It was a flash in the moonlight, a blur of motion like I'd never witnessed before. No human had the capacity to move like that. When I found myself face-to-face with him there in the meadow, I knew without a doubt that the journal was authentic. I knew that my grandfather hadn't been crazy at all. Because a foot away from me stood a vampire. What do you do when you find out the people you trust have been hiding a terrible secret? When Sarah Wood's father passes away and hands over to her the responsibility of running the family's inn, she finds put things are far more complicated than she first imagined. She's not just responsible for running the inn. She's become the Vampire's Warden. This is part one of a three-part series. It is 31,880 words long. It is a novella.

    She would have suffered the same unpleasant fate had tall, dark, and mysterious stranger Max not intervened. Every night since Lissa, along with an elite group of fighters, trains and patrols the mostly abandoned streets around the city of Buffalo, NY. They quietly thwart the dastardly plans of rogue vampires and cursed shifters in an attempt to protect mankind.Having been told that all shifters are evil, Lissa is taken by surprise when she learns that there are good ones in the world - the Guardians. And she's bonded with one of them, an ultra-rare occurrence amongst Guardians in recent years and unheard of between a Guardian and a mortal. When a typically fatal injury threatens to end her, her bond-mate throws caution to the wind and uses his own blood to save her. The consequences could be disastrous when Lissa wakes up to find she is no longer human, and not only a shifter herself but the shifter queen.

    Dane, the vampire who would do anything to win her affection, is responsible for Mitch being framed for murder. A fast chain of events is set in motion, which leads to the soulmates being torn apart and Ciera to lose her heart to the one person she has always despised, Dane. She finds herself completely in love with both men. But a rogue vampire puts them all in grave danger. Can she keep them both? Or will she have to accept one lover’s sacrifice, to save the other?

    Though her best friend tries to force the Christmas spirit on her with giant Santas and elves that light up, she'd rather spend her time doing what she does best--enforcing paranormal law on the streets of Chicago. Nothing like a little evil bloodshed to lighten the mood. Besides, work means she can spend time with her sexy boss, Cornell Sutton. Too bad Cornell is uptight, her new neighbor, and a vampire. Everyone knows slayers and vampires just don't mix. Or do they? Please note: Title was available for a limited time in the Kiss of Christmas Magic Box Set that is no longer for sale.

    Call me bitter but my full name is Emily Johnson, and I work as a private investigator for Jonesville Extramarital Affairs. It’s my daily job to investigate, snap photos of and usually proves that a spouse has found someone else to dilly-dally with. It was a bit of a dream job after having my own respect and dignity broken so many times in college by a guy named Robert, Bob for short. I don’t hold a grudge against him, he was my first, and he taught me that love relationships are not really things that exist. My best friend Abby doesn’t believe me so I decided to prove my point and become a Private Investigator. On this night Emily's world turns upside down when she comes across a vampire attacking one of her investigations. She is swept into a world of the supernatural and must draw from all her experiences as Private Investigator to survive... or so she thinks until she meets Michael. Read the first book now! Book one of Bite of a Vampire.

    Now I'm locked up, expecting death.  But what could be worse than a death sentence? Discovering you are being SOLD to a dead Prince's brother.    The Big brother is planning his sweet revenge. They call him The Fearsome Prince.    And I couldn't care less.    Either he learns his little brother was not the beloved prince everyone thinks he was, or I'll make sure he accompanies him in Hell.    Even if it is the last thing I do...    Inside this collection are the following titles:   Sold To The PrinceForbidden BeastBeastAnimal PrinceCaged By The BeastVamp's CaptiveBeast UnchainedThe Night I Was RescuedGifted To The BeastRipped

