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Coven Eos is sent to Carnal Pleasures at the urging of his dying Master. Though he’s unhappy about the situation, Coven knows as an incubus, he needs somewhere safe he can feed. Angry and hurting, he doesn’t want to make a connection with someone new. With his emotions and life spiraling, he finds himself on a dangerous and destructive path.
Brayan Barone is a gargoyle warrior. Part of an elite task force for the supernatural council, he’s on a mission to see if the complaints about the club are true. Undercover, he goes in as a Dominant, never expecting more than temporary playtime with a few submissives. When Coven gets into trouble, Brayan steps in as the young man ignites his protective instincts.
With threats drawing in around the members of the exclusive club, the two men find themselves trapped in a growing attraction. When things start to fall apart, will they be strong enough to see past all the secrets they both harbor or is it too late to save their spark?
*The Carnal Pleasures series will be a mixture of various M/M and M/F pairings following the lives of the employees and patrons of the club. While this series has romantic elements, not all books will be romance. Due to language and explicit sexual interaction, it is recommended for readers 18 and up*
USA Today Bestselling Author Claire Marta. A native Brit, I live in Italy with my husband and daughter. When I am not writing and drinking copious amounts of tea, I enjoys taking photos of my adoptive country, trying to stay fit with running, reading amazing books and being a stay at home mother.
Fire Investigator Lieutenant Tess Di Marco has struggled through prejudice against women, a messy divorce and years of training to get what she wants out of life. One constant through the years has been her mentor and friend, Captain David Ashford, a now-widowed arson specialist. But what happens when sparks of a different kind erupt between them?
Chapter 1
“Boy, the place stinks, even with our masks.” Tess gestured to the apartment that had been decimated by fire.
“People don’t know that about burned buildings,” David Ashford, Captain of the Arson Squad, put in.
Just then, the arson videographer came back into the main room with another member of the team. “I taped and took stills of the whole place.” He’d also gotten photos of the crowd that had gathered outside.
“I dusted for fingerprints.” His assistant was young and eager. “None found.”
“Good work. Did you check entry points where the guy might have gotten in?”
“Yeah. Half of a footprint. We checked for fingerprints out there, too.”
On the other side of the living space, the third chief investigator, Captain Chet Carson, pointed to a pile in the corner. “Here’s the gas container and a variety of rags the first-in firefighters noticed.” And why arson had been called.
Tess shook her head. “Not very subtle.”
“He wanted us to know.” David used the male terms because most arsonists were men. The man was anything but sexist.
Chet said, “I’ll check out the rest of the apartment for smaller cans that might have held more accelerant.” He walked through the living room archway.
Tess started toward the corner to study the accelerants. She stumbled over some stray debris and hit the wall hard with her shoulder. A good-size timber crackled.
“Tess, watch out.” David leapt toward her, grabbed her and dragged her back. The wooden joist fell right where she’d been standing.
“Oh, my God!”
David pulled off his particle mask and hers, along with their helmets, and dropped them to the floor. His blond hair was damp and his green eyes flaming. He drew her against his chest and clicked off his radio. “That could have seriously hurt you. Take a few minutes.”
She nosed into the navy jumpsuit worn by investigators into a fire scene. His chest was broad and solid, as he worked out religiously. She stayed there for a minute, then drew back some, his arms still around her. “You saved my life. Again.”
He frowned. “What do you mean?”
“Getting me into the academy and giving me this job saved me emotionally.”
“Young lady, I did not get you into the academy and I did not give you this job. You earned all of it.”
“Yes, sir! And stop calling me childish names!”
He grinned broadly.
“I found some…” Chet stopped abruptly and his comment trailed off. “Um…”
They separated quickly and scooped up their protective gear.
Still shaky, Tess felt compelled to explain. “A timber fell. David pulled me back from it.”
David straightened. “We asked the cleanup team to do minimal salvage and overhaul.” A dirty job, performed by a group of firefighters to make sure the fire was out and not hiding in walls. They also looked for loose timbers. “They’re waiting to finish that up. So, what did you find?”
“More arson paraphernalia in there.” Chet angled his head to the other rooms.
