Connor Reed was hiding behind a steering wheel when Charlotte Hayes ran into his headlights—barefoot, drugged, and pursued by armed men. He saved her life. Once she recovered, they shared a night neither could forget. Then he disappeared. More than four years later, the beautiful CEO finds him beneath a truck in a rundown garage. This time, she brings a little girl with his eyes. Charlotte wants answers. Their daughter wants a daddy. Connor wants them both close enough to protect—and far enough from the truth to stay safe. Because the man Charlotte thinks she can bring home is the man his enemies call the Merchant of Death. And someone has just discovered he has a family.

Ella Bennett escaped her family's cruel scheme—and spent one unforgettable night with a man whose name she never learned. A month later, she's pregnant. With her grandmother's care held hostage, Ella travels to meet Cole Whitmore, the cold commander her family expects her to marry. She intends to end the engagement, not make him responsible for a stranger's child. Cole refuses even to meet her. He's searching for another woman, and sends money to make Ella leave. Then he sees her. Suddenly, the man who wanted her gone is begging her to stay. But Ella has already learned what promises can cost. Before she'll trust his, Cole will have to prove he wants her—not just the baby.

Vivian Blake spent three years building the career of the man she loved. Then he announced his new girlfriend—the woman who had blackmailed Vivian into paying two million dollars to protect him. That night, Vivian offered a handsome twenty-three-year-old bartender a better deal: cars, a house, a career. All he had to do was come home with her. Jamie Cole wanted something else. Her attention. Her affection. A place in her bed—and her life. He blushes when she touches him, begs her to keep him, and refuses to let their relationship stay secret. But when someone tries to buy him away from her, the sweet younger man suddenly knows how to silence an entire room. Vivian thought she was spoiling an ambitious little actor. Now she needs to discover who she actually brought home—and how long he’s been waiting for her.

I was one missed paycheck away from losing my apartment when I told Brooklyn’s most feared man to step away from his own son. Three-year-old Leo Moretti had shattered a plate, bitten a bodyguard, and screamed until the restaurant fell silent. But when I sat on the floor with warm milk and let him choose, he reached for my hand. “Don’t go.” His father, Rico, could buy almost anything. Naturally, he thought he could buy my tomorrow. I told him no. Then I agreed to two hours in his house—with conditions. I expected a difficult child and an impossible employer. Instead, I found a little boy terrified of another goodbye, and a dangerous man who had mistaken control for protection. Leo trusted me first. His father would have to learn how. Because I was beginning to want more than afternoons in their house—and wanting Rico didn’t mean I could afford to trust him.

Eight months pregnant, Claire Bennett discovers her mafia husband’s vasectomy records—and overhears his friends betting on who fathered her baby. Vincent isn’t shocked by their wager. He’s running it. Behind his devoted-husband image lies a calculated betrayal, and the woman he calls his sister has helped arrange every part of it. Claire quietly gathers evidence and prepares to leave. But when Vincent forces her to attend a welcome-home party, she discovers how far he will go to keep her powerless. He expects a disgraced wife begging him to stay. Instead, Claire begins taking apart everything he thought he owned—including her.

Cole Bennett knows how to throw a punch, spot a threat, and keep his clients safe. Figuring out why his gorgeous new boss keeps finding reasons to touch him? That’s outside his training. When rising star Adrian Vale hires him as a bodyguard, Cole assumes he’s protecting an Omega. It would explain the pretty face, the unwanted attention, and why Adrian apparently can’t spend a night alone. It does not explain the strength in Adrian’s hands—or the way sharing a bed starts feeling dangerously natural.

Julian Reed is dead. I know because I read the headline—and broke my couch celebrating. Before you judge me, try spending eight years with a man who criticizes your groceries, meddles in your life, and once paid your roommates to soak your bedding so you’d have to share his bed. I thought I’d finally have some peace. Then my apartment started going dark at eleven every night. My mattress dipped beside me. And a voice I knew far too well asked whether I was really that happy he was gone. Apparently, even death can’t make Julian leave me alone. But somewhere between hiding under the covers and arguing with empty rooms, I start wondering what I actually want: for him to stop coming back—or for him to stay.

Mara Bennett only accepts the live-in nursing job because she desperately needs money for her younger brother’s cancer treatment. Her patient is Vincent DeLuca, one of Chicago’s most feared mafia bosses—a ruthless man left badly injured after an ambush and determined to drive away anyone who tries to help him. Six nurses have already quit. Mara becomes the seventh, but she refuses to be intimidated. As Vincent slowly begins to recover, Mara discovers that someone inside his own estate has been secretly keeping him weak. Worse, the danger soon reaches her brother. Trapped between betrayal, buried family secrets, and a growing attraction neither of them is willing to admit, Mara must decide how far she is willing to go to save a man who trusts no one. And Vincent must decide whether the woman who broke every rule he gave her might be the only person he can trust with his life—and his heart.