When hotshot lawyer Axel Hathaway trades his corner office for a crumbling estate and a diamond-in-the-rough downtown property, he’s looking for an escape—not a fresh start. Then, he meets Mackenzie “Mac” Booth, a renovation contractor whose sharp wit is matched only by her talent for bringing old buildings back to life.
As they peel back layers of vintage wallpaper and restore century-old hardwood, Axel finds himself falling for more than just the properties’ historic charm. But both the estate and Mac harbor secrets that refuse to stay buried. With his carefully constructed new life-threatening to collapse like a house of cards, Axel must decide if he’s finally ready to tear down the walls he’s built around his heart.
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General MJ Brandon was trying to help her sister DJ take care of their Grannie. Keeping their father and their uncles away from their Grannie was a top priority. But it was time for MJ to fly back to D.C. She no more made it up in the air with the helicopter before she had to land it again.
Marshall was the original wolf shifter. He’d been around for a long time—hundreds of years. He’d had a mate once, and what a nightmare that had been. She’d pissed off the wrong person and had been killed. When Marshall hunted the man down for the deed, he was unsure whether to blame him or thank him. He was in no hurry to find another mate.
Marshall smelled the blood at the same time the chopper went down. She was his mate, and he’d do what he could to save her. She’d been shot. There was no way he was calling her MJ, either. He’d call her Meggie whether she liked it or not….
Lander was good at her job. What she wasn’t good with was people, most people, in fact. Especially attornies who weren’t prepared when they cross-examined her as a witness. She didn’t care. She had work to do. Leaving the courthouse was the last thing she remembered when she woke up in the hospital.
Happy to have finally found his mate after all these centuries, Hamish, an ancient vampire, had been following her scent all morning. The scent led him to the courthouse, where he decided to wait until she came out. But shots rang out when Lander stepped out of the building. Hamish would have to move fast, or he would find and lose his mate at the same time.
Robin had been born a vampire, but when she failed to develop fangs at twenty-five, her family deemed her worthless and left her at the mercy of the vampire council to do with what they pleased. Being a slave was all she’d ever known.
Warren Justice was a very old and lonely vampire. He had been alone for so long he had pulled his affairs together and contemplated ending his existence until Hamish summoned him. He had intended to visit his old friend one last time to say goodbye.
When Warren met Hamish’s mate, Lander, the shock and power exchange they both received gave him a new lookout on life. And when Lander summoned the bookkeeper of the vampire records, he realized the woman cowering in the corner was his mate.
The vampire council had a lot to answer for, and Robin knew all their dirty little.
Ruby Thimble didn’t have anything left to lose. She had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and now her days were numbered. She sold everything and decided she wanted to spend what time she had left with her sister, Rosie.
Rosie struggled with dark thoughts. Ending her days here on Earth remained forefront in her mind. But when her sister just suddenly showed up on her doorstep and her days were numbered by no choice of her own, Rosie wasn’t having it. She had to do something. She knew a bear shifter and knew he could help. She’d get down on her knees and beg if she had to.
Calhoun Meyer didn’t know what he could do to help, but he and Rosie were supposed to be leaving to work for Hamish in a few days, so he said he’d help her sister if he could. When he arrived at the camper to see what he could do, if anything, it hit him that Ruby was his mate….
Murray was wrapped up in trying to solve the mess that his parents found themselves in. In essence, the town was trying to steal their home. A few minutes after speaking with Lander, a Rosie Thimble called his phone. She was taking charge of this shit storm, and heads were going to roll.
When Rosie got out of the car, Murray introduced himself. The moment that he touched his hand to hers, he felt a feeling roll over him akin to his skin being set on fire. Not only his skin but where her fingers were touching his. He could feel the iciness of her anger like it was his own. Closing his eyes to the onslaught of not only her anger but every memory that she’d ever had. He could only wonder what she was getting from him…
Brad Kirk came from old money, very old money, as he was an immortal. He was gifted immortality and a great deal of magic by a bear group centuries ago. He was a recluse and didn’t like people much, but he was a very shrewd businessman and had more money than he could spend in several lifetimes.
