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Gwen Riley is my former partner's widow and the object of my obsession. I've waited two long years for her heart to heal. Waited for a sign she was ready to allow another man into her life. I positioned myself to be the one she turned to and what did she do? Go out on a date with another man. Before tonight is over, my lovely lady will learn what I've always known--she belongs to me.

When Sheila Cartier discovers she has cancer, it causes her to take a good look at her life. She's been pretty satisfied with it so far, but if there's one thing that troubles her mind, it's the way she handled her divorce. Sheila doesn't want a do-over with her ex-husband. She merely wonders if she'd stuck things out, would it have gotten better. Had she made the right decision all those years ago?If the cancer causes her to meet her Maker, she'd like to do so with zero regrets. Enter Fantasy Island. Her fantasy: What would life be like if she and Grant were still married? The problem? Grant's dead.Zero Regrets is a spicy, paranormal, suspense romance a black heroine and a white hero.

It should have been simple. Drive to New York, perform a wellness check on NeeCee Jones for his best bud, Chad, and return home to Refuge, NC. If Bull has more personal reasons for wanting to see the aggravating human he can't get off his mind...? Well, that's his business. He arrives in New York, spare key in hand, to find NeeCee's apartment trashed, her paintings slashed, and her passed out in the bedroom.Bull does what any logical thinking man would do. He kidnaps NeeCee and brings her back to Refuge with him. With her sister in heat, that gives him three days to convince NeeCee they belong together before Tameka and Chad come running to the rescue. But with his mate, his alpha, and even his wolf against him, Bull will have to prove this is one mating that won't be denied.

I am the king of my world. My business makes millions. I had everything at the tipof my fingers until the woman I loved turned in her two week's notice. She wantsmarriage and a family, and feels she can't have it working for me. I'm not letting her go.She'll have everything her heart desires, but it will be on my terms, not hers.Note: Romance bites are meant to be devoured in one hour or less. Food is optional.

Parenting is hard work. Blended families? Even tougher.Nina thought she and Roberto were prepared for the challenges of combining two families. Before they said "e;I do,"e; they worked out a plan for dealing with the children and protecting their marriage. But when that plan is put to the test, will their marriage crumble under the strain?

Breaking point. Everyone has one. For Dr. Cassidy Brannon it was discovering her husband, Phillip, in a compromising position with his best friend Max's almost fiancée, Amber, while vacationing with the other couple. Angry and heartbroken, she and Max indulge in a night of drunken, vindictive sex. The next day, Cassidy returns home with one goal in mind—divorce.However, nothing goes as planned. Phillip, hell bent on fixing their marriage, won't agree to a divorce. What was only meant to be one, never to be spoken of again, night with Max is evolving into something much more complicated. Then Cassidy discovers she's pregnant. With both Max and Phillip adamantly claiming to be the father, how much more can Cassidy take before she's pushed beyond the breaking point?Beyond the Breaking Point/Broken is a non-traditional, second chance at love, contemporary romance featuring a black heroine with a white hero. This super novel contains spicy love scenes.

La elegante Catherine Brown es la mujer que necesito para llevar mi carrera al siguiente nivel. Es todo lo que podría desear en una esposa ejecutiva: atractiva, bien educada y refinada. Al igual que yo, Catherine tiene una educación de la Ivy League, una fuerte ética de trabajo y una gran necesidad de triunfar. Después de trabajar estrechamente con ella durante los últimos cinco años, y tres meses de citas exclusivas, estoy seguro de haber aprendido todo lo que necesitaba saber. Le pedí a Catherine que se casara conmigo y le di pacientemente el tiempo que pidió para decidirse. Entonces, una emergencia familiar hace que Catherine revele un lado de su naturaleza que no tenía ni idea de que existía. Ella hace todo lo posible por mantenerme al margen, pero yo estoy decidido a pegarme a ella como a un pegamento. Verás, Catherine puede ser la perfecta esposa corporativa, pero Tikki es mi pareja perfecta.

