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Yoga Bear Menage
Becca Fanning - 2015
Two eager Shifter studs, hungry for me... I never claimed to be great at yoga. It's strenuous and demands complete concentration. That's not too easy when an Alpha Male Shifter stud is your yoga instructor. A bear Shifter! Each class I'd do the best that I could, despite my curves. Those gorgeous golden eyes. That strong compassionate voice. I couldn't stop thinking about him. Sometimes I was sure he was speaking ony to me. I kind of had a thing for him, if I'm being honest. But then I realized his attentions were elsewhere. A thinner, blonde elsewhere with fake tits if you know what I mean. So I quit. I'm not proud of it, but there it is. I'd just put him and his yoga class out of my mind when he sent me a letter. Offering me a private lesson. I was so angry at his audacity that with the help of some very strong tequila I marched over to his place to give him a piece of my mind. Then his stunning Shifter friend answered the door. Oh...oh my.
The Alpha's Omega
Carol Dawn - 2021
Being an omega in a world of alphas is scary. Especially in my father’s pack where they think an omega is only good for one thing. Breeding. The alphas in the pack sit back and watch me with hunger-filled eyes as they wait for my first heat to hit. Once it does, my life, or what little life I’m allowed to have, is over.But, when my brother decides to take me and leave, we land ourselves in with a group of renegade alphas. So, here I am, an omega about to go into heat, surrounded by alphas. One of which claims that I am his mate.Too bad omegas don’t have mates.Noah:I’m Alpha of the alphas.We call ourselves, The Renegade Alpha pack. We’re a group of outcast alphas that don’t fit in with other packs. We’re a small pack of four but so many alphas together isn’t always a good thing. Fights happen more often than not over the smallest things.To make my job even more difficult, a couple of my pack members found an alpha and his omega sister on the run. Now, they’re staying with us. An omega, surrounded by unmated alphas.To make matters worse, the omega is my mate, but she refuses to accept the truth of it.It turns out that having an omega in the pack is far riskier than I originally thought. But, I don’t care what I have to do, who I have to kill, no one will harm a single hair on my mate's head.
Dharma
Charles de Lint - 2007
Gerry Weiss & Helen S. Weiss; Tor Books, 2007.Set in Newford during 1967's Summer of Love, Beirut-born teen Dharma, runs away from his Muslim home and reinvents himself as a hippie poet-musician. Street-busking one day at an impromptu music jam, Dharma meets a lovely young hippie girl called Button. Love is in the air. Button and Dharma share a gorgeous, magical night at a huge music festival. But is this newfound love as perfect it seems?
Varick: The Reckoning (A Vampire Erotic Thriller)
Red Phoenix - 2012
He resists the violent culture, but his is a lonely existence until Aleshia enters the darkness. Theirs is a tumultuous love affair rife with pain, revenge, & passionate sex. In desperation, they share their blood to escape hell, transforming Varick into a new creation. One with terrible and colossal powers...The passionate vampire has vengeance on his mind, but Aleshia is the chink in his armor and may end up his undoing.This erotic novella explores a unique vampire society defined by its violence and lust. Thrust into this dark world, Varick must fight to retain his noble character in the midst of extreme cruelty. He is transformed by a bite into something new. An aberration of nature that will change the vampire world forever. Varick IS the Reckoning.Adult Material (18+)Warning: This book contains sexually explicit content and scenes that some readers may find objectionable.
Sassy Shifter Brides: Complete Series
Anya Nowlan - 2015
Something different. When Warren, Rake, Deacon and the Warfang decide to build a new life, they knew it wouldn't be easy. But it would be worth it. Still, hard work and making a better future for the buff, burly and completely Alpha shifters isn't quite enough for the men. Ever shifter knows that a home isn't perfect without the right woman and that's exactly what all of them need! SassyDate is here to help! Each of the Alpha shifters will find a mate that's as if made for him... Just sometimes it isn't all sunshine and roses. If you like your shifters hot, growly and determined and your women sassy, bbw and opinionated, this is the boxed set for you! You can find all five of the Sassy Shifter Brides books in this anthology and none of them will leave you disappointed! The box set includes: Hearts Laid Bear No More Lion Bear the Cold Roar for Her The Wolves' Bride This is a series of paranormal romance novellas set in Shifter Grove, a town that welcomes humans and shifters alike. Each book follows a different couple with no cliffhanger, a HEA or HFN ending and can be read as stand-alones. This book contains pantymelting sex, adult language and possible violence.
Let Go
Anastasia Slash - 2019
You know what I can do. I am a Billionaire. Yeah, you know everything! But you have no idea. I am the best. Get that straight There a few things in life I desire and I always get what I want You might have heard about me Forget what you heard But this is reality I want a new heir She is gorgeous My son hurt her He will pay for hurting a good girl And she will see what it means to have a real man...