Becka Dillard had raised her nephew, Toby, since he was an infant. He was too young when his parents died to remember them. Now sixteen, Becka was the only mother he knew, and he loved her dearly. She was a trucker. They lived on the road. They never had much in the way of money, but she had plenty of love to share even though she didn’t care much for people in general.
They were early for her next delivery and, thankfully, had time for a hot, sit-down meal…or so she thought anyway. Some idiot wouldn’t leave her alone, accusing her of being the wife of some man named Kirk, and he had a bone to pick with him. Some days, it didn’t pay to get out of bed….
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Shawn Farley, Shawnie to her friends, had been around for quite some time. In fact, she was Immortal. She could also see and speak to ghosts. She came back to town as the last living relative to claim the house…
Finny Farley had been gone for quite some time. He had passed on, but he never left the house… He had some treasures buried around the property…
“What’s happened?” Ethan had to swallow twice before he could ask her what she meant. “You’re not one to spout off whatever is in your head. I kind of liked that about you. But you’re just talking to be hearing your voice right now. What’s going on?” Nodding, he asked if he could have a seat. “So long as you understand that I’ll kick your ass out if it’s something stupid you have to say. Like we’re related or something. Worse, being mates. I don’t need a mate any more than I need a second hand. What’s up?”
“We’re not related. Not yet, at any rate. But I am your mate.” He sat down in one of the most comfortable kitchen chairs he’d ever been in. “Is this from that set that Georgie got you? This is really nice. I might have to have her—”
“Stop babbling and tell me what you mean, I’m your mate…”
Denver Tucker just wants a new start for his family, so he contacts the king of his kind, Ronan Foster and his wife, Brook, of Foster’s Pride, for help. The Fosters are more than happy to help the Tucker family to get a fresh start in California.
Bailee Sims is having a rough time. Her former bosses in the US government won’t take ‘no’ for an answer when she refuses to continue working for them. They have made it their mission to make sure she’s lost her house and her car and made sure that no business will hire her, either. It is that situation that puts her in a long line on opening day for the Foster/Tucker Foundation to open its doors.
When the man behind Bailee in line whips out a gun to fire on Denver as he’s opening the door to the Foundation, Bailee can’t react fast enough before the gun fires, but she takes the man down before anyone else is hurt, but she is gravely injured too in the process.
Denver just wants to thank the pretty woman for saving his life, but she’s in no mood to talk, and when she finds out that Parker made her immortal to save her life, she is more pissed than ever. She has no home, no food, and no job. Living an eternity like that is nothing to look forward to.
Georgeanne Rogers was a former addict. She hadn’t touched anything in over six years, but to hear her boss talk, she could barely function. Sometimes, she just needed someone to talk her down…
Ivy had mentioned George to Lance. To be honest, he had thought George was a guy because of the name, but when he got a look at her, he realized she was one of the most beautiful women he’d ever seen. And when he opened the truck door and caught her scent, he was one happy lion…
George wasn’t so sure. Feed her first. She would think later…
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Mac Pendleton didn’t know what had come over her. When she woke up that morning, strange things were going on with her, and it scared her too much to think about it. This weird assed vine had just appeared on her back, and it moved. Not only that, but she now knew things that she couldn’t possibly have known.
Edmond and his other single brothers were a bit put off by Lica’s new mate, Brandy. She was shelling out cash to them so fast, they felt like bought men. Edmond had to take a bit of a break from the family, or he might say something to Brandy that he’d regret.
Edmond pulled into the parking lot of this small hole-in-the-wall diner to grab a bite to eat when these four men out of nowhere caused a ruckus, nearly getting him arrested along with them in the process. The cook, Mac, was their sister.
Mac saw it all coming. She could now read every one but Edmond. He was a mysterious blank. But the vine on her back was reaching for him, actually pulling from her body to get to him….
