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Holly has always loved Christmas, but this year is different. As a school teacher, she’s worried about her students, her dad, and her entire town. All of them are poised for a terrible Christmas, and there’s nothing she can do about it. The only bright spot in her life is the mysterious man she meets at the holiday party. Nathan has always hated Christmas, but this year is different. As a billionaire, he’s excited about his new plans for his company, but as always, it’s all about the money. When he meets the bubbly woman who doesn’t care about his wealth, love blossoms under the mistletoe. It almost seems like magic. But their lives are more intertwined than either of them originally thought. It turns out that Nathan’s plan for the future of his company is the very thing that’s destroying Holly’s community. Holly begins to understand why everyone refers to Nathan as a Scrooge, and she thinks that the wonderful man she shared a passionate weekend with was nothing more than a lie. Will Nathan be able to prove that she saw the real him? Will Christmas magic prevail, or will their love vanish like a kiss under the mistletoe? NYT Bestseller Krista Lakes brings you this brand new heartwarming holiday romance. This standalone novel will convince you that love can make the magic of Christmas real.

Damon curled a hand into her hair and pulled back, savouring the startled yelp she let out and the exposed line of her throat. He took the opportunity to bite down on her pulse, feeling her heart rate spike beneath his lips before licking a stripe over it to soothe the sting. "Beg me to make you come, Mia." She scoffed. "In your dreams, maybe." *** Mia Grace's life would have been picture perfect if not for her new boss, Damon Rossi. Hes demanding, insensitive but also completely irresistible. After Damon Rossi returns from his trip to Spain, he fills the position as the new CEO, replacing his father. Mia expected him to be sweet and kind like her, also a lot older but he's completely opposite. Almost instantly, she hates the man yet lusts after him all together. As they continue working together, everything around them is put to test, from their will to remain professional to their feelings, desires, only to reach a point where nothing ever will be the same again. ***

"I thought I was escaping a monster. I didn’t realize I was walking straight into his lair." After ten years of living in the shadows of her obsessed ex-boyfriend, Elena Vance finally has a chance at a real life. The prestigious role at Vane Enterprises in Las Vegas isn't just a dream job. Her new boss, Julian Vane, is everything the headlines say: cold, calculating, and breathtakingly beautiful. He’s also a ghost from her past,the untouchable "Senior King" from St. Jude’s Academy who shouldn't even know her name. But as the "mask" Elena uses to protect herself begins to slip, the coincidences start. A box of childhood candy on her desk. A necklace she lost a decade ago returned to her hand. Anonymous gifts that feel less like gestures of affection and more like evidence of surveillance. Elena is convinced her ex has found her, and when he finally corners her in the office, Julian is the only one there to save her. By the time Elena moves into Julian’s private penthouse for her "protection," the truth begins to unravel. The room he’s prepared for her is a perfect, brick-by-brick replica of her childhood bedroom. The security cameras aren't just for her safety,they’ve been tracking her every breath since she was thirteen years old. Julian hasn't just cleared her path; he’s dictated every tragedy and lucky break she’s ever had. He has a ring on another woman’s finger and a father determined to see Elena destroyed, but Julian has no intention of ever letting her leave. He didn't just find her. He created her. He’s not just watching her life. He’s owning it.

DELETED Katrina Reynolds moved to the blue moon Pack with her mom after the death of her father 10 years ago. She became a detective and joined the pack's police force and tried to find out the person who had killed her father. While investigating, she found out the case was part of a serial murder case and since then she devoted her life to catching the serial killer. All evidence pointed to the Lycan King of her new pack and believing that no one was above the law, she tried to arrest him and put him behind bars but on the day of the arrest she found out he was her fated mate and also the man she had enjoyed a one night stand with the previous night. Will she be able to potentially put her fated mate and Alpha of Alphas behind bars? What will happen when the Lycan King accepts her as his mate when she's still very in love and in a relationship with the Alpha of her previous Pack? Will she be able to become the Luna of the prime suspect of her father's murder? Or is there more to the case than it seems?

Two months after I died, it finally occurred to my parents that they'd forgotten to bring me back from their trip. My father scowled in frustration. "She was supposed to walk back herself. Does she really need to make such a big deal out of it?" My brother, ever smug, opened our chat and sent an emoji, along with a message. [You'd better die out there. That way, Scarlett and I will split Grandma's inheritance.] He received no reply. With a frosty expression, my mother said, "Tell her if she shows up for her grandmother's birthday on time, I'll let the whole pushing-Scarlett-into-the-water thing go." They never believed I hadn't made it out of those woods. After digging six feet into the ground, they finally found my bones deep in the forest.

"I felt brave enough to accept what was in front of me, they say you only find love once in a lifetime, that everyone has their partner, their half of the orange; it was a miscalculation for me, in my mind there was several possibilities for a person to be compatible with more than one person; but, love? No... love is only felt and has it once, and you know when you have found it, you feel it, there are no doubts and fear is not there's space." Is it possible that love can overcome the barriers of distance? Esther and Benjamim, found each other again, after a long time apart and discovered a reciprocal feeling, dormant in both; but not every love story is like movie romances; and they needed to face their fears, distance, and time, in the name of a love never lived.

To save her brother, Riley Morgan must become him. Disguised as Ryan Morgan, she transfers to Falcons Academy—a elite sports school for boys where strength rules and weakness is destroyed. One mistake could expose her secret and ruin everything. But then she meets Jax Carter, the cold and arrogant star athlete who watches her as if he already knows the truth. Living with him is dangerous and getting close to him is even worse. Because the longer Riley spends with Jax, the harder it becomes to remember who she is supposed to be—especially when the only person who could expose her… is also the one she is starting to fall in love with.

All Xurden needs to do is execute his job well in the human world so he can return to the first realm. They sent him to earth as punishment for disobeying the orders of the higher gods. He performs well even if he doesn’t feel any joy about it. Every day of his life repeats itself as if there is no end. It only changed out of a sudden when he saw Yric again. The boy he once saved when he was just a kid. His life messes up because of the boy. His days are no longer quiet until he admits to himself that he really fell in love with Yric. He knows nothing about the word love. He doesn’t even know what that feeling is. But because of Yric, he learns. Unfortunately, happiness is the sequel of sorrow. He and Yric have to choose which of them should live. This happens because all along they are mortal enemies.

After her whole pack was killed and murdered by another pack, Eva was given another chance by the goddess. She takes a new identity disguising herself as a rogue werewolf. Now she sets out to to avenge her pack. But there was a twist to her plans w3hen she starts falling in love with the Alpha's son

"Max, I'm so itchy down there. Could you use your stick to scratch it for me?" Beneath the desk, my boss's daughter was perched on my lap, her round little bottom in the air. I was in the middle of a project meeting with my team, a whole group of them standing in front of my desk. She was driving me crazy. My hardness was itching and swelling by the second. I was about to lose it.