When Princess Marisol of Dalaysia meets the man her father has chosen as her husband, she runs away from the vile prince. New York City is a confusing maze of unkindness and fear. Stumbling into line for services at a homeless shelter proves her salvation when she meets volunteer Ryan Kelley. He’s handsome and rich, but he’s also humble and gentle. When he takes her in, she finds herself falling in love with the billionaire tech genius. He seems to love her too, but how can she be sure he does when he doesn’t know who she really is, or why she’s fleeing from her royal life?
Jordan Saunders has the misfortune of being Emperor Aryk’s ideal genetic partner and future mate. The power-mad emperor doesn’t care if she wants the union, and he’ll use any tactic to claim her. She’s appalled when her mother tells her she’s brokered a ceasefire with Dazon,… but Jordan is the cost of securing the peace. Involved with Sash Darvig, she can’t stomach the idea of marrying the ruthless emperor. Fortunately, her mother has a different plan in mind. She isn’t going there to marry him, but to assassinate him.
Sash doesn’t take the news well and realizes too late Jordan is his mate. By the time he has his epiphany, she’s already gone. He’s determined to rescue her, but that proves difficult when she won’t allow him to “save” her from her critical mission. She has to kill the emperor or die trying, even if it costs her the love of her life.
Student-athlete and NBA-hopeful Clint Evers has been a thorn in Professor Tanya Nash’s side all semester. He’s careless and academically lazy, and it drives her insane to know he’s wasting his potential. She wants to get through to him, but she’s unprepared when he turns the tables and makes her realize there’s a lot going on beneath his playboy exterior—and he has wicked plans to seduce his teacher. Will she condone his extracurricular activities or shut down the cocky college student? She isn’t sure how things will progress, or what the future holds, as she lets herself fall for him. All she knows is, regardless of the consequences, he’s impossible to resist…