“This region has many…ancient spirits.  They…feed upon the weaknesses that all people possess.  Most do little harm, but some are dangerous, even deadly.  It is my task to drive these spirits from the injured and ill.” He snorted and his gaze turned away from her.  Manara’s heart cracked at that motion, and knew her future was […]

Dawn’s first light shone through the sheers in the dining room. Even though Mike had been gone for almost five years, his place setting remained as always—including the beveled glass into which Consuela always poured his tomato juice at breakfast time.
I forced my eyelids open wide and snapped on the kitchen light. Tuesday morning already. […]

Shadow lurked under the stairwell. She caught sight of herself in the hall mirror, and blushed a deep red at her reflection. She wore a too small pearly green atrocity with ridiculous ruffles sewn in awkward places. Her hair had been left to dangle in silly curls about her face and, worst of all, she […]

Ainsley had a way of making the idea of kissing a major event, instead of a prelude to the wedding night they had yet to share. Desmond folded his hand around her neck. He didn’t forget where they were. Instead, he chose to ignore the music and chatter outside the pantry. 
He wanted to touch her […]

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 […]

“I don’t shoot men in cold blood.”
She lifted her head and looked at him, finding a focus for her anger and frustration. “But you do shoot them, don’t you.”
“They can leave. I’ll give them the choice.”
A choice. He would give them a choice. Meanwhile, he gave her no choice whatsoever. She shook her head at […]

“I am not some prize awarded upon my father’s demise, my lord. I will not bend to his tyranny or yours so easily,” she said. But Lord help her, she would not mind bending if bending meant that his hand, which was presently stroking her hip, would continue its path toward the apex of her […]

Garon laid his sleeping mate down on his bed and stood back to drink her in. Her short copper hair waved carelessly across her forehead gleaming with shadows of deep gold. Little brown spots humans called freckles, dotted her alabaster skin. He ached to press his lips to each one. Her full pink lips and […]

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 […]

His eyes opened and she stared into the most beautiful sapphire blue eyes she’d ever seen. Something hard poked her in the hip and she blushed, finally remembering their state of undress.
“Can you breathe?” she asked as she jumped off him. Men! They get a damned hard-on over anything. Less than two minutes ago, his […]

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 […]