Contemporary

His short blond hair. His shimmering emerald eyes. Indeed, everything about him made Tom want more, but he was forbidden. Tom wanted Jake and was determined to please every inch of his body. If the higher officers found out, they would be discharged and lose all benefits they'd worked so hard to get. But even an archaic system couldn’t bind their love. In time, they would become one, even if the law said it wasn’t so, and they would come to the rescue of a child who needed them. Despite the odds, they fought side by side and made something of the world they were cast into. They would never give up, never surrender. They would be Janie’s heroes.  

Fifteen years ago thirty men, women, and children, were found in a small California field. Twenty-three of them were dead of an unknown cause, seven survived. Now the seven survivors are dying one by one. Rachel Alton returned to Whitten's Grove for one reason and that was to prevent a massacre. Her attendance at the local wedding of two of her best friends was just for fun. She never expected her reaction to seeing Ben Mitchell again. Without warning, he awakens her dormant heart, giving her hope for the future and she struggles to turn away. The clock is ticking as Rachel alone fights against the inevitable, but when forces from beyond throw Ben into the middle of the fight, will she walk away, or sacrifice herself to prevent a tragedy from happening twice?

Jenny aspires to be a writer of erotica. But she has one problem--she has to live what she writes about. Soliciting help from her best friend Kandi, she takes a path to finishing her book is exciting and filled with unplanned adventures.

Exiled to Texas to attend college, Beverly Hills debutant, Lola Brennan was encouraged to experience life and learn the value of a dollar, but instead, partied, played and blew through her trust fund. Having no other choice, her parents cut her off, and insist she return home for the holidays. Dante Brewer, raised by his single Puerto Rican mother has had a hard life. Away at college, halfway across the country, he’s devastated to learn that his little sister needs a kidney transplant and her life depends on him getting back home to East LA. Paths collide in a heated rush when fate throws Lola and Dante together on a cross-country trek in a classic 1953 Cadillac convertible. Racing against the clock, can they reach California before the spoiled little rich girl kills the hood rat, or is a taste of life from the other side of the tracks exactly what they both needed?

The Country gives you more than fresh air, even at Christmas.   The romantic and comedic adventures of Wilson and his dishy doctor boyfriend, Edmund, continue. This time, Christmas is fast approaching so not only does the seasonal calendar need to be organized and presents bought, but with the help of the vicar and all the Parish Council, the main Christmas event has to be planned—the unveiling of the new town statue. Oh my. Sure, the town may have got over the fact Wilson and the doctor are a couple, but if everything goes right—and it never will—they may not forget this Christmas. Let’s just say, everything possible will be done to stop this Christmas from making the Sydney Gay Mardi Gras look like Mother Teresa’s picnic for good girls. Even so, Christmas this year will certainly be different in Passmore. Can Wilson and Edmund survive the festive season? Can the town? And what surprise does Edmund have in store for Wilson that will turn his world upside down?

After drinking too many Mai Tais on her Mazatlán vacation, Summer wakes up to a hurricane… and a guy she doesn’t remember sleeping with. Summer’s plans for a romantic escape to Mazatlán with her boyfriend the week before her University of Arizona classes resume disintegrate when he dumps her just before the trip. She goes anyway, planning to drown her sorrow with Mai Tais. Her plan goes awry when she wakes up beside a drop-dead gorgeous guy she can’t remember sleeping with. She imagines things can’t get worse until she learns this Alex has a bristly personality and, thanks to the hurricane outside, they’re stuck together until the storm ends.

A single mother of two grown men finds a second chance at love with a younger man who sets her passions aflame and her wildest desires into hyper-drive. C.P.A. Helen Boyd finds herself unexpectedly attracted to a younger man who stirs her longing for sensual escape. The problem…he’s her client. C.E.O. Marius Drake can get any woman he wants. Being filthy rich definitely helps. But one look at sexy Helen Boyd, and Marius realizes that to get this sultry minx into his bed, he will have to roll up his sleeves and do the unthinkable…go to work and earn it.

