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When I walked out of his office after the hottest sex of my life, I thought I'd left Max Douglas behind me forever - along with my favorite argyle socks and my self-respect. The last thing I need is the too-serious, too-sexy former Marine living across the hall from me while he acts as a bodyguard for one of my students. Especially since he fired me from my job tutoring his brother... after we hooked up. I shouldn't want him. I should despise him after the way he treated me. But he's exactly my type: older, experienced, in control...and it's obvious the lust is still mutual.

Just one touch to heal a heart. Laura Pastel... Everything in my small safe world is planned to protect myself and others from the power I was born with. When touching someone only brings pain, I look for ways to avoid it at all costs. Except for one day a year. When the carnival comes to my town, I pick one day, carefully plan and use it to prove I’m still brave enough to leave my house. This year only proves one thing, it’s better to stay home, to stay alone. And safe. No matter how painful being alone might be. But everything changes when I meet a sexy carnie named Tim Swan and find ...

Protecting what is most precious... one drop at a time. Dillon gives his undead life purpose by putting it on the line while hunting any vampires who kill the innocent humans of his city. The newest blood-thirsty resident in Pittsburgh, Mistress Serena, destroys the peace of the city one murder at a time. To complicate matters, one of her blood slaves is a striking young human male who triggers all his dangerously repressed hungers. Jason expects Serena to kill him, and after years of suffering, he is ready to surrender that final blood drop. But at the last moment he is suddenly given away...

He's everything I've never wanted—too young, too weird, too wild. I wasn't impressed that I had to get my weekly massage from a guy with a toe ring. But when I discovered David Cooke's skills as a masseur were literally orgasmic, I couldn't stop thinking about him and his amazing hands, day and night. Especially at night. He's full of surprises. And despite my bad behavior, David's just as eager to explore this chemistry between us. Turns out, there's a lot more to him than hemp pants and tattoos.

Cinderella with a demonic twist! Grant I’ve always taken the easy path, followed whoever seemed to be having the most fun. For nearly four thousand years, I traveled the world and enjoyed every indulgence with my friend and master. But now I’m alone, a demon living among and pretending to be human. It isn’t a bad life. But it seems I’ll never be accepted as one of them. That point is driven home when one of my party-going human friends decides to kill me. Then I met her, Amelia, a human woman who drives my hungers wild. As much as I try, I can’t resist my desire for her blood and ...

A bargain that can save a soul and change a destiny. Chance I’m a fire demon of Abaddon, and honestly, my life is good. I’ve been blessed with good looks, a rewarding job and plenty of ways to satisfy my various hungers. Leading the Last Chance demons in our efforts to reform human souls keeps me busy and entertained. I just never expected my job to offer me anything like perfect lust or eternal love. The day I targeted Josh on a snowy mountain, I knew everything was going to change. He awoke a hunger in me that only he could satisfy. But how could I get him to overcome his fear and ...

Kalib Fontana had searched two hundred years for a peaceful home far away from his cursed past. As his realtor, Shasta Hemingway, welcomed him to the Fox Chapel estate resplendent with the lingering scent of dinner and her perfume, he allowed himself to imagine for one wonderful moment he'd found both. The moment shattered when David found him--David, the one curse that refused to be forgotten. As always, his dangerous past wanted him, and worse, this time it wanted vengeance.

Unwrapping a puzzling package and finding a clue launches twelve-year-old cousins Sophie and Jessica into the dangers of The Treasure Key. They're soon racing against time—and bad guys— to find long-lost treasure. Will they be the first to discover its hiding place?

How far will they go to save their comrade? Sun up or down, mortal souls still need transition and protection. Only the special units of Tascryn demons known as Anom'tan are able to work under the light of the Creator's blessing. These day walking demons are a close-knit group, and they take it personally when their two youngest members are attacked. If the missing one twin isn’t saved, the other will be lost too. To save their lives, the unit must work together to track down the ones responsible and find their missing comrade. But all their magic and power may be meaningless if all the ...

