When she gets there, the angry and cold owner, sexy coyote shifter Jack Summers, tells her she’s the victim of an elaborate lie. Destitute with no idea what she will do next, Jarrika is dependent on Jack’s good graces. She buys time at the inn using her cooking skills to feed the bottomless pit that is Jack and his pet coyote Casey. When time doesn’t heal all wounds, the ghost of Jack’s great-grandmother must bring together an emotionally scarred shifter and the woman meant to be his mate.

    So when the opportunity presented itself to Valencia Thomas to make enough money for college in one night, she took it. Who knew she would end up running for her life from creatures that were not even supposed to exist. The savior that came to her rescue was a dragon shifter named Orin who was just as gorgeous and magnificent in dragon from as he was when he was human.Attraction to the formidable Orin was hard to resist for Valencia. When he held her in his arms, she could feel the heat radiating from his body and settling inside her soul. When he looked at her, he made her breathless. When he kissed her, she melted. The very first night, he told her her old life would be no more, and for her to survive, she would have to stay with him. From dragon hero to lover, now Valencia had to figure what her role would be in Orin’s world and if it included love.

    1, Pepper explored the romantic side of IR eroticism. But in this collection, Pepper Pace reflects the steamier side of eroticism. Included is the Literotica award winning Blair and the Emoboy. Pepper pulls you into her tales of black women who find themselves drawn into sexually charged relationships that reveals sides of their personality that they had no idea existed!In Blair and the Emoboy, Pepper explores what happens when the tough as nails, outspoken Blair finally pushes her shy best friend, Daniel, one step too far. In My Special Friend, celibate Kia decides that her raunchy friend Todd might be just what she needs to open her ‘closed’ mind. And in MILF, Noreen is always in control, until her younger, white, protégé flips the script. Bonus story includes Emoboy; the Submissive Dom—what happens after Emoboy and Blair explore submission and domination.Pepper’s new collection explores submission and domination, forced sex and also romance and love between black women and white men. Warning: extreme graphic content. Mature readers only.

    The love child of a human mother and dragon father, she’s maintained the secret and lived as a human never realizing that her last name is actually a title.Until she met another dragon.Kirill Kavinkovy knew nothing of the woman he was sent to kill but one look at her and he kidnaps her instead--unwittingly setting off a series of events that will change the dragon clans forever. With her he could rule a nation.Warning: This book contains a hot dragon with a sexy accent and a sultry heroine with a penchant for fighting. Watch the sparks fly as these two find out just how low a dragon will go.

    Her long time, live-in boyfriend is lazy, trifling and a cheat. She keeps telling herself that one day she is going to leave, that one day her future will start. But as the years fly by that one day never comes. There is never enough money, never an opportunity. Trudging along her depressing existence, she runs headfirst into her one day in the form of one seriously fine former Marine and hometown hero.Emory couldn’t explain it. There was something about Kennedy that touched down to his core. It wasn’t just her beauty, but the woman haunting his every thought. It killed him to see her working her fingers to the bone for a man that didn’t deserve her. All he wanted to do was gather her in his arms and make it all better. But how could he if she refused to lean on him, even just a little?

    His album has gone platinum, and he's about to marry the woman of his dreams. Or is he? When Austin meets Chef Farrah Rue, there is an instant attraction between them. All Farrah Rue wants to do is concentrate on making Southern Rose Eatery successful. When Austin offers her the job of catering his wedding, Farrah knows it's the opportunity of a lifetime for her growing business. When the attraction between her and Austin heats up, Farrah does everything in her power to keep their relationship professional. Will the two manage to maintain their distance, or will they give in and submit to their hearts' desire? Southern Love is a steamy romance about life, loss, and learning to love again.

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    As passions ignite, pretense becomes reality and Sunshine is forced to give up her happiness or risk the man she loves losing everything he’s worked a lifetime for.Yoon Min Young, an immigrant of South Korea, worked hard for the reputable multimillion dollar investment firm he established in America. After finding out his mother is determined that he remarry, he thwarts her plan by offering a marriage of pretense to a young Black woman that finds herself with nowhere to go, no one she can call on and no money. The perfect plan until soon after he marries her Yoon finds he’s married the granddaughter of one of his biggest clients. He thought he was pretending at marriage until the marriage is threatened to be destroyed.

