Though he has riches, with plenty of charm, there is a mean flip side to him. When the rage engulfs him, or there’s a full moon, Regal shows his true self. Only one woman crosses paths with him that is not afraid of his infamous snarl. Unfortunately for her, he catches a whiff of her pheromones and she won’t be able to escape his claws. Seven Brown considers herself invisible. It’s not that she prefers it, but she’s forced to live life as such. Residing in a broken home, it’s not easy for her to accept love and attention. Especially when it’s unexpectedly given by the one the town’s people refer to as the Savage— Regal. Something seems to spark between the two, whether it’s Regal latching on to Seven’s scent, or her not being able to shake Regal’s convincing grin Whatever it is, it causes Regal to stalk her, but not as his prey. After all, it is mating season, and Regal can smell the virgin that is Seven from a mile away. Would she be able to handle it among his other flaws? Can she give in to the irresistible charm and the riches? However, Seven has her own secrets when coping with the pain. Would she look any different to Regal if he found out? Is she simply the perfect mate, or someone that Regal could live the rest of his immortal years with?

    VERNAL (Book One)Sheltered, and unable to escape her bloodline, Serena St. Michael has spent the last two years training at the Royal Protector Academy. Struggling with a dark past, Tristan Gallagher's current assignment is to protect a lifetime of secrets. One chance encounter will change everything. Serena must decide if she will follow her heart, forsaking all she's ever known and risking a future worse than non-existence. Tristan will break every rule to save Serena, even if he can't keep her. In their world of darkness, one love will ignite an ancient war. When pasts collide with the present, and secrets are revealed, will love be enough? Or will one lie destroy it all? When you've hidden behind a mask for so long, would you reveal yourself for love? ***** 2017 Penned Con Award Nominee for Best Audiobook *****AEQUUS (Book Two)What if the person you were meant to be with could never be yours? For Serena St. Michael and Tristan Gallagher, this is reality. Tristan has accepted his impending nuptials. He's returned to his realm and his betrothed. Their unification will create peace. Serena is still struggling with her protector's choice. With a firm resolve, she will forsake her own future in order to save him. Their love will trigger an ancient war. Can Serena and Tristan rewrite their destinies? Or will the Vergina Sun prophecy be fulfilled, and the lovers fall to fate? Welcome back to the Royal Protector Academy.*****2017 UTOPiA Award Nominee for Best Bestie or Buddy*****NOX (Book Three)What if rewriting your destiny means that you must sacrifice the one you love? Serena St. Michael has forsaken her future-for him. Tristan Gallagher has renounced the throne-for her. The Vergina Sun prophecy has been fulfilled, but at what cost? Their love has renewed an ancient war. With Serena gone, will Tristan save her in time? Or will the dark army of Diablo Fairies descend upon the Royal Protector Academy, destroying the London clan's legacy and ending the existence of the gargoyle race forever?*****2018 OUAB Award Nominee for Swoon Worthy Romance**********2018 UTOPiA Award Nominee for Best Supernatural Lead*****This dangerously exciting and darkly romantic series will take your breath away. It can be read as a stand-alone trilogy or after the bestselling Revelation series. Intended for mature readers (18+) due to language, mild violence, and sexual situations.

