Contemporary

Eloise knew there was something strange in the history of her family. But, how strange? All the women, as far back as she could trace, died before their own daughters turned five. Was it a curse? Was it coincidence? Could the lovely new stranger, from up the hill, really help her find the answers?

Mandy Ito is a sexy, fun-loving part time law student, part time tennis instructor, part time prostitute, and part time homeless advocate. Mandy, by her own admission, loves too frequently and falls in love too often. No one would ever want to hurt her, but people close to her are being murdered, and she may be next on the list. Desperate for answers, she turns to a handsome stranger with a grisly past, terrifying secrets, and an agenda of his own that will put Mandy in mortal danger. To survive, Mandy must be transformed from the fun-loving young woman she is to a stone cold killer, and, along the way, she will experience sexual adventures beyond her wildest imagination. In the end, Mandy will find out what she needs to know, but at what cost, and will her trust in the stranger be her undoing?

Living with her father at Rylands, their Georgian mansion in rural England, Katrina Mandell has it all: youth, beauty, a privileged lifestyle and a burgeoning career as an actress. Her life could hardly be more idyllic…until one evening during a cocktail reception at Rylands, she stumbles upon her father's partner, billionaire entrepreneur and ultimate hedonist Armand Leveq in his guest bedroom with her beautiful stepmother, Marguerite. Through the partly open bedroom door, Katrina witnesses a sado-masochistic encounter between the two, in which Armand subjects the willing Marguerite to a variety of sexual excesses. The experience stuns and appalls Katrina, while at the same time paradoxically planting in her a dark seed of arousal, which, although she has no way of knowing then, will in time grow and flourish. Two years later, she learns from Armand that her father has been systematically siphoning money from their joint business, she agrees to indenture herself body and soul to Armand for six months in return for his not reporting the matter to the police. In the weeks that follow, Katrina's life changes beyond all recognition. Beginning with a journey by land, sea and air – an erotic odyssey in itself - she is transported to Armand's chateau on a remote Caribbean island, where she is placed in the charge of the all powerful Christina SIN and her profligate associates. Part slave, part house guest, Katrina is tilted headlong into a world of unselfconscious debauchery in which submission, humiliation, pain and exquisite bisexual pleasure eventually become indistinguishable…

WARNING: this book contains a Menage (m/f/m) scene. Trish never asked to be the human queen of a vampire Collective. She enjoyed her life as a wedding planner and the long-term fiancée to a prominent doctor. Even so, she can't deny the sudden thrill of sharing sexual power with hundreds of hungry night creatures turns her on. Even more exciting than the exhibitionist appeal of her royal duties is king of the neighboring Collective. Remy becomes her mate and partner in harnessing the ritual power needed to overthrow a common foe. Little does she know the pleasure she experiences with him is just the first of many delights she will share with him and Damien, her dark-haired goth-child of an assistant.

WARNING: this book contains a Menage scene. Evie's sex drive has been suffering and any bedroom romps leave her with a scary feeling of emptiness. Even a threesome on Halloween doesn't work. She's on the verge of seeing a therapist while her friend, Brook, entertains cop fantasies she'd rather not hear about. With two cops for brothers, Evie's familiar with the harsh reality of the profession and has no intention of getting involved with one. Walking mindlessly in Manhattan gets her mugged, but a stranger becomes her hero when he recovers her bag. She's instantly drawn to his good looks and offers to treat him to coffee. With attraction sizzling between them, Jedd Madden is full of surprises, including the title Lieutenant attached to his name. When he asks her out on a proper date, she panics and blurts out her sex problem. Instead of running the other way, he is determined to treat her with his own brand of therapy.

