Domestic service had never been an intended career for Dory, but a plea from family could never be ignored, even, as it turns out, when her predecessor had been murdered in the very house Dory now worked. A stranger was blamed for the death, and Lord and Lady Wallisford and their grown children were not giving Detective Inspector Ridley from the Met an easy time to investigate alternative theories. No strangers had been seen in the district and Dory, with her position in the house, is increasingly drawn in the help.

    Could the humans accept her now that she was half alien? Could she learn to interact with them and still retain her freedom? And why the hell did they keep asking her for answers when they didn’t want to hear them?

    This isn't just a story about love. It's a story about anguish. This is a story about Lex's journey to acceptance.--Not for Close minded people-- Lex Keagan isn't your typical woman. Her past has left her broken and afraid, yet she remains bold and successful. As a result of her painful past, love has never come easy; therefore, she’s convinced herself to spend her entire adult life staying busy working at her own company--that is, until her best friend Roni persuades her to give online dating a try. When she concedes, Lex quickly discovers that the world of online dating is nothing like she's ever dreamed. The mysterious charm of her online crush leaves her reluctant and afraid to let love in. As two more men enter her life outside of the online dating world, she's left confused and overwhelmed. Who will she chose? With the deep scars and raw truths her past contains, is anyone capable of accepting the real woman trapped inside, or will she remain alone forever? Caution: This book contains sexual content, which may include multiple LGBT scenes. Some intense emotional scenarios, including ones of abuse, might be difficult to read. For ages 18+. Erotic Romance. This book is a standalone, part of a series. Approx 140K words in length. This is not a F/F story.

    She knows death, she has tasted it and it no longer scares her. After attempting to take her life, Bianca is moved to a mental health facility in order to heal. She believes it's more that her mum just can't be bothered to look after her. At the facility she meets Bodhi, Gideon, Fisher, Silas and Taryn who become not only her best friends but the key to her healing. When the man she thought she would never see again, suddenly appears in her life, Bianca learns that her friends are more than just friends, they are family. This has some major triggers including, suicide, self harm, rape and derogatory language. Not suitable for anyone under the age of 17... Asylum is a Reverse Harem book, meaning that Bianca gets it on with more than one boy at a time. It also includes twins.. not getting it on! As well as some mild M/M scenes. Okay I've finished my warning.

    and love that will last forever. Only available until end December 2014!HEART OF DARKNESSA vampire prince intent on avenging his murdered sister, Aleksandr Nemov won’t stop until the hunter’s line is extinct. Each kill pushes him towards the darkness all vampires hold within their hearts and devolving into a beast. Time is running out as he tracks the last hunter to Prague. There he finds a beautiful woman who could be his one chance for salvation, but is it already too late for him?SEDUCEBloodlust runs in Antoine’s veins, a dark master waiting for the day it will reign over him. Now a woman with a pure soul and wicked intentions has him in her sights and is determined to crack the ice around his heart, and she might just save or damn him. When Sera discovers the shocking truth about his past and the darkness that lurks within, will she be strong enough to seize his heart or will she lose him to the ghosts that haunt him?A PROMISE OF PASSIONAlicia is a vampire hunter, unable to find a man strong enough to love and accept her for who she is. When Kassian, a tall and seductively handsome vampire walks into her life and vows to protect her, she doesn't know what to think or feel. His eyes make promises that his searing touch backs up, but can she get past the fact that he’s a vampire and accept him for who he is?SEVENTH CIRCLELincoln is a powerful pureblood vampire with a problem. He's caught up in a prophecy and has little time left to unravel the mystery of the contract between his lord and the Devil before he dies. When witches foretell that a vampire hunter will save his life, he's prepared to work with his most hated enemy, but he isn't prepared for the forbidden desire he feels when he meets her.

