But soon it’s discovered that Warwick killed dozens of people as he strove to perfect another improved Ticker for Penny, and he’s put on trial for mass murder. On the last day of Warwick’s trial, the Farthings’ factory is bombed, Penny’s parents disappear, and Penny and her brother, Nic, receive a ransom note demanding all of their Augmentation research if they want to see their parents again. Is someone trying to destroy the Farthings...or is the motive more sinister?Desperate to reunite their family and rescue their research, Penny and her brother recruit fiery baker Violet Nesselrode, gentleman-about-town Sebastian Stirling, and Marcus Kingsley, a young army general who has his own reasons for wanting to lift the veil between this world and the next. Wagers are placed, friends are lost, romance stages an ambush, and time is running out for the girl with the clockwork heart.

    Little does Tal know the “helpless” female he’s come to save is the key to peace on his war-torn world…or that he’ll long to touch her, take her, make her his.Unaware of her royal roots or alien origins, Charlotte spends her first thirty years on Earth. Then Tal bursts into her life with all the subtlety of a thunder storm. He’s rude, arrogant, and easily the most desirable man she’s ever encountered. With a ruthless madman hot on their heels, they can’t afford to be distracted by the attraction rapidly growing between them, but the emotions are too powerful to ignore.Note: This book was originally published by Loose ID and was then re-edited/re-published by Cerridwen Press, both time under the same title.

    Now I belong to a brutal alien race who only see me as a fertile womb.I’m claimed by the Prince of the Khuvex, a devastatingly handsome colossus with blue skin and rippling muscles. I should be terrified. I should be planning my escape.But without Prince Tacien’s claim, I’d be snapped up in an instant—claimed, bred, used, and thrown away.What’s worse is I’m not even sure I want to run. Prince Tacien is fiercely protective. I’m unsure what my future holds with him, but I know he’d kill before he let anyone lay a hand on me. Maybe I’m crazy, but I’m starting to think he’d do anything for me.But before he can secure his claim over me as his mate for life, his vicious brother intervenes. He challenges Tacien for his title and all of his holdings. Including me.If both of the terrifying aliens kill each other, I might have a chance at freedom. So why do I find myself desperately wishing Tacien will win the right to claim me? To breed me…

    My home, my dream.... Well, it was, but not like this. My fantasies of daring space adventure on a cutting edge Explorer are reduced to the yawnfest of jockeying a mining cargo ship back and forth from the asteroids to Earth. It's not the life of excitement I dreamed of as a little girl. That is until I make first contact. Me. First contact. With Dakstal, the Leviatho Commander. He's jacked. Like really big and he has four arms, scales and fins. A real life merman! I'm going to be the most famous pilot in all of history for discovering these guys. My delusions of grandeur meet a quick end because as it turns out the Leviatho are on the run. The last of their race come seeking sanctuary on Earth from the Kriall, the enemies that are trying to destroy them. When the xenocidal maniacs show up, every person on Earth is in danger and it's going to be up to us to save them, whether Earth wants us to or not.

    But how should I have known that stainless steel from Earth is toxic to him?And no matter what you do, don’t accept help from the alien that lingered in the shadows and watched the whole thing go down.Seriously, don’t.Dark-ish sci-fi romance. Contains the right alien to put the frosting on your cupcake. No cheating. HEA.

     Swept away to another world by an experiment gone wrong, Astrid Carver finds herself the captive of the handsome and mysterious Hestian, Crown Prince of the alien planet Nibiru. A pawn in Hestian's deadly feud with his brother Orestes, Astrid has no choice but the cooperate with their political and military ploys as she searches for a way to escape back to Earth. Astrid is soon caught up in the intrigues of a foreign planet where the men out number the women 100 to 1. Between the strategic manipulations of the Hesperides, the sheltered group of women who are the only females in the city, to the looming threat of cruel Orestes's army and his ferocious War Brides, to the strange, magnetic attraction between herself and Hestian which grows every day. What at first seemed like only a physical lust seems to be blossoming into something more, distracting Astrid from her fight to escape. Can she resist the pull of a love so strong it called to her across the stars or will she find that by the time she's found the path home, she'll no longer want to follow it? Can she cool the flames of war before they erupt and take the entire planet with them, or will she be caught in the crossfire between these Princes of Nibiru? Adults Only!