Kane Fulton is a man accustomed to getting what he wants. And what he wants most is Hawaiian chef Maylea Kramer. But the striking woman wants nothing to do with him. What Lea wants is for her burgeoning catering business, Lea's Luaus, to grow at a more rapid pace. She knows Kane's recommendation can make her or break her. So what devil possesses her to refuse his job offer? The ancient Hawaiian demigod Maui--the infamous Trickster perhaps? Or is Kane's arrogance the only catalyst to her stubbornness? Desperate situations call for devious measures and Kane is just the man to resort to chicanery to get the woman of his dreams. Buying Lea's bank loan, threatening to foreclose, he blackmails Lea into teaching him to cook. When Lea discovers his lies, will Kane learns the hard way that honesty is the only way he can win the woman of his heart?

Annie Cook is a widow with a six-year-old son, Josh. UPS driver, Cord Williamson is a widower. It is Christmas and neither is happy with their situation, until they finally meet. When they meet, they turn out to be a perfect match in many ways. Annie Cook needs a kidney and Cord turns out to be the perfect match, but Annie doesn't know it. Could he give Annie a Christmas present that she will never forget? If he did, he would literally be part of her life by saving her life.

Sandy and Mike both left this small town in North Carolina years before and now, home for the holidays, they meet and connect. They both feel a magnetic pull toward the other, but will it last? Is it real and worth pursuing? What happens when two lonely people visit home during Christmas in a snowbound small town?

When Lori Collins accepts an invitation to join a few old college friends for a Christmas Eve reunion, she doesn't think her former lover will be joining the group. Chance Murdock is not only handsome, he's wealthy, reckless, and has no regard for authority--and he answers to no one--especially a woman who wants to change him. Three years have passed since Lori broke up with Chance, but seeing him again quickly stirs her emotions and ignites her passions. Can she stifle her feelings and make it through the reunion? Or will she give in to the barrage of rising desires and let Chance coax her back into his arms?

What happens when a forty-something actress must perform with her recent and pompous ex-husband in a production of Noel Coward's divorce comedy, Private Lives? Will the attentions of her much younger, irresistibly attractive director move her forward as the leading lady in a sizzling May-December romance?

Commitment – A near tragedy forces a woman to realize what's really important. Changes – A woman fears that her much younger partner will leave her for a younger woman. A Touch – After a vicious disfiguring attack, will a young woman dare to come out of the shadows? The Warden – Who will be the warden's next chosen one?

Christmas in Key Largo, Florida--palm trees, bright blue waters, tropical temperatures and two people feeling the sting of a bad break-up. When Tom McCoy fled there to forget his latest romantic debacle, the last person he expected to meet was beautiful Brooke Devlin, who is trying to heal from a mishap of her own. Their mutual attraction is strong, but is it real or just rebound? Will their holiday affair last beyond checkout time, or become the stuff Spring breaks are made of?

Since Dylan has found a home in Flint and the perfect man to share it with, life should be great. However, as the holidays approach, he finds himself being haunted by his past more than ever. Cut off from the rest of his family, this will be the first Christmas away from them and while it was they who shoved him away, Dylan continues to miss his parents. While he still has his brother, Lucas, things between the two have become more stressful than ever as they fight to come to terms with their past issues. Then Dylan gets the news that he will be having to work on Christmas and he sinks further in his holiday induced pity party. While he loves his job as a paramedic, the last thing he wants to be doing is spending the holiday away from his boyfriend, Kaleb. Kaleb can see that Dylan is struggling with a bad case of Christmas blues. He wants nothing more than to make his man happy again, but everything Kaleb does only seems to make things worse. Kaleb knows something has to change and quick though, before Dylan pulls completely away. Will Kaleb be able to turn things around in time or will he forever lose Dylan?

Christmas is not the joyful time it is supposed to be for Carrie Summers. Her marital problems have escalated to the point where three days before Christmas she storms out of the house and goes for a drive to think. The drive calms her down and she makes up her mind to tell Ryan she’s sorry. On the way home, a broadsiding pickup truck steals her chance to make up with him and tell him her big secret. When Carrie wakes she finds herself on the other side facing an angel named Jon who tells her of her erring ways. It is too late to make amends, there is no way now…or is there?

