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Author: Dakota Cassidy | Website

Dakota Cassidy lives for a good laugh in life & in her writing. In fact, she almost loves a good giggle as much as she loves hair products & that’s saying something. Dakota's books are intended for mature readers (18yrs+)


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Accidentally Dead, Again

He was just looking for a night of fun.

After a wild work-sponsored Halloween party, entomologist Sam McLean wakes up with a spotty memory—and a pointy set of fangs. Sam’s one-night stand wasn’t just dressed

as a vampire; she had the bite to match. Somehow, Sam ends up at the OOPS office, where paranormal crisis counselors Nina, Marty and Wanda give him the down-low on accidentally becoming a creature of the night.

What he got was an eternity of trouble.

Sam is speeding through the stages of newbie grief, until a woman named Phoebe Reynolds bursts onto the scene claiming to be Nina’s sister—resulting in a catfight that

ends with Phoebe’s luscious behind in the direct path of Sam’s fangs. Now, the OOPS girls have two fledgling vamps on their hands, and their powers—and the attraction

building between them—are unlike anything they’ve seen before…...


Waltz This Way

In her new novel, national bestselling author of Burning Down the Spouse, Dakota Cassidy takes on life, love, and championship ballroom dancing. Get ready to rumba.

Left without a partner...

When former ballroom champion Melina Cherkasov found out that her famous husband was cheating, she was devastated, especially since she was informed by a sleazy reporter on national TV. Thanks to an ironclad prenup and a scumbag ex, Melina has to pack up her dog and her dignity and take refuge in her dad's retirement community in New Jersey.

...it's time to take the lead.

To make ends meet, Melina puts her dancing shoes to use as an instructor at Westmeyer-a private school for boy geniuses. Teaching a bunch of hormonal teenagers to waltz is trying, but the school's sexy handyman provides ample distraction. Drew McPhee is perfect, except for one thing: He doesn't like dancing. Thankfully, the finesse Drew lacks on the floor is more than made up for by his skills in the bedroom. And after one steamy night, the ballroom diva is the one getting swept off her feet...

Reviewer: Mandy
Review: May 2, 2012
Genre(s): Contemporary, Romance
When Melina finds out her older husband has been cheating on her, it suddenly hits her why her keys no longer worked. When he announces their divorce on national TV, she returns to New Jersey, to her dad's retirement community. Since her dad has never liked her husband, he's more than happy to have her there. Then a resident, Myriam, introduces Mel to her nephew, Drew. The attraction is mutual, but Mel thinks

Wolf Mates (Collection)

Derrick Adams is not happy. His pack of werewolves isn't like all the others...

Derrick's brother Max found his lifemate in the pound, he has a cousin who's a vegetarian, and Xavier Wolf comes from a pride, instead of a pack. Lassiter Adams isn't exactly what he seems, either. Neither is his parakeet!

Now Derrick has a lifemate of his own -- and she isn't barking. You'll laugh, you'll sigh, and you'll need a fan, because these stories are exceptionally hot!

This collection contains the previously released novellas An American Werewolf in Hoboken, What's New Pussycat?, Moon Over Manhasset, and Ruff & Ready. Page Count: 347

Reviewer: Terri
Review: Jan 24, 2012
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Erotic Romance, Anthologies, Shorts, Werewolves
Wolf Mates (collection) really is a collection of stories by Dakota Cassidy. It’s four stories short stories that are centered around a most unusual werewolf pack. Each story has a werewolf in it finding their mate but with a twist. An American Werewolf in Hoboken starts this collection. Derrick Adams is the alpha of his pack. For some reason his grandmother, Eva has seen a prophecy that he will find his

Honey, I Shrunk the Werewolf!

“I’m a what?”

“A werewolf.”

“A werewolf who can’t remember he’s a werewolf because he has amnesia.”

That pretty much sums it up. The timing couldn’t be worse, too. Just when the pain of booting her asshat of a husband to the curb has started to lessen, Ella gets stuck babysitting his hairy amnesiac ass. Well…she is a psychiatric nurse, after all. In exchange for helping Crosby rediscover his inner werewolf, Ella has the pack’s word she’ll be granted a divorce. She’ll be free to move on. Maybe continue the Twitter flirtation she’s got going with @Hairofthedog. Hey, it’s a start.

