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Hannah Martin has an unusual job: she's a professional cuddler. While she has a big heart for her clients, she hasn't found someone special to snuggle up to in her personal life. Winter Sullivan isn't looking for love. She's an aloof workaholic who's built walls of ice around herself. She would rather drive toothpicks under her fingernails than cuddle, and she certainly doesn't want to share her space with anyone. When Winter's estranged father dies, he leaves her one last surprise: she and Hannah, a perfect stranger, will inherit a building together.

As the go-to therapist at Elite Therapy, Dr. Hayley Sims is the best in her field. It's exactly why she's just been assigned her most challenging patient yet, hockey player Elizabeth Stone. Not because Stone's injury is complicated, but because she is intense to work with and needs someone to keep her in check. When Hayley's personal life starts unraveling and she realizes she might be developing feelings for her patient, she's torn between finishing her assignment and walking away to protect herself.

Darcy Vandergriff is an omega, whose aunt raised him to believe he can be more than just an Alpha's plaything. When he comes into heat for the first time, she takes him to a frightening, infamous dark witch, who gives him a potion to suppress it forever by taking just a few drops every day. She warns him, though, to "beware of the one they call the beast, for he will kill you if he can. Only the noble warrior has the power to save you, but he will bring about your fate."

Hex, Indiana is the one place Gabe has found acceptance as a nephilim. He keeps his head down and enjoys his work at the one bar in town while making sure stray feathers don’t find their way into the wrong hands. Tending his beloved plants helps him stay busy, but he longs for someone to care for.

My brother has been embezzling from his employers. Unfortunately, when I accidentally discover that information, I end up hurled straight into the Potomac. If it weren’t for Dr. Derek Carlisle, I’d be fish food. When he offers more than medical help, I bolt. It’s not his job to protect me, even if the older man is everything I’ve ever wanted.

Micah Warner is an asshole. Hell, he knows it, but he’s focused on getting to the big leagues and earning the kind of paychecks that’ll help him take care of his family. He can’t afford to get outed. Justin Lamb is a romantic. Everyone loves him, but his job with the Cougars leaves a trail of heartbreak in his wake. Getting involved with a player is risky, but he makes an exception for the new pitcher. Their hooking up quickly develops into real feelings, but when Micah’s shoulder injury threatens their careers and relationship, they have a choice to make: love or baseball?

New nurse Elizabeth Fletcher is excited to be finally following the career of her dreams, even if it will only be for a few months. When she begins work at the Corrine Ann Pettrone Medical Center (CAPMED) in Chicago, she quickly realizes that she jumped in too deep. She loves the hospital environment, but things start to feel too real, too fast. Dating Chad Hawthorne, her wealthy boyfriend of five years, Liz always believed she could have love and a career. Yet, when she accepts Chad’s marriage proposal, all bets are off.

Without a working office, Jeremiah is tasked with repairing the automated weather station on Oxley Island. It’s remote, only accessible by boat, and with there being a good chance of crocodiles, he’s dreading it. Tully, on the other hand, can’t wait. With a boat licence, his dad’s boat, and two days alone with Jeremiah—and with thunderstorms likely—to Tully, it’s another perfect adventure.

Lucas Barnett and Gabriel Stewart didn't have it easy as kids. They were only trying to deal with bad situations at home when they became lifelines for each other. Their pipe dream was to someday meet in LA, where Lucas would design skyscrapers, and Gabriel would learn to fly. But then Gabriel disappeared without so much as a goodbye, and Lucas got himself in trouble with the law. Five years later, both men are at a loss when they run into each other at a Hollywood bar.

Kai has been in love with his best friend for as long as he can remember. He’s well aware he can’t act on those feelings, so he keeps himself relatively happy going on dates, running a successful business, and supporting the guy he’s known since he was five years old. Colby ran from Peppermint Hollow years ago. Trying to escape the demons of his childhood drove him straight into the arms of drama and chaos. The only good thing to come from the years he’s been away is his daughter.

Two things saved Lincoln Bennett after his wife died. The first was a murder Marla had been trying to solve, a murder that hinted at the secret life she'd been leading, and the lies that had formed the bedrock of their entire marriage. The second was Milo Rose, the donor recipient who'd been granted a new chance at life thanks to Marla's own heart. As the two men are drawn deeper into the mystery, Linc finds himself drawn closer to Milo.

By not relying on anyone except himself, Salvatore Rossi escaped a dead-end existence and reached the height of corporate success. But just when he has everything he always wanted, fate throws Salvatore a challenge he can’t solve alone, and a young wolf-shifter comes to his rescue. Since childhood, Yoram Smith’s family was certain he would grow to become alpha and save their beloved pack from its slow demise.