When Chase Harper and Trey Thomas opened their law firm, they never envisioned racketeering businessman, Markus Fitzgerald, being their client—or that Trey’s gambling addiction would land the firm in Fitzgerald’s debt. Can Chase dig up enough dirt in Fitzgerald’s past to counter his blackmail scheme? Or is Trey destined to work off his losses in Fitzgerald’s secret club?

Snow Job Cindy is living with Al, a man she no longer feels attracted to and jumps at a chance to get a real Christmas tree by going with Jeremy when he announces his intention to cut down his own tree. She is aware he has a relationship with Tanya, but is unsure how close they are. During their trip to get the trees, Cindy flirts with Jeremy and that leads to an intimate situation. When they return with their Christmas trees, Cindy wants to confess to Al what happened, but before she can, he surprises her. Christmas Lights Tracie is a girl who inspires blonde jokes and finds herself in a desperate situation when her soldier boyfriend is coming home for Christmas with a surprise for her. Needing to quickly put together decorations and a tree, she calls her friend Julie for help and all goes well…until they open the box containing the artificial tree, which is missing most of the parts. A few glasses of wine later, Julie has an inspired thought.

Derek left his small town in Ontario, Canada five years ago to become a big New York City editor. He also left Sterling, a man he loved but couldn’t commit to. Derek decides it’s time to go home for Christmas, to reconnect with his sister and nephew, and his parents, who are getting older. Sterling is still there, running the magazine they started together, in a house that they were supposed to share. And, still treated like a member of Derek’s family. Sterling is coming for Christmas.

All the female cheerleaders and the basketball team called him Great Dane. And they weren’t referring to his prowess on the court. Jennifer Martin didn’t care about his playboy reputation. On her eighteenth birthday, she gave her love and virginity to Dane Derrick Davidson. After a summer of hot sex, he broke her heart, leaving without even saying goodbye. Ten years later, he’s back for her birthday. When he was twenty-five, Dane knew he had no right to seduce his best friend’s younger sister. But he selfishly wanted her first time to be with him. He knew he had to leave her, let her grow up and decide from a more mature perspective whether he was more than a teenage crush. Now he’s back, determined to rekindle her love for him—even if he has to tie her to his bed and feed her all her favorite fruits to convince her. Does he want another summer of sex? Or this time will he stay forever?

WARNING: This book contains a ménage scene and light BDSM. It’s 1969. Max has been home from Viet Nam for a year now and he takes another trip. Last year he went across the country to California and back, meeting fascinating women every place he stopped. This year he travels the Old South and meets even more women that are fascinating. You decide whether 1969 is better than 1968 was.

At one time Devon Canton and his two brothers were the talk of the NHL. Set to become the next superstars of the sport, they had lucrative contracts and numerous endorsements within their reach. Then the bottom fell out of their world and everything changed. Now struggling to make ends meet, they have been reduced to playing in the minor leagues. To make matters worse they all end up playing for the same dead-end team, the Battle Creek Hawks. Not only hasn’t the team won a game in three years, but their arena is falling down around them and in danger of being condemned. Then Devon and his brothers hit a new low when they get thrown out of their first game for getting into a knockdown, drag out brawl…with each other. Battle Creek Times sports reporter, Saul Davis, knows the instant he see the three brothers beating the snot out of each other that he has a story. It only takes a little digging to find out how far the once promising hockey players have fallen. Intrigued, Saul tries to pin down Devon for an interview, only to be rudely rebuked. Unfortunately, for Devon, that only makes Saul more determined to get to the bottom of the story. Then Saul finds out a shocking revelation about the brooding hockey player that could not only destroy the man’s reputation, but also ruin any chance of him ever playing on the professional level again. Saul knows he should go ahead and run the story, but as he finds himself growing closer to Devon, he discovers that his feelings for the other man are too strong to ignore. Then when a rival reporter finds out Devon’s secret, Saul realizes that he may have to make the most painful decision of all—his own journalism career or Devon.