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Graham was just trying to make her father happy. She didn't know what his obsession with the Lanning family was, but she would go with him to visit the Lannings to appease him. The last thing she expected to find there was a mate, and it seemed her father knew all along. Graham was beyond pissed-she was set up. Rider just wanted her to go away before he could claim her. It had been foretold that when he found his mate, that the one hunting them would find them and many of the Lanning family could die as a result. He didn't want to lose anyone, especially his mate. He would die himself before he let that happen. Their nemesis Sonya's reach was long, even from the grave. But even her death won't stop what's coming. She started the wheels of fate turning centuries ago, and they're picking up speed. Can all the Lannings come together to stop it before it's too late? Find out in the conclusion to the Lanning's Leap Series-Rider.

Richard James is a very old vampire and was already an immortal when he joined Rembrandt's team. Old grievances and heartaches, committed decades ago, still haunt him today. The murders of his mate and brother can be placed on a single culprit-Lucia Alverez. Ryiah isn't happy. It's do as her sister says or suffer the consequences. She can handle the beatings, but being locked up in a cell again with no sunshine or earth is more than she can bear. Ryiah is fae and needs these things to survive. So when her sister says to bring her her mate, Richard James, the second lord of the Highlands castle of Ireland, that's what Ryiah sets out to do. Vampires and fae are mortal enemies. The blood of the fae is like an intoxicating drug to a vampire, turning the vampire feral. Rick knows immediately that the beautiful woman is fae, but that's not the problem, there are other fae at Rembrandt's compound and Rick has no problems being around them. But this one...there is something different about her.... From the moment he touches her, he knows that she's his mate...the mate he didn't want...and to make matters worse, she is the sister to his mortal enemy-Lucia Alverez....

No matter how hard she tried, Kimber Gray always seemed to manage to get knocked back down a peg or two. She was a top rate chef and graduated at the top of her class, but no matter how hard she tried no one would acknowledge it. Now, blackballed in the only profession she knew, she was a failure to the one that mattered most-her daughter, Hannah. With no recourse left to her, she'd have to grovel and beg her aunt for help. Lee Emerson was glad to be back home for a while. He loved what he did, being a food critic and helping failing restaurants was a dream job come true. But he was tired of the traveling and just wanted to take care of things around the house and relax for a change. Slone, Hunter's mate, wanted to open a fancy restaurant and have Lee run it. He wasn't so sure about that, but he'd love nothing better than to hire that chef that had prepared the last meal he'd had in France before he left. It was the best meal he'd ever eaten, and he had been disappointed when he found out the man had left before he could tell him so. The slush claiming to cook the meal, wasn't the cook and he'd bet his last dollar on it. Kimber had had it. Her aunt had gone too far this time, and there was no way she'd expose her little girl to such meanness again. They'd live on the street first, and she was trying to tell Slone that she wasn't a charity case. That she could provide for her daughter somehow, when the most gorgeous man she'd ever seen cornered her, snarling that he'd protect her with his life. Ah, hell no. Who in the hell did he think he was?

The saga of James Barringer/Ricardo Montoya continues as one man with two names carries on his battles with Apaches and outlaws on both sides of the international border between Mexico and the Arizona Territory. Ricardo Montoya is in love with beautiful Maria Bustamante, the daughter of a Mexican Don, who ultimately rejects Ricardo because of his violent lifestyle. A short time later he meets Christina Aragon, a Spanish beauty who has arrived in Mexico for an arranged marriage between the Aragon and Soto clans that will seal the bond for mutual mining investments by the two families. Ricardo and Christina are powerfully attracted to one another and Christina must determine if she is willing to sacrifice family values and obligations to be with the man she loves. Ricardo is spellbound by this woman with beautiful Spanish eyes and will go to any lengths to win her.

