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Pack BalanceShe must learn to balance her human nature with his wolf.Julie Sullivan made a horrible mistake. She left the man she loved when she learned about his shifter abilities. Now she''s back in Clear Creek and she is determined to win him back.Cooper Grainger is working hard trying to find the people responsible for the illegal drug that is killing the shifters of his city. He''s closing in on his suspect when he runs into the one woman who can bring him to his knees.But just when Julie and Cooper finally come together to try to get back the time they lost, Cooper''s enemies strike. Cooper must trust his friends and family to keep the woman he loves safe. Julie must accept Cooper as his true self-half man and half wolf. Will they succeed or will evil prevail? Pack InvestigatorIt''s not only the houses burning in Clear Creek. Lily Harper is setting Garrett Sullivan''s heart on fire.Garrett Sullivan, a firefighter for the city of Clear Creek, has his hands full when he rescues a young boy from a burning house. The kid, Nick, is a shifter and in need of help, so Garrett takes it upon himself to make sure the boy is safe. From the first look at the boy''s social worker, Garrett knows his life will never be the same again. Her enticing eyes and bright mind call to everything inside him.With Garrett a key member of the investigation team looking into a spate of fires in the neighborhood, he''s put right into the action. When the boy''s father is kidnapped, the intensity escalates.Lily Harper loves her job as a social worker in Clear Creek. When she''s assigned the case of Nick, his big, wounded eyes tug at her heart. The strong firefighter who stands by his side tugs at something else. Garrett is everything she has been searching for in a partner. But with a difficult investigation involving kidnapping, arson and mystery, Lily worries that she''ll lose Garrett before he can actually be hers.It will take the entire city, their friends and family to solve the latest threat to the shifters and their human lovers. Pack LawIt''s the case that will change everything for shifters.Mike Riley likes his small-town life and his job as an attorney in Clear Creek. When he''s asked by his Alpha to take on a case involving a shifter that has been fired for no reason other than for being who he is, Mike has no idea how big the case will become or how much it will affect every shifter around the world.Shelby Holt is a reporter on the upswing of her career, and has secretly been sleeping with Mike for the last several months. As her feelings for the wolf shifter grow, she pushes them down, knowing he doesn''t fit in with the image she wants to show to the public.She can no longer avoid him and her growing feelings, as the case Mike is working on collides with her career. When friends from the past join the wolf shifters in Clear Creek, Mike realizes how important the outcome of the trial truly is, and Shelby begins to crave the same fierce love she sees in their friends'' relationships.

Emmi Maeda comes into possession of an antique and plunges through time-into feudal Japan and the world of samurai.Los Angles, present dayEmiko ''Emmi'' Maeda set aside her studies following the sudden death of her father. Estranged from her mother and brother and burdened with guilt over her role in the tragic accident, she moves in with her godfather Jake and comes into possession of an antique mirror. While accompanying Jake to Japan on a film shoot, Emmi is caught in a freak storm and plunged through time-into the land of her ancestors.Kyoto, 1864The city of Kyoto is ablaze with violence and on the brink of civil war. Nakagawa Kaemon is a young samurai with a secret. He gathers information on those who claim to revere the emperor but harbor their own agenda to control the country. Kae is honor-bound to execute anyone who poses a threat to the throne-even if it is Emmi, the unusual young woman he has come to love.

Can Tanvi alter kismet''s path?Tanvi Sharma has always lived life carefully. What has she done, then, to deserve the sentence her family has subjected her to? What cruel form of kismet has intervened so drastically to change her life as she knows it? New Delhi offers Tanvi, who works as a contracted accountant for the Totally Five Star Group, a little solace and removes her from the stifling environment of her father''s business. But she knows it''s only temporary. Soon she has to accept her fate and agree to the marriage her parents have arranged for her-to a man she despises.She''s all but resigned to her ominous future when a smoldering look from a handsome businessman starts Tanvi''s juices flowing and she allows herself to fantasize about a relationship that can never work. But would a short-term affair be so wrong? Perhaps a no-strings-attached fling with a handsome stranger is just what she needs before entering into a loveless, passionless union.When Australian businessman Alexander Banks spots Tanvi in the hotel restaurant, the exotic and aloof creature immediately intrigues him. Never one to shirk from a challenge, Alex quickly learns that he has his work cut out for him if he wants to get closer to the reserved beauty.Alex soon realizes that cultural differences and long-held traditions are obstacles greater than he could ever have envisioned and light years away from his Western rationale. Just when he expects that a relationship with his Indian beauty might be going somewhere, it turns out that someone else has other plans and the Totally Five Star Hotel becomes a dangerous and risky place for them to be.

A maiden, unable to recall who she is, must battle evil to regain the memory of her past and the hope of a future.Awakening in the forest, a young maiden recalls naught-including her name. Equally conflicting is her desire to both slap and kiss Sir Galeron, the knight who claims to have protected her while she was unconscious. Much to her chagrin, he dubs her Ruby of the Forest, due to her red hair, and insists she find refuge at his home of Ramstone. Prickling at his demanding ways, but with no other option, she accepts his offer. His kiss flames her attraction even more, but Galeron dashes it with a confession. The brute is trothed to another.Ruby''s journey is filled with laughter and weeping, daydreams and discovered abilities. Her heart longs for a future that her past may destroy. Evil lurks, treading on each tidbit of memory she recovers. Will Ruby ever recall her past? And after an attack in the village that sparks a horrific memory, does she even want to?