A blue moon's coming and for wolf-shifter Shannon McFelan, it's bringing nothing but trouble. Something she's got enough of already. Her body has mysteriously turned on her, going into heat for the second time this year at the worst possible moment. It will take all the cunning in her possession to survive this lunar cycle without ending up mated.Vampire Nikolai Taranosky knows exactly what's wrong with Shannon. He's the reason she's in heat. By the waning of the blue moon she'll definitely be mated—to him—despite what Shannon, her wolf, or anyone else thinks about it.Nikolai's Wolf is an erotic, paranormal romance featuring an Irish-American heroine and an Old World European vampire. If you like fated mates, star-crossed lover romances, this story is for you.

BEYOND THE BREAKING POINTBreaking point. Everyone has one. For Dr. Cassidy Brannon it was discovering her husband, Phillip, in a compromising position with his best friend Max's almost fiancée, Amber, while vacationing with the other couple. Angry and heartbroken, she and Max indulge in a night of drunken sex. The next day, Cassidy returns home with one goal in mind—divorce.However, nothing goes as planned. Phillip, hell bent on fixing their marriage, won't agree to a divorce. What was only meant to be one night with Max has turned into so much more. Then Cassidy finds out she's pregnant. With both Max and Phillip claiming to be the father, how much more can Cassidy take before she's pushed beyond the breaking point?BROKENMax Desalvo is a broken man. Two years ago he gave his heart, soul and body to another man's wife, Cassidy Brannon. And, he'd thought, his child. They'd made promises, vows. One year. One year for Cassidy to secure her freedom, so they could be together. Unable to be in the same city with Cassidy and not see her, hear her voice, or touch her, Max left. While gone he waited, waited, and waited for the call that never came.Now he's returned to Philly, his home. Running into Cassidy was inevitable, but she isn't the woman he remembers. If he's broken, she's shattered. Phillip, her husband, is dead. Why hadn't Cassidy contacted him once she was free? And why does she gaze at him with eyes full of hurt and mistrust, as though he were the one to break her heart?Max has a choice. Discover the truth of what happened and reclaim the love he's lost or forever remain…broken.Beyond the Breaking Point/Broken is a non-traditional, second chance at love, contemporary romance featuring a black heroine with a white hero. This super novel contains spicy love scenes.

Those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.When Nina Wallace made the crucial decision to leave the past where it belongs—in the past—her reward was a chance at love with the man of her dreams. But just because Nina is finished with the past doesn't mean it's finished with her.As she and Roberto prepare for marriage, old wounds resurface, former flames reappear, and temptation threatens to derail the future they're building together. While Roberto is convinced God brought them together, Nina struggles to silence the doubts that whisper otherwise.With every challenge designed to make her question their relationship, will Nina discover that love is Worth Fighting For? Christian Women's Fiction • Second Chance at Love • Faith, Trust, and Forgiveness • Premarital Counseling • Relationship Challenges • Christian Dating • Discerning God's will*mature themes

Life happens when you least expect it…Carol Scott has everything planned. She'll finish her studies, do her internship, and return to Refuge to help run the medical center being built by her pack—the Ravens. When the time is right, she'll chose a male from her pack to mate with, push out a few pups, and life will continue—nice, neat, and orderly, just the way she likes it.Then she meets Mark Johnson, sexy, handsome…human. Forbidden. A man who won't take no for an answer. He stirs her senses and even has her wolf sitting up and paying attention. What's a girl to do? Obey the rules or follow her heart and damn the consequences?Then the choice is taken out of her hands.Carol's Mate is an erotic paranormal romance featuring an African-American heroine and hero. If you like fated mates, forbidden love romances, this story is for you.

Cyn reads erotic romances to escape from reality. A reality involving a no good ex-husband, too many bills, and too many demands on her time. Her favorites are paranormal stories featuring dragon shifters. When she finds a winning lottery ticket, Cyn uncharacteristically decides to do something for herself and damn the bills. She contacts Fantasy Island Vacation Getaways, creating the ultimate dream vacation package. Only, she accidentally leaves out one, pertinent detail.Cyn's Dragon is a spicy, paranormal, romantic comedy featuring a black heroine and a Australian hero.

