Social worker, Briana Hayes hadn't expected her job to be dangerous. After her roommate is killed and attempts are made on Briana's life, she turns to the Brotherhood Protectors for help. Fresh off active duty, former Delta Force soldier, Rafe Donovan's first assignment as a member of the Brotherhood Protectors is to protect the sister of one of his old teammates. How difficult can that be for a man who has faced overwhelming odds on the battlefield? Being confined alone with her in a mountain lodge will sorely test this confirmed bachelor's resistance. When the threat steals Briana away, Rafe comes to realize how much she means to him. He calls on his old Delta Force team to travel to the jungles of El Salvador to bring her back alive. After a daring rescue, Rafe and Briana race against time to save a baby from her evil father.

<p><strong><em>He was hired to protect her.</em><br><br>Samantha</strong><br>Someone doesn't like what I write. That's okay, erotic romance isn't for everyone, but I like it and it pays the bills. First, there were private messages on social media, followed by emails—both full of vitriol and venom. Coming home after a day out in London, I knew someone had been in my home. I got on the first flight out of London and landed in Chicago.<strong><br><br>Kingston</strong><br>A mercenary with a dark history. I thought I'd never see the light of day again until Robert Fitzwallace walked through the door and dragged me out. After two years of healing, Fitz recruited me to head up the operations for the new Cerberus Group in Chicago. Like our counterpart in London, headquarters are located over a lifestyle club—the Windy City's newest and best...Club Southside.<br><br>After pacing in...

<p><em><strong>I won't let my mate slip away again.</strong></em><br><br>I will have to use all my CIA skills to solve the murder of my father and clear my brother's name. My brother hired Kennedy Greyson, lawyer extraordinaire and my bonded spirit, to defend the family.<br><br>We have a past neither wants to admit to, much less try to fix. I move in a shadowy world that frightens and repulses her. But she knows the core of the man she's fallen in love with is honorable and worthy.<br><br>As a human, she is unaware of the existence of shifters. She must work her way through the mire of small town jurisprudence and her own feelings to solve not only the whodunit of Cyrus's murder but the secrets that lie at the heart of Looking Glass Falls deceptions.<br><br><em><strong>Author note:&nbsp; STRONG is a steamy, second chance, paranormal romance. It is a complete story in the Ghost Cat...

<p><strong><em>A predator prowls the Sea of Cortez, protecting a mystery that has been kept silent for almost a century—damning information that some are still willing to kill for.<br></em></strong><br>Mason Lockheart is a highly decorated Navy SEAL with a mission that he can never reveal to anyone... even the curvy redhead who's determined to bring everything up from the depths of the sea. Mason's family has been part of a clandestine patrol since the USS Kracken went down. He has taken on a solemn duty to protect its final resting place and its covert mission.<br><br>Twenty years ago, Shiloh Whitaker's mother was murdered to keep her from revealing what she knew. As a child, Shiloh watched as her mother's killers got away, running from her home into the black of the night. Now later, she's a celebrated marine biologist and treasure hunter, but her real calling is to find the Kracken and prove her mother's suicide was...

Some daddies are gentle. He's not one of them.Thom Lyndon has had his eye on Avery Jackson for a while, knowing full well that the Wild Mustang Security Firm's daredevil pilot is in desperate need of a firm-handed daddy, and after one reckless stunt too many he decides it is past time to take her in hand... and over his knee.Despite her protests, Avery soon finds herself kicking and crying as her beautiful bare bottom is very soundly spanked, but when she is made to stand naked in the corner with tears still drying on her blushing cheeks there is no hiding her body's response to the humiliating chastisement.When Thom claims her as thoroughly as he punished her, Avery is left in no doubt that her new daddy is in charge now, and it isn't long before she learns the hard way that continued defiance will result in even more intimate, shameful lessons in obedience. But with the firm's enemies closing in, will Thom and Avery's skill and courage prove sufficient to keep their friends safe?

She ran from her mate. Now she must be punished.Darby Callan doesn't want a mate, but it isn't up to her. Her old pack has been disbanded, and when the powerful, handsome alpha of a well-established pack makes it clear that she belongs to him, her instincts reveal the truth of his words despite her furious protests and attempts to escape.Jean-Michel Gautier knows that his new mate's past makes her wary of him, but an alpha cannot tolerate disobedience, and when Darby defies him he strips her bare and spanks her until she is sore and sobbing. Her beautiful body's response to his dominance is obvious, and his stern correction leaves her helplessly aroused, but before he claims her he plans to make her beg.Naked and quivering with desperate, shameful need, Darby cannot help pleading with Jean-Michel for the climax she has been denied, and soon she is crying out with pleasure more intense than she would have ever thought possible as he makes her his. But when the vicious brute who once hurt her comes looking for Darby again, can she trust her new alpha to protect his mate?

