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The Rookie
Officer Katjana Jordan knew she wanted to be a cop from the time she was a teenager. Nothing made her life more complete than putting on her uniform and heading in to her shift each day. Until she met Detective Patrick Rivers and Detective Brian O’Leary, two of New York’s finest in more ways than one. Handsome and drop-dead sexy, they gave her an offer that she would be foolish to refuse. They would be her trainers so she could take her detective exams and earn her gold shield. Both men had one more thing to offer--themselves and a relationship built for three. Kata was attracted to them both and found herself saying yes to a fantasy only few would dare to. In their arms she found passion that ignited her mind body and soul, and her world seemed like it was taking off in leaps and bounds. It only takes one little bump in the road to derail things. It came when she least expected it, and left her doubting the two men in her life. Will Kata end up losing the cops she was falling for and her career as well?
Forever Yours
First Lieutenant Samuel Ward was finally home and he hoped for good. The Government pulled the last of the troops from Iraq, and after three tours, he was one of the last to go. In Turner Montana he was met with a hero’s welcome and was settling back into his routing at his ranch. One night on the way back from town he spotted alone figure dragging to heavy suitcases alone the side of the road. When he pulled over it was the girl he had been in love with since he was fifteen, Kasha Matthews. She finally left her abusive boyfriend and had nowhere to go. There was no if and or buts about it, Samuel took her home where he could keep her safe. Together they shared Christmas and he had the woman of his dreams finally in his arms. To him she was a like a scared doe, Sam knew he had to take it slow and easy to win her heart. But when passion burst free from them both and her angry ex comes calling, he saw she was not as fragile as he thought. The big question is would she stay or go? His love was the biggest gift of all he was offering and was in jeopardy of being shattered if she said goodbye.
Reviewer: Beth Hardy
Review: Mar 28, 2012
Genre(s): Contemporary, Romance, Multicultural / Minority
After being in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend Joe, Kasha is taken in by a longtime friend, Sam. Sam has loved Kasha since they were kids. The timing never really seemed to be right, but will this be their chance at love? The holidays are coming and everything seems right between them. Is it enough to last forever and can Joe do as he promised and hurt both Sam and Kasha?
Forever Yours read very q
A Pirate's Sacrifice
A walk on the beach always managed to clear Kimberly's head at night. With the smells of the island in her nose and the warm surf at her feet, nothing could be better. Until she saw a man floating in the water, and from the time she dragged him to safety, he turned her life upside down. Duncan Fergusson turned out to be more than a drunk tourist. He was a Scottish pirate who traveled through time. He took her breath away with passionate kisses and a need that couldn't be denied. This was all in the midst of helping him understand this new world he now lived in. Kimberly never felt like this before, and her heart was at stake. Would she find her happiness in Duncan's arms? Or would the pirate of the Dark Reaper hurtle back through history with her stolen heart in his possession?
Reviewer: Arianne
Review: Feb 9, 2012
Genre(s): Romance, Multicultural / Minority, Fantasy
Duncan and his crew of pirates have been sailing the seas in search of British ships to plunder since the British had come onto his land in Scotland and killed his father. After taking his mother and the rest of the family to an uncle, he left them, and went to sea. However, Duncan did not go alone but brought some fellow Scotsman with him. While trying to raid a ship, a blue light comes out of the ocean and
Flights of Fancy
Jonathon Cavanaugh fell off a ladder after hearing a sexy conversation with him as the star. He looked up to see the woman of his naughty dreams, Fancy McKee. Fancy owned and ran Fantasy Cakes an erotic bakery that was the only one of its kind in Merry, North Carolina. From the time Jonathan met this gorgeous woman he had the urge to sample her lips like one of the cakes she made. When she decided to take care of him after his fall, he saw it as the perfect opportunity to make his move. He'd heard the rumors and saw the look and comments the people of Merry gave her. Jonathan didn't care about her past. He grew up in this town and knew half of what was said was lies built on a shred of truth. There was more to her than anyone thought, and he relished the idea of finding each new layer. Could the new love they found survive the stigma of a small town mentality? Note: This title is a re-release.
