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Elliot Sawyer wasn’t supposed to be alive. He’d cheated death by changing shifts with one of his men. Sure, his man asked for the change, but guilt gnawed on his heart every second of every day. If he’d been there, maybe he would have seen something, done something to stop the massacre. Leaving Guardian wasn’t an option for him, but changing assignments was.

The last time I saw Joanna, she was just a kid, following me around like a puppy dog. But now that she's all grown up, those curves make me want to get behind her. Make her moan my name. Her overprotective brother would never let it happen. But I like a challenge. It can be our little secret. Until her abusive ex-boyfriend shows up in town and ruins everything. If he even tries to lay a finger on her...he'll regret it. I'll do anything to protect my new family. No matter what.

Libby is beautiful, smart, and desperate. When she arrives at her cousin's wedding without a date, I step in. No woman who looks like that should ever feel alone. Those delicious curves pull me in. It's just a one-night stand. I can't get attached. I'm over love. I've been burned in the past. But then she finds me on a dating app that my friends made me join as a joke. And suddenly, our one-night stand isn't so singular. We both want more. But my past is standing in our way. We can't be together until all our secrets come out. And I have to tell her the truth. Because she's having my baby.

Nannies never last long under my roof. They all kind of hate me - Natasha, the newest one, included. My kids are unruly and all under seven. They say I'm distant and cold. But when Natasha takes over, finally, things start falling into place. She's sweet, innocent, and beautiful. I'd do anything for her. She says we need to keep it platonic, for the kids. But her curves call to me. We can't keep our hands off each other. Our family is about to get a whole lot more complicated...when we find out she's having twins.

I’m the last single mom standing. We had a plan. Move into my great aunt’s old house and raise our kids together. Just four best friends, doing their best to stay afloat. But then three of them had to go and fall in love. Now, my crumbling brownstone is filled with loving couples, leaving me in the cold.

Snow is falling, holiday lights are twinkling, and Abby Cohen is pissed. For one thing, her most annoying customer, Seth, has been coming into her café every morning with his sunshiny attitude, determined to break down her carefully constructed emotional walls. And, as the only Jew on the tourism board of her Vermont town, Abby's been charged with planning their fledgling Hanukkah festival. Unfortunately, the local vendors don’t understand that the story of Hanukkah cannot be told with light-up plastic figures from the Nativity scene, even if the Three Wise Men wear yarmulkes.

Finn Hebert. Viking lumberjack. Pilot. Single dad. And my sworn enemy. Not only is his father responsible for the demise of mine, but our families have been feuding for generations. Too bad I'm about to add a new member to both in nine months. Because, as it turns out, I don't hate him nearly enough. He loves my smart mouth and short fuse, and he thinks I look beautiful in oil-stained coveralls. It was supposed to be one storm-trapped night only. But one taste of forbidden fruit is never enough. Soon, we're sneaking around, keeping our relationship a secret.

I have one of those faces. The type of face where someone thinks you're someone you're not. Scarlet thinks that. When I meet Scarlet, she's unlike any girl I've ever met. Sauntering over to me in the bar with those hips. That silky hair. Those kissable lips. Two can play at this game. After this weekend, we'll never see each other again. Just 48 hours between the sheets. Then I go back to Chicago, and she stays in this sleepy little town. Except four months later she shows up at my office with a secret so big it could tear our whole worlds apart.

I’m working for a man I can’t stand. Actually, Luke Thorpe is more like a machine. His irresistible body appears to be made of steel. And he’s invincible. Luke’s work ethic has made him a powerful billionaire. But he’s also uptight and mean. Everyone I know is scared of him. Everyone, except for me. I step back when I find myself falling for him. After going through a terrible ordeal, he’s the last person I should be with. I need stability...a commitment. His eyes say that he wants me. And I’m tempted to believe them.

April Sinclair, a Hollywood actress whose fame is starting to dry up, has returned to her tiny Scottish hometown on the Isle of Skye, the location of her family's local whisky business, following her grandfather's death. But she hadn't banked on silent and grump Malcolm Macabe being the one in charge. Mal loves his own company, and he doesn't appreciate glamorous film star April's presence – or the way she's trying to take back control of the whisky distillery. But their shared desire to save the struggling family business will mean working a lot closer than either of them might wish.

