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The Vampire Wants a Wife

Running a dating agency can be a killer... Shelley Linley is sick of trolls. Yet another prankster has applied to her dating agency. This one says he's a vampire and he wants Shelley to help him find a wife. Meeting him for a second interview against all her better judgement, Shelley discovers that he has no clue about women. A shame because he's super-hot, amusing, and has a lot of single ...

Dance: Cinderella Retold

A dutiful daughter. A prince forced to find a bride. If the shoe fits… Once upon a time… When the Emperor’s army comes recruiting, Mai signs up, seeing it as the perfect escape from her stepmother and a lifetime of drudgery. Armed with her mother’s armour and a pair of magic shoes, Mai marches off to war…only to find herself sharing a tent with the General’s arrogant nephew, Prince Yi. Th ...

Runner: Book II of The Chosen

Love comes with a price – especially among the undead. Sunny Martin is on the run from a monster—the monster within herself. Since the night she was drained of her blood and left to die, she has lived alone and in fear of the beast and its violent urges, always on the move. When a tumultuous affair with the mysterious leader of The Chosen ends in betrayal and murder, Sunny finds herself on the run ...

MIND WAVES

If he can control her mind… Government operative David Jenkins is skilled at controlling his emotions. Feelings are lethal when your job is to infiltrate minds, erase and implant thoughts, and guard the nation’s intellectual capital. But even he can’t fight his strange attraction to Grace Woznisky. He’ll do whatever it takes to protect her from a madman intent on possessing both their minds. Neit ...

In The Moment Before

I hate Grayson Knight with a passion. Ever since he pulled a prank on me as kids, I’ve kept him in the mortal-enemy category, and we both prefer it that way. Now we’re seniors in high school and he’s still the same immature jerk. I avoid him as much as possible, but when an argument turns ugly and lands us in detention together, I know my life is over—especially when my dad, the city’s police serg ...

A Highland Ghost for Christmas

Jilted by her fiancé, librarian Maddy Jacobson is nursing a broken heart, when her best friend gives her an early Christmas present. Intended to be a fun, psychic reading in a spooky, tea house, the gift turns out to be life changing. Maddy becomes haunted by a mischievous, Highland ghost. Ruggedly handsome, Cullen Macfie, the Highlander, has been dead for over three centuries, and never in ...

Raging Inferno (Delphine Rising Book 1)

Two years have passed since Abigail Blanque’s life was changed forever. After suffering a great loss, she fed into her darkness and pain, killing every rogue vampire within her reach. Abby finds herself marked by an evil ancestor hell-bent on returning from her talisman-encased prison. She needs Abby’s soul in order to rise again. Meanwhile, something sinister is happening in New Orleans. An unide ...

Interlude, Stone Legacy Series 2

Tara may have spent years in an asylum, but that doesn't make her crazy-just fearless. Dropped in Moscow with a the group of enchanted Mayan descendants, seventeen-year-old Tara Weeble is forced to wait on the sideline while her best friend--the Stone Guardian-- battles to reclaim a friend's soul trapped in the underworld. It sucks being ordinary when everyone else is superhuman... A mortal girl w ...

Immortally Yours

Roman and Aurelie, still unsure of the events that led to their meeting, navigate the potholes of not only a new relationship but also danger lurking around every corner. Relationships between species are challenging enough without getting tangled up in her cousin's latest ruse. Can they withstand the weight of suspicion and scrutiny with the chance of a love that spans more than one lifetime? ...

Chasing the Dead

“A Native American vengeful ghost! I highly recommend Chasing the Dead. An absolutely riveting plot line.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ~1884, New Mexico~ Madrid Arrende has been kidnapped by the Apache. Determined to rescue his daughter, her wealthy father knows there is only one man capable of bringing her back alive . . . Deacon Bannister. Deacon doesn't give a damn about the large sum of money Don Erasmos Arren ...

Traitor's Moon: An MM gay paranormal romance

Equality doesn’t come easily, and Ben Blair’s pack is about to pay the price. Opposed to inclusion, Lyle Wilburn is determined to eradicate gay shifters and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Is this the end of Ben’s dream or does Luna have something else in mind? Amid plans for self-defense, Gladstone continues to thrive even as Ben’s Second, Nolan Sweet, is rejected by his mate. As ...

