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Thick As Thieves

Julian:
I've been in love with my best friend since forever. Okay, fine. Like, kindergarten. It started out platonic, obviously, but then became... nope. Still platonic. The problem is that Parker Ellis has been straight since forever. And that makes it difficult to convince him the two of us are meant to be together.

And now there's no point. All is lost. He's gone and gotten engaged to his high-school sweetheart which means I have to grin and bear it while pretending to be the happy, supportive best man while he prepares to commit his life to a woman I can't even fault. She's great. We've all been friends forever. I know he'll be happy with Erin, just not... just not as happy as he could be with me.

Parker:

I'll admit. Sometimes I press the easy button. Like when Julian Thick had offered me half his sandwich back in grade school after noticing I didn't have any food. Or when I'd needed a date to homecoming in tenth grade and Erin told me she was it. Or when I'd used the one thing that came easy to me, skiing, to get my college tuition paid for. Or when Erin had showed back up in my life six months ago and told it was time to marry and start a family...

But for the first time in my life I'm facing something that's not at all easy. It's my wedding weekend and I've just been left at the altar. Not only that, but when my best friend whisks me away to drown my sorrows in a snowy cabin in Aster Valley, I accidentally discover Julian's been keeping secrets. Big secrets.

The kind of secrets that lead to hot experimental kisses in front of a blazing fire, tentative physical exploration in a way I'd never imagined before, and the kind of intimate, true confessions I'd never even dreamed of between me and the one person who's always been my true home.

But after twenty-plus years of thinking of Jules as my friend without benefits, is it truly possible to change who we are to each other? There's no easy button this time, but I'm willing to do the work. I only wonder if Julian is ready to trust I really mean it.

Thick as Thieves can be read on its own or enjoyed as part of the Aster Valley series.

Firecracker

There are three kinds of people in Honeybridge, Maine: The Honeycutts, who know a lot about love and loyalty; The Wellbridges, who think they’re the epitome of wealth and refinement; and the rest of the Honeybridgers, who know better than to get in the way of the centuries-old rivalry between the two.

There wasn’t a time when I didn't know Flynn “Firecracker” Honeycutt.

He’s been my childhood friend. My high school rival. The guy I couldn’t stop dreaming about, long after I thought I’d left him and Honeybridge in my rear-view mirror.

Now he’s the key to the giant promotion that can make or break my career… if I can just convince the man to give me the distribution rights for his award-winning mead.

Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done.

Flynn’s not the guy he used to be. His gorgeous eyes used to spark with dreams and fire, but now he looks at me with cold fury. And just like Achilles had his heel and Samson had his hair, I had Flynn Honeycutt, the one man I’d never been able to charm, despite an entire life spent winning people over.

I’m not giving up, though. Because I’m not the kid I used to be, either. And because, if the two of us can survive a long, hot summer filled with his family’s crazy antics and my mother’s single-handed determination to keep the Wellbridge-Honeycutt feud alive, there might just be a chance for both of us to get what we want:

A new dream.

The fulfillment of an old town legend.

And another chance to spark Firecracker to life.

Hijacked

Renowned cardiologist Carter Rogers is used to having things under control. His life, his prestigious reputation, his career, his future.

Things he can’t control this time around:

• His meddling grandfather

• His annoying gamer cousin

• Buggy South American jungles

• Being the meat in a feuding cartel sandwich

• Getting kidnapped by a monologuing drug lord

•Falling for his very hot, very mouthy ex-Special Forces bodyguard

In short, Carter’s peaceful, well-planned life has been… hijacked.

Hitched

Former Marine Percy “Champ” Champion has never encountered a problem he can’t handle. Flying bullets? Daring rescues? Building Champion Security from the ground up? Making people seriously regret using his hated first name? No problem. He’s gotten the job done without a hitch each and every time.

But it turns out there are some situations Champ can’t handle alone, like:

• Going undercover as a wedding planner to retrieve some missing cartel data in time to avert an international crisis.

• Keeping his jerk of an ex from threatening his business.

• Preventing Quinn Taffet, Licking Thicket’s gorgeous, charming new wedding planner—and Champ’s fake fiancé—from getting into danger… or from getting the wrong idea about their relationship.

• Fighting the pull that lands him in Quinn’s bed night after night, despite his very best intentions.

• Stopping the pun-happy matchmakers of the Thicket from destroying the sane, well-ordered life he’s built for himself.

• And, most troubling of all, protecting his traitorous heart from all the romance in the air.

In short, Champ needs an extraction plan ASAP before he finds himself well and truly… hitched.

Hacked

Well-known computer security infiltration specialist Jasper Huxley has never met a system he can’t hack. Whether his assignment is accessing a highly-classified Pentagon server or modifying his high school report card, he’s always got a botnet, an exploit, or a little bit of social engineering he can call up to get the job done. But there are certain things he can’t finesse, no matter how hard he tries.

