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[Menage Amour: Erotic Sci-Fi Menage a Quatre Romance, M/F/M/M] Lira Pakan, heir to the Throne of Zhinshu, has vanished. Her zealots gather along the border with the neighboring state of Khubuk, awaiting the outcome of her father's pleas to the World Court. Captain Tanner Kepp serves in the elite Special Forces of Khubuk. When the captain is ordered to choose two men to accompany him to Land's End, an isolated compound on the maritime border between Khubuk and Zinshu, the last thing he expects to find is the missing princess. Captain Kepp, Arms Master Cer Watso and Sergeant Redda Till realize they must rescue her and avert all out war. The princess, however, has other plans. These men can be more than her rescuers. According to the law of Zhinshu, she must choose three men as consorts. Her people say: "one to guard the right hand, one to guard the left hand, and one to guard the back, always." ** A Siren Erotic Romance


Captured

Mari never expects to find herself in a cage in a cargo hold on a spaceship. She quickly learns from her captors she's headed to the meat market. When they try to return her to hypersleep, she resists. After allowing her to stay awake, Mari realizes her survival depends on connecting with the male in charge, Ekkatt. She must make him see her as a sentient being or she will end up as dinner. Ekkatt has never spoken to any human. They are valued for one thing, the money they bring at auction. The Attun race is vegetarian, but other species prize human flesh and bring in good money. Then the female with red hair speaks to him and forces him to admit she has a name. Mari throws Ekkatt's entire life into question, the biggest question...can he watch her sold to the highest bidder?

Reviewer: ELF
Review: Jan 24, 2012
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Science Fiction
“Captured” by Julia Rachel Barrett follows Mari Damon who wakes up into a nightmare where she has been ‘harvested’ from Earth and is being taken on a spaceship to serve as either meat or a slave. She struggles to convince her captors that she is a sentient being and eventually convinces Ekkatt Vom Baerkah Elae to revise his thinking about the ‘livestock’ he is transporting. Mari must find a way to avoid bei

Pushing Her Boundaries

[Siren Classic: Erotic Contemporary Romance] Maggie is done with men. Flying to Minneapolis, she's seated beside the type of man she always falls for. A sexy, arrogant alpha jerk. Mace Williams irritates the woman next to him. She's so damn sexy, he doesn't care. When their seatmate suffers a cardiac arrest, Maggie and Mace team up to save his life, but it's too late. In Minneapolis, Maggie heads to a restaurant with her sister, only to find Mace waiting. Worse, she learns he's the brother of her sister's fiance. Stuck in her sister's apartment with Mace, Maggie offers him one night of sex, anything goes. No obligations, no recriminations. Mace agrees...he wants more than Maggie's body, he wants her heart. Thrown into a disastrous canoe trip, they must work together to survive. Maggie must face her demons and trust Mace with her life. Mace is determined to save her, regardless of what the future brings. ** A Siren Erotic Romance


Come Back to Me

Heat Rating: 2

Word Count: 87, 221

Sometimes the safest path is to keep people at a distance…especially men.

Cara’s life has been one nightmare after another. Abused as a child and neglected by her parents, she’s quick to blame herself for every cruel thing that happens to her. And then there’s James, the only man capable of making her forget her misgivings and learn to love again.

James, a young doctor in training, is aware of Cara’s history. He’s determined to break through her barriers and build a life with her…and fails. Cara runs away in an attempt to reinvent herself and James fears he’s lost her for good. When she falls into the hands of a drug dealer and mob boss, life as they know it is about to get a whole lot worse.

Can their love withstand the demons of her past and present?
Be Warned: physical abuse and rape of heroine 


Daughters of Persephone

CATEGORY: Sci-Fi/Futuristic Romance.
ELEMENTS: Adult Situations and Moderate Sexual Content.
HEAT LEVEL: Garnet
LENGTH: Category
FORMAT: E-BOOK

Book One: Exile

Aja Bokinan, of noble blood, is the Thousand Year Empress who has grown to adulthood in exile. Throughout the Empire, women are banned from public life, have no legal rights, and they have become little better than property.

In an attempt to kill off the royal line and end all resistance, Aja is kidnapped by a General who intends to inject her with a lethal virus, hoping she will infect her family and Women of the Blood everywhere.

Kyr Aram, is a smuggler and secret Resistance fighter. He must find a way to protect Aja from both the General and a traitor on his own ship who wishes to see her dead. With the Thousand Year Empress, he gets more than he bargained for.

