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Love Notes
Love is never a lost cause, and sometimes all it takes is a few special words written down to make all the difference in the world. Wayward cupids, lonely vampires, long-lost loves, and mysterious strangers come together in this collection sure to warm to your heart and steam up your screen. Read our Love Notes--four Valentine's stories from four outstanding romance authors Sam Cheever, Helen Hardt, Sloane Taylor and Xakara and then maybe write a few letters of your own!
Rodeo Queen
Catie Bay has worshiped much older Chad McCray since she was a child. When she fumbles a seduction attempt after her graduation from high school, she flees to Europe. Four years later, she returns a beautiful, worldly woman, and Chad takes notice. Is the rodeo queen still in love with the sexy cowboy, and is he capable of returning her feelings?
A Cowboy and A Gentleman
Newly divorced Dallas McCray wants a sweet country girl like his sister-in-law, so why is he lusting after the new veterinarian in town, striking New Jersey transplant Annie DeSimone? Also divorced, Annie yearns to leave her difficult past behind and start a new life in beautiful Colorado. Sparks fly between her and handsome cowboy Dallas, but attraction and emotion aren't always enough.especially when a cowboy has vowed never to make the same mistake twice.
Ivy League Cowboy
Dusty O'Donovan, an accomplished bull rider, isn't afraid to ride El Diablo, a feisty stud whose owner, Zach McCray, is offering $500,000 to anyone who can stay on him for a full eight seconds. Though Zach refuses to let a woman ride his bull, he's intrigued by the headstrong Dusty, who he last saw when he was thirteen and she was six. Sparks fly when they're together, but will Dusty's secrets tear them apart?
Calendar Boy
Forty-five year old erotic romance author Stacy Oppenheimer has always been an introvert, and her recent divorce has left her scared of her own shadow. But when her favorite cover model, Michael Moretti, corners her at a writers’ conference, she swallows her inhibitions for a moment and teases him a little.
Michael Moretti, age thirty-six, knows his career as a cover model and exotic dancer is rapidly coming to an end due to his age. He has his own reasons for attending this conference—find an attractive older woman who he can woo into keeping him in the lifestyle to which he’s become accustomed. Lovely Stacy Summers fits his requirements nicely.
With Michael’s help, Stacy begins to overcome her shyness and engages in some exciting activities both outside and inside the bedroom. But she’s nobody’s sugar mama, and she makes that clear to him when she finds out his ulterior motive. Too bad for Michael, who finds out he just might be in a little deeper than he thought.
Reviewer: Josie
Review: Sep 27, 2011
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, May-December / Age Gap
Stacy Oppenheimer is a forty-something erotic author who lives out her sexual fantasies on paper. Her real life is much different. Stacy is a shy introvert, a divorcee from a passionless marriage, and has never had an orgasm.
When she attends a writers' conference and meets cover model, Michael Moretti, she's taken in by his amazing looks. What doesn't make sense is why he, a younger and better looking man,
Pianist Envy
Huge success has so far eluded musician Jane Rock. Coming from a modest background, she’s had to work hard for everything she has. When a music agent attends one of her rock band’s performances at a local club, she thinks her big break has finally come, until an inebriated—though handsome and muscular—patron spoils her show.
Classical pianist Chandler Hamilton has had most of his success handed to him due to his family name. He has his reasons for detesting rock music, but he finds himself drawn to beautiful and talented Jane. Although the two sizzle between the sheets, outside the bedroom they bicker endlessly and envy what they perceive as the other’s good fortune. When Jane needs a favor, Chandler resists. Can love blossom amid clashing notes and tempos?
Loving Eve
Belly dancer Eve Costello has a problem. She’s in love with both her roommates. Satisfied to simply worship them from afar, she’s unprepared when they drop a bomb. Jon and Brian are in love with her, too, and they want her to choose between them. Their solution? She spends one evening with each of them, allowing them to woo her before she makes her decision. Will she be able to choose one over the other? Or will she be condemned to choosing neither, leaving all three of them miserable?
Reviewer: Terrihawk
Review: Jun 23, 2010
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Menage / Multiple Partners
“Loving Eve” by Helen Hardt is a terrific story. Eve, Jon, and Brian have been roommates since college. Though they agreed back then to keep the relationship platonic, Jon and Brian have each fallen for Eve, and she has fallen in love with both of them. When the guys admit their feelings, Eve agrees to spend one night with each of them in order to try to choose between them. The trouble is, they
Lessons of the Heart
Western Historical Cactus Miniature
Rating: Spicy
Page Count: 114
Spinster schoolteacher Ruth Blackburn has accepted her fate. She's not meant for love, especially not with illmannered—though excruciatingly handsome—Garth Mackenzie, the widowed father of one of her students. She'll just have to ignore the fact that he makes her skin heat.
