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My favorite day of the year had come, and I couldn't wait. My sister and I waited all year for one day. No matter how busy our lives were, we put everything aside, and we threw a Halloween party together. It had been our tradition since we were little girls. They'd started out small, but as time went on, they grew, each one being better than the last. We went from our parent's house, to our small apartment, to the big, beautiful home my sister shared with her new husband. When I woke up that morning, I was more excited than I'd ever been. Not only was I heading over to spend the day with my...

I had just started my senior year and was counting down the days until I turned eighteen. I couldn't wait to get away from my mom and her sleazy ways. She couldn't stay with a man for more than a few months, so we moved from place to place, and it drove me crazy. The only useful thing she'd ever taught me was how to furnish an apartment for almost nothing. I'd only asked one thing of her. Do not date anyone associated with me or my school. I kept to myself at school. There was no reason to make friends. I liked to spend my alone time in my room on my ancient computer or at the park taking ...

Julie was graduating from college, and since she was just a little girl, she'd known exactly where that day would lead her. It would take her back home to work at the company her father had built, the one she'd dreamt her whole life of taking over. There was only one problem with her plan. It wasn't her that he saw replacing him at the head of the company. It was her brother, the same brother that wanted nothing to do with the business. Julie was in her very last class when she met Cody for the first time. He was her father's biggest competition, the only one that could take her dad from ...

It had been five years since my twin brother Gabe had moved to California when I got the call that changed my life forever. He was my family, the only one I had, and he was gone. I sat in the cold, dark funeral home while people moved around me. I could hear them talking, but all I could do was think. So many questions ran through my mind as I looked down at my hands in my lap. How could I have let him go? How could I have lost five years with him? Why hadn't I gone? There were two reasons. One was to take care of my grandparents. They'd both passed in the five years he'd been gone. The ...

Warning: This story contains content which is intended for readers over the age of 18. Ethan was a cocky and very sexy billionaire bachelor. Out of the group of five friends, he was the biggest player of them all. With a different woman in his bed each night, he vowed never to give his heart away. There would never be a woman he would trust. He would never be anything like his father. Julie was a pediatrician who loved her job and helping children. She loved her family and friends even more. To her money wasn't everything. Taking care of herself and enjoying life was what mattered most. ...

I thought we were going to make it. We were almost there. It was like I could feel the end right at my fingertips. We'd made it through the wedding and the reception. All we had to do was help my mom clean before making our escape. Then it happened. Jackson was the one that snapped. I was surprised. It all happened so fast. When my mouth opened, I couldn't stop it. I made myself look pathetic and took Jackson down with me. I'd confessed to having a fake boyfriend as well as sleeping with my brother's best friend. It was wrong. I knew it was. I felt horrible as soon as I'd done it, but there...

It was him, Sawyer, the man that had torn my heart in two when he'd left without a word almost eleven years before. He was back, and I knew I had to do whatever it took to stay away from him. My son and I were on our own, and that was how we were going to stay. I had a plan, and not a single part of it included that irritating, sarcastic, sexy biker. There was only one thing wrong. The universe had a plan of its own, and it turned my world upside down.

I had just gotten home from spending a few days with two of best friends in Vegas. All I wanted was a little time to relax and rejuvenate before going to work the following day. I'd just set my bags down, closed my door, and fell onto my couch when my phone rang. I should have known it was my big brother. That was always a joke with him. We were twins, and he was minutes older than me. He'd been protecting and hovering over me my entire life. Of course he'd call to make sure I was home safe and in one piece. He was a thousand miles away, but it never felt like it. When he announced that he ...

The Game of Love Boxed Set (A Love Rekindled and A New Love) Warning: This story contains content which is intended for readers over the age of 18. A Love Rekindled (The Game of Love #1) Jessica was a sexy twenty five year old. Her friends at work talked her into going to a party at a co-worker's house. She had not been out in a very long time. She agreed to go, thinking she could leave after an hour and get back home. Luke was a gorgeous football player who had just returned home after being injured playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers. His friend from college, Linda, tried to get him out ...

Keeping Love (Billionaire Romance #2) Approximate length: 27,522 words (a novella) Warning: This story contains content which is intended for readers over the age of 18. Chris was a handsome billionaire. Sarah was the love of his life. When she found out something about his past, she didn't know how to handle it. He knew he had to do whatever it would take to get her back. Would Chris be able to prove his love to Sarah, or would he just push her further away?

