BLURB
Well-bred and genteel, Valerie Johnson travels by train and stagecoach from Boston to join her husband three thousand miles away in Virginia City, Nevada, only to discover she is a widow. Low on money, unable to find respectable employment, she accepts a temporary position as a courtesan at Rosie's Parlor—an elegant Virginia City brothel.

When godlike Duke Dugan picks Valerie, they both wonder if it is lust or love at first sight.

Fascinated by the beautiful, flaming-haired prostitute he calls Red, Duke, wishing to learn more about her, takes her to dinner in Virginia City's finest restaurant. To her dismay, Valerie finds out that Duke is a rebel captain, who, along with his two brothers, is on a desperate mission for the despised Confederacy. She would tell the authorities, except there's one problem—she's fallen in love with him.

EXCERPT Before you leave, I want you to go into Carson City and get provisions.

Cody looked surprised. "Isn't that dangerous?"

"Yes, that's why I want you to take Valerie with you. You'll look less suspicious if a woman's with you."

"As you wish, Cap'tin." Cody turned to Valerie. "Are you ready?"

Valerie was taken totally off guard, but she understood the reason Duke wanted her to go with Cody. It made sense. They would appear as a farmer or a rancher and his wife, buying provisions for the fortnight. "I didn't bring a dress?"

"Doesn't matter. Half the women hereabouts wear men's clothing. It's more functional."

She shrugged her shoulders. "I'm ready when you are."

He grabbed her hand. "Let's go."

She accompanied Cody, riding the same sorrel mare on which she rode to Carson City. They hadn't ridden a hundred yards when Cody exclaimed, "Whoowee, look who's playing married with the pretty lady. Too bad I don't get to try out the side benefits of being married."

Valerie bit her tongue to keep from smiling. "You are incorrigible."

"Does that mean, can't act normal?"

She did laugh. "Something like that. You are acting much too joyful for a morose farmer."

"Let me tell you. Even a morose farmer would be joyful around you. You're like a ray of sunshine."

Time to change the subject. "Cody, what do you want to do after the war?"

"I want to start a ranch. Then, I'd like to find a classy woman as pretty as you and make her my wife. I would never treat her like some men treat their wives—beating them, going to saloons or even brothels. I would treat my wife like a queen."

Valerie couldn't think of what to say after that, so she rode on in silence.

Cody laughed. Then he leaned across the space between the horses and kissed Valerie's cheek.

Wide-eyed and mouth open in shock, she turned to Cody. "What—"

His lips formed that bad boy smile that made her think of sex. "Sorry. I just felt like kissing my future sister-in-law. If'n I can't have you, the next best thing is you being my sister-in-law."

"You are—"

"I know, incorrigible. Watch this." Cody whipped his dark brown stallion with the rein until it galloped. When he was a hundred yards ahead, he pulled the horse to a stop and started galloping back.

Valerie began to worry when, under a full gallop, he stood up on the saddle. Holding the reins in one hand, he waved his wide-brimmed western hat in the other. Then, as he passed, Valerie's mouth dropped open when he jumped up and spun in the air, landing in the saddle sitting backward and waving to her as he rode away from her.

She laughed. Crazy kid sure is lovable
.
She watched as he swung his legs around and once more faced forward. He pulled his horse up, turned around again, and raced back to Valerie. "Well, did you like it?"

"I loved it, but you shouldn't risk your neck showing off for your future sister-in-law."

"You're right. We're getting too close to town. I better put on my morose look."

One person is an impostor, one a traitor, and one is flirting with insanity.

Tina Green's husband is presumed dead from a Maui surfing accident and now she's being haunted by otherwordly dreams. When former boyfriend, Jamey Dunn, turns up at her Lahaina dive shop and offers to help, she can't believe his preposterous claim -- he can enter dreams. Along with Tina's friend, Noble, they piece together clues to her husband's disappearance but secrets, lies, and heartbreak rise to the ugly surface to reveal no one is entirely who they seem.

