Short Stories

Lisa and Steve Jackson have never had a proper honeymoon. Lisa enters a contest for a fabulous second honeymoon – and wins the grand prize! The Stiff & Slippery Pharmaceutical Company sends them on an all expense paid trip to the fabulous Earthlight Space Station. All they have to do is agree to use the company's newest aphrodisiac...

Sometimes love is so strong it knows itself in an instant and nothing can restrain it. Chance Dubois found such a love as he lay dying. Through the gateway of a vampire's kiss he was able to continue and found that life and love was not what he'd thought it was. But was that truly the case? When a demon possessed his body did Chance continue or is he merely a duplicate of the man he once was. If he is really Chance Dubois, then who is the lost soul haunting the spot where he died? Is it possible that the love he found then is so strong it survived even death?

When Cheyanne Kai, a northern wilderness guide, meets Kent McIntire, a supply pilot, passion ignites. Their newfound relationship is soon hampered by the disapproval of her father, Bill Kai. Wanting his daughter to marry someone of ancestry, he refuses to associate with Cheyanne until she obeys his wishes. During the annual dogsled races, Bill Kai becomes trapped in an avalanche and his life is in danger. Kent McIntire, the most experienced pilot, plans a daring rescue. But time is running out. Can he reach the old man in time and will his heroic attempt reunite a broken family?

When Cheyanne Kai, a northern wilderness guide, meets Kent McIntire, a supply pilot, passion ignites. Their newfound relationship is soon hampered by the disapproval of her father, Bill Kai. Wanting his daughter to marry someone of ancestry, he refuses to associate with Cheyanne until she obeys his wishes. During the annual dogsled races, Bill Kai becomes trapped in an avalanche and his life is in danger. Kent McIntire, the most experienced pilot, plans a daring rescue. But time is running out. Can he reach the old man in time and will his heroic attempt reunite a broken family?

After the death of her father, Pauline is left to run the family farm on her own. Heartbroken and lonely, she remembers the young cowboy who worked on the ranch years earlier and captured her heart. Longing for his return, she hears rumors of a new rancher living next door. Can it be her true love? Pauline can only wish.

Stormy Wedding is a romance set in the Texas panhandle of the 1850s. Constance wants to marry Erik, even if her father doesn’t approve of him. She really does. But the circuit-riding preacher shows up a week early and a storm is coming and it’s late enough for snow and Mama has to hurry making her dress and their house-raising isn’t until next Saturday and there isn’t enough baking done and—and most of all Constance just isn’t ready.

In the year 2705, the ratio of females to males was at such a deficit on the planetary stations that the Galactic Administration passed a law rendering it illegal for a woman of age to be unmated. This law led to a movement in which women in the galaxy existed as little more than property of either their father or their mate. In the Beta Prime solar system, females were selected by their male owners on the planet Vega Fantasma. It wasn’t long before legislation passed legally requiring all girls of age eighteen to enlist. When they were deemed ready for their début, each girl experienced the Cotillion… Kylee is an exotic, young woman nervous about her début. What kind of master would she have? Would he be kind? Handsome? Would she make it through the bidding? Talon is a dangerous space pirate who is ready to take a mate. The long intervals in space with only his crew for company are getting old. Nearing thirty makes him want to have a woman by his side, one who would be ready for his touch and command at all times. Come visit the fantasy world of Vega Fantasma. Could you stand the rigors of The Cotillion?

We came to this world to spend ultimate joy, only the pleasures without the pain, and no undesired side effects. So what have we done wrong to make the powers that be send a killer on our heels?

Jaden Walker runs a pawnshop. Not the most world-altering job, for sure, but she does get to meet an incredible variety of people. Most of them are cool. But occasionally, she gets the other kind. Frustrating, annoying, you know the kind. So, when tall dark and dreamy hassles her, even his drop dead gorgeous blue eyes may not be enough to win a place in Jaden’s good books. When she finds out why he’s really there, Dan Fenton was lucky she didn’t kill him. They do say road to romance isn’t always a smooth one. These two are the epitome of that statement.