How does a young wife save her marriage when her husband is half a world away?When Evie signed on to be Mrs. Lieutenant Jonathan McCoy, she knew his military career and imminent deployment came with the package. Then Jon left, the months passed, and Evie discovered being a soldier's wife is a lot more difficult than she'd believed. She and her husband communicate, but nothing much is being said. Unwilling to burden her husband with her fears for their marriage and with no one else she can talk to, Evie's at her wits end.Then her mother forcefully suggests Evie attend one of the military wives' support meetings. Reluctantly, Evie goes and the advice they give her shocks Evie with its simplicity—write Jon a letter. Can a handwritten letter really save her marriage? And if it works, will she be able to hold it together until her soldier comes home?To Jon, With Love is a new adult romance featuring a college student heroine and her military husband.

Reyna Leoine has good reason to hate the vampyr after what one did to her mother. Her goal in life is to stay as far away from them as possible. When she compulsively accepts a dare to enter their domain—The Gladiator—Reyna questions her sanity. When the leader of the local vampyr clutch claims her as his, Reyna does the sensible thing. She runs.Tariq Bastien recognizes his Heart's Blood the minute he sees her sitting at the bar. After centuries of being alone, he has no intention of allowing her to escape him. When she manages to do just that, Tariq goes a little crazy.Tariq does what Vampaliens do best—he hunts. The more he discovers about her, the less it makes sense. No human should be able to escape him, and he'd recognize one of his kind. When he finally finds her, will the mystery of her past draw them together or drive them apart?Reyna's Vampyr is a science fiction, paranormal romance with spicy love scenes. Both hero and heroine hail from alien planets whose species have resettled on earth.

Kiesha Morgan is a plus-sized, bi-racial business woman who lives life on her own terms. Her life is all about control…her control. Kiesha owns her own business, her own condo, and conducts her relationships the same way she runs her business—by her rules. Any man that doesn't like it is welcome to leave.Alex Wolfe is the town of Refuge's only veterinarian. He's also a shape-shifter and the Alpha of the Raven Pack. He's been waiting for the woman who can complete him, his one True Mate. Even though the odds of finding her are slim, he refuses to settle for second best. Once he finds his true mate, he'll never let her go.Their worlds collide when Kiesha is snatched out of her nice, safe world and mysteriously teleported to a clearing in the woods outside of Refuge. She's out of her element, and things are out of her control.Life just got a little bit more interesting.Author's Note: True Mates is the first book in the True Mates series featuring fated lovers, interracial/multicultural couples, shape-shifters of all types (wolves, bears, cats, etc), and vampires. Each book is a standalone romance and can be read in any order, though reading them in chronological order will give you a greater familiarity with the characters.

Six weeks ago, Shayla Morgan, geek extraordinaire, fled the tiny mountain town of Refuge, North Carolina, as though the hounds of hell—or one horny werewolf—were on her tail. Now the time has come to return for her cousin's wedding and pay the piper in the form of one determined, red-haired wolf-shifter who believes she's his mate.After the hell of his childhood, Rory McFelan, alpha of the Sparrowhawks, is determined never to mate or reproduce. That was before the Creator dropped one feisty, irritating human female—with a scent his wolf wouldn't let him ignore—into his path right before a blue moon. In the few short days it took the full moon to wane, Rory found himself mated, with a pup on the way and his mate gone.Getting her back is the easy part. Keeping her is more difficult. He'll have to fight demons—his and hers—his pack, her family, and an unknown enemy determined to destroy him, any way they can.Claiming Shayla was instinct. It's keeping her that's proving to be a challenge.Claiming Shayla is an erotic, paranormal romance featuring a Black-Asian heroine and a Irish-American hero who is a wolf shifter. If you like fated mate romances that contain suspense and humor, this book is for you.

What would you do for a friend? What sacrifice would you make? This is the issue facing Gail Henderson when her best friend, Crystal Al Jabbar, asks her to be a surrogate for her and her husband, Rashid, using Gail's own eggs. Further complicating her decision is the loss of Gail's husband and toddler son in a fatal car accident, two years earlier. After much contemplation, Gail reluctantly agrees. Her decision sets off a chain of events none of them could have anticipated.The Question is a contemporary, multicultural spicy romance featuring a black heroine and Arabic-American hero who is also a multimillionaire. If you like complex story lines with lots of emotional drama, this story is for you.

