This holiday installment in the "Naughty Nuggets" novella series is sure to be a favorite. Andrea Smith (writing as Laurel Landon, because hey, it's just that naughty) presents a Christmas Santa who is trying to make everyone's wishes come true!If a Big Mart Santa could grant your Christmas wish, what would it be?Would it be NAUGHTY or NICE?Meet Nick. A seasonal Big Mart Santa who brings very special stocking stuffers to those most in need. He's almost magical with ...

I was promised a refuge.My new pack was supposed to be a haven, a place where the unranked are treated fairly. But when I arrive at Northern still wearing a tag that declares my low status, I find myself in a worse situation than before. Hunted, but not knowing where to hide or how to escape. Ignored by the pack who vowed to protect me. Rejected by a wolf who might have been my fated mate.My only refuge is in the arms of the quiet, massive shifter from the ...

Ridge McCallister: King of the junkyard. God of the gridiron. Cypress Springs' beloved bad boy.With just a wink and a smile, he has most girls at his beck and call. Good thing I'm immune to his (debatable) charms. Don't get me wrong, he is beautiful. With the body of a Greek god and the face of a fallen angel, who could resist?Too bad he's so…Ridge. Every time he opens his mouth, I want to punch him. Or kiss him. No, I don't want that. Not at all. ...

My past is hunting me.The Mountain Pack is everything I hoped for: a haven where every shifter has the same rights. Pack laws are respected and followed without fail. Even the Alpha must obey them, or suffer dire consequences. But the law says I'm not allowed to live here.When the corrupt leader of the Council delivers an ultimatum calling for the death of one of my mates, there are no good options. If we stay, it means war. If we sneak away, we become rogu...

I've spent the better part of the last few years successfully avoiding my brother's best friend, Weston Aldrich.As CEO of Andes Inc, the infuriatingly handsome and incessantly grumpy Weston also happens to be my new boss.It shouldn't have been hard to continue avoiding him. After all, he's on the executive floor, and I'm one of many copywriters.Weston has his own ideas about how things should go between us. He's in my emails, leaving notes on my des...

If Adalee Summers thought walking across campus at night was safe, she was wrong.But it wasn't the dark campus that caused her to lose it all—it was her thoughts.The boys of summer dominated the Stallions campus, and the girls didn't stop talking about the new baseball transfer. She heard all the rumors, but no more cocky athletes were in her future. Adalee had one goal: to win the gymnastics all-around title. She wouldn't be distracted, at least until she ...

When I was little, I was obsessed with fairytales. My dad told me the stories of the stars and white knights who rescue princesses.I'd wear a silver plastic crown and stare at the sky, waiting for the day my knight in shining armor would come.Then my dad died, my crown broke, and my mom shipped my sister and me off to boarding school.And then I met them.My knights.Only they're nothing like the fairytales I grew up on. They're wrapped...

LyricI fell in love with him when we were kids. He promised me forever when we were teenagers. Months later, he left me without a care in the world.One week during senior year was all it took for Colt Street to decide I was no longer what he wanted. Then, just like his brother, Colt took off for the military, leaving the life we longed for behind.Ten years later, he's back, changed, and ready to protect me with his life. When I asked for help from t...

I'm the pack reject. The prey.For years, I've kept myself safe from my small pack's males, hiding in sewers and sleeping in trees to keep their teeth out of my neck. They don't really want me, just the power and prestige that comes with winning the hunt. I only want to survive.In three days, at the Enforcer Games, I'll have one chance to escape. But when the Games begin, and the most powerful shifters in the world arrive at my packlands and scent me, a new ...

He'll break every rule in the book to claim his coach's daughter.Nash WhatleyCoach had two rules when I joined the team: Keep my name out of the press, and don't even think about touching his daughter. The first one? Easy. I'm not some rookie with a chip on my shoulder. The second one? Complicated.Emilia Lariat might just be the thing I've been missing. But this sassy little minx thinks she can hide what we are together. We'll see h...

When I'm ripped from safety, catapulted into consciousness, and thrown into a nightmare, I come face-to-face with the cruel plot twist fate threw me.My fight-or-flight instinct kicks in, and when every road leads to chaos, there's only one option.In my darkest moments, I promised myself I'd take what I want, and that includes them. My dark avengers.Protective. Possessive. Mine.

Head home to Pinerock County for the holidays, returning to old friends and new lovers. At Christmastime, anything is possible...Gloria Munson thinks she's about to have the worst Christmas of all time when her car breaks down during a blizzard in rural Pinerock County. But then she's rescued by a very special bear shifter clan who invite her to share their rural ranch Christmas ...With no family to welcome him for the holidays, Deputy Jaron Holbrook is inv...