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Allie is running scared. Not from monsters in the closet, or creepy things under the bed; she's scared of commitment. On the run from a would-be fiancé, she finds a temp job as a barmaid in a small Texas town out in the middle of nowhere. True love is not on the agenda until she meets her big, burly boss, hot-as-hell Thorn Canton, who lights her fires in all the right places. Bear shifter Thorn Canton is a successful tavern owner with no plans whatsoever of getting hitched. In fact, to Thorn, a mate might mean a fate worse than death; literally.

Six Buddies. Six bears. Six Mates. In the southwestern town of Burden, Texas, good ol’ bears Hawthorne, Wyatt, Hutch, Sterling, Sam, and Matt are livin’ easy. Beer flows freely, and pretty women are abundant. The last thing the shifters of Burden are thinking about is finding a mate or settling down. But, fate has its own plan…

His face was illuminated by the full moon and I tried not to stare at his lips. I think I must have failed as he gave me a knowing smile. I forced myself to meet his eyes as he said, “I’ll call you soon, Misha. And Oliver was right, I would have regretted not seeing you tonight.” Misha’s whole world is turned upside down when she loses not only her business, but also finds out that her husband of eight years is a no-good cheat. She finds herself broke, homeless, and struggling for a way to not only take care of herself, but also the grandmother who raised her.

In the third installment of best-selling author Trinity Blacio’s Naughty Christmas series, Xena Castor had always believed she was daddy’s little girl. It was just the two of them against the world, until that fateful day when her father met the stepmom from Hell. Then said little girl had no one, until two wolf-warriors showed up in her life - her stepbrothers. Were they a gift from Santa or another curse following her as she ran from the danger she knew was coming? Would her Christmas wedding dream ever become a reality?

Hutch is an a-hole. A giant, scary-looking, Harley-riding, a-hole who has long rejected his mate Veronica, the town's introverted librarian. Lately, Veronica has been coming out of her shell. She's dancing on bar tops, hanging out with the party girls, and has turned Thursday nights at the library into a naughty book club! Hutch screwed up. Big time. He should have claimed Veronica when he had the chance. Now that she's being showered with more male attention than she knows what to do with, Hutch is just about at his wit's end!

Holly Brewner knew she had a problem with Christmas Eve, but she thought her way of celebrating was better anyway. Twelve days of gifts and on Christmas Day, the big one. Her father and she had celebrated every year like this, but this year was going to be different.

Georgia and Wyatt couldn't be more opposite. Wyatt teaches wilderness survival training. A gruff, simple, outdoorsy type, in a survival situation, what he says goes, or somebody could get hurt. Georgia controls her own life - parties, fundraisers, shopping, and spa days. Men come - men go. When Georgia signs up for Wyatt's survival week, it's obvious she's far outside her comfort zone. Everything that can go wrong, does. Wyatt has found his mate. But, how will he survive Georgia as a mate when he's not sure he'll survive the week?

Sterling Mallory likes fast - fast cars and faster women, anything to keep the ghosts at bay. Living life on the edge catches up to him when he carelessly makes an enemy of Kyle Barns. Who knew that Kyle’s younger sister would turn out to be Sterling’s mate? Now, his mate hates him. Ophelia Barns left her flourishing journalism career in Nashville to come back home to Burden, Texas. Her brother has always been her rock, and now, it’s her turn to be there for him. When someone crosses him, they cross her.

Matt has known since puberty that the promise of finding a mate that drove other shifters wasn’t for him. Matt is different. Nature doesn’t provide mates for freaks like him. When Cannon enters his life, his carefully constructed world begins to crumble. Cannon threatens to throw Matt’s entire life and career into jeopardy. But damned if he can stay away from the sexy shifter who is determined to claim him.

Sam has watched his buddies go through the mate bonding process, and he couldn’t be happier for them. Really. He can’t help the little twinge of jealousy, though. He’s been waiting a long time to find his mate, and he’s more than ready. Presley Gray grew up in an authoritarian household run by her father, a fire and brimstone preacher in the small religious enclave of Macon’s Edge. Now that she’s free, she feels a little like a calf that’s just learning to stand on its own.