*Winner of Best Paranormal Mystery/Thriller
*Nominated for Best Indie First Book

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"Fast, fun, unique, and sexy..." -The Romance Review

"Intrigue. Secrets. And a strong heroine. Who could ask for more?" -Ilsa Madden-Mills, Wall Street Journal bestselling author

"It had me on the edge of my seat, biting my nails, and blushing like crazy!" -Shayna Renee's Spicy Reads

A sexy con artist.
A playboy prince.
A job gone terribly wrong.

Let the games begin...

Runaway Zelda Wilder will do whatever it takes to secure a better life for her and her sister Ava. Crown Prince Rowan Westringham Tate will do whatever it takes to preserve his small country.

"Playboy Prince" MacCallum Lockwood Tate will do whatever it takes to steal Zelda's heart...

When Zee is blackmailed into humiliating the brooding future king, she never expects to be pulled into a web of international intrigue--or to fall for Rowan's naughty younger brother Cal.

Cal is determined to capture the sexy player, but Zelda is in over her head with very dangerous men. Time is running out, and it may be too late for the prince to save this player.

Cinderella meets Oceans Eleven in this CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE featuring secrets, lies, royal high jinks, scams and double-crosses; breathless, swooning lust, cocky princes, dominant alpha future-kings, and crafty courtiers, who are not always what they seem.

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Finally, a second chance.

Yeah I’m rich, but it doesn’t  matter if I’m empty inside.
Harper is the only woman who has ever filled this crater in my chest and she just walked into my resort after 10 years.
One look from her still makes me hard in two seconds flat.
In high school, I followed Harper around like a dog wanting a bone.
But I was too much of a jerk to treat her the way she deserved, and now her guard is up.
She can hate me all she wants. We’re drawn together like magnets.
And my instincts to possess her are savage.
This time, she's mine.

This is a full length stand-alone steamy romance with a happily ever after!

Dr. Joel Lockhart.
The world-famous plastic surgeon.
Incredibly talented, and utterly irresistible.
I can’t imagine the things he could do with those hands.
His breath on my neck, his lips on my lips…
It’s enough to drive a girl crazy.
I want him.
Bad.

But my twin sister has other ideas…
She’s on the run from the FBI, and has implicated me too.
We both need new identities, new faces, and there’s only one man who can do it.
Make me beautiful doctor.

This is a full-length doctor romance, with steamy love scenes, a beautiful HEA and utterly no cliffhangers!

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Caleb O’Hara lives fast. Having taken New York by storm in his late teens as a hot-shot visual artist, he single-handedly partied away all his success by his mid-twenties. Now, with one last chance to salvage his art career, Caleb has to get away from the glamorous, cultured world he knows and move to the New England coast to find inspiration.

Mason Sinclair lives by his parents’ rules. At twenty-one and counting, he might be a little too well-behaved. His father wants to pull strings and get him a cushy corporate job, but Mason wants to travel the world and write.

When Caleb rents the room in the attic of the Sinclair house, Mason sees him as a window to the places he’ll never get to go. Mason's parents see the effect that the new house guest is having on their son, and they ask Mason to stay away from Caleb.

There’s just one problem: They keep winding up alone, and they can’t keep their hands off each other.

Stealing away in the night to engage in sticky encounters, hidden away from prying eyes, they express their growing passion for one another in some VERY naughty ways.

However, Caleb wants to see Mason take control of his own destiny as a writer, even if it means sacrificing the greatest love he has ever known.

Can two determined dreamers shed their old lives and old expectations in order to find ultimate bliss together?

Room for Rent is a scorching hot MM Gay Romance with explicit scenes, TONS of heart, and an adorable love for the ages!

It takes a true artist to pursue his victims in the art of seduction, and Stowy Jenkins is no exception, especially with blood as his medium.

Blurb:

Stowy Jenkins, aka, Stone, and as Alaskans refer to him, the Snowman, is a true artist. His muse, Gigi, is the ultimate inspiration for his painting. Her rejection inspires him to use a very unusual medium…blood.

While art may be his passion, the taste for blood is his obsession, and multiple murders, the result.

Rookie, Detective Steven Quaid, is no fan of the Snowman’s murderous exhibitions. A twisted and deadly relationship bond the two men and neither knows who will come out of it alive.

