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MFM Biker Romance
Born and raised in the Red Ridge Sinners MC, Kat Walker lives and breathes club life. And has always followed her big brother’s cardinal rule. Don’t get tangled up with a biker. As Kat discovers though, playing nice doesn’t get you anywhere, and when club member Ryder Montrou offers to provide a distraction from her messy life, it’s impossible to say no. Ryder understands her. He knows what it’s like to watch somebody you love struggle. And what starts out as a distraction quickly becomes more. There’s just one problem. Kat has been in love with another man since the first time she laid eyes on him. Styx is everything she’s ever wanted. But his loyalty to her brother means he refuses to touch her. And even if he would, Stygian Johnson won’t share her. Will he?
In the high-stakes world of professional hockey, where tradition rules and change comes slowly, the Brooklyn Brawlers face their biggest shake-up yet. The death of their beloved owner has left the team in unprecedented hands—those of his daughters. Ramona Kane never imagined running a hockey franchise, but her father's last wish thrusts her and her sister Juliana into the role of owners. Armed with determination but lacking experience, they face a league that wants them gone and a legacy they're desperate to protect. With journalists and players doubting them, the only person keeping quiet is the girls' uncle, Edmund. Feeling betrayed for being passed over, Edmund orchestrates a scheme with Brawlers' playboy center, McCoy Cafferty. McCoy's mission is simple: make Ramona fall for him, triggering the league's no fraternization rule that'll force her out of power. But the perfect plan has one fatal flaw: McCoy fell first.
Meet Cage Jenkins: the star pitcher of our university baseball team, a total Greek god in the making, and—unfortunately—my childhood best friend. And then there’s me, Hazel Lowell: the official team photographer, a proud introvert, and a hopeless mess when it comes to Cage. To Cage, I’m still the girl next door he used to play water balloons with. To me, he’s the lingering ache I’ve carried for years trapped in the friend zone. It all changes after we win the regional game. Something shifts, and suddenly, he’s not JUST my best friend anymore. But when every win counts, will Cage finally pitch for my heart, too? Or is this one game I’ll have to lose?
Escaping the demons of my past, I’m ready to disappear for good. But before I go, I want one more glimpse of the man who unknowingly gave me the strength to live.
Except the pain I see hidden behind his cold eyes pulls me in so far I can’t leave. I can’t stop watching—waiting for the obsession that binds me to him to be severed. Until I get caught. Sebastian Reed doesn’t know who I am. But when he finds out I hold the answer to the question that’s been slowly destroying him, he will do anything to get at the truth. Even making a deal.
Except I didn’t expect him to keep me in his penthouse until he gets what he’s owed. Sebastian has the power to cut me deeper than any of the scars marring my body. But the more time we spend together, the deeper desire burns between us, and the harder it is to remember why I have to leave. What should have been my downfall might be the only thing that can save me.
A sudden return to England leaves artist Peony in desperate need of a place to stay. Fortunately, she knows a man with plenty of room. Unfortunately, that man is her brother’s oldest friend, Leo, the forbidding Duke of Cumbria. Stern, brooding, and with one heck of a glower, Leo is a man better known for his sense of duty than his sense of fun. But perhaps in exchange for a stay at his lakeside estate, Pea can teach him there is more to life than work? The Duke is a busy man with no time for babysitting his friend’s infuriatingly cheerful little sister, especially not when he’s spent the last fifteen years attempting to keep her at arm’s length. Because, God help him, she’s the one woman he can never have—and the only one he has ever wanted.
Olivia West swore she’d never return Mercy, Massachusetts. It may be the legacy of her bloodline but it was also the place of her mother’s murder. However, when an ancient presence begins to stir beneath its sleepy streets, calling to her witches blood, an inexplicable compulsion draws her back to her childhood home only to find herself the prime suspect in a string of supernatural murders. Theodore Beckett is a complicated man, haunted by a dark past. Born in seventeenth century Salem and dragged through time to present-day Mercy, he crosses paths with Olivia only to realize she may just be his only chance for redemption. Thrown together by forces beyond their understanding and trying to fight the growing attraction between them, Theo and Olivia uncover her families centuries-old secret, as the past and present collide in a shocking discovery that will change everything…
Ivy and her dragon familiar, Celestia, are bound to the Circus of Scales. People flock from all over the Emerald Continent to watch the pair's death defying act.
