Living the high life in Grace Locke's elite world has left her listless and unfulfilled. Her parents have it all mapped out for her, from birth to marriage, including the man she's supposed to love and marry. It's too bad she can't get her kiss with Dean, a cowboy from outside her circle, off her mind. Things change when her grandmother challenges Grace to break free and begin to learn who she is and not who her parents want her to be.Attacking her new life with the gusto of self-exploration, Grace finds she really only feels free with Dean. Unfortunately, that soon becomes complicated when she's drawn into helping her ex-boyfriend, not out of love, but out of her concern for his suffering younger sister. Sworn to secrecy by her ex to protect his family's reputation, Grace has to deal with a suspicious Dean and her ruthless parents who care little about her happiness. Freedom, Grace, soon learns can come at a cost.

Nero sees a stranger when he looks in the mirror. After years as a twisted beast-like creature, the hybrid soldier looks like any other human thanks to an injection by a dying Horatius Group scientist. The change in appearance didn’t wipe away his guilt over his time with the ruthless Group. It also doesn’t make other hybrids trust him. They still see the beast enforcer for the Group and have no qualms about telling him, including Nyx, the only woman he’s ever desired. Nyx isn’t about to accept Nero’s anything but a Horatius Group spy waiting for his opportunity to sell them all out. She’s also certain he’s trying to steal her position in the hybrid community. Unfortunately, she can’t seem to get her traitorous body to stop being attracted to him. The Group may or may not be targeting the hybrids, but the suspicious Azilians still linger nearby, harboring a weapon of unimaginable power. A chance recon mission against the cult forces Nero and Nyx to confront both their enemies and their passion. **

Jennifer thought she was living the good life with a stellar marketing job and a successful boyfriend. In just one horrible day, she loses both. She finds a potential light of hope after being dragged to a bar with an appropriate name, Bad Omen, owned by the brooding but ridiculously sexy Eric. Jennifer isn’t sure if giving into her instincts with such a tortured soul would be a salvation or make her wish she’d only been fired and dumped.

Erica Scott is good at sniffing out embezzlers, frauds and other financial criminals, or at least she was when she had a job. After an unfortunate lay-off, her options are limited. One path is to work with a narcissistic creep, her best friend's boyfriend. The other is Luna Lodge, a place controlled by the mysterious hybrids, the super-soldier products of a horrific genetic engineering project.Sol, a hybrid and the head of security at the lodge, doesn't know how much he can trust Erica. Suspicious that the woman may be a spy for his former masters, the sinister Horatius Group, he is determined to keep an eye on her, but his body wants a lot more than that. When someone targets the lodge, the suspect list quickly grows. Sol and Erica will have to fight against their burning passion and keep their focus to save themselves and the lodge.

For Emma Archer, college isn’t about freedom. It also isn’t about getting a degree to make money. She wants no part of the world of wealth that could be hers by birthright. For her, college is about the chance to put in her dues and land a coveted position at a publishing company, a chance to make something of herself through her own efforts. Gavin Locke’s arrival changes all of that. The brooding, devilishly handsome brother of her best friend seems determined to destroy her careful control and plans. Already wounded by past emotional betrayal, Emma doesn’t want to be the victim of a man who represents everything she is trying to flee. She’ll have to navigate the struggle of her pride and heart or face a future of both personal and professional failure.

Dedicated nurse Paige is having a hell of a week.First, she gets suspended from the hospital for working with the hybrids at Luna Lodge. She sees it as a medical professional simply doing her duty, but her superiors see a woman involved with a trouble-making group of genetically engineered super-soldiers.Her only hope of keeping her job is convincing her bosses she has nothing to do with the lodge anymore. Soon, her hope of staying out of the hybrids' world is crushed when a handsome rogue hybrid shows up half-dead on her doorstep.Hybrid Justus suffered as a prisoner of both the Horatius Group and Luna Lodge. Now on the run, he's determined to keep his freedom at all costs, but cut off from the familiar, he becomes desperate and confused. Freedom can be overwhelming to those who have never had it.When a chance encounter in the forest leaves Justus wounded, he's forced to flee until encountering a woman that calls on the most primal side of him: Paige.The two can't deny their...

Security contractor Cage is still recovering physically and emotionally from a crippling injury received during an incident that cost another man his life. Though Cage has changed his previous playboy ways following the death, Whitney isn't convinced, despite his romantic interest in her. When she starts receiving bizarre items, he'll need to get past his injury and guilt to help protect her.

Still bitter over the loss of his last real chance at bonding, the hybrid Apollo has slowly alienated his friends and colleagues at Luna Lodge. Trying to convince himself that love makes the hybrids weak, he’s decided to dedicate his life to protecting the other hybrids, even if it means he can never find true happiness. Though he’s convinced the hybrids are ignoring the continuing dangers in their midst, including harboring the affable but suspicious Rem, his superiors seem more interested in having him babysit a security technician than putting his skills to use helping to secure their compound. Val Hart pulled a lot of strings and committed more than a few cyber-crimes to get herself a temporary technician job with the suspicious hybrids for a mission that may allow her finally to understand why she’s felt different all her life. When her unexpected and intense attraction to Apollo threatens her focus, she has to do what she can to distance herself from the hybrid. After all, Val knows the truth about love: it’s nothing but a gateway to loss. As the pair tangle over their emotional wounds, the enemies of Luna Lodge wait in the shadows, preparing to launch their deadliest strike yet.

