Contemporary

There’s a dark alter ego inside every woman. Celebrate yours.   Joanna Clifford just can’t say yes to a proposal of marriage from one of Seattle’s most desirable bachelors. And she doesn’t really know why. After running off to do some soul-searching, she finds herself traveling with a group of strangers in southwest France. But her companions don’t stay strangers for long, as she gains friends, enemies and a new lover—a French lover—whose passion ignites surprising forces in conservative Joanna. Blame it on the Black Virgin of Rocamadour. Not only does she represent the darker forces of femininity—subversive, sexual forces—some women believe the Black Virgin grants sexual license. Jo joins the Cult of the Black Virgin, and is freed to indulge her lust for Lucien LaPlante, the charming athletic archaeologist who introduces her to the sensual pleasures of his culture. Taking the most thrilling ride of her life, Jo submits to him, discovering the joy of giving up control. But lust is only temporary. Isn’t it?

With a fortune, a fantastic yacht, and all the men she wants, who needs love?   Laurie Deloit's career as a super-whore has brought her a long way. Her lover died and left her in possession of a fantastic yacht and a multi-billion dollar fortune. Sex is available whenever she wants it, which is often. But she has no intimate relationships, and nothing useful to do. Re-connecting with her father, and establishing a friendship with his unabashed bride-to-be, help her to feel part of a family. Her emotional response to a terrible tragedy that shocks the world—a mass murder of children at a school in the Eastern US—gives her a cause and a way to spend her fortune. But the needs of her heart go unanswered.  She tries Gregory the sea captain, then tries Phil the smooth operator, and finally realizes what she really desires.

Sometimes second chances are right in front of you.   When Oliver needs a job he finds himself turning in desperation to his friend Lane who is opening a new business. Never mind that it's a phone-sex operation and Oliver blushes even at the thought of having to talk dirty to strangers. He needs work too badly to pay off medical bills that left him forever injured and his lover dead. Lane has been attracted to Oliver ever since he first met him, so when the man comes to him asking for employment, Lane is eager to hire him. Not only will he be helping a friend out, but it will give him a chance to get to know Oliver better. But, as the two grow closer, Oliver's past continues to haunt him. Will he be able to get past his guilt of finding new love or will he lose Lane forever?

You can't help with whom you fall in love; the heart's not that easy. Beautiful, 22 year old Amelia Fontaine tries to balance college, modeling, work at a dead-end job, and her dreams in Hollywood, but can't seem to meet every demand, especially when the weight of her lovelife is thrown onto the scale. Will a seemingly too-good-to-be-true job advertisement —pinned to a coffee shop bulletin board—help her begin to make demands of her own?

Sometimes it just takes one fresh spark to rekindle old desires After being a paramedic for over ten years, Grif is burned out. He has seen all the worst society has to offer and then some. He’s tired and ready to hang up his uniform for good. The thrill of the job has long left him, and his life is going nowhere fast. Then along comes his new partner, a green-behind-the-ears kid name Kevin. Not only does Kevin have zero in the way of experience, but he’s a brat to boot. A brat who actually is excited about his job. So why is it that Grif finds the kid so damn attractive? Will Kevin be able to bring back the spark of excitement in Grif’s life? Or is Grif too far gone to be saved?

She’s a runway sensation who’s fixated on her new chauffeur, but someone who’s fixated on her wants her gone. Will love and distraction drive her straight into danger?   Everyone is fixated on beautiful but career-weary fashion model Jules Davenport: the strange but immensely talented photographer, Jon Priest, who believes she is his ultimate muse and wants her not only as his subject but also as his lover; Raphael Garcia, a struggling pest of a photographer who desperately wants to work with a model of her caliber to boost his career; and a mysterious stalker who wants her out of the picture entirely and seemingly will stop at nothing to scare her out of the business. Dreaming of leaving the runway and opening her own art gallery, will Jules’ own drive to stay in the modeling business long enough to finance a smooth exit put her in danger, or will the one man on whom she is fixated—her ultra-sexy French chauffeur Adrien Marchand, a gifted painter who has his own share of problems, including a scheming ex-girlfriend who refuses to let him go—be able to protect her?