Homecoming
Richelle Mead - 2012
They are going back to Russia to see Dimitri's family, something that both of them sorely need. Dimitri had finally been restored into a Dhampir, after being forcibly changed into Strigoi. His family needs to see him for themselves, and Rose needs to go back to Russia and face her trauma from the trip she made before.(Published in the Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction collection)
Love Bites
Angie Fox - 2011
Vampire Princess Katarina Volholme D’Transylvania didn’t kill her stony, passionless husband, but she’s not shedding too many tears, either. That is until her father arranges another marriage for her three days after the funeral. She’s tired of being used, ignored and married off. And so she runs…Royal Bodyguard Fionnlagh MacLaomainn doesn’t know much about the maverick princess on the lamb. He just needs to bring her back in time for the wedding. But when he manages to capture her on the back of his Harley, their wild ride takes them to places neither one of them could have ever imagined. But will a night of forbidden passion be enough to kindle true love? Originally published in the Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2
Matters of Life & Death
Bernard MacLaverty - 2006
It is the finest collection yet from a contemporary master of the form.Beginning with the sudden terror of a family caught up in shocking sectarian violence, and ending with the whiteout of an Iowa blizzard and the fear of losing your way very far from home, this collection is about bonds made and broken, secret and known. In the extraordinary story "Up the Coast," a landscape painter discovers a place that makes her, finally, feel whole, only to have that communion shattered by an arbitrary act of aggression that will resonate throughout her life.Written with effortless skill and empathy, these stories are hauntingly real. MacLaverty's perfect attention to every detail, every nuance of idiom and character, remakes the world for us here on the page.
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2005
Laura Furman - 2005
Jones
Dues Dale Peck
Speckle Trout Ron Rash
Sphinxes Timothy Crouse
Grace Paula Fox
Snowbound Liza Ward
Tea Nancy Reisman
Christie Caitlin Macy
Refuge in London Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The Drowned Woman Frances De Pontes Peebles
The Card Trick Tessa Hadley
What You Pawn I Will Redeem Sherman Alexie
Bad Boy
Sammi Cee - 2021
He loves his job welding, creating art in his funky warehouse , and dancing at the Carousal Lounge Gentlemen’s Club for fun! When danger strikes, and he ends up on the doorstep of a reclusive shifter, his whole world tilts on its axis. Fated mates are supposed to be myths, but all evidence is suggesting otherwise. Trickster’s one hundred percent on board for this new adventure, but what will it take to convince his disbelieving mate to trust what’s in his heart instead of the words in the history books? In this anticipated prequel for Sammi Cee’s new shifter world, you can expect a sexy omega who thinks clothing should be optional, a confused alpha who’s not sure what to do with said bold and confident omega, a couple of babies—because why not keep freaking the professor out—and a chosen family who knows just what to do!
First Comes Love
Frankie Duncan - 2020
She is used to calling the shots in her London life but a move to Scotland changes everything.When she meets a beautiful, younger woman, Libby, who sees the world quite differently, her life is turned on its head. Everybody loves Libby but will she be able to win Brogan's heart?A slow-burn, romantic tale of new beginnings, hope and family.Please also note that this book contains some hot and steamy sex scenes and a little angst. You have been warned.This novel was first published under the title of Reclamation in July 2020. First Comes Love is the edited and extended republished novel of the original work.
Legacy Series: An Urban Fantasy Boxed Set
McKenzie Hunter - 2018
Double-Sided Magic I am Levy Michaels. Once my kind were the hunters—now we are the hunted. Supernaturals are out of the closet but I have to stay hidden because of the type of magic I possess. I’m a Legacy. It sounds like the title should come with reverence, a trust fund, or at the very least a cool backstory—instead it comes with a death sentence. I have to hide in plain sight and pretend to be just human. I’m pretty good at it. I live a simple and somewhat normal life, and I work in antique acquisitions. Everything’s going fine until a dangerous and enchanted dagger that was once in my possession is stolen. I didn’t think things could get any worse until I woke up next to a dead shifter, fae, and mage, without any memory of the past twenty-four hours. Considered guilty of murder by most of the magical community and humans, I must work with Gareth, the sexy and dangerous leader of the Supernatural Guild. If he’s as good as rumored, it’s only a matter of time until he discovers the truth about me—then being found guilty of murder is the least of my worries. Obsidian Magic The only thing standing between me and death is my secret. I’m a Legacy—a secret I’d planned on taking to my grave. Gareth, the enigmatic leader of the Supernatural Guild, knows it, but can I trust him to keep it? When mysterious deaths occur as a result of magic that mimics my own, I no longer have to worry about Gareth exposing me – it will be one of my own that does. Another Legacy is causing the chaos, and I’m forced to hunt my own kind. It seems simple, but we’ve existed for as long as we have because we’re better hunters than prey. I’m forced to work with Gareth to clear my name and find the Legacy responsible. Not only is my secret about to be revealed—so is his. Gareth is much more dangerous than I expected. Is he my friend or my enemy? Renegade Magic Secrets have consequences—and so do truths. I’ve been outed as a Legacy and there’s nothing I can do but deal with the aftermath. I thought I could handle it—I was wrong. The city is in chaos, and I have more enemies than allies. Some that I once called allies have quickly become my betrayers. Just when I didn’t think things could get any worse, Conner resurfaces and he’s ready to make everyone pay. Especially me. He’s the least of my worries: a supernatural assassin has been brought in to kill all the Legacy—and he’s good at his job. One by one we are being killed off. Gareth, my only true ally, has his own problems dealing with another group that is set on ridding the world of supernaturals. Unless I can get the assassin before he gets me and Gareth can stop an organization bent on xenophobic destruction, we don’t stand a chance in hell of surviving this. Rogue Magic No one said life was going to be easy, but mine just keeps getting harder. My best friend has been abducted by a madman who seems to have returned from the dead with the sole goal of seeking revenge against me. She’s my friend, but she’s also essential in finding a cure for a virus that has the potential to destroy the supernatural world.
Taken By My Vampire Boss
Ava Grace - 2015
There's no reason they can't go over the details at the office on Monday morning. But it's difficult to say no to Julian, the man she's been in love with for the past year. Julian has made no secret of the fact that he's attracted to Lara, but despite her feelings for him, it would be wrong to sleep with the boss, wouldn't it?