Keely felt the combustion of his kiss all the way to her toes.  She could barely stand on her own without holding on to him.  Martin dazed her with his intensely passionate kisses and the way he held her.  Each turn of his tongue sent her heart escalating to a higher level of love.  He […]

Tanith walked alongside Gade. She fit snug into the niche he made with his arm around her waist. She had so many things to tell him about herself and about vampirism, she didn’t know where to start. Sharing the secrets would bring them closer. Sleeping with him all day would be the best part. She […]

Kaelyn had noticed the moment a sense of change had enveloped the house. Was it possible he had returned, and she would be rescued? The smidgeon of hope she’d been holding onto suddenly grew stronger. When she closed her eyes, she saw his hands, and the blinding, white-hot light. The glare had been overbearing, burning […]

  
Chapter 1
December, 2005 
Katherine O’Brien, a.k.a. Mistress Kitty, reclined on the white leather sofa and her best friend, Jacqueline Foster, lounged on an identical one opposite, the stiletto heels of her platform boots resting on a narrow, central coffee table, which also happened to be her client.
Quite naked, the accountant’s pasty white skin rivaled the lounge […]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Once at their camp, Corri found out she’d already seen what there was to see. The camp was Spartan. Each tent contained two cots and the normal assorted camp items and non-perishable foodstuffs. So where was everyone? She looked around and brought her rusty tracking training to bear. 
There was evidence of downtrodden grass, a faint […]

Not long after dinner, when they had the dishes all washed up and put away, Harvey pointed out rooms for everyone.
“There’s a cot in the storage room for the little lady, and Mr. McCay, you and your missus can take my room. It’s got a double bed.”
“Where will you sleep?” TJ asked, hoping to change […]

“Hi, Sweetheart.” Fenton’s cheerful voice leapt from the telephone earpiece “Sorry to interrupt your writing time but I need you to check something on my computer.” 
 
“Oh, Honey.” I only half faked a whine. 
 
Fenton is quite anal about his computer. He uses it to access the computer network of the hospital where he works. Most of […]

“No! I won’t do it!” Marissa’s lip trembled, but she stared defiantly at Tom. “You can’t make me!”
“I don’t want to make you,” Tom said quietly, his voice rigid with self-control. Marissa was naked, kneeling on her knees in front of him. Her arms were wrapped around her torso in a protective gesture and her […]

He approached her slowly, reaching his arms around her back and untying her wrists. Once released, she jerked the gag down in a fit of rage.
“Why did you bring me here?” she demanded angrily.
“Because you wanted me to,” he leaned against the wall and crossed his arms.
“You’re mad!” she slammed a tiny fist into the […]

Marek smiled in his sleep and snuggled down into the imagined warm comfort of his dog, Atlas. Soft and furry Atlas. He was glad that he’d bathed the big, white mutt because he could be smelly after a day spent tromping through the woodlands and streams surrounding his childhood home. The hound followed him everywhere […]

 Finola knew she should run.  Yank Broadsword down and drag him through the dried pine needles.  She didn’t.  Why she didn’t baffled her.  Instead, she allowed Broadsword to lead her to the grass like some sort of prized lamb. 
 
She planted her feet and didn’t move another inch.  The rope pulled against her waist, the rough […]

I stand undressed before Coby, unashamed, compliant, gone. I’m not here, this is just a hollow shell, my body waiting for him. Waiting.
“Turn around,” he commands.
I obey.
He sits on the bed and studies me, the bruises on my hip where McBane hit me with a bottle when he came by last week, the cigarette burns […]

“You”re going to bake you a gingerbread man with a huge what?”
Rayne kept her face as serious as she possibly could–which was pretty hard considering the topic of discussion. “You heard me.”
Her best friend, Shelly, sent her a questioning look before turning her surprise into laughter. After a couple of minutes of uncontrollable mirth, she […]

As she reached the last step, her left heel snagged in a crevice, sending her tumbling to the street below. Colliding with the unforgiving concrete, she felt the wind go out of her lungs. Gulping for air, she pulled herself up to a kneeling position. Thankfully, there hadn’t been any traffic in the street before […]

It was a dark and stormy night…
Jack turned away from the window in disgust. Now he was thinking in clichés. Wasn’t his life crazier than any novelist could dream up? Okay, so the thunderstorms had lasted four days already, cooping him in the apartment with his lover, Aneurin. Normally, this would not be a bad […]