Maggie Allen's world of corporate money and power comes crashing down after she is taken in by a man who is only out to use her for his own gain. After she is released from a short stint in prison, she refuses to give up even though no one will give her a second chance. She loses everything she's worked for and is forced to move to the other side of town where she is determined to make a new life for herself. Her life would be perfect if it wasn't for Brant Evans, a corrupt police officer, who makes it a point to constantly remind her about her past and all that she has lost. She can't understand his vendetta against her, but she refuses to be intimidated by him and is not afraid to stand up to him no matter the consequences.

Little did Maggie know when she woke up that this was going to be a day that changed her life forever. While waiting for her sister's visit, Maggie gets embroiled in a web of terror as she is targeted by one of the most evil men after she witnesses one of his crimes. As the killer tries to find her, she turns to a handsome detective and a well-known news reporter for help. Maggie has already had a terrible loss in her life, and she will not let the killer destroy her happiness, or take the lives of those she loves.The book takes the characters on a ride of suspense as the killer follows closely, confident he will be the winner in the end.

Captain Olly Johnson has twice used his stolen Bussard ram jet, the Longboat, to blackmail human colonies into giving him large amounts of gold. That makes him humanity's first interstellar pirate, even though his ship travels slower than light. One more profitable raid, and Johnson thinks he, his family, and his First Mate John Larsen can retire, and never have to worry about money again. Approaching a third star system after an eight-year (ship's time) journey, the pirates have found mysteries they cannot solve: an entire population of a human colony missing and an unknown, alien-looking ship in orbit. When the alien ship comes after them and they can't outrun its superior technology, they have to decide to fight or surrender. And Johnson isn't the type to surrender. Have they stumbled into a galactic war, or are they about to start one?

Colin McCullough gets the phone call that all military families dread--his brother Hawkins has been shot. Colin only wants to thank Hawkins's commanding officer for saving his brother's life, but he can never seem to get past the guards in the hospital's hallway to personally thank the man. Major Lauren Burcher is all Army and head of a special task team usually sent in to clean things up. This time, her team is ambushed by friendlies, and Lauren and her best man Hawkins McCullough barely make it out alive--they were set up. Someone wants them both dead. Another attempt on Lauren's life in the hospital fails miserably, and when Colin scoops her up in his arms to place her back in the hospital bed, he finds a gun pointed at his forehead at point blank range. In that moment he realizes this bad-assed scary woman is his mate. Lauren wants no part of this mate business. Relationships get messy and this jerk is bossy as hell. And Lauren doesn't take orders...she gives them. But it will take all of them, his family and hers, to keep her and Hawkins alive....

Mike Edwards and Jason Kennedy are smokejumpers making their way through an underground facility hidden deep in a nature preserve. Stacey Cartwright is a young woman the smokejumpers rescued along the way. They must stop a secretive mining conglomerate from abducting people for illegal and unethical human experimentation. Miles of tunnels, dozens of armed security guards and a nano-machine controlled sasquatch stand between the trio and shutting down the operation. Their training and resourcefulness is all they can rely on to keep them safe.

Jesus' disciples asked the same question that lays in every heart: What is the sign of the end of times? Driven by the quest for fame and power, Father John Russo, Rev. T.N. Thompson and bio-geneticist, Matthew MacDonald create a human clone from the DNA of Jesus. Into a world that is desperate for peace, answers and prosperity comes a spiritual leader like no other.This modern day Christ's following expands rapidly and for the next three years the world changes. But MacDonald knew there was something wrong, something missing and something dark lurking in the shadows. After threatening to reveal the clone's true nature to the world, MacDonald is hunted across a global landscape, littered with bodies, in order to silence him before he reveals the truth that can stop the prophesied end.

Ripped from heart and home by galactic farmers, Ray and his co-workers are taken hundreds of light years across the galaxy and left to fend for themselves. When he begins hearing a voice in his head and is unjustly blamed for the deaths of his friends, he is separated from them and is led to a gentle race of aliens called the Draasen. He experiences a new way of life with responsibilities and challenges he never could have imagined. He is accepted into their society, but at a high cost to his dignity when he is led into protecting and birthing their eggs. When the galactic farmers arrive to take the Draasen population as fodder, the Draasen's fate becomes entwined with that of the nearly extinct human race and their mutual struggle to survive.

