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FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR JAQUELINE SNOWEBook four in the Cleat Chasers series - a new edition!A jock and a party girl teaming up—makes total sense, right? Actually, maybe...Ambar Henderson is a senior communications major who has no idea what she wants to do in life. She spends most of her time working on her blog after gaining a lot of readers with a story she wrote junior year and...never followed up on. The last thing she expects is an angry jock accusing her of involvement in a scam that could shake the college to its foundations.Jeff Maddow should be focused on his senior season of baseball and not the suspicious activity happening on the team. It's his time to shine and get drafted, but after seeing incriminating evidence, he can't not investigate. And his first lead is the campus blogger...who's related to a name in the document he saw.Ambar's been coasting, writing about campus fashion and hook-ups rather than politics and economics, but when Jeff shows up at her place spouting wild accusations, she agrees to help him just to prove the stubborn athlete wrong.Long nights, impassioned arguments, close quarters...both Jeff and Ambar find opposites more than attract when things heat up.

FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REVERSE HAREM ROMANCE JAYCE CARTER Book one in the Dark Sanctuary series One night of submission to prove she doesn't crave it, and three sexy Dominants eager to call her bluff. Sunny has come a long way in the years since escaping the abusive Dom who made her life hell. Still, when Sunny can't shake a frighteningly strong need inside her, she decides one night at a local BDSM club, Sanctuary, will prove she doesn't want that in her life anymore. Instead, she meets three masked men there who give her pleasure she couldn't have imagined and twist everything she thought she knew about BDSM. Rather than the proof she thought she'd get, that the lifestyle wasn't for her, Sunny is further drawn to what had nearly destroyed her before. When fears that her ex-Dom could be after her again occur, Sunny and the men are forced to confront the dangers of her past and the scars it left behind. Can Sunny risk everything for the men she's fallen for, or will she let her fears rob them all of a future?

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR JAQUELINE SNOWE Book two in the Cleat Chasers series – a newly edited version! Pretending to date your best friend is always a good idea…right? Wrong. Greta Aske has a lot on her mind, and a string of bad dates has her giving up on men, at least for the time being. Her life contains a little too much drama, meaning she needs a break and to save money and get good grades. The perfect solution presents itself—pretend to date the campus playboy. That'll keep the guys away for sure. Aaron Hill is desperate to save his baseball career because, with his dad fighting cancer, he damn well knows he can't ask for a single penny from his parents. Baseball is his past, present and future, so when a scandal threatens his chance in the MLB, he turns to his best friend for help. A fake relationship will keep him out of trouble. It's perfect, really. Greta's taking a break from dating and Aaron needs to focus on training. Nothing could go wrong…as long as neither falls for the other. But when lines are crossed, what's real and fake blurs and the two are forced to face their fears. Could Greta be the game changer Aaron needs?

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR KATHERINE E HUNT Book one in the Sag Harbor series When a British journalist gets her dream job in The Hamptons she doesn't expect to find her dream man too. All Caitlyn has to do is catch a plane, move to Sag Harbor and start her new job as editor of a brand new society magazine. That's what she's promised herself. No more Mr. Wrong, no more pandering to everybody else's needs. New life, new Caitlyn. So when she meets a handsome gentleman on the plane, after a couple of drinks, she's going to walk away, right? She's certainly not going to try and join the mile-high club with him. If it turns out he's her new boss, Hank Baresi, the youngest son of one of the biggest media moguls in America, no matter, he doesn't appear to remember her, anyway. She's just going to do her job. No serenading him. No succumbing to his sweet charms and absolutely no falling in love with him. And, well, if he happens to fall in love with her, she's just going to say no, right?

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR RAVEN MCALLAN Book one in the Castle on the Loch series History, family, fate. Accept it or deny it at your will. The day you discover your boyfriend is using you as a free meal ticket and a way to save his money is the day to say bye-bye. Marcail Drummond does better than that. She sells up, plans the rest of her life and heads north. It's time to go home, to a castle on an island in a Scottish loch, and face up to the fact she's not quite the same as the rest of her family. They can see the past—and the future—and hear others. Heal the sick and help the broken hearted. She can't. After all, talking to yourself just isn't the same thing, even if one of the voices in your head is male and argues a lot. As far as Marcail is concerned, it's just her way of amusing herself. To Paden it's more than that. To him it's matter of life and death.

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR AURORA RUSSELL Book two in the Anywhere and Always series A blizzard traps her in a remote cabin with a man she can't stand. But what if she doesn't want to leave when the snow clears? Marina Lopez might have sworn off love for herself, but that doesn't stop her from being overjoyed that her best friend Annelise has found true happiness with her new man. Determined to help the couple celebrate in style, Marina drives up early to help organize their engagement party at a lodge in rural Vermont owned by the Gaspards, the future bridegroom's wealthy, powerful family. Unfortunately, the weather reports were wrong and she gets snowed in with just about the last person she ever wanted to face again. Pierre Gaspard, the head of his family, company and financial empire, is used to controlling everything and everyone around him and seldom has a regret. However, he does with regard to the harsh lesson he'd decided to teach Marina months earlier, and he's not thrilled to have her as an unwilling guest at his family's cabin, which became his sanctuary as he recovered from injuries sustained during an attempt on his life. Explosive and irresistible chemistry draws them together, but as strange accidents accelerate, they begin to fear that they might not be so alone in the snowy Vermont woods after all. When Pierre sends Marina away over a misunderstanding, he unknowingly puts her squarely into the path of the menace that continues to stalk his family. He rushes to her aid, but even if he makes it in time to protect her, he isn't certain he'll ever be able to convince her to forgive him—or that he doesn't want to take the place of her lost love, but instead to build something new together.

FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR AMELIA KINGSTON Book four in the So Far, So Good series An endearingly irreverent love story. To Jackie Ryan, insults are foreplay and love is war. What the feisty redhead lacks in stature, she makes up in attitude. She's made more than one grown man cry and she's damn proud of it. Little does the rowdy barista know she's about to meet her match in the shape of a walking, talking pair of starched khakis. When unassuming Eddie Jaworski stumbles into a quirky coffee shop, he isn't expecting a battle of wits with the maniac behind the counter. Still, he can't help be intrigued by the endearingly irreverent human enigma. She's brash, but considerate. Closed off to most, but fiercely loyal to a few. Everything is a joke, except those things that are sacred. Jackie doesn't trust easily and if he wants to get close, he's going to have to work for every inch. Good thing he's up for the challenge. But Eddie has a secret—one he didn't mean to keep—that's going to tug at the delicate strings weaving the pair together. When everything begins to unravel, Jackie must decide just what she's willing to risk for love.

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR JAQUELINE SNOWE Book three in the Out of the Park series What happens when a summer fling doesn't end with the season? Sarah Blue has one dream—to open her own pet boarding business. When she receives an offer to spend three months in a penthouse looking after two dogs, she intends to do the best dog-sitting job possible, and focus on her business plan. What she didn't expect was to run into a stranger so handsome that she could barely put two words together at the sight of him. And she certainly didn't expect him to live across the hall and befriend her. Brigham Monaghan's reputation is on the line. After an arrest that went very public, his future as an outfielder with Los Soles isn't guaranteed. With his life a total mess, he welcomes the distraction from the blue-haired girl across the hall who not only doesn't know his name, but hates sports. It's the perfect situation. But things get complicated when what was supposed to be summer fun and flirting turns into something more. Sarah's business takes off, where Brigham's future is barely hanging on by a thread. With the odds stacking up against Brigham, Sarah can't help questioning his motives. Did he fall hard for her, like she did him, or is it just a PR ploy? Either way, he's going to break her heart...

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR SARA OHLIN Book three in the Graciella series What would you give up to make forever come true? Adam Brockman has been working the land and the horses in Graciella since he can remember, and the new Brockman Farms business ventures are all blossoming. Adam's always believed in the farm, in family, and he's convinced he'll find the perfect love in the perfect moment. Widowed Cassandra Dorsey hopes her stay at a Brockman Farm cottage will help find peace and get her life back on track after losing her dream job as the food editor of The San Francisco Chronicle and being reckless with men in order to feel again have done nothing but leave her numb. Tumbling headfirst into love, Adam sets out to woo Cass into staying in Graciella and becoming his forever. Although initially convinced she needs to get her old job back, the land and love revive Cass's senses and she starts to imagine new dreams that include a gorgeous farm and her sexy cowboy. But a bombshell flips their world upside down and shakes the foundation of their fledgling relationship. Will the shock of a lifetime tear them apart…or grant Adam and Cass their chance at forever?

FROM AWARD-WINNING ROMANCE AUTHOR JANUARY BAIN Book three in the Manitoba Tea & Tarot Mysteries series Charm McCall has a gift for solving small-town murders, but can she stop something threatening the entire McCall clan? Charm McCall is on the hunt once more—this time to figure out who the ghost is that her cat has been seeing, why she's being shown an ancient treasure map by, gulp, a dead guy and why her Auntie T.J. has suddenly disappeared, bagpipes and all. That would be more than enough, but with the upcoming Sadie Hawkins dance and its accompanying Promise Bags to create and spell, she's about run off her feet. Not to mention that now it's legal to sell marijuana in Canada, orders for pot brownies are rolling in and threatening to crash her online store. Charm needs all the help she can get to deal with the arrival of her mother and the beyond painful host of problems that creates for her family, save Auntie T.J.'s hiney and discover who the real murderer is…that is, if she wants her romance with Snowy Lake's sexy Mountie, Ace Collins, to have any hope at all.

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR P. STORMCROW A Love's Bloom story Love or hate… It's a fine line for two broken souls. The last thing Emma Jones needed was for her past to walk back into her life. She has a sick mother to care for, a mansion to mind and bills to be paid. But when Elliot Carmichaels saunters in with a facade of cavalier arrogance, she is faced with more questions than those she had written in her diary. As an author with writer's block, Elliot, aka E.A. Jones, needed a change in scenery, even it meant he had to live with the childhood crush he had ghosted. He could handle it, he told himself. He was wrong. Now stuck with a fiery woman who both tempts and infuriates him, he has to figure out if he's going to kiss her or push her away. Secrets must be told and pain confronted if Emma and Elliot want to salvage their relationship. But life has a way of throwing curveballs, and they will have to navigate them together or fall apart. It all begins with two words. Dear Elliot…

FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR JAQUELINE SNOWE Book three in the Cleat Chasers series - a newly edited version! Falling for my brother's best friend is not an option—right? Kenzie Hill needs a place to stay the summer before college, so when a spot opens up at her brother Aaron's ‘baseball'house, she accepts. Living with a bunch of dudes who walk around shirtless won't distract her—she has plans and nothing will get in her way. Not even her brother's best friend. Tanner Johnson has one thing on his mind—his future in the MLB. After choosing to wait another year before entering the draft, he now dedicates every second to getting better on the field, or letting loose. His best friend's sister shouldn't even register on his radar. The first kiss is an accident and the second leads to more. They agree it'll just be a fling and that Aaron can never know. Kenzie's just starting her future, while Tanner's is already planned. Falling for her brother's best friend was never an option—but what happens when suddenly, it is?

