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Taken by Fire
HIS MISSION WAS TO DESTROY HER.
BUT DESIRE GOT IN THE WAY.
A product of genetic manipulation, Melanie Milan shares a body with her malevolent sister, Phoebe. A sleek, blond predator with a heart of pure darkness, Phoebe puts their body through the wicked underbelly of sex for thrills—when she’s not igniting her pyrokinetic skills for an evil organization bent on taking over the world. Melanie rarely gets out to play—much less fall in love. But that changes when rival ACRO agent Stryker Wills shows up, with a mission to terminate the woman who torched his partner.
An operative with rare abilities, Stryker soon realizes that the woman he’s about to kill isn’t the murderous fire starter he’s been hunting. But he does want her. Melanie, with the power to ice anything in her path, is heating things up in ways that are setting fire to his blood. As long as Melanie stays in control, she is his best ally to bring down her sister and stop hellish havoc from being unleashed. Walking a tightrope of longing and hate, Stryker and Melanie begin to understand that true power lies in sweet surrender to each other, to the flames between them, to the erotic adventure that’s joined their hearts and abilities to become their salvation—and perhaps the world’s.
Reviewer: Reese
Review: Jun 14, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Erotic Romance
Happy and Sad ending. Happy because the last novel for the ACRO series was really good and gave fans the conclusion of the awesome group of agents they've grown to love. Sad because...well...it's the end. Croft starts Taken by Fire where the last novel left off and Stryker is obsessed with finding the woman that killed his mentor and friend. Melanie/Phoebe is an experiment gone right. Twins at conception b
Tempting the Fire
EXTREME HEAT. EXTREME HUNGER. A JUNGLE EDEN ABLAZE WITH TEMPTATION..
Shockwaves shoot through the Agency for Covert Rare Operatives (ACRO) when horrific video surfaces from the Brazilian rain forest. A team of Navy SEALs has been nearly wiped out by something sinister and superhuman. Now ACRO agents Sela Kahne and Marlena West head to the world’s most unforgiving jungle in pursuit of a mythical monstrosity with a taste for human blood. And the only path that will take them to the creature runs through two men, each hiding his own dark secret.
Sela is an expert on cryptozoology with a sideline skill that could prove invaluable: when she makes love to a man, she engulfs his innermost thoughts. Teamed with Marlena, Sela makes contact with the lone SEAL survivor, Chance McCormack. Meanwhile Logan Mills, the man who rescued Chance, leads his private company on a hunt that has nothing to do with saving lives. Soon, Sela will put her supernatural charms to work on Logan, determined to extract information about the creature they are seeking. But in this sweat-drenched realm of danger and deception, Logan is more than just a passive target. He has the power to lead a highly-trained seducer into a jungle without any rules, without any limits—and no end to the heat.
Reviewer: Reese
Review: Aug 2, 2010
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
First off, I am a HUGE fan of the Sydney Croft novels. It’s paranormal romance with a secret agent spin. ACRO is a covert ops organization manned by elite individuals with psychic abilities. This is not your garden-variety psychics either, no way. Acro agents are like Xmen vs evil doers with the perk of a darn good romance thrown in. Sydney Croft is actually two talented writers- Larissa Ione and Stepha
Taming the Fire
Power. Pleasure. Danger. It doesn't get any hotter than this.
He came to the underground London club for a night of extreme sex play with the enigmatic “Mistress Rik.” But the special agent known as Trance is really on a search-and-rescue mission to keep her alive. Part predator, Ulrika “Rik” Jaegar possesses feral powers that make her a danger to others—and to herself. That’s why the Agency for Covert Rare Operatives (ACRO) wants to recruit her to their side….To do so, Trance will have to pull off the impossible: capture and control Rik, both woman and beast.
On the run from the deadly agency that changed her into a pleasure-seeking shape-shifter, Rik uses sex to rein in her own raging desires. Operating on pure instinct, she trusts no one…especially the magnificent alpha male with the power to seduce her into submission. An undercover agent with unique hypnotic gifts, Trance is surprised by his instinct to hold Rik and keep her safe—but he has a job to do. And as he hunts her down, as Rik and Trance are thrust into the ultimate game of domination and submission, they’ll enter a place where surrender is their sole hope of survival—and the only thing that can tame the wild beast in both of them.…
Reviewer: Robin
Review: Apr 10, 2009
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Once there lived a small European tribe of therianthropes. A therianthrope beloved that they could shift, spiritually and psychologically, but not physically into their inner animal. They lived in peace and harmony with their animal soul. Life in this small village was good, until the Itor Corporation came. They took everyone in the village to their labs. They experimented on them to
Seduced by the Storm
They met in a steamy Florida bar-then spent a night of mind-bending passion. Two secret agents who each possess unique telekinetic gifts-and whose combined sexual powers leave neither of them unscathed. For ex-Navy SEAL Wyatt Kennedy, assigned by the Agency for Covert Rare Operatives to the most treacherous mission of his career, the woman in black leather and lace has just become more than a one-night stand. Because Faith Black is the sole barrier to the success of his mission-and not even Wyatt's legendary seduction skills can penetrate her deep cover. Faith's psychic gifts make her one of the world's most dangerous women-but she hides a secret pain she shares with no one. Until Wyatt. And Faith has an agenda of her own: using her unique powers to save someone close to her-a move that pits her against a man she thought she'd never see again. For as a deadly hurricane is unleashed across the eastern seaboard, desire reignites between Faith and Wyatt, exposing secrets that thrust them both into harm's way. With the hurricane sweeping closer-and their erotic hunger for each other growing-these two wary hearts must come together to heal, to trust . . . and to harness the power of a storm that could consume everything in its path. About the Author Sydney Croft is the pseudonym for two other authors who each write under their own names.
