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Kennedy Stacey couldn't be more down on her luck. Her father, a rodeo cowboy, recently passed away after a long, expensive illness. The medical bills, combined with his habit of gambling and the fact that she had to quit her job to take care of him, has left her homeless and with no place to go but back to the rodeo. She tracks down Luke Delaney, one of her father's protégés, and asks for help.

Bronc rider Liam Delaney has earned a place in the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas for the second time in his career. But before he rides, he wants to look up the woman he'd spent two weeks with, four years ago. Though she'd been a stripper, she'd seemed like so much more than that. They'd had fun together, and when he thought about his last visit to the finals, he thought about her. He's looking for a repeat.

Teresa Gallegos needs to concentrate on getting custody of her daughter after a messy divorce. She doesn't have time for a man, not even the sexy cowboy who comes to visit Grace and Liam Delaney on their new ranch. But that cowboy is more than sexy - he's sweet and thoughtful and when he kisses her, he sends her up in flames, something she never thought could happen again.

What do you get when you mix a rock band as hot as Reckless Beat, women strong enough to capture several of the bad boys’ hearts, and a bet that sparks a competitive streak? Boundaries will be pushed, alcohol will be abused, and loads of sarcasm will be shared.

I knew him as a boy, but now, the boy is back - a hardened criminal. Big as hell. Blindingly beautiful. Sexy as sin. Dripping with attitude. Covered in ink. And carrying a colossal chip on his shoulder. I want to keep my distance, needing to protect myself and my virginity. He’s awakening parts of me I never knew were dormant. Ruining me for any other man. I should have known nothing this good would be healthy for me. He’s a liar. A thief. A convict. A deviant. I need to walk away from this man who’s breaking me piece by piece. Only my heart is not cooperating.

Fun-loving professional hockey player Benjamin "Benny" Perry is all about scoring, both on and off the ice. With his good looks and easygoing personality, women flock to him, which is great. It keeps things the way this Las Vegas Wolves forward likes - uncomplicated. Too bad that's all about to change. When Benny decides to get back at his coach by pursuing his daughter, Eliza, who's just returned to town under mysterious circumstances, complications abound.

Young and innocent, Julia Ellis has no idea what awaits her at the manor, where she is to become the nanny for Mr. Jonas Fairbanks, a ruthless, yet devastatingly handsome entrepreneur. Julia's only plan is to earn enough money to fund her studies of French cuisine in Paris. Julia falls in love with little Sidney, the 10-year-old daughter of Jonas, but can't help noticing the peculiar way the towns people talk of the little girl. An omen. The devil's spawn. Sidney is not the only young girl who will be groomed at the home of Mr. Fairbanks. What was taught as sinful, now, clouds her moral judgment of right and wrong. Julia fights with her innocence, giving into lust and a world all new to her.

Words like unnatural and impure started the whispers. From the very beginning, Ivy Blackwood was different. She was only a child when she was accused of setting the fire, one she passively watched engulf the small house she had called home. Her fingertips burned, and her hair singed. Some who watched her crossed themselves, convinced she was soulless for she showed no emotion at all. Calm and dispassionate, even when the screaming started that quickly turned to bellows of agony before dying into nothing but the roaring of the fire.

It has been three months from that terrible day that ripped her heart out and trampled it to the ground. Devastated and heartbroken, Julia must find a way to move on with her life. But how? He gave her everything and took everything from her. Her first kiss. Her dream. Her light. Her soul. Her heart - all with His Secret - a double life. A new life waits for Julia in Paris - and so does new love. Luke McCarthy finds Julia at an airport on the day she is leaving for Paris and starting her life over.

Five years ago, I let the girl of my dreams get away and exiled myself to a logging company in the Canadian wilderness. But I can't hide forever. When my sister got sick, I took in my two young nieces. I’ve gone from lumberjack to babyjacked, and I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. Fortunately, I found a nanny. Five years have passed, and Cassi's not just my best friends' little sister anymore. She’s all grown up, dark and beautiful with a smart mouth and a broken heart. Doesn’t take long before she’s falling for me again, but I can’t shout timber yet. Cassi can’t forgive the past.

