AmanteRelationship? No.Love? Hell no.Forever? Never.A quick hook up and that was that. I had my family and my club and that's all I needed. Until the day she walked in. With her I wanted more than one night, but when I got out of the shower she was gone. But I will find her. Then I'll just have to convince her we belong together. CharmaineLove is nothing but a lie. I watched my parents crash and burn and nothing and no one could change my mind. Until...

"Sometimes being with the one you love hurts more than being without them." "There's nothing you can't do if you want it bad enough." This is the mantra Jordan Brewer drilled into my head since the day I met him. He convinced me nothing is out of my reach, not even him. I love Jordan, and Jordan loves me, but something always gets in the way. I had to fight tooth and nail to convince him we belong together. Now he's mine, but I'm not sure our love...

Alec: Lumen is amazing. She brings out the playful, relaxed side of me, but fate doesn't seem to agree we belong together. And now, my ex pops back into my life and wants to make a go of it again so our daughter can have a real family. I'm torn between what's best for my daughter or following my feelings for Lumen. Lumen: Just when our relationship was going great, Alec basically blows me off the minute his ex is back in town. He texted that he needs...

One night is not enough.He's the wounded hero, with nothing to lose. She's the curvy beauty who steals his heart. Opposites attract in this sweet and steamy second chance romance. TANNERYears of active military service have left me broken. Then I meet Gigi. The sweet curvy beauty breathes life into my wounded soul, but like Cinderella at the ball, she disappears at midnight. Now that fate has brought her back to my life, I'll do whatever it takes...

CRESTA: My day was going pretty well until I was abducted by aliens. Who am I kidding? Things weren't really going so great. My science career was failing, the Celestial Mates cherub was on my case, and I hadn't had a date in years. But being taken to a hostile planet to be impregnated with scorpion-bug larvae? That was a whole new level of suck-itude. Luckily, things are looking up. I just got rescued by some hot alien dude in a military uniform....

Evan Thomas. The name alone made me swoon. Imagine the chaos that sleeping with him created. Of all people, why him? First, he's my cousin's best friend...the cousin who had threatened to murder us both if we ever hooked up. He's also the one I'd crushed on since I wore braces and pig tails. If that wasn't bad enough, I was a blank slate about the night we shared, thanks to Mr. Tequila. One passion-filled night with the man of my childhood dreams,...

DrakeBetcha I'm going to make her mine.Sure, after getting in trouble this last time, the league might have sent me to Miami to volunteer to build houses for people who need them but that doesn't mean I can't have any fun. And if there are two things I know, it's how to have fun and how to throw a football.She's playing hard to get which only makes me want her more.Any woman with those curves who is smart enough to stay away from me is probably worth...

Beauty meets Beast in a case of mistaken identity, a fake relationship, and very real chemistry…HarperEveryone thinks I'm tough as nails because I used to play a CEO on TV. I'm not. Unfortunately, it's brought weird stalker men out of the woodwork, which is why I finally broke down and hired a bodyguard. Cut to: a beast of a man with striking aquamarine eyes shows up on the set of my new show. Insta-lust completely takes me by surprise. I'm talking...

"From the prize-winning novelist and universally acclaimed short story writer ("Richard Bausch is a master of the short story"--The New York Times Book Review), thirteen unforgettable tales that showcase his electrifying artistry. Bausch plumbs the depths of familial and marital estrangement, the violence of suicide and despair, the gulfs between friends and lovers, the complexities of divorce and infidelity, the fragility and impermanence of love....