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.

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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.

In an alternate London, where ancient Hindu gods rule, one woman holds humanity’s fate in her blood-stained hands...

Adopted by Brahma Corp’s Assassin Guild and raised as one of their own, Malina Hayes is about to make her fiftieth kill. After bringing down forty-nine of London’s worst criminals, this latest job shouldn't be a big deal. But if Malina is successful, she’ll receive her first milestone mark. Ascension in the ranks, better pay, and a swanky flat in Soho all sound like very good reasons to make this kill count.

But fate and destiny have different plans for Malina. Seconds away from receiving the coveted milestone mark, Malina is torn away from the world she knows and thrust onto a new path—one where the purity of her soul will determine the very fate of mankind. Trouble is, Malina's kill orders were a lie. The targets she assassinated were innocents, and each one has left a terrible stain on her soul.

Stains she must now remove, at any cost.

Atoning for the blood of fifty victims is no mean feat, especially for someone who has spent their entire life killing. But if Malina fails, the lock on the gates of the underworld will crumble to dust. And we all know what happens when a legion of demons is unleashed upon the world...

Especially when they have their sights set on you.

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The twists and turns in this story are amazing. Just when you think you know where the adventure is going, it switches to the unexpected. Definitely kept me entertained and on my toes!
Jacqui Nelson

She didn't expect to land in the crosshairs of a serial killer.

When Julie Crenshaw is offered a news reporter's job on beautiful Vancouver Island she didn't expect to land in the crosshairs of a serial killer.
Connor O'Rourke has seen his share of human depravities during his fourteen years as a homicide detective, but is still sickened by the murderer terrorizing his island shores.
And threatening his key witness.
As the stakes rise, can two people get a second chance at love?
Or will a killer become the winner?

THE BEAST WITHIN by Jacquie Biggar did not disappoint! These books are a great blend of contemporary romance with added suspense and the paranormal element of guardian angels that have ties to the main characters.
Avonna

From USA Today Bestselling Author Jacquie Biggar, Can two displaced angels save a woman from the clutches of a vicious psychopath?

Half-human. Half-demon. All attitude.

Luther Cross here. Dangerously handsome, effortlessly stylish half-demon, at your service. As I have inherited certain...abilities with my odd genetics, I’ve put them to use as Chicago’s foremost paranormal investigator.

My current case? Well, I have to admit, it feels a little personal. I’m helping a mysterious girl who’s turned up on my doorstep, pregnant through mystic means. I can’t help but think of my own mother…and if I don’t help her, she’ll face the same fate.

Turns out, someone is trying to create an army of half-demons. While it might be a pleasant change to hang out with my own kind, I know most half-demons don’t have my sense of morality. If I don’t stop this evil plan, the armistice between Heaven and Hell will be broken and all of the Earth will pay… It will be the beginning of the end.

"Stryker"
I’m a drifter.
A man born to ride through this world alone.
There used to be a time when I thought I was the rescuing type. I enlisted in the Marines and made it my duty—I was going to save lives.
I was going to be a true American hero.
But God had another plan.
Or maybe Satan did.
For everything I touch finds mortality.
I’m no hero.
I’m nothing.
I’m a veteran biker, a former nomad who survived war only to live in hell.
Now I ride with the Satan’s Knights of Brooklyn and I’m drifting into a different kind of chaos.
The kind that revolves around a pretty girl with intoxicating green eyes.
A girl who has the power to turn me inside out.
A girl who doesn’t need anyone to rescue her because she’s her own savior.
Until she’s not.
But a man plagued by war and the devil inside him can never be her hero.

Gina Spinelli

Strong. Independent. Fierce.
They are the three things I strived to be.
But sometimes being successful can be lonely.
Sometimes a girl just wants to be a girl and have someone take care of her.
Maybe even love her.
Sometimes the strong become vulnerable.
Or worse, the victor becomes the victim.
Sometimes we lose control or in my case it’s stripped from you.
Defeated. Broken. Haunted.
They are the three things I have become.
In my darkest hour I admit defeat.
In my darkest hour I need one person.
I need him.
Stryker.

***NOTE:Contains explicit sexual situations, violence, sensitive subjects, offensive language, and mature topics. Recommended for age 18 years and up. ***

Lily is about to find out just how good it feels to be bad… with two bad bad men…

We like our s*x fast and hard. Women come and go in our lives, because of what we do… the bad thing that we do…

Taking her was a mistake, she wasn’t supposed to be there. We don’t know what to do with her now, because the only thing we can think about is f*cking her brains out... together.

But it was wrong! Not only did we take her against her will but she’s a virgin...

And for the first time, we want more than just a quick fix.

Summer's Note: This is a standalone novel of 50,000 words with a HEA. Bonus books are included to extend your reading pleasure. This book contains mature themes and language, intended for adults only.

