Contents:
Working as a courier delivering mail and packages to corporate businesses in Houston, she becomes hungry for a better life and to fulfill her dream of one day operating an art gallery. She takes a job as an escort for a legit businesswoman. The men she assists are intriguing. How cool is it to get paid for talking about art, a subject she loves so deeply? She meets Jax and Jameson Spaulding, two very wealthy retired soldiers who have invented things and also provide protection for important clients.
Gia Marie Giselli's boyfriend wanted to share her with his business partner, and she refused. She leaves New York the moment she gets a chance and heads to Houston, Texas. With the help of her cousin, Teddy, who's a detective there, she finds a new home and tries to put her past behind her.
Nevvie spent her early life feeling unloved and rejected. Then she met Tyler and Thomas, and her scorchingly hot fairy-tale dreams came true. They have a perfect life and a beautiful son.
While their family isn't traditional, she's more than happy with her two hunky, sexy husbands and their relationship. Unfortunately, a betrayal from where Nevvie least expects it knocks their world on its ear. Billy Thornton is a known troublemaker. He's spent the better part of his life doing whatever his brother Clem wanted him to - from intimidating people to stealing from them.
The consequences if he resists are life-threatening. Billy has spent more than one night healing after his brother got pissed at him. The one thing Billy can't do is allow Rourke Blaecleah to be hurt. Billy has loved Rourke for as long as he can remember, even though he knows it is wrong. Nevvie Barton has never truly felt loved or like she belonged anywhere - ever. Abandoned by her adoptive family and trapped in an abusive relationship, she takes a job with Tyler Paulson and Thomas Kinsey as their cleaning girl.
Nevvie knows her fantasies about "the boys" will always be just that - the two handsome men are devoted, loving life-partners. Then Tyler and Thomas fall in love with Nevvie and hatch a secret plan to seduce her and make her their permanent third. Eliza Grace is fighting a fear from her past. She can't let go of the insecure feelings after escaping a viscous attack in college.
Her self-confidence is slowly building when it comes to her career and going after what she wants. Except for when it comes to the men she desires. Parker, Burker, Lynch, and Taser are older men, Special Ops and more than willing to teach her a thing or two about love and how perfect she actually is. Shelby's past comes back to haunt her. Two years in hiding wasn't long enough and now she must fight for her freedom. The old Shelby wants to run and relocate, but the people of Chance, plus the three brothers she already desires, make her change her mind.
They say they can protect her, but her greatest fear would be for them to get hurt because of her. Sam, Bender, and Kenneth want to show Shelby what true love is, and prove to her that they can be trusted to do whatever it takes to protect and love her. Anna tried her hardest, working double shifts and getting little rest, plus her dad is an abusive alcoholic. One night Anna is accosted in her home.
Her father really did it this time, and two loan sharks are intent on collecting a debt. They threaten Anna's life, and want to prostitute her out to make back the money her father owes. Her father shows up drunk, and Anna realizes she has to save herself. Sydney has a problem with Bitch. The horse her father treasures more than gold is running loose, and a blizzard is headed for Southwest Virginia.
After spending the entire morning chasing the darn animal, she discovers she's probably not going to earn cowgirl of the year for her efforts. So what's a damsel in designer jeans to do? Call in reinforcements, and fortunately she knows where to find them. The Donovan men are known for their good looks, alpha-male ways, and skills behind stacks of hay bales.
Newcomer to Desire, Oklahoma, Kelly Jones wants to get over her past. Blake's flattened hands pressed against Kenna's brown dress. Seriously hurt during the rescue mission, Alex is surprised to wake up in the hospital with Leo at his bedside. Her self-confidence is slowly building when it comes to her career and going after what she wants. She meets Jax and Jameson Spaulding, two very wealthy retired soldiers who have invented things and also provide protection for important clients.
Caroline wants a new start. Her sister took off for her own reasons a year ago and found this place called Chance. She's not too sure if she'll be safe there, but the town and its people have their charms. Plus they engage in some very special relationships that seem to provide a woman with constant protection and love. It's hard to resist the charms of such relationships, or avoid the rules of the town that keep women safe. The paranormal world is in chaos. The elders are tired of their younger people playing the field, causing trouble, and fighting with each other.
Everyone who attends the UPAC Conference now has twenty-four hours to claim a mate of a different species.
If they don't, they will never have a mate. The spell is cast. There is no escaping the Midnight Matings. Beauregard Stratford is a bunny shifter. Unfortunately, he is the only white bunny shifter in existence. Being caught in a fire set by her own boyfriend has changed Marlena. She doesn't trust easily.
Theirs would be a May-December relationship, complete with an added dash of conflict, that results from an unfortunate date she'd once endured. A pair of dancers two-stepped to romantic, pop music. Blake propped his cane against a stool. In one pull, he brought her to his hard body and enveloped her in his strong arms This is what I crave.
His lemony, masculine aftershave smelled luscious. He could easily tempt her, if she allowed it. The words of the song, romantic and mesmerizing, propelled them like sailboats over a raven colored lake and lingered in her mind. At the far end of the rectangular room, a lone bartender poured a cerulean blue drink into a tall, plastic glass, propped an orange slice on the lip and handed it to a gentlemen who accepted it.
He stepped up the stairs and disappeared. Another couple who seemed absorbed in each other, slow-stepped to the writhing, undulating, Spanish beat. Blake's flattened hands pressed against Kenna's brown dress. Tingles shot over her skin and an invisible force arced between them. Love at first sight exists. Her soul shuddered while enduring his fascination and scrutiny. She closed her eyes. The song concluded and everyone except Blake and Kenna left the rec room.
The party neared an end but she didn't want her time with Blake to end. Any intelligent, respectable woman would know that it was the time to say goodbye and walk home alone. Their closeness healed old wounds. For months, she hadn't felt so good. Aching to nestle into the caring, comfortable cocoon of his strong arms she tilted her head and gazed into his glittering eyes. Without thought, she rose onto her toes and pressed her parted lips to his.