Halloween is all about tricks and treats, but I never imagined I would end up with both.

Prestigious college professors have rules they must follow: don't get caught drunk in public, always be dressed appropriately, and don't sleep with your students.

But when a filthy devil sauntered toward me that night, I knew I was in trouble. With only a few words, she had me: mind, body, and soul.

There's just one problem. It turns out the woman of my dreams is my TA, Blaire Hudson.

Trying to fight the urge to once again have my wicked way with her is a losing battle. Now, it's time to teach her a lesson she will never forget.

Never trick Mr. Scott.

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One night can change everything.

Standing in the rain waiting for a ride home from my best friend’s brother wasn’t how I planned to spend my Friday Night.
But here I am.
Wet. Slightly Intoxicated. And full of fantasies that I had no hope of ever coming true.
Until tonight.
Beckett King promises me one night, but when the sun comes up over the horizon, everything will go back to the same as before.
Instead of love and devotion the next time we meet, I'm greeted with sheer hostility.
According to him, the night we spent together was a mistake, and one he plans on never making again. However, the way he watches me across the bar when I come in, and the way his eyes harden when another guy hits on me, tells another story.
One night of passion wasn’t enough...for either of us.

She can’t afford to get burned again.

Audrey Wilde is hurting.

A nasty breakup left her with scars and an intense need to protect herself.

The only good thing to come out of her failed relationship is her daughter. Now, her life revolves around Love and she’s happy. Content, even.

Until she meets Connor Bennet.

From their first meeting, he’s turning her life upside-down and making her want things she thought she no longer needed.

So, she does what she thinks is best and pushes him away. Putting trust in that useless organ in her chest has led to nothing but heartbreak, and she won’t make that mistake again.

There’s just one problem: he might just be the man of her dreams.

He just wanted to know what it was like. She just wanted him.

Emersyn King is heartbroken.

She’s been in love with her brother’s best friend, Brady, since she was a kid. It never mattered that he was almost twice her age or that her brother would disapprove. She couldn’t change how she felt about him.

She thought it was all one-sided, resigning herself to it being nothing but a silly crush…until, on the night before leaving for deployment, Brady kissed her.

And that one kiss messed up everything. Instead of getting her happily ever after, she gets the silent treatment.

It’s been a year since that kiss, but she still can’t forget it, and when Brady returns home, she wonders if he ever did too.

She won’t make the same mistake twice, though.

If Brady wants her, then he has to fight for her.

La Famiglia before all others.

Desolation

Before La Famiglia gave me purpose, desolation ruled my existence. Pain was my constant companion until I met Francesca Giordano - the Boss’s daughter.

My mission is to protect her, at any cost.

With a price on her head, I will tear down heaven and hell to protect what's mine.

Devastation

Being the next head of La Famiglia strikes fear in everyone around me - except Penelope Star.

She's worked her way beneath my hard-as-nails exterior and now, one look from her sends my carefully constructed walls crumbling to the ground.

When she’s taken, I learn the true meaning of the word devastation. I will cleanse the city of sin one by one to defend La Famiglia, but to protect her ... I’ll burn it all to ash.

Destruction

I live my life as a contract killer for La Famiglia by three rules: Get In. Get the Kill. Get Out.

Until one mark, Tatiana Petrov, complicates everything.

She has known nothing but pain her entire life, and when she comes face to face with death; she’s ready — but I’m not.

Before her, my life was only death and destruction, saving her could be my ruin.

What do you do when your heart is leading you in two different directions?

Selina Grymes is frustrated.

One misstep crushed her dreams of being a prima ballerina and sent her back to the place that she swore she would never return.

Home.

It’s just meant to be temporary. She’ll heal and then be on the first flight back to New York.

Then she runs into him.

Vance Kirkland.

He’s the man she’s never been able to forget. Her high school sweetheart. And now she has a choice to make.

Does she go back to her life in New York? Or has a second chance with Vance made Selina realize that, just maybe, her dream has changed?

A hot one-night stand. The surprise of a lifetime.

Bristol Reid is screwed.

Sure, she just had the hottest night of her life with a sexy Marine, but that’s no help to her now.

Not when she learns she’s pregnant with his baby and has no way to contact him.

Besides, the last thing she needs is another Marine making promises that he can’t keep, like her father.

When Seth shows up, ready to pick up things where they left off, Bristol realizes that she’s doubly screwed.

Not only does she need to tell him that he’s a dad, but she also needs to keep her heart safe from the one man who’s capable of breaking it.