The memory of Josiah DeMille has haunted me for close to a decade.The way he looked. The way he smelled. The way his lips felt pressed against mine, even when they shouldn't have been.The one person I've never been able to get over. The one singular part of my past I've never been able to move on from.In every lyric sung into the microphone, in every chord strummed on the guitar, in the bottom of every single whiskey bottle, he's there.His m...

Arrogant. Repulsive. Cocky.With an ego almost as big as his… Well, you know.There is no length he wouldn't go to score. To be in control. To win.Life is nothing but a game to him, and I've become nothing more than his little pawn. Something to toy with. To taunt. To mess with. And to hurt.The wicked smirk on his face as he helped upend my entire life is proof of that.He wants to push me to my limit until I'm begging for reprieve. For...

Jules van der Meer... He's somebody I shouldn't want, someone I can't have.The forbidden fruit. The desire not to be indulged in. He's wealthy, successful, important... everything I'm not.I'm half his age. Immature and desperate.It's what they all say—the men in the night with the fancy clothes and the shiny cars, with enough money to make me do whatever they please.But him... well, he looks at me like I'm the answer to his prayers, a diamon...

There are some things you just don't do…Don't lie. Don't steal. Don't break the law. And absolutely do not, under any circumstance, sleep with your best friend's son.I've always prided myself on being a good man. I am a doctor after all. I consider myself to be a by-the-book man. A man with strong morals and a clear conscience.That is until a night out of town with too many drinks finds me naked and sweaty with the one person I shouldn't be rolling ...

Word to the wise: Getting hot and heavy one night with the broody, hot rancher in town is rarely a good idea—Especially when said rancher is your ex-husband.Conrad Strauss is the owner of Grazing Acres Ranch, home to some of the sharpest bucking bulls around. As Copper Lake's only veterinarian in our small town, I have to see him more than I'd like. It hasn't always been easy, but it's become manageable.Until, of course, the night my need for him burned too...

Luca Gray HartI have everything I could ever want—a great family, awesome friends, a girlfriend, and I’m headed off to my dream college. But the past is always there, lurking like a shadow in the night....Branson Joseph AdlerI love men. I love everything about them. Their feel. Their smell. Their taste. It’s no secret to my friends and family that I’m gay. But I do have one secret....What happens when you give in to the temp...

A steamy one-night-stand in the bathroom of a bar in Las Vegas after a world championship win? Yes, please.Meeting him again months later, only to learn he's my newest competition? Not so much.The weight of the legacy I carry is a constant tug in my mind, with the ghosts of the generations before me always whispering for me to push harder, train longer, be better.In the eight seconds I have to ride, everything else falls away, and m...

Crew CollinsThe rush of the high. The mind tingling feeling of that first line. This secret of mine has spiraled out of control, but I can’t stop. The drugs fill a void, helping me feel something and nothing all at once.But him… He makes me feel everything.Anderson WalkerHe’s been my best friend for as long as I can remember. Thick as thieves. Life happened, our friendship has changed. Now I’m left with feelings I don’t know...

My entire life has been one steady plan after another.Go to college. Get married. Have a successful career.More than a decade goes by, and my entire world is rocked in more ways than one. Everything I thought I knew is ripped from under me in one fell swoop.Then I meet him: the enticing man behind the camera with the boyish grin and charismatic energy who makes me question everything. He was only supposed to be a means to an end. But what I got was ...

Rule number one: Don't fall for my brother-in-law. It should be easy, right?Wrong.When I moved in with my sister over summer break, I had no intention of returning to college in the fall. A work trip for her meant a lot of time alone for me with her husband. Boone Stanton. World famous bull rider and way, way off limits.A few late-night deep conversations between the two of us, only the midnight sky our witness, and suddenly, I can't look away. Can'...

I'm a country boy, born and raised. He's new in town and all city.Bronc riding has always been my main focus. The plan was simple: work hard, go pro, and show the world what I was made of. It hasn't been easy, but I did it through dedication and a whole lot of determination.My dreams came true, my life more than fulfilled… Or so I thought. I never knew how much I ached for more until I stopped to help a stranger on the side of a one-lane road one chilly fal...

Aston WalkerOne night changed everything for me... I walked into that party surrounded by friends and walked out with an enemy. It's been two years and I still have no idea why he hates me. Now, we're forced to work together, and I'm going to enjoy getting under his skin.Knox FinneganI never knew someone could annoy me as much as he does. He's starting to break down my carefully built walls, when I really need to keep him as far awa...