But Crosby isn’t playing fair. No longer the Grand Poobah of Douchebaggery, with his memories gone, he’s more the charming, fun-loving man Ella fell in love with. How’s she supposed to hate him when he keeps smiling and charming and, oh yeah, screwing her six ways to Sunday? Though Ella’s body is game for more physical therapy, her mind hasn’t forgotten his betrayal. Crosby will need a damn fine excuse for what he’s done.

As it turns out, he has one—and it’s a doozy.

Reviewer: Terri
Review: Sep 24, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Erotic Romance, Werewolves
Psychiatric nurse, Ella Stills is sure she's lost her mind. Why else would she agree to take care of her husband, that she threw out of the house, who has amnesia and doesn't remember that he's a werewolf? Okay, she's doing it because she has the pack's word that they will grant her a divorce from his sorry self. Crosby Nash was on his way to the pack leaders with some very important information when he e

Burning Down the Spouse

If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen...the latest from national bestselling author Dakota Cassidy!

After discovering that her famous chef husband was cheating, Frankie Bennett lost her mind-on live TV. Now Frankie is broke, unemployed, and hiding out in her aunt's retirement village. That is, until Maxine Henderson-Barker-reformed trophy wife and owner of Trophy Jobs Inc. employment agency-arrives to give Frankie a much needed kick in the pants.

Soon, Frankie lands a job as a prep chef at a Greek diner in New Jersey, home to the world's best meatloaf and an owner who resembles an exquisitely chiseled Greek statue. Falling into bed with Nikos isn't the best idea, but after years of living in a man's shadow, this ex- trophy wife is ready to get busy cooking...

Reviewer: Lisa
Review: Jun 28, 2011
Genre(s): Contemporary
Dakota Cassidy's second book in her Ex-Trophy Wives series starts out with Frankie Bennett, wife of celebrity TV chef Martin Bennett, losing it on national TV, when she finds out her husband of eighteen years has been cheating on her with a younger woman. After divorcing Martin, Frankie retreats to her Aunt Gail's retirement village, where she spends the next 6 months hiding out and taking pity on herself.

Accidentally Catty

A purrr-fectly scintillating new novel from the national bestselling author of Accidentally Demonic.

Katie Woods never thought she'd be forty-one, divorced, and thrust back into the dating world. To start fresh, Katie uproots her veterinary practice to upstate New York-not exactly the hottest dating scene on the planet. But when an unconscious cougar appears at her clinic, Katie's newly single life gets a much needed jolt of the supernatural kind.

After Katie examines the cougar and leaves him caged overnight, she's shocked to find a big strapping specimen of young, hot man in its place. And when the scratch she got during the exam results in some unnatural side effects, Katie has more to deal with then her animal attraction to a much younger guy-she has to figure how to stop herself from becoming a cougar of the four-legged variety.

Reviewer: Lisa
Review: Mar 17, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Comedy / Humor, Mystery
Dr. Katie Woods, a divorced 41-year old veterinarian finds a 200 pound cougar on her front porch. During her examination, she is scratched, which causes some odd side effects. Not only that, but when she returns to the cage she put the cougar in, she finds a hot, young guy in his place. It looks like a job for OOPS (Out in the Open Paranormal Support). OOPS is the group the accidental friends (Marty, Wanda,

You Dropped a Blonde on Me

A delightful new romantic comedy from an author who "never disappoints."* (New York Times bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson)

She was the perfect party-planning, haute-to-the max trophy wife. Now Maxine Cambridge is broke, unemployable and living with her mother and teenage son in a retirement village, with her self-esteem kicked to the curb.

Until her geeky former classmate Campbell Barker returns, all grown-up- and off-the-scale smokin' hot. Campbell refuses to believe Max isn't that smart, funny girl he's crushed on since high school. The more Max tries to show him he's wrong, the more she rediscovers her long-retired mojo. Now, she's ready to throw down some payback on her ex-life and fight for what she deserves...