Though she's moved on with her life, Zuri Buhari has never forgiven Rome for choosing his career over her. So when a situation in her pride turns deadly, the last person she expects to come flying to the rescue is her long, lost mate. He promises to neutralize the threat, but when the danger has passed, will history repeat itself?Sheriff Rome Barrio's been watching and waiting for an opportunity to claim the mate he left behind fifteen long years ago. When Zuri's life is endangered, he drops everything and rushes to her side. Now that they're together again, can he convince Zuri that this time he wants forever?Rome's Pride is a spicy, paranormal, suspense romance featuring a black heroine and a Hispanic hero who are both cat-shifters. If you like fated mate, second chance at love romances set in foreign countries, this romance is for you.

"e;Raul Santiago, an alpha wolf, learned a harsh lesson early in life—never reveal his true nature to humans. Yet, when he meets Angelica Ruiz, his human mate, she poses questions he can't answer without risking their connection. Returning from an assignment, Raul discovers Angelica gone. A determined bounty hunter, he embarks on a quest to reclaim his mate, only to unravel the secrets she's been hiding.'Reclaiming Angelica' is a sizzling paranormal romance with a Latino hero and a heroine caught between love and secrecy."e;

Deputy Chadleigh Wilson, former lone wolf and new to the Raven pack, was raised among humans in foster care. He doesn't know anything about true mates, but one smile from Tameka Jones and he knows he has to have her. He'll do anything to claim her. Once she's his, he'll do whatever it takes to keep her safe.Tameka Jones is baffled by her response to the handsome deputy. She came to Refuge to simplify her life. Instead, she finds herself surrounded by people who think they're werewolves, of all things, and now her dead grandmother is talking to her. But Chad's not the only person interested in Tameka. Someone wants her land and is willing to do anything—even kill—to get it.Tameka's Smile is an erotic, paranormal romance featuring a black heroine and a white hero who is a wolf-shifter. If you like fated mate romances that contain suspense, humor, and family drama, this book is for you.

Forced Seduction. Dubious Consent. Submission. Domination. These are the types of stories that make Janice Allen's panties damp. For years she's devoured every BDSM romance she could get her hands on. The older she's grown, the darker her tastes have become. When she runs across Fantasy Island's ad in a novel, she can't pass up the opportunity to experience it herself. Too late she remembers the old adage: Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.Content Warning: Story contains one angry hero bent on teaching the heroine a well-deserved lesson and role-playing which gets way out of hand.Fantasy Man is a paranormal romance featuring a black heroine and a white hero. The sex scenes are spicy with BDSM elements.

The Nina Chronicles are one woman's story of love, betrayal, and ultimately, forgiveness on the path to finding true biblical love.Nina Wallace is your typical American woman. A divorced mother of two, she draws strength from her faith in God. Fellowship with her church family keeps loneliness at bay. If, in the deepest dark of night, she sometimes wishes for a pair of strong arms to hold her tight, she quickly suppresses the desire. Nina has been there, done that, and still bears the scars from her last disastrous relationship. As a result, she's more than content to wait until God decides to send love her way.Suddenly, Nina has three men vying for her attention: Roberto, Ronald, and Timothy. Which one will Nina choose? More importantly, which man is God's choice for her? Faith, like love, is a matter of the heart. But what's a woman to do when she no longer trusts her heart?