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR LORI FAYREBook two in the Unexpected Mergers seriesHome is where the heart is...Kindall Armstead was content with her life in the heart of Manhattan. She had a successful career and a welcome lack of romance to muddle things up. So, when Texas cowboy Clint Donne walks into her life, it's more than her client's wedding that he crashes. Before she knows it, her one-time fling has turned into something far more dangerous, and Kindall now finds herself skipping a tropical vacation in favor of a heated Texas ranch in need of serious help.With family drama, deep secrets and a suspicious local creating trouble for her, Kindall barely has time to plan the Donnes'annual family festival, much less think about the complicated, messy feelings she has for a smooth cowboy with a crooked grin.With much more at stake than just her heart, can this city girl go back to her roots—or will she shake the dust from her designer shoes and turn her back on the only place that is starting to feel like home?

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR ZOE NORMANDIEBook two in the Unbreakable Heroes seriesHe stole her heart then left without a goodbye. A year later and he's back, telling her she needs protection—but the only protection she wants is from him.The pre-deployment fling Navy SEAL Matteo ‘Delta'Valente couldn't forget has tortured him for his entire tour. A year later, Delta thought he was over it. Finally, he gets home, but runs into Kendra Larose again. It has been so long—but not long enough. With one look, she stirs something inside him that he'd tried to lock up after all those nights thinking of her, sleeping in dirt with nothing but his helmet for a pillow.The problem he quickly realizes is that she's in real danger. Delta's instincts prove too powerful to override.Kendra isn't so convinced. Delta has just shown up, out of nowhere, with big claims that she's in danger and needs protection? Kendra wants to see the hard evidence. She's hated him ever since he didn't call. She'd fallen hard, and he'd broken her heart with no apparent remorse.A forensic specialist working for LAPD, Kendra has blood samples to run in the lab to get to the bottom of her latest case. The thing that becomes apparent is that her case intersects a little too neatly with Delta. She can't quite figure out whose side he is on, why he's back in her life and whether she can trust him or not. So, she keeps one big secret close to her chest.

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR JANUARY BAIN Book two in the Sin City Wolf series To be chosen is everything. Billionaires. Scholars. Relic hunters. Alessandro and Maximus Luceres are a united force and dangerous wolves to cross. Members of the powerful House of Luceres, they have spent their lifetimes searching the world over for the Lupus Sanguis Chalice, the fabled wolf blood chalice reputed to save the life of a human bitten by a werewolf during the first full moon. But never in all their travels did the twins expect to find their possible Forever Mate, much less discover the beautiful Trinity Wells to be in league with their sworn enemies, the nefarious House of Ribelle, who are seeking the precious chalice by any means necessary and want Trinity to mate with one of their own. Shockingly, Trinity is bitten by a Nomad wolf, starting the clock ticking down to her possibly fatal transformation and making the discovery of the chalice all that more vital. Will Trinity survive the change…and unite the pair of brothers rivaling to be her Forever Mates?

FROM POPULAR AUTHOR OF EXCITING ROMANCE FICTION ANGELA ADDAMS Book three in the Wicked Distractions series Lexi had always hidden her dark desires…until she found him. Lexi Monroe, one of Sabine Cowan's most valued Kitty Cats, is set to retire from Cowan Enterprises, but just as she leaves her own farewell Kitty Cat party, she stumbles on a secret that could change Sabine's world forever. But what she discovers is not a secret she can tell Sabine—not until she finds out the whole story. So instead, she enlists the help of hard-hitting, investigative reporter Sam Henderson to get to the bottom of things. Sam's always on the hunt for dirty deeds, so he agrees to work with Lexi. It's not a hardship for him, however, since he's got a thing for redheads and he finds Lexi simply irresistible. Even though Lexi doesn't completely trust Sam to have Sabine's best interests at heart—especially when a juicy story is in play—she believes that ultimately, he'll always do the right thing. At least, that's her hope. Their chemistry is explosive, and in the process of uncovering the whole story, Sam and Lexi delve into their own dark secrets, revealing parts of themselves that they've never shared with anyone before. As terrifying as it is to be so vulnerable, both Sam and Lexi understand that the only way to get what they each want is to open themselves up to being hurt. But that's hard to do when they are both hiding behind layers of defenses. They must set aside their different approaches to life and love in order to save not only Sabine herself but also everything she's built in Cowan Enterprises.

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR ZOE NORMANDIE Book one in the Unbreakable Heroes series Danica has no choice but to trust her ex-Navy-SEAL bodyguard, so she can't let her defenses down or fall in love—no matter what. All I've ever done is run. I've had no choice. It's just run or die. My family is ruthless. But then everything changed. He showed up. Protecting me, challenging me, teaching me… I don't know what to think about this former Navy SEAL. I've never had a bodyguard before. I've never been with a man before, either. He represents a lot of firsts for me. The only problem is that the harder I fall, the faster he pulls away. There's something in his past he won't tell me. Something dark. He says he'll never fall in love again. But, for me, it's too late. I've never felt these intense feelings before, and I'm terrified. What I feel for him seems dangerous. I may have no choice but to run again—if it's not too late—because I've realized that my heart is firmly under his control.

