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Truth has always known she was different. Born to a single mother who is the town tarot card and palm reader (spiritual medium), she longs to fit in and be taken seriously. Truth has fought her mother constantly and is a very devout Christian, but whether she really feels led that way or driven to fit in even she's starting to doubt. Now someone she believes to be her father arrives in to town after her 18th birthday, doing outrageous things. Some claim he's a devil. Others claim them gifts from God. Still others just say cheap parlor trickster. For Truth, it's just a matter of finding out who she really is, and she wonders if this person has the answers. Not to mention there's the matter of his equally charming young assistant... with a surprisingly unfortunate name of Lye, and a mysterious past of his own. Getting to know Lye will ultimately change Truth's life forever.

Set aboard a sailing ship in the 1790s, The Bayman's Bride is the tale of a formidable Spanish captain who finds himself attracted to the Englishwoman he's been sent to abduct--a woman who is his employer's wife.

The Bayman's Bride is about how Rowen Foster, forced to join her estranged husband in the jungles of Belize to produce an heir, finds an ally in her captor, Santiago. During their voyage to Central America, Rowen learns the Spaniard has been coerced into delivering her. She soon discovers that Santiago is in fact a better man than her cold, aristocratic husband, for beneath his gruff exterior lies a vulnerability that soon wins her heart.

Real estate agent Jenna Steele has been chosen to sell professional quarterback Andy McKnight's huge home in order to make enough money to send her adopted sister to a prestigious university. But she hates professional athletes, considering them lazy and playboys in real life while making millions for entertainment purposes. When he convinces her he does have a heart and a conscience, she falls in love with the man who drives her crazy and doesn't wear a watch. There's only one problem—Jenna's wrists have been splashed with a home remedy love potion by an older client, and now all men are falling at her feet, willing to kill to date her. She knows that once the love potion wears off, Andy will be gone and she'll be forced to find a job out of state just to survive the bombardment of the paparazzi and Andy's friends.

Amber has lived for years at the mercy of her cruel husband, Marcus Jenson.
When she is finally able to make an escape, she chooses to start over in a secluded cabin, far away from her former life.
With a new identity and the help of ex-cop, Scott Brennan, will she be strong enough to survive a Minnesota Winter?

*This is Lucy Burton’s first novella and is approximately 18,600 words*

The Last Killiney is the story of a Pacific Northwest woman who remembers her past life as an Irish viscount's lover. When she is swept back in time to relive this affair (along with the Irishman's very unwilling modern counterpart), she learns hard truths about destiny, love and death in the 1790s.

The Last Killiney is about how Paul and Ravenna, flirting and arguing every step of the way, attempt to get back to their own time. Their struggles take them from London's coal-darkened skies to British Columbia's desolate, uncharted coasts where each must try to avoid their fate. History has foretold Paul will be killed by the First Nations people of Canada, while Ravenna will wed her own rakish, infatuated cousin. The fight against these two events is at the heart of the story.

Luna Halliwell is on a path of self-destruction, until she meets infamous rock star Wolf Taylor in rehab, and falls hopelessly in love. Talented and hedonistic, Wolf’s at the clinic for one reason - to garner publicity for his new album – and he doesn’t see why he shouldn’t have a little fun while he’s taking one for the band. Love doesn’t figure in his long-term plans, so the last thing he banks on is developing feelings for her, too.

After a whirlwind romance, Luna discovers being half of a hot celebrity couple isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and when a New York artist gives her the romantic attention she craves, she is faced with the ultimate decision. Stand by the man of a million girls' dreams or take a second shot at love?

MAYBE, BY SOME MIRACLE, WHAT THEIR DAUGHTERS HAD WRITTEN IN THOSE LETTERS WOULD BE THE ANSWER THAT BOTH THEIR PARENTS WERE SEARCHING FOR, AND NEITHER COULD FIND... When three meddling daughters decide it won't be quits for their once happily married parents, they inadvertently set into motion a dangerous chain of events that neither Andrea nor Jerry Porter could ever have imagined when they set out on a luxury cruise neither wanted. But before long, they find themselves drawn into a drug-smuggling scheme by the smooth-talking Italian who singled Andrea out for flattery, their first day aboard. That's also when Andrea and Jerry begin to see each other in a whole different light, one that ignites a flame that had long since died. Until then, unspoken words and distant memories hovered between them like ghosts from the past. But it's three letters from their daughters that ultimately force them to face the real reason behind their crumbling marriage. 63,900 words

“You want to heal me, like one of your stray dogs...”