Excerpt:

Dark crimson fluid flowed into the bucket under the table. Death accepted Stone’s masterpiece with open arms.

The staccato clicks of Stone's trusty Nikon punctuated Maggy’s last moments.

*****

Little by little, he added the formaldehyde to the viscous mixture, stirring it vigorously. Dipping his brush into its freshness, he began painting. Swirls, splattered droplets, and elongated dribbles soon filled the canvas. Waves of joy rose up from his deepest being, and a sense of satisfaction overwhelmed him. This creation will be my best. The addition of formaldehyde will keep the red as vibrant as the fountain of blood gushing from my Maggie May.

A maniacal laugh broke the silence. “Rouge d’Amour will be the star of my masterpiece! It will leave art lovers and critics breathless.”

As heir to Edana’s throne, Prince Zayne Godfrey is betrothed to the princess of rival kingdom Forath. His heart is not in the arranged marriage, but he will do his royal duty and go through with it.

When he finds a beautiful stranger cornered by a pack of wolves, he doesn’t hesitate to shift into his golden dragon form to save her. Her thank you? Fainting.

Photographer Adelaide Miller is in England for a shoot that could make her career when a bizarre jogging mishap lands her in a dangerous, medieval-like world of royals, wizards, and dragon-shifting men. Her first instinct is to find her way back, but the fire-breathing prince determined to protect her is a threat to her heart she never anticipated.

Though Zayne’s intense desire for Adelaide risks the tenuous peace between Forath and Edana, it also uncovers a plot to destroy his family.

IN SILVER BULLET MARSHAL JACK DILLON IS SUMMONED BACK TO WORK BEFORE HIS TIME OFF HAS BARELY BEGUN...THREATENING TO RUIN JACK'S RELATIONSHIP WITH SEXY NURSE LIN BEFORE IT EVEN BEGINS. In the fourth action-packed Dublin Tale by Patrick Emmett (Mike Faricy’s Irish alter ego). US Marshal Jack Dillon is still detailed to a special detective unit in Dublin, Ireland.  Once the son of a US Senator is found shot to death Marshal Jack Dillon has barely begun the first of his promised three days off in over two and a half weeks when he's summoned back to work. Hard-boiled crime fiction at its craziest! They've got a body, a bullet, a name and not much more. As the case slowly begins to develop everything seems to point to want-to-be rock star and the lead singer in the local Dublin rock band Jynx, a guy named Enda Murray. But as Marshal Jack Dillon knows; Assumption isn't proof of anything. WHO WILL LIKE IT: Fans of Dev Haskell and rascals like him. Also for fans of Robert B. Parker, Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, Lee Child, strong Minnesota men – especially when transplanted to Ireland, and drinkers of Guinness everywhere. “Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen.” Crime Scene.

Mike Faricy is the author of the bestselling Dev Haskell series as well as the bestselling Corridor Man series which is written under the pseudonym Nick James. He is the winner of the 2016 International Crime Masters Silver Award.

Anger and lies can lead to destruction, but passion and control can lead to love.

Harrison
I met my soul mate, but she's married to someone else.
Every fiber of my being screams she belongs to me.
He saved her, but he doesn't deserve her.
If I'm being honest, neither do I.

Brooklyn
I didn't know I was settling until he showed me what I was missing.
He promised to maintain control, but I pushed him and he destroyed us both.
Now I know what I need, but am I what he wants.

Harrison's anger and Brooklyn's lies push them both toward destruction. Can passion and control SALVAGE their love?

Salvage Him is a passionate romance with BDSM elements by Sydney Aaliyah Michelle. If you like a strong alpha male, scorching sex scenes and a connection that makes your heart and body quiver, then you'll love Sydney Aaliyah Michelle's latest stand alone HEA romance.

Pick up Salvage Him and read how Harrison and Brooklyn find each other today!

Salvage Him contains explicit scenes of a sexual nature and is not suitable for readers under 18 years of age.

Jameson O'Rourke owns the primo tattoo shop in town, one he's worked hard to build. And in his industry, he's the current 'it' boy, the reigning King of Ink. His career is on fire, so hot television has even come calling. And as a result, the town bad-boy has now become the town's favored son.

