Dante's Circle Reborn by Carrie Ann Ryan

Liam and Alec are on track to be the beta, and tracker of the pack. Neither want it though. They are tasked with finding a rogue shifter who killed a human. They find out it is Alec's brother, Christopher. They find a baby fox shifter, and rescue her from Christopher, but he gets away. They regroup at the bar, Dante's Circle. They later find Chris and after he almost rips out Liam's heart, Alec kills him. Liam and Alec realize they are mates, but never acted on it before now, They have some sexy times, and go back with Mili, their new daughter, and fox shifter. They are named as Beta and Tracker for the pack, and are having a mating ceremony later.

Jonah, a jaguar shifter is the caregiver for Penelope, the daughter of Eliana the Phoenix. He loves taking care of her. He goes to the bar and meets Poppy, who is a Medusa, but glamoured so her hair looks normal. He looks into her eyes, and realizes that she is his mate. There are gorgons, lesser Medusa's, after her. She killed her human boyfriend when the Queen and her sisters put a spell on Poppy. They escape, but get found again. Poppy saves the day, and at the end they mate.

Calypso is a mermaid shifter. Misha bursts into an Conclave, their governing body, meeting and demands to be heard. The elders force Caly to find out what he his, and what exactly he wants. He sees her, then disappears into the shadows to talk to his cousin. He tells him he found his mate and is going after her. He tracks Caly to her home in the mer-realm. One of his kind shows up, and hurts Misha. He admits he is a Vampire, an Immortal, that can't be killed because they are already dead. She gives him blood to heal him, but gives too much. He gives her blood back or she will die. This starts their mating. She knows they are mates, and completed the bond with him, to save themselves. They petition the Conclave to be able to join, and are allowed.

Eva is a banshee, her mate, Ashen, is a reaper. She is his first, but they realize they are mates, and he passes out. They travel to the human realm to find help. They find his Mom and Brother, excited to see him alive. They bond, and mate each other. The epilogue is just a visit to a lot of the people we meet in the previous books, and their families. Is this the end of Dante's Circle ??

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Healing the Doctor's Heart by Cindy Kirk

Kate gabe birth to a baby girl 10 years ago. She hired a P.I. to find her. At three days old, baby girl was adoptes by Joel and Amy. Kate is a doctor. Amy has since passed away, and Joel moved with his daughter. He owns a construction business. Joel has no idea that Kate is his daughter's biological Mother. The daughter, Chloe, goes on vacation with her best friends family for 2 weeks, in which time Kate and Joel enter into a friends with benefits arrangement. When Chloe returns, months go by, and they have stopped all relations. Chloe finds a photo of a younger Kate, and comments that they look exactly alike. Joel sees the same photo and ask if she is Chloe's birth Mother. He is upset that she basically moved into their lives. He asks her to come over so they can tell Chloe together. They talk, and he proposes, and she says Yes! 6 months later they are 3 months married, and expecting a new family member!

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Wicked in Winter by Jennifer Bernard

Gretel was cut off by her rich Daddy, when she gave his money to fight something his own company was going to build. Zander is a former marine, whose parents passed away, now he is the caretaker of his 2 younger brothers. Gretel is staying with Anne, helping take care of her, and her children, and also working at a coffee shop with her friend Danny. They make a bet that Gretel will stay in Alaska all winter, if she wins, Zander goes on a radio show, telling everyone he underestimated her, if he wins, she writes and sings a song about Alaska. Zander has a new case worker from social services, Gretel proposes marriage to help show them that the boys should stay with them in a 2 parent household. They get married, write up a very funny pre-nup. She leaves to save the family, but on her way out she and Zander are hurt. She still leaves, but Zander and the boys go after her. They also each fulfill their part of the original bet.

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