Sam Mariano

All I want for Christmas is Mr. McLaren under the mistletoe...Of course, that's all any girl in my senior class wants, but the crazy hot, decidedly grinchy Mr. McLaren is not an option. Not only because he's our teacher, but because he's a real jerk.All year I've kept my head down, turned in good work, and tried my best not to attract Mr. McLaren's attention. I'm comfortable admiring him from a safe distance, but I know better than to get too close. As ridiculous as it is to imagine that my brilliant, arrogant teacher might ever be interested in a student, there's something about the intensity of his gaze when I catch him looking at me in class...I'm sure it's all in my head. At least, I'm sure of that until the day he overhears a classmate asking me out.All of a sudden, I have Mr. McLaren's full attention. His methods of commanding mine are unethical at best, but there's something so enigmatic about this man. I can't stay away.Not that he's giving me much of a choice. I knew I wanted Mr. McLaren, but I didn't know...Maybe he wants me, too.Mistletoe Kisses is the perfect festive winter treat. It is a very steamy student/teacher romance of 47,000 words (a short novel).

Adrian Palmetto. Mine is a name known by every lowlife in Chicago. Mateo Morelli's right hand man: problem-solver, hit man, chief strategist, confidante-whatever he needs, I'm his guy. Kinda funny, since I hate the bastard. At least, that's what I've told myself over the last five years, serving a man I consider despicable-a man I once considered my closest friend. It's what I had to do, if I wanted Elise. And I wanted Elise more than I've ever wanted anything in my godforsaken life.Thing is, I'm free now. I don't have to be Mateo's guy anymore. I paid the price for Elise's freedom and now I can start building a life with her. Only it's not that simple. Nothing ever is in this damn family. Elise carries emotional baggage from her own time served, and Mateo's in deep shit without me. You'd think I would've learned my lesson about the evils of Mateo's family at 8, when they ruined my life, or maybe even at 28, when they stole it. Now here I am, 33, faced with one final choice: do I escape this family once and for all, or do I dive back into the flames to save Mateo's ass one last time?**Recommended for readers 18+ due to violence. Book 3 of 4 in the Morelli Family Saga. NOT a standalone. None of these are standalones. Start with Accidental Witness or suffer the consequences (The consequence is that you'll be really confused. No one will murder you or anything. But I don't advise it.)***** It's also strongly recommended that you read Irreparable Damage and Irreparable Lives prior to this one. This book has ALL the spoilers from that duet, so if you ever wanted to read it, you'll want to do that before this book. ***

Home is where your heart is...NOT a standalone novel. Series must be read in order, beginning with Accidental Witness, otherwise nothing will make sense.

Freedom.Annabelle De Luca craved it.On the heels of her beloved father's murder, betrayed by those closest to her, Annabelle had a choice to make: accept the man responsible and fall in line, or suffer the consequences. Never one to back down, she rejected her new stepfather-then spent years ignoring his best efforts to crush her spirit.Atonement.Liam Hunt never needed it. Some people deny the darkest sides of themselves; Liam has made a career out of his. Never once has he hesitated to pull the trigger, but an unexpected encounter with Annabelle leads to feelings he hasn't experienced before-and doubts about his current assignment. Liam knows he should leave her alone, keep his head down, and do what he's being paid to do, but he can't bring himself to stay away. He's the last person anyone would classify a hero, but he can't shake the doomed desire to be hers.He shouldn't want her.She shouldn't trust him.On a course set for utter devastation, can these forbidden lovers find their way to happily ever after?

Vince Morelli.The closest I ever wanted to get to him was several rows away in English class. We'd never spoken, but of course I heard the stories about his family. I know they're dangerous. I know he's dangerous. Vince never had a reason to notice me, anyway-until I inadvertently witnessed his first mob hit.His family doesn't believe in leaving witnesses alive, but Vince seems different. He knows the best thing he can do for me is stay away, but something keeps drawing us together. Despite knowing the risks of getting mixed up with him, I can't resist. Only problem is, Vince is a package deal-you don't get him without getting swept up in his family's dark games.Now entangled with a notorious Chicago crime family, will my life ever be mine again?

When the only thing that's remembered about your mother is how she died in a murder-suicide killing the wife of her ex-boyfriend, you know life isn't going to be a piece of cake for you. Add to that a never-present father with more affection for his beer bottle than his daughter, and a too-hot-for-his-own-good surviving son of the victim of said "accident," and you have a problem-or at least, Nicole Harmon certainly does.When the surviving son, Derek Noble, sees an unsavory opportunity for revenge in the form of a heated one-night-stand, he decides to take it. It is intended to be an unkind but relatively uneventful interlude, but turns into the catalyst that unknowingly casts Derek and Nikki into the shadow of their parents' sordid past.What begins as a hateful game of revenge soon evolves into something they never expected and a love neither of them ever wanted. With the fragments of their tumultuous family history hanging over their heads, the second generation of star-crossed lovers begin a love story all of their own...