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Ramon Evelien’s unexpected arrival drenches Dr. Larke Christi in all the hot, forbidden memories of a love affair that was branded into the fabric of her being...memories of two men to whom she was bound forever in both body and soul. Yet only one of them had claimed her young heart as well. Has this man come back for her, or for something else...something she’s kept safe, as well as secret, for ten long years? There was a place, a summer place, a sultry island paradise where Larke had felt safe, and warm, and loved. Ramon had been a wild island boy when she’d met him, the total ...

Man or beast? Mikelas, half man, half beast, caught between worlds, desperately needs his bride. As tradition demanded, he invoked the magic of the ancient marriage coin, but his Midas mate didn’t answer, and without her, he is doomed to revert to his animal form forever. At one minute to the stroke of forever, a new scrying is performed and Rosemarie Edwards receives a very special gift meant only for a woman of Midas blood. Rosemarie doesn’t believe in fairytale love—she doesn’t have faith in humanity at all. Certainly not with the memories of her tragic past shrouding her from ...

Moonshine and bad choices tore Whit and Linc apart a long time ago. In Kentucky, loyalty means everything, secrets and disloyalty can kill. Linc, the son of a mountain moonshiner, and Whit, the son of the local banker, had dreams of a future together far from the Kentucky hills. But Linc’s dangerously foolish act culminated in the need to make a painful decision in order to protect his secret lover. The years have made him a hard, dangerous, and lonely man. When Whit left for college, they’d made a promise to each other. Whit would have stood by Linc no matter what. But Linc shut him ...

Living in the small town of Esmerelda, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Anthony is the sheriff’s ex-wife, the daughter of a powerful man, and a woman who feels passion has passed her by. But then she meets her father’s newest employee, and her passion suddenly blooms with such intensity, she's bound to be scorched by the sensual flames. What she doesn’t know, however, is that Isandro Santario, her father’s new groundskeeper, harbors many secrets. And Elizabeth is about to be consumed by the fires of revenge. Isandro Santario is an ex-con, convicted of murder. When a government agent arrived...

The delivery of a letter could mean everything to two lonely men, connected by the life and death of a man who meant something special to each of them separately.Lee Fellowes is a wounded warrior, ex-Army vet, whose best buddy died in his arms. As buddies do, Lee and Vinnie had shared intimacies—Vinnie even shared some of his steamy letters from his state-side lover, Stroker Smith, a man who makes surfboards, and communes with the sea. Now, Lee returned from the front lines and suffering from PTSD, goes in search of Stroker to deliver Vinnie’s last letter. What he never expects to find ...

Natasha is a woman who deserves the love of a good man; Benedikt is a killer who isn’t even human. Yet destiny may have plans as these lovers come together with a searing passion that will ignite both their worlds... Benedikt Venus, a lethal, nanus-enhanced Enforcer lived and breathed at the command of the Argadian Tribunal. The world as he knew it was shattered when rebels overthrew the brutal Tribunal. Although the Enforcers were de-programmed and offered homes on Argadia, there were some things that couldn't be erased. Irrevocably scarred by his past, Benedikt chose self-exile to Earth...

Argadian Defiance, Book 1. On Argadia, rebellion has turned into bloody civil war. Sidra Venus is the Songbird of Argadia…and an assassin. Her patron is a powerful member of the Tribunal—Commander Clorial Zydon. Two of her brothers serve as Elite Enforcers. Sidra is engaged to First Captain Lance Osei, the head of Commander Zydon’s private guard. What no one knows, however, not even her intended, is that she has secretly aligned herself with the rebel faction on Argadia. The renowned Songbird is the only one who can get close enough to Zydon to complete the mission. And even if it ...

Passion awaits on the Northern Shores far from the arid heat of her desert home. Lessons in pleasure from a water-dweller awaken a desire that is doomed from the beginning, because Elita Watende, youngest daughter of the High Lord of the Desert Borders, has been promised to the Lord Guardian of the Northern Shores. The match is tied to an important treaty for Elita’s rebellious tribe, and it is a union she cannot refuse. More danger than she can possibly imagine awaits her beyond the desert borders. When the fiery-haired Elita rides one last time in her beloved homeland she is captured by...

Kierra Andromeda and Jarek Bakari discovered an unexpected path to love and sanity when sold into captivity to the masochistic Tribunal Leader Odon to serve at his compound on Argadia. Saved from certain death by Eluria Zydon, they became part of the Freelion Rebellion, fighting to save Argadia from the stranglehold of the power-hungry Tribunal. Yet the scars of the past continue to haunt them. Although Jarek, a Serionese Mindwanderer, was able to protect Kierra’s mind from complete destruction during their time in captivity, she is unable to physically withstand the touch of another, ...

Daelyn Kapri was an Enforcer for the hated Argadian Tribunal until she was administered an antidote to the Nanus block. Now she fights with the Freelion rebels and attempts to deal with returned emotions, memories, and guilt over her past deeds as a hated Tribunal assassin. Word has reached the Freelion stronghold that Devon and Alekos Andromeda are prisoners on Argadia and Eluria Zydon plans to save her taman, Devon, and his brother at any cost. Eluria, one of the leaders of the rebellion, has been a good friend, and Daelyn volunteers to help Eluria on this dangerous mission even though ...