When Canadian rancher Josie Sergeant gets a call from her brother announcing his impetuous decision to marry, she has her reservations. But, when her brother’s would-be brother-in-law swoops in from Australia to stop the wedding, Josie has no choice but to defend the family.

Theo Sabich is bull-headed and dangerously sexy, but also damaged beyond repair… or so he thinks. He enjoys getting on Josie’s nerves, but when he finds her getting under his skin he must decide - face his demons and grab this last chance for happiness or bury himself in his lonely Outback ranch once and for all.

Under the northern lights, their attraction ignites beyond their control, and Josie finds that a one-time “no strings attached” release of passion is easier said than done when love is hanging by a thread.

But how will they bridge the difference between two worlds, let alone conquer the wounds of the past and find the courage to live again?

Passion, Love and Romance Can be shattered by Deception and Betrayal

An anthology of five fictional short stories, focusing on men and women who will stop at nothing to get what they want. If it means disguising themselves as benevolent individuals and destroying lives along the way, they are up for the thrill. They will use romance, lust, greed, manipulation and deceit as preludes to suck unsuspecting people out of their nest egg.

Flirty & Feisty Romance…fierce & fizzy
When black beauty marketing executive, Tricia Adesuwa Idahosa, became a victim of bitter betrayal at seventeen, she was certain the track advised by her acquaintance will carry her through life. After achieving her career goals, she was still burdened by a personal turbulent past that refused to go away. By the time Tricia is accidentally thrown into Prescott’s path, she has grown commitment-shy. But when the blazing tornado of Prescott’s demanding attention sweeps across her life, it leaves her struggling for answers…
Persistent Prescott Vander-Scott, British business magnate impresario, was sure he didn’t need a woman to feel complete. A successful man knew women were good for one thing only…until he met Tricia…
Can he cope with her intruding past to crumble her wall of distrust? Will he find a potent cure for her mother’s prejudice against a mixed race affair? Or will he move on to the next eager blond female?
Strong emotions loitering about…

BOOK 3: LIVING WITH LIES TRILOGY (DANCING MOON RANCH SERIES)

Jayne Hamilton has a dark secret she's carefully guarded and which she hopes will stay hidden until she lands the job at Dancing Moon Ranch. But as Sam Hansen interviews her, he’s uneasy. Things don't add up. Still, he hires her without running a background check because his mother wants to retire from the guest ranch end of the operation, and neither Sam nor his twin, Jack, want to take over that job. A guest ranch manager would free them of that burden. But soon, Sam finds himself blindly attracted to Jayne, even though he knows she's hiding something... something that has to do with a child. But Sam also senses that there's much more.

77,513 words

Camille and Ethan are kindred spirits: busy professionals with no time for the demands of typical relationships. They devise an arrangement that suits her busy schedule and satisfies their lust for each other. When real feelings develop between them, can either one move past the rules of the game to take a chance on something just as exciting and even more risky?

A fiercely independent,sexy lawyer has her world turned upside down when she meets a man that she MUST relinquish all control too.

Following a heated argument with her boyfriend, Shannon is on her way home when her car begins to swerve from the beating rain. Forced to turn off onto a country road that quickly turns to mud, Shannon soon finds herself in a ditch surrounded by rising water. A loud tapping on Shannon’s car window brings her face to face with an unlikely rescuer.

Excerpt:
Shannon looked around, but could see nothing other than the pouring rain. Shannon had turned to retrieve something from her purse when the loud tapping on her car window scared the crap out of her. She turned and quickly locked her door.

“Who are you?” she demanded.

“Let me in, Shannon. It’s Dan.”

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Shannon lay on the sofa in her panties and Dan’s shirt, and Dan lay in his bed, naked. Both stared at the ceiling, images of the other streaming through their minds like a slideshow. Shannon could hear the beating rain and it sounded like the entire house could come crashing down at any moment. The wind made an eerie sound at the front door of Dan’s old farmhouse. Shannon pulled the covers up and over her head, hoping to block out the noise. A loud gust of wind made her sit bolt upright.

Shannon pulled the covers around her and walked quietly into Dan’s room. He was sound asleep, lying on his back, the covers pulled to his waist. He was naked from the waist up, but that was no big deal. He was just a hairy guy, a very hairy guy. For a moment, Shannon tried to picture him waxed, totally hairless, and she stifled a giggle. He wouldn’t be Danny without his hair.

Shannon knew that Dan was sound asleep because of his soft snoring, and she hated to wake him. Nothing would ever happen between the two of them, sexually that is, so maybe she could just sleep on the edge of his bed. She could sneak out to the sofa bed in the morning before Dan woke up.