    Description:- Calendar Girl: Volume One: 1 Mia Saunders needs money. A lot of money. She has one year to pay off the loan shark who has threatened her father's life and is coming after his unpaid gambling debts. One million dollars to be exact. Her mission is simple-serve as a high-priced escort for her aunt's Los Angeles-based company and pay monthly against the debt. Calendar Girl: Volume Two Unwilling escort Mia Saunders's journey continues in the second anthology of the Calendar Girl series! In the next three months, Mia heads to Boston, Oahu, and Washington DC. In April, she poses as girlfriend to philandering Mason Murphy, a professional baseball player who needs a better image, only to find he's not at all what she expected. May finds Mia turning up the heat with Samoan model and fire-dancer Tai Niko as she participates in a swimsuit campaign designed to prove that beauty really does comes in all sizes. Calendar Girl: Volume Three: 3 Mia Saunders journey continues in the third wicked hot anthology of the Calendar Girl Series! In the next three months, Mia heads to Miami, Texas, and her hometown, Las Vegas. In July, she serves as the seductress in a music video to platinum selling hip hop artist Anton Santiago. Still dealing with the trauma from June, our girl opens her heart and finds that taking risks in life and love could give her all that she ever needed and more. Calendar Girl: Volume Four Calendar Girl Mia Saunders has come a long way. She rounds out the end of her year-long journey in Hollywood, New York City, and Aspen. In October, Mia starts her new life working on a celebrity daytime television show where she runs a regular segment about living beautiful. Her guy deals with the aftermath of captivity, and together they find a way to fight through the storms.

    Now, at twenty-six, he has an apartment and a job, everything to have a fulfilled life.Daniel, owner of the men-only club Escape, is tired of watching his friends find their true loves but has yet to find the one for him. An unexpected meeting brings the two men together again, but all Robbie wants is to be left alone and not face his past.Daniel sees something in Robbie he needs and refuses to give up. He knows that Robbie is worth fighting for.Will Robbie let Daniel in and learn to trust and feel again, or is he too damaged? Can Robbie give the reins to Daniel to give them the happiness they both seek?Not Your Boy is a spin-off series from the HeavyLoad! series and has characters from the series throughout.Not Your Boy is an MM romance and contains steamy scenes between men. Past acts of sexual assault and violence are mentioned.

    Along for the ride is Lisbeth Salamander, famed computer hacker and Pippi Longstocking look-alike. This 40 page parody takes on the Stieg Larssonn phenomenon, mystery-thrillers, and "the girl":"Tell me more about her, Gustaf. I want to know what makes her tick.""She weighs about 62 pounds or 28.1227269 kilograms as we say here in Sweden, although we wouldn't really say it in English unless this was a story written primarily for English readers.""Go on.""Very skinny, smallish breasts, bony legs, knocked knees, flaming orange hair when she doesn't have it dyed. Many body piercings and tattoos. Never smiles. Bad teeth. Underarm hair, also orange. Sometimes has some pretty bad gas. It's the whole package that fits together well. Most men find her attractive."-----Blöhärdt and the girl solve some old mysteries along the way including what happened to Jimmy Hoffa, and who is really buried in Elvis's grave at Graceland.

    Step 1 - Travel to a different dimension on verge of destructionStep 2 - Save dimension from doomsday eventStep 3 - Find the Wayfarer woman to take back so their dimension stabilizesStep 4 - Bind Wayfarer woman to you for bonus powers and abilitiesStep 5 - Get paid and then go back to Step 1

    It’s about you looking at yourself and finding ways to learn how to grow as an individual. I cannot tell you every single step you should take to get you to where you are trying to go in life. But what I can do is make sure you have enough confidence to trust your own judgments, regardless of past mistakes. I want you to understand that it’s okay to be exactly where you are right now, whether you are single or in a relationship. Appreciate where your journey is taking you, but be able to identify areas that need to change. I want you to read this book and have a better understanding of the present. I want you to know that trying to get it right is a constant process. We never arrive at a place of knowing it all. For as long as we are alive, we are challenged to grow, learn, evolve, and mature. Love is a decision, not a destination. It’s not something you stumble upon. You must choose to walk in it, give to it, and become it. Each of us travels a different path to find the love we are searching for. Some find what they are looking for instantly, while others must jump over a few hurdles before realizing they have finally found something special. In essence, we are all just working towards what we believe we deserve— our fair chance at love and happiness.