With the threat of dragon hunters lurking in every town, Ivy knows the circus is the safest place for her beloved dragon. Still, Ivy wishes she could give Celestia the freedom a magnificent creature deserves - instead of having to endure the cruel harvesting of her magic as well as other abuses at the hands of the circus ringmaster.
When Celestia is kidnapped, Ivy risks everything to rescue her. After figuring out the handsome outlaw's true intentions, Ivy is taken to a place no one will ever find her. The farther she gets from the circus, the harder it is to see where the real danger lies.
Nineteen-year-old Elsbeth Abernathy, the eldest of nine, has always been marked as unmarriable—cursed by strange fits that have haunted her since childhood. Branded as demon-possessed, she and her widowed mother are forced to flee Scotland, hoping for a fresh start in Charles Town, South Carolina.
Captain Hawthorne Rex, a young and inexperienced leader, takes charge of their voyage across the Atlantic. When he witnesses one of Elsbeth’s terrifying episodes, he makes a fateful choice: to protect her and her starving family from the perils of the sea.
Their journey takes a darker turn when a mysterious stranger boards the ship—an ancient vampire with his own sinister plans. Drawn into his world, Elsbeth must make unimaginable sacrifices to protect her family and the lives of everyone aboard.
Centuries later, in modern-day Charleston, an old love returns, and fate intervenes once more. Will Elsbeth finally escape the darkness that has pursued her through the ages, or will her cursed past claim her future?
There's a wounded shifter bleeding all over my petunias, but witches and shifters don’t mix. Ever.
The shifters have come. The wards have failed, and it's up to me to get them back up before whatever injured this wolf returns. I have to stop the bleeding because a dead werewolf in the garden is going to be a lot bigger mess than a live one who can walk away on his own. I also have to keep my heart from breaking because from the moment he opens his eyes, I can't look away. It feels like I’ll never be whole again if he leaves. It turns out there may be a lot more to the story of shifters and witches than we were ever told, because I did not expect to find my soulmate in a wolf.
Neve has spent her life hiding a deadly secret: she's immune to the magical thrall that controls every other human in the Vales. When her defiance catches the attention of Prince Sylvan Everstone—the notorious Soulslayer—she expects torture or death.
Instead, he claims her as his courtesan to save her life.
It's a lie that could get them both killed, but it's also her only protection from a court of sadistic mages who see humans as disposable playthings. Forced into an intimate charade with the realm's most dangerous man, Neve must navigate deadly court politics while hiding the truth about her immunity.
But darker forces are stirring. The mage king has plans that go far beyond simple cruelty, and the ancient ritual that could seal his schemes draws near. As the kingdom hurtles toward catastrophe, Neve faces an impossible choice between the safety of shadows and stepping into a light that could either save her people—or destroy them all.
Ariana’s queendom faces threats from the north and the east. Her own court floods with avarice and betrayal. She will answer all the calls with blood, or drown.
Raven is the bastard son of a conqueror. A discarded spare left to make his own way. He will survive by usurping his true-born siblings and conquering in their place, or fail.
Their worlds will collide in a storm of steel, magic and political intrigue, to decide the fate of the human realm and its people.
A question lingers in the minds of the faithful across the realm. Who will serve a dark and vengeful God?
When aspiring teen actress Ana Zest "borrows" her uncle's experimental car for a joyride, she never expects to crash-land in a parallel universe where speaking the wrong words can literally turn you into a mindless puppet!
Now Ana's stuck in a world ruled by tyrannical Censors who silence anyone brave enough to speak the truth. Even worse? Her younger brother Zackary has been frozen into a living statue by the vengeful Crimson Censor, and Ana has mere days to save him before the spell becomes permanent.
