My roommate thinks I’m desperate to seduce him. My online boyfriend thinks I’m adorable. One makes me cry. The other sends me money, spoils me with gifts, and patiently listens while I complain about the arrogant jerk I live with. Dating Z started as a way to pay my college bills. A cheap wig, a dress, and one viral video had given him the wrong impression. I never expected to fall for him. Now I want to meet the man behind the messages. But my roommate has started acting strangely. He apologizes. Brings me my favorite food. Blushes when I get too close. And when I send Z a teasing photo, a chair crashes across our room. Apparently, my boyfriend has a secret, too.

Elena Voss thought she could survive three weeks working in her former lover’s mansion without being noticed. Then her three-year-old daughter walked into his private meeting, reached for his hand, and called him “Daddy.” Lorenzo Moretti is a man nobody dares interrupt. But instead of ordering the little girl away, he kneels before her—and recognizes the woman desperately trying to take her back. Elena once left him carrying a secret. Now he wants to know his daughter, understand why Elena disappeared, and uncover who kept them apart. But sharing a child is one thing. Trusting the man she never stopped loving is another.

Emily Carter was hired to dance at a billionaire's charity gala. Instead, she became the evening's biggest joke. As wealthy socialites mocked her curves and laughed behind champagne glasses, Emily refused to stop dancing. But when a mysterious necklace slipped from her dress, billionaire Alexander Whitmore suddenly rose from his chair and shouted, "STOP THE MUSIC!" That necklace belonged to a Whitmore heiress who vanished decades ago. Now, the woman everyone humiliated may hold the key to...

Three drops of champagne. One shove. A hundred guests who did nothing. Ella Bennett is helping serve drinks at an elegant English wedding when a wealthy guest pushes her into a fountain—and demands that she be fired. Soaked and bleeding, Ella asks for an apology. Instead, she gets laughter. Then the estate manager asks whether she wants him to end the reception. A powerful hotel executive arrives at her request. And the woman who humiliated her calls her father for help—only to hear one chilling question: “Victoria. What did you do?” Everyone wants to know who the waitress really is. Before the night is over, they’ll wish they had asked sooner.

Avery transmigrates into another world—and finds herself selling her own stepbrother to a slave trader. She looks at the arrogant buyer before her, then at the stepbrother behind her, his face empty of hope. She pushes away the beast crystals being offered. “I’m not selling him.” But after taking him home, she discovers they have nothing but bare walls. Without selling someone, they really might not survive. Her other stepbrother is away with the hunting party, but his share of the meat is barely enough to feed Avery alone. Three people in the household. Two going hungry. Yet both brothers work tirelessly, never complaining, too timid to stand up for themselves. What else can Avery do? She touches her own animal ears, rolls up her sleeves, and gets to work feeding her brothers. … A few world-building details: Females retain a partly animal form, while males ordinarily look human and shift into beasts when hunting. The extent of their transformations and mutations depends on their rank…

Three years ago, Adrian Blackwell believed another woman's tears—and destroyed Claire Bennett's career. He never knew she was raising his son. Now Claire has returned to television with five-year-old Noah, a boy who can negotiate a bargain, solve a puzzle, and spot a fake smile before the cameras do. One viral clip brings them everything Claire needs: paid work, a fresh start, and a chance to stop running. It also brings Adrian. The resemblance is impossible to ignore. So is his demand to know why she kept Noah from him. But while Adrian wants answers, the woman he once protected wants Claire gone again. This time, she's willing to use Claire's child to make it happen. Claire has already lost her name, her career, and years of her life. She won't let them take her son's voice too.

Emily Carter is barefoot beneath a mafia boss's desk when her husband walks in and tells him she's unstable. For three years, Derek has controlled her money, her friendships, and the story everyone believes about their marriage. Tonight, Emily has nowhere left to run. But Alexander Moretti refuses to hand her over. Then Derek mentions her dead father's name—and the man who hasn't flinched at a single threat suddenly loses his composure. Emily thought she was escaping a cruel husband. Now she must uncover what he has been searching for, why Alexander knew her father, and how much of her marriage was a lie.

For a hundred years, Evander Vale loved the woman everyone feared. He shared his life with Seraphine, healed her broken magic, and helped her reclaim her place among the elven courts. Then she tore out his soul. To please a saint who had framed him, she burned his body and promised to bind his spirit to another man's sword. When asked whether she would miss him, she said, "He is only my familiar." Evander has seven days to survive—and one chance to escape. This time, he intends to leave nothing behind. Not even his love for her. But some bonds survive the worlds that separate them. And the woman who destroyed him may be far more dangerous when she realizes he is gone.