She came to America to learn English. She never expected to learn how easily someone else could rewrite her life.Twenty-two-year-old Yui arrives in Los Angeles with three months of English classes, a homestay, and a return ticket to Japan. She is determined to prove she can survive on her own.Then Jamie picks her up at the airport.He is confident where she hesitates, commanding where she is careful, and far too comfortable deciding what happens next...

Her family owes a debt they can never repay.Lord Aldric offers Merryn another way.Become his wife. Give him an heir. Obey the rules of his house.In return, her parents keep their land, their debts disappear, and they will never fear his collectors again.At nineteen, Merryn knows it is not much of a choice. She leaves the only home she has ever known and enters a cold stone keep as the wife of a powerful man who views marriage much like he views land: somethi...

Kimberly Hart was never supposed to be the bride.When her older sister disappears days before a marriage meant to save their family's failing company, Kimberly is pushed into taking her place. She expects one ceremony, one signature, and a quiet annulment once the real bride returns.Adam Langford has other plans.Wealthy, commanding, and accustomed to obedience, Adam accepts the substitute standing at the altar—but he refuses to treat Kimberly like a temporary replac...

Madeline Ellison came to therapy because she wanted to trust herself again.After years with a controlling man who left her questioning every decision she made, Maddie has learned to survive by keeping people at a distance. Then she meets Dr. Daniel Hoff.Calm. Patient. Certain.Daniel seems to understand the parts of her that no one else can reach. When he introduces hypnotherapy, Maddie begins to feel something she hasn't felt in years: safe. The noise in her head gr...

Janelle escaped once.She has no intention of going back.After leaving an abusive relationship behind, Janelle is trying to build a life that belongs to her. A small apartment. A job at a plant shop. A locked door. Simple things that suddenly mean everything.Then Cade moves in across the hall.He notices things other people miss: which noises make her freeze, why she takes the stairs instead of the elevator, how she positions herself to see every exit. He neve...

For fourteen months, Sage lived between two dangerous men.Marek gave her a job, a place to stay, and a position inside his nightclub—then made sure she understood that nothing he gave her came without a claim attached.Detective Nash gave her a different kind of choice: become his confidential informant or face the charges waiting for her. For more than a year, he watched her, protected her, used her, and wanted her while pretending the last part wasn't true.Then the...

A spare key was supposed to make her feel safer. Instead, it gave him a way in.When a violent storm damages Elise's home while her husband is away on business, the quiet older neighbor next door steps in to help. Harold repairs the roof, clears the water, and handles the little problems she can't manage alone.Then he has a spare key made.At first, his visits are innocent. A dripping faucet gets fixed. A loose step stops creaking. A cabinet handle is...

Claire Brennan knows exactly what her family expects from her.Marry Thomas Hale.At forty-seven, Thomas is established, powerful, and more than twenty years older than Claire. He also holds the answer to the financial disaster threatening her family. The arrangement is simple: Claire becomes his wife, and the problems disappear.But Thomas has wanted Claire for years, and he has no intention of treating their marriage like a business transaction.Once the court...

His job was on the line. Then his boss offered him a different kind of performance plan.Ryan Peck has spent years being adequate.Adequate employee. Adequate boyfriend. Adequate man.Then senior executive Alan Briggs sits in on Ryan's performance review and sees exactly what everyone else has missed: Ryan is capable of more. He just needs someone willing to demand it from him.The private mentoring sessions begin innocently enough. Better postu...