Will he be the hero that saves us from my mistake? Ally On the run, with no one to turn to. I’m doing all I can to stay alive, protect myself, and my little boy. I left everything behind, determined to start over and give my child a normal life. I have rules. Rules I have to follow. Rules that keep me alive. 1. Keep my head down. 2. Keep life simple. 3. Trust no one.

That definitely includes retired ex-military, Navy Seal Jonah Bradford. He’s completely off limits. It doesn’t matter if he wakes up the woman inside of me. I can’t be that woman anymore. No matter how much he makes me wish I could. Jonah Giving up my career to run the family business wasn’t an easy decision. Once a SEAL, always an SEAL.

Yet, I’ve adjusted. I like my life, but something is missing. One look at the freckle-faced beauty working at the local diner and I know exactly what it is. But, I’m alive today by following my instincts and everything about Ally is setting off alarm bells that scream she’s in trouble. I don’t care. I want her. The problem is she won’t give me the time of day. That’s okay. I like a challenge. I just have to uncover all of her secrets and end the fear that keeps shining in her eyes. Operation Ally is underway.

True Hero is a standalone romantic suspense novel and part of the True Hearts Series with no cliffhanger and no cheating. It features a sexy ex-military alpha male Hero, a realistic fiery heroin who over comes an abusive past, who may stumble their way into a happily ever after.

“Don’t look into her eyes. If you do, she’ll take your soul.”

Werewolf Griffin Romeo has new prey—a sexy female vamp named Isabella has been hunting in Sin City, and it’s Griffin’s job to stop her. Tracking Isabella is easy work for an alpha wolf, but once he gets close to gorgeous Isabella…Griffin’s careful plans go straight to hell. Because with one bite, he’s absolutely hooked on her, lost…mated.

Vamps and werewolves are supposed to be sworn enemies. They aren’t supposed to feel a white-hot attraction that burns soul deep. Now that he’s found his mate, Griffin isn’t about to let Isabella go, especially not when he learns that Isabella isn’t the killer who is attacking humans in Vegas. Griffin’s mate has been set-up, and he’ll fight with a wolf’s fury to find the enemy who is working against them both. Someone wants Isabella to be judged guilty by the wolves in Vegas, but Griffin won’t let that happen.

Their mating may be forbidden, but Griffin and Isabella are about to show the paranormal world just how fiercely a vamp and werewolf can fight for each other—because mates bond forever. And nothing will come between them.

Author’s Note: FORBIDDEN BITE is a short, sexy story (32,000 words) about one hot werewolf and his sexy vamp mate. Lust comes first (and fast!) in this tale, and then love is close behind. If you enjoy a hero who will gladly sacrifice everything for his lady, hot times, and a happy ending…then maybe you should take a BITE.

Jagger McCann
As a pilot and a lover, I’m the best there is. I’m choosy and I’m hard to please. You’ll only get one night, but it will be the night of your life.

My life is perfect. Or it was, until I met her. Alexa. We were supposed to have one night. No strings, no regrets. But now I’m hooked and I can’t shake free, but I can almost never see her and when I do she runs away before midnight. It seems like all I can do to win her is to call her late at night and tell her bedtime stories.

Well, if that’s what it takes, that’s what I’ll do because nothing else matters. I have to have her. I have to.

Alexa
So, after the most horrendous break-up, I’m living my wealthy, glamorous step-sister’s life while she jets off halfway around the world with her too-perfect beau. Super high thread-count luxury silk sheets? Check. Big, soft, sumptuous bed? Check. Gorgeous bathroom with oils and beauty products for endless, shameless pampering? And a Manhattan view to die for? Check, Check, Check.

All that’s missing is the tiny detail, well, preferably massive detail, of a man.

Ah, well. BFF says, “Party,” and ‘BING’ we’re off to a glamorous opening. And who should I meet but the hottest hard-bodied hunk of growl-inducing, pant-wettingly delicious man. Oh, boy. Off to his hotel suite for the night of… well, you get the picture, right? Mmm, and believe me, it’s a BIG picture. You know what I mean?

He’s the ‘one-night only’ type of a guy, and that suits me just fine.

Only it doesn’t. He wants more and, after what I had, oh, boy, so do I. But I’m not ready for another relationship and, besides, I can’t let him find out that I’m not the glamor girl he thinks I am.

Oh, but the stories he tells me on the phone… How long can I resist him?

