If you ever wondered where those McCoy men came from…these historical novels will take you to their beginnings. Deeply sensual stories of romance and adventure, they will capture your imagination and your heart. History is definitely worth repeating. Thrust from his home, Austin McCoy travels west to build a new life for himself in the wilds of Texas. Civilization has not yet arrived to the wilderness where he settles and his nearest neighbor is more than two days’ journey through Indian territory alive with bear, cougar and wolves. While difficult, carving out an existence amidst these dangers is not what weighs heavily on his heart. With nothing and no one to share his days, Austin is lost. The answer to his prayers comes from a very unexpected source… Jolie Dumas has also been torn from the only home she has ever known. The beloved daughter of a plantation owner and his quadroon mistress, she is horrified to be sold into slavery after the death of her parents. Bought and paid for, she is chained and walked from New Orleans to Texas. Before she can be delivered to her master, the slave trader is killed and Jolie escapes. Alone and vulnerable, she seeks a safe place to hide, not knowing the sanctuary she finds may end up being the one place she truly belongs. When Austin opens his heart and home to the beautiful woman, he has no idea the future she faces. Knowing what awaits her if anyone finds out the truth, Jolie hides her identity from him. Having been betrayed before by those she trusted, she has no idea that in Austin’s eyes she could not be more perfect. She is his Godsend.

    But a dark storm of bloodshed and betrayal is closing in, as a merciless band of Vikings threatens the Highlands. Margaret is determined to hold the MacDonald clan together and to locate her abducted younger brother. But can she trust the noblemen from King Alexander's court, who insist that only by adhering to a betrothal conceived for political gain will she find safety? Or should she put her trust in an imposing half-Irish, half-Norse warrior? Gannon MacMagnus alone offers her hope of reuniting her family and vanquishing the barbarous Norsemen who would continue to rob her people of their God-given right to determine their own destinies. In whom should Margaret entrust the fate of the rugged, magnificent land she calls home?

    A storm is brewing in the Scottish Highlands. Hawke is the son of the well-known and respected laird, Storm MacKeefe (from Lady Renegade - Legacy of the Blade Series.) When the King's Chronicler arrives at the castle to record the heroic acts of the MacKeefe Clan, Hawke decides it is time for him to be noticed.But before he can devise a way to get mentioned in the Highland Chronicles, disaster strikes. A hunting trip turns into a deadly battle, and things go from bad to worse. Hawke is wounded and left for dead while his grandfather, laird of the clan, is abducted by the enemy. In one final attempt to even the score, Hawke captures the MacNab's daughter when she tries to strip him of his belongings on the battlefield.Phoebe MacNab starts out on a journey to find the coveted rare herbs that will heal her dying father, but her escorts have other plans. Before she knows it, they've killed or abducted some of the MacKeefes. She ends up taken captive by the enemy. If she doesn't find the herbs she needs and escapes soon, her father will die. However, after one kiss from her captor, the handsome Hawke MacKeefe, she starts wondering if she really wants to leave at all.Will an unexpected attraction between enemies turn hatred into passion? And can one kiss be the catalyst to ending a lifelong feud, or will it only put Hawke and Phoebe in unfavorable graces, turning their own clans against them instead?

    Once every ten years, the pretense falls away and a tournament is held to determine who will rule them. The Acquisition is a crucible for the Southern nobility, a love letter written to a time when barbarism was enshrined as law. Now, Sinclair Vinemont is in the running to claim the prize. There is only one way to win, and he has the key to do it — Stella Rousseau, his Acquisition. To save her father, Stella has agreed to become Sinclair's slave for one year. Though she is at the mercy of the cold, treacherous Vinemont, Stella will not go willingly into darkness. As Sinclair and Stella battle against each other and the clock, only one thing is certain: The Acquisition always ends in blood. Full disclosure: This book is a dark romance with elements of slavery, violence, BDSM, and super-hot sex. It is the first of a series and ends on a cliffhanger. If you're good with these caveats, enjoy.

