Romance

Twelve years on, widowed Vivica still mourns Dylan. Her unwillingness to commit to a relationship frustrates boss and regular sex partner Jack McEvoy, who betrays her by spreading gossip around their rural community. Quitting her job, Vivica finds a supportive friend in her wealthy widower neighbour, Talbot Tasman, who harbours secret love for her. When Vivica’s beautiful daughter, Lizette, rebuffs her boyfriend’s constant pressure to go ‘all the way’ with sex before they marry, Jarratt sees no wrong in bedding other young women. Discovering one of them is pregnant, Lizette dumps Jarratt. Returning from an overseas education, Talbot’s handsome son Taylor helps Lizette pick up her heart’s shattered pieces...

When Australian novelist Leckie Armytage bought The Plays of Oscar Wilde from a thrift shop she had no idea the luggage key ticket she found in the book would lead her to England in search of a man who vanished off a cruise ship seventy years ago. Supported by Herbert’s grandson, wealthy Albert Stokes and his personal assistant and unspoken love Eugenia Purdie, Armytage, gathering material for a novel, searches the Stokes family archives, uncovering ruinous evidence of illegitimacy, blackmail and murder. True to her threat, Molly’s ghost endangers the trio as they crawl through London’s sewers seeking ingress to a buried basement and Herbert’s missing cabin trunk, which they hope to find there. Will the trio solve the mystery and escape the perilous, crumbling basement before Molly compels Leckie to harm her companions?

Handsome Naylor Nasche and Alanya Markov harbour secret desires for each other, but not only is Naylor married, he thinks Alanya is gay. When Naylor’s receptionist, voluptuous, jilted Sabina manipulates Naylor into her bed she wins back her long-time love, Naylor’s unhappy wife Cherise, whose jealousy explodes when she perceives that Sabina’s wandering lust has targeted the beautiful Alanya...

Love triangles are never simple, and this one has a catch you’ll have to read to believe … Meet Christien James and Julien Cabrera. Unspoken attraction is what brought them together. Distance and family is what keeps them apart. Now, for an unbridled lust and longing that may never be quenched Christien finds himself doing unspeakable things in the name of, Lucian Cabrera, Julien’s father. These acts will test the very boundaries of his sanity, and for Christien, the darkness of his twisted deeds threatens to turn him into a monster that no one can stop. It’s in this darkness that Christien indulges in the rapturous pleasures of heat and hot, torrid passion. His name is Jack Carmichael. With Jack, Christien discovers the true meaning of love and desire. For Jack, Christien will drop all the walls and barriers of his life and heart and reveal who he really is. There’s only one catch… Jack is dead.

The biggest, baddest slavemaster of all is back. Ten years after the world learned to loathe him in Uncle Tom's Cabin, the tables are turned with a vengeance on Simon Legree. The Civil War is raging, he is now a Confederate prisoner and his former favorite slave girl Cassy is a Union army nurse. She always held the key to his heart, but now she also has the key to his cell. And they are--literally---rubbing up against a whole new cast of original characters.

A villain in victory…a hero in defeat...and an irresistible lover either way. Now "Rebel Rogue" and "Prince Charlie's Witch" are yours together…showing two alternative fates for Bonnie Prince Charlie's most loyal supporter, Captain O'Neill. In defeat, he wins the heart of a British officer's sister…in victory, he meets his match in a London lady who is even more ruthless than he. Released in honor of the 260th anniversary of their doomed Highland uprising, the dual volume will show you both what happened and how it might have been, if a time traveler had changed history, for this Irish rebel "Hard Man."

WARNING: BDSM, toys CIA agent Tessler is a known charmer, but now he shall prove he’s good at his job. On the estate of the rich Lady Summerston, the CIA assumes foreign workers to be trained for more than gardening. Michael becomes one of the callboys the lady employs and is soon involved in a world full of desire and strange liaisons. Will he succeed to do his job and what will it be?

