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Catalyst by Elisabeth
paranormal
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time-travel
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Dark Thirst
Sara Reinke - 2007
Five years later, Angelina is a streetwise cop who's sure she's seen it all, until Brandon comes back into her life--lean, handsome, possessing a strange, powerful allure. . .and a terrifying secret.Dark DesiresBrandon is one of the Brethren, an ancient clan of ruthless vampires. Like other Brethren families, the Nobles have accumulated great wealth and prestige, never marrying outside of their kin, never leaving the isolated Kentucky farmlands where they live, undetected, among their prey. Horrified by his birthright, Brandon shunned the ritual of the first kill, earning the Brethren's lasting wrath. But the exhilarating passion he and Angelina share rouses the primitive impulses he has tried so hard to deny. And even if Brandon can protect Angelina from his enemies, can he save her from his own dark thirsts?
Ten Years Too Late
Jade Monet - 2019
Milo unintentionally made the biggest mistake of his life. He let his true love get away and missed out on the best thing anyone could have. Parenthood. Not trying hard enough to get what you want can turn into a great let down. Ava didn't fight hard enough. She let him get away. She allowed others to make decisions for her. Coming from two different cultures can be the death of a young love. Now that Milo has a second chance, will he step up and tell others to stay the hell out of his life's decisions? Or will time prove that nothing has changed? Is it really Ten Years Too Late?
I'll Be Your Shelter
Giselle Carmichael - 2003
Hunted by the gunmen, an attempt is made on her life and she is forced into police protection. Detective Harrison Blake, one of the city's finest, is appointed lead detective on the downtown murder case. Prepared as always for just about anthing when it comes to murder, the seasoned detective is completely caught off guard by his instant attraction to the witness. To make matters worse, she's the ex-wife of his nemesis, the district attorney. However, neither the differences in their races nor their painful pasts can keep the attraction between the two from blossoming. When another attempt is made on Jillian's life, Harrison will risk it all, even his most guarded secret, for the woman he loves in I'll Be Your Shelter.
The Legend of the Bloodstone
E.B. Brown - 2013
Will I still want to touch you when your blood is on my hands? Or will it chase your ghost from my thoughts?" He held his hands out and considered his open palms for a moment, shaking his head. "I think not. I think still you would haunt me." TIME WALKERSMaggie is a modern day woman with all her flaws, thrust back into a time when men were carving out the history of America. She has just enough knowledge of the past to know trouble is coming, yet soon she is kicking herself for not paying better attention in history class. When she is captured by Winn, a warrior who is torn between his duty to kill her and his desire to keep her, she must adapt to a life she had only read about in history books.Winn is a seventeenth century Paspahegh warrior, born in a time before the English settlers arrived on the shores of Tsenacomoco. He has learned the ways of the English and uses his knowledge to ensure the survival of his people, but when he finds a wounded woman in the woods his loyalty is put to the ultimate test.Hunted and feared by both the Powhatan and the English, Maggie struggles to find a way home while Winn plots to keep her there. Maggie fights to survive as she finds herself entangled in the Massacre of 1622, and Winn sees everything he ever believed in shattered by the knowledge she holds. With ties to both the past and future, their lives unfold among the stirrings of a new nation. Maggie and Winn risk everything to survive as the once powerful Powhatan Nation crumbles and the English build a country from the ashes.Praise for the Time Walkers series: The Legend of the Bloodstone - 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, QuarterfinalistA Tale of Oak and Mistletoe - 2013 RWA/NYC We Need a Hero Contest, Finalist"Time travel and romance converge in this tale of star-crossed love" - Publishers Weekly on The Legend of the Bloodstone"This was beautiful! Time Travel at its best!"- Romance Novels in Color"Absolutely consuming" - Amazon reviewer"I love this series. I didn't want it to end!" - Amazon Reviewer"I can easily see where this story could be a fantastic movie." - Amazon Reviewer"My complaint with this book is I couldn't stop reading this one and the next one in the series which resulted in late nights and tired mornings!!" - Amazon Reviewer"An epic historical saga in brilliant cinematic technicolor" - Amazon reviewer
Plucking the Pearl
Afton Locke - 2012
The successful widower is the “oyster king” of the island, but his intense desire for his forbidden new employee, a woman of color, threatens everything he’s built.What begins as a private sexual liaison flowers into strong feelings that don't fit the social mores of the island. When their secret is discovered, they risk losing everything. They dared to pluck the pearl, but will their love be strong enough to keep it forever?
Twist of Fate
Beverly Clark - 2003
Holding on to one dream, having her husbands' child, she conceives through alternative methods. Nicolas has struggled through many lost dreams. Last, being his wife and unborn child. Hadley Fertility Clinic surprised them both! A simple mix up could mean two parents who never met and are from opposite sides of all tracks, will be tied together forever. Now, both will fight their hardest to possess the one thing they have both wanted, that could never be divided.
Saving Silver
Xavier NealXavier Neal - 2021
From best-selling author Xavier Neal comes a brand-new, laugh-out-loud, paranormal romance you don't want to miss...
I swear, one minute I'm dozing off during the night shift - don't judge me - and the next I'm being told I'm Fate Mated to an ancient dragon.An ancient dragon I couldn't help but save when he woke me up out of the aforementioned slumber - again, don't judge me.Now this same ancient dragon - that I'm apparently destined to be with - is doing everything he can to win me over, because it's up to me whether or not he'll live the rest of his life in absolute agony or absolute bliss.Oh, and let's not forget the fact we're being chased by elves, working with a grumpy Griffin, and have to rescue some poor kidnapped dragon before an evil corporation kills it.Ugh.Any chance this is all some crazy dream that I can't wake up from?No?Well, can't blame this human for asking.
