Baby steps…Mads Daniels may have landed at House Of Payne, but she sure as hell doesn't want to be there. Her tattooist father started out with Payne, and his tales of the boss stealing artists' work freaks her out in a big way. If Payne ever attempts to steal her art, she'll have no choice but to unveil him as a fraud. And that could bring down House of Payne itself.Step by step…Sage McCormick never had a stable home until he joined ...

I'll be home for ChristmasA batch of special Christmas cookies helps a wounded ex-Ranger remember the love of his life. A surprise phone call reunites a woman with the soldier who once broke her heart. There's no place like home for the holidays, and there's no better way to spend them than with the one you love.Edited by Angela James, this anthology includes:Starting from Scratch by Stacy GailHero's Homecoming by Rebecca Crowley

***TRIGGER WARNING*** This book contains a heroine who suffered sexual abuse as a child, and a hero who suffered physical and emotional abuse. If you have issues with these elements, this book is not for you."The Hatfields and McCoys have nothing on the Brodys and Smileys."The feud was all Winnie Smiley heard about while growing up next door to those arrogant cowboys, the Brodys. Smiley homestead might be a dilapidated eyesore that she'd run away from as a teen, but it did ...

***TRIGGER WARNING*** If you are sensitive to the devastation drug use/addiction can bring to innocent family members such as children, this book may not be suitable for you. Proceed with caution."I'm what you'd call a good girl."Though "boring girl" might be more accurate, as far as Serena Daniels is concerned. Working as a pediatric nurse, she's not exactly knee-deep in eligible bachelors, and the most exciting thing she's done lately is mix her colors wi...

"Got a name, my princess?"When Joelle Fielding attends a function for Chicago's society elites, she's stunned to find herself swept off her feet by a man who believes that not only is she a princess, but that she's HIS princess. Falling in love at first sight isn't a part of her career-oriented life goals, but with the sexy Gus Bloch insisting she's meant for him, those life goals might be changing.By fourteen, Gus had been on his own on the Southside's mean streets. When l...

Reina Vedette chose principle over position when the Chicago police department ordered her to accept performance-enhancing body modifications or lose her rank. Demoted to a level one detective, Reina's stuck chasing a bizarre, Grinch-in-reverse break-in case with fiery bod-mod enthusiast and level five top detective Edison Wicke.Wicke has had his eye on Reina for ages, and as the two of them hunt down the benevolent burglar, they take turns warming each other with body heat in the ...

TRIGGER WARNING: This book deals with a character dosed with Rohypnol, a date-rape drug. Though the assault goes no further than that, if this is a trigger, this book is not for you.Content creator. Trendsetting influencer. Society columnist.Hannah Raven has worked nonstop since she was sixteen to make it big. Abandoned by her mother to a grandmother who didn't want her, Hannah fought to create a space for herself where she belonged. So wha...

Metal Mouth. Queen Geek. Dr. Payton Pruitt heard it all growing up. But she's over it, and attending her ten-year high school reunion is the perfect way to prove it to herself. Even if there's only one person she's interested in seeing in Bitterthorn, Texas: Wiley Sharpe.Now a respected lawyer, Wiley didn't live down to the label Most Likely to Be Slapped with a Paternity Suit. But recent acts of vandalism suggest someone still sees him as a heartbreaker, and the reunion seems a lik...

Book one in The Earth AngelsInvestigative journalist Kendall Glynn is horrified when a friend and colleague signs off permanently during a live newscast, jabbing a pen into his jugular. Kendall's no expert, but judging by the strange white veil in the anchorman's eyes, she would swear he was a man possessed.A descendant of the accursed Nephilim, Zeke Reece prowls San Francisco by night, keeping the city free from paranormal phenomena. But even he is no match for whatever ma...

You want my hands on you, Celia. Making you shiver, making you moan, making you scream. Admit it.Celia Villarreal had wanted those things with Ryland Brody, Bitterthorn’s golden boy—and wanted them badly enough to make a fool of herself one idiotic night months ago.Naughty children shouldn’t touch what they don’t own.Rejection always stings, but putting a move on Ry had devastating consequences. Now her regret burns as bright as her need—u...

Alice's life……is falling apart. She's penniless, jobless, and a week away from being evicted. Every last ounce of her misery can be dropped on the doorstep of one man—Loki, legacy member of the Gravediggers MC and tattooist at House Of Payne. One way or another, she's going to make that monster pay.Loki's life……turns upside down when a long-legged beauty flips him onto his ass like she's an escapee from a bad kung-fu flick. He has no clue who Alice Halliday is, but he...

Reina Vedette chose principle over position when the Chicago police department ordered her to accept performance-enhancing body modifications or lose her rank. Demoted to a level one detective, Reina's stuck chasing a bizarre, Grinch-in-reverse break-in case with fiery bod-mod enthusiast and level five top detective Edison Wicke.Wicke has had his eye on Reina for ages, and as the two of them hunt down the benevolent burglar, they take turns warming each other with body heat in the s...