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When Hadley's stepdad creeps into her room one night, she knows she has to run away from the only home she's ever known before he steals her innocence. She doesn't know where she's going, only that she has to run. When Damon sees a frightened girl run into the bar looking like a fish out of water, he knows he has to help her. She's the most beautiful little thing he's ever seen. She's an angel, but the problem is he's a felon, and he has no business claiming such an innocent creature. That doesn't stop him from wanting to, though.

Ava Sinclair lives a seemingly charmed life on her father's plantation-style mansion in Georgia. Her life is just beginning with college looming on the horizon, but when her father stiffs the notorious kingpin of New York, she's kidnapped. But her kidnapper is nothing like she expects. Darkly handsome, Gage Morelli evokes a series of complicated emotions in innocent young Ava. Will she survive his capture with her heart and innocence intact? Better yet, does she even want to?

She captivated me from the moment I first saw her up on the stage dancing her little heart out. She's not like the other nightclub dancers. She moves with grace and fluidity. A ballerina. Poetry in motion. Her long red hair and luminous green eyes hold me spellbound, calling to me. I'll die if I don't watch her. She's my obsession. And tonight, on New Year's Eve...she's mine.

I’ve been in love with Penny Fox from the moment our eyes first met across the hall in high school. But she’s always been out of reach. That’s okay because I’ve waited for her. I’ve followed her.

Summer spends more time on the beach than she does anywhere else. That's where Dane first sees her—and she sees him, too. She wonders who the insanely hot businessman is, but she never could have imagined that he'd end up being the developer who just bought the apartment she and her mom live in. When she goes to his office to try to persuade him not to demolish the only home she's ever known, he hits her with a proposition. One she's not sure she can turn down.

The war took its toll on him. The only thing that keeps him sane is his music. He’s a well-known composer in the musical world even though he hoards his compositions close to his heart, refusing to let anyone perform them for fear they won’t do them justice. He tells himself composing music is enough for him, but when he sees Harper Young on the morning news, he suddenly wants like he’s never wanted before. Harper’s pure soprano is like nothing he’s ever heard. She’s an angel in the flesh, and he suddenly knows who he wants to perform his symphony.

I cut him off in traffic, and now he’s stalking me. Inciting his road rage will either end up being the best or worst thing I ever did.

Colin is a beast. Lily is a beauty. When Lily Hackman offers herself up in her father's place, it's a bargain Colin Davenport can't say no to. But when Lily proves to be headstrong and fiery, did the beast of the underworld get more than he bargained for?

Emily Haskins has it all. She’s a marketer for one of New York City’s leading advertising firms, but she’s a workaholic, so when her free-spirited mother begs her to take time off to accompany her to Mountain Ridge Resort in Virginia, Emily reluctantly agrees. However, when they get there, her mom’s boyfriend shows up, and Emily starts to see that this trip was really a way for her mom to get a free vacay for her and her latest fling. Disgruntled, Emily’s mother-daughter bonding vacay is suddenly a solo affair.

Every guy knows the bro code. Thou shalt not covet thy best friend’s sister. It’s in the best friend bible. But I’m the worst sort of sinner because when my best friend’s sister moves in next door, I want to break every code ever written. I try to keep my distance from her, but it’s easier said than done when her rambunctious little puppy takes a liking to me and keeps throwing us together. She’s off limits, so I have to keep my paws off.

Thomas Duncan. Irish heartthrob and CEO of one of the city’s biggest financial firms. He’s as stubborn as he is handsome. But I’m not interested. I’ve sworn off men. If only Thomas would get that through his thick, Irish skull. He’s determined we’re meant to be together, and he won’t take no for an answer.

Spring break is supposed to be fun. I should be letting my hair down and soaking up the sun, but I’m nervous and jumpy. I don’t know why, but I feel like someone is watching me….

A girl scared to love. A doctor who will do anything to find his obsession: the girl whose life he saved. When fate intervenes and throws them together, it's nothing less than soul-shattering.

My life is routine and mundane. I spend my days driving my clients where they need to go, but I’m content in my monotony. Until I see her. One look at the little blonde-haired dancer, and my obsession is born. She’s all I can think about. I feel like I’ll die if I don’t get close to her.

Melody is not a fan of modern rock music. She’s more into music from bygone eras than that from her generation, but when her college roommate insists she go to a rock concert with her and a few other friends, she reluctantly lets them drag her along. She doesn’t know anything about the band they’re seeing except its name. That’s why when Melody is about to pee her pants and stumbles into the lead singer’s dressing room, mistaking it for a bathroom, she has no clue who the hot dude is.

Cindy Crews is everything I never even knew I dreamed of. Winning the championship used to be my number one goal in life, but one look into Cindy's pretty golden eyes, and I see my future. But Cindy is a feisty little thing who's fighting me every step of the way. I know she feels this electric current zinging between us, but she's put up walls so thick it's going to take a bulldozer to knock them down.

Baseball is my life. Not only am I good at it, but I’m determined not to end up like my father. That’s why I don’t allow myself to get too close to any woman. But that all changes the day I see Brandy Lancaster. I’m drawn to her like a magnet, and there’s no stopping the pull she has over me. One look and I’m already in too deep, but for the first time in forever, I’m not scared of drowning.

Jessa Jeffrey is tired of writing silly fashion columns that don't mean anything in the grand scheme of things. She wants to be a serious reporter. She wants her writing to mean something. She wants to report on groundbreaking stories that will change the world.

Bonnie Belmont is on the run, and it’s not from the law—it’s from her creepy stepdad. She’s off to start a new life, but she needs a job and a way to make her own way in the world. It’s scary going out on her own at barely 18, but anything is better than her stepdad’s leers and lewd comments.