Dreams of second chances are only nightmares in the making. The Always Cambridge Series chronicles the life of Holly Cambridge through her tumultuous childhood, violent teen years into adulthood, and the consequences that stem from being the daughter of mob boss, Bill Cambridge. ~ Holly Cambridge and Randy Phillips are dead! But they re-emerge in Witness Protection as Beth and Andy Gregory, far away from the mob life that nearly destroyed them. Can Holly finally realize her dream and live in peace without the threat of violence shadowing her every step? Settle down in one place, put down roots with the husband and the loving family she’s always dreamed of? Or will the Mayhue vendetta reach across the ocean and strike Holly where it hurts the most?

A retired woman who thinks love has passed her by finally gets to experience all the passion and ecstasy it has to offer, but at the price of leaving her own little world behind and realizing she has lived a wasted life. Karen Riggs laments her unfulfilling life, thinking that true love has passed her by, that it is too late for her to ever find it. However, a chance meeting with a much younger Tom Clark gives her the opportunity to experience all the romance and passion she should have had decades ago. The encounter leaves her torn between wanting more and wishing it had never happened. When what she believes is a one-night stand turns into a whirlwind romance she discovers a whole new side of herself she never knew existed. As she plunges further into the relationship, she falls further away from the truth she must tell Tom if she wants their love to succeed. It all comes crashing down around her when tragedy strikes and she is forced to reveal the shocking secret she has been keeping.

When constantly surrounded by violence, corruption and immorality, how do you keep from becoming the very thing that you abhor? The Always Cambridge Series chronicles the life of Holly Cambridge through her tumultuous childhood, violent teen years into adulthood, and the consequences that stem from being the daughter of mob boss, Bill Cambridge. ~ Holly Cambridge barely recognizes herself anymore. Pretending to be another person is beginning to wear thin. Disguised as Randi Yates, she entangles herself into the perilous life of the irresistible Victor Mayhue. But day by day, she falls more desperately and impossibly in love with her natural enemy. Together they explore a highly sexual, dark and dangerous relationship. The lines between right and wrong and good and evil, begin to blur. And while attempting to shield and protect Victor from the Feds and even his own family, Holly loses sight of her original goal. Victor understands her more than anyone she’s ever met. Essentially they have lived the same life. He is her other half. But once he discovers who she really is and what she’s done, there will be no going back. Victor Mayhue is not a second chance kind of guy. And in the end, one of them will be forced to face their true nature.  

Only the worthy are rewarded with happily-ever-after. The Always Cambridge Series chronicles the life of Holly Cambridge through her tumultuous childhood, violent teen years into adulthood, and the consequences that stem from being the daughter of mob boss Bill Cambridge. ~ In this final emotional installment of the Always Cambridge Saga Series, Holly Cambridge lives a quiet unassuming life as Beth Gregory in Witness Protection. While drowning in heartrending grief, Holly struggles to move on with her life. Her nights are filled with nightmares of ghosts and regret. Her days seem unending, grey and lifeless. She plods through for only one reason. One very important one. But one surprise meeting brings a ray of light into her darkness, in the form of Victor Mayhue, the love she’d been forced to leave behind. However, with that glimmer of hope, Victor forces Holly to face the demons of her past. She is compelled to confess her sins and reveal the secrets she and Randy had squandered a lifetime to hide. And she must suffer the harshest judgment of all, from the one person whose esteem and respect mean more to her than life itself. Will the Mayhues finally destroy the existence Holly has always dreamed of by taking away the one thing she’s fought her entire life to achieve? Or in the end, will Victor ultimately realize the role he was always meant to fulfill?

Having sex with a woman isn’t all that different than having sex with a man—or so Rachel Havemeyer quickly discovers. Ray, a hapless alcoholic with a rare knack for attracting bad boys, simply can’t take another heartbreak. So her brilliant solution is to stop falling in love with men. There is only one problem… Ray meets a woman who promptly falls in love with her! Will this staunch heterosexual be able to successfully navigate life as a lesbian? Or is she doomed to recreate the same patterns of heartache and hurt, only this time as the heartbreaker rather than the breakee? As you follow Ray into a world of sexual exploration, you’ll find yourself wondering only one thing. What will this straight gay woman confess next?