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR AMBER MALLOYBook three in the Perfect Stats seriesHawk thought he had everything he wanted until Lexington Waters showed up. That's when he discovered he needed so much more.Tech Guru Lexi Waters needs to snatch her company out of the grasp of her greedy ex-husband. The only problem is the restraining order that keeps her away from the business she built from the ground up. With no money left to her name, Lexi is forced to go back to Chicago and face the first man to ever let her down—blues legend Sugarfoot Moe Waters, her father. While she's stuck fixing up his crappy bar, the last thing she needs to deal with is a pushy, arrogant professional hockey player—Hawthorne Maze, aka Hawk. Hopefully the gorgeous distraction won't derail everything she has worked so hard for.From the outside looking in, Hawk's life seems perfect. Professionally, he's at the top of his field, and personally, he has his pick of any groupie. Orphaned by teenage parents, he only knows is that his mom is white and his dad black. Other than that, there are only two people he considers family—his childhood friend Gavin Knox and geriatric bar owner Moe. He thinks he knows everything about the famous blues artist, but the sudden appearance of his hot-ass daughter is not only unexpected but also unwanted. Contemplating retirement, Hawk needs to figure out what to do next, but fate keeps throwing the sexy egghead Lexi in his path.

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR GLORIA HERRMANN Keep writing…or die trying. Charlene Vanderberg is a bestselling author whose world is turned upside as she experiences writer's block for the first time. She now faces a deadline to redeem her career after her last book, a sappy romance, flopped. Charley had only wanted to try her hand at a different genre, one with a little less murder and mayhem, but had ended up creating some disgruntled fans. That's when the words disappeared, and Charley found herself unable to write a single sentence. After being plagued with crippling writer's block for months and about to hang up the towel, Charley's agent Pamela has convinced her that a change of scenery would help get her creative juices flowing again. She sends Charley off to a cozy lake resort and has enlisted some protection for her in the person of Nick Capra, a detective who is running from his own demons, has no desire to babysit the famous author but finds himself unable to stop developing feelings for his charge. Famous for writing chilling tales, Charley isn't prepared for the nightmare in store for her. The sleepy lake community where nothing bad ever happens begins to see a string of grisly murders. Charley discovers these murders were meant to inspire her to write her next novel. A copycat killer is reenacting scenes from her bestsellers. No one is safe from this killer—not even Charley.

FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR LANDRA GRAF Book four in the Bad Boys of Space series There's only one thing she wants to steal—his heart. When computer genius Sampson Smith's latest security measures fail to prevent the kidnapping of an Allied Planetary Union Ambassador's child, he has no choice but to track and save the kid himself…especially if he wants to be paid. Zasha Gustaf believed fighting with the Human's First movement could redeem her mercenary past, but when they use her intel to kidnap an innocent, she starts to have her doubts. Running into the only man she ever loved and who's on the same trail is a sign. She commits to helping Sampson stop this group from sacrificing another blameless person, but she has another motive. Sampson and Zasha have been down this road before, except last time it led to betrayal and heartache. He can't trust her and her attempts at redemption are met with constant rebuke, but when everyone, even the universe, is in danger relying on each other is the only way forward. Is a second chance possible for either of them…or will the past repeat itself?

FROM EXCITING AUTHOR OF PARANORMAL ROMANCE ELLEN MINT A Coven of Desire story Even witches have to eat. Despite learning last night that she has magic powers and there's a gorgeous incubus living on her couch, Layla has to still play nice to belligerent customers at her retail job. To her shock, Ink appears while she's in the middle of checking people out and refuses to leave. In this steamy short story, the customer can never be right against the might of a vengeful demon protecting his bond.

FROM EXCITING SCI-FI ROMANCE AUTHOR EILIS MUIR Book one in the Deep Mesa series Elana denied her special abilities so she could live an ordinary life—until she's recruited into a top-secret project involving something otherworldly. The demands of followers seeking answers from Elana Ryan's special abilities had taken a toll. To feel normal again, she got a job working at Los Alamos National Lab. It worked—until she was recruited into a top-secret project to use the very gifts she'd left behind. The project's head scientist, Dr. Cameron Graeme, is pushy and arrogant, but Elana is also inexplicably drawn to him. As her abilities grow, she finds that his presence amplifies her powers. Now she fears her feelings for him and the intentions of the government. Dr. Graeme finds Elana irresistibly alluring, which conflicts with his responsibilities for her as an asset. They resist their mounting mutual desires, but something more powerful than either of them has a different plan in mind.

FROM AWARD-WINNING ROMANCE AUTHOR ROSANNA LEO Book three in the Handymen series/b> He was looking for an escape. In her, he found his home. Contractor and Handymen host Nick Zorn needs a change. He's been feeling listless, and when his ex-girlfriend embarrasses him in a viral post by sharing private details of their sex life, he's downright ready to escape. When an opportunity to reinvent his career arises, Nick takes it, even though it might mean the end of Handymen. However, the team has one more project to tackle together first—a struggling cat sanctuary in dire need of renovation. When Nick arrives at the shelter and meets its owner, a lovely widow named Claire, his life is once more thrown into disarray. Neither of them is looking for a relationship, but the attraction is fierce. As he helps Claire fix her workplace, he realizes he wants to help her in other ways too. Their flirtation sizzles, flaring into a friends-with-benefits arrangement. But the more time they spend together, the more reluctant these ‘friends'become to fight their deepening connection, even though they know their inevitable break will devastate them…

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR WENDI ZWADUK Will this runaway royal ever find her place…and true love? All Princess Catherine Zara of Lysianna wants to do is attend college like everyone else her age. So she's a royal and requires a security guard to move about in public, but if she goes to university, she doesn't have to marry the man chosen for her. He's not her true love, so why torture herself? All she has to do to get her life started is to run away to the US… And then she meets Luke. Luke Cobb wants to survive college with a degree in studio art and guarantees that he can show his paintings in the local galleries. All he needs is the right break to get his work mainstream and the right woman to stoke his dormant muse. When he meets Zara, he's smitten and his creativity sparks. Except, she's a princess and he's a commoner, which could be a big problem…

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR BROOKE TAYLOR Book one in the Wicked Games series A feisty fugitive must convince a steel-hearted warrior to help her evade a wicked enemy. When a tornado drops Thea Gale and her not-so-little dog Titan into the arms of a steel-hearted warrior, she has no idea the trouble she's in. Lucky for her, the battle-scarred Navy SEAL patching her up knows a few things about evading wicked enemies. Nikolas Steele is certain the right thing to do is to turn the captivating amnesiac and her protective K9 over to the authorities. But is the filter-less fugitive really a threat or is she the one whose life is in grave danger? Nik can't shake the feeling that Thea's past has come back to claim her and discovering who she really is might be more deadly than either of them are prepared for. In order to enlist Nik's help, Thea must not only confront the trauma of her former life, but also penetrate the carefully forged armor protecting what is left of Nik's heart.

FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR P. STORMCROW Book two in The Playgrounds series When her contract with her Dom is about to expire and her past comes knocking, Luna must make the right moves or risk losing her heart and her soul. On the surface, Luna Weir leads a perfectly normal life, but behind closed doors, she surrenders control to someone else—Jacob Dakota, who is sexy, charming and entirely dominant. The problem is that they only agreed to this power dynamic for a limited time. Jacob has never taken on training a submissive for more than three years at a time. However, as their end date draws near, he finds himself more reluctant to let go of Luna than he'd expected. To make matters worse, Luna's past returns in the form of the charismatic Bryan Walsh, her original Dom, who offers her another choice—to become his after her contract with Jacob expires. But there are secrets between the two of them that not even she can explain. With the future of their relationship unknown and a suspicious Dom waiting in the shadows, Luna's will to submit and Jacob's ability to lead are both tested like never before. Now they must decide if what they feel for each other is strong enough to hold them together beyond their contractual terms—for the measure of a Dominant is how willing their submissive is to serve.

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHORS RAVEN MCALLAN AND CASSIE O'BRIENBook one in The Scots and the Sassenachs seriesA treasonable letter. An attempted blackmail. Can a secret marriage save the day?Duncan, the Earl of Callander loves his beautiful neighbour, Lady Cairstine McColl but has held back from proposing until she has enjoyed her debut Season in Edinburgh. However, matters are taken out of his hands when Cairstine discovers a plot to blackmail her father with her hand in marriage demanded as the ransom price.A daring plan is hatched. To protect Cairstine, she and Duncan will wed under Scottish law, then travel to England incognito to find and destroy a letter that could see her father accused of treason and the family ruined.But all is not straightforward once they arrive in Corbridge.They must hide the passion they feel for each other from the blackmailer, and worse, there may not be just one blackmailer but two.

FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR JAQUELINE SNOWEBook one in the Cleat Chasers series - a new editionCollege is all about learning, right?Most college girls ‘swipe right'to meet the right guy—Callie meets All-Star pitcher Zade while he's buying tampons. College is all about learning, right?How often do you meet your dream guy buying tampons at Target? Never, right? For Callie, a baseball-loving, hardworking college student, it happened just once. The magic was too real, too fast and too much, so she left the store without exchanging names.But fate works in wonderful ways, right?Zade Willows, the All-Star pitcher rumored to be drafted his senior year, gets what he wants. He has a fan club who follow his every move, but when he meets Callie, the game changes. She knows all his plays and that the game always ends—in heartbreak. But Zade doesn't back down and is willing to try anything.He'll eventually get the girl, right?

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR LARISSA VINE A Sun, Sea and… Story Summer of surprises…or summer of love? Tessa feels like pinching herself. She's going to be a bridesmaid at the wedding of the summer on an exotic island in Thailand. Finally, this is her chance at the A-lister life and the glitz and success that are sure to follow. All she has to do is shape up enough to look stunning in her bridesmaid's dress. Easy, right? Especially with the super-hot and super-famous fitness star Josh Jordan to train her. Josh Jordan can't wait to coach Tessa. Not only will he get to spend time with her, but he'll be doing what he loves, training people—the grass roots of his fitness empire. His summer's starting out nicely, apart from one thing. He's inherited a greedy, slobbery dog that seems hell-bent on shedding hair and chewing up every goddamn stick of furniture in his penthouse apartment. As Josh and Tessa begin their workouts, their lust for each other blossoms. But with the wedding looming, Tessa still has a lot to achieve, and Josh continues to be at loggerheads with the dog. Their summer turns out to be one surprise after another…but can they turn it into a summer of love?

FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR HANNAH MURRAY A Sun, Sea and… Story What's a vacation without a fling? The last place Clio Reed wants to be in the middle of July is on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, but when the matriarch of the Reed family calls for a family vacation, everyone listens. Clio figures this vacation will be an exercise in annoyance and frustration, but she didn't count on her great-aunt's new husband—or his son… Fox may be her new step-cousin, but after one look at the dark-haired, green-eyed hottie with the perpetual grin and amazing forearms, her feelings for him are anything but familial. Maybe this cruise won't be such a drag after all.

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR ALEXANDRA ALAN Will one ride convince her to go the distance? Hitchhiking is easy, right? Stick out a thumb, hop in an old jalopy and see the country from behind someone else's bug-splattered window. But even hitching from Boston to Los Angeles was a lot trickier than Cara had imagined. Enter the semi-truck. Cara never expected to hitch a ride in a vehicle larger than a minivan, yet when Nate Hayes offers her a lift, something urges her to leap into the passenger seat. He's handsome and taciturn, and she's sure there's more depth to this man than he initially reveals. On the road from one side of the country to the other, her intrigue quickly turns into attraction, then into something she really doesn't want to feel for a man who's going to disappear in less than a week. As Cara's destination looms, she realizes that she wants to go the distance with Nate…but will it be possible?