    Since then, I’ve had the honor of interviewing several well known authors including New York Times Bestselling author Christine Feehan, and the New York Times Bestselling thriller team of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The goal of Author-2-Author is to not only entertain my readers and the readers of those being interviewed, but to help answer the questions of aspiring authors who are diligently working towards a successful writing career. The 2008 Interviews can be found on my website, Alleywolf.com, AmericanChronicle.com, and on Amazon.com’s Kindle for reading on the go. The 2008 Interviews include:Jeremy Robinson, best selling author of The Didymus Contingency, Raising the Past, Antarktos Rising, Pulse, Kronos, POD People, and The Screenplay Workbook. Pamela Duncan Edwards & Henry Cole, authors of numerous children’s picture books including Some Smug Slug, Livingstone Mouse, and Moosetache.Christine Feehan, New York Times Bestselling author of over 40 novels.Steve Alten, New York Times Bestselling author of several books including the MEG series and the Shell Game.Gregg Olsen, New York Times Bestselling author of several true crime novels.D. H. Brown, An emerging Northwest self-published author of Honor Due.J. E. Braun, An emerging East coast self-published author of Paranoia.D. H. Dublin, Author of Forensic Thrillers, Body Trace, Blood Poison, and Freezer Burn as well as a satirist and editor of the Weavers Way Shuttle.Rai Aren & Tavius E., Coauthors of Secret of the Sands.Tony Eldridge, Author of The Samson Effect and editor of a blog geared to marketing techniques for self-published authors.Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, New York Times Bestselling authors of multiple action adventure novels.Also, as an added bonus I’ve included a FREE copy of my first Owen Ruger adventure, The Man Beneath Lake Union. If you are a fan of action adventure and authors like Clive Cussler, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, James Rollins, and Steve Alten, then you’ll enjoy my Micro-adventure. The Owen Ruger character and his Cuban ex-smuggling friend are geared to appeal to young adults who crave action packed adventure, while giving a plot that will entertain the avid adult reader. In The Man Beneath Lake Union a rash of Eco-terrorism strikes the Seattle waterfront. Owen Ruger and his trusted friend Rafael Sernansa are hired to investigate the crimes and protect the assets of a large fishing company. As they start their investigation they find themselves in a waterborne fight against unknown attackers and in the middle of a strange and unusual mystery. During their daring rescue on Lake Union they see what can only be describe as a merman swimming away from the scene. Driven by what they’ve seen, Owen and Sernansa race to solve the mystery and stop the destruction before fear grips the city, but as the pieces come together they soon learn that everything isn’t what it seems and the mystery swimmer maybe just another victim. I hope you enjoy your copy of Author-2-Author and The Man Beneath Lake Union. Please feel free to leave feedback!C. L. Vaughn, Alleywolf.com

     His anger and pain overcome his body and turns him into the beast he’s come to accept himself as. But, is there a way to save himself from the beast he has become? Especially when the anger makes him feel complete… **** Serena can’t let go of the past, and, in the spectral embrace of her murdered lover, Devon, she has little reason to... Until Zane arrives on her doorstep (and blows it into splinters). However, she can’t deny the true desire she feels in Zane’s strong embrace. Will she be able to resist Zane’s mysterious allure, despite her own budding passion? Especially when the passion makes her feel complete… **** As their personal pasts continue to haunt them, the future for them and their clan grows evermore in jeopardy of the malicious schemes of a familiar force. Can an untamable beauty finally submit to her destiny, and can a slaughterous beast be swayed of its catastrophic nature? Or will the lover and the fighter be doomed to lose themselves amidst the chaos?

    She's loved by the public and media alike for her tenacity and strength. Orphaned and abandoned as a baby, emancipated at sixteen, she is a role model to many. Now, as her new television show is taking off, her future looks bright. But when her new bodyguard, the attractive Elias Bane, shows interest in her, she never dreams that he is a part of the same supernatural world that her mother fled. The mother she never knew. Like many adopted children, Teal Rhines has always wondered about her biological parents. Who they were. Why they'd abandoned her. In all of her imaginings, she's never gotten close to the truth. But when the truth is revealed, loyalties are tested. Love is put on trial. And danger is closer than she realizes.

    They look just like me, just like you. But they can kill. They do kill. And I’ve fallen in love with one.I wish I’d walked away. I wish I’d followed my gut. I wish he’d been there when I became the victim.You’ll love this fresh take on a tired genre, because vampires should be bad, and they should do it well. So hurry and start the series today. Don’t be the last to discover it.

    Kimberly just landed a job as an assistant to Xavier Thorn, a billionaire vampire with a dangerous edge, and begins to think she has it made. Well... at least in the job department. Her love life, on the other hand, hasn't been exactly where she wants it. It doesn't help that she's much more reserved when it comes to relationships than other women her age.What she doesn't know is that her new boss has more plans for Kimberly than just being his assistant. And to top things off, Kimberly finds herself in a fateful encounter with Gaige Grayson, a powerful werebear who immediately imprints on Kimberly.From having a great job to suddenly being lodged between two extremely powerful, rich, and dangerous men. Kimberly's life just got a whole lot more complicated.**This steamy hot BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance contains explicit sexual scenes along with a cliff-hanger**