    I've got women screaming my name every single night. But I wasn't born this way. I was a virgin once. And I long to relive the innocence, the delicacy, the delight, of my first time. I long for the pleasure of exploring a woman's curves without knowing what I'll find. I long for the excitement I felt the first time I entered a woman, heard her cry out, and almost fainted from the pleasure she gave me. But there's no rewinding the clock. At least, that's what I thought. Jane's a ballerina and the most innocent girl I've ever met. She's a complete virgin. And I'm going to make her beg for mercy. I'm going to show her all the things I wish I could relive. The thrill of the first touch. The pleasure of the first taste. The overpowering ecstasy of her very first real 'O'. And when I'm finished, she's going to be utterly mine.

    A mighty Viking Chieftain… Betrayal has turned Hakan’s heart to ice, but the spirited Frankish maid warms him in a way he’s never known. The spell she weaves leaves them both breathless, but can he keep his promise to return her home even if it means he’ll lose his precious jewel forever?

    A fatal illness has ravaged his clan, taking not only his parents and his wife, but so many others of the clan, it’s being called the curse of Black Isle. Worse, as heir to the chieftain, now Marcas must be both leader and savior to his people—but they are losing faith in him. Already there are murmurs that his poor decisions brought the curse, causing him to doubt his own ability to head the clan. But when his small daughter takes sick, Marcas has no problem making a decision: he must find a healer—one gifted enough to save his little lass’s life. And he will beg, barter, or steal one if necessary.When healer Brigid Ramsay is abducted in the middle of the night, she knows she just has to bide her time. Her over-protective father, a former spy and feared lethal agent for the Crown, will come for her. Her captor must be daft to kidnap the daughter of Logan Ramsay. But when Brigid realizes a child’s life is in danger, she softens toward her kidnapper, and vows to help him. As they work together, Brigid can’t deny the traitorous attraction she feels nor that she’s falling in love. But how could Marcas ever love her when she’s not the great healer he thought…?Can Brigid save Marcas’ daughter’s life before her own father arrives and rains hell down from the Highlands?

    Please pay close attention to the use of the words dark, erotic, and romance. It has intense sexual situations, a Master/slave relationship, mild abuse, and some violence. Reader discretion is advised. "I like you collared, baby. I like you naked, I like you mine.” Ellie Stevens has lusted over Kayne Roberts since he first walked into the import/export company she works for a little over a year ago. As Expo’s most important client, Ellie has always kept a safe distance from the man with the majestic blue eyes — until temptation finally gets the better of her. Impulsively, Ellie invites Kayne to one of Expo's infamous company parties her flamboyant boss is notorious for throwing. Unbeknownst to Ellie, the god in the Armani suit isn’t just the suave entrepreneur he portrays himself to be. Underneath the professional exterior is a man with a secret life, dark desires, and nefarious contacts. In a hidden corner of a trendy New York City lounge, the spark kindling between the two of them ignites. Unable to resist the sinful attraction, Ellie agrees to leave with Kayne, believing she is finally bedding the man of her dreams. Little does she know when she walks out the door, she’s about to be Owned.

    Wedded against her will to the pagan chieftain, Rorik, Tara slowly overcomes her fear as Rorick introduces her to the joy of passionate love.

    He’s dangerous. He’s wild. He’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.So I hide behind my prim glasses and my book like I always do, because I have secrets too. Then he shows up in the prison writing class I have to teach, and he blows me away with his honesty. He tells me secrets in his stories, and it’s getting harder to hide mine. I shiver when he gets too close, with only the cuffs and the bars and the guards holding him back. At night I can’t stop thinking about him in his cell.But that’s the thing about an animal in a cage—you never know when he’ll bite. He might use you to escape. He might even pull you into a forest and hold a hand over your mouth so you can’t call for the cops. He might make you come so hard, you can’t think.And you might crave him more than your next breath.

    She comes from a great family and has a future at Stanford University to look forward to... until the night she is abducted by masked men with the intention of selling her to the highest bidder, leaving the people in her town heartbroken and desperate for answers on her disappearance. Lance Winters is the son of the man called “The Boss.” He's gradually being introduced to the “family business” with the intent of him becoming the right-hand man of his father's human trafficking organization. Little does his father know, Lance has his own agenda when it comes to the organization that has taken his father over a decade to build. When Lance is assigned to train Gwen, to make her the perfect slave for sale, he's hesitant. He can't become emotionally tied to the slaves or it could ruin his plans. Training new slaves isn't part of his agenda, but there is something about her sweet innocence that touches him and the thought of any of the monsters working for his father touching her is unthinkable. Is it possible for Lance to gain the young woman's trust and perhaps even save her life when he's one of the bad guys keeping her from everything she's ever known and loved? Can she ever understand that sometimes it takes an even bigger monster to stop a monster?