A blood demon on the run and a widow haunted by the past. Kry’n – As a rogue blood demon on the run for his life, Kry'n believes he's beyond redemption. He lurks in the shadows of her homeless shelter not just for easy prey but to be near her, his only salvation. In Jane's eyes, he finds hope for a better life. Is saving his soul even possible? Jane struggles every day to find value in her life. After she caused the fire that took the lives of her family, she’s unable to forgive herself. Despite her overwhelming guilt, she continues fighting a karma darker than her ability to stay ...

Being a great leader today is much harder than you think. Meet Jim Barton. He’s a newly minted CEO, rising leader of a firm in transition, and manager of massive complexity - thanks to our incredibly networked and increasingly unpredictable world of business. What if you were in his shoes?

Athair… After hiding from humanity for over a century, the Eagle Clan of Valàfrn werewolves must search for mates or face certain extinction. Athair has put aside his own needs to raise the clan’s orphaned children, but now he faces the hardest part of parenting—letting go. When it seems as if their destruction is inevitable, he’s forced to consider putting his trust in humanity once more. Hope… After a traumatic injury as a teenager, Hope struggles every day against her fears, fighting to maintain her own small safe world. But one night she’s suddenly attacked by what she can ...

A thousand years in the future, man in all his forms has spread out across the universe. Some races have chosen to live apart and others have attempted to live together, building diversity colonies. One of those is the Planet Rahla and its moon Acacia. But not long after the colony began, it erupted with violence and fell into a civil war between humans, vampires and werewolves. The massive bloodshed was ended with the Acacia Treaty which divided the two surviving races. Humans held Rahla and the vampires were exiled to the domed moon colony of Acacia. The treaty is resented by extremists ...

When twelve-year-old cousins Sophie and Jessica take a class at a chocolate factory, they don’t expect to see bad guys in such a sweet place. Strange happenings make them wonder if they’ve uncovered another mystery, and they’re soon in danger. Can they find The Chocolate Spy in time?

A Collection of the Amethyst Series.

Toni Giovanni is a thief...although she prefers to call it the high-risk recovery business. Her current job feels suspiciously easy - until a mysterious artifact draws her into an ancient prophecy and binds her soul to a spirited dragon named Amethyst. But Toni isn't quite ready to be taken over by a dragon, even if Amethyst's appetite for sexy archaeologist Dr. Ben Davis mirrors Toni's own.

Children and dragons just want to have fun, and the beach is the perfect place for fun! Add in mermaids and it looks like things can't get any better! The problem is, the ocean can also be a dangerous place. Prince Vash and Princess Charlotte are warned that sharks are in the water.

Death is nothing at all. Grief is very real. My husband had a stage 4 cancer diagnosis at 52 and died at 61 years. We had years to plan and explore our plan to write this book together, if possible after he died. I was a grief counselor for Hospice across his whole disease process. The After Death Communication stories of my clients gave us hope that not only would death not truly separate us, but could begin a different form of a continuing relationship. He agreed to provide proof for me that his consciousness survived after his body died. He did just that. This book is our story.

It takes more than power to rule Hell. It takes love. Three generations of royal demons are driven forward by destiny and desire. Grant, his mother Sadrina and her father, Sadaen all get their chance to find real love sometimes in the most unexpected places. Of Blood and Blessings When a relatively young, half-demon named Grant is "outed", he's forced to leave behind the comfortable life he'd built. While fighting his would-be assassins and denying his inexplicable addiction for a human girl, Grant promises to do whatever it takes to make Amelia happy. Blood Reign In order to protect her ...

Angel and Killian fell in love as teenagers and they grew up together, believing that nothing could destroy their passionate devotion. But when fear of losing her drives Killian to take a dangerous risk, his gamble proves to be the very thing that will tear them apart. Now they stand on opposite sides of the thin line where good and evil meet, and only one will walk away from this last chance at redemption. Please note: This story features a popular character from my romance books, but Misplaced Fate is not "romance". I just love Angel enough that I wanted to share her dark past, so that ...