Mary Elizabeth's life is spiraling out of control. Her twin sister was killed in an automobile accident. Her bereaved brother-in-law has decided now is a good time to renew their college romance, and her healthy, domineering mother is demanding she move home and slave, ah, make that care for her. What's a woman to do? Get the heck out of Dodge! She jumps on the promotion offered by her best friend, Kiesha Morgan, and moves to Refuge, NC. The last thing she wants or needs is a man. She's got enough going on in her life.Hugh Mosely, owner of Refuge's only eating establishment, as a favor to Alex Wolfe, good friend and alpha of the Raven Pack, agrees to rent the empty apartment above his diner to Mary Elizabeth and keep an eye on her. Hugh's also a bear-shifter actively searching for a mate, a she-bear he can breed with and continue his nearly extinct species. Despite his nearly overwhelming, explosive attraction to Mary Elizabeth, he has no interest in human females.Unfortunately (or is that fortunately?) for them, the true mate bond doesn't care about personal agendas. Watch as they both get caught up in the mating fever and try to fight their way out.Mary and the Bear is a spicy, paranormal romance featuring a big, beautiful heroine (BBW) and a Native-American hero who is a bear shifter. If you like fated mates romances with reluctant lovers, this story is for you.

SEDUCED BY THE LYCANEveryone has secrets...Von Washington has a secret. She never stopped being pen pals with her fiancé Derrick's former army buddy, Sean, and now he's come to town to visit.Master Sergeant Sean Jacobson has secrets. He's been in love with his former army buddy's girl, Von, for years and believes she feels the same. After his last disastrous mission, he's ready to do something about it. Then there's the other thing that happened to him…But some secrets are deadlier than others…Minister Derrick Wilkins also has a secret, and his might get one of them killed.Previous title: Seduced by a LycanSeduced by the Lycan is an erotic, paranormal romance featuring a black heroine and a white hero.

When bestselling romance author, Moxie Calhoun, is approached by her publisher to create a new vampire series, she's up for the challenge. Because she reads and writes contemporary, Moxie researches by reading every vampire romance and watching every vampire movie she can get her hands on. At the end Moxie makes a startling conclusion, she just doesn't find vampires sexually appealing. As a writer she has no doubt she can create a realistic vampire for her readers, but how can she make him sexy enough to fall in love with when the whole idea of vampires leaves her feeling "e;Meh."e;Obviously, she needs to take her research to the next level. Enter Fantasy Island. Since vampires don't exist in the real world, Moxie requests to meet a variety of vampires, face-to-face, in the hopes doing so will spark some flame of interest. Unfortunately, her plan succeeds all too well.Moxie's Vampire is a spicy, paranormal romance featuring a big, beautiful black woman and a British hero.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure. Or so the saying goes. Nina has cause to wonder if she and Roberto Ortega might have been just a little too hasty in saying "e;I do."e; They say the first year of marriage is the hardest, but neither of them expected the challenges to come so quickly. When their faith is put to the test, will the pressures of life drive them apart? Or will their love for each other—and for God—give them the strength to triumph, no matter what the enemy throws their way?*mature themes Faith under pressure | marriage and ministry | women's faith journey | pregnancy crisis | spiritual growth | marriage under pressure | Black Christian woman

When Catrina Jackson ducked into her hotel's jazz bar, all she wanted was a chance to unwind after a long drive and a drink to soothe the disappointment of being stood up by the friend she'd come to see. She figured the massive diamond wedding set on her finger would deter any would be attractors. She was wrong. When also married hunky Darius Cornelio suggested they sit together to avoid unwanted attention, she thought it was a great idea.His presence protected her from other men in the bar, but who was going to protect her from him?Illicit Attraction is a contemporary fantasy romance featuring a big, beautiful and black heroine and a Italian-American hero. The love scenes are spicy.

Traci Quarterman thinks their marriage is over. Her husband, Rick, is determined to prove her wrong. He'll need a blindfold, a few scarves, and a whole lot of trust from Traci to make things right between them.Previous Title: A Matter of TrustTrust Me Tonight is an erotic, contemporary romance featuring a big, beautiful and black heroine and a white hero. The loves scenes feature spanking and light bondage.

When wolves play…Alex Wolfe is a workaholic. The words relax and delegate aren't in this alpha male's vocabulary. Fortunately, Alex has a mate who knows just what he needs. Needing alone time with her mate before the birth of their first child, Kiesha plans a surprise vacation just for the two of them. It's a battle of wills, but for this week only, Kiesha's determined to be the alpha-in-charge.