Lica Frazier and his five brothers had a rough start in life. Their mother, only half wolf, and their father, human, the boys shouldn’t have been able to shift. The fact that they could was a secret they kept closely guarded from their parents. Now grown, although financially poor, the Frazier boys had made a respectable name for themselves. Their current Alpha was looking to retire and wanted Lica to take over the pack as the new Alpha.
Brandy Connor had a bone to pick with Lica Frazier. He’d upset one of her employees, and she needed to get to the bottom of it.
Lica knew instantly that Brandy was his mate, and he wasn’t happy in the least that he’d found her. She was human, and his parents were a good enough reason to dislike humans…
Brandy didn’t know what his problem was. She didn’t care for him much, either…
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Hazel Cherokee and Booth Dixon had been good friends since college. Booth would do anything for her. Hazel had the unpleasant task of visiting her father one last time in jail to find out Grandma’s last wishes, and she needed some muscle in case her dad got out of hand. He was a mean man and deserved everything he was getting. Booth couldn’t make it, but he’d send one of his brothers…
As soon as Jayden came into the room, he stared at her like he’d never seen a woman before. She was getting annoyed with him because he just kept staring.
“I’m a woman. Haven’t you ever seen one before?” He nodded, then grinned. “You’re not all that charming if that’s what you’re going for. Sit down and keep an eye on my father. That’s what you’re here for, isn’t it?”
“Yes. I’ll protect you with my life.” She said that they’d have him chained up. She doubted that it would ever go that far. “You never know. Some people are stupider than you think. But he won’t touch you. I swear it on my mother’s heart.”
From the moment Amy found out her brother was running for the presidency of the United States, she moved out of the family home and changed her last name. She loved her brother, but she didn’t love the limelight. All she wanted was freedom. The freedom to live her life the way she wanted without being in the shadow of the Secret Service all the time. Taking pictures was her passion, and that’s what she would do, and no one would stand in her way.
Amy had taken a lot of great shots of the animals at the zoo, but if one more person asked her if she had permission to be there, she would scream. She just about had her camera in focus when another zoo employee approached her. He introduced himself as Dr. Dallas Dixon, and instead of being upset with her, he wanted her to take some pictures of a gorilla who had just given birth, but the baby wouldn’t live.
It didn’t take long for Amy to realize that Dallas was a shifter and silverback to his troop. “You’re the silverback. The leader to her. I don’t know how that works, but you’re a shifter. Gorilla shifter and leader. That’s why that other man said that you could order her to do—Christ, oh mighty. Oh fucking no.” She turned her entire body and looked at the man sitting not ten feet from her. “You are not telling me that you have it in your impossibly small mind that I’m whatever they call a silverback’s mate, are you? No. Don’t answer that. I don’t need to, nor do I want to know.”
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Locke Erikson and his brothers needed a way out. Their dad was one mean SOB, and they had to get out of the house before one of them ended up dead. Locke hit the jackpot. It was over a billion dollars, and there was only one winner. Just disappearing and keeping their winnings a secret seemed like the best solution.
Alexandra Grable was down on her luck. Her grandmother, Martha, had been keeping tabs on her and told her she’d be dying soon. Alexandra was hoping that her grandmother would be leaving her enough money to get on her feet. To her surprise, the woman gave nearly everything to Locke, including the responsibility for her care. She didn’t have a penny to her name. What was she going to do when she wore out her welcome….
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August thought that he could watch football year-round. It would get in the way of his life, he knew, but it would be a good way to spend any extra time. He saw his older brothers coming toward him and moved over so that they could squeeze in beside him. There wasn’t really enough room for all three of them, but they’d make it work. The way the game was going, he didn’t expect them to be sitting much, either. “Who’s out?” August was handed a chili dog while he answered questions.
