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Calliope thought she had it all—a family, a future, and love. But when betrayal and heartbreak shatter her world, she’s left to pick up the pieces for her twins’ sake. Struggling with the pain of a broken marriage, she starts to rebuild, unsure if she’ll ever believe in love again. But just when she’s about to give up on the possibility of happiness, a tall stranger with a heart-melting smile enters her life. Could he be the spark that helps her move forward, or is she destined to face the future alone?

“If you think I’m going to let you walk in here like a free agent, you’re hardly mistaken,” Owen says, looking down at me.

I clear my throat. “What do you want?”

He leans his head toward me until our lips are close to one another. “A kiss.”

Taylor Walker’s life is simple, and she’s happy with her boyfriend—until cracks in their relationship start to show. Meanwhile, her new neighbor, Owen Blake, is cold, aloof, and anything but friendly. Determined to break through his tough exterior, Taylor’s curiosity clashes with Owen’s desire to keep his distance. But when unexpected circumstances force her to rely on him, their dynamic takes a heated turn. Owen has his own conditions for helping her, leaving Taylor to question everything she thought she knew about love and desire. Can she handle the sparks between them, or will she get burned?

Kendra's life is upended when Viking invaders storm her village, and she's taken by a fierce warrior who can't resist her beauty. As she's held captive, a dangerous attraction simmers between them. Will Kendra find a way to escape, or will passion overtake them both? Meanwhile, a ruthless man named Dmitry is willing to spill blood to possess what he desires, raising the stakes even higher. In a world of power, danger, and forbidden desire, Kendra's fate hangs in the balance.

Melody's life is turned upside down when a one-night stand with the irresistible Xavier Clark leads to a whirlwind of secrets, passion, and heartbreak. As their lives keep colliding, Melody must navigate a maze of love, betrayal, and family drama. With past wounds and unexpected twists, can Melody and Xavier overcome the odds to find their happily ever after?

Someone like Xavier is a gripping tale of forbidden love, second chances, and the power of true connection—perfect for anyone looking for a love story with all the feels.

Cora and Levi are stuck in a rut—every date night feels like a fertility checklist. In a last-ditch effort to revive the spark, Cora tries out a viral kink: the Ghost Face mask. Levi mocks her. So much for that. But days later, someone does show up in the mask… and gives her the hottest encounter of her life. There's just one problem: Levi swears it wasn’t him. Now Cora’s stuck between horror and obsession. Who was behind the mask? And how did he know exactly what she craved? What starts as a spicy surprise spirals into a mystery full of secrets, lies, and maybe even betrayal.

Scarlett doesn’t trust easily. The last person she trusted was her long-term boyfriend Jase, and he dumped her at graduation.

But a one-night stand with sexy Nic is about to turn way more complicated than she could’ve dreamed. She’ll need to learn to trust him, fast, because otherwise she might not survive the cutthroat world of rough sex and rougher corporate takeovers.

Tina’s Christmas spirit disappears the moment she catches her boyfriend cheating—two weeks before the holiday. She’s set on working through the season, dodging mistletoe and cheer, until a handsome, desperate shopper appears at her store after closing on Christmas Eve. Her sarcasm is sharp, but she lets him in… and finds herself sharing more than just retail space. Thomas has his own reasons to hate the holidays, but one night of banter, warmth, and undeniable heat melts the frost between them. What starts as a fling begins to feel like more, and as feelings deepen, so does the risk. Because sometimes the best gifts aren’t wrapped—they’re found.

Odette is done playing it safe. After escaping a toxic relationship, she’s searching for a fresh start—and the last person she expects to lean on is her brother’s best friend. Reece has always been off-limits, but now he’s showing up like her personal hero. With five protective brothers watching her every move and her heart still healing, falling for Reece should be the worst idea ever. But some rules are made to be broken… and some sparks are too strong to ignore. He’s ready to risk it all for a second chance—will Odette be brave enough to take it?

Harley Anderson is chaos in eyeliner and combat boots, forced to swap freedom for family when she's sent to live with her estranged mom in California. The real curveball? Her new housemate: Chase Davenport—grumpy, gorgeous, and unfortunately her older stepbrother. He’s all sharp suits, sharp stares, and no time for Harley’s attitude. But when their parents vanish on a honeymoon cruise, these sworn enemies are left home alone. One accidental glimpse into Chase’s dark, controlled world changes everything. Now, the fire between them is impossible to ignore… and Harley’s about to learn just how dangerous it is to play with something you don’t understand.

Audrey Harlowe doesn’t do love—her focus is on family and running Harlowe Homes. But when billionaire Silas Hardy arrives to oversee his cottage’s construction, sparks fly. The grumpy New Yorker clashes with Audrey at every turn, but their fiery arguments soon ignite into something far hotter. A summer fling seems inevitable, but can a no-strings affair survive the heat? With walls around their hearts and obstacles in their way, Audrey and Silas must decide if love is worth the risk.