Romance and a... Series: Stories 5-8 (Approximately 56,700 words) Warning: This story contains content which is intended for readers over the age of 18. Romance, a Billionaire, and a Wedding (#5 in the Romance Series) Emily's plane had just left the runway to begin the long flight. She was hoping to get some rest, but her mind would not stop wandering. All she could think about was the events from the past couple of days. As she flew up into the clouds, she wondered if she had made the right decision. She was torn between Paul, the man she truly loved who had deceived her and Chris, a ...

When they announced the sale of our company at a meeting, I had no idea what I was going to do. I'd moved my entire life for that job. I had a lease on an apartment and was two states away from my family. I didn't want to have to move back home, not with him there. The very next day they called another meeting. I couldn't imagine what they had to say could have been any worse than the meeting before. It was bad enough that I'd gotten drunk for the first time in three years after the first meeting. I'd barely been able to get my ass to work the next day and looked awful. My best friend, ...

A New Love (The Game of Love #2) Approximate length: 43,000 words (a novella) Warning: This story contains content which is intended for readers over the age of 18. Renee was a confident twenty three year old woman. She spent the past six years helping her sister raise her nephew Lucas. Renee took her nephew shopping for the day so her sister could have some alone time. They were on their way home, when out of nowhere, Renee heard a loud crash and felt her body slam against the car door. She turned in her seat to see her nephew unconscious. Renee jumped out her car in a foggy daze as she ...

The emotional conclusion to the Reid, Smith, and Parker families. I was a mom, a grandma, and a great-grandma to the most amazing people in the world. Of course I was biased. They were mine, and I loved every single one of them. I'd started out with one daughter, and it broke my heart the day I watched her walk away from the one man I knew she was meant to be with. She went on to have a beautiful little boy with a complete loser, and just when I began to think she would never find the happiness she truly deserved, she found it, in the very same man she'd left all those years before. I knew ...

It had been two long years since I'd been to the only place that I'd ever called home. I was going to see my father. So much looked the same as we drove up the driveway to the two-story home I remembered loving so much. As I knocked on the door, I thought about how I couldn't wait to see Rosie. She was the housekeeper, the one who had raised me before the divorce, and the only one that ever truly cared about me. When the door swung open, I couldn't believe my eyes. In Rosie's place stood the most gorgeous guy I had ever seen in my life. He had dark brown hair, blue eyes, and huge muscles. I...

I was twenty when I received the most important call of my life. It was my brother, and he was saving me from a life he never knew existed. The four years leading up to that call had been horrible. The man my mom brought into our home, the one she thought could do no wrong, had pulled me deep into a life involving alcohol, drugs, and beatings, for both her and me, and I desperately wanted out. I offered for her to go with me, to take care of her, but she wouldn't leave him. When I walked out the door, away from that awful life, she told me never to come back, and I agreed. Nothing would ...

After sixteen years as a SEAL, I'd seen more than my share of sadness and horror, but I'd also helped save lives and protect innocent people from the evils in the world. Serving our country was something I was made to do. It was the only thing I knew. I was going to miss it so much, but the time had come for me to return home for good. The love of my life was pregnant. We were starting a family. I was going to be a father. Life was perfect. All of my years as a SEAL hadn't prepared me for the heartbreak that was coming. One second my love was right there with me, and the next I was alone, ...

Lance took the news of my pregnancy much better than I thought he would. He was awesome and totally into the idea of being a dad. He'd even bought us a house and taken over my apartment. Everything our baby needed was bought. We were ready and still had a month to go. Don't get me wrong, we definitely had some ups and downs along the way. When I say ups and downs, I mean more like a roller coaster ride. Just when I thought things were getting back to normal, as normal as things ever were for us, something happened that changed everything. Our baby was in danger. Would everything be okay? ...

It had been ten long years since Scott Reid, the man I thought would always protect and love me, had torn my heart apart. I'd watched from the sidelines during those years as he played ball for the Pittsburgh Pirates. When he came home, I applied for jobs in every state but Michigan. I needed to get away from everything that had to do with him. When I was offered a job at a sports equipment company in Pennsylvania, I jumped at it. He wasn't there anymore. I knew it was a good place to go. Working with numbers was my thing. I loved it. Working with anything sports related and numbers was ...

"I don't want to play anymore." Those six words coming out of James' mouth stopped the world around us. They were the most powerful words I'd heard since "It was all a mistake." He was really beginning to have a knack with changing lives one sentence at a time. Both of our dads began asking questions. Then they started telling him how wrong he was. They knew exactly what he needed, time. The more they told him, the more irritated I got. While I thought James was crazy, I totally understood where he was coming from and what he was about to go through. My dad was much worse than his. He was ...