Flirting with danger is Aubri's idea of fun.Ever since we were children, I've known Aubri wasn’t like other females. She's the daughter of Magni and Laura Aurelius, who raised her to be a fearless warrior.Men are blinded by Aubri's beauty, charm, and social status. Yet, at twenty-seven, no one has succeeded in making her his wife. Starving for adventure, she volunteered for the dangerous work as an Explorer in Old Europe. It's crazy and the mor...

A promise is a promise, but this promise is one I should have never made.Mila, a sweet pacifist born in the Motherlands, has avoided conflicts all her life. Now, living in the Northlands with the ruling family who adopted her, she's under pressure to follow the traditions of the North and let fierce warriors fight for her hand in marriage.But how can she marry if it means giving up on her friendship with Jonah, the first male councilman in the Motherlands a...

My father Magni always despised the Motherlands, and I'm no fan either, but I still go to the yearly summer gatherings that started when I was sixteen. The Northlands, Motherlands, and Old Europe each sends five future leaders. The Europeans are arrogant, the Motlanders are naïve, and neither of the groups seem to understand or accept that we Northlanders are born to lead.This year, we postponed the gathering four months, and since we're hosting here in the Northlands, our guests w...

I met a random stranger in a coffee shop and felt an instant connection between us.That was five years ago but I never forgot him.Now, I have news. Turns out that Charles, my reserved and mysterious crush is the heir to one of the largest business dynasties in the US. Unfortunately, his fortune made him a target.According to his family, Charles is now in Ireland. He's been lured in by a narcissistic and cunning cult leader with a troubling reputatio...

Four hundred years in the future, women control the world but Khan Aurelius, ruler of the last free men, is determined to take back the power that has been denied men for centuries. Outnumbered by far, he knows that women need to give up their power willingly and with one of their councilwomen as a hostage, he's certain he can influence her with his superior male intellect. She is just a soft woman, after all.Councilwoman Pearl has sacrificed herself to save an innocent priestess. ...

I've lived half of my life on each side of the border. I know what greatness women are capable of and how amazing men can be. For those Nmen who think I can't be a police officer because I'm a "fragile female," I have only one thing to say; watch me!Raven is a force of nature who won't take no for an answer. She uses her humor and feistiness to blaze through every obstacle, and right now the biggest one is her rigid boss Leo Da Vinci.Leo wants her to stay s...

Sometimes the purest love can turn to the deepest hate. I was twelve when I promised Solo that I would one day marry him. Maybe I would have if he hadn't gotten impatient and ruined everything that summer when I was fifteen. For the last seven years I've replaced the love I once felt for him with anger over his almost getting me killed.Willow, a talented Motlander dancer, goes on tour in the Northlands. What should have been a chance for a new beginning brings her face to face with...

Does a curse only work if you believe it does?Chosen to be a priestess from childhood, Athena knows everything about aligning her energy with the universe and spreading hope, healing, and wisdom to people. But her inner balance is disturbed when Finn shows up on her doorstep.The large, annoyingly flirtatious man kept her imprisoned in the past and now demands she lift the spell she cast on him. Rather than explain to him that the spell wasn't real, Athena s...

Curiosity has the ability to turn the smartest person into a reckless fool.Few dared live as close to the border as us. Not even the long-standing peace treaty between our two nations could make people forget how the savage Men of the North used to hunt down and kidnap women here.If only Devina hadn't been so damned curious by nature, she would have never picked up that letter thrown across the Northern wall. Now, she is horrified to see that it's ...

What is stronger, emotion or intellect?As the biggest genius in France, I've been the hope of my nation since I was a child. I'm cherished and adored by all and get a free pick of beautiful women whenever I want. It should be enough to make any man happy, so why do I feel so lost?It's a red flag to Victor when the only women to get his brief interest are those who look like Freya Aurelius. When did he develop a fetish for the most frustrating and u...

People think that I'm a nice guy. They're wrong!What they see is the polished, non-threatening, good guy that I want them to see. It helps distract them from the darkness within me. No one can know that I have a sick mind like my dad, the infamous monster from the Red Manor Cult.Except, unlike him, I suppress my urge to dominate, hurt, and control.Every day, I tell myself that I'm not my father; that I'm a better man.But after Jolen...

Twenty-one-year-old Black is a homeless "Goth-rebel" who has broken laws to survive ever since she ran away from home seven years ago. When she is arrested for shoplifting, she's forced to reach out to the father who never wanted anything to do with her.Gabriel is a decorated war hero who just returned from duty in Afghanistan. When he overhears his stepbrother having a phone conversation with a secret daughter that the family never knew about, he is shocked to hear the hard reject...