When Ashlee Trent meets handsome businessman Kaiden West on a plane to Australia, he eases her fears even as he sets her heart ablaze. After their plane crashes into the ocean and they wash ashore on an island in the South Pacific, danger and intrigue greet them. Too bad most of it seems related to the mystery of who—or just what—Kaiden is. Ashlee must now try to tease apart what is fact or fiction if they’re ever to have a future together. Kaiden West keeps dozens of secrets about his life and his people—like the truth of their very existence. The faerin hide away who and what they are so they can mesh seamlessly with humans, who’d only show them fear and prejudice if their true natures were revealed. When he meets the lovely but flustered Ashlee, he’s drawn to her in way that he’s never experienced before. Though they’ve survived a plane crash, will the secrets surrounding him not only send their budding relationship into a nosedive but also end their lives? \\This story was previously published in the Crashing into Love anthology\\ \\This series (The Faerin) will be a crossover with the Mists of Eria series. Kaiden and Ashlee appear in Bound to His Redemption, which is the third full-length book in the Mists of Eria series\\

From award-winning Lisa Kumar comes a contemporary fantasy romance of a fae lion shifter in the guise of a rich businessman and the human woman who shakes up his ordered world. When Riley Robbins has a run-in with businessman Ivander Northland, his cold personality chills her to the core. But that soon changes as he pursues her with an ardor she's never known. Some things are too good to be true, and she's scared that he falls under that category. Businessman Ivander Northland doesn't care for many people other than his family and extended clan. But when he meets his fated bondmate, who happens to be the all-too-human Riley, he scrambles to court her. Even though she thaws the ice encasing his heart, he fears she'll take off once she discovers who and what he is. This story is the second in The Faerin series but can be read as a standalone. Also previously published as Claiming Riley in the anthologies Adamant Spirits and Like a Firework. This novella contains adult content and is perfect for fans of Tasha Black, Sarah J. Maas, C.N. Crawford, and Alessa Thorn.