“Let’s determine the depths of the charred items. And document the flow-and-damage patterns.”
They spent more time assessing the structure. Then David radioed for three other members of the team to label the evidence, put it in containers and seal it tight. Chet went outside to do the same for ground evidence. The designated transporter would then accompany the material back to the arson labs to keep the chain of custody intact. Once all this was done, they’d evaluate what they’d found.
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He watched through the window. Look at them. Like dogs chasing their tails. They’d go in circles on all of these fires, which was just what he wanted.
Much had bothered him during his life, despite his successes. He found a way to deal with that, and in the end, he’d do what he needed to do like he always did.
A NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author, Kathryn Shay has been a lifelong writer and teacher. She has written dozens of self-published original romance titles, print books with the Berkley Publishing Group and Harlequin Enterprises and mainstream women’s fiction with Bold Strokes Books. She has won many awards for her work: five RT Book Reviews awards, the Bookseller’s Best Award, Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year and several “Starred Reviews.” One of her firefighter books hit #20 on the NEW YORK TIMES list. Her novels have been serialized in COSMOPOLITAN magazine and featured in USA TODAY, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and PEOPLE magazine. There are over ten million copies of her books in print and downloaded online. Reviewers have called her work “emotional and heart-wrenching.”
When a mysterious man saved Raven after an incident at the strip club she worked at, the last thing she expected was to be plunged into the dangerous world of organized crime.
Unfortunately, her new life with Lazarus was filled with nothing but lies and empty promises.
How could a man that vowed to love her, hurt and betray her so much? It didn’t matter how hard she tried, Lazarus always manipulated the outcome. Raven was a prisoner of her own life, until finally one day, her path led her to Damon in the most unexpected way.
However, as Raven and Damon got closer, things only got more complicated and dangerous. Nothing was as it seemed, and Lazarus made sure to still control every outcome.
Will Damon be able to save Raven from the shackles of her life, or will Lazarus once more get his way?
A. G. Khaliq is 22 years old, residing in the United Kingdom. In between being a student, she loves to write. Her craft began when she started writing for a game called Episode Interactive, where she garnered almost 3 million reads. She soon wanted to expand her craft, and began writing published books, starting with a dark, organized crime thriller called Mafia Kingpin. She is most active on Instagram, @agkbooks.
Luck of the Draw, an all new sexy and hilarious novella from New York Times bestselling author Denise Grover Swank and A.R. Casella is available now!
Life’s not a fairytale for women like me, divorced and creeping up on middle age…until a hot younger man finds my lost shoes.
Crashing weddings is so not my thing. I’d much rather stay home and watch HGTV . . . and ignore the fact that my life is messier than those fixer-upper houses. Because my jerk ex left, and the only thing keeping a roof over my sons’ heads is my crappy telemarketing job.
But then I get a challenge from the Bad Luck Club, the group I joined to turn my luck around: Do something that breaks the rules. One ill-advised confession to my best friend later, I’m strapping on a pair of heels and crashing the wedding of two of the owners of Buchanan Brewery.
The last thing I expect is to meet someone, let alone the sexy younger bartender who calls me out and finds my lost shoes, something straight out of Cinderella. And the very last thing I expect is to fall for him.
It feels like I’m in a dream come true, a fairy tale, but the crap part about dreams is that they have to end.
Or do they?
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About Denise Grover Swank
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank was born in Kansas City, Missouri and lived in the area until she was nineteen. Then she became a nomadic gypsy, living in five cities, four states and ten ho uses over the course of ten years before she moved back to her roots. She speaks English and smattering of Spanish and Chinese which she learned through an intensive Nick Jr. immersion period. Her hobbies include witty Facebook comments (in own her mind) and dancing in her kitchen with her children. (Quite badly if you believe her offspring.) Hidden talents include the gift of justification and the ability to drink massive amounts of caffeine and still fall asleep within two minutes. Her lack of the sense of smell allows her to perform many unspeakable tasks. She has six children and hasn’t lost her sanity. Or so she leads you to believe.
