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Wanted: Corynne


Kristen Strassel - 2016
    where vampires are real and blood is a financial asset. This is the world I live in.I don't care about the money I'll make as a blood courtesan. I need the vampires to protect me from other humans. And more than that, from myself. Any time I think about getting revenge against the bullies who've tortured me, the thing I imagine happens. I have no way to control it. And the latest incident has put me in the middle of a murder investigation. I have to convince them to turn me into a vampire. I can't be tried for murder if I'm already dead. Or...undead.In the vampire world, blood is money and sex is everything. But when my power catches the attention of the oldest, most powerful vampire in the coven, he'll do anything to make me his.Nash doesn't have to look me in the eye to cast a spell over me. And I don't even have to look at him to know he wants me.I'll either be Nash's secret weapon--or the downfall of his coven.

Ensnared: Star


Rebecca Rivard - 2016
    BAD. "During that month, you will be completely mine. You will live in my home, obey me in all things. Cater to me only."His mouth was against my throat. I felt the scrape of fangs. My head swam with a mixture of fear and excitement."Is that clear?" Welcome to the shadow world of Blood Courtesans.Where vampires are real, and one wants me--bad. I'm working as a cocktail waitress in a shady club when my boss accuses me of stealing a hundred thousand dollars. There's no way I can pay him back. But if I don't, I'm dead.Then billionaire French vampire Remy de la Lune steps up to pay off my debt. Now I owe him instead--one of the oldest and most powerful vampires in the world.Become my blood courtesan, Remy says. One month, and then I'm free. He'll even pay me a bonus--if I satisfy him.What can I do? I sign the contract.Now I'm Remy's for one month. Ensnared by a dark vampire count.My body and my blood are his. I just have to be careful he doesn't steal my heart as well.The Vampire Blood Courtesans.It's not supposed to be about love... until it is.

Bitten: Nova


Kim Faulks - 2016
    Fifteen grand to a vampire mob boss kind of trouble, and I have no way of paying the debt. Blood isn't all the vampires are after--sex is their most sought after commodity and the one thing I've never had. So I do the only thing I can to survive, I become a Blood Courtesan. I've been sold to the highest bidder--a dangerous vampire new to Boston and someone no one wants to mess with. Only one man can come to my rescue--the vampire enforcer with a killer smile--Kol. But as I step into the vampire den and I'm forced to bare my body and my mind, doubt slowly creeps in--I don't think he'll be back in time to save me.

Needed: Angel


Ever Coming - 2016
    Instead, I’ve been trying to make up for a mistake I made many years ago. A selfish mistake I can only begin to make up for through blood, sweat, and tears… the key word being blood. If all goes well, I’ll be a Blood Courtesan by nightfall. I’ll sell my only asset to the highest bidder and hope that the price I wield is enough to patch my past, for there is no sum great enough to fix it. I will, in essence, be a blood whore. I hope I’m not getting in over my head. I may have grown up well before my peers, but in so many ways I’m still innocent, and from what I can piece together, innocent is far from what the vampires are looking for. ****Enter the world of the Blood Courtesans, where money flows only as freely as the blood. **** Needed is a stand-alone romance featuring a BBW woman with a debt she feels she owes and a billionaire vampire who wants far more than her blood.

Caught: Katharine


Julia Mills - 2017
    How could she have known it was her heart she had to protect… I know stealing is wrong but those poor, forgotten children needed my help. I had no other choice. For a few short weeks, I made a real difference. But my luck ran out. In the blink of an eye, I went from an angel of mercy to a mouse caught in a trap. Now, I have a choice to make…give up everything I’ve ever known or trust a vampire to make it all go away. He says he can give me back my life, my career…everything I’ve worked so hard to achieve. But there’s a price… In a world where blood is a commodity and sex is the prize, this cold, aloof vampire is my only way out…or is he? The Vampire Blood Courtesans. It's not supposed to be about love...until it is.

Resist: Anya


Tami Lund - 2016
     I’m Anya, and I hate vampires. They killed my aunt. And now they’ve stolen my sister. I can’t let her die, so I head to Chicago to track her down. Before I can find her, I’m assaulted by two human thugs, and of all the luck, a vampire comes to my rescue. Cam is sexy as sin with an accent that melts panties, and he hasn’t eaten in far too long. And now he's offering to help track down my sister… no strings attached. Yeah, right. The Blood Courtesans Series, where vampires are real, rich, powerful--and hungry. Blood is bought and sold like fine wine, and the best blood goes to the highest bidder. It's not supposed to be about love ... until it is. If you haven't checked out the rest of the Blood Courtesan series, you should. Starting with REBORN, Myra's story. The full list of books can be found here: http://www.bloodcourtesans.com.