Uh Oh It's Magic
Morgan Sythe expected when he moved to Coral Cove he would finally get the peace quiet and relaxation that he could never find in Boston. His past of using his fists haunted him, and he wanted to leave that all behind for something new. Instead with one rub of a dusty cobalt blue bottle he ended up with a matchmaking genie. The genie stood larger than life and made it his mission to set Morgan up with his sexy neighbor down the beach. Morgan assured the magical being he needed no help when it came to the affairs of the heart. In fact he planned to make a move on the love woman in his own time. He saw a hint of sadness in her eyes which he wanted to erase. But Samson the genie had other plans on how fast he should move. Lily Marquette came to the small costal town to escape a past that always seemed to find her. She hoped on the sandy beach and in the warm sun she could make a new life away from the chaos that her life used to be. Her sexy neighbor seemed to run hot and cold. One minute he was kissing her senseless and the next he was forgetting he left her notes. Plus his best friend was the size of the jolly green giant and wore slogan T-shirts. She didn't need any more complications in her life. But when Morgan held her and made her body ache with desire, Lily wanted to risk it. She just prayed that the secrets she was running from didn't catch up and drive him away. Note: This title is a re-release.
Outlaw's Delight
When he was a lawman Simon Boothe thought of justice like a best friend that would never do him wrong--until he was on the wrong side of the law for a crime that he didn't commit. To clear his name he had to become one of the men he apprehended, an outlaw living on the outside of a society he once protected. The only place he could go was the one place not even the Pinkerton's dare tread, Dessert Gulch nestled in the Santa Fe mountains. There he found Delight Blue, an ebony goddess who ran the Copperhead Bar. Her eyes held as much fire as the gun she carried on her hip, and he tasted the passion when he kissed her lips. They joined forces to bring down the man who had done them both wrong. All the while the desire that simmered between them became an uncontrollable fire. Simon knew that one way or the other their fate was irrevocably entwined. Come hell or high water, he intended that after the last hand was dealt, the exotic Delight would be his forever.
The Right Christmas
Word Count: 20,600
My perfect Christmas, that was what Zariya Huette was looking for when she headed out of Anchorage to New York City for Christmas. Her company had placed her there for the past three years to head Aphrodite Perfume. What did she get? Sucky Christmas holidays stuck in a place where she didn’t want to be. So when the opportunity to go home for the holidays came around, she jumped at the chance. And while she was there she would beg to be relocated to the city she loved.
Who knew the small plane she was in would crash in the mountains of Alaska. No one would expect the pilot would hike off for help and never come back. Half frozen and exhausted, she stumbled to the door of Patrick Vallen and into his arms. Instead of having her perfect Christmas, she was snowbound in a cabin with the blizzard from hell coming in. But when Patrick kissed her socks off and then sent her out to chop wood, tempers flared, but passion flourished. Zariya may have been in search of the perfect Christmas, but she might end up with the right Christmas. If she doesn’t kill him first…
Reviewer: CYD
Review: Apr 7, 2011
Genre(s): Contemporary, Multicultural / Minority
All Zariya wants is to be transferred back to the New York office and as far away from Nowheresville Alaska as possible. When the opportunity comes for her to return for some promotion work in the run up to Christmas, she's ecstatic. The plane doesn't make it to civilization, it has to make an emergency landing, and the pilot goes off to find help, and promptly forgets all about his passenger. With darknes
When Wolfe Calls
On the outskirts of Washington DC, he ran in his shifter form, a wolf, alone with no pack streaking through the forest and exulting in the call of the wild. When Wolfe McCoy picks up the scent of kerosene and hears the plan of men trying to eliminate their victim, he follows them to a home in the middle of the woods. He smells the fear of the woman inside, and he knows that walking away from the mystery is impossible. Being the leader of the group Bad Boys Inc., Wolfe usually hands out the assignments, and now he is knee deep in one of his own. When he catches sight of Victoria Ballentine, he knows he has to save her and to possess her. But will the beautiful preservationist be able to see past the wolf to the man he is when his nature is revealed?