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About A.R. Casella
A.R. CASELLA is a freelance developmental editor by day, writer by night. She lives in Asheville, NC with her husband, daughter, two dogs, and a variable number of fish. Her pastimes include chasing around her toddler, baking delicious treats, and occasional bouts of crocheting. Any Luck at All, co-written with New York Times bestselling author Denise Grover Swank, is her first book.
She was saved by a dragon lord. And now he thinks he owns her.
A Lair So Loyal, an all new steamy, fantasy romance from Zoey Ellis is available now!
From a dark, magic-ravaged world comes an enthralling new fantasy romance series. Five brothers, last of an ancient Alpha bloodline, each bound by fire and blood to their majestic dragons.
She was saved by a dragon lord. And now he thinks he owns her.
Rescued as a baby by Tyomar, a powerful alpha bonded to a fierce dragon, Oshali was raised in a secluded sanctum. Historic tales of adventure and epic love captivate her, and she’s convinced there is a breathtaking world beyond the sanctum’s walls.
Twenty-five years later, she is now the liaison between the sanctum and Tyomar’s notorious clan… and his visits are equally rousing and nerve-racking.
The rules of the sanctum forbid him from seeing her face, but she is in awe of his intense good-looks and charm, even though she knows he still sees her as a child.
When Oshali accepts an assignment to travel across dangerous war-torn lands without her veil, Tyomar is furious. His overbearing protection reveals a fierce, dark possession.
Insatiable fire ignites between them.
And the passionate tension erupts into something deliciously carnal.
Yet Oshali knows Tyomar is a threat to her heart and her freedom. He refuses to leave her side, and she refuses to tolerate his controlling interference.
When a shocking revelation about her heritage exposes a deception, Oshali must choose where her loyalties lie, knowing Tyomar won’t easily relinquish what he has decided is his.
A LAIR SO LOYAL is the second book in The Last Dragorai, a steamy fantasy romance series. This series can be read as standalones but will be better enjoyed if read in order. Includes romance of a dark nature and a HEA.
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About Zoey Ellis
Zoey Ellis writes dark, magical, fantasy romances about tortured, possessive, alpha anti-heroes and the sassy heroines who belong to them (even if they don’t want to!). Filled with passionate, carnal steam, Zoey’s stories feature couples that go through tough journeys and make mistakes but ultimately have to grow for each other to survive the dark worlds they inhabit.
Described as ‘deliciously dark’ and ‘unputdownable’, Zoey’s thrilling, fantastical romances come complete with roller-coaster twists and turns, unique worlds, and happy endings.
Zoey is a Londoner, cat mama, and proud romance and epic fantasy addict. She loves jealous/possessive heroes, sexual tension that jumps off the page, and memorable, magical worlds. She reads most genres of romance and has a special love for the ‘true mates’ trope and dark angst. However, she enjoys all different genres of fiction, usually on the darker side.
When not working on her stories, Zoey is usually gaming, buddying reading with friends or stumbling upon new and ridiculous ways to mess up a date!
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Sancte Diaboli: Part Two, the all-new, highly anticipated installment in the Elite Kings series from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amo Jones, is available now!
He held a darkness that could never be touched.
She carried a light that could never be seen.
Not by anyone. Only by each other.
Simply two halves of the same soul, Brantley and Saint were fused together with equal parts wrath and peace. Nothing could break through their bond. Nothing.
Until now.
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Meet Amo Jones
Amo Jones is a USA Today & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author whose books have been translated in multiple countries.
She resides in the tropics of Australia with her family, though she’s a born and bred Kiwi who more often than not, misses New Zealand.
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Fractured is a steamy and emotionally charged contemporary romance written in K. Bromberg’s Driven Worlds project.
Rookie driver Marshall Kerr had the world at his feet until one accident fractured his dreams and his body. Forced into rehab in the middle of nowhere, he’s in a downward spiral of self-destruction.
Until he meets E.
Eloise Masters is living a lie. Terrified and on the run, she guards her identity as closely as her heart. Both of which Marshall is determined to conquer.
When the past catches up with Eloise, the pieces of her soul healed by Marshall begin to fracture once more. Only this time, she’s not alone. She has Marshall by her side to give her the strength she needs to face her demons head-on.
Are they strong enough to survive this collision, or will they fracture on final impact?