Garth Mackenzie is used to loss. The Civil War cost him his best friend and his ability to sleep through the night, and illness stole his wife and son. To avoid the pain of losing his daughter, he keeps her at arm's length, much to her teacher's dismay. Ruth Blackburn is independent and opinionated—just what Garth doesn't need. But her vibrant beauty and energy awaken feelings in him he thought long dead.
Can he let go of his past and open up to new lessons of the heart?
Cougar Club: The Cowboy and the Cougar
Contemporary cowboy erotic romance
A hot time with a gorgeous young cowboy is just what the doctor ordered for forty-year-old Holly Taylor. But after a night of amazing passion, she leaves discreetly. Life has other plans for her at the moment.
After the best sex of his life, single father Jack Sherwood isn’t ready to give up his mystery woman. When he runs into her several months later, he’s relentless in his pursuit, and he doesn’t care a whit about their eleven year age difference.
Holly’s life has taken a new course since her first meeting with Jack, and she’s convinced she’s not what he and his adorable son need. Can her new friends at The Cougar Club persuade her to stop running? Or will she lose the best thing to ever happen to her?
Reviewer: Terri
Review: Feb 2, 2010
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, May-December / Age Gap
Holly Taylor was having a really bad day, which is why she was having a martini at a bar. Nothing seemed to be going right today until a handsome cowboy buys her a drink. She didn’t want the drink as she had to drive home but after taking one look at the cowboy, she decides that she can get a room. With the looks that he was giving her, maybe he would join her even though he looked about
Slow and Wet
Book Length: Quickie
Jillian loves her gorgeous bronc-busting boyfriend, Dale. She just hasn’t told him yet. After a satisfying romp, she walks naked into Dale’s kitchen, shocked to find another hot cowboy. Travis likes what he sees and is eager to take up where he and Dale left off four years earlier—as two men giving one woman the ultimate pleasure.
To please Dale—and herself—Jill agrees. Under the Wyoming summer sky, she yields to the desires of both men. They cover her in her favorite beverage, Dale’s homemade honey-lemonade, and lick every drop from her body. But will this erotic encounter with four strong hands, two delectable mouths and two determined men lead to what Jill ultimately wants—Dale’s love?
Reviewer: ArtWay
Review: Feb 22, 2010
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Menage / Multiple Partners
Dale and Travis used to share everything, including their women. When Travis stops by unexpectedly he gets a glimpse of Dale’s lover, Jill, naked in his kitchen. Travis likes what he sees and decides to convince Dale to share Jill with him. Jill agrees and they spend one evening together showing her the incredible pleasure two men can offer one woman.
Although this book was a quickie the author still m
Got Wolf Anthology
Paranormal Black Bouquet
Rating: Spicy
Page Count: 296
Blood Wolf:
When mysterious Damian MacGowan saves Suzanne Wood from a gang of thugs in a small Scotland town, she's beyond grateful. But his possessive need to be near her troubles her. Damian doesn’t understand why he’s drawn to Suzanne. He knows only that he must have her, or he will die. As the two get to know each other, love blossoms. But Damian has a secret, and an enemy, that may keep him from Suzanne forever.
My Lord Werewolf:
A dark tale resides in the heart of England, the Cotswolds. Lord Connor Wolfe, Earl of Wolfhaven, lives in solitude within his ancestral home. Connor, the last of the bloodline, has vowed never to marry and produce an heir, for the earl holds a dark curse. He is a creature of the full moon—a werewolf. Cassandra Hollingsworth is a twenty-five-year-old spinster who has earned the title of “The Cursed One”. On a journey to uncover the mystery of her brother’s disappearance in the Cotswolds, Cassandra never imagined her life would parallel her favorite pastime--A gothic novel!
Reviewer: Lexile
Review: Oct 21, 2009
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
"Blood Wolf" by Helen Hardt
The first 95 pages of this novella Damien tries everything under the sun to mate with Suzanne. I mean literally--words, gifts, caresses you name it and he used the tactic. And three separate times he came just short of succeeding...until Suzanne's cousin Ashley interrupted with what has to be the worse sense of timing ever. It was almost like clockwork,
Montego Lay [Destination Pleasure]
Erotic Scarlet Rosette
The Wilder Roses
Page Count: 41
Vacationing at a Montego Bay nude resort, Lisa Brooks finds herself volunteering in a bondage demonstration on the beach. She’d like to continue the instructions with the Jamaican native, but the gorgeous resort employee has other duties to perform. Though disappointed, Lisa accompanies a friend to an erotic casino night where the chips are free and redeemable for sex. A night for a mysterious encounter? If only she could buy the island hottie she really wants.
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