    She grudgingly accepts the advice of a threat assessment expert and disappears from the online world, taking temporary refuge at a family friend’s quarter horse ranch in the country.Head horse wrangler Adam Cooper isn’t thrilled about the smart-mouthed young woman suddenly living and working at the ranch—even if she’s drop dead gorgeous. But their verbal sparing sets his body ablaze and gets his heart racing, and he’s drawn to her despite his misgivings.As Danyiah and Adam fight their attraction, however, her stalker draws near, putting not only their fledgling love but their lives on the line.

    Instantly, a smile formed on his full, sensual lips. Solomon tilted his head to the side. It was her. He leaned forward in the leather seat as he counted the steps that brought her to the closed conference door. The second the door flew open his eyes were on her. His eyes traveled leisurely over her thick, shapely Godiva chocolate colored body. The tight pencil skirt she had chosen to impress on her interview cling in all the right places to bring attention to her thighs and hips. His mouth watered. He hid his desire behind hood lashes as he turned away from Tia. Solomon Dynasty had waited for so long to finally get Teshera Alexander at arm’s reach. Even though this sassy Vampire was opened to the idea of all this handsome, powerful Alpha Werewolf was offering, all desire whined when he mentioned the word, Mate. Against the idea, the cat and mouse game began. With each touch, Solomon melted her… bending her to his well. At last, this Alpha had his mate. What should have been a time of love and lust became one of death and blood spilled when Tai was pushed to the point of no return. He realized then that it wasn’t fate that had brought them together, but a powerful force was at work…

    Her life is all about control...her control. She owns her own business, her own condo, and conducts her relationships the same way she runs her business--by her rules. Any man that doesn't like it is welcome to leave.Alex Wolfe is the town of Refuge's only veterinarian. He's also a shape-shifter, and the Alpha of the Raven Pack. He's been waiting for the woman who can complete him, his one True Mate. Even though the odds of finding her are slim, he refuses to settle for second best. Once he finds her, he'll never let her go.Their worlds collide when Kiesha is snatched out of her nice, safe world and mysteriously teleported to a clearing in the woods outside of Refuge. She's out of her element and things are out of her control.Life just got a little bit more interesting...

    Still, she’s thrown completely off kilter to find out those assets also include a six-and-a-half foot, dark-haired, green-eyed giant of a man who falls to his knees and swears to protect her with his life. Not only is he gorgeous, the man—creature—claims he’s her Protector, or in human terms: zombie. Things grow even stranger when Azaleigh learns she’s the new Guardian witch of the town of Hallows Brook, and the Night Walkers, fiendish bloodsucking vampires, will massacre everyone if she doesn’t learn the right spells in a hurry. Victor St. Croix is a Protector, an immortal whose sole purpose is the safety of a witch. After Antoinette’s death, Victor is sworn to her niece, whose laughing brown eyes and generous curves make him itch with the need to possess her. With the Night Walkers closing in, and their relationship blossoming into something neither expected, Azaleigh and Victor have a tough battle ahead. In Hallows Brook, things are never as they seem, and the lines between Protector and Guardian are soon tested.

    That-s why his betrayal cuts her to the bone and she flees town, wanting to put her ex-boyfriend behind her. She vows to not let another devastatingly handsome man into her heart or life. Her promise is put to the test when she moves next door to the amazingly sexy Hayward Campbell. Hayward Campbell moved to Montana to get away from the life that still seems to haunt him. He isn-t interested in any woman until a pair of shapely mahogany legs gets out of a flashy red sports car. Will Hayward and True be able to get over their tormented pasts and find love with each other in-..Loving True?

    When you spent the majority of your time staring at a woman and wondering if you could get away with bending her over your desk without being slapped ugly, there wasn't much else you could use to characterize your feelings. But when Nyssa slips up on the night of her birthday, giving Sansone a taste of the sweetest mouth he’s ever know after one too many, he finds himself questioning if his silent adoration is truly as unreciprocated as he thought. A man recognized for his voracious predatory instincts in their profession, he can’t very well let this slide through his fingers can he? After all, he is called the barracuda…

    Unfortunately, Cami’s adoptive Uncle is far from grateful. In fact he’s down right livid…and far too attractive for Tisha’s peace of mind.Love thy neighbor… Is easier said than done, especially when the neighbor in question is a sexy little spitfire who gives even better than she gets. Although Jonah is not the type to say he’s sorry, even he can admit when he’s wrong. But the ongoing fight to win custody of Cami has made him cautious and mistrustful of people, even those as desirable as Tisha.What starts as a misunderstanding turns out to be one of the best things to ever happen to them. Unfortunately, not everyone is as thrilled, and Jonah and Tisha must decide if their newly formed family is something worth fighting for.