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Once, there was a librarian, a warrior woman, and a love story that was out of this world...and now they're back in an all-new adventure! Holly would never have believed that the gorgeous woman who appeared in her backyard one magical night (wielding a sword) would turn out to be the love of her life - but the lady knight Virago is exactly that. Virago and Holly are madly in love, and Virago is still learning the ways of our world (and becoming slightly addicted to coffee).

Mandy's not having a great December. She was given a rescue "dog" (who looks much more like a wolf) by her lackluster girlfriend as a Christmas present. Mandy lives in a studio apartment and can't keep her new pet, but that turns out to be the least of her problems when she's woken up in the middle of the night by a gorgeous naked woman...who just happens to be stealing a pair of jeans from her dresser.

When they were teenagers, Amber and Stevie were so deeply in love that nothing could drive them apart. Until the one night, when Amber needed Stevie to be there...and, instead, Stevie disappeared without a trace. Seven years later, Stevie appears in Amber's life again with a long scar across her stomach, and a pretty fantastical explanation for her disappearance that night. Sparks fly between the two women, and they are drawn together with a passion neither of them can ignore. But Amber needs the truth about what happened that night.

Can love save a soul? Cassandra Griman was caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. She'd stayed out at the bars until last call, and on her way home was cornered in an alleyway by four men. That night might have been her last...until she was saved by an angel. But first impressions aren't everything, and Cassandra soon realizes that the captivating woman who saved her life is no angel. In fact, Elle is a powerful vampire who was exiled from Boston fifty years ago. But Elle has returned now to exact revenge.

Would you risk your life for love? Rose Clyde lost her girlfriend six months ago in a tragic accident. Since then, she simply goes through the motions, knowing she might be doomed to spend the rest of her life grieving. But when her best friend calls with a strange job offer - working the front desk of an old hotel up the Maine coastline - it's an offer Rose can't refuse. Meeting Eternity is the first volume in the Sullivan Vampires series. It contains the full first three novellas in the series: Eternal Hotel, Eternal Kiss and Eternal Thief.

What would you do if a chance at love slipped through your fingers? Rose Clyde fell in love with a vampire -- but before her love story could unfold, the captivating Kane Sullivan was snatched away from her. But the rebellious heartbreaker, Tommie Sullivan, with her bright green eyes, her sarcastic smile and her spellbinding intensity, is determined to sweep the heartbroken Rose off her feet now that Kane is out of the way.

Envy is a lucky lady with a secret vice: She's (arguably) one of the best thieves in the kingdom - something her current employer, the queen herself, has no knowledge of. When one of her more audacious gambles gets her caught, Envy thinks her luck's run out. The queen banishes her to Bran Tower, a haunted, forgotten prison of no escape. Envy thinks she’s doomed to be alone and trapped forever, but - each night - a stunning woman appears in her impenetrable prison, and Envy soon realizes that she’s falling in love with her....

Piper once believed she'd found her happily-ever-after in Estella. Until Estella left. Piper and Estella met when they were kids. Estella was rich and spoiled, Piper was poor and curious, and - in each other - the two girls found an unexpected friendship. Year after year went by as they grew up together, growing closer and closer as time passed, until Piper realized that she loved Estella more than anything in the universe. The day Piper told Estella she loved her was the day Estella walked out the door, never to return again.... Or so Piper thought.

Sydney is haunted by her past. Raised by a strict, religious family, she was sent to gay conversion therapy as a teenager when she was caught kissing a girl. Now only 19, she's trying to start over with a new life and a new name, but you can't escape the past.... Caroline is the most stunning woman Sydney has ever seen. Every night, Sydney hears her singing from her apartment window, and every night, Sydney's heart aches with something indescribable.

Josie Beckett is a shock jock DJ - she's sarcastic, funny and doesn't believe in anything at all, certainly not in magic. But she's going to start believing when she finds herself no longer in her apartment's basement...but in the wild woods of another world entirely. And falling (literally) onto a woman who makes her heart skip a beat. Attis, the mysterious, dashing woman Josie unceremoniously fell onto, was once a knight...but tragedy caused her to give up her dream.

Haley Benson lies for a living. She created an online tabloid that normally targets celebrities with outlandish stories about aliens and the ghost of Elvis, but one day she was out of ideas...so she made up a story about a little town that no one's ever heard of. But the mayor of Wolf Lake, Kay Odell, doesn't think it's a laughing matter. She demands that Haley retract her ridiculous story about the town being overrun with werewolves. Or she'll sue. Haley finds it hard to concentrate when Kay walks into her office - she's the most smoldering, mysterious woman Haley's ever met....

Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf? From the outside, librarian Megan Upton appears to live a quiet, painfully ordinary life. She's lonely, but she's content, more or less - that is, when she isn't being haunted by wolves.

Rose Clyde is irrevocably in love with the alluring vampire Kane Sullivan...but their passionate love affair has seemingly been doomed from the very start. Once, long ago, Kane made an immortal enemy...and now that enemy has returned and craves revenge. Kane's love for Rose is her only weakness, and - to exploit it - there is a plot for Rose's life. If Kane's enemies have their way, Rose will die at the grandest event of the year: the vampire ball. But Rose just got Kane back, and she won't lose her without a fight....

Get in the holiday spirit as you read this collection of three romantic novellas featuring werewolves celebrating that most wonderful time of the year. Best-selling author Bridget Essex offers a trio of heartwarming tales of women transformed by love.

Kathryn is on the lookout for a new roommate. She's sick of her diet of ramen and needs to find someone to help pay the rent, but every time a roommate candidate comes by to see her place, the visit doesn't end well. Because Kathryn likes Christmas. A lot. And her apartment is, in her opinion, a Christmas Wonderland. To everyone else, though, it's a Christmas Nightmareland. But when Kat meets potential roommate Jewel, she has high hopes. For one, Jewel's gorgeous as hell. Distracted by that fact, Kat's budgetary concerns fly out the window, and an intoxicating chemistry begins to brew between Jewel and herself.

Six months ago, Lily made the worst mistake of her life and let the woman she loved walk away. Now, at a campground party, she glimpses Cora across the fire, the woman she's not stopped thinking about or wanting. Sparks fly when Lily and Cora go for a dip in the lake for old time's sake, and old feelings resurface. But can Lily and Cora ever truly be together?

Trish Dalton has put her wild, adventurous days behind her. She's grown up and settled down in her veterinarian practice that she built from the ground up, but a secret part of her misses the untamed woman she used to be. Now her life is quiet, safe, and a little bit lonely. When her sister surprises her with a gift - a singles retreat at a yoga studio in the Rocky mountains - Trish is reluctant to go. While most of her happiest memories were in the Rockies, she isn't into granola-crunchy stuff and has never done yoga in her life.

Can a painful mistake from the past lead to a happily ever after? When Georgia was 18, she cut ties with her life in Pine Springs, Maine. She grew up in the tiny town, and grew more and more restless as the years passed by. She never fit in. Like most of the residents, Georgia was a werewolf, but she felt uncomfortable in her wild wolf form. She wanted to go somewhere else, anywhere else. So she did, but leaving meant leaving behind the girl who'd stolen her heart, bewitching, beautiful Carol, who was as wild and graceful as a wolf herself. Now, 15 years later, on her way back to Pine Springs to visit her family for Christmas, Georgia stops to buy coffee and runs into a familiar face - Carol. But Carol is hardly happy to see her. And as a snowstorm moves over the Maine coast, Georgia and Carol find themselves reliving the past...and wondering if they might still have a future together.