Annabelle Wordly is at the tail end of a bad divorce, expecting to spend Christmas alone in her mid-40s. Even her parents have gone away on a cruise. Her best friend, Sandy Bowers, surprises her with a Christmas present of two weeks on the newly opened resort on the private island of vampires, and she's ready for some Christmas fun! So when two hot men take an interest in her, she takes her chance! But the men aren't what they seem, and Annabelle proves so irresistible to the supernatural alphas that a third hot hunk claims to be her soulmate as well.

Lacey knows the last thing she needs is an impromptu birthday celebration in Vegas, but when her eccentric boss makes her an offer she can't refuse, she hesitantly accepts. Things quickly go awry when her boss's son, Jude, decides to tag along. A former athlete, playboy billionaire, with a teasing smile and a body fit for a spread in a magazine, Lacey knows that getting involved with Jude will mean trouble. But maybe trouble, in the form of an unorthodox “arrangement” with a sexy billionaire, is exactly what the pragmatic, uptight, and undersexed Lacey needs.

Lea Clark was so happy when her mom finally found the man of her dreams. She thought that not having to worry about her mom any more would take a load off of her shoulders, but she got so much more than she ever imagined when she married into this family! Not only had her mother married an alien from another planet but her stepfather was from a family of warriors to boot. Did she mention that her stepfather had not one but two hot, sexy warrior sons? And that her so-called stepbrothers claimed she was their mate as well? Talk about keeping it in the family!

In the second book in best-selling author Trinity Blacio’s Naughty series, newly married Annabelle, who has just given birth to triplets, must decide if she is ready to try her hand at the family business: Christmas! Will she be able to convince her three husbands that her new project, the Elves Hot Line - a help line for overwhelmed parents - won't get in the way of raising their children? Will her project be able to distract her from what she really wants - her masters' touch, all three of them - before someone else tries to kill them?

Anna was simply walking her dogs when her life took an unexpected turn. When she first saw him, the handsome, charming stranger, she didn’t know that her whole world would turn upside down. Anna ended up walking his dog and winning his heart. Leon was a billionaire and Anna was just a girl next door. Anna fell truly, madly, and deeply in love with Leon. Their passion and lust were unparalleled, but when life started throwing obstacles in their way, Anna started to doubt her decisions. Will Anna and Leon’s love overcome the obstacles? Will they end up together after all the problems?

Bella Rose was just a normal girl living a normal life. But all that changed dramatically when she found herself magically whisked away to another world - a world ruled by weredragons and other mythical beasts. It was there that she was told that her mother had made a deal with the dragon clan when she was a child. In exchange for peace, her first daughter would be promised to them once she became an adult. And now the dragons wanted what was theirs.

When Jestine Darnell is rescued from her sabotaged starship by the crew of the Destiny, her only objective was to complete her mission and keep her promise to save a world from slavery. Love was the last thing on her mind. However, she did count on losing her heart to Kerry Marchant, the ship’s second in command, who makes his distrust of her painfully obvious, despite the chemistry between them.

Charli Boyd is "good time Charli" to her friends and even her enemies. She wants nothing to do with committed relationships. She isn't interested in marriage or babies or settling down in one place for more than a night or two. A brief stay on her friend's ranch, the Double B, leads to a temporary job helping in the grouchy Dr. Clark's veterinarian office. Not her usual role, but the idea of playing nurse to the cute but grouchy doctor is too much fun to resist. Besides, Doc needs to lighten up, and she's just the gal to show him how.

Aleen MacRae blames the lure of the sea for breaking apart her family and then her engagement. When her interest is caught by a man she sees both in person and in a dream, she resists - afraid to believe in her aunt’s prediction that her future is tied to the sea. Braden Williams is on the hunt for treasure buried centuries earlier by Rhode Island pirates. His search brings him to the property where Aleen lives. Collaboration on genealogy research draws them closer, and Braden steers her toward his true passion - sailing.

Pride left her heart at the altar. Will she destroy her second chance at happiness? Tessa’s pride drove her to Austin, leaving her heart in Bride, Texas. But she’s not her mother and making the same mistakes in love isn’t an option. When her mom dies, Tessa must return and face the man she left at the altar – with his son in tow. JJ flourished after Tessa left him, even though his ego was smashed on the floor. He’d moved on and made something of himself. Now Tessa’s back and they own a business together. What if he loses everything all over again?