Delilah doesn't want anything to do with me. So, of course, I have to have her. She's got the sultry librarian look, full lips, all those curves; I can't get enough. I'll convince her to be mine. Just one night. I never fail. But I'm her new boss. And if anyone at the office found out about our one-night stand, we would both be ruined. So we'll keep it to one night of passion. Then we'll go our separate ways. That was the plan anyway. But now I can't let her go. Because she's carrying my babies. All three of them. And I won't let her do this alone.

Raven Elliot blasts into town like a wrecking ball - striking and devastating. With a few simple words, my reliable routine crumbles to dust. "Is this seat taken?" I could close my eyes and let her voice wrap around me like a lover's caress. But this isn't that type of story. And I'm sure as hell not that kind of man. She hovers in my space, batting her lashes and smiling shyly. The glimmer in her sapphire eyes is a promise of peace. But I'm not falling for it. And Raven doesn't take the hint.

How did that happen? When I accidentally hooked up with Brent Irvine in his private pool house, I thought I’d never see him again. That night felt like a dream, but it was over in an instant. Fast forward a few months. I meet him again, but this time, he isn’t just a man I can drool over. He’s my boss, and I’m hired to care for his six-year old son. I can’t afford to lose this job. Which means that I need to keep my temptation in check. Crawling into bed with him isn’t an option.

The Macabe Brother rulebook (according to Juniper Ross): 1. Don't look at a Macabe brother. 2. Don't talk to a Macabe brother. 3. Don't even think about a Macabe brother. It's pretty tough for June to follow her own rules, considering one brother is in love with her best friend, one is her ex-fiancé, and one … well, one is super-hot, small-town hero Callum Macabe.

The first time I met the grumpy lumberjack next door, I almost burnt down his cabin. The second time, I was throwing tampons at a moose (don't ask). The third time, I was naked. Henri Gagnon is not just my neighbor and landlord but a pain in my optimistic, plus-sized ass. He's got a protective streak under his grumpy exterior, and he's convinced I won't make it through the Maine winter.

My new fake boyfriend? I can't stand him. Pascal Gagnon is a broody lumberjack with a pine tree stuck up his self-righteous ass. He needs my help investigating his father's accident, and I need the work to help my PI business get off the ground. We're total opposites—he's an uptight control freak, and I've been described as a hurricane. Forced to live together to keep up appearances while I gather evidence, we bicker nonstop, but the fake relationship ruse is the perfect cover. Even if it means having to tolerate his shirtless piano playing.

What happens when you accidentally throw a blueberry pie in your brother's best friend's face? You marry him a week later for health insurance, of course.

Cecelia Leary is ready for a fresh start. And starts don't get any fresher than where she is right now—back in her childhood small town, jobless and newly single. She needs to take some time and figure out what to do with her life. She cannot afford to be distracted by the sexy brewer who just offered her a job. But...she is... Liam Quinn works alone. Always. But if he wants to take his brewery to the next level, he needs Cecelia's marketing expertise. Entertaining any stupid romantic notions about the curvy, wild-haired beauty would be a huge mistake.

I’m the brutal Mafia Boss that people fear. They do as I say. But she’s the woman I can’t control. Claire teaches my niece at school. I was obsessed the second I lay my eyes on her. I wanted my hands all over her soft curves. In my world, when I want something, I make it mine. When she refused to privately tutor my niece, I was left with only one option. Kidnap her and bring her to my lakeside mansion. She stays until my niece passes her test. Claire hates me, but I see the warmth in her eyes. She wants me as much as I crave her.

Protecting him was just to supposed to be another job. Until it wasn’t. Two years after surviving a brutal attack from members of his own unit, former Special Forces soldier Cruz de la Vega has found new purpose working for an underground vigilante group that offers justice when the law can’t. When he’s assigned to figure out who attacked a local gay rights activist, Cruz expects it to be just another job. But when it comes to protecting Elliot Wittier, he soon learns that the last thing he wants is for the intriguing young man to be just another job.