Forget what you think you know.Forget the fairy tales and lore of old.Vampires are real.And for the past seventy years, they’ve walked openly among us.They’re bigger and stronger than humans, with black eyes, horns, and powers that shouldn’t be possible.Volik is one of these vampires.Living in the small town of Hemlock Hills, he spends his days locked in his office at Stalden University. Wasting time. Waiting.Until N...

I should have run the other way.Paid my tab and gone back to my room. But he was there. And he was…everything. I figured, what's the harm in letting passion rule my decisions for one night? So what if he looks like the Devil in a suit? I'd be leaving in the morning, flying home to my pleasant but predictable life. I'd never see him again.Except I do. In the last place I expected. And now everything I've worked so hard for is in jeopardy.We can't sto...

PaytonRunning away from home at 17 wasn't easy. Let's face it, though, nothing before or in the ten years since has ever been easy for me. And I'm doing okay—sorta. I just need to keep scraping by, living under the radar. Staying out of people's way, off people's minds.When a man walks through my open patio door, stepping boldly into my home and my life, I should be scared, frightened, terrified.I must be more broken than I realized because I'm none...

When a holiday baking competition goes incredibly wrong. Or right…MichaelI'm starting to think I've been doing this for too long. The screaming fans. The constant media attention. The fat paychecks. None of it brings me the happiness I yearn for.Yet here I am. Another year. Another holiday special. Another Christmas spent alone in a hotel room.But then the lights go up. And I see her.AliceIt'...

There are a few things that life doesn't prepare you for.Like what to do when a super-hot guy catches you sneaking around in his basement, or what to do when a mysterious package shows up with tickets to a hockey game (because, apparently, he's a professional athlete). Nor how to handle it when you get to the game and realize he's freaking famous, since half of the 20,000 people in the stands are wearing his jersey.I thought I was a well-adjusted ...

Okay, so my bad for assuming the guy I was going on a date with wasn't married.And my bad for taking him to a friend's house for dinner, only to find out my friend is also friends with his wife. Because, in fact, he is married. And she happens to be at my friend's house because her husband was "busy working."Confused? So am I.Unsurprisingly, my date's wife is super angry about finding out that her husband is a cheating asshole. Gi...

Mother-freaking hockey players.My friends found their happily-ever-afters with a couple of sweet, doting, over-the-top, in-love athletes. They got nicknames like Kitten and Sugar. But me? I got stuck with a dickhead who riles me up on purpose and calls me Banshee.Yeah, he might have a voice made explicitly for wet dreams. And he might have a body and face carved by the gods. And he might have a level of Alpha-hole that gets me all hot and bothered....

I have a nice life—living in my hometown and owning the coffee shop I've worked at since I was 16.It's comfortable on paper, but I'm tired of doing everything by myself. Tired of being in charge of every decision in my life. I want someone to lean on, someone to spend time with, sit with, hug. And I really don't want to go to my best friend's wedding alone.So, I signed up for a dating app and agreed to meet with the first guy that messaged me. Now here I am...

ElouiseI fell in love with Beckett when I was 7. He broke my heart when I was 15. When I was 18, I promised myself I'd forget about him. And I did. For a dozen years.But now he's back home. Here. In Darling Lake. And I don't know if I should give in to the temptation swirling between us or run the other way.BeckettShe had a crush on me when she was a kid. But she was my brother's best friend's little sister. I didn't see her...

I'm so sick of watching the world spin by, of letting people think I'm plain and boring, too afraid to just be myself.Then I see him *—*John.He's strength, and fury, and unapologetic. He's everything I want. And everything I wish I was.He won't want me, but that doesn't matter. The sight of him is all the inspiration I need to finally shatter this glass house I've built around myself.Only he does want me. And when our worlds collide, details...

BethIt started with tragedy. And secrets.Hidden truths that refused to stay buried have come out to chase me. Now I'm on the run, living under a blanket of constant fear, pretending to be someone I'm not. And if I'm not really me, how am I supposed to know what's real?AngeloWatch the girl.It was supposed to be a simple assignment. But, like everything else in this family, there's nothing simple about it. Not my task....

My friends have convinced me: no more hockey players.With a dad who is the Head Coach for the Minnesota Sleet, it seemed like an easy decision. My friends have also convinced me that the best way to boost my fragile self-esteem is through a one-night stand.A dating app. A hotel bar. A sexy-as-hell man who's sweet, and funny...and did I mention sexy-as-hell?I fortified my courage and invited myself up to his room. Assumptions. There's a rule...