What's better than one sexy protector? Two. Hazel knows she's in serious trouble when her shady uncle threatens to implicate her in his crimes. When two police officers show up at her apartment, she's forced to flee Boston in the dead of night. Philadelphia feels like a big enough place to hide...until the seedy motel she's staying in burns down. Kayden and Aldo's protector instincts rise to the surface after they spot a shivering redhead standing alone at the scene of a fire. Discovering everything she owned was destroyed, the sexy cop and charming firefighter offer her a place to stay. None of them is able to resist their instant, scorching attraction to each other. The three give new meaning to the term "hot and heavy." Aldo and Kayden want more...hell, they want it all. But Hazel is in too deep, and as her lies begin to unravel, she's caught between a rock and a hard place. Especially when the past catches up to her. Unless she...

It was only supposed to be one night... Broke and down on her luck, Shea has a new job as a waitress in a fantasy show nightclub and can't resist the lure of sleeping on one of the prop beds. Unknown to her, the enigmatic boss is watching her. Travis, always the voyeur, finds himself unsatisfied with just watching, and has to have Shea for himself. Two people–one desperate, one broken, both hopelessly alone. Until now. But will a dark secret be the tragedy their passion can't overcome?Includes bonus story, Enticed.

He'll risk everything to keep her. He's going from military hero to bodyguard? Well, that might not be so bad. The money will be good anyway. But then Fergus meets the woman he's hired to protect. A former teen pop star? Please God, no. After being taken advantage of repeatedly through her career, the music diva is used to pushing people away. But her sexy bodyguard's need for control is eventually impossible to resist. Who is she to fight when he insists on being much closer than arm's length? And keeping the sexy hero close isn't such a bad idea, considering she's got a stalker.

Luca has resigned himself to a life as a bachelor. He's watched all the Morettis fall in love, but nothing's ever clicked for him. Until Harper...and Conor. Former super model Harper has spent too much of her life living up to other people's expectations of her. Perfect hair, perfect body, perfect boyfriends. For the first time ever, she's able to forge her own path. New career, no more diets, and—hopefully—a relationship with a man of her choosing, one who sees past the pretty face to the person inside. Conor has spent his entire life lost in the shadows, the forgotten Russo, but he's decided it's time for that to change. After all, both of his older brothers have found love. He's determined it's his turn, and that resolve gets a little push in the right direction when a new investment means he'll be working with the man he's always had a crush on. But if he likes Luca, why does he suddenly have feelings for Harper too? When a threat from a...

Ailis couldn't be more dissimilar from rock star Hunter. Quiet to his loud, calm to his frantic, bookish to his street smart; they have no common ground. Except for the fact that Ailis's boyfriend just ran away with Hunter's fiancee.With one impulsive kiss, opposites suddenly attract. Ailis's feelings toward Hunter turn to serious lust…and more. But falling for a musician isn't a good idea. Fame comes with a price, one she isn't sure she's ready to pay.

Kristen has always been married to her work, but she begins to wonder if that's all there is to life. One night, after a few too many shots of vodka, she reveals her desire to get married in front of the last man she wants to. Her annoying, cocky law partner, Jason, vows to help in her quest to find a man. After all, he has a vested interest. Years earlier, he'd promised to marry her if she couldn't find "the one." Problem is, as Jason tries to help her find love, it becomes more and more apparent to him that maybe their back-up plan isn't such a bad option after all.

Girlfriend...without benefits? Hometown hockey hero, Blake has life completely figured out. He's footloose and fancy free with the world's coolest job and an endless parade of puck bunnies ready to help him celebrate his victories. The status quo is working for him, so why does he agree to co-parent a stray puppy with his too-serious, workaholic neighbor, Erika? And why is he so annoyed when she suddenly starts dating some tool named Doug? And why can't he stop finding excuses to see her and touch her and kiss her and... She's not his girlfriend, right? Erika has enough on her plate as an ER doctor without adding any more stress to her life. So adopting a dog with Blake, the fun-loving, never-take-anything-serious, commitment-phobe across the hall is a stupid idea, right? Of course, she also probably shouldn't be his plus-one for charity galas either. Or seeking comfort from him during a thunderstorm. Or kissing his five-for-fighting boo-boos better. Or letting...

It was only supposed to be one night...When my best friends, Jamie and Trey discover my fantasy for a ménage, they offer me one night. One night where they indulge my every desire, my every naughty craving.In the morning Trey is gone, but Jamie is holding on as if he never wants to let me go. Leaving me to wonder if forever is too much to ask...

I Do is the easy part. Happily ever after? Not so much. Over the Fourth of July weekend, Evan vows he'll reignite his wife, Annie's passion with his own brand of fireworks.

Gianna, queen of to-do lists, clean freak, organizer extraordinaire, has her future all figured out. Dream job at twenty-four, engaged at twenty-six, married at twenty-eight, first baby at thirty. And she's on her way to achieving that...sort of. She has a job, though it's not a dream, and she even thought she had her guy. Until he dumped her just short of that engagement ring deadline.Enter Elio Moretti, king of the ice, the playboy hockey star who lives his life just one day at a time. When Gianna and Elio are trapped in his family's cabin during a blizzard, the concept of opposites attract is put to the test. Until the tequila comes out.Their steamy one-night stand throws Gianna's original plan out the window—and now she only has nine months to come up with another one. Lucky for her, Elio is very good at thinking on his feet and calls a play that just might give her everything she wants.

Gio is blessed with a big family and lots of friends. Unfortunately, there's an unspoken code amongst his buddies...one where sisters are off-limits. That wouldn't be a problem if he and his best friend, Rafe, could stop thinking about Kayden's vivacious, fun-loving little sister, Keeley. They have always been stand-up guys, but Keeley is so tempting, so sexy, that they're in danger of breaking all the rules. Keeley's not exactly batting a thousand when it comes to life. She just lost her job and her only true talent seems to be picking the worst guys on the planet from online dating sites. However, her uneventful life takes a turn for the steamy after Rafe hires her to work for him and he and Gio start crashing all her bad dates. When one kiss lead to a second and then to something much, much more, the lovers are left to decide if they're engaging in a fun fling or embarking on forever.

                                      Screaming Orgasm Mari Carr   Cocktales, Book Four   Jayne Kent has watched her best friends and business partners fall in love while romance continues to pass her by. When Books and Brew regular Elias Clark offers her a Screaming Orgasm, she wishes it was the sexual variety rather than a lousy drink. She’s been lusting after Elias forever and suspects he could bring all her naughty, kinky fantasies to life. Elias has resisted his attraction to Jayne for years, assuming his dominance in the bedroom would send the sweet, romantic woman running for the hills. Or would it? Alone in a snowstorm, Elias tests the waters and is blown away by Jayne’s innate submissiveness and eagerness to stretch her boundaries. Ice play? Bondage? Flogging? Bring it on. Soon it’s no longer a question of whether or not Elias should pursue Jayne, even if she’s not sure she’s brave enough to submit to him forever. She’s made for him, and this determined alpha male will stop at nothing until he’s claimed her—completely.