Wicked Lord: Part One

      Shirl Anders
     Wicked Lord: Part One

Lord Trinity Blacknall stalks the night hunting for rogue vampires that take human lives. He and his brothers demand order. But one night something calls to him which he has never felt before. And he finds a lady in grave danger from a beast he cannot name. As he tries to save the lady, her blood taunts him with savage cravings and it takes all his tremendous willpower not to become her attacker.Evil stalks Lady Beth, and only a dark and powerful creature of the night can save her.Lady Beth never sleeps at night because evil lives with her. She spends her evenings forced to make the rounds in London society until dawn.At a party far from home, she finds herself in danger. Her friend is lost and she must search the dark woods for find her. But there are predators in the woods, and soon she is being chased by a monster. Lord Trinity Blacknall stalks the night hunting for rogue vampires that take human lives. He and his brothers demand order. But one night something calls to him which he has never felt before. And he finds a lady in grave danger from a beast he cannot name. As he tries to save the lady, her blood taunts him with savage cravings, in ways he has never felt before, and it takes all his tremendous willpower to stay her savior and not become her attacker. *This is the 1st installment of Wicked Lord; all 3 parts are finished.

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    Anastasia's Grail

      Mary Pearson
     Anastasia's Grail

A novel for teenage girls who are Roman Catholic. Coerced by her mother, Stacy attends a religious conference and has a mystical experience which starts her on the road to conversion. She will find herself swept up in a romance with the wrong guy, but her new-found faith will eventually guide her in choosing the right partner.Guest Ranch is a short story. It opens with a married couple visiting the ranch. The husband is in a bad mood because he had been stopped and fined for speeding in the town. It takes him awhile to warm up to the experience of the ranch and a young guide. However, he gradually gets into the spirit of things.The story is in the western genre.

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    How Not to Make a Dress

      Elizabeth Chater
     How Not to Make a Dress

A humorous look at one woman's battle with a sewing project.A short, fun summer romance novella. Kaliyah Simon just broke up with her cheating boyfriend, and now that summer break is here, all she wants is a quiet, boy-free summer. To focus on work, reading, and her tan. But then she meets up with her old high school nemesis, Isaiah Winters, on the way home, and he seems more interested in being friends than enemies. Can Kaliyah lower her walls and get over seven years of pushing Isaiah away and find out what it would be like to actually be with him? With her best friend going boy-crazy, a twenty-first birthday looming on the horizon, Isaiah continually showing up on her doorstep, and an ex that seems to want her back, Kaliyah’s summer promises to be anything but quiet.

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    Didi: The Tale of a Would-Be Courtesan

      Chantaboute Hallshire
     Didi: The Tale of a Would-Be Courtesan

The Princess of Parody, Chantaboute Hallshire, takes on La Belle Époque in this scrumptious tale of a 19th century Parisian girl whose mission is to find a wealthy wife for a man so that the girl, herself, can then become his properly kept mistress.The Princess of Parody, Chantaboute Hallshire, takes on La Belle Époque in this scrumptious tale of a 19th century Parisian girl whose mission is to find a wealthy wife for a man so that the girl, herself, can then become his properly kept mistress.Didi has been trained to follow in the family tradition of being a wealthy married man’s “kept woman.” As her mother explains, it’s all the benefits of being romanced without the drudgery of keeping house.Unfortunately, Fulbert is the man she truly loves, and he’s neither rich nor married. Her solution: get him married to a well-to-do woman so he’ll have the means to keep Didi as his mistress. Thus begin the comic adventures of matchmaking in the City of Love.

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    Seeds of Yesterday

      V. C. Andrews
     Seeds of Yesterday

The final, haunting novel in the extraordinary story that has enthralled millions! The horror began with Flowers in the Attic, the terrifying tale of four innocent children locked away from the world by a cruel mother. The shocking fury continued with Petals on the Wind and If There Be Thorns. Now V.C. Andrews has created the last dark chapter in the strange, chilling tale of passion and peril that has captivated millions of readers around the world. Cathy and Chris, entwined with the evil that haunts their children, living with the fearful spectre of Foxworth Hall, are awaiting the final, shuddering climax... prisoners of a past they cannot escape.

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    How to Lose a Bride in One Night

      Sophie Jordan
     How to Lose a Bride in One Night

He saved her life... When Annalise Hadley is tossed over the side of her honeymoon barge, the newly-minted duchess knows she's been left for dead -- for her husband's only interest is in her vast dowry, not her muddied lineage. However, she didn't count on a savior. Especially not an honorable, sinfully intriguing earl who will tempt her to risk everything—again. Now he will seduce her heart and soul A man with his own demons, Owen Crawford, the reclusive Earl of McDowell, is enchanted by the mysterious, courageous woman he rescued. He will help her heal, teach her to protect herself, and then send her away—so that she’ll never see he’s far from the hero she believes him to be. But days and nights alone prove that some secrets are meant to be discovered...some desires are too powerful to resist…and some wounds can only be healed by love.

