The Demon's Vow

by L.S. Monroe

A Mortal's Mistake. A Monster's Obsession.

A night of Halloween fun turns dark when an insatiable, seductive demon is summoned, and poor, unsuspecting Lukas finds himself chosen as its eternal mate.

Crave Without Contact

by Sofia Hard

Jayden:
I thought I knew what desperation felt like. Sleeping on couches, counting pennies, watching the days tick down until I'd have nowhere to go.
I was wrong.

True desperation is kneeling inches from Silas, feeling his gaze trace paths his hands have yet to follow. It's the ache that builds when someone owns every part of you but refuses to claim it with their touch. When they forbid you from touching them or even yourself.

He's teaching me to crave the simplest contact like water in a desert, and I’m sure I’m about to go mad with need. But with my lease running out and Chicago’s winter approaching, I need this arrangement to work. I need to prove I'm worth keeping. That I can follow his rules, no matter how impossible they seem, and that I can serve him in the way he likes.

With the distance between us shrinking in every way except the one I need most, I'm terrified of what I'm becoming—someone who would beg for the brush of fingertips against my jaw. Someone who would confess any sin just to feel his approval.

Someone who's starting to think submission might be its own kind of freedom.


Silas:
Trust is a liability I eliminated from my arrangements years ago. After Jimmy's betrayal left me bleeding in court and Luca's growing attachment threatened everything I'd built, I vowed never again.

My rules exist for a reason. Distance maintains order. Touch creates weakness. Emotion destroys control.

Then Jayden crashed into my world with his desperate eyes and stick-and-poke tattoo. The boy who still can't remain still when he kneels. The boy who trembles when I pass without touching him, who confesses his sins when silence would have kept him safe.

A boy who looks at me like I'm salvation, not just sustenance.
Every submissive before him understood obedience, but Jayden struggles. He fights with himself before surrendering, and it makes the victory taste sweeter for it.

I tell myself I'm teaching him patience through denial, that he's learning what it means to hunger for a touch that never comes.

What I won't admit is how much I ache to break my own rules. Or how watching him starve is making me ravenous.

The Frathole

by Devon McCormack

MARTY

Rule follower, goody-goody, Mr. Kills-Any-Fun-He-Can-Hunt-Down—call me whatever you want, but I won’t apologize for keeping our frat house safe.

Something that’s even more challenging this semester when we wind up housing members of our rival frat.

To keep this from becoming a complete catastrophe, I volunteer to room with Sigma Alpha’s Ryan Lorde.

Linebacker, player, and all-around troublemaker.

Ryan’s a cocky bastard who doesn’t think the rules apply to him, so it’s not long before his wild antics lead to him being placed on probation.

But just when I think we’re about to be free of the nuisance, he presents an appealing proposition—a peace offering to help me flirt with the girl I’m crushing on.

I’ve never had much talent in this department, and Ryan has the skills to get any girl he sets his sights on.

Maybe it’s a horrible idea, but it’s too tempting to resist.

What starts as flirting lessons leads to Ryan and I locking lips.

Now suddenly I realize exactly why he’s so popular with girls.

Even worse, I can’t get enough.

And before I know it, I’m in too deep with Sigma Alpha’s biggest frathole.

Perfect Storm

by Beth Bolden

When the sexy little brother of Aidan’s best friend suggests a hookup pact, it's the perfect storm for a bi-awakening . . .

Toronto Thunder quarterback Aidan Flynn always believed he was straight, until his close friend and favorite wide receiver signs with a team across the country. Distance opens his eyes and unlocks a desire he can’t deny. Even if his feelings aren’t returned, Aidan still wants to learn more about this part of himself.

Frustrated and a little heartbroken, the last thing he expects is for his crappy mood to get called out by his best friend’s little brother. Or for Levi to offer, on one drunken night, a pact: if Aidan never gets together with his guy, Levi will show him everything he’s been missing—and wanting—in bed.

It’s a stupid promise, fueled by booze and heartbreak, and Aidan expects that Levi will never call him on it.

Except Levi does. He shows up at Aidan’s house in Toronto less than two months later, not only willing to fulfill his side of the pact, but now signed to the Thunder as Aidan’s new right tackle. Aidan assumes it’ll be easy to get rid of him, but Levi is charming and persistent, and he not only ends up living in Aidan’s house, but sleeping in Aidan’s bed.

It’s easy and fun and the best hookup Aidan’s ever had in his whole life. It’s so good, in fact, Aidan starts to experience feelings he believed were long gone, traded away with his friend. Maybe with Levi in his life, love isn’t such a lost cause, after all.

They’re great on the field and between the sheets. But when Aidan’s past returns, he must decide whether Levi also has a place in his heart.

Hashtag Holidate

by Lucy Lennox

I came to Legacy, Montana, to sell a fantasy—twelve Insta-ready #Holidates of Christmas. One career-making brand deal. Zero drama.
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Then my videographer bailed, and in walked Maddox Sullivan.
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Grumpy. Gorgeous. Growly. A mountain man with zero chill and even less tolerance for influencers like me. He agrees to film my content—off-camera only—but when my first date cancels, guess who ends up in front of the lens?
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Cue the fireworks.
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Our chemistry is instant. My followers are obsessed. #TeamMaddrian starts trending. Suddenly, all my dates are mysteriously dropping out, and Maddox is reluctantly starring in every single holidate—sleigh rides, snowball fights, cocoa by the fire, kisses under the mistletoe.
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And I… I’m starting to forget this was ever supposed to be pretend.
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Because every time Maddox looks at me, I feel something real. Something lasting. Something terrifying.
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I came here for curated content. Now I’m dreaming of a life I never thought I wanted—with a man I never saw coming.
 
But am I falling for the picture-perfect holiday fantasy? Or could this be the start of my real-life happily ever after?

Demon's Desire

by Colette Rivera

Frustration shouldn’t feel this good.
Onyx doesn’t need anyone, least of all a mate. He certainly doesn’t need his demon brothers, but can’t seem to get rid of them or their task of helping the magic world adjust to demonkind’s return to the Human Realm.

What’s worse than that? The most annoying, do-gooder witch won’t leave Onyx alone.

Nico Velázquez may have discovered demons in Shearwater Landing by accident, but he’s committed to ensuring a peaceful transition for everyone. Especially if it means working with Onyx.

Onyx is beautiful. Terrifying. Bratty.

Nico can’t get him out of his head. Onyx needs someone to be firm with him. Someone who shows up for him, and Nico would love to break through his prickly exterior and take charge of the demon hiding beneath.

Onyx doesn’t understand why Nico cares. Why does hating Nico feel so good? No one’s ever captivated Onyx like Nico. It’s maddening. If it weren’t for all the wrong reasons, Onyx might think Nico was his mate.