    Not long after arriving at his castle, Matilda finds herself stripped bare for an intimate, humiliating examination followed by a thorough spanking over Gervais' knee, but it is not her future husband's firm-handed correction which proves most shocking.A wild beast lurks within Gervais, something fierce and feral that waits to be unleashed. Soon that beast will claim Matilda, and when it does she has no doubt that it will be rough and savage.Publisher's Note: The Hunted Bride includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

    Then he took me as his mate.Since I saw him fight in the arena, I have dreamed of him at night. Dreams I blush just to think about. But never did I imagine him carrying me off as his prisoner, spanking me into shameful submission, and then claiming my virgin body so roughly I screamed with every savage climax.Rager is no ordinary gladiator. He is a Muharib Warrior, a fearsome, terrifying beast, and when my father tried to have him killed he broke free of his chains and took me captive. I thought I would be nothing more than a hostage, a bargaining chip to secure his escape, but I was wrong.He has decided to keep me. He has decided I am his mate.Publisher's Note: Gladiator's Captive includes sexual scenes and spankings. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

    ‘Wives wanted for three hardworking cowboys’Homeless, jobless, and mourning the loss of her grandmother, Ellie is desperate enough to do something no sane, self-respecting woman would think of: she decides to take a chance on an alluring, old-fashioned advert for a modern-day mail-order bride in the heart of the Montana wilderness.Except, when she arrives, it seems she's not the only woman who dreams of hot cowboys.The competition for the men's attention is fierce and Ellie can't even decide which of the brothers she likes best – sexy, domineering Cody, thoughtful, romantic Syrus, or the fun-loving Ezra who always makes her laugh.The only thing she knows for sure is that the other women want her gone and it's starting to look like they'll do anything to make that happen...