DL Gallie is from Queensland, Australia, but she’s lived in many different places all over the world. She currently resides in Gladstone with her husband and two kids. She and her husband have been together since she was sixteen, and although they drive each other crazy at times, she couldn’t imagine her life without him.
Shortly after her son was born, DL began reading again. With encouragement from her husband, she picked up the pen and started writing, and now the voices in her head won’t shut up.
DL enjoys listening to music, drinking white wine in the summer, red wine in the winter, and beer all year round. She’s also never been known to turn down a cocktail, especially a margarita.
Ten years ago, my world was ripped apart and intertwined with a man I had never met.
Now, someone’s threatening the freedom I so desperately want after a decade of suffering.
Pushed to relive my mother’s death and dig up the truth for answers, I discover more than a few lies. Starting with the man responsible.
Or so I thought…
I have to decide how far I’m willing to go for the truth and what I’m willing to sacrifice. Happiness? Love? My life?
Elliot
I served ten years for a crime I didn’t commit.
All to protect my brother.
But when the survivors of the atrocity suddenly start dying, a detective offers me a chance at redemption by helping him save who’s left.
I’ll have to face the people that my brother’s crimes haunt.
Including Devyn.
A girl I should avoid but can’t seem to resist.
The harder I try to pull away, the more we collide together.
All I ever wanted was to protect those I cared about, but all I’ve ever done is to fail them, repeatedly.
Now, failure is not an option. I won’t let innocent people die over my mistakes again.
This is an emotionally-dark romantic suspence novel. It contains situations that some readers might find offensive or triggering. Recommended for 18+ readers because of adult content and language.
Bella Shay is a new author from a small town in West Virginia where she lives with her husband and their two psycho puppies. She loves happily ever afters but makes her characters earn them. Bella loves all things supernatural and enjoys learning about space and the ocean. She speaks fluid memes and has a gif for every occasion.
Twelve countries. Twelve men. Twelve million dollars!
After the tragic events that almost cost him his life in Greece, Deacon Brady is more than ready to conquer his next destination.
Skopje, Macedonia.
As the journey progresses, the show’s producer raises the stakes, hoping to raise the ratings on the hit reality show.
Gorgeous new bachelor, Tośe, has a few secrets and surprises of his own that will change the entire dynamic of the show.
After running into an old friend, Deacon finds himself reminiscing about his previous life as a Hollywood soap star. As he struggles to convince himself he’s moved on from the past, the producers make Deacon an offer he’s not sure he can refuse.
With his sister making a full recovery back home, Deacon can now concentrate on playing the game, but is he ready to handle the challenges Dante, the scheming producer, keeps throwing his way by changing the rules?
How will Deacon pull off one of the show’s biggest plot twists?
Skopje, Macedonia — Long live, Alexander The Great!
When blue-blooded Blake Mulligan gets jilted at the altar, he breaks free of his ‘predictable’ reputation by going on the honeymoon cruise anyway—without his snobby, socialite fiancée. For the next fourteen days he hopes to escape reality and pretend he hasn’t suffered the humiliation of a lifetime. The last thing he expects is to meet beautiful songstress Jubilee Collazo with her honey-sweet voice.
Jubilee is talented and passionate and doesn’t just march to the beat of her own drum—she dances to it. While she longs to do more than croon cover songs from a cruise ship stage, she enjoys seeing the world. Her love of travel makes her the perfect person to show Blake around each exotic stop of the Mediterranean cruise.
What starts out as a simple tour guide arrangement, quickly grows into something more. Despite their different backgrounds, Blake and Jubilee discover an incredible connection they never imagined possible. But as their final destination approaches, so does reality. Like points on a compass, their lives seem to be charted in opposite directions—his to the Hamptons and high-society, and hers back out across the rolling seas. Can anything short of a perfect storm keep these two lovebirds together?
Goodreads Review – “I already told you, I loved this book very much, it was such a cute fun read, it left me with a smile on my face and knowing that I’ll miss Blake and Jubilee very much, they were amazing characters to read.”
Nick (the infinite limits of love) – “I had a lot of fun reading For Vacation Only. It was exactly the kind of feel-good vacation romance I was craving.”