Huntsman: Fox Hollow Zodiac 1

Fox shifter Liam Reynard is running from a killer. He uproots his life to find sanctuary in Fox Hollow, deep in the Adirondack Forest in New York. When his car breaks down, sexy wolf shifter Russ Lowe comes to the rescue, and one touch makes it clear they’re fated mates. Neither man was looking for love, and both are still mending from past heartbreak. When mysterious fires and disappearances t ...

Awakening the Wolf

AWAKENING THE WOLF SHADOW-WALKERS BOOK 2 (This is a standalone story.) Dare to be captivated. Do you like paranormal romances with hunky werewolves and a murder mystery? Rock Star meets Supernatural in this exciting new series. The women are the rock stars here, and they command the supernatural alpha males in their lives. Grab a copy now and enter the sexy, scary, and thrilling world of Shadow-wa ...

Blow: Three Little Pigs Retold

Three sisters. An absent prince who promised to protect them. And the wolf is at the door… Once upon a time… When war breaks out, Rudolf promises Portia and her sisters he will protect them. But his father falls in battle, and Rudolf is forced to return home to command his father’s armies. Shifting alliances turn Portia and her family from friends to sworn enemies. To win the war, Rudolf mu ...

The Rising : Awakening

What’s buried in the sand has slept for centuries. Some things should never be exhumed... When Egyptologist Samuel Clayton inherits a gold talisman with unusual markings, he’s driven to uncover its secrets. Where did it come from? What do they mean? And why when receiving it did a flood of forgotten memories and the ethereal red-headed beauty—who had seduced him in his youth—return with malice? Hi ...

Web of Innocence

I believe in science. There's an explanation for everything. Logic. Reason. Proof. These are my absolute truths. This is how I live my life. When I meet Hunter Jones, everything starts to change. I. Start. To. Change. I begin to hear a whisper... in my mind. A voice, belonging to someone--something--else. But that's crazy. Maybe I'm crazy. Because that's the only explanation for the unexplainable. ...

Michael's Soul Mate

Some vampires have trouble figuring out how they want to spend eternity, but playboy Michael Odell isn’t one of them. He knows exactly what he wants: fine wines and beautiful women fuel his passion and he’s made it his mission to sample as many of either as he can. Fate has other ideas. One night, on his way ...

Samsara

Rays of golden light shine from his ocean blue eyes but is he a gift from God or is she even crazier than she thought? Ailith returns to the small town where she was viciously gang-raped, intent on revenge. She has a little bag of torture hidden in her holdall and multiple personalities battle for supremacy in her damaged mind. The Avenging Warrior is a potential serial killer, Feminism fears and ...

Feral Mate

Emery thought she had seen it all when she moved to Reykjavik to join the Northern Lights Genome Project, but when she finds Dr. Carson Payne badly hurt on a table in one of the medical labs, her curiosity is piqued. Little does she know, this man holds the key to unlocking a world she never could have imagined. Mason thought he was dead when he was shot protecting his twin brother and his mate, ...

Poetry and Pyres

Magical mayhem ensues when the Shaw family celebrates two new-to-them Scottish holidays in Poetry and Pyres, a Shrouded Isle novelette featuring Becca’s daughter, Jessie. During Robert Burns Night, An unexpected guest comes to the honored poet’s party. The meal goes awry through no fault of the cook. Can they salvage the disaster-filled evening? At the village fire festival, Girls ignore ...

Dragon Knight's Sword

Duncan Mackay will do anything to lift the curse from his family — even forfeit his own life. But his plans change when he encounters the woman from his dreams, literally. She is from the future, somehow has his lost sword, and can talk to the Dragon that is able to lift his family’s curse. Brigid O'Neill has spent her life listening to the mythological legends from Ireland and Scotlan ...

The Shifter's Nanny

Does this hot panther shifter need me to take care of his daughter or does he want my curves for another reason as well?

Rose Doctor needs a job. After years of emotional abuse by her ex-boyfriend, she’s broke and deeply scarred. So when a gorgeous shifter needs her help to take care of his infant daughter, she accepts.

Her new boss is hot as hell. But she’ ...