<p>There is legend that when the Big Ben chimes thirteen times, the lions in Trafalgar Square will come alive to roam the City of London.<br><br>Corinne Adler, Night Concierge for the famed Savoy Hotel, knows just how wrong that legend is for each time Big Ben has struck thirteen, demons have tried to escape their prison in another realm. The responsibility of being Guardian of the Tower Clock has fallen to her, a duty which her family has served for almost two centuries.<br><br>Eddy Chastain is the last of the reoccurring characters in the erotic romance novels written by Sage Matthews. He is a hacker extraordinaire and prefers to remain deep with the pages of Sage's books. But there is something about the Night Concierge of the Savoy that haunts him... a memory of sorts from a man who's creator never gave him much of a backstory.<br><br>When the stars align to cause Big Ben to strike thirteen, Corinne knows she and the lions must...

She never wanted to be a wolf. That won't keep her mate from claiming her.Taken captive, held prisoner, and turned against her will by the leader of a rogue pack, Shannon Livingston was just about to be sold at auction. Then an alpha wolf decided she belonged to him.The moment James Norris sets eyes on Shannon, bare and on display yet still fierce and proud, the former special-ops agent knows the beautiful spitfire is his mate. Disobedience quickly earns Shannon a sound spanking, and despite her fury at his bold dominance, her helpless arousal is undeniable as she is claimed hard and thoroughly with her well-punished bottom still burning.But when another band of wolves attacks the auction before James has time to put his rescue plan into action, mistrust born of harsh experience leads Shannon to seize her chance to escape. When her mate tracks her down, will she remain defiant or surrender to her instincts at last?

When her father's will leaves control of the family ranch to Ryder Malone, the very same man who once broke her heart, Sierra Morgan is more than a little upset. The last time she saw Ryder she shot his hat right off his head, earning herself a long, hard spanking on her bare bottom that left her sore yet helplessly, infuriatingly aroused, and she had hoped to never see him again.Ryder has not gotten over Sierra, and this time he isn't going to let her run off without giving him a chance to tell her how he feels, even if that means lassoing her and tying her to a chair.If she wants to inherit the ranch she loves, Sierra will have to work alongside Ryder for a year and convince him she is ready to run it. Though she plans to spend that year making his life a living hell, when she pushes the stern, handsome cowboy too far she soon ends up over his knee again. But this time her body's response to his dominance cannot be ignored, and when Ryder takes her in his arms and claims her thoroughly Sierra is left in no doubt that she belongs to him.Sierra is not used to doing as she is told, however, and when she is reckless with her safety she quickly discovers that Ryder will not hesitate to punish her in ways that leave her cheeks blushing crimson and her bottom sore both inside and out. His stern, shameful correction merely increases her need for him, but once the ranch is finally hers, will she still want him by her side?

Before he claims his mate, she must be brought to heel.Skylar Owen is not used to taking orders from anyone and the last thing she wants in her life is an alpha who will demand her submission, but her world is turned upside down after a band of rogue wolves attacks her small, all-female pack. Ordered to disband her pack so that she can be matched with a mate, Skylar defies the Ruling Council, only to be hunted down and captured.Though he can tell Skylar will be trouble the moment he sets eyes on her, Dylan Grainger knows how to tame a wayward woman, and it isn't long before the beautiful, feisty redhead is tearfully promising obedience as her bare bottom is soundly spanked. But Dylan quickly realizes that Skylar is much more than just a headstrong female in need of an alpha's firm-handed correction.With each passing day, he grows more certain that she is his mate, and he knows that soon he must claim her, mark her, and take her hard and thoroughly. But will she resist her instincts, or will her body's response to his bold dominance leave her in no doubt that she belongs to him?

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She thought she could run from her mate. Then he lassoed her.Riley decided years ago that she would be better off on her own, but when the alpha of the local pack finds out there's a lone wolf causing trouble on his turf he takes matters into his own hands.As far as Cameron Nichols is concerned, Riley will be joining his pack whether she likes it or not. Her only choice will be whether to submit to his authority with or without needing to be stripped bare and spanked over his knee until she is kicking and crying and promising obedience. When she chooses the latter, the Navy SEAL turned cowboy is more than happy to oblige.But Cameron knows instantly that Riley isn't just a feisty female in need of an alpha's firm hand. She is his mate, and she knows it too, despite her best efforts to deny it. No matter how many times she tries to run, he will always chase her down, punish her thoroughly, and then mount and claim her so roughly that all she can do is scream her helpless, shamefully intense pleasure into the pillow as her body betrays her and surrenders ever more completely to his demands.