Come join Alice May Ball in this delightful standalone tale. Guaranteed to leave your breath a-quiver. No cheating or cliffhangers. This Special First Edition includes an Exclusive Bonus Story. (That one is also HOTTTT!)

A wealthy barrister and lord of his own English manor, Marc Lewis desperately needs a wife. A duchess or countess will do but a simple village girl will not.

Sophie Harrington knows no man will ever choose her. But when life throws the hottest man ever at her, this little village mouse can't help but sit up and roar.

Irresistible attraction sparks, and Marc is more than willing to spend a few nights in Sophie's arms.
But the closer they get, the more Sophie's heart becomes entangled.
She's not what he wants, but can she convince him to choose her?

- STANDALONE contemporary romance. No cliffhanger.
- Steamy love scenes (readers 18+)
- Long Novel: 402 print pages

I’d like to take her to the rooftop and show her just how HARD of a boss I can be.

Being a single dad means keeping my head down at work, and avoiding distractions.
Now that Mandy has joined my firm I’m beginning to question my rules about mixing business with pleasure.
I wanted her from the moment our eyes met at the gym.
The rhythm of her body had me on a spell – and there’s only one cure.
The sexy temptress is desired by all the men, though she’s determined to taunt me with her ASSETS.
Young. Innocent. Sexy. And curves that have me imagining her in the naughtiest positions.
At my desk. In the stairway. In my car. The possibilities are endless.

But what if I want more than just a good time?

What if I want to marry Mandy?

**This is a full-length, standalone Single Dad Office Romance No cheating or cliffhangers. HEA guaranteed. Bonus content included!

Ancient enemies. Broken oaths. Unbridled fire and passion.

Ella survived a childhood trauma that would have destroyed most people. The scars of losing her parents ran deep, but after being taken in and trained by the man who'd saved her, Ella became a living weapon. And the bane of the existence of a species of creatures who sought to reclaim control of the world.

Zarik is a Dragonborn shifter – a Ranger, tasked with keeping the streets of Los Angeles safe from all things that go bump in the night. He reveled in the fight and enjoyed striking down his enemies. To him, there was little better than doing his sacred duty.

What neither of them expected was to find somebody who was their equal in every way. A person who intrigued and compelled them. Somebody they could actually love in the dark, crazy, shadowy world they existed in.

But that's exactly what they found.

Can their passion and their love survive in a world of violence and death? Can they somehow navigate the tricky waters of two people – humans and Dragonborn – who will kill to keep them apart? Can they somehow build a life together, despite the overwhelming and deadly obstacles?

Healed by a Dragon features a strong, skilled woman with curves and a tall, built Dragonborn shifter – tough, intelligent, thoughtful and passionate.

This book is a standalone, no cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happy ending!

My mission: Do not mess with the Admiral’s daughter.

As a Navy SEAL, I’m used to one-on-one combat.
So when the Admiral’s daughter is confined to base for the summer, I’m ready to engage.
She licks her lips and I want to reconnoiter her whole body.
She tries to sneak into my barracks? I’ll show her the missile in my pants.
But rumor has it, she’s never had an orgasm.
And she’s got the whole battalion planning to invade.

So I’m going to save her, protect her, and be the first to have her moaning, “oh my SEAL.”

But I’ll be up against a firing squad if I don’t keep my shooter in my pants.
And I have my baby daughter to care for. No time for a special mission that will get me discharged.

Staying away from the Admiral’s daughter is the toughest order I’ve ever had to obey.
Because she’s made it her mission to make me want to misbehave.


This Navy SEAL Romance is a full novel of 80000 words with no cliff-hanger and a HEA that will make you smile. I’ve also included several bonus novels for your enjoyment.

xx Tia
Tia Siren. Spoil the bad girl in you.

Eight-foot-tall Tina Thompson has to make the biggest decision of her life.

Once a pretend villain in a league of bio-augmented professional wrestlers, Tina now survives in the slums of São Paulo as a drug lord's enforcer, using her genetically enhanced body to take out anyone her boss deems a “problem”.

All Tina wants is a normal life, but with millions in debt and a body that requires constant nano-treatments to stave off deadly side effects, she doesn't have a lot of options. When a collection run goes bad, things get worse. The cyber-enhanced mercenaries she’s just killed have a boss too, and he wants payback. He offers Tina a choice: die, or work for him in exchange for a permanent fix to her enhancements. No more nano-treatments, and no hope of going back to a normal life.

Now, Tina must decide if her freedom is worth the price. All she has to do is give up on her dream of normalcy, become a villain for real . . . and blow up a starship.