Blood Tide, Dolphin Shore Shifters book 1

Dolphin Shore Shifters Book 1 The Santa Barbara Channel holds a closely guarded secret… She had more than just her mission… Sy’s rotation on land as a dolphin shifter couldn’t have come at a better time. With her best friend missing and no answers forthcoming, it was time to take matters into her own hands. And with the resources at the Save Blue Water organization, findi ...

The Bargain

A woman who has everything to lose. The only person who can help her is the man she betrayed years before, the head of the Irish mob. I thought I could betray the Devil of Galway. I was wrong. For two years I was undercover as the lover of the most powerful man in Ireland. The night my betrayal became known he believed I died. Now I’m back and I need his help. I thought I could make a deal with th ...

Highland Stone

A mysterious inheritance and magical forces thrust Kara Malone through the ages to the Scottish Highlands of old. There she encounters Alaxandar McLeod, the dark stranger who inhabits her dreams. Alaxandar leads the charge to learn the truth about the violent raids against his clan. When his horse almost tramples a beautiful stranger, he is beguiled but skeptical. Is she a spy, or worse, a w ...

Lost Angels

Supernatural collides with Mortal instruments and Vampire Diaries. Dare to begin the passionate, thrilling, and provocative journey of love, dilemmas, sacrifice, and an epic love story? Prepare to be addicted… Grab the Prequel, Lost Angels, and unveil the mystery behind the romantic and addictive series of The Lost Archangels. Busy collecting prayers, on top of watching over the Archangels, it's a ...

Alpha Squad: Friends & Foes

Sometimes doing the right thing… means risking everything.

Excited to receive his very first assignment, Alpha Squad recruit Adam King is ready to jump head-first into the action. With the small town of Sevenoaks experiencing violent attacks on the local population, it’s up to Alpha Squad to find the cause. But when suspicions fall on the local shifter refugee camp, and especiall ...

The Romance Lover's Journal

"I can never remember all the books I've read, so I'm absolutely in love with this journal." ~Mia Harlan, USA Today bestselling romance author ★★★★★ The only reading journal that caters to the reader who devours happily ever afters faster than a shotgun wedding gets planned. The Romance Lover’s Journal is specifically designed to help you track the details to trigger your memory about which hero, ...

Love Bites

Is it possible my sweet, handsome, charming boyfriend could be a vampire? I know, I know, vampires aren’t real, except in fiction and folklore, but hear me out. I’ve got some convincing evidence… Let’s start with the obvious. His name is Hunter. HUNTER. That’s a vampire name if you’ve ever heard one, right? And his white, sharp teeth are clearly capable of piercing the thickest of skin. Then there ...

Sprite Wedding

Cruises are supposed to be relaxing. This one took an awkward turn. On the sail home, my fun-loving, dragon shifter mate jumps on a table to dance. And then strip. Why the pixie dust would Lucas do that? Yes, he used to be an exotic dancer, but this is a public venue. To make things worse, my ex is on board and witnessed the mortifying incident. The same elf broke my heart. Now he’s interested in ...

Smoke and Mirrors

Read the book readers are comparing to Harry Potter, Throne of Glass, and Anne Bishop's Others Series!


A girl who uses her illusions to fool the world into thinking she's just like all the other magi.

A dragon who sees through her lies.

Together they just might survive a world that want ...

Secrets in the Night

Freelance photographer Skye Somers goes to the Natural History Museum to photograph their Native American Exhibit. While there, she becomes enchanted by a life-sized cardboard cutout of a Lakota warrior identified as Wolf Who Walks on the Wild Wind, little knowing it will change her life forever. Jason Wolf has the unique ability to travel between the present and the past. He is intrigued by the w ...

Brynjar:Drogon King

Brynjar, king of the Drogan Empire is pleased that Asgar has brought a new group of female humans to help them save their dying race. But he is also disappointed there is no soulmate for him. Or is there? That scent, he would know it anywhere? Is his mind playing tricks on him or is Asgar holding out on him? The Slythonians never intended to take Eleanor confined to a wheel chair since childhood. ...

Colter's Cove

Easygoing Luca learns that his uncle has died, leaving him the sole inheritor of a priceless property in Scotland, along the banks of Loch Lomond. Once he gets there, he realizes things aren't all what they seem. While working to rebuild the home after years of neglect while in probate, he constantly feels like he's being watched... and something keeps drawing him to the water's edge.

C ...