    This decadently naughty box set includes twenty-three stand-alone novellas, full of hot alien alpha males, breathless passion, and reluctant surrender. Take an exhilarating trip beyond the stars, that’s sure to leave you turning the pages late into the night. Featured authors: Sue Lyndon - Promised To The Alien Tarrz is the biggest, sexiest, and sternest Tar-quan male Lana has ever met - and he happens to be the very stranger to whom she’s been betrothed! He leaned down, until his face was level with hers. “I suggest you keep your opinion on the Earth-Tar-qua trade agreement to yourself, little human, unless you want to endure the strap on your wedding night. If I heard my mate speaking as you just did, I would punish her severely for disrespect. If not for the Tar-quans’ assistance, your dome cities on Earth would have perished long ago.”Taken aback by his great size, she studied him for a moment. God, he was huge and muscular - intimidatingly so. Having glimpsed plenty of Tar-quans before, when they came to visit her dome city, she had not expected to see an alien this large here in the city, and she felt a stab of pity for whichever human woman found herself mated to this male. He was easily more than too heads taller than her, and aside from his size, this particular Tar-quan seemed overly stern.An involuntary tingle raced across her bottom at the thought of enduring a punishment from the no-nonsense male who was glaring down at her. Despite her fear, her face heated and a sudden ache throbbed between her thighs. She quickly lowered her head, hoping he did not notice her blushing. Sara Fields - Sold To The Enemy Captured by enemy forces, Commander Aubrie Kent is imprisoned, sold at auction, and purchased as a slave by the leader of the very planet she was sent to attack. He vows to break her and claim her as his own, but can he command her heart? Will she let him? Renee Rose - Their Zandian Mate (Zandian Masters #9)/(Zandian Brides #1) Three Zandian warriors..One female assigned for reconditioning...They'll punish...Demand...Claim...Teach... Cari Silverwood - Fated Possession (The Machinery Of Desire #3.5) While on a chaste pilgrimage to the Chasm, Sassik buys Blue to save her from violation! Yes, he will train the stubborn human and punish her when needed, but when Blue willingly opens her legs for him, he understands the depths of his twisted desires. Selling her can be his only option... The gritty, violent world of Aerthe will crush the life and spirit of anyone not able to fight for their existence with weapons, teeth, and claws. But Blue is from Earth! Having recently escaped from being kept as a blood-slave, being owned is way down at the bottom of Blue’s bucket list. If she can’t escape, maybe she’ll do the next-best thing and take down Sassik while trying. This is a dark romance with rough sexual scenes and kink. This book can also be found as a bonus story in Branded Possession, Book 3 in The Machinery of Desire series, and is a spin-off story based in the same world of Aerthe. Grace Goodwin - Claiming His Virgin (Interstellar Brides: The Virgins #0.5) Elite Hunter Zee is scarred from his time in the Hive war leaving him too much of a monster to seduce a beautiful, innocent virgin. Even if his Mark calls to hers, connecting them body and soul, he knows that after just one look at him and she will never surrender the three sacred virginities. Never accept him as a mate...Blindfolded and seduced, Helen has never seen the Hunter whose voice makes her tremble. She knows something isn't right, but she can't say no to the mysterious and demanding Hunter whose kiss makes her burn - and whose touch makes her beg in the darkness of night...Zee has everything he thinks he needs, until another takes advantage of his new mate's innocence... and tries to claim Zee's Interstellar Bride for his own! Cynthia Sax - Dark Warlord (Refuge #2.5) Battling the Barbarian... All Chamele Warlords have a destined mate, a gerel they are fated to spend their lifespans with. Batu, being genetically enhanced, believes he's the sole exception. He devotes himself to battle, is resigned to living a solitary life, dying with swords in both of his hands... Then he sees her! Genine is a warrior female intent on protecting her loved ones. To keep them safe, she must face Fighter Batu in the ring. If she loses to the barbarian, she becomes his to do with as he wishes. And he wishes her to submit to his deep voice, rough touch, passionate kisses. If she defeats Batu, she will have to kill the one male she was destined to love! Dark Warlord is a short companion story in the Refuge series and is meant to be read after Dark Flight. It is a SciFi Romance set in a gritty, dark world. This story was previously part of a box set. Lee Savino & Lili Zander - Draekon Rescue (Dragons In Exile #5.6) Dorothy Pitts is having the Worst. Day. Ever. Her boss is creepy, her customers are jerks and she was passed over for a badly needed scholarship. But nothing beats getting sucked up into an alien spaceship, transported across the galaxy and waking up as a lab rat in an illegal breeding program. It's up to 2 hunkie dragon shifters to save the day... Addison Cain - Strangeways Their invasion of our world was nonviolent, seamless. But they have come to conquer and take who they will. We don’t have a choice. They can make us like it. They can make us desire them. They can make us do anything they want! Kallista Dane - Her Savage Mate Crash landed on an alien world... Lost in a jungle... Captured by a savage! Now I have a choice! Mate with their prince - or die!It’s been a rough day! Except I don’t have a choice. Not really. The High Priest threatens to put my entire crew to death unless I agree. So I make him a deal. I’ll mate with the future king and give him an heir - in exchange for their freedom...Turns out my new mate is a mouth-watering, seven foot tall bronze hunk. He’s so hot he