Christiana McKenzie, Chris to her friends, was at her wits end. She and her sister, Angel, were born witches. Their mother had warned them that to use their powers would bring on another witch hunt, and they'd risk being burned, just like their ancestors. Her sister didn't heed their mother's warning and now Angel was dead. Angel had lived long enough to tell Chris that she'd left something for her with a man by the name of Bentley, then she died. Chris had to track down this Bentley no matter the cost.... Joseph Bentley almost had everything finished: the house, the barn...everything. In a few weeks it would be finished and he would be able to move into the house and get the ranch going. But the progress wasn't going fast enough to suit him--he was lonely. Micah had come out to tell him that the sister of the girl that died to protect him was coming to see him, and he was hoping that the nightmares since the incident would stop. Micah wanted him to come out to the main house and be there when she arrived. But the limo delivered the woman to Joey's house instead of Micah's. Joey couldn't believe it, the hostile woman was his mate...and more than he could have ever hoped for.... Whether or not Chris wanted a mate or not was irrelevant, Joey wasn't letting her out of his sight. And when she found out that her mother had lied to her--she wasn't an ordinary witch--and that others would come to try to possess her. If they couldn't do that, then they would kill her to possess her powers--she needed help. The Bentleys ban together to save one of their own, but will it be enough? Can they even fight the powerful magic that's targeting Chris and Joey?

Two Men Joined By Fate... Asher and Kiaran were joined at birth by the dying decree of the Dragon King--literally. Asher had his own bit of magic as a 3,000 year old immortal, and Kiaran was his dragon shifter. Out in society Kiaran was a part of Asher--absorbed into Asher's body--only being able to separate in dragon form. At their birth home, the two men could exist apart from each other as men. They protected each other, and would until their dying breath if it ever came to that. They shared everything...that is until Essie came along.... Essie was doing her best to hide from a mother that didn't even recognize her own daughter. The witch had poisoned her with a scratch and if Essie wasn't healed soon she'd die.... Sick or not she didn't want anything to do with that handsome, overbearing barbarian, Asher, nor that rude dragon that protected him. She was doing just fine on her own. But Asher had other things on his mind and after a while brings Essie around to his way of thinking and makes her his wife, but Kiaran brought up a valid point--Essie was his mate too.... Could Essie find it in her heart to love both men equally? To share the bed of both--together? Asher's five brothers and their dragons watched the scenario unfold with bated breaths. The subject had never been broached, and all their futures hung on the outcome....

The Stanton Pack1.Brayden2.Christian3.Julian4.Colton5.Levi 6.Wyatt (coming 12/23/19)Rachel Spencer, Ray to those that knew her, was barely hanging on. She had called for help, but her father had nearly killed her before help had arrived. Unless Hailey could help her, with the magic given to her by Dane, Ray's prognosis for a normal life wasn't good. Levi Stanton had been talking to his sister-in-law, Hailey, through their link. She had told him all about Ray and that Ray might be his mate, or Wyatt's. Levi hoped she was, he had known Ray's grandmother and loved the woman, but he was also terrified to find out. It was the fear of the unknown.Levi was happy to find out that Ray was indeed his mate, but Ray's decision to get help from Hailey would be Ray's alone. Hailey, however, was afraid her blood wasn't strong enough to help Ray, so Dane stepped in. Ray would need all the strength she could get to face her Aunt Caroline.Caroline Spencer was on her way to town. No one told that woman no and lived to tell about it. And that was exactly what Ray was going to tell her too. There was no way on this earth that Ray was handing her little brother, David, over to that tyrant. She'd die before she let that happen.