Reviewer: Maria
Review: Oct 28, 2010
Genre(s): Contemporary, Comedy / Humor, Romance
You Dropped A Blonde On Me is a hysterical look at one woman’s struggle to regain her self-esteem after being dumped by her rich older husband for a twenty something replacement. Dakota Cassidy is well known for her humorous writing style and sharp use of dialogue in her paranormal books and she’s brought that voice to her new romantic comedy series for Berkley Sensation. This is the first book in

My Way to Hell

A hilarious new romance that really turns up the heat, from the national bestselling author of Kiss and Hell.

After defying Lucifer to save her best friend Delaney, ex-demon Marcella Acosta has been banished to exist in the plane between heaven and hell-and there isn't a shopping mall in sight. After numerous failed attempts to contact Delaney through a bunch of hack mediums, Marcella's at her wit's end. But there's one medium she's hasn't tried yet, and he just happens to be Delaney's scorching hot brother Kellen- the one guy who never gave Marcella the time of day.

Reviewer: Robin
Review: Jun 19, 2010
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Marcella Acosta is a demon, or at least she used to be…now she is a ghost. Marcella has always been able to stay under Lucifer’s' radar. That is until he wants her to take the soul of her best friend and when she refuses he sends her sprit to limbo. This is a place where souls go until they figure out where they should be. The only way to leave this plane is for a real medium to call for her.

Accidentally Demonic

The devilish new novel from the national bestselling author of The Accidental Human

When mild-mannered Casey Schwartz wakes up in jail, she has no memory of how she got there. But after her sister, Wanda, bails her out, Casey has more to deal with than a foggy memory-like abrupt mood swings and fireballs shooting from her fingertips. But things really head south when a vampire shows up on her doorstep...

Vampire Clayton Gunnersson is seriously hot. And seriously taken-by a demon. In a ritual gone wrong, Clayton tried to get rid of his unwanted bond, but spilled some demonic blood on Casey, getting her possessed in the process. Now, Casey has to share her body and manage to keep her growing attraction to Clayton in check, because falling for her demon's boyfriend just might get Casey killed-from the inside out.

Reviewer: Wendy
Review: Dec 24, 2009
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Comedy / Humor
One day Casey Schwartz's life consists of babysitting two rich brats twenty-four/seven and making sure they don't get into trouble. The next, she's in jail for assaulting an off-duty officer at a club with no memory of it. Oops doesn't begin to cover it. Come to found out, she's now a demon; actually, half a demon; due to a freak accident with the hunky vampire Clayton Gunnersson. Apparently, he spilled&

Kiss and Hell

Hell's not the only thing that's hot in the sinful new novel from the author of Accidentally Dead.

Delaney Markham doesn't just see dead people, she hears them too. And FYI—communicating with tortured souls all day can really wreak havoc on your love life. Sans boyfriend, Delaney makes the best of her gift by holding séances to make ends meet—that is until one incredibly annoying ghost just won't go away.

Besides being sinfully hot—in a college professor sort of way—all signs point to Clyde Atwell being much more than the ordinary spirit. In fact, he's a newbie demon whose first assignment is to take Delaney back down to hell with him. Yeah, like that's going to happen on the first date.

Reviewer: Robin
Review: Apr 29, 2009
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Delaney Markham has been seeing and talking to ghost for the past fifteen years. Helping lost souls get to the other side sure makes for an interesting life. Between her day job and acting as a medium, Delaney has no time for a social life. Several years ago Delaney got on the bad side of the devil and he vowed that Delaney and everyone she loves would end up in Hell. With the heap of a de

The Accidental Human

Immortality bites- new from the author of Accidentally Dead and The Accidental Werewolf.

Wanda Schwartz is raking in the dough selling Bobbie-Sue Cosmetics-and she's a pro at recruiting new saleswomen. So, she's shocked when a man comes to one of her in-home parties-a very hot man. Heath Jefferson is sure to put some extra spin into a lot of women's color wheels.