Gritty and exciting, The Neon Amazon is the first installment of a new sci-fi action series, featuring a twist on the idea of heroes and villains, set against a military sci-fi backdrop in a cyberpunk world.

When She-Hulk meets Dark Matter, expect some bodies to fly.

 

THE COOPER FAMILY SAGA

Patty Friedmann's entire New Orleans trilogy—the sweeping story of three generations (plus an inspiring bonus book!) is now available at an irresistible price! A thirty per cent savings, a priceless read. (Four reads, actually.)

For more than half a century, the Coopers battle against several of the greatest scourges of the past century: the Holocaust, Hurricane Katrina, possibly the mob, and—not the least of them-- each other. First comes steadfast, upright Bernie. Then he marries headstrong Letty and Darby is born—along with Cooper Family Drama. Throughout this mesmerizing trilogy, each in her own way, Letty, Darby, and Darby’s daughter Honor, The Wannabe Mob Princess, manipulate, wise-crack, rebel, and otherwise misbehave their way through historical, marital, natural, and self-inflicted disasters. But despite their foibles, these ladies, as seen through Patty Friedmann’s subtly humorous, razor-honed prose, are guaranteed to charm and exhilarate.
 

TOO JEWISH

Like Patty Friedmann's father, young, brainy Bernie Cooper escapes Nazi Germany and ends up in New Orleans, where he marries the lovely Letty and finds an entirely new kind of prejudice against Jews—the kind that comes from other Jews. Sadly, they’re his own in-laws. The good news: a brilliant daughter named Darby. The bad (besides Letty’s parents): Darby doesn’t fit in either.

GREEN EYES

You just know a book titled GREEN EYES delivers all the good stuff--seduction, envy, Southern charm with all the accompanying treachery, (Scarlett O’Hara had them); and shopping. You heard right—we did say shopping— in Darby Cooper’s case, for the perfect human studhorse, a man who can pass along the gene that gets you into grad school along with the prettiest emerald orbs in Louisiana. Who wouldn’t want that for her kid?

“The story is by turns humorous and heartbreaking, and the author is adept at capturing that quirky combination of love and resentment that characterizes so many families.” —School Library Journal

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“A trio of eccentric women and the city of New Orleans come vividly alive...Quirky, irreverent and irresistible.” --Publishers Weekly

THREE GENERATIONS OF WITTY, WILLFUL WOMEN…WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE? The world turns upside down when Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, blasting apart three generations of women in the final installment of The Cooper Family Saga. Darby Cooper, the daughter of Bernie and Letty, has become a bestselling New Orleans author, drawing on the tragedy of her father’s life.
Letty, now your classic Tough Old Babe in teetering heels and designer shoes, is missing—possibly a casualty of the storm-- although nobody who knows Letty really thinks Katrina would be much of a match for her. And Honor, Darby’s beautiful green-eyed daughter, has evacuated to Florida, gotten engaged to a mobster, and brought him home to Mama. Can these three somehow find each other and some way work it all out?

Who will like this saga: Women (men too) partial to dark humor, Jewish fiction, family dramas, and slyly humorous literary fiction. And everyone who loves New Orleans!

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In addition to the three dynamic fictional women you’ll meet, The Cooper Family Saga box set includes the story of a vibrant real-life heroine--

ART OF A JEWISH WOMAN: The True Story of How a Penniless Holocaust Escapee Became an Influential Modern Art Connoisseur by Henry Massie

Art of a Jewish Woman is a memoir and biography of Massie's mother, a brilliant and beautiful woman who escaped the Holocaust and participated in many of the most critical periods of the 20th Century. One part historical biography, weaving World War II era European cultural relationships with the history of Modern Art, and one part inspirational romance, it paints a vivid portrait of Felice as a bold and indomitable spirit.

This box set includes all four books in the Crystal Frost series by USA Today bestselling author Alicia Rades--plus an exclusive Crystal Frost bonus short story! Over 900 pages of teen psychic paranormal adventures. 

At age fifteen, Crystal Frost discovers she can see into the future, witness the past, and speak with the dead. Secrets begin to uncover themselves wherever she goes, but secrets can be dangerous. The lives of a classmate, a child, a stranger, and Crystal herself hang in the balance. If she doesn't embrace her psychic abilities and follow her instinct, she's not the only one who will get hurt.

In the hands of over 250,000 readers. A Readers' Favorite book award winner and Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree. Over 500 5-star ratings on Goodreads. 