The Divorce Club's personalized battle plan designed to suit your individual needs:

Put on weight and don't shave your legs, or armpits, or any part of your body for that matter.
Don't wash his clothes and cook rotten meals, preferably ones that'll give him constant diarrhea.
Wear a thong with a mini dress and bend over in front of his friends, but only after gaining weight.

Don't forget: if you're moving, we'll help you pack and unload. If he's the one moving, we'll help you throw his belongings out the window.


A bitter divorce from a two-timing husband leaves Sarah with no money to fend for her daughter, but she won't be beaten, so she opens The Divorce Club, a meeting place for women who want to divorce their cheating husbands, but don't know how.

Soon things start to go seriously wrong. A fake client and her rising interest in him isn't Sarah's only worry; there's also the moody teenager, a stalker, and the club's personalized battle plans that start to involve more than flashing a confident smile and running a 24/7 hotline.
When Sarah's ex-husband moves in without her permission in the hope to patch things up, chaos seems complete.

Full-length novel: approx. 322pp

Red Wine for Breakfast stars Jenny Reed, a 34-year-old born-again Californian from New York, who plays macho Monopoly by her own rules. Winner take all. And she had it all: the number one morning radio show on KKTM-FM in Los Angeles, a wonderful best friend, and a nice noncommittal affair with the station owner, Brian Allen.

Her career was all she needed. Success was all she ever wanted. Until Johnny King became her on-air partner and challenged her to play his own game. The day she beat him was the day she gained his respect. It was also the day she lost her best friend in an apparent suicide ... or was it murder?

Real life radio personalities and a front page drug scandal bring realism to a fictional novel set in Los Angeles where radio stations change formats like socks, and jobs are as secure as houses built on the San Andreas Fault.

In a business drowning in testosterone, Red Wine for Breakfast is the story of strong, determined New Yorker who has to shake off the laid-back attitude of LA to overcome the challenges of an industry that threatens to turn her off and a man who only wants to turn her on.

A very different kind of Vampire Tale

This little story was inspired by George Michael's version of...'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' a beautiful song written by Ewan MacColl back in 1957 and which has been covered by many artists since then. It uses the song title as a door into the story. To get a greater sense of the story look up the song lyrics, or better still listen to the song as you read.

It didn't begin that morning when Trick's mother found them standing in her kitchen, one with his daddy's big knife in his hand, all three with bloody hands. It wouldn't end, even when her panic over the boys' blood oath finally faded.

It had begun nearly 100 years earlier. It would last their lifetimes and beyond, this brotherhood of theirs.

Trick Raines would grow into a rancher; his cousin, Blade Long Knife, a veterinarian and hereditary chief of his tribe. The third, Chase Adams, a half-blood Apache would become a famous attorney.

Flirty & Feisty Romance… Stormy & Steamy

A Vibrant and Tumultuous Affair.

Her Stubbornness is Legendary!
Award-winning, gutsy, independent, thirty-four year old TV presenter and strong-willed figure, Kimberly Clark is proud of her professional achievements. After all, how many women could put in the long hours and enduring strain required to succeed in showbiz? Her parents’ death a couple of years earlier and a carelessly misplaced emotion several years ago have hardened her resolve to cherish and preserve her singleton status. She didn’t want any male distraction. Love was an alien word. But when she hopped on a train from work, she got more than she bargained for. In her bid to actively avoid any male distraction, she gets herself unwittingly involved with a sexy, no-nonsense, rough-around-the-edges, status-shy, twenty-seven year old, fitness enthusiast. And from the onset, there are sparks of fury and fireworks.

No-nonsense Derek Fights Back!
At twenty-seven, ruthlessly charming, forceful and successful, entrepreneur, Derek Peterson, was only interested in expanding his sports business. There was no room for entanglement, however brief. When he runs across Kimberly, his only viable plan is a one night stand. A quick rump in the hay with no talk about a long-term affair! In the ensuing battle of wills, the constant stream of ‘secrets’ Kim stumbles across about Derek means she severs all ties with him. Fiercely determined that the battle of wills is one he was bound to win, will the determined Derek’s unstoppable charm bring the traditionally-minded Kim to her knees?

A steamy, turbulent and go-getting story that will keep you shifting the pages…

AN UNCONVENTIONAL LADY...
When Sarah Ashley arrives in Victoria, British Columbia to open a mercantile for the manufacture and sale of bloomer costumes, and free the women there from the bonds of archaic dress, she turns Governor Jonathan Cromwell's colony topsy turvy.

