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Once, I tried to escape the monsters who made me. When that failed, I hid inside my diamond shell, so no one would know the truth. Now everyone knows. I’m no longer Gloria Walton, the reigning queen of Willow Heights Prep Academy. The tables have turned. Now I’m the whipping girl, and someone else sits on the throne. She can have it. I don’t want it.

Ash Summers is the most beautiful guy I’ve ever seen. He’s also a total d*ck, and I hate him more than anything. That feeling is mutual, by the way, as he does nothing but torment me. Oh, and did I mention he’s my stepbrother? Messing with Ash is all fun and games until our parents force us to room together during our final year at college. Sharing an apartment with him only makes me hate him more. Until it doesn’t.

I trust no one. I thrive with control and I've learned to be ruthless and coldhearted. A love life? I'm not interested. But I still have desires. That's where Dahlia came in; my treasure. She had never been a submissive before and I was eager to train her. When I saw her on stage at the auction, dressed in gold, I knew I had to have her. She's mine for an entire month. I own her. But one lie changed everything.

Heartless. Ruthless. Stone-cold killer. That's me. I destroy anything in my path to get what I want. Then she showed up. Olivia Bell. She's sweet and innocent and in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now she's mine. My property. I own her. Given to me as a bargaining chip. She's not a part of my plans, but plans change. Her pouty lips and gorgeous curves beg me to break her. Taking her lush, curvy body and ravaging it for all it's worth would be easy, but I want to earn her submission. It's addictive. I want it. I want her.

When Willow Spencer receives an intriguing letter from her best friend, she heads to West Virginia with only a suitcase and a lust for adventure. Agreeing to live with a man you've never met and be nanny to his three children is a little dangerous and a lot of crazy. In other words? Just what she needs. A wild child at heart, Willow leaves life as she knows it behind without a backward glance.

I should have known when I couldn’t keep my eyes off her that this would be a mistake. I was hired to protect her, this woman who’s lost everything, yet there’s an obvious fire that blazes behind her beautiful gaze. She stares back, daring and tempting me. It calls to a side of me that’s darker and longs to tame her. We both have secrets; we both have a past we’re not ready to face. More than that, we both want to get lost in each other.

I fell in love with a boy a long time ago. I was only a small girl. Scared and frightened, I was taken from my home and held against my will. His father hurt me, but he protected me and kept me safe as best he could. Until I left him. I ran the first chance I got, and even though I knew he wasn't behind me, I didn't stop. The branches lashed out at me, punishing me for leaving him in the hands of a monster. I've never felt such guilt in my life. Although I survived, the boy was never found. I prayed for him to be safe. I dreamed he'd be all right and come back to me.

Not everyone knows about the Club, which is by design. The main floor entertains the elite. There are dim lights and stolen touches, and the liquor flows to ensure the guests get exactly what they want. But it’s what lies beneath these floors, down the spiral staircase, that intrigues me the most. There’s a man who stays in the corner of the darkest rooms. In this world of sinful tastes, he is the ruler, the devil, the boss. Declan Cross. I knew him once when times were different, and the years have changed everything.

His secrets could tear us apart. I've done what no other woman has: I've made the legendary Hunter Carlisle make a compromise. I have a toehold into his solitary life. Unfortunately, the pain of his past still lingers. When we're forced to go to a work conference out of state, secrets emerge. Damaging secrets that shut him down and make push me away. I can't lose him. But how can I get him to confront the past and let me in?

Mr. Carlisle is looking for an admin. Apply within. I'm way overqualified, but the economy doesn't care. After six months of job searching, I'm flat broke and mostly desperate. Rent is due in a week, my roommate sucks and is ready to toss me out, and I need an answer - fast! >Nothing prepared me for the man in the suit. Not two steps into the office and my panties burst into flame. The word "handsome" doesn't do him justice. Lucifer would slap him a high-five.

Jenna McNally is tending to the heartrending task of clearing out her grandfather's cabin when she's knocked off her feet by the impact of a nearby plane crash. She races into the snowy North Carolina woods to help and discovers that this is no plane that's crashed. Ra'kur's people have been brought to the brink of extinction by war. After years spent searching for a compatible mate to bond with, an enemy attack lands him on a backward, primitive planet and right to the very female he has been seeking.

Strangers to lovers, MILF Ruan and younger man Sebastian meet on an online dating app and begin to date long-distance. After a history of hours of Facetime, texting, sexting, and phone calls, they decide to meet in person for a romantic weekend. Despite their age gap difference, Sebastian and Ruan desperately want to spend time together. A rustic cabin in the mountains is the first choice in their plan.

Nurse Amanda and Dr. Mitch Sloane caught each other's eyes at the hospital on a regular basis, with him being her junior in age, she never thought his flirtations were legit, but she happily played along regardless. When he kept on with his interest, they eventually went on a first date. Being a good match, they quickly fell into being a couple. As cliche as it was, the nurse and the doctor decided they liked to play with each other and they moved in together.

Will he consent to forever? I know that he loves me, that's not the problem. And I know that he'll be there for me. But he hasn't mentioned forever. Not only that, but he refuses to tell his mother. Some scars run too deep, and this one is the deepest of all. I have everything on the line. To lose him now would be to lose it all.

His ex-fiancé won't let him go. Stupid me. I thought life would get easier once Hunter admitted that he needed me. So what could go wrong? Blaire. That's what. His ex-fiancé is a crazy b*tch with a capital B. She doesn't like another woman going after "her" man. She's vowed to slice me out of the equation. Physically. And then something happens. Something that might make Hunter do as Blaire wants, and cut me out of his life forever.

Hooking Up, A Quickie at the Gym: Alex has been coming to work out at the gym regularly and Melissa lusts over him every time from her perch at the front desk. Her libido is off the charts and she's really wanting a hookup with Alex, or even date, if he's interested. She stalks him with her eyes for his entire workout, dreaming of them together. She gets bold and brazenly sneaks into the men's locker room in search of him. She's ready to do what it takes to get Alex!

Where do you turn when all the bridges you have built in life have gone up in flames? When the ones you love don't protect you from the monsters lurking in the dark? I never thought at twenty-eight-years-old I would have nothing to show for my life. A child given away for strangers to raise. A childhood ruined. A life full of dead ends, drug abuse, and one night stands. I'm at a crossroads, and I have a choice to make. I choose salvation. I choose life. I choose myself, for the first time ever. I will find her.

Ruan and Sebastian are hitting the beach this time for their romantic getaway. Last time, the couple stayed the weekend at a cabin in the mountains and christened every room with their sexual experimentation. The beach gives them new inspiration for their affair and their libidos. They've each brought paraphernalia to surprise each other. Their lust rages high, but their emotions do too.

It’s been a delicious Saturday the newlyweds will never forget, but it’s not even close to being done yet. Brad has always fantasized about fooling around in a limo with his woman. He brings his fantasy into this level of the sex challenges and surprises Anna with a sexy limo ride. Even though it’s cold and blustery outside, things heat up intensely inside the limousine.

Brad and Anna are making dinner finally, after all their spicy sexual shenanigans—well Anna is, while Brad plays with her from afar. He successfully edges Anna into a disaster, which proves an epic failure. But with a smile, he’s moving on with his scheme for this round. They settle into a mutual self-pleasuring contest, but this gets usurped by Brad’s panicked backpedaling.