She was not asked. She was claimed.Sloan has lived among shifters long enough to know what happens when an alpha takes a mate, but she never imagined that her turn would come to be marked and mastered. Until today...Today Gareth of Ravenscar decided she was his, and she wasn't given a choice in the matter.Now, with her cheeks blushing, her bottom burning, and the evidence of his rough conquest still dripping down her bare thighs, she is beginning to understand what it truly means to be claimed.

He's big, he's mean, and he's going to be rough with me.I hadn't seen Hoss Bishop since the day I stood him up, and I don't know what I expected to happen when I walked through his door, but I know what did happen. He blistered my bare backside with his belt and then rode me so hard I could barely stand when he was done with me.Hoss is a brute, but my life is in danger and he's the one man I trust to protect me, so I'll have to take everything he gives me. He'll use me hard and often, but maybe that's just what I need...

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For centuries he roamed the mountains, restless and wild. Then he chose me as his mate.He was a man once, long ago. Now people say he is nothing more than a myth, a legend, a story locals tell one another around the campfire. The tale of the mountain man who became a bear.But I know better. He saved my life, and he watches over me still. Because I belong to him.The man in him is old-fashioned, from a time when a headstrong woman was taken over a knee, but the beast in him is as wild as this land itself, and when he claims me it will be truly savage.

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She fought him. He claimed her anyway.Ruari of Clan Dundalk knew Arielle was his mate as soon as he set eyes on her, but he had planned to court her properly. When she arrives in his lands as an uninvited stowaway, however, he decides it is time for this beautiful, headstrong female to be taught her place over his knee.As she is led to her new mate's castle naked, blushing, and sore, with only a sheet to hide her helpless arousal, Arielle's fury at being bared and spanked is exceeded only by her desperate need to be thrown to the ground and ravaged by the brute who just punished her so shamefully.She won't have to wait long...

<p><em><strong>It was only supposed to be a brief liaison. One blistering visceral connection.</strong></em><br><br>Trinity should never have wanted more, Should never have wanted him... Zak was as sexy as hell, but there was something fierce about him. Something dangerous that called to her. Something lurking in the depths that took her breath away.<br><br>She wasn't falling for him. Trinity didn't need a man. But this time, she had to wonder, Had she bitten off more than she could chew?<br></p>

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<p><em><strong>Can she find love during the worst moments of her life?</strong></em><br><br>Harper Logan is the successful chef/owner of a company that supports the men who fight wildfires. When her sister is found dead in Yellowstone, Special Agent-in-Charge Colton Spencer is assigned as the lead investigator.<br><br>Harper's sister's death is bizarre – the cause of death not readily apparent but murder is suspected. They will need to work closely to piece together what happened in her last days. and come up with a list of suspects. <br><br><em>Can they find the murderer before he strikes again or will Colton lose the love he has found in another senseless crime?</em><br><br>This book was previously published under a different title/author name. It has been re-edited, rewritten, expanded, and has a completely different ending.<br></p>

She vowed she would never be mated. He claimed her anyway.Ava Rhys has always chafed at submitting to the authority of her pack's alpha, but when he tries to sell her body in return for money and influence, she decides she would be better off on her own. Ava's plans to live as a lone wolf in the backwoods of Maine are thrown into turmoil, however, when the local game warden makes it his business to take her in hand, and the battle-hardened former Army Ranger soon proves to be just as fiercely dominant as any alpha shifter.Declan Collins knows a woman in need of a man's firm hand when he sees one, and it isn't long before Ava is kneeling naked at his feet with her well-spanked bare bottom on display. Once he has taught her a better use for her sassy mouth, she quickly finds herself screaming her helpless, shameful submission into the bedsheets as he claims her so roughly and so thoroughly that she is left in no doubt that she belongs to him and there is nothing whatsoever she can do about it.With each passing day he masters her body ever more completely, never hesitating to punish any hint of defiance before using and enjoying her in ways more humiliating than she could have ever imagined. But when instinct causes her to bite him in the throes of yet another intense, desperate climax, will she lose him forever or will she end up mated to an alpha shifter after all?

