It was Monday evening around six o’clock when Mike pulled into the office complex. Hope hadn’t seen him since their disagreement, if you could call it a disagreement. When he pulled in she was just about to stick the keys in her ignition and head inland with some real estate signs. He looked good enough […]

Lindsey Ferrell thought the recurring nightmare was bad enough. Then she acquired a stalker and her life turned upsidwe down. Security specialist Nick Vanetta needed to keep his mind on business to protect Lindsey and find her stalker, But the green-eyed beauty distracted him just by being there. Was giving in to the intense sexual […]

“Your bedroom’s exactly as you left it this morning?”
Glaring at the Denton detective for his eighteenth question in a row, Victoria Donavan clenched her fingers into a fist and staunched her trembling. Weakness could be ignored, at least, held at bay. She let her glance sweep across familiar surfaces. “The bed wasn’t made when I […]

It was the fear he smelled first, a pheromone-laden scent almost irresistible to the hell hound within him. She was here–somewhere.   
Risk Leidolf spun on one worn boot heel, searching the dim interior of the bar for his latest assignment. He didn’t have much information: young and pretty, Lusse had said. She hadn’t bothered to […]

Rachel stood in the darkness as he closed and locked the door behind her, her heavy breathing audible to her own ears. She could hear him walking towards her, his steps slow and sure. It was as if he knew to take his time, prolonging her ache and increasing her arousal. She felt like an […]

Sam stripped off his shirt and slid out of his pants. Donovan took his wet things for him and hung them next to his own. They stood staring at one another. Sam could feel his heart thudding in his chest. He could feel his cock straining in his bikini underwear, the tip pressing up against […]

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 […]

  
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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

“If I were to hire you myself, how would you convince my brother to leave his cult and go with you?” Kelly asked.
“I’d need to tell him something that would compel him to choose freedom over Star Mother.”
“Like what?”
Sam shrugged.  “I know your father and brother had a falling-out, so my original plan was to […]

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Fate seemed to be pushing Ty into his path.  Why had she come along now after all his years of searching?  Now when he had prior claims on his attention.  He couldn’t drop Berengi a second time.  His heartbeat quickened as he thought about what he’d overheard Vanessa tell Duke.  “Nibele,” Vanessa had […]

“End of the line.”
Jerry opened his eyes and yawned.  He hadn’t expected to fall asleep, but the cozy, warm interior of the car and the hypnotizing effect of the snow on the road lulled him to slummberland.  “North Platte?”
Robert nodded, a strand of dark brown hair falling into his eyes.  “Every hotel I’ve seen has […]