Superhero Romance Project Series by H.L. Burke

Once a slacker, now a superhero, but will his ex buy the change?Eleven years ago, Brayden Water's high school sweetheart slammed the door in his face. Floundering, he found purpose first in the military, then by volunteering for genetic enhancements and joining the Department of Super-Abled as a full-time hero. Just when everything's looking up, a family emergency summons him back to the hometown he gleefully put in his rearview... moreOnce a slacker, now a superhero, but will his ex buy the change?Eleven years ago, Brayden Water's high school sweetheart slammed the door in his face. Floundering, he found purpose first in the military, then by volunteering for genetic enhancements and joining the Department of Super-Abled as a full-time hero. Just when everything's looking up, a family emergency summons him back to the hometown he gleefully put in his rearview. And guess who else is back in town? Rachel Blum has had it with men in general. A single mom who managed to scratch her way through medical school, she's accepted that she can't depend on anyone ... especially not her sometimes criminal baby daddy, and definitely not her high school ex who has popped up out of nowhere after a decade of radio silence. Dang, though, Brayden's even hotter than she remembered, and there's ... something different about him now, though she can't quite put her finger on what. Could he really have finally gotten his act together? Can she take the risk?Brayden's bitterness over Rachel's rejection slowly turns to admiration and begrudging affection. But even if he drops the fact that he can now fly and shoot lasers out of his eyes, will she ever see him as anything but a small-town loser? When her son's father starts causing trouble, though, Brayden realizes, she might just need a hero in her life after all. less

Sometimes your soulmate is a cat. Sometimes that cat is a supervillain.Failing to save a bystander during a superhero operation sends strong-man hero Slam, AKA Sam Reese, into a spiral. Unable to continue hero work due to panic attacks, he takes a hiatus to volunteer at a local cat rescue. Maybe some fluffy cuteness and lower pressure good deeds will help him get it together.Supervillain and cat-shifter thief Bea needs to lie low... moreSometimes your soulmate is a cat. Sometimes that cat is a supervillain.Failing to save a bystander during a superhero operation sends strong-man hero Slam, AKA Sam Reese, into a spiral. Unable to continue hero work due to panic attacks, he takes a hiatus to volunteer at a local cat rescue. Maybe some fluffy cuteness and lower pressure good deeds will help him get it together.Supervillain and cat-shifter thief Bea needs to lie low. With her former gang pursuing her after a heist gone wrong, she reinvents herself. Until the coast is clear, she'll moonlight as a human pet-rescue volunteer—and as a rescue cat. Slowly healing, Slam finds that he has a magic touch with animals. He devotes himself to taming a particularly frantic, feral cat as well as gaining the trust of his prickly, stand-offish new co-volunteer … but what will he do when he discovers they are one and the same? less