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<p><em><strong>I did not believe it when they said you can hear the sword sing ... I should have. My life changed forever the day I acquired the sword.<br></strong></em><br>Gillian<br>Telling anyone you are a dragon shifter is difficult, telling your lover – nearly impossible. I have been hiding for years after escaping my origin clan and their plans for me. When the first dragon showed up I thought I had been found. But now that he is dead, I hoped he never had the chance to tell anyone where I was living. I was wrong.<br><br>Ford<br>Gillian was everything I could ever want from a woman. I knew she was meant to be mine, now I just need to convince her. I feel like she is keeping something important from me.<br><br>The odds are not in our favor - four humans against a whole clan of dragons.<br><br>Can we save Gillian when she is taken by her origin clan, even with the...

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<p><em><strong>What's more dangerous, stealing wild mustangs away from rustlers or losing her heart to the Texas Ranger who catches her?</strong></em><br><br>Etta Ross is determined to rescue the small herd of mustangs from the rustlers who want to smuggle them to Mexico for slaughter. To do so, she has to avoid running into the legendary Texas Rangers.<br><br>When sexy Texas Ranger, Brody Jensen, finds Etta wounded, stranded and on foot in the middle of nowhere, Etta is forced to come up with a quick cover-story to explain away her dire straits. Brody knows the fiery beauty wasn't out for a casual walk. He is bound and determined to protect Etta who is adamant she can save herself.<br><br><em>Can Brody find a way to tame Etta's wild ways while stealing her heart for himself?</em><em></em><br><br>This book was previously published under a different title/author name. It has...

<p>Working as an expert in antiquities never prepared me to be the wielder of Arondight, one of the last swords left behind by the knights of King Arthur.</p><p><br></p><p>Living on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, I see bank teller Paige Davenport when I make the weekly deposits for my antiques business. I wasn't expecting to see federal officers swooping in to arrest her for embezzlement. The evidence against her is daunting and her attorney seems ill-equipped to handle her defense.</p><p><br></p><p>Bennett Greyson is convinced that while Paige may be hiding something, she is no thief and vows to bring the might of Arondight and the Masters of Valor to see her proved innocent of the charges that have been brought against her.</p><p><br></p><p>Other Books in the Series</p><p>Prophecy<br>Illusion<br>Deception<br>Inheritance<br></p>

After she takes a job at the Crooked Creek ranch, Melody Jackson quickly hits it off with handsome cowboy Luc Girard, and it isn't long before she is begging shamefully for more as the ridiculously sexy rodeo champion gives her the ride of her life. But Luc is the kind of man who expects to be obeyed, and when Melody's disregard for his instructions puts her in danger, she soon learns the hard way that he will not hesitate to punish her bare bottom both inside and out.Luc's stern correction leaves Melody blushing crimson yet deeply aroused, and her need for him only increases as he claims her ever more thoroughly over the coming weeks. But when she is finally forced to reveal the secret she has been keeping from her employers, will Melody end up losing not only her job but also the man who has both mastered her body and tamed her heart?

<p><em><strong>Determined, Desolate, Dangerous.<br><br></strong></em>Flynn Michaels lived for the sea and for solitude. Only his call to the Kracken eclipsed his yearning for the pull of the tide. His fellow SEALs are his family, His duty his joy.<br><br>Until she crashed into his life. And everything changed.<br></p>

He conquered her. Now he will claim her.When Rowan inherited control of her pack upon her father's death, she vowed never to marry, and many a suitor has since been sent home disappointed. But Alaric of Ravenscar is no suitor...He is a warlord, never defeated in battle, and he has come to take what he wants. He means to conquer not just Rowan's lands, but her beautiful virgin body as well, and her efforts to defy him merely result in her being mounted and claimed with her well-spanked bare bottom still burning.Soon Alaric will mark her as his mate, but first she will be thoroughly and shamefully mastered.

<p><em><strong>It was supposed to be a sure thing.</strong></em><br><br>Ronin Gutherie, the dark brooding hero of the international Olympic trial thought talking Devon Cooper into a one night stand would be easy.<br><br>At the end of a long day of competition, Devon runs into the hunky Olympic gold medalist. After a major win on the Olympic qualifying circuit, Ronin propositions her and ends up nursing a painful injury as well as his pride.<br><br>When the next major Olympic trial is in Ronin's homeland of New Zealand, he uses the time on the plane to apologize for his behavior and convince Devon that not only is he not the player she believes him to be, but they have a future together.<br><em><br>Can he persuade her to give him a second chance and claim her heart or will she walk away again?</em><br><br>This book was previously published under a different title/author name. It...