His parents are relentless in their quest to get Keith to give up his dream and move to Washington D.C.They’ve made it clear that his attendance at their annual Christmas Soireé is required—as is him bringing a date—but he can’t take just anyone to a holiday party for the members of Congress.Enter Brielle—Keith’s roommate and friend who knows him better than anyone. She’s sophisticated, she’s intelligent, and she’s an award-winning news anchor. His family will love her.They went to the party as friends, but left as something more, and now he has to keep his parents from digging their talons into the woman who means more to him than anything.He puts out fires for a living, surely he can keep his family from burning down his life, right?This interracial love story will have you cheering for love to win over hate. All they need to do is survive Christmas…This standalone Christmas story is set in the world of the Burning for the Bravest series featuring New York City fireman who love hard and make love harder, but can be read without having read the series. (Be warned, you're going to want to devour the series once you get a taste of the sexy firemen in Burning for Christmas.) The author is a former firefighter, so expect authentic action scenes. You'll also get all the warm fuzzy holiday feels and a tissue-worthy HEA.

    Finding herself in debt after her efforts fail to bear fruit, however, she bounces from one temp job to another until she meets Garrett, the owner of the very company where she just had a car-crash interview. Garrett Green is a billionaire, and modern cowboy; a gorgeous, infuriating collision of designer suit and Stetson, and a single dad to boot. He and Karla hit it off immediately, and unbelievably to her, end up in bed together! Soon after, though, and it seems like his talk of wanting to hire her was all hot air – Was Garrett after one thing only? Six weeks later, fruitlessly spent trying to put him out of her mind, Karla realizes she’s pregnant! Karla has never been one to give up easily – so much so that she drives four hours out to the billionaire’s ranch to give him the low-down. Poignant revelations quickly follow, as Karla learns that she is pregnant with not one baby, but two! Can Garrett – part-time cowboy, full-time single dad – right the wrongs, and convince Karla that his heart is in the right place? Will he earn a second chance?

    Rena has given up on love and men in general. She has a good life and plans to enjoy every moment of it. When she meets Aran everything changes. She desires the life she gave up on. When Rena starts to think she can have it all, she realizes someone wants to make sure she never gets a chance at a happy ending. Can Aran and Rena figure out what's happening in time for them to have a chance at forever? This book contains adult content it is not recommended for readers under the age of 18.

    D in Xenobiology and another in Spinsterhood. This year, yet again, her sorry self is stuck working on Mars for the holidays. Aside from dodging the unrequited attentions of a certain cringe-worthy bachelor on the station, she mentally prepares for yet another lonely and boring Christmas.But when her sister sends her an early gift in the form of a drool-worthy alien hellbent on fulfilling her every desire, Kathleen isn’t so sure she wishes to stay off the naughty list anymore.This book is standalone.

    She’s bored to tears. Nothing’s happened in forever. When three gods sneak onto Earth, she meets her match on the battlefield and wants nothing more than to kick his annoying butt. It’s hard enough fighting her hormones, but it’s impossible to keep her mind or hands off the gorgeous god.Ares, God of War, visits Earth without permission and is caught by Alyssa, a Fate who can kick him to the curb. The God of War vanquished? Never. Seriously, not gonna happen. What he does want to happen is to get a taste of the sassy Fate. But he finds that in addition to his magic being rivaled, this Fate threatens to conquer his restless heart.When a mysterious, powerful magic attacks, she’ll need all the help she can get to keep them all alive. Ares can’t let Alyssa get hurt. He’ll give everything he has to keep his little spitfire from diving into battle to her death. Even his life.Reader's Note: This story arc continues into book 2 and 3. The resolution will happen in the last book.

    It's been four years since they were involved in a hot, heavy, and steamy affair. Andrew's life gets complicated when Toni is assigned as his new partner. Paired together, they try hard to ignore the sexual chemistry that's stronger than ever between them. One homicide investigation turns deadly and Toni's life is in danger. Andrew goes into action, determined to protect the woman he's trying his damnedest not to fall in love with.

    That is if her well intentions don't kill him first.

    If you’re an Immortal Guardians fan, I think you’re really going to enjoy this companion. Dianne has packed it with ninety pages of deleted scenes that feature many of the characters you’ve come to know and love plus a bonus scene from Cliff’s Descent that you won’t want to miss.You’ll also find every character interview Dianne has ever written inside these pages. (Those of you who’ve encountered a few in the past know the ones I conduct are the best.) If you’ve never read one or you missed a few, then pick up a copy, sit back, and laugh while I interview Immortal Guardians and the loves of their lives for the network. Even Chris Reordon and Todd down at network headquarters get in on the action.I also interview Dianne and ply her with questions I thought you’d like to ask her. Throw in a couple of short stories, what inspired the Immortal Guardians series, and a brief Who Does What Now? list, and you’re bound to enjoy it.See you on the inside!Your friend,SheldonImmortal Guardian Richart’s immensely competent SecondAnd the most beloved character in the Immortal Guardians series (at least in his mind)

    Romance. Adventure. And twists you’ll never see coming.According to legend, twin sisters Gemma and Mira are descended from witches. But they’ve never been able to use magic.On their seventeenth birthday, everything changes. They’re gifted with power over the elements, and right after receiving their magic, they’re tracked down and attacked by an ancient monster. They would have died, if not for Mira’s boyfriend Ethan showing up to save the day.It turns out that Ethan has magic, too. He’s a dragon shifter from a dark realm, and he’s sworn to protect the twins from whoever’s hunting them down.With monsters relentlessly chasing them, the three of them go on the run, pausing only to sleep—and to allow Ethan to teach them how to master their magic. But since they’re stuck together, Gemma has to try harder than ever to keep her deepest secret from her twin—she’s been in love with Mira’s boyfriend for months. Sometimes, she swears Ethan feels the same.But Gemma’s feelings for Ethan should be the last thing on her mind, because whoever’s hunting them has dark magic so impossibly strong that even the most powerful supernaturals are running scared. With nowhere left to hide and time running out, the twins race to discover the truth behind their heritage so they can fight back—even if that means committing the ultimate act of betrayal: of each other.