•Beating the infuriatingly adorable, adorably infuriating Kevin Rogers in the Enchanted Javelin Toss to qualify for the Horn of Glory Conqueror’s Tournament. (Robbery.)
•Sharing a house and–worse–a network with Kev. (Gah.)
•Being forced to allow a non-trained, non-serious, and non-resistible civilian to take part in a critical intel operation. (•side-eyes Kev)
•Keeping Champion Security’s system safe from increasingly sophisticated black hat threats. (Once again… Kev.)
•Maintaining his distance from the man haunting his thoughts… especially when he learns that Kev’s a virgin. (At least for now.)

In short, when Kevin Rogers is in the picture, the safe and peaceful life Hux has managed to construct for himself gets suddenly and irrevocably… hacked. (And it’s all Kev’s fault.)

Course Torride

Lorsque l'opérateur de téléphone rose Azrael monte dans le Uber de Travis, le profil de conducteur de ce dernier prétend qu’il est sourd. Dieu merci. Sinon, l'homme entendrait les propos osés d'Az, ce qui serait d'un embarras sans nom, d’autant plus qu'Az est en réalité un puceau qui ne sait même pas s'il exerce son métier au téléphone correctement.

Mais Travis n'est pas sourd. Il remplace quelqu'un d'autre et entend chaque mot de l'appel torride d'Az.

Alors, lorsqu'ils finissent plus tard par se rencontrer par hasard dans un rendez-vous arrangé, des étincelles jaillissent dès le premier instant de leur rencontre.

S’ensuivra une connexion enflammée dans laquelle Azrael et Travis réalisent qu'ils ont bien plus en commun qu'ils ne le pensaient au départ, malgré la famille très stricte d'Az et les dix ans de différence d'âge de Travis.

Cette nouvelle de 17 000 mots est pleine de moments gênants de rendez-vous arrangés, de premiers tu-sais-quoi, de familles envahissantes et de pas de danse sensuels.

Wilde Shorts: A Forever Wilde Collection

Wilde Shorts is a collection of Happy Ever Afters featuring princes, valets, professors, and even a snarky, raccoon-stealing fan-favorite. Grab this collection to read the following stories:

Princeling: royal flash fiction featuring the beloved characters from Felix and the Prince.

The Billionaire’s Valet: a short-story featuring King Lior’s childhood best friend, Iggy, who races across Africa with a broken heart in search of the dedicated valet who’s always loved him.

Flirt: a laugh-out-loud novella featuring snarky Stevie and the grumpy fire chief who can’t stay away from him. Cameos include one unexpected raccoon named Zorro.

Arthur & Max: the story that comes after the epilogue of Wilde Love, featuring King Lior’s valet and a super-sweet Wilde cousin who’s always wanted his very own Wilde love.

Professor Platonic: a student/professor story featuring a Wilde cousin and his greatest enemy. When Jack Wilde loses out on an incredible research opportunity, he goes looking for platonic comfort to distract him from taking wild revenge on the professor who screwed him over. Only… the man who shows up to offer comfort is none other than the professor who caused the problem in the first place.

All of the stories included in Wilde Shorts are set in the Forever Wilde world. With the exception of Princeling, all of them can be enjoyed on their own without reading other books in the Forever Wilde series.

Faire Un Triomphe

Le baiser est différent tous les soirs.
Quand le rideau se lève, la guerre silencieuse entre Jem et Dawson s’interrompt juste assez longtemps pour que leurs personnages impressionnent le public avec une étreinte passionnée.
Dès qu’ils saluent, les deux acteurs de Broadway partent chacun de son côté. Mais, un soir, tout change. Le public a vent de l’alchimie entre eux et les foules se déchaînent. La direction du spectacle les envoie dans une campagne médiatique pendant laquelle ils doivent tous les deux présenter un front uni et passer encore plus d’heures ensemble.
Quand ils ont le temps de parler, les raisons de leur guerre commencent à se dénouer et l’alchimie entre eux flambe assez pour bondir de la scène et atterrir dans leurs vies réelles.

Champion Security: The Complete Collection

Join the men of Champion Security as they settle into the town of Licking Thicket, Tennessee… and accidentally stumble into a whole heap of trouble. From accidentally hijacking a cartel overlord’s plane, to posing as fake-fiances to plan a wedding and solve a crime, to hacking the world’s silliest video game, the Champion Security series is packed with laugh-out-loud humor, steamy connections made under pressure, and plenty of delicious, schmoopy love.

Included in this collection:

Hijacked: When a bodyguard is sent to South America to babysit a spoiled doctor, he sees it as a punishment… until the doctor winds up the hostage of a monologuing overlord, and the bodyguard realizes he cares more about his protectee than he realized.

Hitched: Champion Security’s fearless leader is brought to his knees by a snarky wedding planner who’s been hired to plan a wedding for a criminal mastermind’s daughter.

Hacked: A cocky hacker and his nemesis–an adorkable, meddling gamer–must work together to bring down a criminal organization… while trying their hardest not to fall for each other.