With no God to serve and no home amongst men, why do I event exist?

With no memory of her past and no way to survive on her own, Viola is forced to live with a man she hates. Practically a slave to his every desire, she cooks for him, shares his bed, and even steals for him. This life of involuntary servitude is all she's ever known.

Locked away like some dark secret, Viola knows nothing of the world--that is, until she's found stealing one day when trying to do her master's bidding. Now her secret world is turned upside down and things can never go back to the way they were. Which is worse, a cruel master who treats her like an animal, or a cold world that views her as a monster?

With blood-red eyes and hair white as snow, her exotic origin remains a mystery even to herself. What is she? Where did she come from? Some things are better left unknown...

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Inside the Dark Desires omnibus collection, you'll find over one million words of burning hot fiction from today's NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and International bestselling authors!

A talented but troubled ER doctor will not give up until her patient's mysterious death is explained.
Laura Valorian is an emergency room physician who, because of severe emotional trauma after a missed diagnosis, vows to perfect her diagnostic skills and, as a result, detects subtle evidence of foul play in a surgeon who is declared dead in her ER. When she cannot let go of her suspicions and eventually convinces a private investigator of the possibility of a crime, she begins a relentless quest for suspects and evidence. Now, with angry suspects to deal with, an attempt on her own life, and her struggle with personal demons, she must fight to salvage her self-respect and her professional reputation while pursuing her mission to get at the truth.

An International and Amazon top 50 bestselling novel.

"I absolutely fell in love with What’s Left of Me by Amanda Maxlyn. With an uncanny ability to weave an intensely emotional story into a sexy romance, Maxlyn is a debut author you do not want to miss." – AL Jackson, NYT and USA Today Best Selling Author

Life works in mysterious ways...

Four years ago I became known as the girl with cancer.

I refuse to cry. And I refuse to give in.

A relationship with a man is the last thing I’m looking for right now, but one night with Parker changes everything. He is persistent, and he knows what he wants.

Me.

He doesn’t treat me like I’m fragile. But he doesn’t know, and I’m not ready to tell him.

What if it changes everything?

Tragedy found me when I was seventeen. Love found me when I was twenty-one.

My name is Aundrea McCall, and this is my journey.

**What's Left of Me is book one in a powerful, emotional, and steamy love story.**

A supernatural war. A conflict between sister witches. The only thing thicker than blood is blood magic.

With her most lethal supernatural enemies finally vanquished, Autumn Winters figures she must be in for a little downtime. Sure, she keeps encountering a dead coven leader, and her own powers keep growing inexplicably stronger, but magic and ghosts just go with the veil witch territory.

But when the supernatural war continues to escalate, and Autumn’s already volatile sister teams up with a witch bent on winning that conflict, everything changes. Soon, Autumn finds herself not only trying to keep her sister alive, but harboring a secret that can only widen the rift between them. Namely, the werewolf she brought back to life, a man making her feel something strong enough that she questions which side is worth taking.

Essential Magic is the fourth book in the dark, thrilling Realm Watchers urban fantasy series, where nothing is as it seems and only a thin veil exists between our world and another full of ghosts, vampires, magical creatures and other trans-dimensional intruders who walk alongside us unseen by anyone but the realm watchers.

Praise for Autumn Winters (Realm Watchers Book 1):

“Absolutely loved this book! I was hooked from page one. I have never read anything like this and it was a totally new twist to this genre.”

“What a totally different take on the paranormal in a character driven mystery story. Wow, just Wow!!”

“I love reading about the paranormal, but forget what you think you know about it. This book adds a fresh twist with new turns.”

Autumn Winters Urban Fantasy (Realm Watchers) Series:
Autumn Winters
In The Blood
The Veil Witches
Essential Magic
 

Nadia

When Nadia Clark’s charmed life as a billionaire is blown off track by a near-death experience, she signs up for a survival training course. But, nothing can prepare her for the storm of passion she encounters next. Her instructor lights her fire and takes her body to ecstasy.

He’s a man who needs no one. She’s a woman still under her father’s thumb, and Wilson Clark would not approve. Especially since she wants her classmate, too. They can’t afford to get lost in their desires…

But there’s no denying human nature.

Perry

Perry Evans has a bigger problem than his attraction to a spoiled heiress. He has to keep his business thriving. He ignores the lust that is as wild as the Smoky Mountains he knows like the back of his hand. Much less familiar is his attraction to his other student…

It’s about to get primal.

Lincoln

Lincoln Easley is used to an action-packed life…At least, on camera. Both Nadia and Perry help him reveal his true character. Yet, their connection can only survive away from prying eyes.

And, everyone knows there’s danger in the woods…

Survival for Three is a scorching hot Bisexual / Menage MMF romance with explicit scenes and a guaranteed HEA ending!