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR KATHERINE MCINTYRE Book three in The Whitfield Files series All Nate Whitfield wanted to do was stay out of trouble—but then he met Belle… In setting up his apothecary emporium in Islington, Nate Whitfield knew he'd be facing all manner of cracksmen and scum—after all, his cousins were once a part of that underworld. However, when a stunner of a woman bursts into his shop to hide from her former gang, he can't help but offer shelter. Isobel Griffiths, an arsonist with a knack for setting blazes unseen, has wanted her freedom ever since her parents sold her to notorious gang leader Jack Blair. Drawn into Isobel's whirlwind, Nate is soon smitten…as is she. Belle's clever, but to escape Blair's clutches, she'll need more than wits—she'll need Nate's alchemy. And if their plan doesn't succeed, it could spiral into a gang feud deadly enough to tear all of Islington apart.

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR DEANA BIRCH Book three in the Covington Heights Crew series Piercing lies lead to brutal betrayals. One bullet has taken everything from Anton Myers. Everything… His crew, his livelihood and any ounce of loyalty from his friends are all gone thanks to a tiny piece of lead. With no purpose and his mother pushing him into a lifestyle he never wanted, he's the perfect storm of defiance and deceit. Samantha Powers is a damn good liar. She can bend facts, sell half-truths, omit details and sugarcoat answers better than anyone in the city. She's also the kind of woman who can motivate warriors to transcend into kings—and that's exactly what she wants to do. Their fast-paced relationship—fueled by raw lust and questionable motives—threatens Samantha's credibility while Anton's world crumbles around him. As an undeniable fact surfaces that could ruin them both, the only way out of their web of lies is a devastating truth.

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR ZELAH ROBERTS Hostages of fate…rescued by love. Holly Mason's past has left her with many things—a powerful need for independence and self-reliance, enduring memories of pain and fear…and an intense dislike of alpha males. Billionaire Sir Mac Sinclair has been wounded by the betrayal of his fiancée and overpowered by his own ultra-protective alpha-male instincts after his sister is kidnapped. He has no time for romance. But when Mac meets Holly at the beautiful Midsummer Ball, fate intervenes. The irresistible, timeless magic of midsummer seduces them into stealing one stunning, secret night of passion together. But one night is not enough… When danger threatens, Mac and Holly are forced back together. Can they confront the traumas of the past and learn to trust each other to overcome the dangers of the present?

FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR GEMMA SNOW Book one in the Sinclair Seven series The only thing better than riding a cowboy is submitting to one. On her own for the first time, Skylar Wedgewood has no idea what to do about it. She's torn between behaving like the hard-working mom she's dedicated her life to being…and embracing her fascination with the erotic world of lust and submission she has long put second. That's where The Ranch comes in. And with it, Caleb Cash. The injury that cut short Caleb's pitching career just before he joined the majors, then his wife walking out on him have made Caleb question everything about himself, and he hasn't had a partner since. Until Skylar. There's no denying the heat between them when Skylar checks into the erotic lifestyle club Caleb and his six best friends opened in the Montana mountains, but for things to go further than their physical connection, Skylar has to learn how to put herself first and Caleb must be willing to trust a new partner with his heart…

FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR ANGELA ADDAMS Book two in the Wicked Distractions series A night with him was only meant to be a release, not an awakening. Adam Lancaster, right-hand man and security expert for Cowan Enterprises, is called back home to help his family save their ranch from a gang of debt collectors. While he's there, he's reunited with his childhood nemesis, Missy Alderton. Missy, once a tomboy, is all grown up and sexy as hell. She's also the town's sheriff, a kick-ass law enforcement officer who is determined to bring down the criminal elements that threaten more than just Adam's family. Since they both have the same goal, it would seem they'd be able to work together, but Missy knows all about Adam's years of working for the infamous Sabine Cowan, and she doesn't approve of his methods of fixing problems. Missy hasn't seen Adam in five years, not since the night she seduced him as a little payback for things he'd done when they were younger. She got him all hot and bothered and walked away, vowing never to touch the man again. Now that he's back in town, she keeps trying to convince herself that she's not interested in spending too much close and personal time with Adam. That's what her mouth is saying, but her body, on the other hand, can't seem to get enough of him. Adam is trouble and he's threatening everything she's built in Grimshield, including the walls around her heart. With so much at stake, Adam must convince Missy that sometimes you have to break a lot of rules to get what your heart desires.

FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR AURORA RUSSELL Veronica's new job comes with a darling little boy, a Gothic castle and…a beast? When recently laid-off Francophile Veronica Carson is recommended for an au pair job by the elegant leader of her French conversation group, she isn't sure what to expect—but a Gothic castle deep in the wilds of Maine is certainly not it. Still, she's drawn in by her joyful little charge, Jean-Philippe, and even more drawn to his brooding father. Ruthlessly successful businessman Alain Reynard has loved before and has no wish to repeat the painful experience. The tragedy of his recent past is still fresh in his mind, and he wants nothing to do with his son's lovely new au pair. Despite his best efforts, though, he can't seem to get her off his mind. A passionate romance begins to blossom but is put to the test when painful reminders of Alain's past return. As ugly rumors swirl, the truths of the past and the present collide. Veronica must decide if Alain really is a beast and, if so, whether she can love him enough to break through the dark memories and secrets that tether him to what once was.