Stolen: Dakota


Marissa Farrar - 2016
    Now I’m eighteen and they’ve given me to a vampire. Roman is the most beautiful man I have ever seen. He stirs up feelings inside me that I didn’t know existed. I was raised to be the perfect blood courtesan, existing only to feed him and submit to his every whim, but the vampire won’t lay a finger on me. He won’t set me free either. We’re at an impasse. Which of us will break first? *Please note, this is a multi-author series and each book is a stand-alone. They do not need to be read in any order*

Reborn: Myra


Michelle Fox - 2016
    I know it's not safe, but there's no other option. Not for the amount of money I need. It's either become a blood courtesan or watch my mom die while we lose the only home I've ever known.So I leap before I look and soon I'm sharing a bed with vampire Kristos Anastos. He's hot, rich and his fangs hurt so good. The courtesan thing is better than I thought it would be... until bullets start to fly.Kristos believes he's the target, but it soon becomes clear it's not him they're after. It's me. And if I want to live, I'd better figure out why.I thought I was just a college student, a good kid raised by a single mom down on her luck, but I have secrets even I don't know about.Blood is money and mine may be worth the most of all.Full length novel with NO cliffhanger. Previously published as Blood Struck and revised and expanded in this new edition for an even more fangalicious read.

Desired: Stella


Monica La Porta - 2017
    Where Vampires are real, and blood is a commodity. Once upon a time, I was a princess, a real one, but my life is no fairy tale. My parents died in a tragic accident; my aunt Flora, the woman who raised me as her own, is gone too. Now, I'm losing my ancestral home. I'm desperate. Tomorrow, I'll be homeless and completely alone for the first time in my life. If only there was a way to earn what I need in a month... Maybe there is—become a blood courtesan and sell myself to a rich and powerful vampire. Time has run out, and I have a decision to make. The Vampire Blood Courtesans: It’s not supposed to be about love… until it is. The Blood Courtesans project is a multi-author series set in the world created by Michelle Fox.

New Beginnings


Brandy L. Rivers - 2013
    Some Alpha’s just don’t know how to take care of their wolves. She had managed Gregory’s bar for years but she knew he would never sell it to her. After one giant mistake, he went from bad to worse. As a psychic, she knew it was a downward spiral. Taking her future in her own hands, she contacts the Alpha in Edenton. He is happy to sell the empty bar no one has the time, nor desire to renovate, much less run. Their attraction is unexpected and the last thing either want, but they find the only thing they need in each other. There is just one problem. Slater’s second in command is plotting against him. Liam will use anything to take over as Alpha. Plenty of werewolves, an old vampire flame, plus a paranoid second, and don’t forget the psychic with a whole lot of attitude.

Cade


V.A. Dold - 2014
    In her opinion, men are self-centered and will never love her for who she is, a beautiful, plus sized woman. All except the fantasy man that she’s been meeting in her dreams for five years. She just never expected her fantasy to be a real live alpha shifter... Cade Le Beau isn't what he seems. He’s a billionaire wolf. A Shifter. He laments his missed chance six months ago to meet his fantasy woman in the flesh. Just as his second chance presents itself, his fantasy woman, his mate, is threatened by the local mob boss and her ex-husband. Now, he has forty eight hours to deal with this threat once and for all or chance losing her again. Is it Anna who’s in danger, or the humans who unwittingly threaten her? The heat is on the moment they lay eyes on each other. Neither, age, children, horrid ex-husbands, nor mob bosses will stop this love affair.

Amy's Story


D'Elen McClain - 2012
    When her disguise almost gets her killed, she’s saved by one of New York’s most eligible bachelors. His private life is filled with secrets and his story sparks Amy’s interest. Discovering the truth lands her in a world of vampires and werewolves that she never dreamed existed. She also didn't dreamed she could truly love a man or vampire but Marcus shows her the light. Now the two must fight the one person who can destroy their chance at love. With the help of Marcus’ clan of werewolves the war begins.

Blur


Kristen Middleton - 2012
    Seventeen year old Nikki and her twin brother, Nathan, move to the small town of Shore Lake to start over after their mother is brutally attacked. When a missing teenager washes up on shore during their first night at the cabin and there are whispers of vampires in Shore Lake, Nikki begins to realize that there are things roaming in the darkness that are far more sinister than what they left behind in the big city. This book contains some graphic language, violence, and mild sexual situations.

Night Walker


Lisa Kessler - 2011
    Now, desperate for another chance to love her, he wants redemption for the mistake that cost her life.She’s haunted by dreams of her own death…After catching her fiance with another woman, Kate Bradley returns to San Diego to clear her head. The last thing she needs is romance, but after meeting Calisto she’s drawn to him in ways she doesn’t understand.They’ve waited in the shadows for centuries…Calisto has no doubt Kate is the reincarnation of his lost love, but the Fraternidad Del Fuego Santo has a new watcher with dark ambitions of his own. As old enemies reemerge and a new threat arises, the betrayal that enslaved Calisto to the night might destroy the only woman he’s ever loved again.

Fever Claim


Marie Johnston - 2014
    Then the devastatingly handsome bartender she’d been trying not to obsess over for months offered to give her a ride home. What could one night hurt?When his future was almost taken away after one impulsive decision, wolf-shifter and ex-con Jace Miller waited patiently for months before making a move on the woman he knew to be his destined mate. But will one night of passion keep his little human by his side once she learns of his world and the danger it brings to her doorstep?Enter a new world of loyal shifters and their bold mates and get your copy today!*Re-edited second edition to decrease typo distractions and improve your reading experience.