It's about visitors to a new world, running from their enemies, inhabited by primitive humans living by strict religious rules. After an illegal human hunt Sid, a thief, is taken by the Crown Prince, Loki, as a pet. What ensues is a great adventure encompassing the vampires, the humans who live without technology and a secret group trying to rule over everyone. Loki was an ilthiyan prince, one of the vampire race who existed uneasily with the humans on the planet of Gaia. In the middle of a hunt on human lands, he captured a spirited young human male. Sid was a thief and an outcast, and to be captured by a vampire seemed only the latest misfortune in a life defined by them. But Loki decided to keep Sid instead of kill him and that decision would thrust them both into a whirlwind of treachery, intrigue -- and love.

    Living in an abusive home and then in foster care matured her beyond her years. Now she needs to earn extra money this summer before moving away to college and away from her former life. She’s found the perfect job, but the man doing the hiring doesn’t like her. Nate Larsen is the sexy, popular, high school biology teacher the girls lust for and the boys admire. Uninterested in the flirty and flighty students he teaches, he remembers “Gloomy Gloria” because she nearly failed his class. He’s not happy to see her apply for the job he reserved for his favorite student, who is also Gloria’s best friend. But he desperately needs help over the summer term, and when Gloria impresses him with her office skills, he sees her in a new way that’s not entirely academic—nor professional. Gloria may be eighteen and never been kissed...but she’s still too young for him. Isn’t she? As the summer heats up, so does Gloria and Nate’s desire for each other. Can they contain themselves? Will others use their secret to destroy them? Or will their behavior spawn consequences? This virgin erotica novel explores the forbidden combination of a student-teacher relationship. The Summer of Consent: An Erotic Novel is an interracial erotic story that depicts a sexual relationship between a young woman and an older man. All characters represented are age eighteen or over.

    The worst of the worst. The ones your parents warned you about. You know the ones I’m talking about. The ones that pushed other kids down and laughed at them, smoked cigarettes in middle school, and drank in the parking lot in high school. The ones that didn’t care about rules or limitations. The ones that would be voted most likely to spend their days in a jail cell. Yeah, there was something about that wicked gleam in their eye that got me every time.Some unknown need that revved up inside of me at the sight of it. I knew I could never escape it;I craved it like it was my own personal drug. Little did I know, it would turn me into a monster.

    A short story to be read after Outage 5: The Change due to spoilers A year after The Great Storm has ended, two survivors cope with the aftermath.

    But thanks to a show of power he thought would charm her, her ex is stuck in wolf form. And until she turns him back, she’s stuck with him shedding all over her stuff. The local Alpha werewolf, Stephen, will help her turn her ex back into a human—for a price. He needs Lara’s sensitivity to magic to figure out who is killing his people. But with the FBI looking into Phillip’s disappearance, an Alpha trying to make kissy face with her, and a killer who can’t be too happy to have her on his trail, Lara’s problems are just getting started. Witch Sense: Part Two is the second part of the witch sense serial. Please note that parts may contain foul mouthed witches, sexy werewolves, and cliffhangers. All parts will be available through Kindle Unlimited. Happy reading!

    I write happy-ever-after romance novels, and after writing ten romance novels you’d think I’d know a thing or two about love. But I’ve been chasing my own happy-ever-after for a long time. I seem to have no problem starting my fairytale, but the ending never comes to be. My love life isn’t the best-seller that I’ve written, so I decided to change things up and write a dark romance.While finding my way around and reading books in that genre, I discovered something unexpected. I found a sexy, romantic man who happens to have a soft spot for romances. He’s an alpha male, and that type would never have appealed to me before…but it’s amazing what you see when you look between the lines.

     He wants to ride Aja, a brown-skinned country girl, to the heights of ecstasy. She wants to keep her honor. He can’t keep it in his pants - and she doesn’t want him to. But there’s only so much you can hide in a small town. Will her secrets keep them from riding off into the sunset? 0.99 cents for a limited time only! Get the discounted price for this standalone full-length 50,000+ word interracial romance novel with NO cliffhanger and guaranteed HEA. This BWWM novel is an extra-steamy read so hot it might melt your Kindle.

