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I want to protect him...no matter the cost. After uncovering a threat to dragons everywhere, my mission was simple - find the mage with the evil magic book, and bring him back home to Emberwood Weyr. There we could figure out what he knew...and what we could do about it. Finding him was easy...but protecting him is hard. The more I get to know Daniel, the more I realize that he’s another victim in all this - hunted, afraid, and so beaten down he can’t even recognize a helping hand when it’s offered.

What this salt-and-pepper alpha needs is a simple hookup. What he got was a complicated 20-something with a shady past.

Nick Kosloski was just 18 when he was kicked out of his mother’s house, pregnant and desperate. He tried to reach out to his boyfriend, but he was gone - sent away to avoid legal trouble for a crime he didn’t commit. Tom Fitzpatrick was sent away from his Nebraska hometown in disgrace. He stood accused of a vicious crime. Rather than face conviction, Tom was hustled off into the Navy. Their reunion gets off to a rough start, thanks to a decade of misunderstandings and pain.

Sixteen years ago, I lost the love of my life. Callum was everything to me, right up until a twist of fate tore us apart. After that, I thought Cal was out of my life for good. But I thought wrong. Now, Cal's back, and he only wants one thing from me: a baby. Talk about a curve ball, right? It might have been, if I didn't happen to run the best fertility clinic in the city. Even though I know Cal and I are still over, I'd never dream of denying him the chance to become a father.

I don’t normally deal with nasty ghosts, but when Nix needs help, I’m the only one qualified. His dragons are under attack, and it’s up to me to stop it. But Nix isn’t making it easy. He seems determined to hate me because I’m a necromancer, and he wants nothing to do with the attraction smoldering between us. This specter isn’t a random haunting, and it's connected to both Nix and me. We’re going to have to work together to defeat it, but if Nix finds out how I’m connected, any trust I’ve built with him will go up in smoke.

I’m a proud Templar, like my daddy was, and his daddy. It’s my job to rid the earth of dragon scum...and the money isn’t bad, either. I never expected a dragon to show up on my doorstep, though. Or offer to help me find a cure for my Mama’s illness. And most of all, I never expected that I’d fall for him.

I’m going to die on this cliff with only a bobcat kitten for company. I’m sure of it until the hottest man I’ve ever seen swoops in and makes me leap. Eli’s made for danger, and he dedicates his life to finding desperately stranded hikers like me. He’s too perfect to be true. I’ve fallen hard before and ended up bruised and battered. I have to resist him.

“Troubled” doesn’t even begin to cover Scott’s childhood, but he’s doing okay for himself. He has a place with his best friend and a career he enjoys. It’s not exactly a high-paying career, and he has to work two jobs just to make ends meet, but he can keep himself safe and that’s the important thing. The last thing he wants it to get married, never mind married to a stranger for a television show. When his best friend decides to audition for the hit reality show Make It Work, Scott agrees to go along for moral support.

Jun’s been a thorn in my side for years. Its only gotten worse since we’re both going after the same promotion. Being in the same room with him makes my heart pound. It’s anger. I can’t let it be anything else. My family expects me to be the best. I have to earn this promotion and prove that belong on top. But when I catch Jun staring at me with heat in his eyes, medicine is the last thing on my mind.

I’ve been in love with my best friend, Eli, forever, and I was all set to confess my feelings...until he showed up at my birthday party with someone else. I would have died on the spot if Rome hadn’t pulled me close, kissed me, and told everyone we’d secretly been dating for months. Except we’re not boyfriends. And until that night we’d never even kissed. When my family finds out about our supposed relationship, we have to play along. So how can we make this fake relationship real? And how do we make it last forever?

Defense attorney Doug Morrison is very good at his job. After his father is convicted in a series of gruesome murders, Doug takes it upon himself to save the man who’s given him everything. When he finds evidence his father was someplace else for some of the crimes, he seeks out the detective who initially got his father convicted. Ray Langer is a laid-back sort of alpha, but he’s very good at his job. He knows the evidence was good when it came to the Morrison case - until Morrison’s gorgeous, confident omega son shows up with evidence that chips away at his case.