Jennifer thought she was living the good life with a stellar marketing job and a successful boyfriend. In just one horrible day, she loses both. She finds a potential light of hope after being dragged to a bar with an appropriate name, Bad Omen, owned by the brooding but ridiculously sexy Eric. Jennifer isn’t sure if giving into her instincts with such a tortured soul would be a salvation or make her wish she’d only been fired and dumped.

Jenna was supposed to only be a secretary at Luna Lodge, a simple enough job, even if it meant working alongside genetically engineered super-soldiers. Now, with her uncle down from a heart attack and the lodge reeling from a brutal attack, she’s needed for a special mission, a special mission that requires her to deal with Rem, a dangerous playboy hybrid and suspected traitor. Rem has risked his life and freedom on a dangerous mission to help the other hybrids, but his thoughts are more occupied by Jenna. As much as he wants to deny it, the burning attraction threatens the careful self-control he’s built up over the years. A loss of control while surrounded by the dangerous minions and leaders of the Horatius Group would not only doom him, but countless others. But time is running out for Rem. Both he and Jenna will be forced to make hard choices about who and what they’re willing to sacrifice in a final desperate mission against the Horatius Group.

Olivia Cross left behind her abusive alcoholic mother to move on to a better life, a new job at a library and a chance to actually get ahead. All of that is threatened when her brother drags her back into the seedy world of greed, violence and corruption she’s tried desperately to flee. Private security contractor Reed Allen isn’t about to let a burning attraction rope him in again. He’s already felt the sting of letting his heart rather than his head lead him. He’s just there to do the job and get paid, even if a certain spunky beautiful librarian has him feeling things he thought long since buried. Keeping Olivia safe is the easy part. Resisting their passionate urges could prove to be much harder. They’ll have to mend their broken hearts and move on from their painful pasts for a chance at a future.

When the Kelly Clan needs something handled, they always turn to Noel. He’s a man who was trained from childhood to get things done. He never thought about much else until the night he was captured and tortured by the Kelly Clan’s greatest enemy: the Russian Mafia. Now his every waking moment is consumed with revenge. Noel also never planned on catching the eye of the feisty but innocent Haley. He doesn’t understand why she’d be interested in a brooding, scarred criminal like himself. Nor does he want to risk her being endangered by the many enemies that come with his lifestyle. Still, he can’t deny his passionate yearning for the woman. When an old nemesis in the Russia Mafia slithers out of hiding, Noel and Haley realize just how dangerous their attraction to each other can be.

Getting shot again isn’t on top of Alyssa’s list of favorite things, but if it means saving Finn Kelly, she’s more than willing to take the risk. Now, if she can only convince him to quit being so overbearing, they might stand a chance at starting some sort of relationship. Being the head of an Irish mob family is a dangerous line of work, even if they are trying to move away from illegal activities. The last thing Finn wants is to drag Alyssa into his world, but he isn’t given much choice. With a crazy Russian mobster out for blood and his own brother fracturing the family, Alyssa and Finn will need to learn to trust one another to survive. This book follows KACE of the Allen Securities series. Although it can be read as a stand-alone book, some characters and plot elements will have stronger impact if you have read KACE.

Iris wants nothing more than a simple, quiet life until she meets ex-Navy SEAL Luc. The sexy motorcycle mechanic ignites a hidden passion in her, but his hot and cold attitude leaves her frustrated and confused. She needs a man who is willing to put it all out there. Luc was burned in the past by his fiancée. Physically scarred and emotionally torn, Luc struggles to make his heart meet up with what is in his head. But Iris isn’t going to take no for an answer, even if that means she has to break out of her shell. Both Iris and Luc can only begin to heal once they stop dwelling in the past and start holding on to each other.

Zeno’s satisfied being a grunt among the super-soldier hybrids of Luna Lodge. He’s never been a deep thinker, but he respects his leaders and is happy to be the guy they drop in when they need trouble shut down with a little muscle. He’s annoyed when he’s ordered to accompany another team on a mission to Peru. The main mission’s fine, but he doesn’t like the idea that he’s also being sent to check on Ava, the flighty sister of the mate of another hybrid. As far as he’s concerned, it’s a waste of his talents to check on some grown woman on vacation. Ava thought she’d found true love with Antonio on a cruise. Now she’s the prisoner of a dangerous criminal. As far she knows, no one is coming to check on her, so it’s up to her to get away from him before her captor tires of her. When Zeno and Ava cross paths, they both realize Antonio is far more than he appears. If they are going to escape with their lives, they are going to have to remain focused. Unfortunately, their burning attraction for each other is more than a little distracting. **