Naomi has always lived in the background, the quiet sister nobody really sees. But when Drew, her sister’s best friend and a firefighter sidelined by injury, shows up on Harlowe Island to heal, she suddenly finds herself in the spotlight of his attention. Caring for him pulls Naomi out of her shell and sparks something neither of them expected—an attraction too fierce to ignore. Yet every step closer invites disapproval, secrets, and the risk of heartbreak. With Drew offering to help her face her fears, Naomi has to decide if she’s brave enough to risk it all. Can the quietest voice on the island claim the love she’s only ever dreamed about, or will doubts and family tensions tear them apart before they’ve even begun?

Haisley thought she could outrun her past—and the billionaire who once turned her world upside down. But when her carefully kept secret starts asking questions with familiar eyes, her house of cards begins to wobble. Liam never wanted to be a father… until the truth crashes into him with one stubborn little birthmark and a twist of fate he never saw coming. Now he’s not just furious—he’s hurt. And he’s not walking away without answers. Sparks fly, truths unravel, and the past refuses to stay buried. Can Haisley protect her heart, or will Liam break it all over again… while falling harder than either of them planned?

For senior executive Adire Black, a strong dominatrix in her secret life, the game is not only about the win but about control. Everything in her life has its proper place and order, and that includes her men. When she’s called in to help with a PR problem at Gravin Oil Company Industries, she meets the owner, Davis Mills, a tall and sexy Texan billionaire who is intent on pursuing her. She is all too happy to turn the tables on him for a little extracurricular fun, but when things start to get serious, she finds it harder to hide her jaded past from him and maintain her resolve never to trust another man.

Age Rating: 18+

Adire's life is a whirlwind of love, danger, and high-stakes drama. From Beijing to Boston, she navigates a tumultuous relationship with Davis, confronts a dark past, and faces threats that put her and her loved ones at risk. As she battles personal demons and external foes, Adire's journey is one of resilience and passion, culminating in a fight for her future and the safety of her family.

Belle’s life has been hard. Not only did her father despise and beat her, but he also sold her for the gratification of disgusting old men. After years of putting up with this abuse, she’s finally managed to escape, only to catch the eye of Mafioso Lorenzo Calabria, who captures her and forces her into his world of pain, cruelty, and corruption. Will she survive and come out stronger, or will the darkness consume her forever?

Age Rating: 18+

Mason's life is shattered when his wife Jamie falls into a coma, leaving him to care for their young daughter, Penelope. As he navigates the grief and responsibilities of single parenthood, Mason is driven by a burning need for answers. When he learns the whereabouts of a man connected to Jamie's fate, he embarks on a dangerous quest for the truth, leaving Penelope in the care of a trusted friend. What Mason uncovers could change everything, but the path to justice is fraught with peril.

Mason Knight returns to New York City after a long absence, only to find his past waiting for him in the form of Jamie Harris, the woman he left behind. As they navigate their unresolved feelings and the revelation that Mason has a daughter, Penelope, tensions rise. Mason's attempts to reconnect with Jamie are complicated by misunderstandings, new relationships, and old secrets. Will Mason be able to mend the broken pieces of his past and build a future with Jamie and Penelope?

“You’ve been a good girl all your life, Jamie.”

My heart was pounding, and he had me totally lost for words.

“Why don’t you do yourself a favor and allow the Bad Girl to come out and play? I will pleasure her like she’s never been pleasured before.”

Mason Knight. A billionaire heartthrob with looks that make women stop and stare as he walks by. Jamie had always told herself she’d never be one of “those” women who fell for her boss. But then, she’d never had someone like Mason set his sights on her…

Age Rating: 18+

She has rules: keep business clean, keep her heart safe, and never, ever fall for a cocky athlete. He has a reputation—reckless, relentless, and impossible to ignore. She’s steering a company with iron discipline, while he’s fighting to prove he’s more than the headlines. Neither plans on crossing lines, but when the boss with everything to lose collides with the football star with everything to prove, the game changes. Banter turns into sparks, sparks into chaos, and suddenly the rules don’t matter as much as the way he makes her laugh, push back, and forget every plan she’s ever made.

Sylvia is known for chasing stories no one else dares to touch. When she goes undercover at an exclusive BDSM club, she’s supposed to stay focused on the mission: expose the dark secrets behind Cloud 9. But then she meets Dante. Mysterious. Magnetic. Intense. As the club’s top trainer, he’s both a challenge and a temptation—and Sylvia’s starting to blur the lines between undercover and under his spell. The deeper she goes into this secretive world, the more she begins to question everything, including what she really wants. Is she still on assignment—or has she just discovered a part of herself she never knew existed?

Don’t you just hate it when someone destroys all your carefully made plans?

I mean, I had goals: college to graduate in one semester, a future I was working hard to reach, and an image of myself I wanted the world to see. My life was stacked into these precisely placed blocks. But then Colton Gamble came along and knocked them all askew.

