Betrayed by her fiancé and her best friend, Nora Ellis escapes into a stranger’s hotel room—and finds shelter in the arms of a powerful Alpha. One unforgettable night leaves her carrying his child. But the enemies hunting her want more than her inheritance. Her blood can unlock her family’s hidden sanctuary, and they will stop at nothing to possess it. Forced to flee a hospital after giving birth, Nora returns to find her newborn daughter gone. For four years, she searches. A new lead brings her to the Silvermoon Pack, where she becomes nanny to Alpha Ronan Vale’s little girl. Maisie adores her, her sleeping wolf stirs whenever Ronan draws close, and the house begins to feel dangerously like home. Nora doesn’t know that the child curling up in her lap is the daughter she lost—or that her father is the man she has never forgotten.

I Chose the Dragon They Told Me to Fear On her wedding day, Elara Ashford discovers that her fiancé never intended to make her his wife. He intends to make her a sacrifice. Beneath the altar waits Ronan Blackthorn, the chained Dragon King whose stolen power sustains the queen’s rule. Elara’s blood will finish what years of torture could not—unless she makes a different choice. She steals a knife, opens his chains, and asks him to take her out alive. His price is a marriage oath. Now Elara shares a castle with a dangerous husband whose sharp tongue hides wounds he refuses to discuss. His people distrust her. Her former fiancé wants her back. And every unexpected kindness makes their practical arrangement harder to keep practical. She married him because she wanted to survive. Falling in love with him will give her something far more frightening to lose.

Clara Bennett arrives at the Castellano estate expecting another nursing shift. Instead, she finds an unconscious man bleeding on the marble—and a massive guard dog refusing to let anyone touch him. Everyone sees a threat. Clara sees an injured animal terrified of losing his person. Earning Titan’s trust helps her save Adrian Castellano, one of Chicago’s most dangerous men. But when Adrian wakes, he wants to meet the stranger his dog chose. A temporary nursing contract becomes shared dinners, unexpected tenderness, and kisses Clara can’t stop thinking about. Then someone inside Adrian’s world tries to hurt him again. Clara knows how to care for a wounded man. Loving one who’s used to giving orders will ask something very different of her.

I took a job caring for Nico Alfieri because my little brother needed heart surgery. Falling for my patient was never part of the arrangement. Eight months after a devastating crash, Chicago’s most feared Mafia heir is surrounded by people who speak for him, make his decisions, and call it care. Then his fiancée slaps him in front of thirty guests. Nobody moves. Until I catch her wrist before the second blow. She threatens my job—and my brother’s treatment. Nico ends their engagement. But defending him has made me dangerous to his family. Because I’ve found something wrong with his medication, and someone in that house desperately wants me quiet. As Nico fights to reclaim his life, I begin to see the man beneath the orders and the anger. I was hired to care for him. Now I need to decide whether I’m brave enough to love him.

Everyone in Manhattan knew better than to touch Charles Whitmore without permission. Four-year-old Lyla straightened his tie and promised to make him walk. When a wealthy guest demanded that the barefoot child be thrown out, the feared Mafia boss sent the woman home instead. He expected Lyla to ask for money. She wanted a cookie. Then a gold watch slipped from her pocket. Charles recognized it immediately. He had given it to his younger sister before she disappeared twenty years ago. Now a little girl was standing in front of him with his sister’s watch—and a letter from her mother.

Peter Hayes thought Graham Schroeder was the perfect roommate: immaculate suits, sharp wit, expensive taste—and absolutely no romantic potential. They were both bottoms. They had decided that made them safe. For three years, they shared coffee, borrowed clothes, and dismissed every almost-kiss as a joke. Then an ill-advised confession changed everything. Now Graham wants Peter close, but refuses to call it love. He offers tenderness in private, then takes it back by morning. And when Peter discovers a side of Graham reserved for another man, their carefully maintained arrangement begins to unravel. Peter wants more than stolen moments. Graham would rather lose control of anything than admit who already has his heart. They built a home around the promise that they would never fall in love. Neither knows what to do now that the promise is broken.

