Against all odds, Adirah Messa has been accepted to Billet University, a prestigious institution founded in the 1800s for people of color. Determined to excel, she arrives at the university intent on minimizing distraction and focusing on her studies. That goal is soon interrupted when she is noticed by members of the “in” crowd, who invite her to the most popular frat party on campus.Adirah finds herself smitten with someone of another race and is taken on a ride she can never ret...

Debuting her second novel with the Urban family, author Stina continues her sexy African American fantasy series. Follow Adirah as she navigates the dark underworld of vampires …When she entered school at a recently integrated college in North Carolina, Adirah Messa was looking forward to a bright future. Then she met a man of another kind who turned her world upside down.After being turned into a blood-sucking being and then giving birth to a child fathere...

They know the power and peril of the ocean. But as they get closer to the deadly truth … An even greater danger lurks just beneath the surface.When an accident claims the life of an oil-rig worker, Coast Guard Investigators Rissi Dawson and Mason Rogersare flown to the scene thirty-eight miles from shore. Tensions aboard the rig are high, and the death has everyone onedge. Environmental activists just off the rig’s starboard side are threatening to do whatever it take...

Hugo Award–nominated author Stina Leicht has created a “thoroughly enjoyable” (NPR) queer space opera and military science fiction adventure for fans of The Mandalorian and Cowboy Bebop in this high-stakes adventure.Persephone Station, a seemingly backwater planet that has been largely ignored by the United Republic of Worlds, becomes the focus for the Serrao-Orlov Corporation as the planet has a few secrets the corporation tenaciously wants to ex...

Debuting her second novel with the Urban family, author Stina continues her sexy African American fantasy series. Follow Adirah as she navigates the dark underworld of vampires...When she entered school at a recently integrated college in North Carolina, Adirah Messa was looking forward to a bright future. Then she met a man of another kind who turned her world upside down.After being turned into a blood-sucking being and then giving birth to a child father...

Near the turn of the twentieth century, fiery Marta Schneider leaves Switzerland for a better life, determinedto fulfill her mother’s hope. Her formative journey takes her through Europe and eventually to Canada, where shemeets handsome Niclas Waltert. But nothing has prepared her for the sacrifices she must make for marriage andmotherhood as she travels to the Canadian wilderness and then to the dusty Central Valley of California to raise herfamily. Marta’s hop...

In the dramatic conclusion to the Marta’s Legacy series, Marta’s granddaughter, Carolyn, comes of age during theturbulent 1960s, struggling to navigate a tense family life. Though collge offers a taste of freedom, tragedy shattersCarolyn’s confidence and she disappears into the heady counterculture of San Francisco. When she reemerges, morelost than ever, she reluctantly turns to her family to help her rebuild a life for herself and her own daughter, MayFlower D...

New York wedding planner Jessica Christie always goes above and beyond for her clients. So, stopping in Alaska to pick up the famed Jingle Bell flower for her famous client’s bouquet doesn’t seem too outrageous–until she ends up stranded there.Matt Holden has spent the last five years since his fiancée died living in a virtual bubble in Alaska. His research work as a botanist and assistant at the local reindeer farm keep him busy during the holidays.But when Jessica Christi...

From the author of sexy romantic comedies comes the story of a meddling grandmother searching for lifelong love. For her hockey player grandson…I own Aphrodite’s Boutique, a store that I adore with all my heart, and which is at risk of being replaced with a condo development.Losing the boutique also means the loss of my wishing-well fountain. The proceeds from it go to a local center for underprivileged kids.To save them both, all I have to do is pr...

Best Friend Rule #1: never want the guy’s sister.Oops.Six months ago, I broke off my engagement because I was tired of not even being a distant second to my fiancé’s career.Which is why Trent Salway, my brother’s best friend, is strictly forbidden.One workaholic in my life is more than enough, thank you.We’ll just ignore how I’ve been secretly crushing on him for as long as I can remember.The problem? My best...

After being wrongfully imprisoned for the death of my abusive husband, all I want is to start a new life where no one knows me and my heart isn't at risk of making the same mistakes again . . .After being wrongfully imprisoned for the death of her abusive husband, all Jessica Smithson wants is to start a new life where no one knows her true identity. Maple Ridge is the perfect place to hide from the media circus battling to know who really rid her of the man. A que...

One-Night Stand Rule #1: always check the condom’s expiry date.Oops.As a career-orientated woman, I have a plan, and being a mom is not part of it. My not-quite-a-fairy-tale childhood involved being brought up by thirty nannies (yes, thirty!), so what the heck do I know about being a mother anyway?Yes, the news about Granny dying is a surprise. But not as much as what happens after, when I have hot sex with Mr. No Commitment himself...