I hated how he messed everything up, how he could hog all my attention whenever he was around, how he made my pulse quicken—but only because he ticked me off...not because I was attracted to him. Oh! And I hated how he knew how attractive he was too, the shallow, full of himself, doesn’t take no for an answer, too flirty, too cocky, extremely irritating jerk.

The boy had all the qualities that turned me off. Or so I thought.

One night he wasn’t quite the brainless, overconfident jerk I assumed he always was.

One night, he took care of me when I was at my lowest. He opened up to me and made me open up to him.

Now I’m learning maybe he’s not what I first thought he was. And maybe I’M not what I first thought I was. Maybe it’s okay to rearrange a couple of my perfectly set blocks. Maybe, just maybe, I’ll stop worrying about what I’m afraid everyone else will think and finally reach for something I really want. It’s possible some of my plans need to be destroyed, and Colton Gamble is exactly the kind of mess I need in my life.

What do you think? Should I give him a try?

Desperately seeking your advice,

Julianna Radcliffe

Three things in my life were fact.

I needed Sarah to survive.

I needed sex to remain sane.

And I could never mix sex with Sarah.

I just knew—deep in my marrow—that if I did, I’d somehow lose her. All my deepest darkest secrets would crack open, bleed out, and ruin everything between us. I wouldn’t unleash the shit inside me on my worst enemy, let alone her. So she stayed strictly in the friend zone.

People probably thought I never went there with her because of her cerebral palsy, but fck them. She knew she was the most important person in my world, and I wasn’t about to risk hurting our relationship just to make my cck happy.

Until the moment she begged me to take her virginity.

Now it’s all about to hit the fan, because how the hell do you resist the one person forbidden to you when she says please?

--Brandt Gamble

After the loss of his wife, Xavier Wills struggles to find balance between his company and his family. And he just lost his nanny. Again.

Rose is in desperate need for a job. After her first assignment turns into babysitting for the CEO, Rose finds herself as the new nanny for the Wills family. Can Rose’s warmth remind this grieving family of what happiness is?

Junior in college. Star athlete. Constant attention from the opposite sex.

On this campus, I’m worshiped. While seven hundred miles away, back in my hometown, I’m still trailer park trash, child of the town tramp, and older sibling to three kids who are counting on me to keep my shit together so I can take them away from the same crappy life I grew up in.

These two opposing sides of myself never mix until one person gets a glimpse of the true me. I never expected to connect with anyone like this or want more beyond one night. This may be the real deal.

Problem is Dr. Kavanagh’s my literature professor.

If I start anything with a teacher and we’re caught together, I might as well kiss my entire future goodbye, as well as my family’s and especially Dr. Kavanagh’s. Except sometimes love is worth risking everything. Or at least, it damn well better be, because I can only resist so much.

-Noel Gamble-

The days are numbered for Hope Langston.

She’s suffering from liver failure and isn’t sure if she’ll make it to a transplant in time or not. So she creates a bucket list of experiences she wants to try before it’s too late. Number four on her list is Parker Ohrley, one of her brother’s best friends.

Prickly, rude, and sarcastic, this jerk is all things brooding and tormented. But Hope’s curious. She wants to sample him like nothing else.

In the spirit of carpe diem, she says screw it, and she shoots her shot. Who cares if she gets a humiliating rejection, right? She won’t have to live with the embarrassment for long.

Except Parker might not say no.

And that’s when the real trouble begins.

Let the mess of secrets, lies, and heartbreak commence.

He was her first obsession—young, brilliant, off-limits. Now she’s a bestselling erotic novelist, back in the halls where it all began. When her old teacher reads the words she once wrote about him, the line between fantasy and reality blurs—and desire becomes impossible to resist.

Have you ever experienced a random encounter that turned your life upside down?

This happened to Cami. After being dumped by her boyfriend, she doesn’t think her day could get any worse. That is until she stopped by another red light…again. But this time, she does not need to wait alone.

Age Rating: 18+

Lyla meets a handsome stranger while on a business trip and decides to reject her usual timid persona and throw herself into a fling. One amazing night leads to surprises she never imagined. But is it all too much for her?

Hannah reluctantly uses her natural good looks to earn money as a stripper to support her two sisters—Cleo, who has autism, and the irresponsible Alexis—so when Hannah’s boss tells her to dance on the private yacht of world-famous rock star Miles Maines, she has no choice but to accept. The party was arranged by Miles’s bandmates, but he’s sour about the event as he has no love or respect for strippers. But when Covid regulations and a damaged rotor leave Hannah and Miles stranded on his yacht, each looks beyond their assumptions of the other and starts to feel something they never expected. But there are consequences to falling for a celebrity…dangerous ones!

Age Rating: 18+

Victoria Hutson has had a tiring four years of college, working to support herself after the passing of her mother. Now that she’s done with that part of her life, she’s found a stable job and she’s letting loose for once. Except her choice of “letting loose” means having sex with a handsome green eyed man she doesn’t know...and recognizing said green eyes on her boss the first day she comes into work.

Age Rating: 18+