Ava Hightower needs his face on her flyers, if she is to have any hope of her charity gala and bachelor auction being a success. Unfortunately, they get along like oil and water. He's a hardheaded, controlling jerk, and she's already had one run-in with the man. Asking him, of all people, for help is the last thing she wants to do.

Not exactly a match made in heaven.

Jameson doesn't think too highly of Miss Hightower, either.

To him, she's just an uptight, stuck-up know-it-all; a little Miss Goody-two-shoes. Not in a million years was she the type that he'd have anything to do with. Unfortunately she is also on the city council, and therefore has the ability to screw with his business.

He needed her help once before, and she shot him down.

Now the tables are turned, and she needs his help. Well, my, my, sweetheart, karma can be a cold-hearted bitch.

But, hey, maybe he could work this to his advantage.

You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours, and all that crap.

So they cut a deal. One he has no intention of ever having to fulfill, because he plans to make it impossible for her to keep her end of it.

She thought she could outlast him. Guess again, sweet thing. She may be a stubborn woman, but she's met her match. And he has no intention of letting her win this game.

Be warned, sweetheart, because the King of Ink has plans to push your limits in ways you've never imagined.

This new series from Nicole James, author of the Evil Dead MC Series biker romance is a new addition to the bad boy romance genre with her hot, alpha, dominant men. It's bad boy romance in the tradition of Kristen Ashley, Joanna Wylde and Madeline Sheehan.

"One of them might now be a viscountess but it does not clear the taint of scandal from those frightful Chadwick girls. Why we must deign to entertain them, I will never know!" Lady Bromsley, Countess of Marlbury.

A new duke moving into their sleepy village doesn't interest Julia, especially when she hears all about his scandalous behavior in London. Rumors of gambling debts, illicit liaisons, and pub brawls surround the far-too-handsome Duke of Weston.

The far-too-handsome duke who happens to want to build a mill on her favorite nature spot, meaning Julia's beloved otters will be homeless.

No matter what she says, the stubborn man will not back down, but this bluestocking will not give up easily. With the help of her sisters, she must find a way to persuade him to make money another way.

If only the far-too-handsome duke did not seem to enjoy riling her so much. If only he would not insist on getting under her skin and pretending to be interested in her. All this talk of liking redheads and freckles will not make her forget those animals in need.

Will it?
 

He hasn’t forgotten her, and she sure hasn’t forgiven him.
Jessica Macks is a she-wolf on the run from a band of murderous rogues. When she finds a job at a shifter bar, it seems like a safe haven from her hunted life on the road. But the minute she walks through the swinging doors of the Blue Moon Saloon and comes face-to-face with the man she once loved, she’s tempted to march right back out. No way, no how is she risking her heart to that infuriating alpha bear again.

Simon Voss thought he lost everything in an ambush months before: his home, his family, his past. His new job at the Blue Moon Saloon is a desperately needed fresh start on life. Then along comes Jessica, the irresistible she-wolf his clan forced him to reject years before. When Simon is obliged to hire Jessica and work side by side with the one woman to ever make his bear go wild, he’s half in heaven, half in hell. He hasn’t forgotten her, and she sure as hell hasn’t forgiven him. Is this just another path to heartbreak or his last chance to claim his destined mate?

Behind the doors of the Blue Moon Saloon, alpha shifters confront their darkest fears and their deepest desires. Each book is a complete standalone story — no cliffhangers!

* A paranormal romance with adult content. The perfect read for fans of strong heroines, alpha heroes, werewolves and shapeshifters, red-hot cowboys, romantic westerns, paranormal suspense, action-adventure romance, and fantasy romance! *

Nessa Cavanaugh, psychology student, knows how to stay on an even keel. Despite the urging of her mother and her academic advisor to get a life and have some fun, “all work and no play” sums up her plan to survive her grueling internship year at a children’s hospital. She doesn’t want to end up like her father, whose constant ups and downs broke her family, and avoiding unnecessary emotional entanglements is a must.

