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Red Hunger

When the sexy trucker he's fantasized about turns out to be a CIA assassin-and a vampire-whose team needs his help to bring down a drug dealer, bartender Vince West lets go of inhibitions he's harbored too long and admits his sexuality, allowing himself the freedom to share his bed with Jas. But in agreeing to help the Night Squad, Vince gives up his dreams of returning to San Francisco. He knows he probably won't survive the sting, whether it's the drug dealers who get him.or the vampires.

Jas Tudor and his team need Vince to lead them to a drug kingpin, but Jas' interest in the handsome bartender with the ultra-sweet blood goes deeper. He lures Vince out of his protective shell and enjoys taking him to unimaginable heights of pleasure, even as Jas counts his regrets. His team is swift and destructive, and rarely leaves behind survivors. If Vince doesn't end up as collateral damage, the vampires will mind-wipe him when the operation concludes, destroying his memories of their magical time together.

Reviewer: Sandra
Review: Jan 5, 2012
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, GLBTQ, M/M, Vampires
Bartender Vince West knows to keep his head down in the biker bar he works at but he can't quite hide his attraction to the truck driver Jas Tudor. But when Jas shows an interest in the side business of Vince’s boss, Vince knows for certain to keep clear. That is until Jas and his team show up at Vince's home explaining that they are there to take Vince’s boss and the leader of the drug cartel down repentantl

Comes the Wolf

Heiress Madeline Randall Forsythe is on the run for her very life, hiding in a small Washington town as "Randie." Fleeing a deadly family secret, she plans to move on every couple of months to stay alive. But the night she’s due to leave Silver Creek, a blizzard, a crunched fender and a rescue by a handsome stranger complicate her escape. While she knows relationships are impossible for a fugitive, she seizes her own destiny and lets Aidan rock her world, even as she knows the closer she gets to strangers, the more chances she has of getting caught.

Tracker Aidan Chase has been hired to find the missing heiress, and the two hundred and fifty thousand dollars she stole from her father. His werewolf senses make him an ace at his craft and he's never failed to find a target. But from the start this proves to be no ordinary case, and when he locates “Randie” Forsythe in a small mountain town, an old enemy complicates the job almost as much as the sexy heiress does herself. Aidan must make a choice: obey his own rule to never get involved, or follow his gut instinct and protect the woman he senses is his heart mate.

Reviewer: Chris
Review: Nov 4, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Erotic Romance, Werewolves
Madeline knows something is wrong in her home and when she stumbles on papers explaining everything she's horrified and motivated to run for her life. Moving every few months is the only thing she can do to stay one step ahead of her father and his goons. What she doesn't count on is her father hiring someone to hunt her. He's hired a man who has never fails and doesn't intend to start now. Aidan knows

Alpha Heat

When Commander Jace Weston of the Universal Guard tracks a fugitive into the harem of a royal palace, he never expects to find an ally--and a lover--in the nubile princess of the rival kingdom. Forbidden to marry or even dally while on duty, Jace doesn’t dream about things he can never have. But when he meets the courageous princess condemned to a loveless marriage who dreams of nothing but finding love, he learns some things are worth wishing for.

Political climates change like the direction of the wind, and Princess Tamara understands someday she will have to marry the unpleasant prince of her neighboring kingdom. But when she is rescued from a grotesque alien fugitive by a drop-dead sexy soldier, Tamara seizes the opportunity to choose her first lover. The three-day journey back to her kingdom filled with scorching sex turns into more than just astounding physical delight, and Tamara fears she cannot live without the touch of the strong soldier who has stolen her heart.

Reviewer: STrimble
Review: Jun 30, 2011
Genre(s): Science Fiction
"Alpha Heat" was not what I expected from the title. I assumed this to be a werewolf book. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised to find it was a story about an alien fugitive, a stubborn princess, and a sexy guard. Crystal Kauffman did a great job creating an alien planet, complete with wildlife, plant species, and even scenery. The imagery was vivid and fascinating to picture. The story flowed at a wonderful

Wild At Heart

What is more passionate than forbidden love?

Penny Thompson’s impending marriage to a prissy easterner she’s never met signifies the end of her idyllic freedom. A tomboy at heart, she’d rather work her family’s cattle ranch from the back of a horse than bake and sew. The thought of marrying a man she doesn’t know is bad enough, but when she meets a half-breed Indian who ignites her desire, the idea of a wedding night with a stranger she doesn’t love turns abhorrent. John Black Feather’s touch causes a storm of passion Penny fears she cannot live without.

The son of a Navajo chief and a white captive, John Black Feather has always walked between two worlds. Conceived and educated specifically to help the tribe’s relations with the spreading white world, his dalliance with Penny Thompson could ruin his father’s decades-old plan. But Penny enflames him and drives him to take foolish risks for their love…even though he knows a future with her is impossible.

Content warning: Passionate, sweaty sex in the out-of-doors. 