    Are you happy?'After her board exams are over, Sonali – Li to her friends– meets a mysterious stranger called Omi Daan on Facebook. What begins as an idle chat soon takes over her waking hours and her dreams, as she, and through her, her friends Jo and Neel, get sucked inexorably into a world of darkness, danger and death. Who is Omi Daan?As they try to find out, their lives disintegrate and Li discovers that one cannot deal with darkness and remain untouched ...

    She's eighteen, works for a tabloid newspaper in Chicago and has a brother, Danny who is a lazy mooch. They live a pretty normal dull life with hippie parents and a normal existence. Then the moon dissapears and people start to go missing only to reappear later, but different. Sherry has an abusive ex-boyfriend who shows up and claims to be one of these beings that have been showing up around the world. He's no longer the same person in that body. He tells her he has come to protect her and her brother and takes her underground, against her will to save her, where they meet others like them. She begins to unravel the truth about Merrick, about what he's really doing here, about the way he looks at her, about the crazy dangerous world they live in. Can he convince her that he's here to help? Will she like what she finds when she opens up to the truth? Will he be the one to love her when everyone else has failed her? Will he be able to protect her?

    Perfectly gorgeous. Perfect to ruin...Lucy came to assassinate me,now I must punish herI’ve come too far.Plotted too long.Lost too much,to let one woman sweep in and upset all my plans.She thinks she can redeem me... NotI plan to live up to my reputation as a monster,who breaks everything that comes his way.Starting with her...This set features Zeus and Lucy's story as well as Kayden and Chloe's story.

    Whatever is a girl to do? No matter what they tell you, alien abduction isn't at all like what you see on TV. First, I'm rudely abducted and knocked unconscious. Second, I wake up to an alien monster who wants to... er... "mate" with me, but he's got huge claws, huge fangs, huge... everything. I realize I've been taken by a race of sexy, humanoid men. The bonus? They look like fitness models, they all think I'm the most attractive woman they've ever seen, and they can conjure my deepest fantasies out of thin air. The catch? I'm supposed to woo their prince and future king, and give him an alien baby. The problem is I'm more attracted to his brothers, and the dirty fantasies they show me. On Earth, I was a good girl, but these aliens show me just how naughty I can be. Now my biggest problem is which brother to choose. And just how far will I let them go? ****Content warning: For readers 18 years and older. Contains explicit sexual situations, and sensitive subjects. Despite this, the story ends with a Happily Ever After. Each of the Cartharian Romance Books is a standalone story and can be read in any order.

    Seven sexy bear shifters are on the hunt for their fated mates. They're ready to do whatever it takes to claim the curvy women they love. Filled with passion, suspense, and more than a few weddings, these stories will sweep you off your feet and fill your soul with warmth of true love. Included in this box set - The Complete Curvy Bear Ranch series, Books 1-7: Book #1: The Cowbear's Secret Christmas BabyBook #2: The Cowbear's Curvy ChristmasBook #3: The Cowbear's Christmas WeddingBook #4: The Cowbear's Christmas BrideBook #5: The Cowbear's Curvy ValentineBook #6: The Cowbear's Mail Order BrideBook #7: The Cowbear's Summer of Love*Note: These books are all stand-alone book with no cliff-hangers. no cheating, and guaranteed HEA's. Love scenes are fully realized, and at times include explicit language. Intended for readers 18+, please.*

    But even in this most remote place, these bears are searching for a love that will warm their frigid hearts. Read All Four Stories Of Meg Ripley’s Bestselling Werebears Of Glacier Bay Series In One Collection, A Wild Ride Brimming With Twists and Turns, Mystery, Emotion, Humor and Sizzle! The four 30,000+ word stories of this compelling anthology include: Alpha’s Secret Baby Mated To My Brother's Best Friend Snowed In With The Soldier Bear Shared Mates This paranormal romance collection features steamy shifter scenes and is intended for readers 18+.