    Now that search is over...After a search which spanned four decades, Craven isn't about to let anything stand in the way of his reunion with his fated mate. Even if she has no idea who he is.Jackie Coleman loves to read paranormal romance, but it's only fantasy. She doesn't believe it's real. And no smooth-talking guy is about to convince her otherwise.Finding her was the easy part...

    His enhanced abilities come with a high price: on the full moon, he becomes capable of savagery beyond telling, while the new moon brings a sexual hunger that borders on madness.Rescuing a weapons inventor from undead kidnappers is just another assignment, though one with an added complication—keeping his hands off the man’s pretty young apprentice, who insists on tagging along. At odds with polite society, Satira’s only constant has been the aging weapons inventor who treats her like a daughter. She isn’t going to trust Wilder with Nathaniel’s life, not when the Guild might decide the old man isn’t worth saving. Besides, if there’s one thing she’s learned, it’s that brains are more important than brawn. As the search stretches far longer than Wilder planned, he finds himself fighting against time. If Satira is still at his side when the new moon comes, nothing will stop him from claiming her. Worse, she seems all too willing. If their passion unlocks the beast inside, no one will be safe. Not even the man they’re fighting to save. Warning: This book contains a crude, gun-slinging, vampire-hunting hero who howls at the full moon and a smart, stubborn heroine who invents mad-scientist weapons. Also included: wild frontier adventures, brothels, danger, betrayal and a good dose of wicked loving in an alternate Wild West.Word Count: 36,653 = approximately 146 pages.

    He's hoping for some action, even if he's far too timid to make the first move with any of the guys pictured in the app... Little does he expect to catch the attention of someone like Officer Cain. The cop is brawny, dominant and scorchingly hot. Ethan is in way over his head and loving every second of it. Officer in Control When Officer Cain asks Ethan to accompany him to a party thrown by one of his friends - a BDSM party, to be exact - Ethan is eager to go. He gets trussed up in a tight leather straitjacket, Cain dressing up in his own sexy leathers, and fitted with a cruel vibrating plug. The bondage is tight, frustrating and hot. The party is... interesting. When Cain invites a few of his friends to join him and Ethan in a private room, however, things get out of hand... Officer in Command Ethan tries to be firm, to say no to Cain when the hunky older cop asks him for forgiveness, but it's hopeless. Within weeks he's right back where he started, in the gorgeous older man's playroom... Officer in Love Ethan's mom is moving to Florida, leaving him with the task of finding his own place for when he starts community college. Cain, his muscular, alpha male boyfriend, wants Ethan to come live with him... This is the second edition of this book. It has been re-edited, but the story is largely unchanged. *** “On your knees,” Cain commanded, bringing the crop to my shoulder and pushing it down. I sank to my knees before him, staring up at his muscular leather-clad body. He smirked, bringing the leather flap down into his palm with a loud smack. I shivered, imagining what it would feel like to have that smack land on my naked skin. “Your safeword is red, Ethan,” Cain said, bringing the crop under my chin and holding it there. The leather was stiffer than it looked and my cock jerked at the contact. “I would rather you use it too often then not often enough. Do you understand?” “Yes, Sir,” I replied, swallowing. “Good,” Cain kneeled down, the leather noisy as he came to a crouch in front of me. He took my chin in his big hand and held my head steady, looking into my eyes. “Now are you going to be a good boy for me?”

    Magical secrets that cannot be revealed, especially to the sexy new Director of her beloved library. She’s got way too much going on in her life to be checking out the boss, much less investigating the strange phone calls he keeps getting that he won't explain…Sloan has a few furry secrets of his own -- shifting into a tiger, for instance -- but he can’t seem to keep anything from Sarah. The sexy little witch stirs his imagination and fills his dreams. With a lot of flirting and a little time, Sloan’s pretty damn sure he’ll lure Sarah into his bed. Suddenly Sloan’s loyalties are thrown into question when the interests of the pack involve Sarah’s destruction, and time quickly becomes his enemy. All he wants is to get Sarah to take her hair down, show her how good it can feel to let loose…Only Sloan might be the one to lose his tightly-held control, and it just might spell disaster for his clan… or his love. Note: Although best enjoyed together, each book in the Palm Haven Shifters series are completely stand-alone romance novellas, each with their own very satisfying HEA!