Shapeshifter Romance. This full-length novel can be read as a stand-alone.The Whitfield Rancher1.Evan2.David3.Joshua4.Adam 5.Adrian 6.Blake (Coming 11/4/2019)Mason Jane Barnhart had nothing left to live for. She was dying and there was nothing anyone could do about it. Rather than suffer a long agonizing death, she wanted it to be on her terms. She'd let the icy water claim her, and if she was lucky, she wouldn't suffer.Oliver Whitfield had been watching the girl. He couldn't believe that anything could be so bad as to want to take her own life. But when she jumped from the bridge he had to go in after her. His tiger, bigger and stronger, would have to save her. When they got her to shore, Evan said that changing her was the only thing that would save her. Oliver didn't want to, but he couldn't let her die. He had a strange feeling that she was supposed to be the mate to one of his sons.Adrian wasn't sure he was ready for a mate. The timing wasn't right. He still had so much left to do while running for public office, and if word got out that she tried to take her own life, he'd have that scandal to deal with too. But when he caught her scent, he knew, she was his and all thoughts of not being ready for a mate fled his mind.When Mason opened her eyes, she was fit to be tied. She wasn't supposed to be here, she was supposed to be dead. That's what she wanted. What had those meddling Whitfields done now?

Nick Stark had known Addison West for quite some time. Although they'd never met in person they shared the same nightmare--both were unwilling participants. However, through these dreams they had formed a bond between them. And a telepathic connection. So when out of the blue, Addie contacted Nick and told him she had seen some things that she shouldn't have and she was next on the killer's list, Nick didn't hesitate to come to her rescue. Nick had known for some time that Addie was to be his--why else would they share the same dream? But he was in no hurry to form emotional attachments. Never having much in the way of a decent family life, he didn't know much about love. And with the deep emotional scars he bore from an abusive childhood, he didn't want to bring that burden onto another soul--especially Addie. Addie had her own baggage. Her father had been forcing her to marry an abusive man--he told her it was her duty as his daughter to obey him. Addie wasn't having any part of it, so she ran.... She had been hiding for the last five years. Nick may not have wanted any attachments but he couldn't ignore the beauty he'd rescued. But there were things he had to tell her...about all of them...about Steele Bennett's group. He wasn't sure how she fit into all this....

Sarah Andrews is one smart cookie. She's a top-notch attorney, educated at Stanford and freshly fired from one the best legal firms in Indiana. Her love/win record is 0-3 and as she approaches her thirtieth birthday, she decides she needs a quiet, safe place to regroup. She decides to go home to Dodd. But Dodd, Indiana is far from safe once she comes face-to-face with Richland Conrad Cooper. Rich and Sarah go way back to high school. Rich was teen-girl kryptonite-athletic, charming...persuasive-and Sarah was not immune. She fell hard, certain she'd found true love. But it turned out to be nothing more than the first of her love tries and fails. She thought time had shored up her defenses, but one look at Rich makes her heart do flip flops. It's like the moment where unrequited love gets a do-over, the only problem is...Rich doesn't remember who the hell she is. That hurt, and no matter how hard Rich tries to make up for that initial faux pas, Sarah won't forget. She has learned-if a guy steals your heart, breaking his is quid pro quo. Only when Rich is served with a custody challenge of his two daughters does Sarah call a truce. Working together, Rich can't help but totally fall for her. She's cold and rude, forcefully pointing out their differences and his flaws every chance she gets. But the heart wants what the heart wants, so Rich tries even harder to convince her she isn't meant for any other guy, but him.

Robinson Destruction1.Thatcher2.Morgan3.Houston4.Beckett5.Jonas6.DawsonA fresh start was what Rogan Hall needed. A small town, out of the way, where no one knew her or her brother was where they'd start over. She worked from home, and they kept to themselves. The only thing Rogan couldn't give up was her early morning run. Like clockwork, she ran every morning, and again, like clockwork, the same family would pass her on the country road heading to who knew where. The little boy in the back seat would wave at her with such enthusiasm, it made her heart melt. However, that morning, everything would change. Only moments after the car passed her and drove around the bend, she heard a loud commotion. Another car barreled past her, and she found the quaint family's car overturned and on fire. Rogan did the only thing she could do, she saved them.Thatcher Robinson was on duty at the hospital when his parents contacted him through their link and told him about the accident and what to expect when the ambulance arrived. Thatch, his dad, told him they had to save the woman by changing her, but her burns were severe, and his dad wasn't sure that the new tiger would survive.When Rogan regained consciousness, she was unsure where she was, but she knew she was different. She could feel the tiger move just beneath her skin. Rogan knew very little about shifters, but what she did know had her cringing. Why someone would take it upon themselves to change her, she didn't know, but when the young doctor, Dawson, said his brother was her mate, she was furious. If the big, bad, Thatcher thought he was going to order her around, he had another thing coming....