Reviewer: CYD
Review: Mar 15, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Multicultural / Minority, Shapeshifters
This was a captivating interracial romance.
Victoria Ballentyne runs a wildlife sanctuary. Her problem is that developers are trying to secure the mineral rights to the land which the sanctuary stands on. She needs to get funding to purchase the land outright and keep the land safe from destruction. At a black tie event, Victoria’s attempts to secure funding have been met with rejection and in at
Angel Mine
Book Length: Novel
Heat Level: Hot
Word Count: 60,700
Happiness, fear, lust, greed, anger, love... Those emotions surround us every day. Do you think you could handle feeling all those emotions from everyone by just stepping outside? Iris has lived her life in hiding because of this, and being part of the world was more than she could bear. The only person who could ever get close was Adam, and she ran away from him too. She turned her back on the only man who ever loved her, and now she needs his help to save the world. The gift she thought was a curse turned out to be more than she have could possibly imagined. With secrets revealed Iris’s world has become surreal.
Adam has never stopped loving Iris. Even the time they spent apart never dulled his passion for the woman he rescued long ago. When he saw her standing on his doorstep shaking from pain and cold, it was as if nothing ever changed. She asked him to believe, to understand, and now together they are in a battle for their lives. Will the love that never ceased to simmer carry them through the coming storm, or will it be left to blow away in the dry desert sand?
(Warning: This title contains sexual, violent, and/or gory scenes that may be offensive to some readers.)
Reviewer: CYD
Review: May 2, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Erotic Romance, Multicultural / Minority
I usually steer clear of stories about Angels and Demons, although I always enjoy a good v evil faceoff- so long as good wins. Iris is an empath, one so powerful that she endures constant pain and bombardment by the emotions and thoughts of those around her. A virtual recluse, she has found a retreat from her pain by moving to Barbados. Being able to maintain her first friendship with a Bajan woman whose t
Scaredy Kat
Genre: Interracial Paranormal Romance
Book Length: Novella
Heat Level: Hot
Word Count: 20,000
Sometimes it's hard being a witch. Katrina Julio, fondly nicknamed Kat, sees herself as a mousy woman who is more into books and spells than looking for love. After another Halloween season comes around, and she goes to another party alone, Kat is fed up. She goes home and conjures a spell to find her true love. Who knew what summoning the magic would bring right to her door.
In another realm, Gareth is in a fight for his life. He is the Warlock of Herion, and his world has been taken over by Genesis who has stolen the “Gem of Chale.” Gareth was about to be destroyed when heard a soft voice repeating the words of a love spell. He finds himself being pulled through time and ends up on Kat’s living room floor.
Now Kat must learn to channel the power that is buried within her to help save Gareth--a man who has stolen her heart--and help him save his world! Love traveled through time to join them. Will it survive what is to come?
Reviewer: Arianne
Review: Jan 12, 2010
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
On one Halloween night, a witch, Katrina or Kat, created a love spell to bring her lover to her. The spell ripped through space and brought a wizard named Gareth. He was about to die on the battlefront of his planet when the love spell saved him. Since the love spell created a rip in space Gareth kept going to his home planet and coming back to Earth and each time he would be in pain. Kat finally closed the r
Mating Season
No Place to Run - Regina Paul
Word Count: 24,000
Lin Chen carries a strong bloodline from the Bunun tribe. On the run from an abusive ex-husband, she has left her native Taiwan hoping to draw her ex away from her family. Driving through North Dakota, she encounters a winter blizzard which forces her to stop on the Standing Rock Reservation. There she meets Kyle Little Eagle, a medicine man. While, it isn’t long before they are close, her ex is not far behind. Can Lin overcome her fear of men and let Kyle help her? Can love and a mutual connection to the spirit world prevent her worst fears from being realized?
