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What does a bachelor know about dirty diapers, snotty noses, and baby puke? He's in deep doo-doo and totally clueless. He needs help. When his eyes land on his new nanny, he knows one thing for sure: she's his. After years of hard work, Kelli Wells now owns her own child-care agency. Receiving a desperate call from a non-client for help, she takes pity on him and agrees to assist until a proper replacement can be found. When he opens his front door, his gorgeous eyes make her think a substitute could wait—like forever.

The nature of the game has changed. But my feelings for my guys haven’t. As the search for Kieran intensifies, the battle between us reaches its pitch. And in every fight, Brutal shows up to win. My silent, savage love has his own reasons for starting this war, and nothing will get in his way. Something we have in common. I will defeat the undefeatable Brutal. I’ll bring him into my loud, chaotic world and make him mine.

Their love story began over a magical Christmas holiday and now Hannah and Kristine have returned to Norway to stay at Espen and Dani's new eco-resort. They are excited to be taking part in the festivities surrounding Midsummer's Eve, but they also have a bigger celebration to plan. This time, there will be no sad goodbyes because this time, they're getting married!

Gus wasn't just my president. He was the father I never had. He was steadfast and strong. I looked up to him and trusted him without question. I'd never seen the man show a single sign of uncertainty until the day August James showed up at the Satan's Fury clubhouse. None of us knew why the beautiful brunette had come knocking at our door, but it was clear that her arrival had caught Gus by surprise.

I don't know the secrets that lurk within my sorority, and apparently neither does anyone else. My search for the truth behind the disappearances meets with blank stares and pleas of innocence. But someone knows. They're watching. They're waiting. They're hiding. They're attacking the man I love. The only way to put an end to it is to bend the Sallys to my will. I'm taking over and hunting the kidnappers down. Before the next person to disappear is me.

Isabella Astley, a true Victorian lady who was born into one of England’s finest noble houses, wants to control her own destiny. But with a mother who is willing to marry her off to the highest bidder, her future seems to be a life of misery.

When the girls attend a meeting with the Junior Regiment in Hell's Gate, the realm far across the Burning Desert, they instead find a mystery that threatens the entire Hell's Gate realm. Old enemies conspire, and new alliances are made, to stop the land itself from dying to be reclaimed by the Uninhabitable Lands.

Staff sergeant Bea “Mic” Michaels and her black-ops team Steel Corps do what others cannot: They execute missions unbeknownst to the public they ardently defend. Over time, their orders begin to chafe and questions arise. Around every turn is another trial threatening to rip their family asunder. From Colombia, to Mexico, to Russia, and beyond, each mission sucks them deeper into the darkness.

When blue-eyed billionaire Dante Santoro puts his mind to something, it usually means he is going to sleep with it. And Aniya Compton was his latest target. But she was proving to be tougher to get into the sack than he imagined. Not even throwing money around could sway her. This made Dante even more intrigued. He was not going to stop at anything till he had Aniya right where he wanted her. But Aniya had a cute little three-year-old secret back home who might just make Dante think twice about pursuing her.

Life has never been worse. The Phantom who haunted my nightmares turned out to be bigger, badder, and deadlier than I ever knew was possible. My guys are in hiding. My allies are enemies. And I have nowhere to turn.

I’ve always known things I shouldn’t know, and seen things I shouldn’t see - things no one else sees. One terrifying vision - and my reaction to it - lands me in Brocker’s Center for the Criminally Insane. I’m convinced I can survive my time here unscathed. After all, I’m not crazy. But after spending time with three guys - a schizophrenic with two personalities, a pathological liar who isn’t to be trusted, and a nymphomaniac with a penchant for knives - I’m beginning to doubt my sanity.

The only thing I know for sure is I don’t know anything at all. Zeta Rho Sigma was never just a sorority and I was never really in control. A point they drove home when they toppled the final chess piece. The man I love is gone. A wall of silence and blank faces surround me. Every day I sense I’m getting tangled tighter in someone’s web. I will find the truth.

Night lasts a thousand hours. Forty sleeps - an endless desert of time when no one cares what happens to you until daytime. Helene has given up. Only concern for her sister's grave medical condition tethers her to the world she dreams of escaping through death. If only she could bring herself to end it. Caught out at night getting medicine for her sister, Helene is captured and taken as a slave for Gabriel, the mysterious ruler of the city.

I’m Hade’s Queen, and not even a war will keep us apart...It turns out I’m Queen of the Underworld. Hades’ Queen. I love him with the fiercest passion. Except we may never be together when Pirithous is unleashing lost souls on Seattle and Hades has gone to war to stop him. I’m in hiding to stay safe, but I’ll be damned if I let Hades fight this war alone...My love for Persephone could end everything. With every soul I destroy, the darkness inside me grows stronger. But if I stop, Pirithous will get what he’s after - Persephone.

Dmitri, a high-end thief, is flying cross-country for a lucrative job, when the woman destined to be his mate is seated next to him. Her scent drives him to the edge, but he manages to control himself on the flight by the skin on his teeth and fate - by way of the flight being diverted because of a terrible storm.

Eastern Nights is part of the Compass Series but can also be listened to as a stand-alone. Felicia Perez, a carefree, hopeless flirt from Miami, is working a second job as a fitting model in Bangkok while saving up to expand her own clothing line. She loves women and her freedom and never shies away from going after what she wants. Kate Simmons is a passionate interior designer who is married to her job. Her love for beauty is universal; she can’t imagine tying herself down to anything that might limit her enjoyment of it, and that includes the shackles of a relationship.

Brooks was her dream. Her very wet dream, but one blissful night at her best friend's wedding turned that into a reality. Unwilling to chance heartbreak, she pushes away the longing in her heart and rushes back to her old life. That is, until a frantic phone call has her racing to his side, questioning all of her old thoughts.

The more answers I unearthed, the less I understood. I stepped into this game not knowing the rules, and now, they’re playing me to their beat. Old faces reappear. New friends circle. I got closer to the puppeteer as they got ever closer to me. And when they struck, I wasn’t ready.

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.