Anna Reads Here – You NEED this because it has:
» A vacation romance, duh
» A beautiful, talented, strong and passionate heroine of colour
» A charming, awkward and Clark Kent-esque hero
» Two weeks on a cruise ship
» Sightseeing in beautiful parts of the Mediterranean
» A delicious and sexy slow burn
» ALL THE SWOON
The lines leading to the gangway stretched the length of the deck. Jubilee got in the back of the line, AirPods playing music in her ears, and waited it out. It was always nice to get off the ship and sightsee like a regular traveler. Though being on the luxurious ship was great too, nothing compared to perusing historic villas and digging your toes into exotic sands.
Ma thought her job as a cruise ship singer was a dead-end job, but she couldn’t have been more wrong. Working with Seven Seas allowed her to travel abroad and see the world. While it may not have been her exact dream of performing her own music, it was still miles ahead of the shitty waitress jobs she’d had back in Brooklyn.
The line eventually shortened as more and more passengers shuffled down the gangway and onto dry land. The first rays of sunlight touched her skin, bathing her with its invigorating warmth. Her smile was immediate.
Beauty surrounded her. From the glorious blue sky to the hillside town sandwiched between the mountains and the sparkling sea, it was almost too much to take in. She joined dozens of others as they wandered from the gigantic cruise ship and set off to explore.
At first choosing a path was difficult. Jubilee allowed herself to be jostled along by the crowd, wandering onto the cobblestone streets of Kotor’s old town. She pulled out her phone and snapped photos of the medieval buildings and looming mountainside.
Soon she separated from the pack, breathing in the briny sea air, eyes roving over the historic architecture. Each step felt like walking through history as she wended down narrow passages and admired the fine detail of every stone.
Though it wasn’t her first time in Kotor, the majestic town revealed something new to her upon each visit.
She wound up in the main square, where shops and restaurants abounded. Other tourists curiously perused the area with pockets full of euros. She dug into her own pocket for enough change to buy a kebab from one of the street vendors.
“Damn it,” Jubilee cussed as two coins slipped through her fingers. She knelt to pick them up, but another, larger hand got to them first.
Blake scooped the coins into his palm, rising alongside her and holding them out for her to take. She half smiled and took her coins back.
“Thanks,” she said. “I guess I should’ve expected to run into you here.”
“I was just grabbing some bottled water and saw you—I’m not sure if you realize how much you stick out.”
Jubilee’s eyes rolled upward as if trying to see her lavender hair. “Sticking out’s not so bad. Besides, I’m the younger, underachieving child. If I didn’t pierce my belly button and dye my hair crazy colors, what would I even have? I was always going to be in second place, why not at least have some fun?”
“You’re not in second place.”
“Oh, yes, I am. When it comes to our family dynamics, it’s Adele this. Adele that. Which is cool. I’m used to it. I don’t mind being the off-the-wall weirdo.”
“What other off-the-wall colors have you dyed your hair?”
“You name it, I’ve dyed it. Fire engine red. Midnight blue. Neon green. My mom hated the neon green,” Jubilee said with a reminiscent laugh. “She wouldn’t even look at me. Don’t even get me started on how she feels about tattoos. She says no quality men would ever want a wife who has them.”
A strange look passed over Blake’s face; one she couldn’t place. “I don’t know, I bet plenty of men are into you.”
Mila Nicks is an emerging romance author on a mission to pen entertaining love stories featuring women of color.
From the time she was a small girl with crayons and an overactive imagination, she’s had a passion for storytelling. In addition to serving ten years in the United States Air Force, she has received her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and an MFA in Creative Writing.
When she isn’t busy tapping away at her keyboard, you can find her binge-watching her favorite TV shows, daydreaming about her next vacation across the globe, or spending quality time with her spunky pet Chihuahua, Zayden.
Coven Eos is sent to Carnal Pleasures at the urging of his dying Master. Though he’s unhappy about the situation, Coven knows as an incubus, he needs somewhere safe he can feed. Angry and hurting, he doesn’t want to make a connection with someone new. With his emotions and life spiraling, he finds himself on a dangerous and destructive path.