I spent three years chasing Grant Whitmore. Three days after he finally agreed to date me, he woke up in a hospital bed and asked who I was. I knew he was lying. So I smiled, introduced myself as his assistant, and handed in my resignation. My recovery plan was simple: return to the bar I half owned, wear something devastating, and stop organizing my life around a man who couldn’t admit he wanted me. Then Noah Ellis needed a place to stay. The younger dancer was sweet, handsome, and very good at making breakfast. Giving him the guest room seemed harmless. Until a dance lesson ended with his hands on my hips and a question I desperately wanted to answer. Now my ex wants another chance, my houseguest wants to kiss me, and I’m beginning to suspect the shy one has been pursuing me all along.

Ethan Cole offers a struggling caterer’s daughter a million dollars to make him walk. His wealthy guests laugh—until ten-year-old Lily tells him she saw him standing the night before. Ethan has spent eighteen months hiding his rehabilitation, grieving his brother, and shutting people out. Lily refuses to be intimidated by his money or his temper. Then she recognizes the silver medal beneath his collar. Her late father left something for Ethan. What begins as a cruel joke becomes a promise—and an unexpected bond between people learning how to live with the ones they’ve lost.

Clara Bennett has spent eleven months cleaning Lorenzo Duca’s mansion and keeping her three-year-old daughter out of his way. Then Mia points an old camera at the feared Mafia boss and orders him to smile. Clara expects anger. Instead, Lorenzo goes pale. The camera belonged to his mother. It was recovered from the crash that killed her fifteen years ago. When a photograph slips from its worn leather case, Clara recognizes someone who should have no connection to the Duca family: her own mother, holding Clara as a baby. Mia only wanted a picture. Now Clara needs answers—and Lorenzo must open the doors he has kept closed for years.

For four years, Emma Hayes has survived by hiding the name she was born with—and the truth about her parents’ deaths. One night with Alessandro Vitali was supposed to be the exception. No past. No explanations. No morning after. Six weeks later, she’s pregnant. Then the mafia heir appears at her door, discovers the baby, and produces a photograph someone took of her without her knowledge. On the back are four words: Ask her real name. Alessandro offers protection, but trusting him means stepping into the world she’s spent years avoiding. And as their attraction becomes something neither can walk away from, Emma discovers a connection between their families that could destroy them both. She’s carrying his child. But can she trust him with the truth?

Valeria Gómez takes a cleaning job at the Ríos estate to help pay for her brother’s heart surgery. She’s warned to keep her head down—and stay away from the boss’s four-year-old son. But when Mateo lashes out, Valeria notices something everyone else has missed. He keeps looking past her, toward a closed door. She kneels. She waits. And the boy who won’t let anyone touch him reaches for her. His powerful father, Alejandro, wants her to stay. As Valeria grows closer to them both, she discovers that Mateo’s fear has a source much closer to home than anyone suspects. Then the little boy finally speaks—and asks her to protect him from someone his father trusts.

Damian Costa trusts cameras, background checks, and the kind of money that makes problems disappear. Then Tessa Miller walks into his mother’s bedroom—and stays when everyone else wants to leave. She’s a maid with worn-out sneakers, crushing debt, and a sharp tongue she usually remembers to control. For nine days, Damian watches her through a security camera, searching for the price behind her kindness. When Tessa discovers what he’s done, he offers to pay every dollar she owes. She tells him no. Now the most feared man in the city wants more than her company. He wants her laughter, her kisses, and a place in the life she guards so fiercely. But the closer he gets, the harder it becomes to resist making decisions for her—and one act of protection could cost him the woman he’s falling for.

Sharing a dorm room with Micah was supposed to be manageable. Then he kissed me. Micah was charming, shameless, and far too comfortable getting close. I wanted him closer. I just couldn’t let him touch my beanie—or discover the cat ears and tail I’d spent my life hiding. Every time I pulled away, he thought I didn’t want him. Every time he flirted with someone else, I remembered exactly how much I did. Then I met someone who shared my secret. Being myself around him was easy. Unfortunately, he wasn’t the boy I was falling for. And when Micah finally wanted something real, I had to wonder: would he still want me if he saw everything?

Lucian Bennett has spent his entire life fighting with Sebastian Hayes—the arrogant, infuriating childhood bully who always knows exactly how to make him cry. Now, at twenty-one, Lucian is forced to move into Sebastian's luxurious mansion. And Sebastian, now a wealthy, dangerously handsome architect, seems determined to make his life miserable all over again. Their days become a battlefield of ridiculous pranks, heated arguments, unexpected punishments, and stolen moments that leave Lucian blushing. But when one reckless prank sends Sebastian to the hospital, Lucian discovers a devastating secret: the man he's hated for years once risked his life to save him. And that isn't the only thing Sebastian has been hiding. Behind every cruel tease, every protective gesture, and every lingering glance lies a love that began long before Lucian understood what love meant. Now Lucian must face one terrifying possibility. **What if the boy who always made him cry is the only man who can make him truly happy?** A heartwarming, passionate M/M romance filled with childhood rivalry, secret devotion, jealousy, emotional healing, irresistible chemistry, and a happily-ever-after worth waiting for.