could be the star of one of the tacky romance novels I’m secretly addicted to!Unfortunately this planet requires females to obey their mates or be disciplined. I’m not the submissive type, so I get punished by my new mate. A lot! But I’m determined this alien alpha will never break me. Night after night, I defy him!As time goes on, his stern discipline and passionate lovemaking are awakening dark desires in me. Wicked desires I’ve never felt before... I don’t know how much longer I can hold out! Maren Smith - Her Consort She was a salvage operator, patrolling the depths of deep space. He was a professional consort to royalty, built like a Neanderthal. Twice her width and twice her weight. His six-pack abs had six-pack abs. She knew, because she’d seen them. The only two people on a ship the size of a city… it really was kind of too bad they didn’t get along.... Ava Sinclair - Vanquished Mate As an investigative journalist, I intended to expose the Ythilian mating ritual. I never intended to end up captured by a dominant warrior determined to make me his!My plan was to disguise myself as a Ythilian female, sneak into the field, and document the rush of warriors taking to the mating grounds to capture and claim their mates. I play the role well. Too well, in fact. When the warrior chieftain, Khon, mistakes me for a native Ythilian, he captures me!Now, Khon has declared me his mate for life, and nothing I say can dissuade him. On this planet, the warriors rule over and thoroughly spank disobedient female mates. This culture represents everything I oppose! And yet, I find myself shamefully responding both to the humiliating correction and unexpected pleasure of being taken again and again by this strong, primal male...My own government, fearing a political incident, refuses to save me. They say I must live with my mistake. But how can I? When it means completely submitting to a fearsome warrior whose threatens to vanquish me, body and soul! Emily Tilton - The Warrior’s Pleasure-Girl The He’Ban long ago gave up bodily reproduction between their very-differently-evolved sexes. But, He’Ban warriors have a weakness for the human girls who seem designed by DNA to excite their lust! Can human Tera find love with the captain of the deadliest ship in the He’Ban fleet before another, crueler He’Ban warrior claims her as his prize? Ashe Barker - The Enforcer He is hers! Her prisoner, her responsibility! Convicted felon Xyker Ramone is not absconding, not on her watch! Erin Stein pursues her quarry with single-minded intent, but Xyker has no intention of returning to the penal colony. Erin is stunned to find herself his captive and law enforcement takes on a whole new dimension! Korey Mae Johnson - Conquering Kayla As the twelfth child of a royal household, Kayla is used to being overlooked, but that changes when her planet is conquered by aliens. Claimed by two stern, handsome brothers, she is soon getting plenty of attention, as she is shared, enjoyed, and thoroughly mastered by her new mates! Ivy Barrett - Becoming A Private Pet Kidnapped from Earth, Kate Deacon is now the property of Exotic Pets, Inc. Jexton Farr’s job is to train the beautiful little human, rewarding her when she is obedient and punishing her sternly when she is not! But when the time comes for her to be sold, will he be able to give her up? Jane Henry - Finding Sitra When Sargothian native Cy Brak returns to his home planet seeking solace in a brothel, he is furious to find himself paired with his best friend’s sister! She begs to be tied up and dominated, but her fantasies may not align with the punishment he has in mind. A surprise alien attack - leaving them alone and stranded - ups the stakes! Jaye Peaches - Under Contract Brax’s contract is simple! Find, extract, and rehabilitate an absconded human female!Kleo’s attempt at escaping an arranged mating has failed and she is now under the firm control of Brax, an enhanced alien from Helle, who must return her home to await her fate. But will Brax stick to the contract? Katie Douglas - Her Biker From Mars Hot Martian biker, Sy, just wants a snow cone. Instead, he has twenty-four hours to save a slave girl in a life-or-death situation, and the trade-off, is that Sy has to assassinate the president of Earth. Can he do it? Loki Renard - Doubly Dominant Trissa Teovy is a college dropout hitching her way across the galaxy when she’s caught by a seven-foot-tall Kilvoy lawman named Kero. He sets out to teach her a lesson that’s long overdue, but taming Trissa won’t be easy. The feisty little human is too much for any one man to handle, but fortunately for Kero, there’s two of him! Maria Monroe - His Human Bride In a war-torn galaxy, arrogant Prince Zor Maxis’ marriage to a princess from Ostara will create an essential alliance between the two planets. But what happens when he chooses the only human around? Megan Michaels - Dravven’s Submissive She committed a crime. She has a six-month sentence - marry the Prince and become a submissive on the Dominant, alpha male ruled planet. Seems simple. But is it? Myra Danvers - Swallowed Darkness Imprisoned... Starved... Weak... He’s a warrior caged in the armpit of the universe, a man of worth who owns nothing but his pride and a thirst for vengeance. So why had they sent her? A human. A pathetic, fragile creature full of madness and lies, burdened with an impossible ultimatum - contend with a monster, or die! Sophie Kisker - The Ghost In The Stars Siridin is on the run, after killing his brother’s murderer! Keelie was kidnapped to satisfy an addiction Anterins have for human women! Each sees the other as the source of their troubles! And the dominant ship captain refuses to believe the nectar slave’s stories of whispers in the night...Publisher’s Note: The stories featured in this collection involve MF and MFM pairings. They include spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this box set.