A devastating suicide bomb by Hamas destroys the main courthouse in Jerusalem, despite the security protocols of the Israelis. While the Israeli authorities attempt to solve the mystery, Mustad, a Palestinian leader, has set in motion an ingenious global conspiracy that targets the American President. When two rookie Secret Service agents assigned to the Vice President on a diplomatic trip fail to protect him from injury, they are demoted. Looking to save their jobs, they race against all ...

Welcome to Bear Essentials, where caring for the outside of you from head to toe is our specialty.Basil Paddington is living his dream. He's built from the ground up a safe space for anyone to get the services they need to feel beautiful. He's very proud of the work he's done and the life he's built.He has a successful business, friends, and a lovely cat named Arnold. What more could he possibly need?Basil gave up long ago on finding love, much less...

Life isn’t promised, love isn’t easy, and relationships aren’t always clean, but everyone has their soulmate who is willing to forgive when it would be better to forget.Trevor “Tank” TrumboltI never thought in the blink of an eye my life could change, but it did. Cresting a hill driving to my favorite fishing spot, I was hit head-on by a teenager with no regard for anyone’s life but his own.The recovery process has been hard, painful, and damn near ...

Aiden Shaw is the smuggest, most infuriating man I’ve ever met. Ever. He’s also my next door neighbor.We’ve been at war for four bitter years. But last night, Aiden crossed a line.The worst part? My public humiliation was caught on camera, and the video’s a viral sensation.Now, the entire internet is raving about our “off the charts chemistry” and “crackling sexual tension.”Apparently, everyone is delusional. And blind.Yet when Aiden...

When a marriage of convenience turns into the passion of a lifetime…Holden “Havoc” ThompsonMy job as the leader of the Moonshine Task Force is my life. I eat, breathe, and sleep it. The men under my command mean the world to me. Knowing they count on my guidance has kept my demons at bay for longer than I care to admit.The control I have over myself is an iron fist that sometimes threatens to squeeze the life out of me. What I want more tha...

The sexy, single dad of the MTF finally gets his turn...Mason “Menace” Harrison: "Single and ready to mingle..."Those are the words above every picture of almost every female that strikes my interest on this dating app my son talked me into getting. After being a single dad for 17 years, I’m ready to spread my wings, just not with most of the co-eds who keep hitting on me and calling me daddy.Now that Caleb’s in his senior year of high school, I feel like I can let ...

My best friend is back in town—and I refuse to let my pesky attraction to him ruin our friendship.Tripp Sharpe and I have been best friends since middle school. And when he moved away to go to medical school and become a doctor? We’ve kept up by texting, phone calls, and every funny reel we come across.I have one simple rule for myself: protect our friendship at all costs—even from myself.But when Tripp moves back to town, I can't ignore the attract...

The kid is now a man, and he’s got something to prove.Caleb “Cruise” Harrison“A Dad is a son’s first hero...”All my life I’ve looked up to my Dad, there’s nothing I ever wanted to do more than be a member of the Moonshine Task Force right next to him. I said no to playing football professionally to stay in Laurel Springs and fulfill my dream.I’m biding my time, paying my dues, and soaking up any bit of information my fellow MTF members slip ...

If you don't love, you can't get hurt...Nick KeplerOne thing my childhood taught me was never show my emotions. Don’t make memories. Don’t count on other people. Don’t hope for the best.All that changed when I was adopted by Ryan and Whitney Kepler.Begrudgingly I let them into my life, along with my new sister and a best friend I would lay down my life for. But giving up my heart and accepting love in return from Kelsea Harrison? It...

Sometimes, home finds us when we aren’t looking.Devante SolesLaurel Springs was nothing more than a dot on the map when I decided I needed a change from the fast pace of Atlanta. I’m more surprised than anyone else when I look around one day and realize I have friends who have become family, a city that’s become a home, and a girl who decided to make me believe in love. Unlike me, her past follows her here. A community that I once never thought I’d...

The storm raging in the Gulf isn't the only thing brewing between these two....Cutter ThompsonHurricane Tatum, a category five storm hell-bent on making landfall along the Alabama coast, is my opportunity, to show my friends and family the kind of man I've become.The kid who lost his scholarship and the love is life is ready for a change. A change I'm equal parts scared will and won't come.An EMT wasn't my first choice of careers, b...

Sullivan BakerMoving to Laurel Springs and joining the LSERT was the best spur-of-the-moment decision I ever made. Here, out from under the expectations of my police chief father, I’m thriving.I’ve found a boldness and confidence I never had in Paradise Lost.And a woman who I can’t stop thinking about, dreaming about, and can’t seem to stay away from. Attorney Shelby Bruce knocked me for a loop and my head hasn’t stopped spinning since the night of our "fri...