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Jake is a pawn in a game he doesn't understand.

Plagued by a barrage of abnormal energy around him, Jake is unaware of the power he possesses, and the part he plays. Hidden among the non-magic world, he knew he was different, and when his father disappears in a cloud of smoke, Jake finds himself thrust into a fight for which he's not prepared. A fight in which more than his life is at stake.

Hounded by the malevolent group called the Dark Knights, Jake discovers he holds the key to the Drogue--a mysterious object that the Dark Knights have sought and killed for over thousands of years. Nobody remembers where it came from, but whoever has the Drogue holds a dangerous power. In a deadly race against the Dark Knights, Jake searches for his father and the Drogue.

For where the Dark Knights go, death follows.

He had been looking for it his whole life. When he finally found it, it made no sense.
Now everyone wants it. Nothing will ever be the same again.

Ripley Gaines, a brilliant archeologist, has spent his life searching for an elusive artifact to prove his controversial theory. What he finds shocks even him. The discovery rewrites human history and promises to change the planet’s future. It has to be suppressed.

The most powerful forces in the world align against him, and a deadly competition for the artifact ensues. Capturing Gaines is not enough; he, and everyone who has seen the artifact, must be killed. His only hope, is to stay alive long enough to decode the Cosega Sequence.

Dig far enough into the past . . . you may just discover the future.

This Southwest-set tale about a hunt for a precious relic offers a “nice mix of comedy and mystery” from an award-winning author (Booklist).

A dealer in traditional Native American pottery, Hubie Schuze scours New Mexico in search of ancient treasures. The Bureau of Land Management calls him a criminal, but Hubie knows that the real injustice would be to leave the legacies of prehistoric craftspeople buried in the dirt.
 
In all his travels across the state, there is one place that Hubie hasn’t been able to access: Trinity Site at the White Sands Missile Range, where the first atomic bomb was detonated. Deep within the range are ruins once occupied by the Tompiro people, whose distinctive pottery is incredibly rare and valuable. When an old associate claims to have a buyer interested in spending big money on a Tompiro pot, Hubie resolves to finally find a way into the heavily guarded military installation.
 
But Hubie has more on his mind than just outwitting the army’s most sophisticated security measures. He’s in love with a beautiful woman who has a few secrets of her own—and his best friend, Susannah, may have just unearthed a lost Georgia O’Keeffe painting. It’s a lot for a mild-mannered pot thief to handle, and when his associate is murdered and Tompiro pots start replicating like Russian nesting dolls, Hubie suddenly realizes he’s caught up in the most complex and dangerous mystery he’s ever faced.
 
The Pot Thief Who Studied Georgia O’Keeffe is the 7th book in the Pot Thief Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Go home. Sweetest frickin’ words a Navy SEAL can ever hear.
Not this time.
Tragedy set my world on fire.
They say home is where the heart is. And my heart still belongs to Emma Flannigan.
But, she’s not the same. She’s had it rough as well, and now she even has a kid.
She fights our desires at first, and I know she's off limits — but it's useless.
I’m a trained killer and no fight will keep me from having her.
Covert missions are what I do.
And Operation Emma is about to go down.

Line Of Fire is a standalone Navy SEAL second chance romance with no cheating, no cliffhanger and a guaranteed HEA! I’ve also included a bonus book for your reading pleasure and a sneak peek of my upcoming book, Mick – a Military MC Romance!
Enjoy!
Intended for readers 18+ due to Kindle-melting scenes and other mature content. You'll need a cold shower after reading this one!

They grabbed the wrong girl.

They thought I was his wife, not the woman he’s obsessed with.

Ivan Romanov is one of the Russian mafia’s biggest financial backers.

And he’s been destroying my life piece by piece just to get me in his bed.

I never wanted to be in this situation.

Stalked.
Cornered.
Desperate.

I was doomed. About to be forced by a powerful man who was willing to take what I didn’t want to give.

Then he came, a demon in the dark. A dark voice that told me to be a good girl if I want to live…

A SKETCHY FRENCHMAN AT THE WEDDING…ALONG WITH A FEW DARK SECRETS!

Wedding bells sound in the Scottish countryside as the Bennett sisters travel across the pond to celebrate a very special occasion... A week littered with an unexpected torrential rainstorm, a recalcitrant housekeeper, a sister who tipples, and another who chases after sketchy Frenchmen. 