    If they don't bring in a haul and pay off their loan to Otis Bailey, the King of the Old Bay, they're as good as dead. Unfortunately for them, Otis is the least of their worries.Mixing elements of crime and creature horror, The Old Bay King is sure to delight the fans of Guy N. Smith's Crabs series and J.F. Gonzalez's Clickers series.This short story will be available in the upcoming collection, The Razorblades in my Head, due out in Summer 2021.

    Experience the heart-pounding thrill of the chase in this electrifying page-turner as you uncover the mystery behind the series of gruesome killings that have been terrorizing the citizens of Chicago.When a grisly decapitated corpse pops up on a Chicago Street, drained of blood, the highly-trained, government-funded special police force assigned two of their best detectives to the case. S.U.I.T. Detectives Warren Davis and Matthew Eric delve deep into their investigation to discover just who or what is leaving mutilated bodies in public places. They soon realize that the killer or killers is one step ahead of them and if they are going to stop the menace before another innocent human is viciously attack, they are going to need help.Natasha Hemingway liked her life just the way it was... normal and supernatural-free. The vampires and shape-shifters were just where she wanted them to be--far away from her. All was going well until an unfortunate accident landed her in the hospital. It was then that she discovered she had an ability that could help her save countless lives. All of a sudden, she finds herself thrust into the dangerous and alluring world of the supernatural and into the arms of two very sexy and deadly vampires.Original, gritty and sprinkled with just the right amount of humor and wit, the Knights of the Darkness Chronicles will suck you in and take you for a ride you won't forget. You don't want to miss out on this amazing series!

    No one knows that underneath it all is a man with a frozen heart, cursed to become a beast at every full moon. For seven days he has no choice but to roam the earth as a vicious animal, until he meets a woman who can change it all.Luna Grace has a hatred for everything Gabriel Slade stands for, but she doesn't even know what he looks like. When a chance encounter reveals feelings Luna never knew she harbored, it stands to reason that she would run.Can Luna overcome her hatred and break the curse? Or will Gabriel's temper keep her from realizing her true feelings, dooming him to remain the beast forever?

    I can feel it in my bones. The voices are inside me, clawing at my consciousness. I see my face—her face—everywhere I look, and I know the truth. The curse of my ancestors has come to pass. I have fallen victim to my own insanity. After tragedy strikes, awakening the demon within, I am taken to an asylum for the sick of mind and soul. They say they want to heal me, but the voices say they lie. A doctor too beautiful to be real almost has me believing I can be normal, and at first I cling to him as a life preserver in a storm. But the haunted eyes and feral looks of the Woodland brothers give me doubts. They say I can’t be cured because I’m not crazy, I’m a witch. A night witch born under a new moon, and the only one who can save them all. My soul hungers for the brothers, who are my stalwart guardians in this house of horrors. And my heart yearns for the doctor, who offers the promise of a light in the darkness, even if that promise might be false. My mind is playing tricks on me, and when patients start going missing, I begin to fear everyone, most of all myself. In the bowels of an ancient French abbey, the screams can wake the dead. Welcome to Le Reve Asylum. We’re all mad here, but some of us are also dangerous. *** Mad Girl is a reverse harem why choose paranormal romance with potentially triggering themes of suicide and institutional abuse. For fans of sexy romance with mystery, werewolves, vampires, and witches, and readers who enjoy Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me series, Jaymin Eve, Kristy Cunning, Tate James, Alex Lidell, C.M. Stunich, Cece Rose. Other books by Karpov Kinrade & Heather Hildenbrand: The Winter Witch (a standalone novella) Mad Girl: Locked Up Mad Girl: Fights Back Bad Witch