    I’m the rough, ruthless soldier she needs when her life is in danger.Fiona was asked to train a covert team in rescue and recovery.I’m in charge of that team.And she’s one hell of a hot instructor.I have my eyes set on her.Her yoga body is flexible enough for all the things I have in mind.But she’s run into unexpected trouble.A shady organization has taken her hostage.And I’m the man who’d do anything to bring her back alive.I’m going to barge through that door and take my woman.Anyone who stands in my way would be asking for death.Author’s Note:✦ this is a stand-alone paranormal romance story✦ with HEA, so no cliff-hangers✦ this story contains mature themes and language, and is intended for 18+ readers only

    But between vacation hook-ups, one player falling into bed with the boss and a surprise guest at the resort, there’s more action—and complications—than any of them could have predicted.Note to Readers: This story first appeared in the charitable anthology, Color Theory. It has been rewritten and expanded since its inclusion. This is a companion piece to the Hockey Hotties series but does not have to be read to enjoy any of the books in that series.

    So when a large sample of ice sent to her lab happens to be carrying a centuries-old Siberian man who claims to be the lord of winter, everything in her life is turned upside down. Alek's tall, handsome, protective... and totally shouldn't be alive. But somehow, even though he's the one who was frozen, she's the one who's beginning to warm up!Alek, lord of winter, has huge gaps in his memory and no ability to access the ice dragon powers that made him a force to be feared. But he does know he always goes after what he wants with the force of a winter storm, and right now that's scientist Talia Reed, the tiny human woman who awakened him. His heart has been drawn to her from the moment they met, and he isn't going to let anything, past or present, stand in the way of claiming her for his own!As Alek and Talia spend time together, things get steamy enough to melt snow. But Talia is torn about having feelings for a scientific sample, and Alek is trying to figure out the key to unlocking his powers to rule the modern world. And in the meantime, secrets are lurking beneath the ice of Alek's past, threatening to break through and destroy everything he holds dear...

    Harry Stratton Trevelyan. She'd hired him when the foundation had needed the advice of the best expert in America on new inventions. Brilliant, tall, and unexpectedly handsome Harry was the best--at getting under her skin. She had bubbled over about a device for lunar power. He shot it down. She went wild for a bright-eyed young inventor. Harry called him a con. They were getting nowhere fast when he suddenly invited her to his condominium for tea. There she was thinking of giving him his pink slip. There he was serving her Darjeeling, a sexy smile, a smoldering gaze, and an outrageous proposal--that thy have an affair!Harry had been burned before by love. He wanted no pulls on his heart, no intrusions on his time, no dizzying of his logical mind. But he couldn't get Molly Abberwick out from under his skin. His brilliant deduction: have a simple fling, "just one of those bedroom things." It was a fail-safe formula for a no-commitment/no-demands affair. After all, the chemistry was right. What could go wrong?Everything, of course. Molly was ready to go to battle with Harry, not to bed with him. Worse, she believed only an absolutely, positively impossible man would think that a relationship could be planned, predicted, and run like a science project. But just when Molly was ready to let him have a piece of her mind--not her heart--she discovered that the eminent Dr. Trevelyan was not what he seemed.Harry turned out to be fascinating. First, there was his family, the Trevelyans, a long line of carnival owners, illusionists, and daredevils who ran the Smoke & Mirrors Amusement Company. Then there were the paranormal premonitions Harry denied having--on scientific grounds--but which brought him to Molly's side when a sinister prank exploded at her family mansion. And when the pranks escalated into violence and a mysterious the stalker threatened her life, Molly needed Harry's sixth sense, and his extraordinary family, to help. Sh needed Harry, not for just a week, not for just an hour, but forever in love.

    My destiny is my burden.I didn’t get parents or prom. Instead I got a pack of overprotective werewolves all up in my business.Hunters are after all of us, that’s not new. But I’m the gold prize, the one they really want to take out.The future of all werewolves depends on me. How lucky.A normal life was never in the cards. I’m not even allowed to leave my pack’s territory.And guys? With so few to choose from, that wasn’t an option.Then Bruno comes out of nowhere. He’s here for a meeting with our alpha.He doesn’t expect me.I thought I understood my fate. It was fixed, never changing.I was wrong.* The Rocky Mountain Pack series is gritty, sexy, and action-packed paranormal shifter romance.* Wolf Bonds is a full-length novel recommended for mature readers due to language, sexual situations, and graphic fighting scenes.

     It was love at first sight with Blaine. I knew he was the one when I freed him and his dragon brothers. The way I crave his touch is unlike anything I’ve ever wanted. Blaine makes me whole. But he’s got enemies that are after my life now. I saved him once. Now, he wouldn’t let anyone lay a finger on me. I’m his to protect… and his to claim. This is a steamy paranormal shifter fantasy romance series with a HEA and no cliffhangers. Fans of Terry Bolryder, T.S. Joyce, Candace Ayers, Zoe Chant and Harmony Raines will like this shifter series.