Queen's Birds of Prey Series1.Mercy2.Blaze3.Judith4.Piper5.Remington6.EsmereldaMercy and her warrior sisters had been around for several millennia, their time of fighting in wars and conquering kingdoms now a distant memory. Before Queen Dante passed, she'd graced her prized warriors-the falcon, hawk, eagle, phoenix, vulture, and owl-with humanity as well as immortality. A gift that Mercy, to this day, was having difficulty coming to terms with. Living as a human was not what she was born to do, nor what she wanted to do. Being an immortal in a life she didn't want left Mercy feeling angry at the world and turned her into a workaholic. As an intervention, Blaze arranged an extended vacation and guilted her into taking it. She made all the arrangements and wouldn't tell Mercy where she was going, just to be at the airport and do as she was told.Joel Oliver needed this job. Finances were tight, and Blaze said all he had to do was chauffer a rich woman around town. What he would receive would catch him up on the mound of bills piling up and keep the roof over his-and his thirteen-year-old daughter, Miley's-head for a few months longer. Miley was in a wheelchair-and as a result, had a lot of medical bills-but he loved her more than his own life. However, Joel was about to bite off more than he could chew.The woman was gorgeous, and he found her snarky, hateful, attitude amusing until she interfered with how he was raising his daughter. Now, all bets were off.Mercy would normally laugh in the man's face for his hurtful remarks, but for some reason, her heart shattered instead. After a night of the most mind-blowing sex she could've imagined, he was treating her like it all meant nothing.... She had just realized he was her mate, and he hated her....

Marcus is a young man, full of life and innocence, yet his homelessness cast a spell of yearning for adventure and a better life. He wants that adventure and to return to a normal life someday...but that day isn't today. Eliza, a beautiful vampire, seduces him into a world like no other. Their young love and hunger drive them together and also pull them apart too. Marcus ventures out on his own as a newborn vampire and experiences all the emotions of rage, anger, love, lust in order to become the man he is today. This is the birth of Marcus.

House of Wilkshire Series1.Devon2.Noah3.Jackson 4.Connor (Coming 8/5/19)5.Matthew (Coming Soon)6.Cole (Coming Soon)Jackson William hadn't seen his father in centuries. Now his father was dead, he was now king, and the dragon council wanted to hold him responsible for his father's crimes? And there had been many. The truth would be his salvation.Nicole needed a job. A job that would put a roof over her head as well. She hadn't had a decent meal in a week. But the ad didn't say there were faeries and witches. Where there were faeries, there were dragons and Nicole was petrified of them. And with good reason.The poison from the dragon bites flowing through Nicole's veins left her weak and in a lot of pain. She was a mere human, and her body's inability to heal from the bites left her vulnerable to new dragon attacks. Now this dragon, Jackson, was claiming to be her mate? Would this nightmare never end?

Vicki Carver had seen all the carnage from what appeared to be some kind of battle and just stopped long enough to see if the big man was alive or dead like the rest of them. That large broadsword in his hand had her keep her distance. Pitching a pebble or two at his face should arouse him if he was indeed still alive. Davis Brown was thoroughly exhausted, but he couldn't ignore the small stones pelting his face. If it was more malefactors to fight he'd just have to let them do him in. He was too tired to fight again so soon. To his surprise it was a woman--not just any woman--but a feisty vixen who was not only beautiful but could see the malefactors. That meant that she was either magical or one of them--a warrior--his mate.... Vicki had her own demons to battle and to be thrown into a mystical battle with Rembrandt's warriors to save their world from being overrun by malefactors wasn't anything she had planned for, much less this mate business. Who did he think he was anyway? But she couldn't seem to resist the hot, sexy man that brought her to the compound....