On the run with my baby daughter, I never expected to end up surrounded by massive bikers. I’ve seen the violence that gangs can do, and I’m not sure a motorcycle club is any different. But Maverick might be able to change my mind about Hell’s Ankhor. When I show up on his doorstep with a busted car and a baby in my arms, he doesn’t hesitate to take us in. And from the moment I see him, I know I want more.

I had a plan. Bartend at King's Gambit. Earn enough to open my yoga studio. Ignore my dark past. And never fall for the boss. Easier said than done. Falling for King is the best mistake I’ve ever made. But he's not the only one with secrets, and when my past comes to call, it could destroy us both.

An omega with a mission. An alpha sworn to serve and protect. And an outbreak that will change both of their lives forever. Dave Stanek has spent the past decade of his life trying to atone for his family’s sins. While his parents bilked thousands out of their life’s savings and tried to bring him into the family business, Dave has built a successful career in medicine as an infectious disease specialist at Silver Oak Medical Center. Ken Sykora has seen a lot during his time in the Army and during his years on the force. When someone finds a vial at the scene of a meningitis outbreak, he’s obliged to consult with the Infectious Disease Specialist at Silver Oak Hospital. When Dave is assigned a meningitis case one evening, he finds himself face to face with the most attractive alpha cop he’s ever seen – and neck-deep in a biological terror case.

I’m here to protect his body, not claim it. As a bodyguard there is one line I won’t cross: Never sleep with a client. Not even when the client is the first man I ever had a secret crush on. I’ll keep him safe during the media storm that surrounds his coming out. We’ll be together every minute. Constantly. But he’ll never be mine. I will not sleep with a client. And I can’t come out. Silver has always made me want things I can’t have. This time I don’t know how I’m going to resist.

Ty Cunningham comes from old money, but he's never been content to live on privilege. He's the youngest partner in his firm, and the only omega partner. He's worked hard to get where he is, and he's proud of what he's accomplished. One thing is missing - a child to share it with. Carter Bowman has it all. Drop-dead looks, a fantastic career, and the title of All-Star pro baseball player. The one thing he doesn't have is money sense. When he falls prey to a scam artist posing as a financial adviser, he's close to broke. A buddy suggests he marry for money...

Omega Ben Michaud gave up his life of privilege when his fiancé died. As a surgeon with the non-governmental organization Borderless, he travels between war zones patching up bodies torn apart by human cruelty. When he’s taken hostage, he figures it’s just one of the risks he accepted when he took the job. Alpha Navy SEAL Dave Hopper isn’t impressed by guys who get taken hostage without a fight, nor by doctors who’ve had everything in life handed to them on a platter – no matter how beautiful. He definitely has no time for so-called “Hollywood royalty”.

I grew up in Hell’s Ankhor, and even though I’m 25, they all still see me as Ankh and Priest’s kid. Especially Gunnar. The Sargent has known me for years and watched me grow up. I would give anything to have him see me as the man I’ve become, instead of the scrawny boy I used to be, but it’s never going to happen. I need to face the fact that Gunnar will never be mine, but when a devastating revelation sweeps through the club and cuts me to the core, he’s the one I turn to.

Camden Wheeler is a rock. The owner of his own brewery and a pillar of the community in Carter's Crossing, he's a small-town alpha and proud of it. He knows who he is and where he's going in life - the only thing he's missing is an omega to fill his heart. Wes doesn't have a clue who he is. He wakes up in the local hospital with a serious case of amnesia, and the only lifeline he has to cling to is the story of the alpha who found him injured in the woods and carried him down a mountain. It's a romantic story - but a difficult story to base his entire life around.

An omega bartender working his way through college. A rookie lawyer crusading to save everyone he can. Sparks fly from the moment they meet. When one resurrects an old tradition, will he keep “his” omega safe or ruin everything they’ve built?