He’s looking for peace and quiet—and she’s a bullhorn in a breakfast café. All single dad Ryder wants is peace, quiet, and pancakes. Valentine is serving up the exact opposite at the Short Stack Café. She’s a disaster waiting to happen—a gorgeous, irresistible disaster. Ryder can’t risk his newfound stability on a whirlwind like Valentine. He definitely can’t risk his heart. But one taste of her has him willing to pick up the tab, no matter the price.

Wilder is the world’s biggest rockstar. Shira’s a small-town nobody. It’ll never work. Slinging candy was never Shira’s life plan. Then again, neither was meeting her rock star idol at her parents’ candy shop. The single dad superstar is in town on orders from his manager. He doesn’t have time to fall for the girl behind the candy counter—not when his record deal is at stake. She’s way too innocent and sugary for him. But one look at her has him reconsidering his stance on sweets…

Everything comes with a price. She'll have to pay mine. Juliet James needs a prince charming. She doesn't want one. Hell, no. She's a spitfire with eyes that cut like diamonds, and the last thing she wants is for me to make all her troubles disappear. Nothing good comes for free, she says. And I don't take handouts. She might not take handouts, but she will take this deal. Because the other thing I know about Juliet James? She doesn't have any other choice.

All the money in the world won't erase the demons of my past. I have all the money a person could dream of. That doesn’t make me any less of a monster. A liar. A criminal. And the secret that made me this way? It can never see the light of day. That means I can never let anyone get close to me. Ever. I’ll go to parties. I’ll spend my fortune. But I’ll never let anybody in. The first time I see Quinn Campbell, she’s soaked to the skin and cursing the world. She’s so gorgeous I don’t feel the rain. I can’t let it be the last time. But she shouldn’t let me get anywhere close. I’ll destroy her. And I’ll love it.

I have one thing to trade for my brother’s life: my body. I’d seduce a hundred billionaires to save my brother. As it turns out, I only have to seduce one. The criminals threatening my family want secrets. Billionaire Jett Brandon’s secrets, to be specific. So I’ll get them using the only tactics available to me. My lips. My whispers. My body, offered up to him. But I won’t fall for him. I won’t notice the way his eyes burn with desire. I won’t lose myself in his possessive touch. And I won’t melt at the sound of my name on his lips. I won’t. I won't. Because even if I fall hopelessly in love with Jett Brandon, I can never have him. How could I? I’m robbing him blind. And sooner or later, he’ll catch me red-handed.

The moment I meet Gideon, I know: He’s a dangerous daredevil. The last time I made a decision for the thrill of it, I almost died. And looking at billionaire playboy Gideon? It’s pure thrill. Touching him is pure fire. That’s how I know I can never have him. But something inside me craves that danger. So when he asks me to come on a no-holds barred vacation with him, I can't say no. Now it's not just my life at risk...it's also my heart.

Ruby Ashworth is a damsel in some serious distress. I’m no prince charming. Everybody’s life hangs on a thread, including Ruby’s. All it took to topple her from wealth and riches was a short series of catastrophes. She’s off her high horse now. Enter me. I can make all her problems disappear with a snap of my fingers. Of course, the tradeoff is that she’ll have to watch me cart off her family’s priceless belongings and sell them to the highest bidder. Then she’ll need to repay me. I want her on her knees. That’s the only payment I’ll accept. And time is running out for this princess to pay her dues.