Claiming Lady Marianne
Length: Novella
 
After Marianne is caught en compromise with another woman, her husband, the vicious Viscount Cobham, is enraged. He remands Marianne to the care of her beastly grandfather with orders that she take a lover—a male lover. She is to get herself with child by the time he returns from his travels in six months. He will have his heir, one way or another. Marianne’s grandfather charges his stable master with the task, and Marianne is bound to her bed every third night to await the burly man.
 
Michael Ainsworth is no stud horse, and Baron Thurlow’s task is too ghastly to consider. But Michael longs for a glimpse of the pretty girl who used to cling to the paddock fence to watch the horses. When he finds her terrified and unwilling, his honor demands he protect her—despite the heartbreaking knowledge the viscountess can never love a lowly servant.
 
Reader Advisory: Contains simulated acts of rape, but no highborn woman was harmed in the making of this story.
Reviewer: Audrey
Review: Jul 23, 2010
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Historical Romance, Regency
Abused both physically and mentally, Lady Marianne sought solace in the arms of another woman – but she didn’t expect to be caught in the throes of passion. After the discovery of her indiscretion she is promptly shipped off to her grandfather’s house. There, though, she finds she is to be treated no better than a brood mare for the next six months. Michael has loved Lady Marianne from afar

The Clash
Genre: Vampire Paranormal/Urban Fantasy
Length:Novel
 
Cvetelina Maldonova knows Agent Almaden wouldn’t have come all the way to Romania to ask for her help if he wasn’t forced to--he can’t stand her undead guts. He’s the most pigheaded human she’s ever met. And having lived for six hundred years, she’s met a lot. Not only does Robert believe he can cure his son of vampirism, he won’t listen when she tries to tell him an assassin has him targeted. He’s going to get his fool neck bit, and Cvetelina knows she’ll be blamed if he returns to his agency in a coffin. Whether he likes it or not, she’s sticking to him like glue. At least he’s easy on the eyes, and when Cvetelina looks into his cool blue ones, she can almost see daylight again. 
 
But when he’s dosed with Tourin and goes mad with sexual need, that’s the last straw. She grabs the nearest thing she can find to restrain him; the sex-ties in her bedroom. Suddenly Robert is bound and helpless, and things are looking more interesting. What to do, what to do...
 

Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, menage (m/f/f), same-sex practices (f/f). 


The Collision

Genre: Vampire Paranormal Ménage

Previous Book: The Combat

Balin Renforth has served the Guardians loyally for six hundred years, protecting innocents from vampire scum like Fitch Galloway. But he cannot deny the nagging familiarity Fitch inspires, any more than he can deny the irresistible curiosity stirred by the other man.

Fitch Galloway recognizes Balin immediately, though he never knew of the man’s ties to the magical Ancient Fae which gave him the powers he used to transport them to the outer limits. The Guardian has clearly grown a stick up his ass, yet Fitch cannot deny that saving him more than six hundred years ago was the best thing he ever did, and Balin has become an honorable man he cannot help but feel proud of. But that's not the only feeling the handsome Guardian stirs in Fitch...

Reviewer: Angi
Review: Jul 7, 2010
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Erotic Romance, Menage / Multiple Partners
There’s a saying that goes “you should never assume, it just makes an ASS out of U and ME.” This is something that Balin Renforth and Fitch Galloway have to learn. They both make assumptions. They make them about each other and the slave girl, Gladiolas, they get stranded with.   When an illegal vampire pleasure palace is raided by the Guardians, of which Balin is a member, things get

The Combat

Genre: Shape-shifter/Vampire Urban Fantasy Paranormal
Length: Novel

Amidst a cataclysmic war between the Guardians, an ancient sect of gargoyles charged with policing vampirekind, and a maniacal vampire king who intends to enslave humanity for the sinful pleasures of vampires worldwide...

Desperate to locate her missing sister, Gabrielle Langston travels to San Francisco expecting to find Linna in a fanatical Goth community of wannabe blood suckers. Instead Gabrielle discovers real--real!--vampires, sexy gargoyles, and an undead prince intent on claiming her as his bride.

Though it's been over eight hundred years since a vampire killed his young wife, the scars on Davin McCain’s soul still burn deep. He has risked his life for the Guardians for eight centuries, yet never again has he risked his heart. But when he rescues feisty Gabrielle, drugged by the vampires to make her insatiable, Davin is lost to the charms of the pretty, green-eyed human.

Gabrielle's dangerous idea to infiltrate the vampire coven is the only chance the Guardians have to finally locate the vampire’s “Palace,” but Davin realizes while he’s just found the mate he wants by his side for eternity, he could lose her in mere days.

Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Exhibition/voyeurism (scene includes anal play/intercourse, moresome m/f/m/m), sex in shifted form, violence.
 

Reviewer: Terri
Review: Jun 16, 2009
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Erotic Romance, Urban Fantasy
Gabrielle Langston came to San Francisco after her mother died to find her sister, Linna. As she roams the streets, she finds her sister who looks horrible and is determined that she cannot go without Gabrielle. She tries to warm Gabrielle away but Gabrielle is determined that she is not leaving without Linna. Gabrielle enters a rave club with Linna and a “friend” of hers only to fi

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