train wreck noun 1. A chaotic or disastrous situation. 2. An utter catastrophe or mess. 3. A devastating calamity or source of trouble. 4. Pepper O’Brien. As the daughter of a famed film producer, Pepper O’Brien is Hollywood royalty. Also, her life sucks. Because, unfortunately for her, the old adage is true: money can’t buy everything—including grace, true love, or the ability to not screw up every single opportunity her life has brought her. After her latest disaster, Pepper moves across the country to start over but, as usual, her life has other plans, namely in the form of Derek Cashette, her former teenage crush and now ridiculously handsome friend of her older brother. Derek is determined to salvage the train wreck of her life and Pepper’s determined not to let him. Her life is her problem and, dammit, why can’t she be her own hero? But sometimes fate has other plans. Or maybe it’s hormones. Especially when her rescuer comes with a killer smile, a chest Thor would be jealous of, and a butt that any girl just wants to—

hot mess noun 1. A disorganized, disaster at life. 2. Someone who excels at disorder and disarray. 3. A person who's holding it together... but just barely. 4. Samantha Torres Once upon time Samantha had been young and single. But then she'd met Brian and they'd gotten married... and now she was single again, only this time she had the best little girl on the planet to show for it. Which was pretty much the only thing that was going right in her life. Brian, her lousy cheating ex, was finally out of the picture, and she was left with an expensive house, a car payment she could barely afford, and a job that left her drained at the end of the day. She was barely hanging on. Then she met Finn. The number one movie star in the world. The most beautiful man she'd ever laid eyes on. Also, quite possibly the only man whose life might be a bigger hot mess than her own. And he wanted her... No, this couldn't go wrong at all.

dumpster fire noun 1. an utterly calamitous situation 2. mismanagement for the ages 3. something very difficult no one wants to deal with 4. Rob Hansen Rob was single. That hadn’t been the plan. But it turned out that his plan wasn’t immune to car accidents. It couldn’t stave off death, couldn’t stop bad things from happening. Now Carmella—his wife, his best friend, the other half of his heart—was gone. And she’d been gone long enough for the tendrils of loneliness to creep in, for him to risk dipping his toe back into the dating world. The only problem was that dating was a hell of a lot different in this world than when he’d been in college. He wasn’t good at apps and profiles, his banter skills were rusty, and his flirting... well, some might say it was atrocious. Then came high, high heels. Then came a sharp voice with an impressive repertoire of curse words. Then came a woman who was definitely not Carmella... but who might be the possibility of something

clusterf\*@k noun 1.A mismanaged and chaotic situation 2.A complexly muddled mess 3.A disordered and hectic condition 4.Misty Hansen’s life Lonely. Alone. By herself. The top three ways Misty had to describe herself—and it was no coincidence they all meant the same thing. She was single, almost pathetically so. It had been so long since she’d been with a man, she wasn’t sure she could even remember what it was like. Hell, dust might float out if she took off her pants in the presence of the opposite sex. She was also well aware that she was lucky to have a place to live, a great brother, and awesome friends. She should just be content. But then she crashed into Chance—literally crashed—into the gorgeous man’s SUV, totaling it, and managing to cause damage to her brother’s house, all in one fell swoop. It was a total clusterf\*@k. Because then the man ended up totaling her heart.

FUBAR adjective 1) Seriously, perhaps irreparably, damaged 2) Thoroughly disordered or ruined 3) Maggie Augustin’s life She was pregnant and alone…and sick. Seemingly every second of every day. Yup. She’d gone from single and carefree to chained to a porcelain goddess…and soon she’d be chained to a baby—to nap schedules and car seats, to saggy boobs and blowouts, to—Nothing that resembled her life before she’d peed on a stick and it had flashed with a plus sign. Which was fine. Her life before that stick-peeing hadn’t been all that exciting and great. Aside from her friends, she’d been more than a little lonely, wondering what the hell she should be doing with her life. Then…preggers. Then…Carter. Carter Jackson was gorgeous, funny, and good. Carter Jackson was the type of guy she once would have dreamed of riding in on his stallion and saving her. Carter Jackson was a man who’d apparently decided that she was someone that needed rescuing. The problem? She didn’t need rescuing. Not anymore. She would be standing on her own feet from here on out, thank her very much. The other problem? Carter was determined to rescue her anyway.

He left her. Now she was back…with his son in tow. Four years ago, he’d been a jerk with a wild side, a messed-up head, and a penchant for breaking hearts. But he’d been a special brand of jerk to Kim. Mostly because she was incredible. Smart, funny, beautiful. He’d seen a future with her, and that terrified him… So he’d broken things off. Cut ties, lost her number, and moved on before she could move on from him. But now she was back. Now she was back, and she wasn’t alone. His son was with her.