“That’s not yours. Unless you’ve changed your mind about hot stuff.” Trading chili dogs with his brother, he bit into the messy dog that was his and moaned.“The cheerleaders are doing a bang-up job. Locke and I could hear them all the way to the concession stand. That’s the way to cheer on the town.” Dusty handed him a wad of napkins and told his brothers that Carol was still out sick. She was their neighbor’s daughter. August agreed as he finished off his second dog that the cheerleaders seemed to be keeping people pumped up. There was soda, too, but he only drank water. He was actually waiting for them to make fun of him when Locke started yelling and standing up. It looked like a touchdown for the home team.
“What do you think the score would be if’n you were out there, Locke? Do you think…oh wait, you never got to play your senior year, did you? Something about cheating.” Stanley Cooper crossed his arms over his chest after taunting Locke. August looked at his brother and waited. There would be bloodshed if Locke reacted, and it would be all over Stanley Cooper. “Did you cheat or not? That’s the question, isn’t it?” “You know as well as everyone around us that there was no one cheating. And I’d appreciate it, Cooper, if you didn’t bring it up every time you saw me.
It was nearly ten years ago. Move on with the rest of us.” Cooper asked Locke if he was telling him what to do. “I wouldn’t do that. Not me. But I think that people are sick to death of you bringing it up every time there is a game and you see me.” “Yeah, sit down and shut your trap, Cooper. We’re trying to have a good time here, and you’re messing it up.” There were other members of the crowd telling Stanley to shut his mouth, but it either didn’t get through to him, or he was still the stubborn ass he’d been all his life. “He’s right. You do this every single time. Get over yourself.
The game was over the moment that you went out on the field. Clumsy toss, my ass.”When Stanley took a swing at Locke, all he did was duck down enough so that his fist went wide. And because of him being a couple of steps up and behind them in the bleacher, it knocked him off his feet, and he started to tumble. If not for the quick thinking of Locke, the man would have gone over the back of the fence, and since it was a parking lot back there, he would have more than likely been hurt badly. Or dead if he’d gone head first.
“Get your hands off me, you cheating bastard.” Locke did let the man go, but he also held on long enough for him to have gotten his balance. Stan’s wife, Darlington, grabbed her husband by his high school jacket that he still wore to every game and told him to sit down. She did this through clenched teeth, and it must have impressed Stan enough that he sat down and shut his trap.
Barron Cross thought he’d found his mate in Caitlynn. She had come into his life when he was at a low point, and they seemed to click. But lately, he just wasn’t sure. Something about her was—off. Little things started to show up in her mannerisms and personality that was bringing out a true monster. She had to go.
Willow was raised by an Indian tribe in the mountains Barron called home. When Willow rescued Barron from a bear trap that would have maimed him for his entire immortal life, he realized this beautiful woman was his mate, and he couldn’t be happier.
Caitlynn just thought Barron was having a bad day. He couldn’t possibly mean all the nasty things he said to her. They were to be married, after all…
Jamie Kemp was good at her job. Working for the FBI in search and rescue as a dog trainer and handler was fulfilling work. Never laying down many roots, Jamie was ready to head out on assignment with her dogs at a moment’s notice.
Mark Cross and his family had lived in the Smoky Mountains for ten generations, and he loved the land, but of late, he was feeling rather lonely. Mark and his entire family were bears, black bears that blended into the wooded areas better than any wild ones in the park.
Jamie and her dogs were called in to find a missing woman. Instead, Jamie found herself in the crosshairs of a serial killer. Mark showed her pictures of the women this maniac had killed, and she could be their twin. And to complicate things more, Mark was her mate….
Sunny Meadows wasn’t a people person. She had anger management issues, and most of the time, she didn’t even like herself. Working as a government agent, Sunny found herself in the Smoky Mountains tracking down a serial killer. A run-in with a park guest landed Sunny in the hospital and off the killer’s trail.
Dexter Cross and his family were black bears and lived in the Smoky Mountains, where he worked as a ranger for the park where they lived. He was to deliver a gun and a badge to the injured agent. He’d been told she was caustic, but he wasn’t prepared for her being his mate too.