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    Son of the Shadows

      Juliet Marillier
     Son of the Shadows

After years of comparative peace, darkness has fallen upon Ulster. Trouble is brewing and even those in the heart of the forest are not safe. Niamh, elder daughter of Sorcha, is required to make a strategic marriage, while her sister Liadan, who has the gift of Sight and her mother’s talent for healing, finds herself drawn into the shadowy world of the Painted Man and his warrior band. There Liadan begins a journey that is to transform her life.

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    For the Hope of a Crow

      T. S. Joyce
     For the Hope of a Crow

Ramsey Hunt is caught in a spiral no one can save him from, and he’s taking his entire Clan of crow shifters down with him. A broken mating bond has him going insane, and all he can do is try to hold onto his Alpha position as long as possible. But when a spirited beauty comes waltzing into his MC’s clubhouse demanding an audience with him, he can’t help but think he’s dreaming her up. She’s got paperwork saying he’s her mate, and this shifter has one serious stubborn streak in her. All he wants to do is go insane in peace, but she isn’t having it. And now the real work begins. He’s got to sever one mating bond completely if he wants a shot at survival. And if this crazy plan works, he might just have a second shot at happiness too. Vina wants a crow. She doesn’t care who they are, as long as their shifter animal is a crow. They mate for life and she’s tired of being pushed around by the men she dates. So when a crow comes up on the shifter matchmaking service she applied for three years ago, she has a good feeling her stars are about to change. That is, until she meets Ramsey. The half-crazed Alpha of the biggest, baddest Clan of crow shifters in existence isn’t going to make pairing up easy. And the more Vina gets to know him, the more she thinks it wasn’t him who signed up for a mate after all. And now Vina has two choices—cut and run from the storm coming for the Red Dead Mayhem Clan, or dig her heels in and rip that old mating bond out of Ramsey. Up until now, no one has appreciated her, but what if…just what if…she could be the one to save the crows? Content Warning: Explicit love scenes, naughty language, and piles of sexy shifter secrets. Intended for mature audiences.

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    Leveled

      Jay Crownover
     Leveled

We all need a hero...let the Saints of Denver begin Orlando Frederick knows what it is to be leveled by pain. Instead of focusing on his own, he’s made it his mission to help others: sports stars, wounded war vets, survivors of all kinds. But when Dom, a rugged, damaged, sinfully attractive cop, makes his way into Lando’s physical therapy practice, he might be the biggest challenge yet. Lando loved one stubborn man before and barely survived the fallout. He’s not sure he can do it again. Dominic Voss is a protector. The police badge he wears is not only his job, it’s his identity, so when he’s sidelined because of an injury, the only thing he cares about is getting back on the force. He expects Lando to mend his body, he just doesn’t realize the trainer will also have him working toward a hell of a lot more. As attraction simmers and flares, Dom sees that Lando needs repair of his own...if only the man will let him close enough to mend what's broken. An Avon Romance

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    Death Angel

      Linda Howard
     Death Angel

In Linda Howard’s gifted hands, second chances, unexpected romance, and unrelenting action combine into a riveting new novel of suspense. In Death Angel, bad girls can wake up and trust their hearts, bad guys can fight for what’s right . . . and dying just might be the only way to change one’s life. A striking beauty with a taste for diamonds and dangerous men, Drea Rousseau is more than content to be arm candy for Rafael Salinas, a notorious crime lord who deals with betrayal through quick and treacherous means: a bullet to the back of the head, a blade across the neck, an incendiary device beneath a car. Eager to break with Rafael, Drea makes a fateful decision and a desperate move, stealing a mountain of cash from the malicious killer. After all, an escape needs to be financed. Though Drea runs, Salinas knows she can’t hide–and he dispatches a cold-blooded assassin in hot pursuit, resulting in a tragic turn of events. Or does it? Left for dead, Drea miraculously returns to the realm of the living a changed woman. She’s no longer shallow and selfish, no longer steals or cheats or sells herself short. Both humbled and thrilled with this unexpected second chance, Drea embraces her new life. But in order to feel safe and sound–and stop nervously looking over her shoulder–she will need to take down those who marked her for death. Joining forces with the FBI, supplying vital inside information that only she can provide, Drea finds herself working with the most dangerous man she’s ever known. Yet the closer they get to danger, the more intense their feelings for each other become, and the more Drea realizes that the cost of her new life may be her life itself–as well as her heart. From the Hardcover edition.

