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Growing up poor in small-town California as the oldest of six siblings, I knew I would never ride off into the sunset with anyone. That was even more apparent when a senseless tragedy took the lives of my parents, forcing me to become the sole guardian of our dysfunctional household at the mere age of 23. Then a fateful encounter literally brought Prince Charming to my doorstep. At first I thought Viktor was just your average businessman passing through, albeit obscenely handsome, six-foot-five, blue-eyed, and mysteriously rich. But soon I discovered the truth behind Viktor's façade.

Forget playing it safe. John "Maverick" Nelson likes to live his life on the edge - literally. A crucial member of the search and rescue team in the mountainous British Columbian town of North Ridge, Maverick's brash and bold attitude means he's the first one to ascend into danger, no matter the risk. When it comes to women, though, Maverick errs on the side of caution. For all his cocky charm, rugged good looks, and sexual swagger, he remains as unreachable as the surrounding peaks. Hot, wild sex? He'll tell you there's no better way to spend a cold, wintry night.

Marina is hot, blonde, and wickedly smart, but when it comes to men? She's hopeless. Between her quirks and her lack of filter, there isn't a man in Los Angeles that will stick around after the third date. Her handsome, charming friend Lazarus has the opposite problem. Everyone wants to be the sexy Brit's girlfriend, but he gets bored and moves on quickly. There's only one way to figure out why neither of them has cracked this love thing - they'll date each other. On paper, it's the perfect experiment. But in reality, things between Marina and Laz get complicated quickly.

Kayla Moore has always been comfortable with her feisty, maneating reputation. At least it was fine until she hit her 30s and saw her best friends, Stephanie and Nicola, settle down with Linden and Bram McGregor, leaving Kayla as the odd one out. Tired of being the third wheel with nothing but one-night stands and dead-end dates in San Francisco, Kayla decides to take a vow of celibacy and put men on the back burner.

Seraphine Dumont seems to have it all: she’s gorgeous, brilliant, and part of one of France’s most illustrious dynasties. But underneath the facade, Seraphine struggles to hold it all together. Besides grieving her adoptive father’s suspicious and sudden death, she also shares a tenuous role in the family business with Blaise, her in-name-only cousin. As tumultuous as their history is, he may be the only member of the deceptive Dumont family she can trust.

My name is Amethyst DeMille, and I'm in love with a vampire. Sounds complicated, doesn't it? Yet the fact that he's a sexy, centuries-old blood-drinking vampire isn't what makes our relationship complicated. It's because we live in the same house together, work at the same exclusive club together, and he happens to be my best friend with absolutely no idea how I feel about him.

For Dex Foray, con­vinc­ing Perry Palomino to open her­self to their bur­geon­ing rela­tion­ship has been more chal­leng­ing than hunt­ing ghosts, bat­tling demons, and stalk­ing Sasquatch com­bined. Add in the fact that the only way they can keep their Exper­i­ment in Ter­ror show run­ning is to take on a third part­ner in the form of the mys­te­ri­ous Max­imus Jacobs—all while inves­ti­gat­ing a sin­is­ter voodoo sect in New Orleans—and you've got the per­fect South­ern storm and a recipe for dis­as­ter.

A lot can change in three years. For Perry and Dex Foray, it's been a step in the right direction, a step toward living a normal life. They're happily married, they have their own media company, they've done what they can to leave their sordid and scary past behind them. But something has changed recently. Perry's biological clock is ticking. Her sister, Ada, is going down the same path she once did. And the Thin Veil between the living and the dead has weakened, letting an old friend walk back into their lives. Only he may not be who he seems, and he might not be alone.

Perry Palomino and Dex Foray. On their own, they're uniquely brilliant. Together, they're an unstoppable team. Until now. Because after everything the duo has encountered, they haven't come across an evil quite like this. An evil that has been years in the making, an evil that will stop at nothing until they, and everyone they care for, are destroyed. Dex and Perry's love has survived a multitude of sins. But can it survive the end?

It's been two months since Perry Palomino and Dex Foray's relationship reached a new turning point, two months since Perry started a new life in Seattle, and two months since their Experiment in Terror show took on a new partner, ex-Wine Babe Rebecca Sims, and found a new level of success. But whenever there is light in their lives, the madness still has a way of coming back in.

Der zweite Teil der "Deluxe"-Saga, noch skandalöser und heißer! Seraphine hat alles: Sie ist attraktiv, brillant und Teil einer der berühmtesten Dynastien Frankreichs. Doch der Schein trügt. Der Tod ihres Vaters hat ihr Leben aus der Bahn geworfen. Sie ist entschlossen, zu beweisen, dass ihr Onkel im Kampf um das exklusive Modeimperium vor nichts zurückschreckt, nicht einmal vor dem Mord an seinem eigenen Bruder. Erschwert wird ihr dies jedoch durch Blaise, der ihr plötzlich nicht mehr von der Seite weicht.

Wenn du die Frau triffst, für die du alles ändern würdest... Keiner der Dumont-Sprösslinge genießt so einen Ruf wie Pascal: arrogant, eiskalt und ein Playboy. Jetzt steht er an der Spitze des Luxus-Modeimperiums und braucht eine neue Assistentin. Als Gabrielle, die früher mit ihrer Mutter für die Familie gearbeitet hat, nach Paris zurückkehrt, stellt er sie ein. Sie fasziniert ihn wie keine Frau zuvor. In ihrer Nähe spürt er ein verzehrendes Verlangen, das Gabrielle erwidert. Aber sie lässt ihn so viel mehr fühlen, sie berührt in ihm eine längst verloren geglaubte Seite.

Ein legendäres Modeimperium, eine Familie, umgeben von dunklen Geheimnissen, und eine Liebe, so tief und echt... Ihre Rucksacktour führt Sadie an die Riviera, doch sie erlebt Nizza nicht von der Sonnenseite. Als sie überfallen wird, eilt ihr ein attraktiver Fremder zu Hilfe. Ihr Retter ist Olivier Dumont, der begehrteste Junggeselle Frankreichs und Erbe des Modeimperiums. Olivier zieht sie in seinen Bann – und in eine Welt voller Glamour, Luxus und Leidenschaft. Er erfüllt ihr all ihre Träume und erobert ihr Herz. Schon bald jedoch muss Sadie erkennen, wie zerbrechlich ihr Glück ist.

When Lenore Warwick turned twenty-one, she expected lots of bar-hopping, parties with friends, and the occasional hookup. What she got was the realization that she's both a witch and a vampire, and that there are things in this world that want her dead. Thank god she has her enigmatic vampire lover, Absolon Stavig, to help show her the ropes. But while Lenore struggles to fit into her new topsy turvy world, full of blood, sex, and magic, she also has to contend with her messy and complicated love for a vampire who isn't always what he seems.