When the killer discovered that Sunny was injured. She was making a move to end Sunny’s life, and anyone else’s that got in her way. Will Dexter and his family be able to protect her?
Amelia wasn’t too happy with her mother, the grand witch when she told her she had a mate out there, and if she didn’t act fast, the man would die before she could claim him. Amelia was fine with her life just the way it was. Men tended to mess things up. Before she could argue her case, her mother tricked her into taking her powers, making Amilia the new grand witch.
Frazier Cross, along with younger brother Ewing, was giving a tour of one of the park’s caves when chaos erupted. The walls and ceiling were caving in on them. There was nothing he could do. They were all going to die….
Maddy was on the run. She was a single mother raising a set of beautiful triplets—very gifted triplets. Her brother wanted the kids for their talents and would kill her to get them.
Gibb Cross fell in love with the kids even before he met their mother. He wanted to love her, too, but Maddy was having none of it. It took a lot to make Gibb angry, but Maddy seemed to know which buttons to push….
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Caitlynn filed the paperwork in the file and put it behind her on the credenza with the rest of the work she’d been catching up on. Looking up, she was startled to see that Barron was sitting across from her. Smiling, she asked him if he’d gotten things squared away already. “I did. For the most part, anyway. I have an order in for goats and pigs to be delivered to the farm in a few days after we return.” She corrected him, saying if they returned.
“They’ll come by rail car and then be delivered to the farm in semi-trucks. I’m about as excited to have them as I am to have new stock coming in. This way, I can play around with the different kinds of goat milk that I’ll get from them.” She asked him if it was a huge difference, letting him ignore the fact that they had talked about returning or not. “I don’t know if it’ll be huge, but it will be different than just the Boer goats that I have now. And you don’t really care.”
“I do. I promise you. I was just thinking about the fact that you’re excited about goats like I am about advertising a new product. It suits you to be this happy. Everything about us being here seems to make you happy. Don’t you think?” He thanked her. “Did you have any luck finding yourself some sheep? I know that was on your list while we were here in town.”She and Barron had started talking to each other three weeks ago. A very long phone conversation that had them both knowing, just by that, that they were meant to be together. He told her how she was his partner, his friend, and she couldn’t have been happier if he’d asked her right then to marry him.
Caitlynn knew that if he ever did, she wouldn’t hesitate to say yes. He meant that much to her. She’d spoken to him on the phone when one of her ex-employees had come to talk to him. Really, he’d been manhandling him about letting her company buy his cheese and sausages company that he made to sell in their local shop. Since he’d made it very clear to Denver Longshot that he had no desire to sell his company, she’d never once asked him—for that matter, thought about asking him to allow her to buy him out.
Caitlynn could and would have if he wanted, but she thought that it wouldn’t be as good as the good hometown charm that he put into everything that he made. So long I could figure out how to put it in it without actually being there. Every time he spoke of the goats and his other animals, she could see how much passion he had for them. His love for them and the things that they gave him were something special. And his joy in making what he did with their product was something so refreshing that she couldn’t help but be excited when he was. Also? Well, she could wait for that passion to lessen, and then he’d be all hers. The milkers—his cows and lambs, he had named each and every one of them as soon as they were purchased or born on the mountain.
She really enjoyed his mannerisms of being a compassionate man and a good man to be around. “Several of the farmers said that sheep are just curly goats. I’m not sure that’s right, but I did find out that I’d be better off with llamas than sheep. They need a great deal of room to roam, and while I have that, he also said that they can be slightly aggressive toward other animals. The fencing needs to be better than I have already for the cows. Which is going to be work. I’m thinking keeping the bears out with them will be a big chore when they smell them.” He got him a cup of water from the water dispenser. Never bottled, she noticed. Maybe he didn’t care for the plastic taste. When he was finished with his drink, he tossed the paper cup into the recycling bin marked paper.
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