Flights of Fancy - Dahlia Rose (Interracial)
Word Count: 19,000
Spring not only brought flowers and sunshine. But it got Tate Hildebrandt outside on a ladder to paint his sexy landlady's building. He fell off the very same ladder after hearing a sexy conversation with him as the star. He looked up to see the woman of his naughty dreams, Fancy McKee. Fancy owned and ran Fantasy Cakes an erotic bakery that was the only one of its kind in Merry, North Carolina. From the time Tate met this gorgeous woman he had the urge to sample her lips like one of the cakes she made. When she decided to take care of him after his fall, he saw it as the perfect opportunity to finally make his move. But with Fancy there is more than meets the eye. Can the new love they found survive the stigma of a small town mentality?
Midnight Shift - Brenda Steele
Word Count: 20,500
Lori lives in an alternate world of humans and shifters. The two barely get along, and recent laws made to track the shifters' movements have not helped relations at all. Lori, a human, with no ambition other than to work at a bookstore that serves nocturnal shifters meets arrogant tiger shifter, Chase who is a college professor. Under normal circumstances, Chase would not look twice at a human, but the fact that he is days from entering his mating season is playing havoc with his senses. Now, not only can't he hide his claws and his furry ears in public, he cannot stop hunting Lori. Despite political unrest in their city, Chase will make Lori his lover.
A Hare's Breadth - Dorian Wallace
Word Count: 17,500
As part of a shape shifting family and having a witch as her best friend, Robin’s life is by no means normal. Things are about to take an exciting yet dangerous twist when a band of Italian gypsies make their way into her life and her heart. Will the man that saved her from being killed bring Robin more peril and heartache than he intends, tearing them apart or cementing them together forever?
Reviewer: Danni
Review: Jul 21, 2009
Mating Season is a four author anthology featuring the following stories - No Place To Run by Regina Paul, Flights of Fancy by Dahlia Rose, Midnight Shift by Brenda Steele and A Hare’s Breadth by Dorian Wallace.
In "No Place to Run" Lin Chen is on the run in an attempt to save her family from the wrath of her ex-husband. Lin meets Kyle in the middle of a snowstorm and Kyle is instantl
The Collettes: Willa
The saga of The Collette sisters comes to a close with this thrilling third installment! The final battles draws near.
Betrayed by the one person they thought they could trust, Willa Collette had to fight for her life as she and her family fled the one place they could call home. To protect her sisters, she leaves them behind in search of her piece of the Lazarus amulet and her mate who has called her from another plane.
Tyson Finn is now her eternal love and together they travel to New Mexico to complete their destiny. In ten days the final battle will be fought for the fate of mankind. The vampire sisters and the allies that have joined their quest will travel to the lair of Carthos, where the balance might shift and forever change the world.
Reviewer: Arianne
Review: Dec 7, 2008
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Erotic Romance
This is the 3rd part of a trilogy so to get the whole story of what is going on you should read the first and second book in the trilogy. Willa has been hurt in battles that happened in story two and while in pain she is contacted by her mate Tyson. This is news to Willa since she did not think she had a mate yet. Tyson tells her to come find him. She escapes from her two sisters and sets out alone to fi
When Love Commands
When Sergeant Daniel Butler met Major Claire Kirkland in the heat of the Iraqi War, it was love at first sight, and he swore to find her after their tours ended. A whirlwind stateside romance, however, was cut short by his next deployment. Now retired from service, Claire continues her work and worries for Daniel's safety, waiting for the love that bonds them to come home. Will Daniel survive his dangerous missions to take command of their passion once again? Elements: Interracial (BW/WM)
Reviewer: Diana Coyle
Review: May 2, 2008
Sergeant Daniel Butler was enjoying a little R&R with his men in the middle of the Iraqi desert. They had run so many missions without a break that Daniel begged his commander to allow the men some down time. They decided that they were going to throw a beach party for themselves with small wading pools and children's floating devices to boot. They were making the best of their circumstances.
While the
Reviewer: Arianne
Review: Mar 17, 2008
Sola is a 299 year-old female vampire who shares a destiny with her two identical sisters. When the sisters turn 300 years-old they have a quest. On their birthday they must go look for an amulet that will give the person who wears it the ability to walk in sunlight and many powers a vampire would love to have. Each sister gets to turn one person, man or woman, into a vampire and their mate. For Sola it is a
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