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New from the bestselling author of the romantic comedy series, Once Upon A Romance! Can trusting in love make you dream bigger than ever before? Annabelle O’Connor desperately needs a real, live hero—not for herself—for her young son who’s living in a superhero fantasy world....

Make a date with a hot new romance novella from Select Contemporary! This boyfriend business is about to get a whole lot more personal... Event planner Lexi Mannis has a busy life in Chicago - too busy to have a boyfriend. For special occasions, she has her Stand-In Boyfriend, Mac Northrop....

Seven Poker Night buddies are very good with their hands…and are about to lose their hearts! Each one comes to learn that only great risk leads to great reward… John Boone loves women, and avoids focusing on just one until he meets his temporary next-door-neighbor, Gemma Marquette. She’s...

This novella was previously published.   Meg Alexander has temporarily—and reluctantly—returned to her home of Crescent Cove, California. Last time she’d been on this beach she’d called herself Starr and saw only bright skies ahead. Then tragedy struck and she’d run from all...

Years ago, Rolling Stone magazine dubbed the nine collective children of the most famous band in the world “Rock Royalty.” Now all grown up, the princes and princesses are coming back to L.A.’s Laurel Canyon to discover if love can be found among the ruins of a childhood steeped in sex, drugs,...

Years ago, Rolling Stone magazine dubbed the nine collective children of the most famous band in the world “Rock Royalty.” Now all grown up, the princes and princesses are coming back to L.A.’s Laurel Canyon to discover if love can be found among the ruins of a childhood steeped in sex, drugs,...

USA Today bestselling author Christie Ridgway takes you back to Billionaire’s Beach! Three graduates of the first all-female class of the prestigious Continental Butler Academy go surfside to find work, play…and love. Read their stories in The Scandal, The Seduction, and The Secret.  ...

After graduating from the prestigious Continental Butler Academy, Emmaline Rossi needs a job in which she can use her new skills. But it’s taken longer than she expected to find one, and she’s down to her last dollars when an offer arrives. A handsome, wealthy tech exec wants someone to fill a...

This novel was previously published.   Layla Parker travels to Crescent Cove to meet the soldier who tried to save her father in battle. Her dad’s final request was for her to enjoy a month of sun, sand, and fun along with the handsome combat medic, Vance Smith. Despite her sadness,...

How could a birthday go so wrong? After a chance meeting with a handsome stranger, Shay Walker decides to gift herself with a names-free, one-night fling. After all, she’s spent her whole life toeing the line. But when morning comes, her handsome stranger doesn’t disappear from her life as she’d...

This novel was previously published.   Return to beautiful Crescent Cove in the fourth installment in this sexy, tender series…   Photojournalist and die-hard wanderer Gage Lowell plans a little R & R in Crescent Cove, the place of idyllic childhood summers. Beach...

Instant. Attraction. It heats the blood, causes the heart to race, and messes with the making of rational decisions. A person, may, for example, find themselves saying “I do” to a near-stranger on an impulsive overnight in Sin City. The next morning, an aghast Connor Montgomery and...

This novel was previously published.   Jane Pearson needs a job and daring war reporter Griffin Lowell needs someone to insist he get to work on his memoir. His literary agent hired the bookish blonde and while Griffin would prefer to hide from his painful memories in drunken beach...

These “superbly crafted tales” showcase the World Fantasy Award–winning author’s “beautifully nuanced, often disquieting style” (Booklist). America boasts no finer, more acclaimed or accomplished literary fantasist than Elizabeth Hand. Poetry, magic, and love intermingle as she...