A covert operative is ready for a new life outside of international espionage. But her enemies are far from willing to let her go…

She spied for her country, blackmailed her president, and ran from more threats than she can remember. But when the love of her life proposes, covert agent Cassandra Sashakovich is finally ready to settle down. Unfortunately her past is not quite ready to let her walk away.

Old enemies—including a vengeful president—want her dead, and they’re willing to attack her loved ones, including her adopted teenage daughter, if that’s what it takes.

But Cassandra has other pressing problems—a world leader is assassinated and an arm dealer’s revenge threatens to lead to nuclear war. Now Cassandra and her security firm, Swiftshadow must defuse the threats and find a way to outmaneuver those who threaten not only her family, but her country as well.

A cult of secret pleasures. An innocent virgin. A debt that must be paid...
This is how things have always been done.
It’s called the Ceremony.
You go in a girl and come out a woman.
It’s designed to break you, take your innocence.
They say you can ascend, experience pleasure beyond this world.
But for me it comes with a price.

I was raised in a cult led by two muscular, tattooed, gorgeous brothers.
And this is how things have always been done.
But when it comes to me, instead of taking it, the two brothers save my flower instead.
They train me, tease me, teach me.
So they can… sell me at auction, to repay my mother's debt to the cult?

They're not supposed to fall in love with me, they're supposed to sell my innocence to the highest bidder.
But there’s nothing I want more than to give myself to them.
And I know they want to take me for themselves.
They taught me to get on my knees.
Now the only rules are the ones they give me.

When they see how much I worship them, how can they let go of their precious pet?
Even if it means the end of everything they’ve built? Everything I’ve ever known?
Even if it means sinning by saving me?



Author’s Note: This is a full-length, standalone, taboo HEA menage romance. Contains forbidden themes as well as cult undertones not meant to offend. The content may be too extreme/intense for some readers...Please be 18+.

After a life-threatening incident, Daxton loses his very identity, but gains true love. A fair trade, no doubt, but when his memory returns, will he lose what matters most?

The best thief in the history of the Revived Earth is back, and this time it's personal.

A deadly plague is ravaging the world's population and threatening to kill the only person Jubal Van Zandt cares about—himself. If he doesn't find a cure soon, he's dead.

The most promising lead is buried in the ruins of an ancient sunken city stalked by savage predators, cunning parasites, and the twisted souls of long-dead mages. It would take an army to get Jubal inside ... or just one of the most renowned knights in Guild history. The one Jubal betrayed and left for dead eighteen months ago.

First Jubal has to convince her not to kill him. Then he has to convince her to help save him.

PRAISE FOR BEAUTIFUL CORPSE:
“Jubal Van Zandt is a terrible person—dark, arrogant, and narcissistic to his soul—yet you also can’t help but love him. And likewise, his story is a dark and often painful thing, but sprinkled with occasional glimpses of hope and maybe even redemption.”
–James A. Hunter, Author of the Yancy Lazarus Series and Viridian Gate Online

They said he needed to find the Perfect Wife and he’d be the Perfect Senate Candidate.

Daryl Dinero is an overly ambitious ex-Naval Officer who made billions in real estate. He’s gorgeous and knows it. He does what he wants, how he wants. When he sets his sights on a political career, he realizes what he’s missing: a Perfect Wife.

Wendy LeCroix is a sassy firebrand from the wrong side of the tracks, struggling to pay her bills in a small town, and was just dumped by her boyfriend. With no place to live, she’s late - again - to her job, and the blizzard has already started when she crashes into a snow bank.

They meet and sparks fly. "I have to ask you one thing," he says...

“Call me Daddy."

When his campaign manager strikes a deal with a notorious mob boss for his daughter’s hand in marriage, Daryl has the perfect fake wife and his State Senate seat all but locked in.

But with Wendy in the picture, Daryl learns the deal wasn’t what he thought he agreed to, and it could cost him his fortune.

This 35,000 word novel has lots of steamy, one-handed scenes, no cheating, no cliffhanger, and a HEA.

Country music star January Winters knew the rise to fame would be hard, but she never thought it would be deadly. When a stalker’s attempts go from creepy to lethal, even the fearlessly independent Jan gives into her producer’s demands that they hire a bodyguard. But that was before she realized who would be guarding her body…

A knee injury might have ruined his football career, but it didn’t stop Dino Machiavelli from becoming the best bodyguard in Vegas. He can literally pick and choose his assignments—and he never picks guarding diva celebrities. At least not until his boss makes one assignment impossible for him to refuse and he finds himself too close for comfort with the one girl that ripped out his heart fifteen years ago.

When the stalker’s actions escalate, Dino and Jan fight their sizzling attraction as they come to the shocking realization that the stalker may be closer to Jan the either of them ever imagined. And it might be too late to rekindle their love with a maniac intent on murder.