When a couple plans a weekend getaway, everything that can go wrong does. A romantic weekend getaway to a secluded cabin in the woods has unexpected results when everything that can go wrong does.

Friendship, love and sex – the driving forces behind two best friends who couldn’t be any closer, or any different. Samantha just wants things to go back to being the way they were. Levina just wants to get laid. From torrid one-night stands to explosive break-ups and dreamy wedding proposals, Liaisons explores the friendships of these women alongside five of their closest friends, and the escapades that keep their lives stimulating.

A pair of desperate bisexual shapeshifting water spirits put Jerry McLane in touch with his true nature.     Unemployed, broke, and squatting in a repossessed house, Jerry thinks he’s as far down as he can get. Then he’s attracted to the new couple next door. Their pale skin, dark eyes, and flowing hair stir his mind with fantasies of sex involving both the woman and the man. Driven to them by hunger and loneliness, he quickly finds himself initiated into new levels of awareness and sexuality. Much deeper change lies ahead for his mind and body. The shapeshifting underwater quest they lead him on is more erotic than any encounter he ever believed possible and more dangerous than any challenge he has ever faced. Only by losing his deepest identity can he find the courage he needs if he and his new lovers are to survive.

Mark Jackson's marriage is over. He drifts into a small, Australian coastal community where he finds comfort and emotional security in the arms of Sue, a young woman separated from her husband. Mark's fragile stability is shattered after Sue is torn away from him. When Ingrid Thompson enters Mark's emotionally turbulent world, their mutual attraction enflames them both. Ingrid, a successful manager, had not yet found a lover worthy of the gift of her submission. Will Mark prove to be worthy as they begin to explore the world of loving Domination and submission?

Fighting a despair that is eroding her will to live, Kate flees to another city. There, she desperately seeks the answers she needs to restore her former life of sensuality and her joy in her submissiveness. She is drawn into the eye of an emotional storm when she meets an intriguing man online. Miles is everything she had searched for in a Master, but nothing that perfect could be so simple…

In this world populated only by men, Brand is the uncommon man who is sexually attracted to them, which comes in handy when he is delivered to his new Master in a cage. Brand is a marked man in a world of unmarked men. The mark identifies him as someone who is eligible to go into Service. He has been ready for this opportunity for years and thinks it will never happen. Brand moves on with his life until he receives a call from a Master, Trent Parks. He turns out to be a well-known professional baseball player and unlike anyone Brand has ever met. There is an age difference that Brand has to negotiate, being the older one, as well as the dangers of being with a famous person. Brand discovers, much to his surprise, that not only does he like Trent as a Master, but he is falling in love with him.   Romance from a guy's POV.

New to the leather scene, a young man finds more than one master, but continues to search for a lover. Obsessed by leather, Tyrone finally summons the courage to come out as a bottom. Eager to gain experience, he undergoes his initiation into the world of BDSM at the hands of several masters. One of these top men, the rough-edged Spike, stimulates and satisfies Tyrone beyond his wildest imaginings. But when Tyrone hopes for more from their relationship, the emotionally aloof Spike backs off—and introduces Tyrone to his friend, the wealthy and sophisticated Master Leopold. Loaned out to Master Leopold as a substitute slave, Tyrone discovers that he has the potential to be a top as well as a bottom. But, still in thrall to Spike, Tyrone wrestles with the question, “Is it possible for two men to be involved in a master-slave relationship, and still love each other?”

A love forged in war, and saved by the shadows of death. Set in the Kosovan war, Mikail fights in the depleted underground resistance, smuggling intelligence and precious cargo out of war torn Pristina. Isa, an enigmatic CIA operative becomes an unlikely ally, and when a secret mission brings them together, heat, passion and a love they've never known consumes them. They forge a deep bond, but the war around them continues to rage, and as Serbian forces close in on Pristina, Isa makes the ultimate sacrifice to save his young lover. Four years later, Mik lives in the shadow of the Albanian mountains, trying to rebuild his life with what remains of his family. His grief for Isa weighs heavily on his young shoulders and their time together feels like nothing more than a stolen dream.