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When Anna Franklin embarks on a graduate degree in cryptography at Oxford, she anticipates decoding puzzles. Only her studies are a bore, her family is all but nonexistent, and she can't find a good slice of pizza to save her life. After her beloved advisor has a stroke and she's assigned to work with cocky post-doc Hendrik Van Der Aart, she wonders if her purpose might be to crack the code on the meaning of her life, not the latest math riddle.
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Hayes Carrington has spent the last decade carefully constructing walls around her heart so that she won't lose at love again, especially now that she has a child to protect. Jake Banneker has spent the same decade building his construction empire and learning to forgive. His former bad boy persona was well earned, but now he longs for something more. After a twist of fate throws Hayes and Jake back together, sparks fly - and not just steamy ones....
3) Fairy Magic
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Magic's real! Tasha decides to attend the summer sessions at a wizarding school while studying to become a nurse. Her way to help others. Nick finally returns to the school to get his high school diploma. For the last five years, he's worked in fast food to help put food on the table for his mother and younger brother. Now it's his turn to become more, but he's rusty on his spellwork. By working with Tasha, he catches up. Their attraction sizzles...
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Havilland Smythe doesn't know what's shocked her more: The instant attraction she feels for handsome Detective Roman Fairfax or his admission she's the top suspect in the theft of a historic artifact. She's immediately intrigued, possessing a legitimate interest in the stolen work of art. The Grand Duchess Anastasia Egg is part of a collection of four jewel-encrusted eggs gifted to the daughters of the last Tsar of Russia. Finding and reuniting them...
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On a working holiday in Australia's cosmopolitan Outback town of Broome in 1986, Jodie, a young book designer is open to romance and adventure. At the holiday village where she is staying, she meets Joe, a young man who works there. Despite the strong attraction between them, the many unknowns about his earlier life keep them apart. To try to uncover his mysterious past, they travel to Perth and back to Broome and are drawn into not only bizarre but...
6) Heir
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Jessa was held prisoner for her first sixteen years until she was freed by Nick Kingson, a young police officer. Now Nick is back to protect her when Jessa's father searches for the daughter he abandoned. There's a lot of money involved and a lot of prestige, and those two elements mean that Jessa may not live to see an inheritance. Jessa and Nick go back to the town where she was once held captive. But she's no longer The Girl in the Tower. Will...
7) Junction
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Vampire Louis Forbes is a loner, content to survive without ties, without a family, or the burden of another's life on his shoulders. But when the Kaius haunt asks him to prepare vampire outposts for evacuation into the sanctuary city of Denver, Louis reluctantly pushes aside his solitary ways to work alongside a partner. The youngest of his haunt, Jonathan Minks has lived a life of indulgence and camaraderie. A thrill-seeker prone to wanderlust,...
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Eliot "Scorp" Traversini is no stranger to pain. He has inflicted it on his enemies and felt it on his own flesh. Beneath his gruff exterior, he conceals a horrific past that drove him to self-destruction. But his reckless lifestyle must stop when he rescues his kid sister from a disturbing situation and becomes her guardian. Quinn loves her new apartment building but not Scorp, her neighbor. The tattoo-covered brute is annoying, persistent, and hotter...
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Kat Russell narrowly escaped death at Dirk Crowe's hands six years ago. He's out of prison. To protect her family, she must flee Philadelphia-the only home she's ever known-with her five-year-old son, Timmy. Is Wisconsin far enough away to escape evil? Chase Merrick, father of Timmy's new best friend, wants to help. What is Kat hiding? Why does she insist she must face whatever it is alone? When can Kat stop constantly looking back over her shoulder?...
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The offer of her dream job has Kaysi Grayeagle practically packing the moving truck herself. But before she can unpack, a fire breaks out in her new loft, leaving her shaken and homeless. That is, until her friend offers up her brother's place. The last thing Ben Corbett needs right now, is to babysit his sister's friend, and especially not one who has a mountain of problems, or one he's already embarrassed himself in front of. He appreciates the...
