Menage a Trois/Quatre

As Alpha of the Paradise clan, it's Adam Greer's duty to save his people from extinction. With Nick Hill, his beta's help, he tracks down a descendant of one of the families that broke away from the pride many years ago. They can only hope that TJ Woodward agrees to come back to Paradise as the first newcomer in generations, to infuse the clan with new DNA. Nina Bidel, a close friend of bestselling suspense author, TJ Woodward, finds dozens of half-written manuscripts when she packs away his estate after his death. With his will naming her his sole beneficiary, she sees no harm in completing the books TJ started. But someone out there is determined that the novels never see the light of day. When they think they have finally caught up to TJ, intent on bringing him to their home, Adam and Nick realize the last several books released weren’t written by TJ Woodward, but by spunky Nina Bidel. Nina jumps at the chance to escape the men determined to kill both her and TJ’s remaining novels. None of them expect the chain of events her deception is about to unleash.

Aliana Maddock runs for her life when she discovers the gift her father plans to bestow upon her for her twenty-fifth birthday. It isn’t the inheritance her mother promised before her death, but a contract for a marriage to a man twice her age—a criminal associate of her father’s. Sent to guard one of the gates of Paradise during the Sabbat when the veil between their world and the humans’ becomes thin, Griffin Bedard and Dracen Giacomo find a half dead woman lying unconscious on clan land. Drawn to her in a way they can’t explain, they risk their lives and the discovery of Paradise to keep her. Can the two men protect her from the evil that follows Aliana or will they all succumb to the danger that follows her to the gates of Paradise?

“Isn’t Christmas supposed to be fun?” That’s the one thing Gemma Alexander keeps asking herself as she sets up the lodge Christmas tree. She expects a lot of business with everyone in the Paradise clan returning home for the holidays. She didn’t expect two of her old high school sweethearts to show up, ready to renew an old acquaintance. Instead of fighting each other, the two feline shifters, Merrick Hunter and Mattius Stewart, have grown up. After coming to terms with the fact that they both love the same woman, they return to Paradise and their cat shifter heritage determined to let Gemma choose between them. After their return, they find out about the Truebond. With the Truebond, three can mate as one. Can the two men overcome their need to keep Gemma to themselves and convince her to accept them both? Find out in Return to Paradise.

When Tori Sherridan discovers there are monsters in the world, she is horrified to find she’s attracted to two of them. After spending her life trying to avoid the men, she’s even more shocked when, ten years later, the two in question discover her existence and don’t want to let her out of their sight. Try living life with no one to care for you. Women can’t love you and won’t even associate with you unless you’re controlling their minds. That’s what happens when you’re not human. Angelo Rigatti and Ricardo Lobianco have lived that way for centuries. Can anyone blame them for being unwilling to release the one woman they can’t control who hasn’t run from them screaming?

After her twin’s murder, Penny Sawyer is left with the ability to feel paranormal entities. If that wasn’t enough, she has two--count ‘em--two hot men on her trail who insist they protect her. The same…thing that killed her sister has set its sights on Penny as its next victim. Draven Nimick and Derek McDonough are an unlikely duo. Friends since Derek and he were in special forces together, they share everything. Including their women. When they discover a human woman who can accept their differences, they protect her, knowing their lives will never be the same again. Can the two friends accept a fourth into their lives and will the men keep Penny safe from the monster that killed her sister or will she be the next Sabbat Slayer’s victim?

Nicola Stone gives up her career as the nation's most sought after super model when she senses a malevolent force stalking her at a party in New York. When everything inside her urges her to flee, she runs not to her high-rise penthouse but back to her childhood home. Danger is never far behind until she meets the intense Jarrod McCleod who vows to do whatever he must to protect her. When Jarrod McCleod sets out to search for the next Sabbat Slayer's target, he has no idea he's about to meet his long awaited mate. After sending Niki's brother and the two men who accompanied him to lay a false trail, Jarrod calls in his two best friends to escort them to safety. Bound by blood, the three men hope to convince Niki they are meant to be together. Will heartache and danger plague them all or will the four form a truebond set to withstand the obstacles they all encounter on the road to Paradise?