Immortal Chemistry: A Historical Vampire Romance

Saving the man she loves means cursing him for eternity. Orinda Hudson hates being a demon. Determined to cure her vampirism she’s spent 200 years studying the science of immortality. By 1918, the renowned scientist takes pride in her work at a top-secret military lab and is on the verge of a breakthrough when Officer Basil Meyers is stationed to work alongside her, interrupting her research w ...

Zendar - A Tale of Sand

Zendar is a world of sand and strife. Living in the great capital of Zendar, Sol, Nitya has always longed for something more than her family’s merchant lifestyle. She craves adventure—or at least hopes something remotely exciting could happen. When her best friend, Juni, secures them both positions in the palace’s kitchen, Nitya gets to experience a different world than she ever imagined—especi ...

Awakening

Sometimes, the end is really the beginning. After destroying her successful music career, the close friendship with her bandmates, and her marriage, author Kaitlyn Storm, aka Kate Wolf, former bassist for the all-female rock band Hecate’s Fury, is given a second chance. She receives an offer to turn her book series into three movies, but her troubled rock-star past continues to haunt her. She neve ...

Super Starrella

Teen superhero, Starrella, and her flying horse combat vicious killers in the skies of Atalanta. The quiet summer before her freshman year turns frighteningly weird after Estelle Wright trespasses onto an Army base. Blown into the air and knocked unconscious, she wakes with a nascent superpower. Not to mention a winged horse with a snarky attitude and a mind of her own. Back home in Atalanta, a se ...

Silence: Little Mermaid Retold

A little mermaid. A prince to save. Only silence can break the spell. Once upon a time… The mermaid Margareta saved Prince Erik from a shipwreck. Wanting to see the prince again, Margareta strikes a bargain with the Master of Beacon Isle. If she saves his sons from a terrible curse, he will reunite her with Prince Erik. All she has to do is stay silent until the curse is broken. Silence i ...

Rebirth: Rogues Shifter Series Book 1

Seventeen year-old Jackie learns she's not human but part of an exciting and dangerous supernatural community. Because of her newly discovered magical abilities, she's picked to train with a group of powerful young shapeshifters who work to defend their territory. During her training, she meets Garrett, a master vampire who teaches her to use her unique gifts, then threatens to steal her heart. Ba ...

The Fall of Arcades (Fallen Angel, Immortal Romance Book #1

Though I am the darkness...let me be your light! Farrow Latimer, Prince of the Arcades: I am the prince of darkness, the executioner and fallen angel royalty who is forbidden love. No matter how many men or women I take to my bed none capture my heart. As the Arcades teem with lust, debauchery, and destruction, I neither relish nor abhor my role as the most brutal of all and then I catch her....th ...

The Troubles Keeper

HE SAVES OTHERS FROM THEIR TROUBLES. WHO WILL SAVE HIM? Bus driver Rory Fine has a gift. He can take troubles from others with merely a touch. On a rain-swept night he asks his glum passengers to leave their worrisome emotions in his palm. But when he touches one passenger's hand everything he knows about troubles keeping is shattered. Somebody aboard hides a deadly and dangerous secret. What bega ...

The Great Disapurrance

One ex-SEAL weretiger looking to cause trouble + one curvy woman already in too much trouble + an unexpected pregnancy at the worst time = Explosive and sexy as hell shifter romance!

Arlen Johnson has done a lot of things right in life, and a lot of things wrong. What other explanation could there be for being sent by his employers, The Firm, to track down and kill one of the mos ...

Shifter Trials

On the night of the full moon, any male shifter can call the Trials to race against Talia Orion. Talia is alpha of the united wolf-eagle clans. Clan law requires that she marry the winner of the Trials, a grueling marathon through rugged terrain.

Talia, the product of an unhappy, political alliance masquerading as a marriage, trains obsessively to avoid a political marria ...

The Exile: Gods of Egypt

Even gods fall in love. Except Djet, a 4000 year powerful shape changing sorcerer, who manages to so enrage his sister Hathor, the goddess of love, with his ignorance of matters of the heart, she strips him of his powers and locks him in a tomb. Audrey Delany is a student at the American University in Cairo, majoring in Papyrology and flunking out in love, because she has a fatal attraction to vio ...

