The Family comes first.I've been part of the Leone family since Don Massimo took me in when I was a boy.Now I sit beside his son, il capo, Don Sebastiano. Being a mobster is all I know and want. Even when betrayal comes knocking at my door.A teasing smile, the most striking cloud-gray eyes, an androgynous body wrapped in lingerie, and a belly chain around his narrow hips. Can a man be pretty? I must be drunker than I thought to wonder such ...

Anna Roberts never expected a single bite of forbidden fruit to change her life forever.One moment she's an ordinary office worker. The next, she's immortal, transformed into a newly born goddess in a realm of dragons, spirits, ancient magic, and celestial intrigue.Most of the heavenly court greets Anna's arrival with suspicion. Only Lord Eastwei, the powerful dragon god whose icy composure has kept countless admirers at a distance, seems more intrigued than threatened by t...

Emma and Paige win tickets to a masquerade ball on Valentine's Day. The best friends decide to be anonymous for the weekend and try something new, something they wouldn't normally do, and not care about the consequences. When they set their sights on the same man, the limits of trying something new are put to the test.The characters in this short story are over 18 years of age.

Ezra Hamilton hasn't felt the warm spurt of blood flow through his fingers or the indescribable feeling of pushing a knife deep into someone's flesh in a long time. Too long.He's been watching a man stalk women, curious as to what he's doing with them. Ezra's never encountered someone with similar dark tendencies before, and what starts off as genuine curiosity turns into much more when Kaspian turns the tables on him.As their chemistry builds, so does the ...

Six years ago, Elira's husband gambled the most important thing to them in the Quadrant Trials. He thought he was outsmarting them, until he died screaming, and the empire took the payment anyway. Now Elira has entered the Trials herself, determined to burn the world down to get it back. But the man who kept her alive, her protector, the one she was falling for despite every vow she made, had been lying the whole time.He wanted her to lose. To be broken. To owe him everything....

An obscure legend speaks of a man with dragon wings. Fifteen hundred years ago the man ventured into our world searching for a companion, but none could be found. He left a statue of his likeness in the keep of the castle in the hopes that one day his companion would come to him.Christine wasn’t one to believe in legends, and certainly not on her trip through the wilds of Wales. The tour package her friend picked out for them brought them to the castle where the winged figure stood...

Life is short in the old village where Muira has spent all her days, but her life truly begins the day she steps into Castle Campbell as a servant. The aging fortress and its cold laird feel a world away from the warmth of her mother and home, yet the innocent young woman is about to discover a much deeper, more dangerous heat within its stone walls.Stumbling upon the castle's darkest secret, Muira is drawn into a forbidden world controlled by the laird’s mysterious, rumored son, T...

Christina "Chrissy" Monet traded city life for a rundown cabin deep in the woods, hoping for peace, quiet, and a fresh start.Instead, she gets Adam Smith.The handsome, frustratingly private neighbor insists part of her new property belongs to him, turning their first meeting into anything but friendly. Unfortunately, Adam is also the only person capable of helping her restore the old cabin she just spent her life savings to buy.As strange things begin happening in t...

A Contemporary Alpha Werewolf Shifter Paranormal Mystery Suspense Sexy RomanceA grimy world surrounds Leila Ulric. Gangs roam the streets, her dead-end job has no end, and her apartment isn’t much larger than a walk-in closet. Her life looks to be turning around when a death leads her to a new apartment with a new roommate. The improvement in possessions, however, doesn’t lead to the satisfaction she hoped. A walk in the fresh night air leads her to stumble on a mystery that refuse...

Diana Bray never expected one moonlit climb to change her life forever.When a charming stranger invites the town's young people to seek a legendary treasure atop Dragon's Hill, curiosity gets the better of her.Instead of treasure, Diana finds another world.Swept into a magical kingdom ruled by the handsome dragon king Luca, she learns she has been chosen as his fated mate and the future mother of the kingdom's long-awaited heir. Not everyone wants that future to com...

Fate has much in store for Maggie O’Hara as her journey into the paranormal begins with a pink slip. When her father is wrongfully fired from his job she’s determined to right the wrong and takes the drastic measure of visiting her father’s employer, the reclusive Randall Forrest. Her escapades into espionage get her caught, but the consequences are not what she expects.An alluring night with the young entrepreneur solves one problem and begins another. She can’t seem to get him ou...

A world of suave vampires, rowdy werewolves, and seductive dragon men.That world is now where Katherine Harrow finds herself after a disastrous introduction to the handsome Tegan Arsa, a dragon man with a twinkle in his eye and a lot of trouble at his back. Kate brings her own trouble when she touches him and a magical bond is formed, one that eternally binds them together partners.Tegan has other ideas about their relationship as they find themselves journeying through his...