I lucked into the perfect roommate this year: Pretty to look at, eager to please, happy to do any and every damn thing I want, sometimes even before I know I want it. And even though I'm here on a football scholarship, not some kind of brainiac academic one like he is, I'm still smart enough to know I shouldn't mess with a good thing. It's why I gave myself one rule: Hands off pretty little Sean Cabot.

All is not well on the cosy but quirky English island of Greengage. The mysterious rummaging and stealing from an old lady’s bookshelf exposes secrets and suspicious behaviour. Then there’s a cryptic lovers’ quarrel between two pub owners and an eccentric uncle interfering in affairs of the heart. No wonder Kit Sorel - librarian and now reluctant private detective - is busy. To make things worse, she’s worried about her relationship with the hardworking businesswoman and lady of the manor, Laura Howard.

"Hätte ich geahnt, welches Chaos dieser Kuss für uns beide bedeutet, hätte ich die Finger von meinem Boss gelassen. Allerdings sprechen wir hier von Blake Cunningham, und wie um alles in der Welt hätte ich ihm widerstehen sollen?" Seinen Vorgesetzten heimlich während einer Firmenfeier zu küssen, war wahrlich nicht Ashers beste Idee. Immerhin befürchtet er, damit seinen Job riskiert zu haben – womit er nicht einmal so verkehrt liegt, da ihm Blake Cunningham von nun an total unterkühlt gegenübertritt. Was jedoch geschehen ist, lässt sich nicht mehr rückgängig machen...

Ohne mich noch einmal anzusehen, verschwand er im Wohnzimmer und ich wusste wieder, warum ich Nähe nicht ertrug. Es war nicht das Gefühl währenddessen, sondern die sich ausbreitende Leere danach. Frisch aus dem Gefängnis entlassen ist Caden gezwungen, bei seinem Bruder einzuziehen. Er will nichts mehr, als zu vergessen und frei zu sein. Berührungen sind ihm unerträglich und Nähe zuzulassen scheint unmöglich, bis Luca in sein Leben tritt.

"Willst du wissen, wie man am schnellsten eine erfolgreiche Footballkarriere in den Sand setzt? Lass dich in einer kompromittierenden Situation in einer Schwulenbar fotografieren. Ach übrigens: Willkommen in meinem Leben." Matt Jackson würde alles tun, um seine Karriere zu retten und wieder auf den Platz zu dürfen. Zum Glück hat sein Agent bereits einen Plan: Er will aus dem in Ungnade gefallenen Profi-Footballer einen Vorzeigefreund machen und so sein Image aufpolieren.

Ein Sommer. Zwei Freunde. Absolut unerwartete Gefühle. Zusammen mit seinem besten Freund Jake will Ethan einen letzten Sommer in Crystal Lake verbringen, bevor sie die Profiliga des amerikanischen Footballs erobern. Er freut sich auf Partys, Milchshakes und riskante Klippensprünge. Dass er plötzlich mit vollkommen verwirrenden Gefühlen seinem Freund gegenüber zu kämpfen hat, damit hätte er als letztes gerechnet. Ein überraschendes Geständnis, geheime Küsse und ganz viele Schmetterlinge im Bauch sorgen dafür, dass Jake und Ethan den Sommer ihres Lebens verbringen.

Verlasse nicht den Bundesstaat. Gerate nicht in Schwierigkeiten. Und verliebe dich auf gar keinen Fall in den Polizeichef. Frisch aus dem Gefängnis entlassen, zieht Nate Jenkins nach Crystal Lake und versucht dort, sein Leben wieder unter Kontrolle zu bringen und seine Bewährungsauflagen einzuhalten. Dabei trifft er immer wieder auf den attraktiven Polizeichef der Stadt, der zufällig auch noch sein Nachbar ist und ihm nicht mehr aus dem Kopf gehen will.

Gefühlsmensch trifft auf Bindungsphobiker. Vor den Trümmern seiner gescheiterten Beziehung stehend, flüchtet Gabriel Foster nach Crystal Lake. Im Diner seines Freundes zu arbeiten, sich auf sein Training und seinen Hund zu konzentrieren, scheint die perfekte Ablenkung von seinem Liebeskummer zu sein. Dass er in der kleinen Stadt auf den bekanntesten Quarterback des Landes trifft, stand nicht auf seinem Plan. Auch nicht, dass Austin ihm mit seiner quirligen, lebensfrohen Art und der frechen Klappe irgendwie den Kopf verdreht.