    Ηumiliated and ostracised by society, Susanna has to pick up her pieces and move on. When she ends up encountering a handsome and brooding Duke at a picnic, Susanna decides to defy the nasty gossip, even though she knows she is playing with fire. Will Susanna manage to break free of society's norms and follow her passionate heart?Reginald's world turns upside down, when he finds out his wife's baby isn't his own. But, just before his life is about to fall apart, the unpredictable faith brings the dashing Susanna right in front of his eyes. This fiery divorcee brings some colour back to his life and, surprisingly enough, irresistible desire and passion. Soon, the sparks inside him cannot be denied and he has to take action. But is Reginald ready to let go of the pain that has swallowed him? When everything shows she is the one for him, can he let go of his tormented past and start all over again?When false lies about the sinful couple threaten to ruin their reputation, they are all alone against a most cruel society. And as if that was not enough, Reginald has to fight with Susanna's conscience to get her to stay. Both betrayed and hurt, will they dare to give love a second chance? Or will their love be lost in time?"A Scandalous Match Against All Odds" is a historical romance novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.

    the third. At least in the top ten.But the fact I was kind of married to Ellery Hebert, highborn son of the demon-born clans, wasn't something I really considered a mistake. Mostly because no one but the two of us, and the nice folks at Sweetbriar College, knew. And it was kind of up in the air about whether Ellery really knew anymore or not. I hadn't seen him in years, not since the day after graduation when I came back to our campus apartment to find divorce papers on my pillow and his things cleared out to the walls. That was three years ago and I'd moved on with life but I have the devil's own luck...ELLERY...Once upon a time there was a handsome prince with, er, assets like a peach and sarcasm sharp enough to kill a man.When Simon didn't return the divorce papers, I had hope.Kind of.I knew we would never be anything more than conveniently married, but the longer it went without him signing those papers, the more that little seed of hope grew into a giant tree of stupidity deep in my heart. We were never supposed to be together, not according to the demon-born and definitely not according to the faerie folk that had raised Simon. But still, I had hopes.Maybe if I'd told Simon first that I was ass over teakettle in love with him, that would've helped.Once upon a time, nosy relatives got involved and things went very pear-shaped.Every magical clan, culture, and race is coming together to decide whether or not we make ourselves known to the human world once more. For centuries, we've been hiding in plain sight for the most part, living as humans when we can and disappearing into our little folds of the universe when we can't. When my marriage to Simon is discovered by my mother and used as an opening salvo in the fight to get demon-born recognized as a part of the magical community, I had no idea how horribly everything would unfold or how it would end.The Devil You Know is approximately 54k words of MM paranormal romance with low angst, snarking, awkward reunions, a marriage of convenience, too many antiques of decided rudeness, bad faeries, good demons, a death sentence and a life sentence.

    Claim their power. Rule the world... Inside the wild, crazy world of Goddess Reign Online, anything goes! Heroes pledge themselves to powerful goddesses who give them immense power in return, fighting a never-ending war for control of the world - and a lucky few become Heralds who not only can change the fate of the game, but share the goddesses bedchambers! Max has no idea which goddess he's going to sign up with - but when he accidentally frees the long-captive Goddess of Mischief, he changes his life in ways he couldn't have imagined! She wants to see the other goddesses on their knees, and helping her put them there will make Max into one of the most powerful players in the game! And when he discovers that this powerful goddess enjoys being choked and spanked in bed, he realizes he might have found his soulmate... Goddess Tamer is a new five-part LitRPG harem series by Neil Bimbeau. It contains elements of LitRPG with giant swords, horny goddesses, and a protagonist who uses illusion and manipulation to win the day. Also themes of alpha male dominance, harem romance, and MF, MFF and MFFF scenes! 18+ only!

    The ones who've always looked at her like she's the most interesting thing on the whole planet.She figures they won't recognize her, but there's no way they couldn't—not when they all feel pulled to her in a way they never have before.While she's planning on enjoying herself at the ball before going home to her empty bed, these three men have different plans. They each steal a dance with her, and by the end of the night, they're all left to face the one truth they've been avoiding:Not a single one of them can resist her. And now, they may not have to.Blissful Masquerade is a new adult reverse harem romance novella that contains a lot of steam, some kink, swearing, and mild violence. Please read the TW at the beginning of the book.

    He's reckless. And he's every woman's dirty fantasy in the state of California.., except one... Quinn Ashby.Recent graduate of Penn and top of her class, Quinn is whip smart, ambitious and interning as the new marketing coordinator for the Bexley Bruisers American Hockey League team. The last thing she needs is to waste her time on guys…especially one as lethal to her focus as Cash Brooks. But once the bad boy hockey star tempts her into his world, threatening her professional future, she’s forced to decide whether to let him into her heart…or to leave him behind forever.