Spellbinders, Samantha and Sabrina Hart, didn't expect such disastrous results when they mesmerized their kidnappers. Forced to alter their plans, the sisters escape in a very unexpected way. Will the women gain their freedom or are they doomed to fail? No longer human, Aiden Troutman returns to Virginia to end his relationship with the human woman he'd planned to marry. He never expected to discover her apartment empty and the two sisters missing. Stunned to discover Samantha's scent makes him feel more than he should, Quinn Sadler is convinced their enemies have her. Determined to find the two women, the men begin their search in the mountains of Virginia.

Angel Reese found escaping her captors easy. What she found hard was running through the forest naked and vulnerable as the moment she was born. Mace Goodman and Derek Hunter didn't really mind caring for the woman they found running naked through Paradise. In fact, they were shocked to find she was their much anticipated mate. What they did mind, was reading the less than flattering thoughts she had of them. Can the three learn to trust one another or will they all succumb to the mating heat of the el calor?

Running from the mountains of Virginia and a compound of shifter men, Sabrina Hart finds herself on a northern Montana mountain where she discovers newly orphaned twins. When the cold of a Montana winter sets in, the three find themselves in dire straits until two unlikely saviors arrive. When Luke Wallace and Daniel Mahoney arrive at the gate cabin, they volunteer to guard during Yule, they didn't expect to find their mate huddled in the cold and starving with two small boys. With no way to get the children safely down the mountain, they stay to protect and provide for the unlikely trio. When trouble arrives and the children are stolen from their adoptive mother's loving arms, can the men learn patience and Sabrina learn to trust or will their relationship disappear with the ice and snow during the spring thaw before it even begins?

One woman... Two sexy men... After twenty years, is it too late for them to make all her sexy Santa wishes come true?

When Maya Abernathy accepts the gift of a cruise from her best friend, the last thing she expects is a swingers cruise filled with nudists and deviants having orgies in the open air. Prude that she was, she couldn't wait for the first port of call where she could disembark and get away from the revelers for at least a little while. When she finally gets her chance, she can't believe she's late and misses the boat…literally. Will she catch up with the ship and return to her unwanted vacation or is she better off with the three men willing to make her vacation the best one she's ever had? Franco Rigatti and his best friends, Dante De Luca and Jacob Cameron just opened up a booming new business in the Caribbean -- night swimming with the dolphins. The last thing they expected was to find a woman they couldn't read who was the perfect specimen for them to share, if they could only convince her to allow it. Can the three sexy vampires convince the stranded Maya to stay on the island with them, or will she run back to the ship screaming when she finds out what they really are?

In these four stories of love, centred around higher education, young men learn more than just the subject of matter at hand. In Ethical Promise, Mark falls hard for his teacher, who he must be content to admire from afar. In Big Bang, a teaching assistant conducts a study group for Physics and finds out that the students know more than he does. The Upside of Fear gives Simon a challenging roommate who enjoys parading around naked, and A Lingering Song finds a bad boy rocker doing penance, while meeting up with a guy who shares a past with him he would have never imagined. Higher Education had never been so hot!

Lance has never known love, and he scoffs at its existence. The only thing that matters to him is security, and that's why he makes contracts with wealthy men. They keep him in luxury and he fulfils their hearts desire. Lance is presently in need of a new client, and he sets his sights on the billionaire, Jackson Scott. And all goes smoothly until Jackson's personal assistant, the enigmatic Tobias Naso, decides to throw a wrench into the wheel. Tobias would leave Jackson's employment in a heartbeat if it wasn't for the fact that he is helping his sister to support their grandmother in a very expensive care facility. Jackson is demanding and possessive and Tobias hardly has a life. Lance Cooper is just another thorn in his side, a scheming con man after Jackson's fortune. He makes it plain to Lance from the beginning that he doesn't approve, but when Jackson insists Tobias join them for a little recreational activity in the bedroom, things really start to get complicated.

