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I came to Copper Falls expecting to settle my sister's estate and learn about the woman I never knew existed until I was notified of her death. Little did I know that stories about her weren't the only thing that awaited me in the small town.

I ask for nothing. I bow to no one. Then, Teagan Mercer arrives on campus. She's to blame for destroying my life, but I refuse to let her ruin my shot at the NFL. I will never forgive her for what she did, and I have the power to make her pay. When the memories come rushing back, I fall into the darkness that nearly destroyed me. But this time, I'm taking her down with me.

When my ex cheated on me, I vowed to get back at him the only way I knew how—by seducing his three best friends, the school bullies. Xander is the handsome Ivy League-bound rich boy. No girl can resist his cold demeanor, and his icy presence only draws me in closer. Class clown Bryce may be funny, but he's also a star footballer bully every girl at the school covets for his gorgeous looks and intimidating physical size. Then there's Dane, the school's bad boy whose razor-like snark makes his tongue almost as sharp as his chiseled cheekbones.

A rugged, bearded mechanic becomes my knight in shining armor. Traveling three hours to make my twin daughter's Christmas come true. I never expected him. We are the complete opposites and he infuriates me like no one else. Love was never on the cards for me. A blizzard holds up my plans and I end up staying the night with him. Everything I never thought I wanted. I thought being stranded at Christmas was the only surprise I was in for. How wrong was I?

Big Bend is my home. I love it here. I love everything about it. It's my senior year, and I'm determined to have the best one yet. Of course, that's when life gets confusing. I think I may have a little bit of a crush on my nemesis. Something I never saw coming. I just hope I can find a way to make him give me a chance because being together would make not only this year great but this life of ours—absolutely epic.

Ever feel like you’re being watched? It’s an awareness so familiar I adapted to it long ago. Then I enrolled at Westbrook University to chase my dream and make up for someone else’s lost one. The prying eyes I’d known almost since birth.... They closed.

When you’re young, everything seems brighter, more hopeful, and like anything is possible. Which is great. But it can also lead to so many mistakes. Mistakes you promise yourself you’ll never make again.

The day my stepsister died, she took my heart with her. Now, I'm a shell of a man, a cold-hearted monster. Imagine my surprise when the love of my life shows up at Whitmore University alive and well. I'm ready to make her pay for destroying me. This isn't a fairy tale, and I'm sure as hell no knight in shining armor. I have no problem dragging her into my dark world along with me. But when I dig for the truth about that fateful day, I can no longer deny my feelings about the only girl I've ever loved. And just as I vowed to destroy her, I vow to protect her even if it costs me my life.

He's stalking me. Someone has been in my home, left messages on my wall. I've had dreams that a stranger in a mask touches me while I'm sleeping, forcing my body to bend to his wicked ways. But I want more. Crave more. He has the key to release me from my prison. Can I trust him, or will he be the end of me instead?

I've never had many friends. The only one I thought I could count on ended up stealing my scholarship—and then my boyfriend. Now, instead of spending my fall semester abroad, I'm stuck here in Iowa, with zero funds and even less hope that I'll get to study abroad at all before I graduate this spring. Even worse? My mentor asked me to take on the impossible—tutoring arrogant running back Logan Ford and helping him finally pass Chem 101. I'm about to give up before I start. But then I get a crazy idea. What if I can get Logan to be my date for the winter science ball?

Shiloh Nguyen is a one-woman army. Married to her job at the ripe age of twenty-four, her vision board consists of espresso machines and foam art instead of white dresses and wedding bells. With her family's business about to go under, her future is balancing on a knife's edge of guilt and responsibility. She has her whole life planned out—in a pretty little schedule planner, no less—until a rogue hockey slapshot comes careening into her tiny coffee shop, dismantling everything she thought she knew about herself.