Fearless III (Resnov Bratva #3)
Amarie Avant - 2019
Life was a nightmare before Zariah clung to me. Now, we have a little girl and our son is on the way.But the game is changing in the mafia. Too many alphas want a taste. Somehow, I'm shoved into the chaos. My actions will be the reason my family is taken from me.
I have two choices:Join team Anatoly and become the devil.Join team my greedy half-sister, Danushka, and become the devil incarnate.
ZariahKeeping the fighter's love might as well accompany blood, sweat, and tears. Vassili is not an easy man to love.I never dreamt of another life or another man.Not until today.Seeds of doubt have dug root inside me. It's different for Vassili because his confidence is almost as scary as his jagged muscles. I fear that if I continue to allow my mind to wander, then my body, my soul, every part of me will too.
I have two choices:Keep holding on to Vassili, with all of me and live.Fly away only to die by his hands when he catches up to me.
Claimed by the Wolf
Candi Jackson - 2015
Her jerk of an ex-fiancé threw her out of the house after she caught him in bed with the neighbor, and now she’s struggling just to keep her head above water long enough to finish her nursing degree. But one desperate trip to a local dive bar results not only in a hot, delicious night with gorgeous billionaire mogul Grant Beal—the best sex she's ever had—but also in the realization that she’s landed herself in the middle of a war between werewolf packs. Not only does Zenobia’s lover happen to be the alpha leader of one of the packs, but the night of pleasure she shared with him left her pregnant. Now, as the mother-to-be of his heir and successor, she has no choice but to flee her old life and stay close to Grant in his mansion—and his bed. Her old life gone for good, can Zenobia find a way to accept her new one and come to find more than just acceptance at the side of the White Wolf—maybe even love? This is part one of a four-part serialized Fantasy Erotic Romance. This part has a length of about 15,000 words. It contains strong sexual content and is not intended for readers under 18.
Angels & Assassins
K. Alex Walker - 2015
While phoning for help to get him into the hospital for treatment, Gage makes one last declaration that sends a chill straight to her bones: "Just let me die, love." Determined to save his life, Tayler helps Gage get through what he'd intended to be his last night alive. To return the favor, Gage offers to head a home remodel project for a house bequeathed to her by one of her patient's late great-grandfather. However, when he encounters something in the woods, something that acts very much like a predator with its sights set on Tayler, he realizes that what he now owes her is worth much more than a renovation.
Keep
Kaye Blue - 2015
But when I looked at his hulking, tattooed body, the icy brutality in his eyes, I realized I was wrong. HIM: Familie. My clan. I’d fight for it, kill for it, die for it. It’s all that matters to me. But her innocence, only barely hidden by thick layers of makeup, the curves that her tight dress can’t hide, calls to me. So I’ve decided to keep her. No matter how deadly the consequences.
In the Ring: A Dario Caivano Novel
Perri Forrest - 2017
It isn’t without reason, however. As a teenager, Dario witnessed the murder of someone that he loved like a brother, and it took a lot out of him. It hardened him and left little to trust. Years have passed since the horrific crime, but it hasn’t gotten Dario any closer to being a man that can love . . . or be loved. In fact, he’s his best self when he’s in the ring where he can release his aggressions, if only for twelve rounds of “play”, to escape to a world where he can repeatedly annihilate the person responsible for his cousin’s death. But what happens when he allows himself to come up for air? Chanel Norwood is a single parent and club owner who is something like a “Boss”. She’s fiercely independent and knows exactly what she wants out of life, and right now it isn’t to be in an intimate relationship. She’s too busy taking care of business and raising a preteen son. After a failed relationship, Chanel has sworn off men—especially athletes. In her eyes, she’s already had one too many. But how long can you fight fate? When Dario and Chanel are thrown together, while the attraction is there, sparks don’t immediately fly. Both of them have lives and hearts that they’re very protective of. But as time goes on, they find there’s more to guard than just emotions when their worlds collide in a way that no one ever expected. “In the Ring” is not without its share of secrets, drama, and ah-ha moments. Overall, it’s a story of love, loss, life and paths to new beginnings.
Again
Sharon Cullars - 2006
But will their attraction bring an undying love - or set in motion a harrowing destiny?
Agnes Moor's Wild Knight
Alyssa Cole - 2014
When the king makes a kiss from Agnes the prize of a tourney, a mysterious knight plows through his opponents to claim it. But it isn’t chance. The Wild Knight has come for her, and her champion is after after the most elusive prize of all: her heart.
Tennessee's Whiskey
L. Loren - 2020
Needing a job that pays immediately, she reluctantly sets her sights on the local redneck bar where the bikers are notorious, and the tips are flowing. All she wants is to make a little cash to pay her way through school, but what she finds is so much more. Her dream of finally having a family to call her own is just beyond her reach.Single father, Weston Daniels, has built a nice life for him and his five-year old son. After escaping the “family business” all he wants is the peace and quiet of the south, and an occasional romp with a nameless woman. He has a change of heart, when a beautiful African American woman dressed in orange bombards his bar. When his past catches up with him, he is faced with choosing between her life and the happiness he desires.