Book Two: Return

The Lady Ennat, has been sent by her mother to Resistance Commander, Karna Aram. She is a Blood decoy, her role is to protect her sister Aja, the Thousand Year Empress, and draw the bulk of the Coalition forces away from the Resistance fighters. Knowing she may not live to see tomorrow, she gives into her growing feelings for Commander Aram.

Karna Aram wanted the woman from the moment she set foot on his supply depot, but nobody touches a Princess of the Blood. He resists his bone deep desire until Ennat challenges him to pick up a sword and spar with her. All bets are off. Karna has a different kind of sword play in mind.

When the Ennat and her sister, Aja, are reunited, they know the Coalition is coming after them. They must risk all to save their followers, and the men they love.


Beauty and the Feast
CATEGORY: Contemporary Romance.
ELEMENTS:  Adult Situations, Graphic Language, and Moderate Sexual Content
HEAT LEVEL: Sapphire
LENGTH: Novel
FORMAT: E-BOOK
 
Eva Raines is an uncomplicated country girl who's all about food. Eva moves to the Napa Valley where her culinary skills come to the attention of the owners of a start-up, All Things to All People, and Eva finds her niche as a personal chef. Now all she needs is a man as perfect as her cooking, but she has serious doubts that such a creature exists.
 
When wealthy entrepreneur, winery owner, and noted lothario, Gabriel Abbott, makes plans to seduce his flavor of the month, his assistant hires All Things to All People to cater a gourmet dinner. Eva expects to use her way with food to showcase the startup. What she unexpectedly discovers is that her culinary skills showcase far more.
 
Once Gabriel finds himself seduced by Eva's voice, and the sensual flavors and textures of her food, his previous plans are quickly forgotten. He begins to obsess about meeting his little chef in person. But when Eva and Gabe finally come face to face, the question is, how hot will their fire burn?
Reviewer: Silvermage
Review: Apr 25, 2010
Genre(s): Contemporary, Romance
Eva is a caterer and Napa Valley chef, as well as the only daughter in a family of five children. One evening Eva is hired by Gabriel Abbot to cook dinner for himself and his gal. This dinner sets off a chain of events that leads to Eva cooking more dinners for him and a big attraction between them. When Eva gets in a motorcycle wreck Gabriel is there for her. Beauty and the Feast was a fun read with a wonde

My Everything

Ben McCall’s wife and unborn child are dead, victims of an assassination attempt meant for someone else. Overcome by grief and guilt, he disappears. When his best friend and business partner is in danger Ben resurfaces, only to find his friend isn’t the target of a murderer, Ben himself is along with his sister Angel.

Then Ben comes face to face with his first love. Though Ben tries to keep Grace out of danger, as the passion between them reignites she, too, becomes a target of the stalker. Grace, Angel and Ben must individually and together use their skills to stay alive as they struggle against a man who has nothing to lose and is willing kill anyone who interferes with his quest for vengeance.

Reviewer: Edie
Review: May 2, 2009
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense
After the unexpected death of his wife and unborn child in Jakarta, Ben McCall disappeared into the hills of Costa Rica allowing everyone including his family to believe he was dead. Only his best friend and business partner knew he was alive.   A year later, he receives a coded message from Tom letting him know that someone knows he is alive, and he may be in danger. Suspecting that it may be Tom who

Anytime, Darlin'

A young runaway is found unconscious. Jake McKenna is one of the first responders. She’s desperately ill and has been beaten and sexually assaulted. Jake saves her life and is determined to protect her from the man who is equally determined to destroy her. Ultimately Jake realizes he must allow her to make her own decisions about her future, though it breaks his heart.

Devlin Barre survived the destruction of everything she held dear then learns she has been given into the care of the very person who stole her life. Her risky escape nearly kills her. One man brings her back, Jake. She loves him, but he has his own path to travel. Devlin refuses to become a burden. Brokenhearted, she leaves to rebuild her life.

Years later Jake and Devlin meet again. Has their connection survived? What of the monster who attempted to destroy Devlin? He’s still waiting for the opportunity to finish what he started.

Reader Advisory: Contains explicit sex scenes. 

Reviewer: Edie
Review: Nov 12, 2008
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense
In a split second, Devlin Barre lost everything she held dear. Now a battered runaway, she seeks shelter wherever she can. Cold, lonely and on the brink of death, she huddles in the darkest space she can find. She knows if her pursuer finds her, it means more abuse and possibly death.   Jake McKenna is one of the first responders to the aid of the scrawny terrified teen. As he works to save her life, h

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