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When I came to New York and started working as an intern at an ad agency, I hoped to learn more about the business and get an inside track for a more permanent position. Too bad that gig turned out to be running for coffee, fetching dry cleaning, and fielding calls from the women in Kerwin Baker’s life. He promised I’d get my chance to play with the big boys while I managed his life.

I love my life. As owner and chef at one of the hottest restaurants, I know how to keep things sizzling in and out of the kitchen. What more could I ask for? But I’ll tell you what I didn’t ask for...a klutzy, curly-haired woman slamming into me with a unicorn cake. Yes, you read that right - a damn cake decorated to look like the mythical creature bathed in every color of the rainbow. What could be worse, right? I’ll tell you. My brother hired her to be my pastry chef. You’d think that would be my biggest problem, but that was just the tip of the iceberg.

Willow Kim Adame. I was assigned to protect her - “with any means necessary” - and, at first, it seemed like a simple enough job. But she tries to disobey me at every step, seems outright intent on making not only my job but my life as difficult as possible.

Caroline faces her toughest matchmaking challenge yet, but she just might come away from the experience with a love of her own....

I’ve run away from two husbands already, but my third husband will force me to remain his. Twice before my father tried to marry me off, and I left those jerks at the altar. But my ruthless new husband rules everything he sees, and suddenly that includes me. His cool indifference, along with the dangerous spark between us, intrigues me, but I’m over the whole idea of marriage. As soon as the ink is dry on our marriage license, I’ll plot my escape.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a long list of things I desire in a husband. He must be of noble birth. Wealthy, of course. Thank goodness, my friend Caroline is working her royal matchmaking magic, searching for the perfect man to place a crown on my head. I’m meeting kings, princes, the most eligible men in the world, so why is the only man I’m interested in Caroline’s brother?

I’ve had a crush on Charlie Lang for as long as I can remember, but she never gave me a second glance until the day she woke up with no memory and found out she was my wife. A freak accident and a major head injury lands Charlie in a Cayman Islands hospital. But when she wakes up, she’s lost her memory. The nurses assume I’m her husband, and just when I’m about to correct them, I realize the universe has given me a second chance with her. Charlie used to see me as her uncle's charity case. Now, she has to rely on me.

What happens when Mr. Right turns out to be Mr. Wrong? Thanks to an extremely embarrassing one-night stand, I, Staci Benson, make a pact with myself. Focus on grad school. Stay away from sex. It should be easy, right? Enter Kyle Slade. Infuriating to the core. One sexy nerd. My new boss. Forced to spend time with a guy I can't stand? Check! Arguing every point because he's the complete opposite? Check! Developing feelings for said guy...check? How am I supposed to find Mr. Right when Mr. Wrong keeps getting in the way? My darkest hour is yet to come.

Though my love for him love has evolved, metamorphosed, transmuted over time (and sometimes it felt a little - maybe a lot - like hate), what hasn’t ever changed is that I love him. But I didn’t comprehend the depth of my love until six hours ago: They say he’s missing.... The Royal Zodiac - my inner circle and I - hasn’t been complete these past two years since the attack. Every time we get close to a potential candidate to recruit into our ranks, they disappear, the most likely scenario being that Medusa and her minions got to them first. And now she has Dalair.

Unable to find the perfect woman, Ian the sculptor decides to create one. But after he falls in love with his gorgeous marble statue that cannot love him back, he realizes he’s worse off than before. When the envy-prone goddess of love steps in and brings the lovely Galatea to life, things start to heat up. The woman who was once his perfect fantasy has been transformed into a living, breathing human with a mind of her own. Will he be able to navigate a relationship with a real woman or will he be forced to let her go in order to prove his love?

She’s a princess with everything to lose. Nothing is as important to Atalanta as her freedom. So when the king and queen insist she wed, she tricks them by agreeing she will only marry a suitor who can beat her in a foot race. Because no human has ever defeated her, she expects to enjoy a long life as a single lady. When Hip left the military, he didn’t anticipate falling for the most elusive bachelorette in the land. But now that Atalanta has stolen his heart, he must search the gods’ world to find a way to win her.

Christmas in Scotland. After this past year, I wasn’t sure I would ever celebrate another holiday. Jordon was sleeping behind me and out the window I saw not just the snow covered landscape but our future stretching out into the distance. My luck had always been shit, just as I think we can get on with our lives and new business, the past comes back to rear its ugly head and piss me off. The Russians just don’t know when to leave well enough alone. Instead of licking their wounds and going back to Hell, they think they’re going to come after me and mine.

Bea “Mic” Michaels is back and her life has, once again, changed forever as she steps into a new role and all the challenges it brings. With Chris Jordon at her side, she’s prepared to embrace motherhood with open arms. Gazing into the face of her child, she knows anything is possible. The little life they created has restored her hope for a better future, sweeping out the heartache of previous years. Adjusting to their new normal and forging ahead into their now different lives, Mic and Jordon believe nothing evil can ever touch them again.

I’ve had a crush on Lawson O’Connor since forever but it can never be, he’s my older brother’s best friend. I always thought the feelings were one-sided but recently, I’m beginning to suspect otherwise. A subtle touch here. An inappropriate comment there. A smoldering look. A sexy wink. And then it happens, we hook up. It’s everything I ever imagined and more but we can never be, can we?

Amy Frost is getting desperate. When her fledgling stand-up comedy career falls flat, adding one more failure to a long list, she is forced to move back in with her mother in her hometown in the Colorado mountains. At 31 years old, Amy is terrified of winding up in Ballast, Colorado, forever. But she is shaken out of her self-pity when Arnold Dooley, the man who murdered his wife and was later acquitted, walks into her place of work. The town of Ballast falls into hysteria upon learning Dooley has taken up residence on its east end....

Psyche’s new husband only appears to her at night, and she’s not allowed to see him. At first she finds this strange, but before long, she falls so deeply in love with him, she forgets all about the unusual conditions of her arranged marriage. But once she hears the rumor that her husband is actually a monster, she becomes obsessed with discovering the truth. Determined not to be deceived, she finally unmasks the man she loves, and risks destroying the one relationship that has brought her happiness.

I gave Julia a stupid ultimatum. I know it’s my fault she left. Our daughter had to live a life mostly with her mother. My own mother wanted to go on a Caribbean vacation with us. But she didn’t know Julia and I split. It must have been kismet when Julia contacted me out of the blue. I asked her for one favor, not knowing what she would say. I needed her to pretend to still be my wife in front of my mom on this vacation. I’ve never stopped loving her. I have no idea what she thinks of me. But maybe this trip might give us just what we need to be a family again.

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