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.

Dante Romano comes home early to find a three-year-old girl secretly polishing his shoes. Her pajamas are stained black. Her hands are shaking. And when he asks what she’s doing, she begs him not to fire her sick mother. Zoe thinks clean shoes will keep a roof over their heads. Dante wants to know who made her believe that. Hannah Williams has spent months keeping her head down in his house, protecting her daughter and avoiding questions that could cost them everything. Now Dante is asking those questions himself—and discovering how much has happened in his name. He can offer protection. He can call a doctor. He can make the people threatening them regret it. Earning Hannah’s trust will be harder. Especially when her little girl starts saving him a seat at breakfast, and Dante begins wanting a place in their lives that no amount of money or power can buy.

The Last Man I Should Want Eight months ago, Rafael Costa kissed me like he’d been waiting years to do it. The next morning, he told a reporter I meant nothing to him. Now he’s sitting in my locker room, wearing my club’s shirt—and asking for a second chance. We’re supposed to compete for a starting place. Instead, he’s saving me breakfast, falling asleep beside me on away trips, and making it increasingly difficult to remember why I promised to keep my distance. I can handle him being my rival. I’m less prepared for how much I like having him as my boyfriend. Especially when there are cameras everywhere—and neither of us is particularly good at keeping our hands to ourselves.

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 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.

Jamie Parker has one rule for surviving his job: never argue with Alexander Sterling, the coldest, strictest CEO in Manhattan. Unfortunately, Jamie breaks that rule almost every day. When he finds an expensive black-and-gold fountain pen, he has no idea it's mysteriously connected to his terrifying boss's most sensitive sensations. One innocent bite during a board meeting sends Alexander into a panic. One careless touch makes the untouchable CEO lose his composure. And when Jamie finally discovers the truth? His workplace nightmare becomes dangerously entertaining. But beneath Alexander's icy exterior lies a man who has never learned how to love, while Jamie's playful defiance begins turning into something neither of them expected. Between hilarious office battles, forbidden attraction, stolen kisses, and a corporate conspiracy threatening to tear them apart, one question remains: **Can the man who controls everything survive falling in love with the one employee he can't control?** A hilarious, steamy, slow-burn M/M office romance filled with irresistible chemistry, unexpected tenderness, and a happily-ever-after.

Bennett Hale can make an entire city lower its voice. But when his dying mother needs him, he sends doctors—and stays away. Then he comes home early and finds Clara Reed, a young housekeeper, crying as she gently shaves his mother’s head. His mother is laughing for the first time in months. Clara knows the woman behind the medical reports. She also carries a grievance Bennett knows nothing about: eight years ago, his family promised her mother money that never arrived. As the truth draws them closer, Bennett begins looking for Clara every time he comes home. But she needs to know whether he wants her out of guilt—or because he’s falling in love.

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.