so great. So, instead of getting my tail in a knot, I’m making some swimmingly simple changes.

Jack and I had everything. Then, in one brutal instant, the universe tilted on its side. Now we’re only ever fighting or f--king. I write Jack a goodbye letter and head for the coast, where I quickly meet someone at work who helps me find a place to stay. My new host - hot, tattooed ex-soldier Isaac Evans - is complicated. Nevertheless, we bond over our mutual desire to create something beautiful from the wreckage of our lives. But Jack and I are still trying to make things work - fighting and f--king dirtier than ever. And he doesn’t appreciate my new friendship with Isaac.

For the past three years, Stacia has seduced her way through the university's football line-up. But when she finally has a quarterback fresh off the draft, she experiences a shocking change of heart - one that sends her back to the place she never thought she'd return to: Vegas. Once there, she finds that no one believes her. Least of all Pace Larson, her sexy on-again, off-again ex who has never quite gotten over her leaving him for someone else.

My heart was shattered once before, and I swore it would never happen again. This time I chose the safe guy who wouldn't destroy me. Turns out...safe guys don't exist. So when the sexiest Brit I've ever met dances right into my life, I offer him a one night stand. No strings attached. My perfect rebound, with zero chance of betrayal. It's everything I hoped for. But he demands more than I'm willing to give. I refuse to be fooled again because I know a man I can count on is rarer than...platinum.

When Preston Whitehall shows up late one night at Trihn's ballet company, all bets are off. Trihn knows that she should be careful. But when it comes to him, she throws all her carefully constructed reasons for not dating out the window. He's cunning, charming, and hot as sin. And he knows exactly how to use those qualities to get what he wants. Soon, Trihn is dragged deeper and deeper into his rapidly intensifying whirlwind. But where a storm is brewing...destruction and devastation follow.

No strings. No feelings. Just fun. That’s all I have to offer. I’m a soldier, not husband material, and I have no problem with that. Especially since she feels the same. AJ challenges me in ways I can’t deny, but romance isn’t on our agenda. A hot fling suits us just fine. Until it doesn’t....

License to Thrill is a romantic adventure in the spirit of super-cool, super-sexy Agent 007! He wasn't the man she wanted to trust...but when the stakes turn deadly, it's nice to have a hard body between her and trouble! She wasn't the woman he expected to fall for...and he has a bad feeling a bulletproof vest isn't going to protect his heart this time!

When a brutal alien society invades and threatens to destroy the two worlds that make up Cadet Erynn Yager's existence, she is thrust into battle, forced to expose her strange abilities, revealing the truth of her forbidden birth, unraveling a guarded web of secrets. Aware of Erynn's potential, the alien enemy pursues her. Stranded on Arranon, an unfamiliar planet of eternal winter and predatory wildlife, the mysterious living consciousness of this world intervenes, leading Erynn on a mystical journey.

Baseball star Will Vandergriff knows any number of women who would happily pretend to be his girlfriend. In a last-ditch effort to restore his good standing with his team's higher-ups, he enlists the help of his neurotic, goody-goody neighbor. Schoolteacher Olivia Pratt might be a bit quirky and a bit of a loner, but she's a lot more inviting than she knows. Will hopes that bringing her to his next game might revamp his reckless reputation and help get his career back on track. The plan works a little too well, however.

With my eyes closed and Alex's core friends all around me, it was like I'd become my big sister, or something just as good. And so who cared if they were calling it Alex's party? One thing I knew: it would be remembered as mine. Alex has it all - brains, beauty, popularity, and a dangerously hot boyfriend. Her little sister Thea wants it all, and she's stepped up her game to get it. Even if it means spinning the truth to win the attention she deserves.

Juggling work, college, and the care of her young son, Alex, was never Sabrina's plan. But Sabrina's dreams are bigger than any curve ball life can throw at her. Her top priority is keeping her small family together, no matter the cost. Vladimir Grigory doesn't believe in dreams. He earned his position at the top of New York's corporate ladder with his own sweat. His empire is his baby, and he'll destroy anyone who threatens it. Even the sexy employee who challenges him on every level.

This wasn’t the adventure she’d signed up for…A sexy boss, a rough crossing, and pirates - all Brylie Winston wanted was a job to help her earn money to buy her own restaurant. She hopes to earn it by working as a chef on a cruise to Antarctica. But she’s slept with her boss, which throws her off-balance even more than the rough seas and warnings of pirates in the area. And he’s determined to have a repeat performance.

Missy and her cousin Claire are best friends who finish each others' sentences and practically read each others' minds. It's an eerie connection so eerie that Missy has questions she wants to put to her parents. But she's afraid to ask. So when Missy hears an expert discussing newborn babies on the radio, it makes her wonder about her family. Missy just can't let go of those nagging questions, and decides to use a school project about scientific hoaxes to try to uncover the answers.

When Game Warden Eden St. Cloud goes up against CEO Monroe StoneCrow, she encounters the most intimidating, powerful, and sexy man she's ever seen. Unaware of the fact that Monroe is the Dominant Skin Walker in North America, it isn't until Eden becomes enmeshed in his life that she realizes it's too late to escape. Worse, she's drawn the children under her care into the lair of the beast and must now succumb to Monroe's desires or risk losing her children forever.