In spite of her bohemian tendencies and protestations, Annie—the eldest Bennett sister—is finally getting hitched to Callum Logan, the man of her dreams, in the picture-postcard idyllic Scottish Highlands. The mother of the groom has generously put up the Bennett family in her Kincardie House estate, a gorgeous hunting lodge that’s been in the Logan family for generations. Annie knew Callum’s family was well-off, but she didn’t know they lived like European royalty. And the fact that Annie is fourteen years older than her husband-to-be isn’t exactly a tidbit “Mother” Logan is too fond of. That said, Annie has reservations of her own. Is it just pre-wedding jitters? Or is she really willing to relinquish her much-loved independence in her mid-50s?

Merle’s brought Pascal along for the week of jubilee, which she finds to be simultaneously thrilling and incredibly romantic… but is it excitement she’s feeling for her sister? Or doom? For his part, Pascal’s relieved to finally spend time with Merle after six long, dry months apart. But how can they continue like this, an ocean between them—his policeman’s salary hardly permitting flying over to see her on every whim… Does he have to give her up? Or should he find a new job in the States?

Meanwhile, Francie frets about her seemingly perpetual third wheeling in coupledom, a thought she finds herself dulling with a little too much Scotch. Elise plans to dive into exotic Scotland head-first, casting aside previously-upheld polite female lawyer niceties: overseas, all bets are off, and she’s got her roving eye on Bruno, a mysterious man from Paris she met at the Edinburgh railway station—a man whose Napoleonesque looks and furtive behavior put Pascal’s investigator instincts on high alert.

And amidst the Highlands’ signature fog, rain, sheep, and heather—not to mention the festivities’ decadent five course meals, Scottish whisky, fine sparkling wines, and family drama—a rare rainstorm with hurricane-force winds is heading right for the wedding party. And Jinty Arbuckle, the high-strung estate housekeeper, struggles to keep the Kincardie House in order and its brash American guests happy, all the while guarding secrets of her own.

A little bit chick lit, a touch of cozy mystery, a whole lot of humor, romance, suspense, and downright excellent writing. Guaranteed a rollicking ride for fans of all of the above!

A DEAD NUN, A COLD CASE, A MASSIVE SMALL-TOWN SCANDAL…

Keeping out of trouble just isn't on Leah Nash’s list of accomplishments. But reporting is—and she has ten years’ experience to prove it. So if she’s such great reporter, why is she back living with her mom in freezing Himmel, Wisconsin instead of covering crime in sunny Miami?

Answer: Good reporter, even better smartass; fired in disgrace. In other words, everybody’s favorite kind of female sleuth: smart with a smart mouth, intensely independent, willing to go where no one else will, and, when you get right down to it, fearless.

Susan Hunter’s somewhat cozy, sometimes hard-boiled, and altogether absorbing small-town mystery gets off to an action-packed and deliciously chilling start as Leah watches city crews try to stop a dead oak adrift on the swollen Himmel River from colliding with a dam. And suddenly finds herself looking at this potential headline: "Dead Nun Floats Into Town." Because it turns out the oak picked up quite a bit of debris in its journey, including a body.

Small towns being what they are, Leah soon realizes the nun is an acquaintance of hers, someone she’d liked and, much more to the point, someone who worked at the school Leah’s own younger sister attended at the time she died—officially in an accident. Clearly, this death needs to be investigated—Leah’s sure there’s a connection. She's also sure there’s more to her sister’s death than the police ever uncovered.

Everyone else in town is pretty sure Leah’s out of her mind. When that happens in a small town, you can be pretty sure it’s because a good number of them are involved in a murder and cover-up, at the very least. In this case, the crime conspiracy is huge—far bigger than any story Leah’d cover on a balmy day in Miami.

Part of the delight here is in watching the underdog prevail, and also in brave, determined Leah herself, along with the amusing and engaging ensemble every small-town mystery must have—her solicitous mom; Courtnee the airhead receptionist; Miguel, her colleague and gay best friend; and her childhood buddy Coop, now a Himmel police lieutenant.

Fans of MWA Grandmaster Carolyn Hart will eat it up, as will those who love Joan Hess’s Maggody series, Sharyn McCrumb’s Ballad books, plus the more contemporary work of writers like Louise Penny (Three Pines, Canada) and Christine Kling (the Florida Keys). Fans of reporter sleuths like Hank Philippi Ryan’s Jane Ryland will find a new favorite detective in Leah Nash.

Some boys are better left unkissed. Some books shouldn’t be read. And some doors should remain closed.

