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Spring UnVeiled


KaLyn Cooper - 2020
    His mission to clean up the team’s tarnished reputation. When a sex trafficking ring involving SEALs comes to light, Evan must decide who he can trust to help him clean house and restore honor and pride. Before he can get started, an unexpected phone call with his college-age daughter and his ex-wife throws his personal life into chaos.Genevieve Hubbard has spent the last twenty-one years as a schoolteacher, nine as a single-mom after her decision not to follow her husband’s career to the other side of the country. While she never stopped loving her ex-husband, she’s made a life for herself that doesn’t include him.Their daughter has been keeping secrets—the father’s identity from Genevieve, and her pregnancy from Evan. When tragedy strikes shortly after the baby is born, Evan and Genevieve must work together to do what is best for everyone. Will they find love again, or will they lose everything that is precious to them?

Feels Like the First Time


Ciana Stone - 2012
     It doesn’t quite work out that way. The woman turns out to be Lily Ridenger, his first love, and the one woman who has the ability to turn his thoughts to sin with a single look. She’s in need of a place to stay and he has room to spare. So what if they have unfinished business between them? So what if there are still unresolved feelings? Chances are they’ll hook up, have sex hot enough to start a fire and go their separate ways. At least that’s what Clint thought… He thought wrong.

Bat's Got Bite


A. Gregory - 2019
    She intends to follow orders until she’s ordered to track down the vampire prince who fled his wedding. Valerian knows his arranged marriage won’t work. He needs to find his true mate if he wants to avoid the same fate of his ancestors. When Ecaterina catches up with Valerian, they discover they have more in common than they once thought. They both love adventure and hate archaic traditions, and they’re extremely compatible in bed. Too bad a royal vampire prince and a bat shifter are forbidden to be together. Can the two of them work together and thwart the renowned killer who’s after Ecaterina? And even more challenging, can they make their clans accept them for who they are? This steamy romance novella is part of Milly Taiden’s Paranormal Dating Agency (PDA) world

You've Got Bear


Carrie de Croix - 2017
    And they thrive best in Seattle, hometown of mysterious bear shifters and the lucky women strong enough to love them. If only it were that easy... When curvy chocolatier Amy loses her storefront, she knows a fresh start is right around the corner. What she doesn't know is that her elusive landlord-to-be is a billionaire bear shifter--and she is his fated mate. Once vandals target Amy, she must rely on Zach for protection. But will she ever learn to really trust him? Grizzly bear shifter Zach doesn't have time to court Amy the way she deserves. He's too busy protecting his billionaire family from vicious thugs attacking their properties across the Pacific Northwest. He knows she wants him, and he helped her business, so why won't she trust that he's serious about her? Zach is a shifter who knows how to get what he wants, but convincing Amy of his love might be the biggest challenge he's ever faced.

Sunset at Catoctin Creek


Natalie Keller Reinert - 2020
    It’s home to farmers and shopkeepers, dreamers and schemers. And it’s the perfect place to fall in love.Rosemary Brunner’s life might look small to some, but she has things arranged just the way she likes them. She’s turned her family farm into a sanctuary for troubled horses. She has dinner once a week with her elderly neighbors. And if she needs a little company and gossip, her best friend Nikki can swing by with dinner from the Blue Plate Diner and plenty to say. For a country girl with a heaping helping of social anxiety, she has things figured out just fine.Then Stephen walks into her life, and her careful little world falls apart.Stephen Beckett can’t understand why his father retired to sleepy Catoctin Creek. The days are too quiet, the nights are too dark, and everything moves too slowly for his high-octane lifestyle. The sooner Stephen can get his life back in order and head back home to Manhattan, the better.Then Stephen meets Rosemary, and a bolt of lightning seems to set the dark country night aglow.With opposite intentions, their chances at a happy ending don’t look great. But Stephen and Rosemary might not be able to help falling for each other…if Stephen’s ambitions and Rosemary’s traditions aren’t too much for this budding romance to bear.