    He reeked of danger. He was so far out of my league, yet it was me he watched, so why not give him a show. I was safe in this cage. He could not get to me. My eyes closed as pleasure shot down my spine. I can’t explain what it was like teasing a hungry beast, especially knowing that he couldn’t touch me. It was like being watched by a lion behind the glass at the zoo. His consuming, hungry gaze washed over my body, leaving a flaming path in its wake. I moaned as a shiver went through my core. Needing… I didn’t know what I needed. But I needed it so bad it hurt. He leaned over and said something to the man that sat next to him that was dressed in a white linen suit. The man’s gaze fell on me, before he nodded and stood coming my way.From the Inside FlapWelcome warriors. You are nowentering the world of the demon slayers. Each of my books follows adifferent couple on their journey of discovery. Although each bookseries can be considered a standalone, they all tie in together tocreate an epic saga in the same universe. To get the entireexperience, I encourage you to check out my complete catalog listing.This title and other books in the series are all available on Amazonand/or Kindle Unlimited.The Redemption seriesGabe and Yasmine's -RedemptionMelek Black and Earth -RedemptionEarth's CryThe Law Boys SeriesJourney &Joseph Law -Coming for What's Mine Pt.1 & 2Rome & Nahkti-Falling for Rome Pt.1 & 2Tucker & Free -Mean Tucker Pt.1&2Levi Law & Scarlett -Save Me Pt. 1& 2Judah Law & Lace - The UntouchableOne Pt. 1 & 2The Warrior Seriesauthoredwinafort.com

    Since I got back I've been feeling someone is watching me.PTSD, maybe?But the fact that I know this mysterious stranger probably doesn't exist, makes me want to go running after him...I certainly didn't expect to catch him, though.He turned around and looked at me with those blue eyes of his. The sadness in them took me by surprise, as did that sudden flare of... something, something unmistakably stirring inside me.Unless I was having a full-blown psychotic episode, this man was very real. "Who are you and why the heck are you stalking me!?" -- I scream."Ith-rassil, ptet sirihis ra roross. Hroussil htemtep ra grassil, ith-ihadentet ra." I realized that I understood completely what that he was saying, regardless of what language it was:"I can't say much here. If you want answers, here's where you need to be."39° 57' 9.2988'' N75° 9' 54.7992'' W...This is a stand-alone novel with a HEA. 18+ only!

     "Those who try to change Form without likewise shifting Function are doomed to a lifetime of agony and mediocrity--or they make the best assassins." -Auld Wynfor Ganlin An orphan with powers not seen in a thousand years, trapped in a world only she can see, her life a waking nightmare. A boy long ago lost to his family, forced to masquerade as the enemy by one of his own, his continued facade his people's only hope of salvation. An immortal trapped in the flesh of a man, a prisoner for something he has not yet done, fleeing something he thought he had killed. A girl abandoned in the mountains, without memories or a note, her people the stuff of legends, but whose villages have never been found. Meet these and many more incredible characters as they engage in a complex struggle for survival in the latest gripping King book, set in a realm about to plunge in a downward spiral of politics, death, and treachery. Like all King novels, every chapter of this epic fantasy adventure will leave you immersed in her world until you've turned the very last page, going toe-to-toe with the classics. If you enjoy sword and sorcery and are looking for a heart-pounding action & adventure, get ready to be blown away. This is an ILLUSTRATED serialized novel, with each part being approximately 70,000 words, and containing exclusive access to Lance MacCarty's desktop backgrounds and full-resolution downloadable images of the scenes contained within the book.