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Tasha Bellamy never expected to get lost in a snowstorm in the Swiss Alps, nor did she expect to fall into a cave and find a sleeping dragon…literally. One touch awakens the black dragon, and he transforms into a gorgeous ancient Russian warrior named Vasili. She soon learns that Vasili has been missing from the world for more than 700 years after going on a quest for a dragon stone. But the quest cost Vasili his mate, and driven mad with grief, he sealed himself inside the cave to die.

Nathan Powell, the Duke of Hastings, broke the heart of the only woman he ever loved when he ended their engagement in order to save her family. He demanded one promise of her…that she marry another man and live a happy life. Now he’s desperate to avoid marriage to someone else at all costs. When his younger brother tricks him into attending a Christmas Ball, he discovers his beloved Thea will be there.

Tall, dark, and…Russian. Three things that Elena swore she’d never fall for again, but that’s exactly what happens when she meets Dimitri Razin on an international flight leaving Moscow. His penetrating blue eyes peer straight into the core of her soul, leaving her vulnerable and all too aware that he’s the kind of man she had fantasies about before her world fell apart.

Gemologist Piper Linwood can't wait to get her hands on her latest project. But she never expects to be tempted by anything other than jewels until she sees a sexy man at the museum. There's just one problem. He's a jewel thief and a dragon shifter. Five hundred years ago, the dark and brooding Mikhail Barinov failed to protect his family's hoard of jewels from being stolen. Now that they've been found, he has a chance at redemption . . . and a possible mate in Piper. When Mikhail steals back the jewels and flies off with Piper in tow, they'll both have choices to make regarding their futures.

Mythological researcher Madelyn Haynes is running out of time to prove dragons are real. But she never expected her hunt for the truth would cause her to become the hunted. When the wickedly dangerous Grigori Barinov learns a mortal is onto the existence of his magical bloodline, he's prepared to do whatever it takes to stop her. But when Grigori catches Madelyn's irresistible scent, all bets are off for the strong and powerful dragon shifter and his intended mate. He'll do anything to make her his, including kidnapping and seduction.

The world is on the brink of war when Elizabeth Mowbray breaks her engagement with a tea planter in India and returns home to the English countryside. Desperate to escape a stifling life under her parents’ roof, she moves to London seeking adventure and excitement.

Brianna Holland has always been free. Her entire life she’s never known the bars of any cage until she’s captured in Port Royal trying to help a fellow pirate escape. Suddenly facing the hangman’s noose unless she betrays her father’s location to the Royal Navy, she clings to the hope that a new prisoner in her cell brings.

Celia Lynton had been told her entire life that she couldn’t marry for love, marriage should be a business agreement, poor men were only after the family fortune, blah, blah, blah. But now, there is no fortune. There’s only debt and an urgency to find a way to pay her younger brother’s tuition at a school that can tend to his special needs. So yeah, there’s going to be a marriage. One of convenience. Just like her parents wanted. She’ll marry a future Scottish earl—a very rich future earl. There’s just one problem: Celia is in love with another man.

But, looking at him now and remembering all of the things she’d wanted him to do to her…her infatuation had been the worst idea in the history of ideas. He’s home for the summer after her first year of college, and the last thing she needs to do is let her childhood crush cause trouble…but that’s just what Russell Rawlings is—trouble.

As one of London’s biggest heartbreakers, Derrick, Viscount Seabright, has all the freedom in the world to choose any woman he wishes to marry...someday...when he actually wishes to marry. But for now he’s content to seduce anyone at his leisure...anyone that is except for Arianna Asgil. Derrick has spent years trying not to admit his best friend’s little sister has grown up into a beauty...an infuriating one. He’s a damned saint for resisting the urge to silence her during an argument with a kiss, especially when she’s flushed and furious at him.

He is a tempest with wild, dark, dangerous desires...Billionaire hotel developer Denver Ramsey’s life was destroyed 15 years ago and now he wants revenge and has just the means to get it, by seducing the daughter of the man who took everything from him. They say there is a fine line between love and hate...That’s more true than Blair Ashworth ever imagined when she comes face to face with a devastatingly gorgeous man who hates her with every fiber of his being.

This prince charming has the world at his fingertips. Anything real estate mogul Thad Worthington wants, he gets—except true love. Until one cold night when he meets a woman with a warm heart. But his would-be princess has no desire to risk her heart for a second chance at a fairy tale, not when she’s already widowed and a single mother. After one scorching kiss that leaves him changed forever, Thad won’t let his princess run from him. When her wicked stepmother threatens to ruin this fairy tale, Thad is left holding a glass slipper and searching for the woman he can’t live without.

Kat Roberts’ logical plan of college, then career has hit a brick wall. A tall, dark, gorgeous Union Jack of a brick wall. What happened? The future earl of Pembroke, Tristan Kingsley, is what happened. Kat stupidly let herself fall for him despite knowing his father would rather dance naked around Big Ben than accept Kat as his son’s girlfriend.

She’s the queen of crash and burn dating.… He’s the sexy bartender, who wants to save her. For Aubree Cole, finding love while building a lucrative career seems to be just out of her reach. The Meet Cute dating app sounded like a great idea. But a series of epically terrible dates at her favorite bar, Aubree is rethinking dating, until she meets him...the sexy Aussie behind the bar serving drinks.

Enter Beckham Ellicott: hot, rich, and the worst neighbor ever. His playboy ways with a never-ending line of companions should be an instant turn off for shy Poppy Ashford, but she can’t help but be curious. Ok, mildly interested. Ok, maybe interested but also completely annoyed from her much quieter apartment beneath his lavish penthouse. Until one night he shows up at her door completely naked with nothing but a dishtowel to cover his...well, you know. Can the inexperienced new lawyer survive the flirtatious real estate mogul?

Lady Venetia Dunham has plenty of money and freedom, until her father dies, leaving her and her feisty grandmother at the hands of her less than noble cousin when he becomes the new earl. Her cousin makes his wishes clear. She will marry a man of his choosing, a man who will split her fortune with her cousin.

Her mind should be on school — Cambridge! — and her grades — yikes! Instead all she can think about is him. Tristan Kingsley. It's not his money or his title.... It's not even his panty-dropping good looks. Kat loves Tristan because he's unguarded, sharing his emotions, his desires, and his dreams with her. But it seems Kat inherited the unlucky-in-love gene. Her father and Tristan's mother are now dating, which means she's spending Christmas break in the same London townhouse as Tristan.

Life Mastery podcast focused on success, awakening, and life mastery hosted by Lauren Smith

Life Mastery podcast focused on success, awakening, and life mastery hosted by Lauren Smith

Planet Fear is about all the things that scare us the most. From the fascinating world of the paranormal and unknown, to the horrible and gruesome acts of true crime. Matt and Lauren discuss all the fearful things that people encounter.