The bookstore where I work harkens back to another time—one of flapper dresses and cloche hats, of walking canes and tailored suits, and of boys with impeccable manners and ice-blue eyes. Boys like my coworker, Nikolay.

But the store also holds secrets—a formidable door missing its knob, a mystery bound in magic books, and the haunted look in Nikolay’s eyes. And there are crows that follow me home. Crows only I can see.

I can’t tell whether the crows are a threat or a warning. But one thing is certain, I’m in too deep to walk away. There is something behind that door in the bookstore. And it’s the key to getting the crows to stop, before they turn into something far more sinister.

Intrinsic is a mystical venture through ink and time, deliciously eerie, with enough angst, enigmas, and romantic charge to make your nails bite into your palms. Don't miss this captivating, standalone companion to Cortney Pearson's Phobic.

A Family Affair: Spring is a story of betrayal, forgiveness, and redemption, all wrapped up in the lives of the people we love to love, and even a few we love to hate.

Harry Blacksworth is rich, handsome, the ultimate playboy with a killer smile and a clever wit. He's fought it, denied it, ignored it, but the damn truth won't go away: He's fallen in love. And just when he's accepted that fact, Greta Servensen, the only woman he's ever trusted, breaks his heart.
Christine Blacksworth and Nate Desantro beat the odds when they fell in love and married. But staying married is threatened when the foundation behind every good relationship--trust--is challenged.

Gloria Blacksworth descends upon Magdalena in all of her designer-clad arrogance, determined to make Christine change her course and return to Chicago and her old life. It may take a well-planted lie or two, but Gloria doesn't plan to fail. When she finally confronts Miriam Desantro, the "other woman", Gloria discovers more than she ever wanted to know... or admit.

Angelo "Pop" Benito is The Godfather of Magdalena. Nothing happens in that town without his knowledge or approval. And Pop doesn't do anything without a long sit-down with his dead wife, Lucy, and a half dozen pizzelles by his side. He'll need a lot of lung power and a tray of his favorite treat to help Nate and Christine out of a real mess. And he may need the help of his checkers buddy and Magdalena's shining star, Lily Desantro.

This bundle contains Book #1, Book #2 and Book #3 in the bestselling, award-winning BEYOND series. Discover the O'Kanes & continue with bundle #2: amzn.com/B010Y3YES6

BEYOND SHAME (87,000 words, 354 pages)

All Noelle Cunningham has ever wanted is a life beyond the walls of Eden, where only the righteous are allowed to remain. But ruins lie outside the City, remnants of a society destroyed by solar storms.

Those ruins house the corrupt and the criminal--men like Jasper McCray, bootlegger and cage fighter. He'll defend the O'Kane gang with his life, but no fight prepared him for the exiled City girl who falls at his feet.

Her innocence is undeniable, and so is their attraction. But if she wants to belong to Jas, she'll have to open herself to a world where passion is power, and freedom is found in submission.

BEYOND CONTROL (100,000 words, 398 pages)

Alexa Parrino escaped a life of servitude to become one of the most influential people in Sector Four, where the O'Kanes rule with a hedonistic but iron fist. There's nothing she wouldn't do for the gang--and for its leader. But she bows to no one, not even Dallas O'Kane.

Dallas fought to carve order out of the chaos of the sectors. Danger threatens his people, but his liquor business is flourishing, and new opportunities fuel his ambition. Lex could help him expand his empire--and no one says no to the king of Sector Four.

Falling into bed is easy, but their sexual games are anything but casual. Attraction quickly turns to obsession, and their careful dance of heady dominance and sweet submission uncovers a need so deep, so strong, it could crush them both.

BEYOND PAIN (89,000 words, 350 pages)

Live fast, die young--anything else is a fantasy for Six. She's endured the worst the sectors had to throw at her, but falling in with Dallas O'Kane's Sector Four gang lands her in a whole new world of danger. They're completely open about everything, including their sexuality--but she hasn't survived this long by making herself vulnerable. Especially not to men as dominant as Brendan Donnelly.

Bren is a killer, trained in Eden and thrown to the sectors. His one outlet is pain, in the cage and in the bedroom, and emotion is a luxury he can't afford--until he meets Six. Protecting her soothes him, but it isn't enough. Her hunger for touch sparks a journey of erotic discovery where anything goes--voyeurism, flogging, rough sex. He has only one rule: he won't share her.

In Bren's arms, Six is finally free to let go. But his obsession with the man who made him a monster could destroy the fragile connection they've forged, and cost him the one thing that makes him feel human--her love.