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Let's get one thing straight, marriage is fine for some women, but it's got nothing to do with me. If you knew the truth about my past, believe me, you'd understand. But hey, I'm not complaining. I've got a good job. Great friends. When I need a little something in the man department, well... I've never had trouble getting that when I want it either.Then Jack has to come along and screw it all up.I never saw it coming. I mean, we've been friends for six years. Six. Years. But in one moment... one gooseflesh-inducing, world tilting, alarming moment... it all starts to change.Now this guy is giving me the butterflies, the sex dreams… the heartbreak. All of it.Let me tell you something, the last thing I wanted was to fall in love.I'm not happy about it either.Not one damn bit.

Erik Williams may be back in my life, but I don't have to let him back into my heart.I may look calm, but on the inside I'm losing it. See that guy playing the piano on stage up there? Auditioning for the competition I'm supposed to win? Playing at my school like he belongs here?I knew him back in high school. Scratch that. I was desperately in love with him in high school. And the same hands that draw magic from a piano drew magic from my body like it's what he was born to do.He said he loved me, but how could he have? That guy broke my heart into tiny little bits, and never looked back.Now he's a fellow grad student, and I'm screwed. Because nobody plays the piano like Erik Williams. But the worst part is Erik trying to claim my heart again, and my heart acting like he has a chance.But I won't let him. I can't. Not after what he did.

It doesn't matter that I had him first. It's bad enough to be practically left at the altar, even worse to rebound with the right guy at the wrong time.And timing is the only thing that's wrong with Grayson, the heart-stopping, blue-eyed master of my body and soul for one perfect night.But it was too much too soon, so I ran... left without a word. Stupid, I know. And yes, I've been regretting it.Every day. For months.Then he storms back into my life. But this time, he's not alone. Never mind that it takes only one look to churn up those old emotions. It doesn't matter that my heart longs for him the minute I see him. He's angry, he's taken, and I'm left craving his touch, wishing I could go back in time and fix everything.There's only one word for my best friend on the arm of my soul mate:Hell.

My plans for the future didn't include falling for my professor. But how could I help being struck speechless by the sexy smile and warm intelligence of Professor Shane Brooks?What starts as wistful gazing from the back of the room leads to stolen touches that melt my core, and ends with a midnight encounter right on school grounds.Those weren't the kind of after-school activities I had in mind.Will Shane hate himself for what we've done, or resent me for wanting it? I don't know. I'm too lost in the heat of his body and the depths of his soul.Sooner or later someone's bound to find out about us, and it's not going to be pretty.The only question is, are we strong enough to survive it?

I swore I'd never let a man take advantage of me again… then I met him. I've been down this road before. I'm broke and vulnerable; he's rich and commanding… and my boss. Just like before.I may work for Rayce Rivers, the powerful owner of the Rivers Paradise Resort, but I'm determined not to make the same mistake twice. I stand up for myself and draw the line. He steps right over it. Soon I'm doing things I swore I wouldn't and wondering why this time, it all feels different.His touch turns me to butter, his kiss demands that I yield, and his boyish smile makes me believe him.The words. The promises. The lies. Because just when I convince myself he loves me, I'm proven wrong. Again. He swears his love for me is true, but I can't listen. I'm done making mistakes. Even when that mistake is as beautiful as Mr. Rayce Rivers.

His father is dead, and it's my uncle's fault. We shouldn't be attracted to each other, but we can't resist. Mason Reeves is the living embodiment of a family secret too awful to bear. When my cousin convinces him to come to Thanksgiving in the hopes of healing the past, she only creates a new problem.He shouldn't make my heart flutter. I shouldn't be entertaining indecent thoughts.And we definitely shouldn't be exchanging heated glances while my family sits just feet away.I shouldn't reach out to him, but I can't help myself. He can't help himself either. In fact, he helps himself to every last inch of me.I do nothing to stop it. I encourage it. I practically beg.But this was never meant to last. I've always known, no matter how much I tried to pretend.After all, it's not his history that will be our undoing.It's mine.

I fell for a man whose heart may never be mine. When I bought a row of beach cottages to renovate for my family's luxury resort, I worried my vision wouldn't live up to the high standards of the Rivers family name. I was worrying about the wrong thing entirely.Because along with the cottages comes a little problem called Brett Carmichael. Brett freaking Carmichael, historical home contractor and son of my nemesis, a woman who mere weeks ago brutally smeared my name through the newspapers. The last thing I want to deal with is that woman's spawn.But one reckless moment ignites a dangerous chemistry between us. Brett Carmichael is a force to be reckoned with. I'm helpless to stop him from claiming me, body and heart, but I'm not so sure I can to do the same to him.It turns out, there's plenty more in his family history to worry about.And his heart may not be mine for the taking.

Can love tame a restless wanderer? I met Connor Rivers in the most unlikely of places-on the Camino pilgrimage in Spain. For three days, we lost ourselves in an impassioned love affair. He made it clear it wouldn't last, and I accepted it. I went home knowing Connor is a restless spirit who can't be captured by anyone. I managed to save myself from falling in love with him the first time. But when we meet again almost a year later, everything's different. He's helping his siblings run their luxurious resort, and his wanderlust threatens to destroy his family's fragile stability. And his power over me is a force I can no longer resist.I tried not to fall in love with Connor Rivers, but it's too late. Now I can only wonder if love is enough.Or if we're destined for another gut-wrenching goodbye.