A fiery, passionate romance with a love at first sight twist! Walker Roman knows that his time in the SEALs left him a shattered ghost of himself. He is resigned to being the odd man out for every remaining day of his life. That is, until he meets gorgeous Ashleigh. When she smiles at him, his demons scatter. He knows without a doubt the he’s just met The One… he just has to convince Ashleigh of it. Before he can even steal a kiss, he’s quickly drawn into the dark world that Ashleigh is running from. He soon realizes that she’s running from some very bad guys, guys that come armed to the teeth. Using all of his prowess and skill, will Walker somehow beat the mafia… and still manage to take home his sweetheart?

From USA Today bestselling author Willow Winters comes a HOT mafia, standalone romance. I didn't plan on stumbling into Tommy, the muscle of the Valetti crime family. He warns me to stay away, but holds the key to everything I need. All of this started because I wanted the truth. I need answers to numb the pain of my past. It was never supposed to be anything else. He makes me beg when I've never pleaded with anyone for a d*mn thing. He makes me crave something I never imagined. He makes me wish I could hold on to this moment and forget everything else. He's a thug, a mistake, and everything I need...

Bad Boy’s Bride – 1 A breathtaking, heart racing second chance romance with a secret baby twist! The first hand you hold. The first lips you kiss. The first time you undress one another… Remy River hasn’t forgotten the man that was so many of her firsts. Her onlys, truth be told. When Sawyer Roman strides back into her life after years of stony silence, she can’t believe her eyes. He’s filled out, grown hotter than ever, and he’s more than interested in her… But there is still a big secret that he doesn’t know. She can’t forgive him for the way he left her… or tell him that she had his baby while he was overseas. Sawyer is as heartbreakingly gorgeous and swoony as ever, jumping in to save her family farm. But Remy has already learned that lesson the hard way. Can their little family survive the turbulent tides and be made whole again? Bad Boy’s Kiss – 2 A buck wild, pulse racing romance with a dark secret twist! Colt Roman leaves the SEALs for his hometown with two things on his mind: raising hell and breaking hearts. When he lays eyes on Rose, the town’s new veterinarian, he knows he’s met his match. Pretty Rose is too smart to put up with any man’s crap, especially a sexy cowboy like Colt. He soon learns his sweet-talking ways will get him nowhere fast. He should just move on, but the shadow of something dark in her eyes keeps drawing him in. He’s had a thousand girls, but none like her. It should be easy to have one incredible night and move on -- but he can’t. Not from her. Because Rose has a secret, tragic past -- and a dark history that is chasing her down. Will Colt stick by her side and gain her trust or will Rose head for the beckoning hills? Bad Boy’s Touch – 3 A fiery, passionate romance with a love at first sight twist! Walker Roman knows that his time in the SEALs left him a shattered ghost of himself. He is resigned to being the odd man out for every remaining day of his life. That is, until he meets gorgeous Ashleigh. When she smiles at him, his demons scatter. He knows without a doubt the he’s just met The One… he just has to convince Ashleigh of it. Before he can even steal a kiss, he’s quickly drawn into the dark world that Ashleigh is running from. He soon realizes that she’s running from some very bad guys, guys that come armed to the teeth. Using all of his prowess and skill, will Walker somehow beat the mafia… and still manage to take home his sweetheart? Hard Candy Christmas – 4 Former Navy SEAL Wolfe Carmichael’s last vision before his body gives into hypothermia, half frozen from the blizzard he’s been trying to escape after his truck broke down in the remote Tennessee mountains, is of a beautiful angel staring down at him. Shelby River is absolutely not spending Christmas alone because she wants to avoid one more vacation where she is the third wheel. Always the odd one out. Still single. Still waiting for Mr. Right. This year she’s going to do something different. A cozy winter retreat in a secluded cabin sounds perfect. When the storm hits, she is prepared for the cold, wind and snow. The only thing she isn’t prepared for is a half dead man buried beneath an avalanche of snow just outside her cabin door. While the cold winter storm rages outside, the flames of passion soon burn bright between Wolfe and Shelby. Will their love be strong enough to last when the storm is over?

1. Introduction. 2. Getting Your Foundation: Pedagogy. 3. B-Boy Text: Aesthetics. 4. Crews. 5. I hate b-boys - that's why I break: Battling. 6. Like old folk songs handed down from generation to generation: history, canon, and community in B-boy culture. 7. If Breaking came out of Uprock, then Hip-Hop didn't start in the Bronx: B-boy History. 8. Conclusion.

