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"Ben and Bea have always irritated each other. But when their friends push them together, can they cease bickering long enough to fall in love?"--

Inheriting not only an earldom, but also an estate riddled with debt and the late earl's three sisters and Kathleen, Lady Trenear, a beautiful young widow, Devon Ravenel engages in a sensual battle of wills with this woman whose sharp wit and determination are a match for his own.

When Marybell Lyman, an employee at Plum Orchard's phone-sex company, catches the eye of handyman Taggart Hawthorn, she refuses to succumb to temptation because love could ruin everything she has worked so hard for.

As a rule, Janie should be dating a man her own age, like her handsome neighbor Rohn and not the twenty-four-year old ranch hand he employs. But once Tyler gets Janie alone, the widow realizes that some rules, like broncos, are meant to be broken...

She never wanted to love a cowboy. . . .
Rodeo king Tanner Callen doesn't want to be tied down. When he sees Madeline Harper at a local honky-tonk and everything about her screams New York, he brings out every trick in his playbook to take her home. But soon he learns that he doesn't just want her for a night and, instead, hopes for forever. . . .
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Gray werewolf Tom Silver searches the Rockies for the wolves responsible for killing local livestock, but soon must rescue an imprisoned female werewolf/coyote shifter mix from a plane crash and hide her from her captors.

Billionaire werewolf Rafe Denali always gets what he wants, and he always trusts his gut. When sexy she-wolf Jade Ashton nearly drowns outside his beach house, he knows better than to bring her into his life. But there's something about the fierce wolf that triggers his most primal instincts...and having seen her, he knows she will be his.

Wolf Patterson and Sara Brandon are arch enemies from ages ago, but mischievous fate has brought the tall rancher with the pale blue eyes together with the dark-haired beauty-on nearby Wyoming and Texas ranches. At first, sparks fly, but despite Wolf's misguided notions about the spirited Sara and her indignance over the assorted injustices he has thrown her way, a truce-of sorts forms. Suddenly Sara notices Wolf's face, while not conventionally handsome,...

Lillian Porter is thrilled to accept a nanny position out west, until she arrives and hears troubling rumors that her employer caused his wife's death. But the accusation doesn't align with the man she comes to know--and love. When Woody is arrested on suspicion of attacking his housekeeper, can Lillian find the truth in time to save them both from tragedy?

Inspired by literature's most haunting love triangle, award-winning author Lynn Cullen delivers a pitch-perfect rendering of Edgar Allan Poe, his mistress's tantalizing confession, and his wife's frightening obsession. 1845: New York City is a sprawling warren of gaslit streets and crowded avenues, bustling with new immigrants and old money, optimism and opportunity, poverty and crime. Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" is all the rage -- success greater...