Betrayal, desire, and redemption collide on a desolate planet. Devon Andromeda, a nanus-altered Argadian Enforcer of the First Level, is assigned the mission to hunt down and eliminate Eluria Zydon, a rebel leader, who also happens to be the daughter of an Elite Tribunal Commander. Enforcers are altered and trained assassins who retain no memories, or humanoid emotions which would hamper their purpose. Aggression is the only emotion unblocked in an Enforcer; the Tribunal directs their existence. Eluria Zydon’s life is filled with more than enough memories and emotions for both Devon and ...

Once upon a time there was a modern woman who wasn’t looking for Prince Charming. Not anymore. But there was indeed a prince who needed to find his princess bride or suffer the full effects of the curse brought down upon his family. He tossed a magic coin out into the world in hopes of finding his true soul mate—the one woman who could tame the beast inside his soul and halt the curse. And only her love could save him. But will a greedy witch find her first and destroy the prince’s one chance at happiness? This story was originally released in August 2007 by Amber Quill Press/Amber ...

Judge Eliza O'Brien has always lived her life under the harsh, unforgiving spotlight of public approval, dedicating herself to serving the letter of the law. Until the night she meets Joseph Acosta and forms a passionate, sensual—and private—relationship, discovering a part of herself she never knew existed. To publicly admit her love and need for Joseph—a man with a reputation for enjoying alternative sensual delights—will jeopardize everything she's worked so hard to achieve in her life. The time has come when she must choose to live in the kaleidoscope of life-giving passionate ...

After spending three years as sex slave to the twisted Kadin, Krystellina finally escapes, with the underlord’s horde hot on her heels. But when Sarek, guardian of the misted forests, rescues her, she wonders if she escaped one evil master only to be thrust into the arms of another. Krystellina has never learned to trust, and she’s not sure now is the time to start. Sarek believes she is his soulmate and destined to become his wife, but he also realizes her servitude to Kadin does not make her particularly interested in exchanging one master for another, no matter how perfect that ...

One man is searching for his past, the other needs to find his future. Johnny Lee Paradise, owner of the Savannah blues club, Risque Blue, and Prieste V. Beaumont, an L.A. film producer, live different lives on opposite sides of the country. Both are alone, both hide secret desires and haunting fears. One spring night, as a fluke snowstorm blankets Savannah, with a turn of the tarot card Madam Fate changes the destiny for both of these men. Prieste is looking for his long-lost stepsister; Johnny is looking for a night's sexy diversion, when Prieste arrives late one night at the Risque Blue....

Unexpected, instantaneous, and combustible attraction. Two strangers meet online sharing a passion for Minoan history. An invitation to holiday on Crete. Andrew Larson, a studious university professor, and Stephanos Angelika, an attractive up-and-coming young Greek executive, finally meet, and an undeniable need blazes to life. They have two weeks to explore this heady level of their relationship. Is it lust or something deeper? Andrew, adopted as a child, has only a medallion that ties him to his Greek heritage. And a faded photograph of a young woman, the name of a village scrawled across...

Diantha Harald, at the weakest moment in her life, makes a deal with a seductive demon named Zacchias, who wants something from her that she’s unwilling to give. Asher Smith has also made a deal with Zacchias, but little does he realize the demon plans to use him to tempt Diantha. If Diantha breaks her contract with the demon, she will lose her soul. If she does as Zacchias wants, she could lose much more, including a love she has only just discovered. As the end of Diantha’s contract with Zacchias draws closer, the demon changes the rules...as a demon is wont to do. The only thing he ...

Sal Aguero, known as "Hard-Hearted Sal," the Senior Editor of Calisto, a cutting edge, controversial magazine, has fought his attraction to Toni Fallon, a talented, very pretty, graphic artist who works for him. Toni has secretly lusted after her very attractive boss for months, never expecting that her fantasy could ever materialize into reality. When Sal unexpectedly runs into Toni outside the office, "politically correct" doesn't enter the equation, and "graphic" can't begin to describe the sizzling electricity that sparks between them. Can they manage to keep business separate from ...

Khristos DuMichael is a driven sculptor who diverts all his emotion into his creations of artistic ice. Natalie Mason immerses her passionate heart into her career as a professional ice skater. Two lives defined by the solitary icy realms of success meet and connect in the heat of passion, only to be ripped apart by a moment of tragedy. What happens when they meet once again surrounded by the frosty magnificence encompassing both their worlds? Will they choose the fire...or the ice? This story was originally released in January 2006 by Amber Quill Press/Amber Heat CAUTION: This story ...

Esmerelda, Massachusetts, a community built on tradition, held secrets and painful memories. John William (J.W.) Dalton and Willow MacKenzie had once been passionate lovers, two halves of one soul, torn apart by greed and misunderstanding. Now, ten years later, J.W. is sheriff and Willow has returned to Esmerelda to finally lay to rest the tormenting ghosts that continue to haunt her. Her love for J.W. has never died. Willow's return will open old wounds. Can J.W. protect her from the destructive truth that awaits? CAUTION: This story contains explicit sexual situations and strong language....