Jennifer is a nurse that runs a free clinic on Vaxivia. She has no time for dating and fights for the health and well-being of her Vaxivian people. That is, until one day when she encounters a strange patient in her clinic. Prince Zaruv just started his exile along with his three younger brothers, which was a common tradition in a new king's reign. They were supposed to get to Dragselis, but were attacked and their ship and crew went crashing toward Vaxivia. They got scattered throughout the land during the crash. Zaruv was injured while landing, but luckily he was found.

There's something about Cutter King that reminds me of every bad relationship I've been in and every bad decision I've ever made.... He's desperately good looking, but he knows it. He's built sturdy and strong like a tank, but he's reckless. He looks like every woman's fantasy, yet for me he's a nightmare. Too bad I owe him big time. And now he's moved in next door to collect.

You are cordially invited to a King family wedding. The question is which one of the Kings will make it to the altar? Follow these three badass brothers as they unapologetically claim their forever-after in this short and sweet, sexy novella.

Some marriages last a week, a month, or a year. Others last a lifetime. Mine ends on my wedding night, 10 hours after the exchange of rings. Our marriage vows shatter when Dustin Cardwell, the man I saved myself for, looks me in the eye and tells me I failed between the sheets. Our marriage ends before the ink dries, before the scent of my bouquet fades, before the candles in our honeymoon suite burn out. Three months later, I'm divorced and working as a massage therapist on the LaClaire Cruise Ship, headed for the Caribbean.

Chris explores the hidden keys to professional excellence in his conversations with the most successful speakers on the planet. Learn revolutionary thoughts when Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, discusses how he got un-stuck in his quest to build an empire. Brian Tracy will take you on a journey of what it looks like to turn failure into success. Listen to combat fighter pilot Waldo Waldman describe how to overcome situations when your competition has a "missile lock" on your project.

Millicent Montgomery has her entire career riding on the two weeks of public events her PR firm is in charge of managing for Brinne Wren, the spoiled heiress of a major software company whose memoir has just hit shelves right before the Christmas Holidays. Her friend, Rhea, aka Goldie, is recently dumped and along for the ride, and Millie is determined to get her friend's mind off the past by setting her up with a hunky doctor they meet in a coffee shop their first day there. Goldie makes her a deal - I will if you will - after Millie runs into a super studly Irish investor with charm and looks to spare. Too bad Millie's been pining away for an old friend back home who doesn't give her the time of day, but Seamus Gallagher sets his sights on the charismatic Millie, pursuing her relentlessly, even after she discovers the gorgeous, sexy as hell man is the one who's got it out for Brinne and may cost Millie the only shot she has at her biggest dream of making senior partner.

Memphis Love knows three things. Money. Sex. Women. As long as it has a pond for him to dip his pole into, he's game. The small beach town he lives in doesn't offer much for job opportunities or, at least, lucrative ones. He relies on his body, the pole, and stage. Oh, and the after-hours clients. Iris, his best after-hours customer, takes him on a yearly cruise with her friends. Only thing is he didn't expect a little ray of sunshine on the ship this year. Raylan Moore has the power to rattle everything he once believed.

Haven MacKay has no idea that time is fleeting. Dressed in Scottish period costume, she volunteers at a historical village at the present day New England Highland Games. She gets more than she bargains for when her love spell goes awry. After searching for true love, someone honest and open, she meets a mysterious, sword-wielding warrior who fades into the mist. Not a woman destined to give up easily, she tries her spell again and is accidently cast back in time.

Are you, like all of us, looking for the truth about your life? For direction, purpose, and momentum? Perhaps the answers you seek are just one word away.... Questions: Directions to Who You Are contains 52 thought-provoking reflections, each inspired by just one word. Open your heart and mind to these words, and embark on the journey of a lifetime.

Three years after her ex-boyfriend left her to pursue his Hollywood dream, barista Riley Eames is still haunted by questions only he can answer. So, when he asks to meet her after a full day of press junkets, she reluctantly agrees - only to get stuck in the hotel elevator with rising British actor Ashe Hunter, who's in town to promote his next movie.