When Wanda is diagnosed with a terminal illness, it doesn't have to be a death sentence. With a werewolf and a vampire for best friends, she has options that most ordinary people wouldn't. As Wanda ponders what to do about her mortality, Heath reveals he has secrets, and one of them is that his former bloodlust has turned into an old-fashioned lust-for Wanda. And he's already given up too much to lose the love of his lifetimes.

Reviewer: Wendy
Review: Feb 24, 2009
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Comedy / Humor
Wanda Schwartz is bringing in the money selling Bobbie-Sue Cosmetics. She's also fast becoming a pro at recruiting new women for the company. What she never thought would happen is that a man would show up at one of her recruiting parties. A really gorgeous one, no less!   Heath Jefferson's desperate for some cash. He went from having a mansion and tons of it to having nada and when he founds out how m

Accidentally Dead

It's a lousy first day on the job for Nina Blackman when a patient, loopy from the anesthesia, bites her. At least he was cute. But for real drama she can't beat the next evening. Nina wakes up with a set of razor-sharp fangs, bionic vision, supersonic hearing, and a taste for blood. But there's a good explanation: It's her patient, Long Island vampire Greg Statleon. Actually they're perfect for each other-if Nina's willing to commit to one man for eternity.

Reviewer: Terri
Review: May 23, 2008
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Comedy / Humor
Nina is a girl with an attitude and a potty mouth. She's had some employment issues but just started a new job as a dental hygienist when her very first patient bites her. He even draws blood! He didn't mean to bit her but the anesthesia reacted badly with him. Now, Nina is in a panic. Her boss sent her home to get over the bit but when she wakes up over 24 hours later, something is seriously wrong with

She-Roe

Andy Greer is just minding her own business selling ladies footwear when Rotham City's infamous AAAAH -- or The Association for the Advancement of All American Heroes -- comes to kidnap, er, collect her.

Clarke Khent, the world-renowned Collector, comes to collect Andy with the declaration that she's biologically related to one of the most famous crime fighters in the history of crime fighting and now, because her DNA matches, she must participate in a program to determine if she too has special abilities.

Uh, thanks but no thanks! Andy's only superpower consists of hunting down her favorite prey -- Jimmy Choo shoes. Labeled an "unwilling" and thrown into a class full of descendants who really are related to crime-fighting hierarchy, Andy's left in a hot mess of tests and classes she's told will hone her supposed skills. Which is caaaa-razy because Andy has no super anything. Except for her growing super -attraction to Clarke Khent, now one of her instructors, and someone who's totally off-limits to unwillings like herself.

But evil lurks in the heart of Rotham City.

It wants Andy. And her Jimmy Choos too...

Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable.

Reviewer: SamanthaAnn
Review: Jan 17, 2008
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Sci-Fi / Fantasy Romance, Comedy / Humor
Who ever heard of a school for the children of super heroes? Well, that's what we get here and Ms. Cassidy shows us all the secrets with her usual quirky characters and off-beat sense of humor. We find out that the school is not only for training children how to use the powers they may have inherited but also to keep an eye out for those who may not have the community's best interests at heart. Of course o

The Accidental Werewolf

When Marty Andrews gets bitten by a mangy mutt while walking her teacup poodle, her blond hair darkens, the hair on her legs starts growing at an alarming rate, and her mood swings put her dream job as a sales rep for Bobbie-Sue Cosmetics in serious jeopardy.

Then a drool-worthy man shows up at her door claiming that he accidentally bit Marty. And since he's a werewolf, she is now, too. Thinking Keegan Flaherty is clearly insane, Marty refuses to believe a word until a kidnapping makes her realize there's more at stake than just her highlights. And she must put her out-of-control life in the hands of the man who makes her blood run wild in more ways than one...

Reviewer: Tamazon
Review: Jan 4, 2008
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Chick-Lit
When a Bobbie-Sue associate, aka May Kay in our world, gets bit by a werewolf her life slowely starts to change. Marty Andrews does not want to believe that she is changing and is in total denial of the situating. It takes a whole lot of convincing to make Marty accept that her life has to change and that she can no longer trot around the town like a debutant. If she screws up and lets people see her change s

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