Demi Morgan was good at keeping her identity hidden, so when an attorney found her at a restaurant she owned, she was more than a little angry. Very few people knew how to find her, and she took her privacy seriously. His news that her mother had passed, several months ago, did nothing for her. Her family had never wanted her, and in turn she didn't want them either. He knew her family, and he understood her feelings, but the will had to be read.Reluctantly, Demi made her arrangements to travel back to her hometown in Ohio. Her intentions were to either decide to stay, or to sell the home her grandmother had left her. Living in the same town as her brother and sister didn't appeal to her at all. When her brother, Nathan, coldcocked her in the elevator, an unlikely savior came to her rescue, Madden McCray.Demi wanted to hire Madden to be her bodyguard while she was in town. Madden said as much as he could use the money, he told her he already had a job, but his brother, Lucian could use the work.Lucian wanted to meet Demi before he accepted the job, and when her scent hit him between the eyes, his bear rolled over him-she was his mate. But reality hit him like a freight train. She had money-a lot of money-and he and his family had always been dirt poor. He wanted his mate too-more than anything, but he'd have to get past his pride first....

Sam is hot under the collar, and it has nothing to do with the summer swelter! The frail woman waltzed into his office on a steamy Saturday in July, wanting Sam to exonerate her husband of the charge of murder. But the murders occurred over nineteen years ago and the man in question was killed in prison some months back. But that wasn't the worst of it! It just so happens that her husband was Carlo 'the Confessor' Andolucci, the once notorious Purple Gang member. Sam knew this name all too well...Carlo Andolucci had brought devastation to the Flanagan family while employed by Abe Saperstein, head of the group of thugs that terrorized the streets of Detroit. There was no way he'd take on this case to help this woman...or would he? Once he discusses the matter with others, he begins to hear a side of Andolucci he didn't know. Had Sam held on to a belief that was wrong all these years? Only by rethinking his decision to take on this case will answer that. Only by agreeing to investigate would he ever find the truth.

She wanted to live a normal life. He wanted to end it. Orphaned at birth and raised in a cloistered convent, Lizzie Chambers knows nothing of her parentage; even her name comes from the pages of a book. When she is forced to leave the convent, she soon finds out life is nothing like her cherished Austen novels. Trapped in an unhappy marriage and questioning her own sanity, her only solace is her beloved flower shop, Enchanted Garden. When her husband is killed and her store burns down, both under suspicious circumstances, Lizzie finds herself fleeing a demon she has no clue how to stop or even why it has targeted her in the first place. But Gideon York knows. As a member of the Order of the Triple Goddess he is charged with protecting Lizzie and others like her from the dark forces seeking to destroy these rare and powerful women. When their growing attraction tempts Gideon to break his sacred vow and Lizzie's own powers threaten her new found family in the Order, she can no longer deny her destiny. To protect the people she loves, Lizzie must find the courage to face the demon alone and risk the ultimate sacrifice...her life.

Thomas Lanning likes things neat and orderly. He bought the house he grew up in and just about has everything remodeled the way he wants it. He's happy with the house and wants a mate someday...that day isn't today. Linyah pops in to meet the Lanning Leap, she is expected, just not today. The last thing she expects to find is a huge handsome male who takes one look at her and he gets pissed off. "This day just went from good to shit in a matter of heartbeats, didn't it? I don't suppose you have a mate, do you?" She shook her head. "Of course not. That would just make it too nice and easy. I wonder what else is in store for me. Plague? The bank go belly up?" Linyah took a step back when he took one toward her. "I need to touch you." "Thomas?" He turned them both to his mom. "Thomas, is she your mate? Is this your mate?" Linyah isn't any happier than Thomas is. She has been very successful in avoiding any entanglements with a male until now. She has even managed to avoid, Timmer, a forced arrangement brought on by her sister, their Queen. Even though Thomas isn't happy about Linyah's arrival, he's even less happy about Timmer. Linyah's his mate... Timmer's been promised Linyah's hand by the Queen and isn't about to take "no" for an answer...