The Mist Trilogy

From the secret legacy handed down to Marissa, to the ultimate demon showdown in Sedona, these books spin a new German fairy tale. This box set contains all three of the Mist books. Mist on the Meadow Wolf Harper needs a Kundigerin, "one who knows," to close his grandmother's estate and save the failing family business; instead, professional baker Marissa Maitland rattles skeletons in his family's ...

Wayward Son

Thian came from the wrong side of the tracks, the wrong side of the law... the wrong side of pretty much everything. When a freak incident reveals his shifter nature, he was taken in by the Dark Leopards. Now, he must race the clock to gather intel to protect his family, their city, and the woman he intends to claim as his own.

A bonafide daddy's girl, Adele never thought she'd have to ...

Ghost of an Inheritance

Lia Savage has things to do. There's a castle to help remodel and a ghost to free before she can head back to Sacramento to pursue her dream. But dealing with Coop Montgomery isn't on her list. While working with her old crush to get rid of the specter, Lia's heart comes alive like never before. The only problem is that Coop's dream is to remain at the castle. To follow Lia's means she'll leave. N ...

Witch Trial Legacy: The Cassadaga Collection

Sybilla Sanborn must break a centuries old curse before everything she cares about goes up in smoke.

Sybilla is a nurse gifted with the ability to heal with her touch but cursed with visions of future tragedies she cannot prevent because no one heeds her warnings. With help from the mediums of the spiritualist town of Cassadaga, Florida, she learns she is descended from both the first p ...

Mateo's Blood Brother

Sequel to MATEO'S LAW. They were friends, close as brothers. Then they weren’t. Mateo and Jesse are cautiously working their way back to friendship when Jesse discovers the unthinkable. Delilah, the sultry shifter who’d had affairs with both men, is still alive. The tumble she took over a mountain ridge—a fall that nearly killed Mateo—should have finished her. Now, there’s no choice but for the tw ...

Playing with Fire

"What do you get when you mix gorgons, an incubus, and the Calamity Queen? Trouble, and lots of it. Catering to the magical is a tough gig on a good day, but when Bailey's sexiest enemy's ex-wife angles for revenge, she's tossed into the deep end. Warning: This novel contains excessive humor, action, excitement, adventure, magic, romance, and bodies. Proceed with caution."

Claw Mark

Claw Mark is the story continued from Lily Harlem's novel Bite Mark, also available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. Being married to two sexy vampires is as exciting as it is dangerous. One minute I’m on top of the world, ecstasy my best friend, the next I’m running for my life. But it’s okay with Aimery and Ryle at my side—they’ve sworn to love and protect me and kee ...

Running Haunted

Kelly ran a marathon… and wound up running a house. With a ghost in it. Kelly Mellios is a stunning, athletic woman, who has learned—the hard way—to value herself. Having just finished her first marathon in the alluring Greek town of Nafplio, she bumps into Alex, a gorgeous widower with three underage children, who is desperately looking for a housekeeper. The timing seems perfect, seeing that Kel ...

Mayan Blood, Stone Legacy series 1

Their empires have fallen, but their mythology lives on... Zanya Coreandero is a seventeen-year-old orphan with only a single friend and no hope for a normal life. Diagnosed with anxiety and night terrors, no one believes her cuts and bruises are a result of an evil entity, and not a brutal case of self-harm. With the only home she's ever known being the isolated institution--where breakfast is a ...

King Roan: Time Travel, book 1 The Eternal Knot Series

This is the first book in The Eternal Knot Series; King Roan. 3,000 years ago, after the neighboring Princess rejects King Roan, he sets out to prove she is his soulmate with a sacred necklace from his holy man. However, he time travels to 2017 Texas to find his soulmate. Kendra Blue is a young, independent, smart woman who owns and manages a small ranch. How will Kendra deal with a self-centered, ...

An Agent For Love: A Clean Paranormal Romance (Romances Beyond Tuala Trilogy, Book 1)

Where did he come from? Who else knows? The truth may be more than Liz can handle. Her life was a wreck. The most terrifying experience she could imagine has turned everything upside down. Now, each day she writes, hoping to get back to normal. But still the memories haunt her. How can she move on? Scott has a past he’d rather forget. Maybe getting away from his home town will be the answer. As a ...

