HEARTBREAKER:Kiki Michaelson wants one wild night to forget her starving-artist worries. Simple.Only instead of Darren Cole becoming her one-night stand, he taunts her with a challenge. Then while she's trying to best him at his own game, he turns out to be the last thing she's prepared for: someone she wants to keep.Which means all he can ever be…is a friend.Darren Cole never allows a girl to get close—not close enough to matter.Then storms in Kiki Michaelson, a beautiful, fearless temptation that rocks his world off-balance. But he fights their attraction, unwilling to gamble something physical with their close ties. Until the passionate sculptor exposes her heart and breaks his wide open.In that moment it becomes clear: she could never be just a friend. Sometimes what you run from…is exactly what you need. RULE BREAKER:Leilani Kealoha wants to be set free. Of family expectations. Of generations of prejudice.Chafing at rules made by the proud Hawaiian men in her family, she yearns to discover herself and hungers to explore the world. Her adventuresome heart? Longs for something even greater, deeper.The last thing she expects is an East Coast haole surfer to hold the key to everything.Mason Price is done walking his parents' path. Done with social acceptance—with cold politics.On a surfing quest to reinvent himself, Mase finds an exotic beauty standing on his towel. But it's her feisty bargaining that catches him off guard. When he challenges her with a "e;Truth or Shots"e; drinking game, she unwittingly reveals more than she'd intended about herself…and him.The raw truth stuns him: She's suffered like he has, is lost like he is—keeps secrets like he does.But will young love and shared situations be enough to conquer racial and cultural divides? Lines in the sand…were meant to be crossed. LAWBREAKER:Raised on the streets, Shay Morgan yearns for a real family, where love is unconditionally offered—even when trust doesn't come easy. Before that day arrives, she trespasses and steals in order to provide for the few people who've gone out of their way to protect her.Born to privilege, Ben Bishop loathes his family for the despicable things they've done, and not done. He vows to be different, play by the rules, do the right thing. Building a thriving nightclub with those who share his values dominates his world.One explosive night at his bar, Loading Zone, changes everything. For both of them. Forever.A dance of opponents commences as they thwart with suspicion, start to trust, then sidestep to protect themselves from a fatal blow. Until they soon wonder if they've been fighting for the same side all along.As they begin to open their hearts, they up the stakes with a one-week pact. She shows him the power in breaking the law. He demonstrates the virtue of following it.Then a far-reaching crime is suddenly exposed—that his family committed. And for one chance moment, Shay and Ben hold the key to right the wrong, correct the injustice. But at what cost?Will they be able to return from the other side together? Or will their differences tear them apart? Flirting with danger... has never been so tempting.