New York Times Bestselling Editor Editor Hillel Black believes Finding Grace Again combines the page turning excitement and emotional impact of The Big Chill and Eat, Pray, Love. It is the heart breaking, heart-warming story of one woman who loses everything and must begin again. A thirty-something stay-at-home-Mom, Regan feels like she's living the perfect life until she walks into her bedroom, and finds her husband having sex with a younger woman in their marital bed. She thinks her worst nightmare has come true until something even more unspeakable happens. Her beloved five-year-old daughter Grace is killed in a car accident. The horrific accident occurs while Regan is in a fit of anger, raging with one hand on the wheel and the other hand is firing off a bitter text to her cheating husband. After an inevitable divorce and the sale of her dream home, Regan has no idea how she can cope or what she should do next. The only life she ever knew was the one she had designed with what she thought was the perfect, ivy-educated attorney husband, the Martha Stewart-style home and the white picket New England fence. She retreats to the Berkshires in Massachusetts to find herself. She meets a cast of characters during a weekend at an inn that help her see more painful truths. Then she comes face to face with a guest who may be the answer. But she wrestles with the dilemma of diving into the arms of a safe, protective man and another plan. Instead, she decides to walk away from the man she may love and venture out on her own and risk the unknown. She learns that life isn't about planning. Life is for living. And then she finds Grace again.

Stephen Silva is a three thousand year old vampire. He is too set in his ways and has existed too many years to find a mate now. But the woman did save his life. He couldn't just let her die, could he? Clarice Kelley, Clar to her friends, is hiding out from her stepfather and has been for several years. She's a loner and prefers it that way, because she always winds up getting hurt whenever anyone gets too close to her. She only killed the vampire because he would have killed her friend. Now the vampire she saved won't leave her alone. He doesn't want her and makes no bones about it, but he won't just let her go either. "I want you." She didn't say anything, but didn't pull away from him either. "Let me take you the way I want, and I'll give you so much pleasure you'll never want anything else." "And then what? You'll toss me to the street again? Or will you turn me over to my stepfather? You're a great deal like him. Did you know that? Ordering people around as if you're the king of the world." A new mate is a handful enough, but when an old lover, one he'd condemned to the ground for eternity resurfaces, is anyone safe? Velvet December has sworn revenge on Stephen, but what will she do when she discovers he has a new mate? Stephen and Clar are formidable as a couple, but will it be enough to stop Velvet? How many more have to die? Find out in the next installment of Samuel's Pride---Stephen

"I'm Misha. Say it please. I want to hear you say my name." Her breathless reply had him ginning. "Not Mr. Lanning. Misha. Say it, Hannah. Say my name so I can kiss you properly." "I don't know how. Know how to kiss at all." He brushed his mouth over hers, happy with her confession. "You should stop now." He ran his tongue over her lips and watched as she ran her own over her lips, as if she were tasting him there. With a small groan, he took her lower lip into his mouth and suckled it until she put her hand on his arm. Her breathless "Don't" made him want more.

After reaching a particularly low point in her dreary existence, 24 year old Camille Reardon decides it's time for a change. Having spent her life as an attractive, yet plus size young lady, she many times found herself bullied and tormented. Over the course of the summer, every aspect of her world will become transformed. Cam meets a group that will become great friends. They see her as a wonderful and worthy human being. Included is Jax Waldron, a passionate and oh so handsome bar singer. The group is inadvertently stranded together on an island, and must all work as a team to stay alive. Cam will face many dangers and fears during the summer, but none frighten her more than the feelings she has begun to experience towards Jax...