A ROGUE IN GENTLEMAN'S CLOTHING...
But while the stunning suffragette is intent on disrupting every facet of Jon Cromwell's life, it seems, he can't decide whether to seduce the young libertine into sweet submission, or send her away to preserve his colony, and his sanity.

A PROVINCIAL TOWN DIVIDED...
Dresses without corsets! Skirts without hoops! Unheard of! Something must be done about Sarah Ashley before the women of Victoria start abandoning home and hearth. Not so fast! Bloomer costumes are practical! Comfortable! Healthful. But everyone knows the woman left San Francisco under a cloud...

THE COLONIST'S FIERY EDITOR STIRRING THE CALDRON...
"Should Governor Cromwell show as much concern for the affairs of state as he does for the affairs of Miss Ashley, he would no doubt realize that Vancouver Island is facing a major political crisis..."

A MELTING POT OF TROUBLE IN ONE TIDY PACKAGE... SARAH ASHLEY

95,622 words

"A HIGHLY TALENTED NEW AUTHOR... A RISING STAR" Kathe Robin, Romantic Times

"SWEET... SEXY... LOADS OF FUN!" Kat Martin

"A DELIGHTFUL ROMP THAT BLOOMS WITH LOVE AND LAUGHTER." Shirl Henke

He was a very bad boy…

Auri ‘Creole’ Levalois is looking for a killer. Determined to put his foster-brother’s killer behind bars, he has taken a leave of absence from New Orleans PD to hunt the man down. But what he finds instead is a woman who turns his lonely world upside down—and touches him as no other woman had ever done.

She was a very good girl…

Grace Summerville’s identical twin sister has vanished without a trace. Grace has left her cozy Charleston home and high school counselor job, and rushed to New Orleans’ notorious French Quarter, where she discovers a dark, mysterious man watching her from the neighboring balcony.

Together they were dynamite…

From the second their eyes meet, Creole and Grace’s attraction burns out of control. But she is wary. She has heard about these hot-blooded Cajun men. They are intense. Passionate, like their music. Nothing remotely similar to the calm, dignified South Carolina gentlemen she is used to. Creole is just the kind of man she desperately needs to avoid.

After days—and nights—of sizzling clashes, where each suspects the other of duplicity, they finally strike a truce and work together to trap the man who is responsible for both terrible crimes. Meanwhile their attraction flames hotter and hotter with each erotic encounter they are helpless to avoid, until at last they end up in each other’s arms.

Closing in on the murderer, the worst happens, and they are trapped in his deadly net. Faced with certain death, will they finally admit to their secret hope for love and a future together?

This little story was inspired by George Michael's version of...'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' a beautiful song written by Ewan MacColl back in 1957 and which has been covered by many artists since then. It uses the song title as a door into the story. To get a greater sense of the story look up the song lyrics, or better still listen to the song as you read.

When Alexa is sent by a magazine to be an undercover contestant on the reality TV series "Falling For Mr. Right" she assumes the worst part of the assignment will be having to act like a brainless bimbo to win the affection of an arrogant guy out looking for his 15 minutes of fame. Color her shocked when it turns out not only are several of her fellow contestants intelligent, funny women...but Brandon – aka Mr. Right - isn't at all the kind of guy she thought he'd be.

What's Alexa supposed to do when instead of digging up dirt for her cover story, she finds herself falling way too fast for the guy she’s supposed to tear apart in her first big feature story?

Kevin is a depressed executive living a predictable life. When he unexpectedly deviates from his paralyzing routine to be with another woman, he finds himself risking everything for redemption. Kylie, his frustrated and defeated wife, finds solace in a flirtatious encounter with a younger man that sparks a dangerous relationship. Both unable to pull themselves from their newfound happiness, they rationalize their actions to satisfy their guilt, coming ever closer to an emotionally shattering end for both themselves and their children, who are unwillingly swept into their downward spiral.

Is precognition a prescription for happiness or disaster?

The good things in life are coming together for Kristina Collins. She’s found her ideal home, her career is on track for mega success and the man of her dreams has finally come back into her life.

In Fate, the first installment of the Timeless Trilogy, Kris Collins discovers the benefits and risks of having precognitive visions while being stalked by a serial killer. Her friends can’t help her, the FBI can’t save her; she must save herself.

The Timeless Trilogy heroines, Kristina, Veronica and Cassandra, each deal with paranormal abilities as they discover and rediscover eternal love.