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    Highlander Ever After

      Jennifer Ashley
     Highlander Ever After

Scotland 1820 When Zarabeth of Nvengaria is in danger, her cousin Prince Damien knows there's no safer place he can send her than to his old friend Egan MacDonald and his castle in the remote Scottish Highlands. Egan has loved Zarabeth since the day she kissed him in her father’s house five years ago, his young friend having blossomed into a beautiful woman. Since then, Zarabeth married, but she recently discovered that her husband was a treacherous plotter, ready to overthrow her cousin Damien and take over Nvengaria. She slips away at great risk to herself and informs Damien, who sends her to Scotland, in the company of a half-logosh called Valentin to protect her, out of reach of her cruel and vengeful husband. Egan finds Zarabeth a rigid shell of a woman. He undertakes to strip away the layers she’s been forced to wear, to expose the true, spirited, beautiful Zarabeth he’d known. At the same time, Zarabeth is determined to show Egan how much she cares for him—has always cared for him. She also comes to life in the castle whose beams are likely to fall on her, and which is supposedly under a curse, where Egan’s cousins, sister, nephews, and neighbors swarm at will, returning joy and laughter to Zarabeth’s world. Egan’s nephew Jamie is determined to marry Egan off so Jamie won’t have to inherit, and recruits Zarabeth to help him. Zarabeth falls in love with Castle MacDonald and its inhabitants and never wants to leave—curse or no curse. Zarabeth grows interested in the curse and its history—anything magical fascinates her. She herself has a magical gift, inherited from her Nvengarian mother—she can read thoughts, which was how she learned of her husband’s treachery. But there is one person she’s never been able to read—Egan MacDonald, the Mad Highlander, the man she’d give her heart to, and her entire life if he wished it … Nvengaria series, Book 3. This is a full-length novel.

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    More Than Forever

      Jay McLean
     More Than Forever

-LUCY- There is a love so fierce it cannot be measured.  A heart so strong it will never slow.  There is a promise so sure it can never lie. He promised me that love forever. Even when it wasn't enough. -CAMERON- Forever. Everlasting. Eternal. There is no measure of time.  No sounds of the ticking of a clock.  Just the rising and falling of the sun. And our own sense of forever.  But our forever isn't always.

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    Country Bride

      Ava Catori
     Country Bride

Kristin Shaw ran away to Wyoming, looking to escape a broken heart. After becoming widowed on her honeymoon, she can barely breathe, and isn’t sure life is worth living. Ty Addison is rough around the edges, and has no interest in falling in love. Finding himself attracted to Kristin, his polar opposite, can the couple see past their differences and admit what they're feeling?Kristin Shaw ran away to Wyoming, looking to escape a broken heart. After becoming widowed on her honeymoon, she can barely breathe, and isn’t sure life is worth living. Moving to a remote area of the country, she wants to hide away and heal her mind. Forced to confront rural life in Wyoming, she faces challenges that make her question her move. Ty Addison is rough around the edges, having grown up on a farm, and now working in the small rural town. He had no intention of falling for the girl from New Jersey, in fact, he wasn’t even sure he liked her at first. Finding himself attracted Kristin, can he convince her to give him a chance? Or will she go back to the safety of suburbia life she once knew?

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    Poison Blood, Book 2: Absolution

      Neha Yazmin
     Poison Blood, Book 2: Absolution

"I don't know what being in love is like for humans. It never happened to me, not really. I only thought it did. Thought it for a long time." As a senior official at The System, Christian routinely works on secret missions. When he uncovers a project kept secret from him, he investigates. Why was he kept in the dark about this vampire The System is after? Does it have anything to do with Ellie?"I don't know what being in love is like for humans. It never happened to me, not really. I only thought it did. Thought it for a long time. Almost half a century. But it feels as though I've known for longer that I'd been wrong." Being a senior official at The System, the vampire world's governing body, Christian routinely assigns secret missions to his agents. As The System's most powerful immortal, he also takes responsibility for some of the trickier tasks himself. When he stumbles upon a project that was kept secret from him, Christian decides to investigate. Why was he not told about this vampire that his employer wants to recruit? Why can't he get anywhere near this elusive immortal? Soon, he discovers that this is no ordinary vampire that he is hunting. And when he is suddenly overwhelmed by a rush of strange emotions, Christian is left even more perplexed. Is any of this related to Ellie? Book 2 of the Poison Blood series answers some of the questions raised in book one while asking many more.What Readers Said About Poison Blood, Book 2: Absolution'Just love love love these books, would highly recommend them.' 5-stars~ Goodreads Review'I've been waiting for PB2 and it did not disappoint! It suddenly brings a whole new perspective to the events of PB1 and you get to learn a lot more about how the vampire world works.' 5-stars~ Amazon UK Review'I loved this book.' 5-stars~ iBooks UK Review'I really hope the series isn't done!!!! Just cuz it's from Christian's point of view doesn't mean it's crap! It was really good... please be a next book!' 5-stars~ B&N Nook ReviewBook Details:Length: A 33,000-word paranormal urban fantasy novel with added bonus contentGenre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance / Teen Vampire Romance / YA Paranormal Fantasy / Teen Urban Fantasy / Teen & YA Science Fiction & Fantasy / YA & Teen Action & Adventure / Supernatural Fantasy / Supernatural RomanceMood: Dark / Humorous / Coming of ageContent: No violence / No explicit sex scenes / No eroticaAudience: For Teens / Young Adults / New Adults / AdultsRecommended for: Readers that love all things vampires, slayers and witches!

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