Warning: Toys or other sexual devices Tanya returns to her homeland to seek revenge for the abduction of her sister and to face the evil queen she holds responsible for the crime. Her rash attack leads to her capture and incarceration by the monarch's forces, and she is taken in chains to the heart of their empire where she encounters experts of domination, sexual servitude, discipline, and the blackest sorcery. A diabolic Master and his beautiful sadistic assistant force Tanya to endure bondage and sensual abuse while they seek to seduce her into accepting her slavery. Tanya valiantly resists the confession that will end her travail and make her their obedient property, but dark desires begin to rise within her. The excruciating pleasure and delightful distress that they impose upon her body brings distant memories into light--memories of her fall from nobility and her subsequent relocation to a perverse brothel. It was there that the cruel owner, Sebastian, trained her to become a submissive plaything for the depraved nobility of the land. Under his expert tutelage Tanya almost embraced her fate, but was freed before the final conversion occurred. Now, in the dungeons of the castle, Tanya learns how to revel in her captivity. And when she discovers the incredible secret that lies behind the power of the dark queen, she becomes hopelessly lost to the binding power of erotic slavery.

Warlocks, Kavan and Derik, have been lovers for years, but they’ve always known their third has been out there somewhere, undiscovered and just waiting to be found. When Derik becomes convinced that it’s a female vampire named Cherish, Kavan scoffs at him. Cherish is shy, brainy and not least bit sexy. Then on Christmas Eve, Derik asks for one wish, for Kavan to let them seduce the innocent vampire for just one night. As soon as Kavan gets a taste of Cherish’s passion, he knows he’s addicted. But will she be willing to accept a lifetime bond with both men?

After breaking up with his live-in lover, Lee Graham finds he needs money. Franky McCoy owns an escort service and has an opening. A client needs an escort for the evening and is willing to pay top dollar for the right man. Lee is tempted by the large sum—and the rent is coming due. He agrees to be an escort for the evening, believing he will be tending a famous actress. He finds, however, that Sydney Barlow is not only a famous stage actress, but very male, a cross dresser and embroiled in a heated quarrel with his director and lover, Markus Goodfellow. Can Lee be the escort Sydney has paid for? Or will Sydney's lover-director have his own demands on the escort? And perhaps more importantly, is the director willing to share his lover?

Michael Baxter had heard about bondage and S&M but he had never understood the sensuality associated with any of the acts—until he met Cal Morgan. Cal is a free spirit, he frequents gay bars, holds sex parties in his lavish beach house, and enthralls Michael with his uninhibited view of life. Sex with a man is new for Michael but given the opportunity—he gives in—and finds he has sexual tendencies he never knew he had.

Hal and Ty have been friends since college and they’ve had sex with each other since those late night cram sessions in the dorm room. During one of their sex bouts, Hal realizes he is in love with Ty but decides to keep his feelings secret for fear of being rejected. But then a business deal offers them the opportunity to fly to Paris—the city of lovers—and Hal decides he must reveal his feelings—and bring about his most erotic fantasy.

When corporate attorney Max Von Sneal is sent to Melbourne Castle two weeks before Christmas, he expects to deliver his financial news to the reigning monarch and return home the following day--but an unexpected snafu arises extending his stay. There are rumors that the old castle is haunted but Max isn’t easily taken in by gossip--until he is gripped by the eerie feeling that he isn’t alone in his room--or that the blurry face he glimpsed in the mirror is the result of too much wine. Deciding he should find companionship to pass the time--and take his mind off any unexplained happenings--he makes inquiries that result in an invitation to a private party. Looking forward to some physical contact, he is escorted to the dungeon of the castle. The chamber isn’t exactly to Max’s liking--it is dank and odoriferous--but there are plenty of people to have sex with--including the eerie apparition that haunts the castle.

“Claw me, bite me, love me… Under every known star I’m going to love you.” This is Starlight Ecstasy, the sex-fever of the felinus shifters that burns brighter than a supernova in the Starlight series by award-winning, best-selling author, Astrid Cooper. Humans have spread out across the galaxy, playing and loving among the stars, their sexual appetites and willingness to experiment have made them a sought-after species; they have taken their place among the elite of the sensualators—men and women who devote their lives and bodies to gifting pleasure…and the felinus and their promise of “starlight ecstasy” are the envy of every sentient being in the universe.