King of the cowboys, Ace gets whatever what he wants. Kitty is strong, independent, and madly in love, but will they go all the way?Ace is a record-breaking all-around champion bull rider. He''s used to being the boss, and he knows what he wants. When he meets reporter Kitty at a black tie event, he knows he wants her, and he''s hoping she feels the same about him.Kitty loves Ace''s strength, and his old-fashioned gentlemanly ways, which are rare in her world. She''s used to war zones and petty tyrants. Ace wants to protect her, and she''s willing to let him. To a point. She still has a job to do, though, and when danger strikes too close to home, Ace comes to the rescue. Will Ace be able to keep Kitty safe, and by his side?

Arcanium''s getting a little more twisted...After one too many demons leave her for other women, Valorie, the circus contortionist, is thinking about quitting Arcanium. It''s not that she hates performing, but she''s been in Arcanium for almost twenty years. She''s bored, feeling neglected and rejected, and there''s nothing keeping her there anymore.Until ex-lover Bell, the fortune teller and owner of Arcanium, gives her the fire-eater-bound and gagged-as a present and a bribe to convince her to stay.John-cursed into Arcanium and heavily scarred from fires gone out of control-turns out to be an adequate distraction. He''s almost sweet, in spite of the bad person he used to be-a decent enough pet willing to work his way to redemption in Valorie''s collar and under her command. Valorie''s just not sure whether he''s enough.Especially when her former fiancé from twenty years ago stumbles upon the circus and discovers where his would-be wife disappeared to.

How can she face the danger when she can''t hear it coming?Kaiya Hanazawa lost her hearing as a child and her family cocooned her in protection. As an adult, she was saved from a human trafficking ring, and her grandfather put her behind walls so high they became her prison. Now she''s free and ready to prove that she isn''t as innocent as she looks.Gordon ''Gabby'' Dixon doesn''t say a word-until he meets Kaiya. His knowledge of sign language helps bridge the attraction between them, but he''d never have Kaiya without his best friend Boone Tempest there to keep Gabby''s nightmares at bay.Kaiya travels with Boone and Gabby to uncover a mystery left by the Men of Hell''s previous club accountant. Little do the three of them realize that a man bent on revenge is following them. At night, passion flares between the threesome, but just before they''re able to reach for the happily ever after, a hailstorm of violence threatens to sweep them away.

He''s the master of the ring, but he cannot master her.Kitty has been part of Arcanium as Pretty Kitty the Bearded Lady for over fifteen years, taking care of the circus'' inhabitants-both human and demon-when the curtains close.But she''s kept a dark secret from the rest, one that she shares with the sadistic demon known only as the Ringmaster. Though it would be a stretch to call the arrangement he and Kitty share tender, the Ringmaster finds himself curiously drawn to the kind but dark heart of Arcanium.When Kitty convinces a long-time lover of hers from outside Arcanium to join the circus-Victor, a sweet, handsome, charming man in love with every square inch of hair on Kitty''s body-the secret between Kitty and the Ringmaster not only risks coming to light, but the strange relationship itself threatens to crumble and throw Arcanium into chaos.

When Nadine loses it all, she must rebuild her life. But maybe she no longer wants what she used to have.Nadine Baxter pieces her life back together after losing her job, her fiancé and her grandfather-all at once. She goes back to her university job working at the bookstore where she meets David, a young guy with a huge crush on her. While Nadine is flattered, she''s also well aware that she''s in a different stage of life and, more than a relationship, she wants to launch a business doing furniture restoration like her grandfather. When David''s persistence earns him a date, Nadine is surprised by how much she likes him. His maturity and attentiveness impress her and she begins to consider the idea of being with him. Just when her life is finally looking up, her ex-fiancé Allan reappears. He wants her back and he still has power over her. As much as she wants to deny it, he really is perfect for her on paper. Everyone wants them to be together, including both their families. With the help of an eccentric elderly lady, a couple of dogs and a long lost gift from her grandfather, Nadine must figure out whether real love has anything to do with what is perfect on paper.

In a war in Afghanistan, can a love born amidst the harsh realities of conflict and trauma survive, or is it destined to perish?The combat zone-the Afghanistan desert, a landscape of dust, sand and relentless temperatures.Corporal Katie Walker is a British Army combat trauma medic. Katie has never wanted a man-until now.Staff Sergeant Joe Anderson is a hardened, grizzled veteran-a ''by the book'' marine, committed to his mistress, the US Marine Corps. Joe has never wanted a woman-until now.The first meeting-no fancy restaurant, fine manners or glittering attire, but blood, pain and trauma. Their attraction to each other is instantaneous and intense.Because they live life on the edge, away from loved ones, is what Katie and Joe feel real or an illusion? Then Joe is gone-and may never return. Is their love strong enough to withstand the horrors of war? Or is it doomed to be destroyed by something far worse?