Stolen from the land she knew and flown across the mountains, Nakedella is face to face with the Stone Sultan. He asks for her help and she gives it, sending her on a journey that will pit her against demons, djinn, and a seraglio that makes her head spin.

Brandi Anderson dislikes working as a temp, but when she walks into the office of her newest job assignment, she’s instantly attracted to her new boss Link Mitchum. Something magical happens to her when her eyes meet his across the office and she begins to believe in love at first sight. Will Link return her feelings, or is she reading too much into the special eye contact she’s shared with him?  

Wingless Annanya has been working on a flight suit for the grand exhibition, but meeting a handsome prince throws a wrench into the works. Can a woman raised amongst a species with wings ever find true happiness with a man who can soar when she can't? Hell yeah.

Attractive, sea-loving Southerner KP likes working with his funny Yankee buddy, Sig, but he gets a real taste of Northern exposure on a trip to his buddy’s New York hometown when he meets the beautiful Long Islander, Tammy. One memorable night of poetic Southern charm leads Tammy to North Carolina—across the fabled ten thousand mile—to see KP again. Is their intense attraction strong enough to make her trade her nice but lonely Long Island life for love under the coastal Carolina stars?

Under attack and the sole repository of information that could topple her government, Seeri chooses a death in the cold of space over endangering her ship further. Alpha Tor has been watching the communications during the attack and the moment that the pod is sent toward his station, he sets out to retrieve the beauty within. Feisty and focused, Battle Commander Seeri is a woman to be reckoned with, but as Tor is aware of the fear and hostility caused by his appearance, he stays clear of his guest. She has to go to him.

Three stories of regular sized women enjoying sex in a world where real men love their real women. We’ve all seen them, those boney women with straw hair that resemble brooms more than lovers. What guys crave are real women with real bodies, built for comfort and ready for action. These women are cute, soft, and cuddly. Real women who want real things in life, and a little fantasy to spice things up. They are the HOT COMFORTABLE WOMEN.  

Safi has been a pilot for years, never expecting to end her days on an interdicted planet, but blowing out her engines and lawn-darting into the ocean set her fate. She wakes and is told that her body will not last long enough to allow her to survive to a rescue, but there is an option. She can find a husband and join the underwater colony with a full transformation to water breathing, or she can die in under a week. For a woman whose prime personality trait is survival, it isn't too much of a choice.

Size doesn’t matter until it is all that you have. Saving the smallest city in the universe is right up Lena’s alley. Lena was created for one purpose, to rescue a race that is commonly thought of as extinct. Her body has been shaped to carry out her task, but when she has completed her assignment it is up to her creators to determine her fate. Life as a full sized being, or a minute woman in the tiniest city in the Coalition. (Thumbelina could never have imagined this.)

Running from a hated match, Sehra flees her world to hide in plain sight among neighbouring shifters. Catching the eye of the tiger king was never the plan. Born to a dying family, the lion shifter princess, Sehra runs from the choice her father made to strengthen their bloodlines. Fleeing to their sister world where a society of tiger shifters reigned supreme, Sehra decides to hide in the one place no one will look for her. The royal palace of Regav. Inside the palace she finds a calm contentment in the daily tasks until her path crosses with the king and her hormones take over. Lions and tigers get bare...oh my.

The Academy — A brilliant student discovers that her prestigious scholarship conceals a sinister plan for colonization … Assassin — A mysterious woman challenges the domain of a notorious underworld figurehead … Desert Dreamer — The world of virtual reality provides an unhappy wife the key to escaping her troubled marriage … Ground Zero — A young girl bored with her generic lifestyle is hurtled into a dark realm that releases her innermost desires …  

It was the most unusual prenuptial agreement lawyer Shelly Macintyre had seen, stirring memories of her time learning under the strict Robert E Steinhauser. When she walked into office to negotiate the agreement, it wasn’t just the sight of him that made her knees go weak, but what he took out of his briefcase.