Reviewer: Robin
Review: Jun 11, 2008
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Faith Black is a British secret agent with telekinetic gifts. She is sent after ITOR's weather machine. But she getsa call along with a veido from a group of men holding her long lost sister hostage. Faith's sister was sent away when Faith was five years old and she has not seen her since. Faith has been searching for her since she became an adult. Now she has a chance to save her, but at what cost? On
Hot Nights, Dark Desires
Inspired by the sultry heat and sensual ambiance of New Orleans, this steamy collection delves into the erotic underground of the Big Easy. Here is a tantalizing trio of stories by three rising stars that will tease your imagination-and seduce your senses. Lush, haunting, and provocative, New Orleans has something to satisfy every desire-as three very lucky women are about to discover. In "Shadow Play" (by Sydney Croft) an ex-supermodel desperate to revive her career seeks the help of a gorgeous, reclusive photographer with a special gift-and offers him anything he wants in return. The result is a series of erotic positions captured on film-along with a mind-blowing physical connection neither expected.. In "The Art of Desire" (by Eden Bradley) a sheltered young woman turned on by the idea of getting tattooed dares to make her fantasy a reality. But as her arousing sessions with a dangerously handsome tattoo artist move from the tattoo parlor to the bedroom, they make an impression that's more than skin deep.. And in "Night Vision" (by Stephanie Tyler) when artist Catie Lanford hires professional cooler Bat Kelly to whip the failing bar she's recently inherited into shape, she's not looking for a lover-until she lays eyes on the sexy wild man. Soon they've agreed to mix business with pleasure, and Catie discovers that Bat is just what she needs to set her artist's imagination-and her body-on fire. Abandon your inhibitions and excite your spirit with a gathering of tales that's as sexy and spicy as the city of New Orleans itself.
Reviewer: Danni
Review: May 28, 2008
Hot Nights, Dark Desires is a collection of three hot stories with sexy characters, which will leave you breathless and wanting more. The three short stories contained within this anthology are intricately plotted and detailed and because of that I do not want to risk any spoilers by giving away any of the details. Suffice it to say though; these stories were excellent, entertaining and highly erotic reads. A
Unleashing the Storm
Feel the heat. Hear the roar. The fever has begun. There's a storm rising. Electricity crackles in the air. For Kira Donovan, it's that time of year again: when the need floods her flesh, when almost any man-the bigger and the stronger the better-will do. For Kira, an animal psychic, the heat is a matter of life and death, and this year it has come at just the right time. Tom Knight, a natural born predator, has arrived at her isolated Idaho farm-for reasons all his own. At first Kira isn't interested in Knight's motives. She only needs him-his body, his hands, and his scent. But soon, through a daze of desire and distrust, Kira discovers Knight's world-the world of a covert operative, one man among dozens of secret agents waging an astonishing global war. Knight's mission is to bring Kira-kicking and screaming if necessary-into the Agency for Covert Rare Operatives and harness her extraordinary gift. He never expected the powerful emotions she would ignite in him, or the fierce desire to keep her safe from harm. For as darkness gathers around them, Kira is feeling the heat once again, leading them both on a wild ride of delicious thrills.and terror beyond imagining. Biography Sydney Croft is the pseudonym for two other authors who each write under their own names.
Reviewer: Danni
Review: Jan 16, 2008
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Kira Donovan is an animal whisperer who goes in heat every spring. ACRO has sent in Tom Knight to recruit her and he arrives at the perfect time.
Unleashing the Storm was an enjoyable read but it took me longer to get into this book then I had anticipated. Having enjoyed the first book by Sydney Croft, Riding the Storm, I was eagerly awaiting this release. The book provided a good, entertaining read but d
Riding the Storm
A storm’s rage. A woman’s desire. A man with the power to set them both free. He can summon lightning at will. Emerge unscathed from the center of a tornado. Strip a woman down to her barest defenses through the sheer force of his sexuality. He’s gorgeous, dangerous, and the target of parameteorologist Haley Holmes’s latest mission. Haley has been dispatched to the Louisiana bayous to investigate the phenomenon known as Remy Begnaud–a man with a gift he never wanted: the ability to control a storm’s fury. But even a woman trained in bizarre weather phenomena has no defense against the electrifying power of the ex—Navy SEAL...a power his enemies would kill to control. With her agency monitoring their every move, Haley’s job is to seduce Remy, gain his trust–and help him harness his extraordinary gift. But who will protect her from this voracious lover who’s introducing her to a new world of erotic thrills—a man who grows increasingly insatiable with each new weather event? Haley knows a big storm is approaching—and with it will come unexpected delights. But so, too, will the storm unleash her greatest fears: an enemy bent on destroying Remy. And her worst fear of all—falling in love with this magnificent man, then having to betray him.
Reviewer: Danni
Review: Aug 31, 2007
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Parameteorologist Haley Marie Holmes is assigned the task of finding out the truth about Remy Begnaud's ability to control the weather. She's willing to do whatever she has to do get the information she needs, even if that means seducing him.
The storm that follows Remy when he goes to check on his "distressed" father is a doozy. When he gets to the shack his father calls home, Remy doesn't expect to find
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