Four years ago, my buddy’s dying words to me were to watch out for his little sister. I did what he asked from afar, and when she graduated and got a job teaching kindergarten, I asked her to “housesit” for me since I’m hardly ever home when I’m working on the oil rig. But now I’m injured and have to recuperate at home, and my extra-curvy housesitter is anything but safe from me. She’s the homebody type. She’ll make some man an excellent wife someday, be a good mother. She likes taking care of people. It would be wrong AF to take her the way I want to, but it would feel so right. When she comes to me for advice about how to get a boyfriend and how to keep him, I’m done playing her silent guardian. I’ll teach her everything she needs to know about pleasing a man—me. She says all she’s ever really wanted to do was be a mama. And now I can’t stop thinking of putting my baby in her belly. Author’s Confession: This story is trope soup and I loved every minute of writing it. Don’t believe me? Older man/ younger woman. First time. Roommates. Older brother’s best friend. BBW heroine. Alpha real man hero. Guardian/Ward. Breeding romance. Insta-lust. Heck, if I’d have given one of them amnesia, we’d have a serious drinking game!

"Anders has created wonderful variations on the beauty and the beast theme and the damsel-in-distress trope, a greatly tormented hero, and a powerful mix of menace and romance." —Booklist He thought he was beyond saving. A cop turned undercover gang member turned...whatever he is now. He thought no one would ever see him as anything but a beast. Until he found her. Until she changed everything. Undercover cop Clay Navarro left the Sultans biker gang a changed man. Its ringleaders may be awaiting trial, but he wears the memory of his time in that hell tattooed across his skin. He figures he doesn't have space in his messed-up life for anything gentle?not now, maybe not ever. Besides, what woman could possibly want the man he's become? Dr. Georgette Hadley is drawn to the damaged stranger's pain, intimidated but intrigued by the warmth that lies beneath Clay's frightening exterior. She thrills at the way he gentles at her touch...and under his rough hands, she burns with a passion she never thought she'd know. But when the Sultans return looking for revenge, Georgette finds herself drawn into the dirty underbelly of a life forged in violence...that not even her touch may be able to heal. Blank Canvas series: Under Her Skin (Book 1) By Her Touch (Book 2) In His Hands (Book 3) Praise for the Blank Canvas dark romance series: "A dark and emotional tale that will make your spine tingle as well as your heart."—SARINA BOWEN, USA Today bestselling author of Bittersweet for Under Her Skin "The perfect romance...a hint of danger, a whole lot of spice, and an HEA you believe in."—ANNE CALHOUN, award-winning author of Under the Surface for Under Her Skin "Emotionally riveting page-turner."—Publishers Weekly STARRED for Under Her Skin "Incredibly sexy, heartbreaking, and intense."—Kirkus STARRED for Under Her Skin "Gripping [and] emotionally satisfying."—Publishers Weekly STARRED for By Her Touch

Tessa O'Connell is a girl as ordinary as they come - or so she thinks. Her aim for senior year is to keep her head down yet somehow manage to convince her childhood love Jay Stone to love her back. What she isn't prepared for is for Jay's brother, Cole, to return to town and change the life she's always been seemingly content to live.

If you want to wander the whole beautiful universe and then wander in the warm fierce veins of her heart, you will slave there forever. Perfect thought for the alchemist 'She' She wanted to change the hypocrisy thinking of the people. She wanted to shift the scenario of the whole society. She wanted to terminate the agony in her soul. She wanted to censure the discriminated thoughts of the entire world. From the Author S- She H- Heals E- Everything Faith is the substantial base of the relationship. A relationship never exists without trust; to continue the relationship without trust is just a compromise. A relationship is the colorful rainbow of trust, love, pain, emotions, compassion, beautiful eyes and a perfect sharp sword of madness hold by both of them tightly. She would become the cacophony for the society, under which the society will become deaf one day. Don't try judging her calibre; she is more innocent than nature but silently brutal for a cruel heart. She is responsible for everyone's life, but no one is ready to dedicate her own life" this is the real hypocrisy of our double-faced society. From the Inside Flap She was not raped, she was raped by the same society, which was wandering for her justice. This is the biggest hypocrisy we have ever seen. Why don't we understand this system? Why are we failing every day to create a perfect honourable society? Why are we trying changing others? She was not raped; instead, the society was raped for its hypocrisy and stereotypes. We are only creating echoes, infant negative echoes in the society; the voice of her is still burning with the bright candles. "We want change, but we resist changing." This is the fundamental problem of our society. Change yourself instead of changing others. There is a need for mental revolution to develop a new society which would be safe for her to live peacefully. "The society is only listening to the echoes of its voice, which has been creating every moment when we fight for her." She would appreciate the change, The change that can reshape the society the move which would end the evil souls of the community the change that will bring new sun to the horizon for her. "She is still waiting." From the Back Cover She is knotty for an indigence heart, lechery for the affluent men, irony for a selfish heart and mirth for an alchemist's heart. She is solitary in this crowded world, where no one is capable of listening to the heartbeat of her, thoughts of her, yelling voice of her.