Rachael Crawford has lingering back pain after surviving a boating accident. All her life she’s dealt with problems by solving them with practical solutions. Why can’t a doctor eliminate her aches and pains so she can get back to running the family newspaper? Growing impatient with failed attempts at physical therapy, her doctor sends the best physical therapist in the state to help her. Nick Browne is intelligent, professional, a credit above his fellow peers. He’s good at what he does and has helped many people with therapy needs—but then he meets Rachael and finds dealing with a Diva is not to his liking. Nick’s instructions and Rachael’s objections to following them spark heated arguments between the two—arousing more than their tempers. From the massage table—to the bedroom—can Rachael and Nick find a compromise to their problem? Will Rachael be able to curb her impatience and work through Nick’s rigid schedule? Or will the pair merely resolve their frustrations between the sheets?

WARNING: contains one ménage (m/f/f) scene Blessed with a double manhood, Devon has been bred to give the Irellan princess a lifetime of ecstasy but he will not be tamed. Escaping seems like a safe bet until the maid who abets his getaway gives him more than he bargained for, in more ways than one. Her own scores to settle, Devon finds himself plunged into the middle of a war he never even knew about. Queen Uno sends a beautiful but dangerous bounty hunter to bring back her birthright but Devon has tasted a freedom he is unwilling to relinquish.

Kimmie Turner’s life has been anything but dull. From the blonde bombshell of a girl band to a sizzling erotic romance writer, her life has been a dream. She doesn’t want to do it, but this little voice tells her the time has come for another change. But is that little voice right?

Aster Hathaway has a talent for tracking, and being tracked. With a link to her favourite Relay bound by blood, she can always be found. Aster is on assignment to find an abduction arena and rescue the Alliance personnel within. By using herself as bait she only needs to survive the attentions of two tiger shifters in rut. What could possibly go wrong?

Bruno felt he owed Freddy for pulling him out a bad situation awhile back. So when his introverted friend asks Bruno to break the ice for him with the sexy guitar playing paramedic in a bar one night, he doesn’t hesitate. But when Bruno sees Holden, he is as infatuated with him as Freddy is. Can he keep in sight that Freddy saw him first, or will a late night trip back to the hot medic’s condo throw all his good intentions to the wind.

Zemma Hagen and Sixtus Balthazar, two of the most unlikely people are summoned together by a devilish twist of fate. Zemma is compelled to return to Hawaii because of an apparition she saw last year. That little devil in a red three-piece suit winked at her and told her to come back when she turned twenty-one. What was up with that? It was so corny, yet she was landing in eight and half minutes. Sixtus, the devil himself, is waiting for her. The beautiful woman that stirred him beyond belief would not be disappointed. The wicked weekend he planned had nothing to do with tourist spots and everything to do with his six interesting organs. Can legends of the ancient past learn to coincide, or will the satisfying orgasmic trances be enough?

Dusty Roads is a drifter whose down-to-earth cowboy work ethic has landed him a job in a Carolina power plant. Honey Barnes is the plant’s lone but feisty female boss fighting to succeed despite resistance in a male-dominated workplace. Both are tormented by tragedies from their past…tragedies they were helpless to stop. When a workplace situation evolves into what both recognize as a potential catastrophe, they are thrown together by the chance to avert disaster and find redemption. In the process, their irresistible attraction for one another turns into the passionate love that has long eluded them.

