I’ve spent years pushing her away. She thinks I hate her, but really, I know she deserves better than a college dropout turned tattoo artist. She’s the good girl, the complete opposite of my bad boy nature. But something about her kind eyes and heart-shaped face has always caught my attention, not that she has ever realized that with how I treat her.I’m not a one-woman man, and I won’t allow myself to hurt Tara that way. Her mother makes her believe she’ll never be good enough. I w...

High school graduation is supposed to be the ending of one chapter and the beginning of another. The excitement of college comes and the mystery to what the future holds. Mine ended in tragedy, and although my life didn’t end and the world didn’t stop turning around me, my heart still broke.They told me she was dead. But that was a lie.Her parents had other plans for her that I wasn’t supposed to be a part of. They used her amnesia to steal her from me, her friends, the lif...

I caught my fiancé cheating on me with my best friend in our apartment. I was done. There wasn’t a point in sticking around to hear their excuses.I ended up alone in a hotel bar, drinking the last five years of a relationship away, not to mention a lifelong friendship. I was well on my journey to forgetting until the hot guy in a suit thought he’d interject, telling me to slow downWho did he think he was? If I want to drown in my sorrows, I will. That’s the last thing I rem...

Can a man be ruthless and compassionate at the same time?Tony was dark and handsome. Passionate to a fault. Stronger than life itself.He promised to give me everything I ever wanted and more. I only wanted a good man and an amazing father. So that’s what he vowed.That’s also what ripped us apart.It’s what got me killed, leaving a shell of a man to raise three tenacious children in a cruel world.He was never supposed to be a good man, a loving husband...

?I didn’t get to say goodbye to my mother. When I watched her coffin lower into the ground, I swore I’d never love another that deeply again.I didn’t have to. I found solace in the opposite.Krishna is hard like me. I keep him at arm’s length no matter how much I prefer him in my bed. Together, we can be whatever we want. The monsters we keep at bay to avoid someone getting...

Do you ever really get over your school crush when he never once glanced your way?I was the only daughter of the Italian American Mafia Boss on the east coast. After my mother was murdered, he made sure the world forgot he had a daughter. I had to pretend to be the girl I’ve never been: meek. There is not one submissive bone in my body, but I had to look and act the part.Matteo De Salvo is the only person that has ever made me nervous. My skin itched around...

We were high school sweethearts—young, reckless, and so damn in love I thought nothing could ever tear us apart. Then one ordinary afternoon, she vanished after class and never came back. No goodbye. No explanation. She left me shattered, drowning in anger that burned hotter with every passing day.In my pain, I made the worst mistake of my life. I slept with her best friend… and I kept right on making bad choices. When that friend turned up pregnant, I did what I thought was right....

A fated mate lost...I discovered my mate when I was eight—my best friend’s little sister. She was just a wolf pup and hadn’t even shifted back into her human form when I vowed to protect her and never love another the way I knew I was destined to fall in love with Anna. After all, fate had decided she would one day own my heart. However, The Bloodmoon Pack has many enemies, and twenty years later, I’m still searching for the mate that was taken.A he...

It began with an interview that should have been mundane, and it ended with me becoming a foster mom and my boss demanding I uncover evidence to put a man behind bars—for life.I believed I was one of the good ones. Incorruptible. I certainly wasn’t a member of the Dirty Blue like others I knew.Then, I met Drago Acerbi. I soon realized nothing could have prepared me for the consequences of falling in love with the enemy—a dangerous criminal whom I'm supposed to lock...

Laying the foundations for films such as 'Mother and Child,' starring Naomi Watts and Samuel L Jackson, 'Abandoned' packs a lot into a short space.As a younger woman, Madame de Cadour gave birth to an illegitimate son. She and her then-lover, Henri put the child up for adoption, but she has wondered about him ever since.40 years later, she decides to try and find him with Henri's help, and her husband is oblivious to the whole thing.Will Madame de Cadour and Henri f...

The conclusion of the sexy, fast-paced suspense story that started in SILENT NO MORE.The definition of love doesn’t come close to explaining the way I feel about her. She’s the one. The twin to my soul. I didn’t know what it meant to breathe or live until I saw her. I wanted the beautiful redhead instantly, but she was engaged at the time, so I left her alone. She didn’t even know who I was.Then he screwed up. I saw a chance, and I took it. I would...

A drunkard and a brute, Patin's marriage to Désireé is an unhappy one. He leaves to go fishing one night during a terrible storm, and never returns. Désireé is convinced he has somehow managed to cheat death and lives in constant fear of his return. Some years later she buys a parrot, and her nightmare begins anew. Amusing and humorous, "The Parrot" is a short comedy in which Maupassant holds his cards close to his chest, keeping his readers guessing until the final page.