    This collection of alpha males and strong heroines who tame the beast they’ll love forever is a box set you don’t want to miss. True Loves is available for a limited time. Bake This! – Tasha BlackSexy shifter Will Harkness has always enjoyed being a lone wolf. So when a voluptuous but accident-prone witch shows up for the holidays, Will is surprised to suddenly find that he wants more. If only she can stop breaking things long enough for them to get to know each other better...Protector Wolf - J.K. HarperJace Canagan has a last chance shot at being a Guardian for the Black Mesa Wolf Pack. Then sexy Caitlin Rendall strides into his life with her adorable twin cubs, challenging all his ideas of what it means to be a protector wolf.Black Velvet - Elianne AdamsWith her old pack dead and buried, wolf shifter Joy Sutherland leaves her beloved Akino lands to seek refuge with the Eryma pack of Timmins. When she discovers Warren, her new Alpha, is also a Dom with the skills to handle her, hope flares to life. But if she can't convince the rest of the pack to accept her, she--and her wolf--could lose their mate forever.Kiss Me Cowbear – Liv BrywoodWhen Jessica arrives at the Curvy Bear Ranch with her five-year-old son, she never expects to meet sexy bear shifter Clint Wilson. The ruggedly handsome cowboy is everything she ever wanted in a mate. But with a shattered marriage in her past, she's not sure she'll ever be ready to commit to someone again.Embraced – C.E. BlackLonely and more than a little depressed, Sean finds himself in a small town bar, drinking his sorrows away, knowing the woman he loves will be married the next day to her true mate. But when he meets Sarah, they're both surprised at the intense attraction they share. The night is filled with a passion neither can forget, leaving Sean wondering how he could fall for another woman he cannot have.Seduction – Elle ThorneAstra Evans is a curvy, delicious firebrand who thinks that the only good shifter is a dead shifter. With two exceptions. And Kane Ortiz is not one of those exceptions.Stormchild -Vivian ArendDoctor and shaman for the Pacific water-shifter clans, Matthew Jentry resolved to avoid the sensual temptations of his people. Until the mysterious Laurin Marshall crosses his path, and resistance ignites into a blazing night of sexual fireworks. One night is all they're willing to take, but fate has other plans...The Mighty Hunter – Michelle M. Pillow (previously released story)Caderyn is the sexiest--and perhaps craziest--man Bridget has ever laid eyes on. Sparks fly. Desires heat. But there's one small problem. He claims they're trapped in the lost city of Atlantes, living on a cursed island deep within the ocean.Pisces Phenomenon - Mandy M. Roth (previously released story, non-shifter)Detective Sirius Baron's world is full of magik, power, immortality and egos that tend to cloud better judgments. It's also full of honorable warriors who are sworn to protect the people of the Earth. Sirius is one of these warriors and will stop at nothing to protect the woman he loves.Bear's Touch- Emma AlisynA Healer who can kill with a Touch. An Alpha Bear determined to save his son. Will they clash- or will they accept their bond? When Lea reluctantly travels to a strange Clan in order to heal a dangerously injured young Bear, Alpha Yurii promises he won't try and matebond her to him. But resolve flees when he sees the snarky, curvy female for the first time. Is a fated matebond worth risking freedom- or her life?Fated and Mated - Love at First Site - Harmony RainesCassie is helping Marjorie set up the new website for her shifter online dating agency, Fated and Mated. What she never expected, was to be the first success story. Will things run smoothly? Find out in this paranormal romance, contains smoking hot shifters and a happy ever after!Run Fur Love – Catherine ValeHarley Myers can smell a shifter a mile away. And she can smell trouble, just as easily. And now, both are wrapped up in the drifter at the end of her bar. The drifter with the killer smile is a man of many secrets. If Harley isn't careful she'll find her heart is on the line, along with her life.Cry Wolf – Michele BardsleyFierce Elle wants to escape nightmarish memories. Alpha Xavier wants to claim his destined mate. Together, they must face their fears--and their enemies--to save the future of their wolf pack.V. Vaughn – When Carly's dreams about a hot guy, a bear and a tattoo call her, she answers. With her best friend by her side, Carly goes on the adventure of a lifetime and finds more than the love of her life. She finds the warrior who is ready to come out.