Alexander's Blood Bride

Cat has never been a social butterfly. The only reason she even agreed to go to the stupid Halloween party was because her friend and room mate Shelly wanted to attend. When she gets spooked upon almost falling into bed with the host, she’s convinced it was all a big mistake. And what’s worse, now people are stalking her wherever she goes! Alexander Broderick has been hosting his annua ...

Bound By Darkness

He mated to protect her. She used him for revenge. As their worlds collide, their feelings for each other grow. But, when his dark secret is revealed, it may be more than she can forgive. Lyzander has done many distasteful things in his life. One in particular has haunted him for the past twenty years. Now, the little girl he sheltered from the ones who killed her family has become his savior. Whe ...

House of Guardians: Paranormal Romance - Sons of the Olympian Gods (The Ambrosia Trilogy Book 1)

The first installment in a dark, gripping paranormal romance trilogy steeped in Greek mythology: When Laurel moves to Vancouver Island, the last thing she expects is to meet a demigod... A compelling storyline, a trilogy, demigods, mystery, naked wrestling, a handsome hero and gorgeous heroine, romance, and suspense. All a girl needs! --- When 17-year-old Laurel Harper decides to go live with her ...

Enchant: Beauty and the Beast Retold

A beastly prince. An enchanting beauty. Only love can break the spell. Once upon a time… The wicked King Thorn forced the enchantress Zuleika to cast a terrible curse. She fled his court to travel the world, helping those who need her magic most. Until a search for her merchant father’s lost ships leads her to an enchanted island, where Prince Vardan, the island’s ruler, is afflicted by the ...

The King's Fate

In a world where Fae and Vampire will forever be at odds, a Vampire wins the crown, ruling the Fae Realm for the first time in history. After the execution of the Succubus who attempted to murder the King, her Incubus vows to avenge her, putting a devious plot into action. Breaking Fae law, he creates what he thinks will be the most powerful half-breed known to the Realm, placing him as a pawn to ...

Karma Like This

Under a paralyzing spell, things are looking grim for Rachel as she finds herself in quite a predicament. Her ex-best friend Melody has claimed retribution using black magic. Luckily, Rachel’s strong telepathic connection with her boyfriend Billy saves the day when he brings the Psychic Circle group to help. Dealing with Melody is not going to be as easy as they thought. She’s breaking all the rul ...

The Sleeping Beauty Bride

Noelia Russo's plate is full: she works at Wedding Bliss by day, writes romance by night, and now she's agreed to volunteer at the hospital too. However, this favor for a friend pays off when Noelia bumps into Dr. Nate Westbury, a widower who could warm her lonely heart. But Nate can't think about a relationship while his daughter, Lydia, remains in an unexplained coma after a car accident. He bla ...

Corked: Tangled Vines

Grace’s life is on a roll, but San Francisco’s hills are steep and one small misstep sends her tumbling into the arms of Lincoln Steele. A lone wolf, loosely attached to his brother’s pack, Linc has been consumed with eradicating the humans known as Hunters. He has returned to the City by the Bay to renovate a small boutique hotel and a famed BDSM club. Now all he needs is an Executive Chef to hea ...

Perception

As far as apartments go, roommates Stella and Charlotte “Bronte” believe theirs to be just fine. Sure, they hate taking the stairs up to the third floor, especially after grocery shopping. And yes, the apartment staff could be a bit nicer. All things considered though, it’s not a bad place to live. Then they realize it’s haunted. Which isn’t all that bad, really. Cyril and Oliver are polite, charm ...

Made Bear

Carrie just graduated law school. She never thought it would be the worst day of her life. A sudden tragedy puts a heavy duty on her shoulders, and with no other option she goes to work for the Mafia. And not just any Mafia family: the Gallo Clan. Freakish Bear Shifters. Buttoned down good-girl Carrie walking into the bear's den, literally. But the six foot tall bad boy looking down at her was not ...

Alpha's Danger

“YOU BROKE THE RULES, LITTLE HUMAN. I OWN YOU NOW.” I am an alpha wolf, one of the youngest in the States. I can pick any she-wolf in the pack for a mate. So why am I sniffing around the sexy human attorney next door? The minute I catch Amber’s sweet scent, my wolf wants to claim her. Hanging around is a bad idea, but I don’t play by the rules. Amber acts all prim and proper, but she has a secret, ...