Thousands win homes off-planet. Too-good-to-be-true questions turn deadly. It''ll take more than wedding vows to learn if happily-ever-afters are real.On crowded Earth, people are thrilled as technology expands to colonize space. When a prominent dating site offers the chance for a better life, thousands apply to hop on board.Owner of a famous political blog, Sam Dexter understands how to qualify to win a ride to the moon. What he doesn''t get is why it''s offered to so many. With a bride on his arm who hasn''t a clue concerning his real identity, maybe he can learn. Not as though much can go wrong through pretending to be in love with Laree and conning the woman into helping him, right?Jenna Jensen is terrified. Fear concerning the potential fate of lovers worldwide is steadily growing in her mind. Shuttles geared up to launch, there''s little time to find proof of something nefarious. What she needs is to warn a naïve groom or two. After all, meeting up with a stranger and convincing him to help has to be safe, doesn''t it?

Traditional cowboy Cotton and tattooed Emmy couldn''t be more different. That''s part of their attraction, but different worlds can make for a lot of heartache.Emmy doesn''t really like cowboys. She might be from Texas, but she''s a city girl, truly invested in keeping Austin weird, just like the slogan says. With her corsets and tattoos, she stands out at the western bar where she ends up after being abandoned by her friends. That might be why she catches the attention of Cotton, who''s a bull rider by trade, and definitely a cowboy. Cotton thinks Emmy might be the most fascinating girl he''s ever met. She''s not a cowgirl, and she''s not model skinny, but she''s beautiful and smart and he wants her like he''s never wanted anything before.As one date turns into months of seeing each other in between bull riding events, Cotton starts to think that Emmy is the all-important One. Cotton''s friends and family might not be so sure, though. As Emmy''s life starts to unravel around her, Cotton has to fight his fears and his confusion to prove to Emmy that city and country might just be able to work after all.

Mallard Hall plays host to games of submission and Dominance for one unique couple, but do the secrets of the past threaten the new bonds being forged?India Grace, a respected journalist, is assigned to the estate for a behind the scenes look at how it runs. It is the last place in the world she wants to be. Back when she was young and naïve she took a photo of old Lord Mallard, which led to her success and his downfall. She carries the guilt with her to the location and it''s constantly in the back of her mind when she meets the hall''s latest owner, Xander Patrick.Xander''s father died when he was only thirteen, and he doesn''t hold many good memories of him. He helped his mum build Mallard Hall back up, and since her death struggles to keep it going single-handedly. The last thing he needs is a meddling journalist poking into estate business, especially when the meager profits are mysteriously disappearing.The two try to keep their distance but find themselves drawn together in many unexpected ways. A meal leads to an investigation of secret passageways and from that India and Xander explore their attraction, using different rooms of the hall for their kinky games.In the end India''s secret will have to come out, but will it bring the couple closer together or tear them apart?

Beauty, brains and voluptuous curves... Terrah''s exactly the kind of woman Nick''s been looking for, but can he convince her that the smokin'' hot chemistry between them is more than skin deep?Terrah Bryant embraces her curves despite being immersed in the modelling world. Her job as a makeup artist requires confidence, creativity and the ability to stay focused in the presence of some of the world''s finest men. She has never had a problem until she works with Nick Tasso, a gorgeous Greek model who has a thing for voluptuous women.Terrah is swept away by the sizzling chemistry between them and emotionally unprepared when their electric connection blossoms into something more than hot sex. She struggles to deal with the media''s scrutiny over her body and their burgeoning relationship. Terrah must decide to trust her heart and face her own insecurities before she can have the ''happily ever after'' she truly desires.

The King always gets what he wants-and he wants Makayla.Makayla Carrington is innocent and inexperienced...until she meets Donovan King. When the King decides that he wants Makayla, he whisks her away to the Totally Five Star Hotel in Madrid, and he''ll do anything to protect her from his clandestine BDSM activities.All too soon, Makayla discovers Donovan''s secret, then Makayla decides that she wants something too-to be Donovan''s submissive.A rivalry arises when an ex of Donovan''s decides that she wants him back and the woman will stop at nothing to fulfill her aim. But Donovan will do anything to protect his relationship with Makayla, and time is of the essence if he wants to keep her.

These days, she''s traveling in some unusual circles...Before her father can kick her out of the house, Caroline runs away to join the circus. She''s far from the oddity or performer that Arcanium is known for, but the fortune teller grants her wish to become a part of his circus and assigns her to run the carousel.It''s repetitive work and the quarters are cramped, but it''s the perfect job while Caroline figures out what the hell she''s going to do with her life.Then some of the creepy carousel mounts-the ones that look like tormented human men-start coming to life at night. At first she thinks they''re just dreams, but she quickly discovers that Arcanium is no ordinary circus.Caroline must not only come to grips with the shady motivations and affections of her new colleagues, but also with the driven desire inside her for Riley and Colm-the men bound to the carousel to atone for their sins, who beg her to save them.