    Micco Hagan has been charged with pairing up the last of Earth's survivors based on genetics for optimal survival of the species. He can't resist the opportunity to be with his dream girl, Rena Gates. Though she rejected him before the Earth ended, he hopes now she'll find a soft spot for him.In the time before, Rena thought Micco had only come on to her to win a bet. She never expected them to be rescued together, or to be eventually partnered. Unable to resist following orders, she discovers they have a lot more going for them than DNA matching. The sex is explosive, but can it eventually grow into love?Good with his HandsParanormal Erotic RomancePhotographer Teresa Kelley is on assignment to shoot old ghost towns and desert scenery. What she doesn't anticipate is that scenery including the delicious Max Draper. The sizzling desert sun isn't the only thing heating up the abandoned mining town when the hot, muscled and oh so sexy mechanic offers to give her a hand. Dusty floorboards and ghost tales aside, Teresa finds herself on the other end of the lens when she and Max are caught in flagrante delicto by an unexpected...assistant.Arrested DesiresFuturistic RomanceX Quadrant, Baida Proper, Earthbase 5792461Juliana Harrison is in serious need of saving. When her neglectful husband abandons her along with their marriage, she's stunned--though she knows she shouldn't be. The man was a jerk and she'll be better off without him. However, just when she thought he could sink no lower, he puts a restraining order on her, claiming she's been threatening his life just so he can take their Earthbase home.Officer Maverick Perkins looks like he's stepped right out of the past and right into her life. Like everything else on the Earthbase of Baida Proper the police style is what she liked to think of as retro-Earth, based of the twentieth century as it was back on the planet Earth--except of course for the obvious, like squad cars that hover not drive and guns that fire lasers not bullets. Unfortunately, Maverick has been sent to evict her. He's the last person she'd expect to come to her rescue. Yet somehow, he manages to turn what should have been a terrible experience into something Juliana will never want to forget.Faire JusticeParanormal RomanceFinding herself undercover as a serving wench at a Renaissance Faire, FBI Agent and mild psychic Leda Williams isn't planning to partake in any role-playing games. She's there to find a mace-wielding serial killer, which isn't easy with everyone around her pretending to be in character. Not only does the entire village fit the Medieval-obsessed profile, but she's already been propositioned by a few of the knights. Clearly, sexual harassment wasn't around in the Middle Ages. But, when she sees the delectably gorgeous, magically seductive tournament champion, Sir Calum, Leda realizes there might be one knight she wouldn't mind getting into character for.Rating: Contains graphic sexual content, adult language, and violence. Intended for adults 18 years and older.

    Few in the town of Cypress Creek even remember the house and what had occurred inside its walls decades before. In the present time, author Rob Hooper and his wife, Janet, are looking for a quiet place to live. The grandiose, isolated Victorian-style relic is everything they could want. A mysterious, widowed owner offers them a deal that can't be passed up. But they quickly discover that some things are too good to be true.

    The sudden death of his adoptive father and alpha of the pack forces Ax to go back on his word. Suddenly plagued by a gnawing hunger that consumes him from within, Ax must confront his inner demons and his half-brother, Kendall; a brother Ax resents because by pack laws Kendall will inherit the alpha seat vacated by their father. Little does Ax know that his life is going to get way worse before it gets any better. But the moment he has a glimpse of Aimee, Kendall’s fiancée, Ax’s life is forever changed by the revelation that the she-wolf is his fated soulmate. Passions run high as the three of them must come to terms with their fates. Will love triumph over a family feud that has lasted for decades?

    A practising lawyer, Wade is forced to confront truths that challenge his most basic notions of justice and good.Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Ford County.

    On a whim, she adopts an alias and jets off to Ireland, where she stumbles into the path of the enticing rogue, Cian O’Malley. But she’s ill prepared to deal with the onslaught of emotions his wicked grin stirs up when he oh-so-casually turns up the charm.A hardened, down-on-his-luck warlock, Cian O’Malley is determined to change his family’s plight and restore their stolen magic. In the midst of his half-baked plan to woo the bewitching Piper, he finds himself in a death match with an old enemy who’s carrying a monumental grudge.Before long, Cian discovers Piper might just hold the key to reversing a two-hundred-and-fifty-year-old curse. He only has to keep them both alive long enough to solve the riddle written in the O’Malleys’ ancient grimoire and convince Piper to trust him with her heart.

    Someone is demanding a lot of money from her husband and she wants to know why.What do the dying words of one man - he made me - actually mean?As the mystery unfolds people will come undone and reputations will be ruined before the answer becomes clear.At the end of the day Mrs Swaine might end up wishing she’d let sleeping dogs lie… Also available in the Booker & Cash series: Bad Sons

