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We all need somewhere where we feel safe… After leaving her abusive husband, Katherine Marshall is out on her own for the first time. She's hopped from city to city to avoid the man who made her life a living hell. When it seems she's finally found a new place where she begins to feel safe, she slowly grows confident that her life is looking up. A chance meeting with Ben O'Leary sets her life on a course and her soul on fire. Ben launched a business...

"You do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love." A bodyguard, a young girl, and the President of the United States. What starts as a passion for Thomas Fletcher quickly delves into an obsession. A career he's always aspired to have, Fletcher finds himself only inches away from guarding the most sacred possession of the United States: the President himself.There's only one issue. He's been put on detail to protect his daughter.Disappointed...

"There's no quitting, no turning back."Naomi was glad she'd solved the mystery of the man behind the façade. She'd met the real Edward Gleason, but it didn't make her feel better. In fact, she felt worse, because the threat of him loomed, bigger than ever.I do what I have to do to survive. I can't change that.With startling clarity, she realizes if Edward continued, there was only one of two ways it could end.He'd end up in prison…or a body bag.Heistdom...

SOME PEOPLE ARE PROGRAMMED TO DO MAYHEM Rule #1: Never be #2One city. Two rival families. The Donahues are the richest, most powerful family in the city of Albion. Their rivals, the O'Malleys, are the most dangerous. Both sides want to rule the city's criminal underworld, but only one family can win. Since childhood, Selene O'Malley has been taught that it is her destiny to topple the Donahues and take over the city. As she works to expand her father's...

A job is not worth doing unless you enjoy it… Owen King has just found out the woman he loves is pregnant with his child. Regrettably, Steph Baker has turned herself over to her ex, Mason Thompson-the man that wants her dead. She hopes Mason will leave Owen alone now that he has her. Owen organizes a team to rescue Steph. He gets her away and stashes her in his luxurious safehouse. Owen has to work with the cartel to take out Mason. A double cross...

"You do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love." When Chelsea's ex-bodyguard is hired back to help protect her, a wrench is thrown into Tom and Chelsea's world. Sneaking around is all they have. And the sneaking does more harm than good. They fight more than ever. People sense that something is wrong. And when Dustin makes a move on Chelsea, Tom finds himself in an impossible corner to slip away from. Their attention is consumed. Heads are...

Do your worrying before you place your bet, not after the wheel stops turning… One kiss. That's all Farren and I shared. And I know that I shouldn't be making out with my matchmaker, the woman that I'm relying on to find me a wife, but there's something about her-about us-that I can't resist. But one kiss means nothing and it's easy to put behind us, and soon, I'm back in the dating saddle again. Except the women I meet all seem to be lacking something...

Lies and Secrets – they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind…Take down Dominic Paro, and get out of Nashville. Keep Sarah and my brother Luke safe. It should be easy, right?But this city has never been kind to me. And it's not about to start now. It's going to take everything we have to take Paro out of the picture - even breaking rules that I promised myself I never would.But it's going to...

Mastering others is a strength. Mastering yourself is true power.Everything that I had is gone.My brother, Luke, is dead. I have driven Sarah away, and I know she's better off without me.Which leaves me only one choice-go back to Joe. To the blood-soaked life I had before. Lose myself until it takes me for good and I'm in the ground next to my brother.Except something won't let me go. Everything might be gone-but the seeds of something that Sarah...

EVIL begins when you start to treat people as things… We were sure that coming back to the city would fix everything. But, if anything, it's only pulled us further apart. Charlotte is back in the clutches of her abusive fiancé, and her father is certain that I'm the one who's caused all this trouble - and has sequestered me away in one of his work camps to keep me busy. I need to get to her, need to get to Charlotte, and I'm willing to do anything...