Armed with mysterious golden cuffs that unleash unpredictable magical powers, Ana must navigate deadly political games, master magic she barely understands, and stay one step ahead of enemies who want her dead. With help from a talking dog who can sniff out lies, a rebellious cook willing to risk everything, and the eccentric Egor, Ana races against time to rescue Zackary.
But when the fate of entire worlds hangs in the balance, can this feisty chameleon transform from aspiring actress into the real-life hero the multiverse desperately needs?
Sixteen-year-old Prince Anden has no memory of the night his father died. People say he caused the accident; his brother the king has never forgiven him. Now exiled in disgrace, Anden receives a mysterious note. "You didn't slip. You were pushed. Your father didn't drown. He was murdered." Anden falls for charming palace squire River, but the timing couldn’t be worse. He returns home to find his kingdom surrounded by enemies, his brother about to come of age, and their uncle the Lord Regent making moves to usurp the throne. Anden must race to uncover a decades-old conspiracy before it destroys his kingdom, his family, and the boy he loves.
Environmental attorney Jo Turner is building the case of a lifetime, suing World Petrol, one of the country's largest refineries, for toxic emissions linked to rising cancer rates along the Houston Ship Channel. Her crucial evidence comes from Dr. Tori Nelson, a respected physician and Jo's college crush, whose research exposes devastating community health impacts. But just as the lawsuit gains momentum, Tori is arrested for a shocking, high-profile bank robbery. Jo knows it's a setup. Someone is trying to silence Tori to bury the findings that could bring World Petrol down. As Jo races to prove Tori’s innocence, she uncovers a chilling conspiracy that reaches deeper than she imagined. With Tori's freedom, career, and the lives of an entire community at stake, Jo has a choice: walk away or risk everything. She's never been good at walking away.
In a small town, the Sheriff and District Attorney think they run everything. The women they secretly date feel used and powerless. Tired of being ignored, they team up with local street kids to expose the men’s secrets and try to make them lose the next election. It’s a story about revenge, courage, and taking back power.
St. Petersburg, Florida, 1944. Orphaned, broke, and fiercely alert to injustice, eighteen-year-old Thelma lands a coveted spot on the national Florida Girls war bond tour selling sunshine, glamour, and optimism as the war winds down. She thinks she’s escaped her criminal past.
She hasn’t.
The tour is a front. The mafia is watching. And her new boss, social-climbing Kathleen Young, is more than happy to throw Thelma into the fire if it helps her rise.
Then Kathleen lands in the crosshairs and the women form a shaky alliance and hit the road—dodging mobsters, bullets, and each other.
Haunted by instincts she can’t ignore and hunted by men she can’t outrun, Thelma has no choice but to fight dirty. Between Kathleen’s ruthless ambition and Thelma’s dangerous vision, they just might prove women can have it all… if they live long enough.
My nemesis has been accused of offing his billionaire uncle for an inheritance, and as much as I’d love to see James McKenzie rot in prison, there are two problems.
One: He definitely didn’t do it. (Probably.)
Two: In exchange for proving his innocence, he’ll pay up big.
And I simply can’t resist his… cash.
I have to find the killer somehow, because the reward money isn’t the only thing on the line. If I don’t catch the murderer before they catch me –
For better, for worse. In sickness and in health. It’s a legal vow of care for families in 2050, a world beset by waves of climate-driven plagues. Power engineer Lucía Ramirez long ago lost her family to one—she’d give anything to take that vow. The Power Islands give humanity a fighting chance, but tending kelp farms and solar lilies is a lonely job. The housing AI found her a family match, saying she should fit right in with the Senegalese retraining expert who’s a force of nature, the ex-Pandemic Corps cook with his own cozy channel, and even the writer who insists everything is stories, all the way down. This family of literal and metaphorical refugees could be the shelter she’s seeking from her own personal storm. She needs this one to work. Then an unscheduled power outage and a missing turtle-bot crack open a mystery. Something isn’t right on Power Island One, but every step she takes to solve it, someone else gets there first—and they’re determined to make her unsee what she’s seen. Lucía is an engineer, not a detective, but fixing this problem might cost her the one thing she truly needs: a home.
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