Jane Smith is roped into a situation she can't get out of. Since she is a `pillar of the community', the mayor decides she should be the one to be personal assistant to heartthrob Bobby Wayne while he was in River Bend filming his latest movie.

Supposedly, this was her vacation, but the film was a big thing-and there was no way she was going to get out of this. Little did she know the situation was going to be more trying than she ever thought possible.

Bobby Wayne-young, handsome, and every girl's dream-brought feelings Jane hadn't felt in years to the surface. Passion, yearning and unbridled need. She had to fight it. She was a pillar of the community. This small town couldn't take one of their own, a middle-aged woman, cavorting with a younger man who was destined to be a huge star. Her reputation wouldn't survive it.

But the hunger for his touch is stronger than she could have imagined.

Bobby Wayne knows this is his chance. This film will make or break his career. The contract he signed had stipulations.one of them being he had to act as if he and the female lead were a couple. At least until after the film's debut. Any other time, he would have dismissed the contract, but he needed this film. It would bring about something he had dreamed of since he was a child-a dream home for his mother. Once in River Bend, he finds it almost impossible to follow the guidelines of the contract.especially when he meets his new personal assistant, Jane Smith. She'd everything he wants, everything he needs.

How in the world will he get through this with Jane so close, so ready to fulfill his every need?

Sindulgence - Rhiannon Neeley

Clarice Johnson is divorced and happy about it. She's also found a new hobby-reading erotic romance. But there is something lacking in her life.someone to show her just what being `erotic' means. When Devon, the bookstore clerk who is barely older than Clarice's adult son, asks her for coffee he gives her a taste of what seduction is about. Yes, he's young. Yes, he's gorgeous. Yes, her thoughts about him are sinful.but what's wrong with a little indulgence? A little ... Sindulgence?

Devon Lake is slightly older than the regular college guy but far more mature. He sees in Clarice a classic grace that few women have, and few men know to cherish. So what if she's older. Age doesn't mean a thing. Seeing her in the bookstore, noticing her taste for erotic romance, Devon sets out to show her another side of sensuality.

When the two of them come together, they almost go up in flames. The only problem is, will Clarice's son allow them to dabble in Sindulgence?

Candy Hearts And Flours - Dee S. Knight

In the depths of Hell, things aren't much different than here on Earth. There, as here, fathers find their daughters to be difficult ... creatures. And, there, as here, lessons are posed when behavior is unacceptable. In the case of Mariah Luce, a demon who just can't seem to get evil down to a science, instruction comes in the form of a short visit topside. Her mission? To find a saint of a man and seduce him. In other words, to corrupt someone incorruptible. If Mariah can pull this off, she'll be evil! And welcomed back home.

At the other end of the spectrum, Joseph Patrick Benedict Smith has been an angel for centuries. His colleagues spent their time on Earth fighting devils or saving towns from floods, experiencing holy visions or converting whole nations to God. Not Joseph. He baked bread. Now he longs to do something huge, something he can point to with pride of accomplishment, and--heavens!--he's being given the chance.

For one week, Las Vegas will host an humble baker as he strives for perfection in the Candy Hearts and Flours contest, and a determined demon who scours the city looking for one sainted man. Can she withstand the urge to be good, and can he resist the sweet pull of temptation?

Valerie Randall's life has been nothing less than upside down for the past six months. Today is the worst: her husband Daniel has left her. When Valerie crumbles, her best friend Nicole has a solution to start Valerie back on the right track . a trip to Sense of a Woman.

"Only her hairdresser knows."

Mason Cole has kept his heart under lock and key all of his life. He has to. He deals with women every day, all day. He's their hairdresser and he knows all their secrets. But Mason has one hard and fast rule: Never get involved with a client. Only one woman has tested his rule since he opened his distinctive salon, Sense of a Woman, and that woman is Valerie Randall.

When Valerie walks into Sense of a Woman out of the blue, Mason is shocked by her condition. Crying and nowhere near her usual confident self, Valerie throws herself into his arms.

Mason Cole knows . he has a Sense of a Woman.

Mason and Valerie's friendship turns into something much more intimate as Mason decides to hell with his rule and Valerie thinks it's time she regained her lost self. Heat threatens to consume them as intrigue rears its head. Daniel is revealed to be a much darker person than Valerie ever realized as he dives over the edge of insanity, threatening to take Mason and Valerie down into its depths.

Fourteen months ago, Nikki Steele's car was hit by a train.

She survived.

Completely healed and her life on a new track, Nikki is determined to live life to the extreme, not wasting a single minute. But there is one thing she approaches with caution...Taylor Crase. Her caution is a good thing. She doesn't have any idea who she's dealing with. One night of passion lets her touch what life is really about. Too bad Taylor disappeared without a trace. When she finds him again and sees who he really is...Nikki is Derailed.

Taylor Crase has been watching Nikki from his place behind the bar. Working undercover, he can't act on his attraction to her. Not just because she's a sexy little number, either. He honestly likes her. When the drug bust goes down in this little bar, Taylor has no choice but to drag her out of the melee. He has no idea how that one night would change his life, make him disregard all the rules, and knock him completely off track.

Saylor Keene studies hard. It's the only way she is going to make it through med school. She denies herself even the smallest of pleasures, like Saturday night dates. Most of her Saturday nights are spent in the library, pouring over medical journals. But Saylor doesn't worry about it. There will be time for men later, after she finishes school.

What Saylor doesn't realize is that sometimes, you can deny yourself only for so long. That if you don't satisfy your body's craving, your mind may figure out a way. Then fate will take over. Fate or . something else.