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR JASMINE HILL A My Bloody Valentine story Accept it if you dare… Twenty-four-year-old personal trainer Bree Lewis has no time for love, so a mysterious invitation to a Valentine's Weekend Gala has her intrigued. It seems crazy to accept, but perhaps she'll meet a hot guy there who'll be the distraction she desperately needs…even if the gala is taking place at a strange mansion in a secret location. For weeks Vincent has been watching over Bree from the shadows, keeping her safe until the moment is right to make himself known to her. But when he sees Bree's name on the Gala invitation list, he has no choice but to attend the event. When Bree and Vincent meet, their attraction burns until the very air around them ignites. But things aren't what they seem at the mansion and, shockingly, even Vincent is harboring a deadly secret. And when the guests start disappearing, it's clear that something is very wrong. Bree and Vincent are tested to their limits in their fight to escape the mansion and the deadly dangers that lurk there. It seems there's no hope for the couple…unless Vincent is prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice.

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR DEANA BIRCHBook four in the Covington Heights Crew seriesScarred pasts haunt bright futures.A reformed hitman tries to right the wrongs of his dark past by saving a stranger from the clutches of a stalker.Francis Ricci is a cold-blooded assassin. Correction...was a cold-blooded assassin. Now he's legit—and, to be fair, it's a good life. As the head of a top private security company, he's gone from killing softly to protecting fiercely—especially all things family. So, when his sister-in-law finds a nanny but there's not enough info for a background check, it's him who hops on a plane to investigate the potential guard of the littlest Riccis.Small-town girl Megan Walsh is ready to run away from a sad life and a serious stalker. She gets just that chance when Mr. Tall, Dark and Mysterious offers to take her to New York without a trace. Being a nanny might not be her dream job, but it's a hop, skip and a jump away from her dream city...and just around the corner from her best-kept secret.The intimacy of hotel rooms confirms a mutual attraction and, despite all arrows pointing to it being a horrible idea for them to date, Megan and Frankie's relationship plows ahead. But scarred pasts haunt bright futures. And when the demons come calling, the couple will be forced to choose between who they want to be and who they truly are.

FROM EXCITING AUTHOR OF PARANORMAL REVERSE HAREM ROMANCE ELLEN MINTBook three in the Coven of Desire seriesHot? Check. Romantic? Double check. Alive? Well...Balancing school, work and two boyfriends is draining enough, but Layla is drowning in her witchcraft duties—literally. Monsters that she has to stop are flocking to her city and she thinks she knows why. But her impetuous incubus and winsome werewolf don't believe her wild theory.Spring break gives Layla time away from anatomy tests, but sends her to the public library in her quest to uncover the truth about the elusive Mr. White. She doesn't know where to start until a mysterious stranger drops a book at her feet. Curious about the attractive man with a punk edge, Layla tries to chase after him, only for her hand to go straight through his shoulder.Daniel Lu is not the drop-dead gorgeous librarian helping wayward students. He actually dropped dead five years before Layla was born. This wayward ghost forced to haunt the library needs her help to find his killer. Hunting down that man that shot Daniel thirty years ago leads Layla on a wild chase through the city and into the sights of a creature that could kill her with a snap of its claws.She's willing to risk it all to help the charming and well-read Daniel even while Ink laughs at her caring about a ghost. What kind of fool would fall for someone who's little more than a whisper in the dark?

FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR HANNAH MURRAY Book two in the Perfect Taboo series When Nick said he wanted to make all of Rebecca's fantasies come true, he wasn't kidding. Nick and Rebecca are madly in love, kinky as hell and ready to push the boundaries a little. As her Dom and her Daddy, fulfilling all her desires is both Nick's responsibility and his privilege, but while Rebecca loves the idea of Nick sharing her with another Dom, she's not sure if she's ready to turn her fantasy into reality. Nick is eager to facilitate the threesome of her dreams, but it's no hardship to wait until she's ready…and, in the meantime, maybe give her a hint of just what two Doms can do for her. With a small taste of the very sexy possibilities, it doesn't take long for Rebecca to get on board, especially since she's developed a small, harmless crush on Nick's preferred co-Top, his good friend and fellow Dom, Cade. Nick and Cade have teamed up before, so he knows they can deliver on the promises Nick has made. Together, they'll be sure to give Rebecca a scene—and a night—none of them will ever forget…

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR ALEXANDRA ALAN Meeting an old flame is about to tie her in knots... Most first kisses don't end in stitches. True, kissing in high school can be far from perfect, but when Annie Carver is finally courageous enough to make out with Nicholas Liu, there should have been stars and trumpets, not broken glasses and a collapsed closet. Ten years later, Annie still thinks about Nick. Although she's been through her share of difficult relationships and sexual awakenings, she can't help but wonder about the sweet boy who blushed as she helped him with homework assignments and whose name she wrote in her notebooks. A concert is the last place she expects to run into him. It's easy for them to connect…and even easier for her infatuation to return. In the last ten years, Annie's changed—she's discovered how much she enjoys bondage. Her ex saw her kinks as a flaw, but will Nick be willing to push his limits, or is this one relationship that's bound to remain a memory?

FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR HANNAH MURRAYBook one in the Perfect Taboo seriesA good marriage is built on love, trust and kink...James and Amanda have been together for fourteen happy, playful kinky years. That's the way they both like it, and neither feels there's anything missing, until one day, a typical scene morphs into something atypical—humiliation play.They've never played with this kink before, but it was shockingly hot, and satisfying in a way their more playful scenes aren't. They're both excited to try something new after so many years together, but James is leading his beloved wife and submissive into uncharted territory where their comfort zone will be stretched and their bond tested...It will take all the love and trust they've built over fourteen years to survive The Shame Game.