Matteo Caruso can silence a boardroom with a glance. Then a six-year-old girl walks into his Manhattan tower, clutching a battered teddy bear, and stops him with one accusation. “You’re my daddy. And you let my mommy go hungry.” Sophie has his eyes. Her mother has the name he has spent years trying to forget. Elena Voss. Matteo believed she walked away. Elena has an old phone full of unanswered calls—and a cruel message sent from his number. He never wrote it. Now a little girl is testing whether he knows how to be a father, and the woman he still loves is struggling to believe he ever wanted them. But someone inside the Caruso family kept them apart. And Elena’s name was in the family archives thirty years before Sophie came looking for him.

Daniel Hale had forty billion dollars and no idea who would stay if he had nothing left to offer. So when his housekeeper’s three-year-old daughter found him lying on the sofa, he kept his eyes closed. “Mr. Hale, are you dead?” He expected her to run for her mother. Instead, Lily dragged a dining chair across the marble floor, climbed onto it, and touched his cheek. “You’re not dead, Mr. Hale. You’re sad.” Then she gave him the one thing she never slept without. Daniel’s foolish little test should have ended with an apology. Instead, it brought him into a life of crooked pancakes, bedtime negotiations, and late-night conversations with Maria Torres—a woman who refused to be impressed by his fortune. For the first time, he wanted someone to stay. Then an unopened letter from his late mother revealed that his family and Maria’s shared a past neither of them knew existed.

For months, billionaire Adrian Vale has been forgetting names, losing his balance, and wondering whether he is developing the illness that took his father. His doctor tells him to rest. His fiancée insists he needs her help. Then his housekeeper’s nine-year-old daughter stops him from eating his soup. Lily is deaf. She signs that she saw someone put powder in his bowl—and points directly at his fiancée. Everyone expects Adrian to dismiss her. Instead, he answers in the language his late wife taught him. As Lily’s warning begins to unravel the explanations he has trusted for months, Adrian discovers that someone has been carefully preparing for him to lose control of his own life. Believing one frightened child could save him. Finding out whom he can still trust may cost him everything he thought he knew about his family.

Belle Carwin returns from a business trip with a $4.8 million contract—and finds three years of her life stuffed into garbage bags in the lobby. Her boss has fired her, handed her accounts to a well-connected replacement, and told their biggest client she quit without notice. For years, Belle let someone else take credit for her work. Now the twenty-eight-year-old Black consultant has no job, no access badge, and no intention of signing away her future. Then the client calls. He knows who earned his business. And he wants Belle working for him. Days after being thrown out, she walks back into the same conference room and takes a seat beside the client. This time, her former boss has to explain the work she claimed was hers.

Maya Perry spent six years helping build a company that now wanted to erase her. Minutes before a $950 million acquisition, her CEO fires her in front of the buyers. Security waits by the doors. Another executive stands beside a presentation stripped of Maya’s name. They expect the Black engineer they kept out of the spotlight to leave quietly. Instead, Maya asks one question. “Has your team verified that Blackidge owns the foundational Cascade Shield patent?” The buyer puts down his pen. Because the patent is hers—and Maya never signed it away. Now the executives who wanted her gone need her signature. But as their offers turn into threats, Maya discovers that stealing her work may be the least dangerous thing they’ve done.

Addison Bishop has a verified invitation, her name on the place card, and every right to sit at the gala’s VIP table. But the CEO’s wife takes one look at the quietly dressed Black woman and decides she doesn’t belong. Vivienne Kincaid crushes Addison’s name card, claims her seat, and orders security to remove her. Around them, wealthy guests watch without intervening—until a terrified executive rushes across the ballroom. The woman they just humiliated holds the final approval for their $2.9 billion investment. Now Vivienne’s husband wants a private conversation. His lawyers want to contain the damage. And Addison wants answers. Because the more they try to explain away what happened at that table, the more they reveal about the company she was supposed to trust.