I Kissed a Dog


Carol Van Atta - 2012
    She can communicate with animals. A gift she unwrapped following one of her frequent dances with death.In her otherwise wacky life, she's finally found a semblance of sanity working at the Plum Beach Wildlife Park, where her unique talents can make life or death differences for the animals in her care. That semblance is shattered when a new veterinarian roars into the park in his spiffed up sports car and sets his golden gaze on her. If she had her way, he'd roar right back out.Problem: He's her new coworker and he's saved her life twice - in the past twenty-four hours.Zane Marshall, Enforcer for the Pacific Pack of purebred werewolves, has a job to do - figure out who or what is mutilating the young men of Plum Beach.With orders to find the woman who talks to animals, he accepts a position working alongside the fiery Chloe Carpenter, a female who ignites his interest far more than he ever expected.Remarkably, she's the one elusive female with potential to bring meaning and passion to his empty existence.Problem: She despises him.Together, they're forced to unravel a mystery of supernatural proportions, a murderous mystery with eternal implications for everyone. In the process, they discover opposites really do attract.Major Problem: Zane is pledged to another woman, and she'll do anything to keep him from Chloe.

Crash and Burn (Crash and Burn, Book One)


Eva Grayson - 2016
    But now I can’t stop thinking about his broad shoulders, his strong jaw, his hands in my hair, his lips on my body.He went away to the military, but now he’s back, hotter and more tempting than ever…ColeI’m back.Back for her. I haven’t stopped thinking about her, and getting another chance with Lauren is the only thing that's kept me alive these last few years…And now that I have her in my sights, I’m willing to risk everything for just one night, one taste, one moment of real passion between us.Even if I have to crash and burn to get it.

Taking Back Sunday


Cristy Rey - 2014
    What her two best friends don’t know is that Sunday has a secret past. She is the Incarnate, a conduit of mystical energy transcendent of the mundane and the divine. For most of her life, she served under Bernadette, the most powerful witch in the Northwest. Her power is terrifying, and what she remembers of her past—and what she doesn’t—haunts her. In the year that she’s been attempting to be anything but the Incarnate, Sunday has fought her abilities tooth and nail, but it’s been worth it. When Sunday joins her friends’ coven for an innocent gathering, Sunday discovers a darkness hidden beneath the blanket of the coven’s magic and she is determined to find out who is behind it and what she has planned. For the last four years, Cyrus has been the point man on the contract to recapture the Incarnate and deliver her to the Pastophori of Iset. A gifted tracker and a fearless werewolf, he harbors a wild, inexplicable passion for the Incarnate that has driven him to hunt her. He was one of the original captors that brought her to Bernadette when his obsession with her began. Having found her, Cyrus and his pack find themselves torn between two objectives: take her by force and deliver her to yet another group of fanatics, or help her uncover the traitor among her coven.*** The Perfect Series for Readers Who Like: Supernatural suspense; paranormal mystery; magic, witches, witchcraft, and the occult; romantic suspense, second chance stories, and romance; werewolves, shifters, and other shapeshifters; contemporary, urban settings; and series books and novels ***

A Spirited Manor


Kate Danley - 2013
    A house with secrets. And an invitation to a seance... When Clara O'Hare's husband passed away, she felt her life was over. But when she moves into a new home to escape the memories, she discovers that the veil between life and death is very thin indeed. Desperate to find answers, she attends a seance in a remote country home surrounded by a colorful cast of strangers. But something sinister has decided to make itself known. It will be up to her and the dashing young medium, Wesley Lowenherz, to find out what the spirits of the manor are dying to tell them. Laced with gothic romance and paranormal mystery, A Spirited Manor is book one in the O'Hare House Mystery penny dreadful series.

Vampire's Desire: Vampire Romance Collection


Alexis Davie - 2018
     Eternal Heart Will the monster that has been hunting Sophia finally succeed in killing her, or will Noah be able to save her yet again, as he has her entire life? Vampire’s Revenge Lucy is mesmerized by the most handsome man she’s ever met, but the intriguing stranger put her in a situation that threatens her life. Can he save her in time? Killian’s Seduction Killian is handsome and worth billions of dollars, but Charlotte senses he’s hiding something. After uncovering his dark secret, she has every reason to be afraid, but can she trust him to protect her? The Vampire’s Witch Nina and Raphael are drawn together in a mix of emotions, attraction, and spirit by something old and powerful that is undeniably magical in nature. The two are thrown into the survival of their lives as Zeke hunts them for his own, dark agenda. Bloodline Heiress Sawyer was taken against her will to a secret fortress where her life is in danger. With an unexpected connection to the vampire king, Sawyer doesn’t know if she’s being protected or if she needs to escape to survive. Also inclued in this vampire romance collection: Vampire Fate If you love vampire romances, bad boys, paranormal love, and alpha men who know how to take charge, then you will love Vampire’s Desire! Content Warning: Explicit love scenes and lots of sexy vampires. No cheating! Intended for 18+ audiences.