11) Web of Death
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Cara Kane is a top interior designer who's in demand, so it's no surprise she's created a beautiful life. She's a pillar in the community and mentors other women in business; uplifting and encouraging strong women is her goal. Todd Mitchell is an FBI agent on the rise. Fate draws him into the web with the stunning beauty who touches his soul. No good can come of that. When a family heirloom is destroyed, Cara is certain she's being followed. Has she...
12) Dark Cover
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Nick Markos has inherited the burden and shame of his brother's dealings with terrorists, who demand he return the millions he skimmed. Hoping to uncover a plotted attack, the Feds install DARK Officer Vanessa Wade undercover as Nick's glamorous fiancée. Despite her expertise, Vanessa has grown to dislike undercover work. Under orders to make sure the sexy and tortured tycoon is no traitor, she soon realizes that instead he's determined to regain...
13) The Ghostly Diva
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Assistant Museum Director Justine Saunders is enticed by the opportunity to sift through vintage treasures from a recently deceased actress. When a snowstorm strands her with the woman's surly son and the much-too-real ghost, she's drawn into their unresolved emotional tug-of-war. Screenwriter Jackson Maddox is eager to wrap up his mother's affairs and escape the one-horse town where she grew up. Unloading old clothes takes an unwanted turn when the...
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Single mother, Mara Miller works two jobs to provide for her teenage daughter, Angelica Disillusioned and abandoned at eighteen, Mara's given up on finding a man interested in more than a one-night stand. Until firefighter Bruce Moretti moves in down the hall. When Mara's very ex-boyfriend appears demanding custody, she discovers Angie has been left a fortune. Money her ex plans to take any way he can. Bruce Moretti has his own demons to chase, and...
15) Amulet
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Intelligent, charismatic, and successful, Val Nikolov has achieved everything he's ever wanted, thanks to a wish made on his grandmother's magical amulet. Alex Weaver, however, can't seem to get her life in order. As a temp-agency lawyer helping Val's company prepare to be acquired, Alex has no hope that she will ever land a full-time job as an attorney (or convince her boyfriend to marry her). When one of Val's key engineers abruptly departs, the...
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Sydney Thomas doesn't believe in romantic love. She moved to Zen, Ohio with her young daughter following a dismal marriage and disastrous divorce. Her new boss says he's a wizard who helps people fall in love by casting spells over jelly beans. The last thing she needs is to get entangled in a relationship. Why can't she stop thinking about him? Wyatt Ginn is spellbound by the woman he met at the post office when he rear-ends her car. Not a great...
17) Minding Millie
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When a threatening letter demands a considerable fortune for her grandmother's life, Millie McConnell is forced to leave the comforts of home and seek a new life. Hiding her identity behind a false name may deceive her dark, enigmatic escort for now, but she can't escape the collision course that's sending her straight into his arms. Charged with escorting a trio of ladies to Wyoming and staying two steps ahead of a dangerous fortune hunter, Raine...
18) On Deadly Ground
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Kate promised her dying father to protect her brother and return a Mayan god statue to its temple. But the price to save her kidnapped brother is the valuable artifact, so keeping one promise means breaking the other. Facing a trek through the jungle, Kate must rely on a guide she doesn't trust... yet whose touch makes her yearn for more. Max prefers to work alone, however his DSF assignment is to guide Kate while covertly finding proof her brother...
19) Fox Tale
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Heights terrify Ava. When a stranger saves her from plunging down a mountain, he diverts her fears with tales of Japanese kitsune-shapeshifting foxes-and she begins a journey into the supernatural. She's attracted to Chase, both physically and metaphysically, yet primal instincts urge caution when shadows suggest more than meets the eye. She's torn between Chase and Rafe, her ex, when a chance reunion reignites their passion, but she struggles to...
20) Rotten Apple
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Rose has loved Fae Princess Orchid since childhood. Helpless to stop Orchid's exile to Strawberry, she vows to avenge her death. If she had one more day with Orchid, would she have the courage to confess her love? It's too late now...or is it? Vampire Ryan's myelodysplastic anemia has caught up with him. He fights in the Winter Solstice Battle for an honorable death but instead finds Orchid. While she's not his ideal mate, she does offer him a trip...
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