Noah Hayes took a job at the Cascadia Reptile Research Institute expecting to work with animals that couldn’t talk back. Then he met Avery. The institute’s most stubborn black python refuses his food, steals Noah’s towels, and flicks his tail across Noah’s backside whenever he bends over. Noah is pretty sure Avery hates him. Then one morning, he wakes up in the arms of a handsome, gold-eyed stranger who knows exactly what happened the day Noah kissed Avery on the head. Turns out Avery’s been flirting this whole time. He wants a home, a family, and kids with Noah. He just hasn’t thought to ask him on a date. Noah suggests dinner. Avery asks if breakfast will do. And somehow, between three desserts before eight in the morning, a stolen pillow, and an incident involving a folding chair, Noah starts looking forward to whatever ridiculous thing Avery will do next.

After a fourteen-hour hospital shift, nurse Emma Reed climbs into the wrong luxury sedan and asks a stranger to take her home. Dominic Moretti could have thrown her out. Instead, he offers her a phone charger and waits until her real ride arrives. Only afterward does Emma discover why his name makes people nervous. A forgotten scarf leads to dinner. Dinner becomes late-night conversations, lingering kisses, and the unfamiliar comfort of being cared for. Then an old family photograph reveals something Dominic never mentioned. He knew her grandmother. And the night Emma mistook him for her driver, he recognized exactly who she was. Now she must discover how much of their love began with kindness—and how much began with a secret.

Eight years after Gabriel Moretti’s funeral, Adrian Cole still wears his ring. Gabriel was his sworn brother, his boss, and the man Adrian loved in silence. When Gabriel died, Adrian made himself one promise: he would keep Gabriel’s son safe. Now twenty-year-old Miles Moretti has a very different idea of what he wants from Adrian. When a stranger reaches for Adrian in a crowded nightclub, Miles steps between them. Then, in front of a room full of men who will remember every word, he tells Adrian he loves him. Adrian can walk out of the club. He can order a car. He can tell himself Miles will come to his senses in the morning. But Miles knows Adrian well enough to hear what he leaves unsaid. And every time Adrian reaches for Gabriel’s ring, he has to ask himself how much of his life he still owes to the past.

I think I'm in love with my stepbrother. Madly. Hopelessly. Ridiculously in love. And the worst part? He still treats me like his adorable little brother. I'm Ethan Carter, and for my eighteenth birthday, I don't want a car, an expensive watch, or a ridiculous party. **I want Adrian Hayes. My handsome, gentle, impossibly irresistible stepbrother.** For years, Adrian has been my safe place. He remembers everything about me, takes care of me, and makes my heart race without even trying. But every time I get close to telling him how I feel, he smiles and reminds me that I'm his little brother. Well, not for much longer. I've planned the perfect birthday getaway: a beautiful beach, a romantic sunset, a surprise cocktail, and one unforgettable night. Just Adrian and me. And when I finally turn eighteen, I'm going to claim him completely. But what happens when the person you've wanted for years finally kisses you back… only to disappear the next morning?

Brielle Dawson has spent eleven years blaming herself for the night her sister disappeared. When three armed men threaten a grandmother and a little girl outside her diner, she refuses to stand helplessly by again—even with a gun aimed at her chest. She has no idea she’s protecting the family of Matteo Moretti, Chicago’s most feared mafia boss. Matteo wants to repay her. His daughter wants her to stay. And Brielle is finding it dangerously easy to want a place in their lives. Then Matteo’s mother recognizes the girl in Brielle’s battered childhood photograph. Her missing sister once came to the Moretti family for help. To discover what happened afterward, Brielle must trust a man whose family name appears in the very records that could explain her sister’s disappearance—and decide whether the home he offers is one she can choose for herself.

Vincent Moretti buried his wife five years ago. Then a little girl crawls under his desk—and calls the woman in her portrait Mommy. Barely five, clutching a worn stuffed rabbit, Lily is hiding from Vincent’s fiancée. She knows about a stolen painting, a locked room, and a lullaby he thought he would never hear again. Vincent intends to find out who brought her into his home. Instead, he discovers that someone has spent years keeping his family apart. Now a feared Mafia boss must earn a frightened child’s trust—and find the woman he never stopped loving before the people who took her realize their secrets are unraveling.

Everyone at the billionaire charity gala treated Dante Moretti's autistic son like an embarrassment. Everyone except me. I was just a waitress trying to survive another exhausting shift when I saw eight-year-old Leo trembling beneath the grand staircase, overwhelmed by the noise and cruel whispers around him. I knelt beside him and gently tapped the marble floor four times. I never expected him to respond. And I certainly never expected his father—the most feared mafia boss in New York—to order his guards to investigate me. But when Dante tried to send me away, Leo grabbed my apron and whispered: **"Daddy, please don't make her go. She's the only one who asked me what I needed."** One unexpected moment brought me into the Moretti family's world. Behind Dante's ruthless reputation, I discovered a lonely father desperate to understand his son. And behind Leo's quiet eyes was a little boy who simply wanted someone to listen. I never intended to fall for a dangerous man. I never imagined loving his son like my own. But sometimes, the family you never knew you needed is the one that chooses you first. **His son chose me. But would his father ever let himself love me?**

For six years, Vincent Moretti ruled Chicago with an iron fist and a heart that had forgotten how to love. Until a four-year-old girl in an oversized black suit marched into his office. "I'm your new bodyguard, Mr. Vincent!" For the first time since his wife's death, the feared mafia boss laughed. But hours later, his most precious possession—his late wife's gold watch—disappeared. His trusted security chief accused Rosa Delgado, the little girl's single mother, of stealing it. Just as Vincent was about to make a decision, Lily stepped forward. "He's lying! I saw him put it in Mommy's pocket!" One innocent accusation exposed a dangerous secret. The man Vincent had trusted for ten years was hiding a betrayal that threatened his entire empire. Now, as enemies close in, Vincent must protect a brave little girl and the beautiful woman who refuses to bow to him. He thought he was saving them. He never imagined they would be the ones to save his heart.

Five powerful Alphas. One unwanted Omega. A marriage none of them wanted—until everything changed. Elliot Vale was accused of betraying the Blackthorn Pack. The five most powerful Alphas despised him, humiliated him, and swore they would never accept him as their mate. Then the Pack Elder announced an ancient law: Elliot must choose one of them to marry. Damien, the ruthless Alpha King. Ryder, the savage warrior. Adrian, the coldhearted healer. Sebastian, the arrogant aristocrat. And Lucas, the reckless youngest heir. They all rejected him. But when the truth behind Elliot's supposed betrayal begins to unravel, the five Alphas discover they may have destroyed the only person who ever truly protected them. Now the men who once wanted him gone are desperate for his forgiveness. Five possessive Alphas. Five broken hearts. One Omega who has finally learned his worth. **They once fought to reject him. Now they'll fight each other to be chosen.**