A SWEET ROMANCE FROM L A TAVARES Time heals some wounds. The first time Lyla Savoie Kenney found love—boundless, passionate love—it wasn't with a person but a place. She found deep-rooted endearment there, and in keeping with tradition, it caused her first real heartbreak too. Lyla grew up on the beaches at Begoa's Point, a campground she and her father visited each summer for seventeen years. She spent each non-summer month counting down the days until she could return, until going back was no longer an option. Begoa's Point closed with no explanation. Fifteen years later, now a widowed mother with a child of her own, Begoa's Point is reopening its doors. Lyla is surprised when she is abruptly moved off the waiting list and given a reservation at the camp, but even more surprising is what she finds when she arrives. Weston Accardi, the first boy Lyla ever gave her heart to, is the proud new owner of the Begoa's property. He has changed—and not just because a prosthetic leg now exists where a natural limb once did. He is no longer the carefree rebel he used to be but has grown into a responsible businessman. Their past, however, refuses to remain such, cycling back to smother the fire they've tried so hard to rebuild since her arrival to the reopened campground.

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR L A TAVARES Book one in the Consistently Inconsistent series Actions speak louder than words. Long-haired bad-boy guitarist Xander has skeletons in his closest that refuse to stay dead. After a series of setbacks, Xander hits new lows, almost costing himself his reputation and career. While trying to take steps in the right direction toward better decisions and good choices, he meets Natalie, and for the first time—maybe ever—Xander sees past himself and past the music his rock band is famous for. Their relationship is an unlikely one, with outside factors creating obstacles the two would have to tackle to make their love work. He is reckless while she responsible. He thrives in the spotlight while she will do anything to avoid it. He speaks fluent profanity while she doesn't speak at all. He works to win her heart, despite having to overcome the communication barrier, while she tries to look past the intensity of the spotlight they find themselves in.

FROM AMAZON AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR DESIREE HOLT Book two in the Galaxy series Running for her life, saved by a hunky former SEAL, she never expected the sex to be as hot as the danger zone. Hannah Modell thought she had life by the tail: a great job as a drone engineer at top-notch Lowden Tactical with one successful project after another…until it all blew up in her face. Literally. Now she's on the run. If she hadn't met the sexy stranger, she has no idea what would have happened. But former SEAL Matt “Viper” Roman turned out to be both an answer to a prayer and the sexiest man alive. As the men of the mysterious agency, Galaxy, race against time to prove her innocence and find the real culprit, things heat to the boiling point between Hannah and Viper.

THREE VALENTINE'S DAY THEMED NOVELLAS FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHORS ASHE BARKER, ELIZABETH COLDWELL AND AYLA RUSEParamour - a box setOnce you've had a taste of Ms. Barker's book, I'm sure you'll want more. ~ Jeep DivaMaestro is exactly like a firecracker: short, hot, and filled with sparks. ~ Joyfully ReviewedRe-Awakening by Ashe Barker Her Master gone, is she destined to spend the rest of her life alone. Or can she bring herself to surrender - again?Maestro by Elizabeth Coldwell She admires his dominance on stage, but does Jax have the courage to let this gorgeous young opera singer dominate her in the bedroom?Raspberries and Wine by Ayla Ruse When Stacy opens her door on Valentine's Day, it's not to the man she expected, but to the man who'll give her what she needs.Uncover the adventures that occur when sophisticated, mature women who know what they want encounter dark and dominating younger men. Discover the deep passion that unfolds from these chance meetings.

FOUR VALENTINE'S DAY THEMED NOVELLAS FROM AWARD-WINNING AND BESTSELLING ROMANCE AUTHORS A Little Bit Cupid: A Totally Bound Publishing Box Set Hot Pants and Valentines by Desiree Holt Her hot pants certainly heated up Valentine's Day. This Ain't No Love Story by Aliyah Burke His reputation precedes him. Will she allow them a shot? Lovestruck by January Bain What if Cupid's arrow is real? For One Night Only For one night only. However, commitment has a habit of sneaking up on you. Then you have a choice, is it one night only or something more? Cupid is aiming his arrows and we're all aquiver! Whether it's a second chance at love or a whirlwind small-town romance, these stories are all about falling in love on Valentine's Day.

FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR REBECCA FAIRFAX A My Bloody Valentine story The heart is the most dangerous target. Rafael de Almeida, Brazil's most gorgeous TV heartthrob, is in London for PR events and to audition for a very different kind of role to the charming seducer he's famous for and tired of. He wants gritty and raw, a part that asks him to do more than flash his sexy smile and flex his killer abs. Ex-police officer Keeley Stewart has never even seen the historical costume drama Valentin that catapulted Rafael to fame, and couldn't care less. He might be the sexiest man in Brazil, but Keeley, now working for a private agency, just wishes it wasn't her assignment to look after Rafael while he's in London. She can't let him get under her skin, not when she's there to save his. And literally so, when someone takes a shot at Rafael within minutes of her meeting him. Soon, mounting threats and betrayals leave the pair stuck with each other and on the run, trying to find out who wants Rafael dead. They also discover there's much more to the other than ‘dumb cop'and ‘spoiled silver-screen star', and that, despite themselves, they have a whole lot more in common than just the white-hot attraction blazing between them…

FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR DESIREE HOLT Book one in the Galaxy series Hot ex-military, desperate woman, tight conspiracy…wait for the explosion! Peyton West is desperate. Her brother-in-law is dead, her sister is in a coma and no one seems interested in finding any answers. With every door slammed in her face, she's referred to Scott “Blaze” Hamilton and the men from super-secret Galaxy. Conducting meetings on a plane and digging into the underbelly of Tampa politics, she sees a ray of hope…and discovers Blaze lives up to his name in more ways than one. She crosses her fingers that the scorching sex will continue to blaze once the killer is found.