Then she (literally) runs into Dr. Aron Lindstrom in the middle of her disastrous first day on the job. The attraction is instant—and terrifying. Nessa knows she should stay away—especially when she finds out he has a reputation for being a player—but Aron is brilliant, intense, and as sexy as they come. When he challenges her to take a chance on him, her plans to stay focused on work start to crumble.

But what begins as passion takes on a dangerous edge, becoming an emotional roller coaster that’s frighteningly familiar. As things spiral out of control, Nessa must decide whether she should hold on for the ride or run … even if it means leaving her heart behind.

**New Adult content: this novel contains sexual content not suitable for readers under the age of 18 **

Would you sell your soul to save your daughter's life?

With my NHL career ripped to shreds by a devastating knee injury, I've hit rock bottom.

Dead Ass Broke.
Divorced.
Single Dad.

My new life isn't glamorous and people love to judge and label. The groupies have dried up and all that remains after my ex-wife stole all my money and left the country is my hell hole of an apartment and a beat up car I won in a shooting contest my rookie year. But none of that matters to me. It's all about my precious little girl. My heart. My soul. She's sick and she's hurting. There's a special trial at the Mayo Clinic but it costs six figures. I'm uninsured, and the only thing in my bank account is a string of zeros.

So when temptation makes its siren's call inside a hotel bar. I answer. How hard could it be? Escorting rich, powerful women around town? Besides, I'll do anything.

Anything.

My daughter's uncertain future hangs in the balance. A simple mistake invites a ghost from the past back into my life. She's only a name and a beautiful face in a photograph on a computer screen. Until she isn't. Something about her is so familiar.

Tempting me.
Threatening to destroy me with one look. One touch.

It wasn't supposed to turn into this. She's a trick. A sexy means to a desperate man's end. In spite of the raging chemistry between us, she's veiling her angel's light behind an icy exterior. And she's got her reasons to hide. Especially, from a man-whore like me. I've been reduced to a pathetic shell of the man I used to be. I'm someone who could drag her down from her ivory tower running one of the most powerful tech companies in the world into the cesspool of my meager existence. And I can't. I won't.

We both know this is a one-time thing. No repeats. Bought and paid for in a simple transaction. But I don't think I could ever be finished with her. She calls to me, salving my pain and despair with her kindness and vulnerability. But even she can't help me and my beautiful Jessica. No one can.

Coming up with the money's all up to me. Saving my daughter's life is all up to me. And come hell or high water, I'll get it done.

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The archangel Lucifer, an angel known for rebellion is dispatched to spy on a demon named Eva, the only demon to ever infiltrate Heaven. The two meet and battle for the first time, but only until a spell opens a gateway to Hell. When that happens
Lucifer has but one choice. To save Heaven he will fly into Hell and take on an army demons. When the gate is closed Eva is forced to flee Hell or meet her death.

Hell wants Eva back. Every demon and devil is called to attack the wall in a way never seen before. The god Ehyeh calls every angel to Heaven's defense, but Lucifer goes and hunts for Eva. He is able to save Heaven, but at a cost, his banishment.

Lucifer is forced to wonder. Cut off from Heaven he can no longer access his powers. Eva finds him and tell him she needs his help. Lucifer helps her, and you won’t believe the end.

This is the story of the fall of Lucifer as you never heard.

Uber-geek Connor Black doesn't believe in vampires, and that's about to bite him in the ass.

Sparks fly when a pretty writer named Wendy joins Connor's video game studio. But Wendy's careful never to reveal much of her backstory—and Connor soon has his own dark secrets to keep.

When a tattooed stranger randomly attacks and nearly kills him, Connor keeps the incident to himself—and he tries to convince himself that the weird little things he's starting to notice about Wendy aren't really that weird. Burned out and sleep-deprived, with the looming deadline of a multi-million-dollar game launch days away, Connor doesn't have time to deal with 'weird'.

But when the evidence trail of an horrific crime begins to lead back to Connor himself, Connor must track down the answers to the questions he's been avoiding, even if it means risking his own life and sanity—and the lives of those around him.

With YOUR NAME, IN FIRE, new author Kera Emory spins a psychological vampire thriller with a black sense of humor and a deeply nerdy heart.