WARNING: contains a group sex scene Fire of the Heart is the fourth installment in the Pembroke Eve Chronicles and takes place a few weeks after the Spring Dance. Jacob, Callum and Zane are packing up for the night in the Food Emporium, when Mr. Barnaby bursts in, proclaiming Aloysius is missing. Where could a twenty-foot dragon have disappeared to in a small town like Pembroke Eve? And what’s more, when Jacob and the gang go to investigate, they are sucked into a wormhole that so happened to materialise right in the main street of the town. Coincidence? Hell yes! The vortex is a one-way ticket to the dragon realm, where the problems for Jacob and his friends have only just begun. Why? Well, they’ve walked right into a time when the realm is at its greatest unrest, their leader, Aloysius, no longer there to guide them. If only Jacob could ask Mr. Barnaby for advice. Trouble is, he’s disappeared now, too! To top it all off, Jacob unwittingly accepts an advance by a dragon shifter warrior named, Nottolu. The warrior claims Jacob as his mate and it’s up to Callum, his fiancé, to claim him back…even if it means his death. Everything becomes a race against time. The gang must work together to find not only Aloysius and Mr. Barnaby, but to get Callum and Jacob back together, too. All before an all out war threatens to destroy everything, even the hope of ever returning to Pembroke Eve. Can anything else go wrong? There is no doubt…

WARNING: contains a group sex scene, a ménage with brief female homerotica, sexual exploration When Rachel Winthrop, a brilliant businesswoman who has a poor track record with men, meets Matthew Shepherd, an artistic genius she hired to take a simple corporate photograph, she finds his methods quite unconventional. In order for him to capture the look he’s after, he coerces her into a sensual pursuit of the perfect, if not corporate, photo. First, he strips her bit-by-bit, then teases her body with his mouth until she is sun-kissed, stretched naked and on fire. Throughout the shoot, he brings her repeatedly to the precipice of an orgasm, only to make her wait. Matt is convinced the photos he’s taken of Rachel are his best work and should be shared publicly because they will remind the world that embracing our human sexuality is the most beautiful thing there is. Every gallery is open to him—it could be the greatest thing to hit New York. But Rachel will not allow it. She has a reputation to protect. Throughout the summer, Rachel finds herself falling for Matt and he is more than happy to act as her guide as he takes her to the darkest underbelly of her deepest fantasies, including exhibitionism, bondage, private club stripping and orgy, until she finally unleashes the wanton who has been confined by convention for so long. Is Matt introducing her to these things to help her or does he simply want to exploit her?

Captured by his enemies, Drone Vampire Nolan, is enslaved in one the many dreaded Pure Born government prisons. Alone and without any allies, it’s an everyday fight for survival as he finds himself incarcerated with some of the worst monsters in the paranormal world. While he knows his fellow Drones are fighting to rescue him, Nolan fears he won’t survive in time for them do so. Then just as he’s given up all hope, a dark, mysterious savior comes in the form of a warlock named, Donavan. A fellow prisoner, Donavan takes Nolan under his protection and soon after—into his bed. Before long, Nolan finds himself falling Donavan. But if there’s anything Nolan has learned in his years of being a vampire, it’s that nobody is ever as they appear to be. He soon finds that Donavan is harboring a devastating secret. One that could not only destroy Nolan, but all the Drone Vampires.

Raleigh Avel has had moderate success with her jewellery shop, but when she is robbed, she has to face the new lawmen on Elsinor. She wouldn’t have bothered, but she had no way to dispose of the body. Azeel, Raf and Hector weren’t too sure about taking a post on a world ruled by formality and concealing clothing, but they were drawn to it despite their misgivings. Investigating a dead body at a break-in is par for their course, finding the weapon that killed the robber is the problem. It has violet eyes, long black hair, and…they begin to suspect…a wild rose tattoo.

For two years of his ten-year prison sentence, Dane Faulkner has been a man best left alone. When Bailey Lewis disturbs his solitude and becomes a target for the local bullies, Dane finds the best way to protect him is to stake his own claim. What happens when the pretence becomes something more?

Ton is a troubled young man. Kicked out of home for his sexuality by an abusive father, he works as a lifeguard at a hotel resort. Jake is a successful writer and has demons of his own. After the break up of his relationship with his long-term partner, life has become a succession of conferences and hotel rooms. When they meet, two different worlds collide. They spend the last embers of summer in a physical and passionate affair. Can they both find peace and fulfillment, things that neither knew they were looking for?