    A haunted mansion. A haunted woman. Three unforgettable tales of terror. THE HARROWINGFive troubled college students left alone on their isolated campus over the long Thanksgiving break confront their own demons and a mysterious presence... that may or may not be real.Nominated for Bram Stoker and Anthony Awards for Best First Novel"Poltergeist meets The Breakfast Club as five college students tangle with an ancient evil presence." - Kirkus Reviews"Absolutely gripping... it is easy to imagine this as a film. Once started, you won't want to stop reading." - The London TimesTHE UNSEEN"A creepy haunted house, reports of a 40-year-old poltergeist investigation, and a young researcher trying to rebuild her life take the "publish or perish" initiative for college professors to a terrifying new level in this spine-tingling story that has every indication of becoming a horror classic. Based on the famous Rhine ESP experiments at the Duke University parapsychology department that collapsed in the 1960s, this is a chillingly dark look into the unknown." —Romantic Times Book ReviewBOOK OF SHADOWSA cynical Boston homicide detective and a mysterious witch from Salem must join forces in a race to solve a series of satanic killings."A wonderfully dark thriller with amazing 'Is-it-isn't-it?' suspense throughout." — Lee Child-----------------------------------------

    The unexpected death of her sister brings Dr. CJ Patterson back to her southern hometown. As she searches for answers about what really happened to her estranged sister, she finds herself surrounded by long buried secrets—and a killer who seems to know her better than she knows herself… Lies... The first note is a warning—a bone-chilling reminder that Alabama Homicide Detective Adeline Cooper can run from her darkest, deadliest memories, but she can never escape a demented killer’s wrath. The second note is a threat… Adeline has no choice. She must return to her hometown and face the lies that make up her past and the obsessed killer who craves her death… Two bestselling thrillers in one big book previously published as Everywhere She Turns and Anywhere She Runs!

    Lying low is a close third—but not because she wants to be good at hiding. Cass is a FireSoul, one of the unlucky few to inherit a piece of the dragon’s soul. On the surface, the perks are sweet—she has the power to find and steal any type of magical treasure, including the powers of other supernaturals.But it doesn’t come without a price—stealing powers requires that she kill, and others would destroy her if they discover what she is. In a world full of magic, hiding her powers is the only way to survive. Finding magical artifacts is the only way to pay the bills. But it’s a dangerous job when you can’t use your magic.When Aidan Merrick, the most powerful shifter in the city, hires her to find an ancient scroll, she doesn’t want to take the job. His immense amount of power reminds her of too much of murky memories from a past she can’t remember. But she has no choice. The scroll will reveal what she is. And if anyone finds out, she’s dead. And that’s just the beginning of her problems.Dragon's Gift features kick butt heroines, a hot hero, and otherworldly adventure.

    It was Halloween and Samantha`s contractions were unbearable so her husband rushed his pregnant wife to the hospital to deliver their new bundle of joy. Mike told the doctor and nurse to take great care of his wife. The doctor and nurse reassured Mike they would take very good care of her and not to worry. Mike waited patiently in the waiting room as the doctor and nurse delivered their beautiful baby. After a few hours the baby finally arrived and the doctor entered the waiting room and told Mike to come in the room and see his new baby. Mike entered and his wife was all smiles and said "Honey, it`s a boy!" "I think he looks like a Johnny. What do you think?" asked his wife. "Johnny sounds fine to me," replied Mike. Mike was so excited and held his baby boy in his arms as tears rolled down his cheeks and said "Darling, I think he likes me." Mike stayed the night in his wife's room with their new baby, but as they were both sleeping, an unforeseen force came in their room that was about to change their lives forever, when they both woke in the morning. Morning came, and Samantha was discharged from the hospital, and time for their new baby to be raised in their new home. It wasn't until after little Johnny turned 6 years of age that things around the Delany Estate turned deadly. The first sign that Johnny had the mark of the beast was June 6. It was the 6th month, 6th day, and Johnny was 6. All the numbers represented 666.

    Spooky Nook is a 10,000-word "prequel of sorts" to The Calling, a supernatural thriller by Robert Swartwood.

    Veronica “Ronnie” Reid find themselves caught up in a passion that neither of them expected—one that neither of them can control. Ronnie is unsure if she can trust this man who keeps dangerous secrets. Arran knows that his insatiable desire is the worst thing that could have happened and yet he cannot turn away from her, not when he could be so close to the answers he needs. And now danger is hot on their heels after Ronnie discovers something that would have been better left buried. Arran finds that he must protect her, not only from the rising threat, but perhaps from himself as well, especially when she uncovers his true identity.