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Dark Wolf Adrift


Aimee Easterling - 2016
    Sick of beating up on pups who don't have the sense to back down from a challenge, the alpha finds peace as a warrior in the human-only military. Unfortunately, his strong inner wolf isn't content defusing bombs and battling sharks. Instead, the beast emerges, nearly tearing the limbs off a poaching shifter before setting its sights on Hunter's human dive mate. No longer able to trust his animal half among defenseless humans, the outcast alpha struggles to reenter shifter society. But will his tenuous grasp on werewolf politics be enough to stand up against backstabbing pack leaders intent upon expunging Hunter's last shred of humanity? This 40,000 word novella is a prequel to USA Today bestselling author Aimee Easterling's "tense, dramatic, sexy, and intriguing" Alpha Underground series.

Waging War


Faith Gibson - 2019
    She’s a woman on the run. Both are trying to find their way home. After the loss of his wife, Gryphon shifter Warryck Lazlo has spent the last twenty-four years alone. War has come to a turning point in his life and must decide whether to return to his family and their motorcycle club, The Hounds of Zeus, or find another path as a solitary Gryphon. When he sets out on a cross-country ride with his twin, Maveryck, War is determined to find his new purpose. While sitting at a bar, they overhear that a woman is missing, and War decides to help find her. Kerrigan O’Shea’s life wasn’t exactly easy, but it was hers. Until it wasn’t. Escaping from an abusive boyfriend, Kerrigan’s car breaks down, and reluctantly, she accepts the offer of a kind man. But Kerrigan’s life goes from one kind of hell to another, and she wonders if she’ll ever find her way out. With the help of the Hounds of Zeus and his daughter, Lucy, War finds the missing woman – his woman – as well as his purpose and his way back to his family and the MC. The only uncertainty in his future is whether Kerrigan wants the same thing. Waging War is Book 1 in the exciting new Hounds of Zeus MC series, a spin-off from the Stone Society. The Hounds are Gryphon shifters who help rid the world of evil like The Ministry – the cult who single-handedly brought the world to its knees some thirty years ago. Set in a future post-apocalyptic world, The Hounds of Zeus bring you stories of the good guys who find love while taking down the bad guys.

Jingle All The Way


Fern Michaels - 2004
    A Bright Red Ribbon Fern MichaelsBeing dumped by your boyfriend on Christmas Eve has got to be the worst. Still, Morgan Ames promised she'd wait two Christmases for his return -- tonight -- and she always keeps her promises. But a sudden snowstorm has other ideas, including a romantic turn Morgan never imagined... The 24 Days of Christmas Linda Lael MillerA matchbox advent calendar first brought Frank Rayner and Addie Hutton together. But that was years ago. There's no way the miracles of Christmas -- and the magic of true love -- could possibly be hidden under one of its tiny flaps. Or could they? Santa Unwrapped Theresa AlanWhen Aimee Lachaussee offers to drive three volunteer Santas to a children's hospital, she finds herself stranded in a bar with two really obnoxious playboys -- and the quiet, hunky, wheelchair-bound Ryan, who's about to show Aimee that the very best presents come in unexpected packages... Maybe This Christmas Jane BlackwoodLaura Randall thinks life has passed her by, until a Christmas angel grants her wish to live one, important, destiny-shaping Christmas over. Now that she's got her second chance, can she manage this time to hold on to the love that got away...? While the weather outside is frightful, unwrap a gift of your own, and delight in these sparkling stories of holiday romance!

Bumping Uglies


Alice Coldbreath - 2014
    Please be warned this story is steamy with strong language and adult situations and not for those who would be offended by these themes. word count: 14,000

Ruthless Billionaire, Forbidden Baby


Emma Darcy - 2009
    But he has one condition: it's to be a temporary romance only. Marriage is not an option. However, their passionate nights together lead to Tammy dropping a bombshell. Unintentionally, Fletcher Stanton's mistress is pregnant with his forbidden baby....

Talen


Shay Savage - 2019
    I’m not a thief. I prefer to be known as the head of Lost and Found.When I discover a beautiful but dangerous competitor in my territory, I also learn she knows more about me than she should. Is she a spy sent by my father, or is she a rebel like me? I don’t trust her, but together we’ll discover secrets that may destroy what’s left of our world.There have always been those with wealth and those without. My name is Talen, and I’m here to even the score.

The Hands of Time


Irina Shapiro - 2011
    Meanwhile, Valerie Crane finds herself transported to the year 1605. Terrified and confused she turns for help to the Whitfield brothers, who take her in and offer her a home. Both Alexander and Finlay Whitfield fall in love with the mysterious woman who shows up on their doorstep creating a love triangle that threatens to consume them all. Valerie must make her choice, deciding between the brother who will lead her down the path of destruction or one who will give her a love she couldn’t find in her own time.

An Angel's Touch


Heather Graham Pozzessere - 1995
    with an archangel, a rule manual and a seemingly impossible mission? It begins when the thirty-something Angels leave New York in a rush of traffic, headed for Connecticut and the prospect of spending Christmas Eve with friends and family. The accident is inescapable and catastrophic; the aftermath, almost beyond belief... Don and Cathy are briefed by Gabriel himself. They're on probation, and must perform three miracles before midnight. If they fulfill their quota, they just might get their wings and a permanent place in the upper realms. Don has a hard time believing it, but Gabriel isn't one to mince words. On earth, they might have been known as the Angels, but that isn't going to earn them any halos. Heaven has much stricter requirements. The apprentice Angels soon find their fates inextricably entwined with the lives of several strangers, all of whom are in desperate need of some divine intervention. Challenged to find solutions where none come easily to hand, Cathy and Don must use all their ingenuity, compassion, and fledgling other-worldly skills to complete their celestial perambulations and come full circle. And in those precious moments between life and death, they just may discover a realm where hope never dies...impossible dreams come true...and miracles can happen.

