Callie Ericsson receives an ultimatum from her father to make something of her life. In response, she applies for a temporary position wrapping gifts at a mall during the holiday season. After a seemingly rude janitor named Brett unexpectedly throws her a birthday party, Callie finds herself wishing for something special this Christmas. Will Santa grant her wishes?

Injured, terrified, and on the run, Kisa never expected salvation to come wrapped in tattoos, scars, and steel. When she crashes-bloody and unconscious-into the garage of Slater Wylde, a brooding mechanic with a body built for sin, she wakes to more than just safety. She wakes to obsession... Slater is rough. Dangerous. Addictive. Precisely the kind of trouble she should run from, but his touch feels like protection and devotion. With Kisa's past still haunting her, she decides to lie low and enjoy a little bit of pleasure from the hands of a Wylde. There's only one problem: Slater has no intention of letting her go. Sometimes, the deadliest remedy comes with oil-stained hands and a possessive streak that burns through the soul.

He was powerful. He was terrifying. Said to be cruel and unjust. Terrifyingly possessive. He had the world, but to him she was his world. There was nothing he wouldn't do for his miraculum.

Angela's life pretty much sucked until she met Giacomo. Tall, dark and handsome, he would be everything she could wish for - if he weren't a penniless and homeless illegal Italian immigrant who happens to be four years her senior. Or is he? Penniless and homeless, that is. The truth that slowly unravels seems to be far more sinister and bloody. Suffice it to say that Angela doesn't exactly look forward to meeting his family, especially his godfather... Follow Angela on her journey as she struggles to find her place in a world beyond her wildest dreams - and nightmares.

In the desert, an instant turns life into death and hate into love. In the desert, everything is different. Boundaries break down, and you find yourself doing things that you would never, ever have imagined. Lilly Linton finds this out the hard way: in the shadow of the pyramids, she and her boss, cold, calculating Mr Ambrose, must face death and danger together. Is the desert's heat enough to melt the cold heart of Britain's richest financier? WINNER of the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD in the Wattys 2016 Sequel to Robert Thier's #1 Hit 'Storm and Silence'

"It is your choice," he said, stepping so close to me that our lips were almost touching. "Either do what I say - or get another job." My heart stood still as I gazed up into his deep, dark, dangerous eyes... In a world where women's only role in life is to sit at home and look pretty, Lilly is determined to fight for her freedom. There's only one problem: a powerful man blocking her way.

What does a village do to satisfy the beasts that crawl their walls? Answer: Sacrifice. Sylvia is a compassionate young woman just looking out for her younger brother and sickly mother, when she is chosen to be sacrificed. Little do the villagers know that they just gave the beasts their most power weapon of all; their Luna. The beast's mate.

"Keep her away from the alpha" were Clara Kennedy's father's last words to her mother after being attacked by wolves. Although disregarding all the other nonsense about him and their two year old daughter being "wolves," Clara's mother intended to keep her husbands last wish, whatever it could mean. • 15 years pass, and Clara is a normal, healthy, human teenager. Wanting nothing more than pursue her dream and go to art school, she is completely focused on her career and nothing will distract her from it. Almost nothing. • Derek Somerset is the new alpha of one of the strongest packs in the country, the Blue Moon pack. With big shoes that his father, the previous alpha, left to fill, Derek is determined to do the one thing he's ever known to be good and true. Find his mate. However, Derek's mate turns out to be nothing like he expected. Clara challenges Derek in every way while hiding the dark secrets that lurk in her family's past.

Cherryl Carter is a normal, shy ,reserved girl. Like most of the girls out there She's a nobody and she loves it. She has just got two friends that's far more than she has ever asked for. The way her life is, no partying.. no boys and no action, most of the people will find it boring but not her. She's happy with the way everything is. Damien Richards is your typical player. His life involves everything that Cherryl's doesn't but he's not happy as he should be. They have lived in a same city, gone to same school and now are in same college but still their paths never crossed. Its nothing but obvious as Damien is at the top of the ladder and Cherryl isn't even anywhere near the ladder. But when their paths finally cross their lives turn upside down, literally. Cherryl tries to stay away from Damien but the more she pushes him away the more close he starts getting. No its not that he loves her or something its just that she's the only one whom the beast inside him wants... She's the only one who can tame his beast... She's the only one who can either break his curse or share it with him...

Reece Bremer goes through life with a scowl and cold personality. Jessica Andrews goes through life with a glowing smile and positive outlook. Reece looks at life with dull, judgmental eyes that make him hate the world and the people living in it. Jessica, well... She looks at life through a camera. Literally. They're polar opposites, and that's what sparks Reece's immediate hate for Jessica the moment they meet. All he sees is a girl with the best life, put in the category of those who get everything handed to them on a silver platter. But who says Jessica's life is like that? Just like a photograph, there's more to the story than what you see. Stumbling across one of Jessica's hidden portfolio might reveal that her happiness isn't all that true. Behind that smile and each picture she takes, holds a thousand words of a very big secret - one that Reece is determined to find out. And who knows? It just might change everything between them. cover by dysanic || 2015 watty's winner for talk of the town ||