Thane needs to find another. He's been without a woman for too long. His hunger is growing. His hunger for the essence that only comes with female satisfaction. He can feel her, on the night breeze. He tracks her, this innocent one, but when she is revealed to him, Thane's world as he knows it is thrown into chaos. He has to have her.this Saylor Keene. And soon, he finds out that his very existence hinges on this one, innocent woman.

A genealogist, Casey Delaney is used to finding some strange things while tromping through graveyards but one thing she never expected to dig up was a vampire. That was two weeks ago. Now she's being held captive by the ancient monster, Connor Fagan. Casey prays that a someone will rescue her from the dark recesses of this abandoned Kentucky coal mine before she gives in to the temptation of Fagan's wicked desires. Casey is in danger of sacrificing her virginity, along with her immortal soul.

Dirk Raven, vampire hunter, arrives in Kentucky sure of one thing. A young woman is missing and her disappearance reeks of vampire involvement. Tracking the stench of evil to an abandoned coal mine, Dirk found two things that he didn't expect. The instant raging heat and deep connection that overwhelms him when he first lays eyes on the beautiful Casey Delaney. And.the presence of the infamous Connor Fagan, the vicious vampire who killed Dirk's own father. Determined to save Casey from a fate worse than death, Dirk engages Fagan in battle of wills, a battle for Casey's heart . a battle to the death. Dirk vows to save the woman who has the power to own his heart but will he be able to save his own soul?

When Lydia Cross set out into the Maine wilderness on a research project, she never expected to come across an undiscovered species.and the sexiest man she had ever seen. When Eric Raven appears out of the forest, his animal magnetism sends vibrations throughout Lydia's body, inciting feelings of love and lust like she has never known. But .what is he, for surely he is not 'just a man'?

Lydia soon finds that Eric is much more than he seems. Another creature prowling the deep Maine woods is Antony Barack, a sensuous being like no other, but very dangerous. And Anthony wants Lydia for his own. Eric must protect Lydia from Barack, a powerful shifter who will fight to the death for what he desires. But Eric will not relinquish the woman of his dreams, his Lydia, to the monster . and the battle rages on.

Over 200 years ago, a Raven daughter was taken by a monster that walked the night. She was taken and turned...then destroyed by the family who loved her. After that day, The Unkindness of Ravens was formed and the battle began...

Now, in the 21st Century, the war still wages. The Unkindness continues on, known now as The Raven Clan. They fight hard and love even harder. And yet... The monsters still haunt the night. Forced to break into small groups called 'Clutches' to survive, the Horde of Vampires still exists.

For now...

"JOHN" tells the tale of John Raven, long-time vampire hunter, who is sent by the lead vampire, Devlin Morse to find out more about author Madison Woods. Madison has written a book, a paranormal romance, which so closely follows the vampire lifestyle, Devlin is worried she may be a Hunter. John, along with his brother Eric, has infiltrated Devlin's Clutch of vampires, posing as vampires. The Raven Clan have been vampire hunters for generations, destroying as many as they can by posing as vampires until they can get close enough to strike. John travels to the small town where Madison lives to find out what she knows. Devlin has kept Eric with the Clutch of vampires to insure John's return.

But what John doesn't realize is he is the epitome of Madison's perfect vampire, one that she has written into the novel, the one she has been in love with since she created him.

Sparks fly as John finds himself drawn to the small cinnamon haired woman while she tries to convince herself she's not crazy and vampires are not chasing her. Madison tries to help John in his quest to destroy the Clutch, but what she doesn't realize is just how powerful Devlin Morse is.

When a romance author doesn't believe in true love, how can she write about it?

Rachel Collins, thirty-eight years old and determined to believe that there is no such thing as true love even if she is a romance author, is sent to the Riverside Inn in River Bend, Ohio by her agent, Kelli Reese so that Rachel can put more `feeling' into her work, along with gleaning some background for the current novel she's working on.

When writer Sheila Jordan's agent told her she should get into the erotic romance market, Sheila almost laughed. It had been a long time since she'd had an experience that could be labeled `sensual', let alone `erotic'. She almost laughed until.Lucian Marino walked through the door.

Young, dark and slightly dangerous looking, Lucian was the embodiment of sensual. If Sheila wanted to write erotic romance, maybe she could do a bit of Research. Yes, a Research Project.that's exactly what the situation called for. And the perfect subject for her Research Project had just walked into her life.

Renee Wells left the west coast and headed for Ohio, the Heartland-though her own heart was encased in ice. Recently divorced, she'd sworn off men and that was fine. She was on her way to a new life, a new job, and was glad to be gone. She was in a state of rebellion and that's exactly where she was headed.Rebellion, Ohio. When she arrives, something she sees intrigues her-a mysterious man behind a fogged window. Her thoughts swirl around him and she is quickly drawn into the workings of small town life. What Renee doesn't realize is that before long, her icy heart will melt as she is drawn into the steamy situations that happen behind the closed doors of Rebellion.

Rick Loman, attorney, is swamped. His receptionist is retiring, his father passed away leaving him to handle all of their clients and now, he is handling the most notorious case in Rebellion's recent history. A murder that involves sex, a cop and his sister's best friend. When he meets Renee Wells, Rick is drawn to her like a moth to a flame. He begins to question his own state of bachelorhood while his feelings for her get tangled up with the sweltering heat of the murder case. When Renee agrees to help him with the case, both of them are threatened with spontaneous combustion as they come together in a white-hot heat, while they work to solve the question of Rick's client's innocence.