Blackmailed by Diamonds, Bound by Marriage


Sarah Morgan - 2007
    So when it comes into Angelina Littlewood's possession, Nikos Kyriacou must get the jewel back. But Angie has her own reasons for keeping it --- and for wanting to teach arrogant Greek Nikos a lesson!What better way than to agree to marriage? But then Angie discovers what being Nikos's wife entails ... He has one demand: he's her husband and she'll share his bed!

Lightning that Lingers


Sharon Curtis - 1983
    Moonlighting as the Cougar Club's hottest dancer is a job, nothing more, nothing less—until lovely Jennifer Hamilton nearly faints during one of his shows. Her sweet innocence tugs at his heart and makes him painfully aware of his longing for the kind of love a woman as perfect and real as Jennifer can offer.Watching her most secret fantasy come to life on the dance floor is almost more than Jennifer can bear. Now, the sexiest man she's ever met is near enough to hold. For a shy, bookish lady with little experience in the romance department, life feels as if it's spinning out of control—and not in the direction, or with the kind of man, she ever imagined. Can she believe in the passion Philip ignites and take a chance on a dance that could last a lifetime?

Earth Shattering


Cathy Peper - 2017
    An honorable captain. Can their love survive a world about to be torn apart? Tori thought her life couldn’t get any worse. Fired from her job as a violin teacher, kicked out of her apartment, and forced to move without any notice, she’s desperate for a lifeline. When a friend gives her a mysterious crystal necklace, she has no idea how jewelry can solve her troubles. But as soon as she puts it on she finds herself transported into the choppy waters of the Mississippi. As she's pulled to safety by a handsome keelboat captain named Sebastien, the true power of the sparkling necklace becomes clear. She's not just waterlogged, but she's somehow traveled through time to the year 1811. As they head downriver, Sebastien reluctantly allows her to stay onboard as she adjusts to life in the past. While she's desperate to return to the modern conveniences of the present, she finds herself drawn to the integrity and charm of her rescuer. Just when she begins to fall for her captain, she realizes something tragic is on its way. The New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 are about to strike and everyone onboard is in grave danger. Tori knows that escaping the devastation could take her away from the man of her destiny. When her captain's enemy conspires to keep her trapped in the past, will she fight for survival or take her chances with love? Earth Shattering is the first book in the Blue Crystal Time Travel fantasy romance series. If you like sizzling romance, edge-of-your-seat action, and time travel, you’ll love Cathy Peper’s dramatic historical fantasy books. Buy Earth Shattering and get transported to an era of romance and danger today!

Daring Time


Beth Kery - 2009
    Now he has an even bigger secret. In every shadow of the sprawling mansion he's recently inherited he can see her-tempting, ethereal, and untouchable. Hope Stillwater inhabited that mansion in 1906. Raw desire has formed a conduit between these two passionate souls who are separated by the barrier of time. Intoxicated by each other's presence, Ryan and Hope come close to crossing that inviting boundary between two worlds. But there is danger: Ryan's job has put him on the trail of a depraved criminal in an investigation that's risking Hope's eternal fate. Now he must do whatever it takes to change history, protect Hope from harm, and set his desires free.

Gwen's Christmas Ghost


Lynn Kerstan - 1995
    Original.Title was changed in later editions to "Gwen's Ghost".

Bound to the Alien Barbarian


Leslie Chase - 2020
    Instead, I'm trapped on Crashland. Most of the colonists in my landing pod are dead, and the one other survivor is a creep. My only friend? A holographic cat. Until I'm snatched up by an alien barbarian. Kidnapped or rescued? I don't know. All I'm sure of is that I've never met someone as attractive as Zarkav. He's huge, blue, with abs to die for. And that massive bulge under his kilt scares me as much as it entices me.We don't have a language in common, but it's not hard to figure out what the alien brute wants with me. His brooding gaze says it all.The alien wants to mate with me.And I don't know if I can resist.Bound to the Alien Barbarian is the first book in the Crashland Castaway romances. Each book is a complete story with no cheating and no cliffhangers - just steamy, exciting SciFi Romance.

Silver Bells and Secrets


Laura Rollins - 2021
    Through a series of events he prefers not to consider too closely, he has begun a written correspondence with Miss Grace Stewart under the guise of being his own sister. She’s witty, considerate, and as much in need of a friend as he is. So, why not continue? That is, until Grace writes and says she’s set her cap at someone. In only a few words, Ezra realizes he hasn’t only made a friend these past many months, he’s fallen in love.As an earl, Ezra can get himself invited to the Christmas house party hosted by Grace's would-be husband. But once there, how does he plead his case? Either he loses Grace’s trust and friendship, or he loses his one chance at happiness. But that seems only fitting, seeing as he’s already lost his heart.The beginning of a new series by sweet historical romance author Laura Rollins, Silver Bells and Secrets will have you cuddling up by the fireplace and humming carols. This short and sweet Christmas story is packed with charming characters, hilarious capers, and a clean and wholesome romance, sure to light the Christmas spirit inside you all year round.