by P. C. Cast (Editor), Heather Brewer , Rachel Caine , Claudia Gray , Nancy Holder , Jeri Smith-Ready , Lili St. Crow Now Eternal: More Love Stories With Bite presents all-new YA stories featuring vampires, the romantic heroes and heroines that still hold the reading public enraptured. A mix of writers from the first anthology and new contributors makes for a fresh new collection with all of the dark romance of its predecessor, and a book that’s sure to thrill vampire romance fans old and new.

Love, Eternal is a short fairy tale about the power of love.Logan and Jacqueline's love draws the ire of an evil witch who grants the two of them eternal life, but with a price. They will live out eternity apart, never again to feel love's embrace.Can they break the curse?The year is 2250.Post holocaust.Humanity's once expansive civilizations have been laid to waste, a victim of their own innovations, desires and foolhardy concepts of progress. The first cataclysm was an ideological war between factions who, although adhered to largely the same principals and structure, were separated by a rift in mythology and scripture. This was syntax, not semantics. However, those at the top knew that this rift was simply a front, since the real situation concerning mankind was that of overpopulation and the dwindling of resources. As it is politically incorrect to fight wars based on the simple principal of supply and demand, increasing extremism on both sides and the polarizations of the so called ideologies were pumped to the masses as the sole reason for their respective struggles.Despite this lack, technology continued to advance on both sides, spurred on by the real and present danger of being subjugated and persecuted should the other side win. Atrocities piled on top of atrocities and a complete ban on communication meant that the separate civilizations eventually no longer considered the other side as human.However, the war was not the cause.To sustain the ever increasing need for resources, scientists had long since pulled out the safeguards and checkpoints that regulated the progress of technology. Thus, a combination of genetic mutations, caused by medical advances that cured diseases through altering DNA and rouge nano-machines that had also evolved, mechanically as opposed to biologically, to wreak havoc on the balance of nature and topple of human being from the top of the predatory pyramid on Earth.Now the expanses of the globe had been rendered largely uninhabitable. To step outside of a protected zone, sealed off by the massive infrastructure projects that isolated humans with their own air, food and water from the majority of the planet would mean certain death.But there was still war.

Set in A British castles warm stone kitchen in the misty predawn, a group of people linked by an ancient heritage set out to bake delicious treats for their loved ones still dreaming on this cold wet morning.The love of A mother and will never pass, a group of mothers meet once a week in a 18th century stone kitchen to bake treats for their loved ones as they sleep.Surrounded by characters who delight in annoying the women and creating havoc,this story is a sweet and loving tribute to all mothers.

I'm Lieshe St. James–quirky, curvy, and thirty. As the proud owner of Grimm, an oddities and curiosity store, strange and unusual is my nine-to-five. Off the clock, though–well, there is no such thing. As a result, the only men in my monotonous life are Van Helsing, the shop's skeleton mascot, and Lucifer, my hateful cat. What begins as a welcome change soon turns sinister when I am pursued by not just one, but two mysterious men. First, my new, but inexplicably familiar nameless neighbor, who is convinced I already belong to him. Then, the fiery and charming Luke Devlin, whose deviant French whispers ignite my hidden desires. As I am drawn deeper into their world of shadowy secrets, haunting dreams blur the lines between fantasy and reality until my life mirrors Grimm's macabre essence. Do I submit to Luke's beckoning darkness, find love in the enigmatic embrace of the familiar stranger, or be my own hero by staying true to myself? Love...

A moving love story with elements of sci-fi and humor and an epigraph from Nietzsche. A meditation on time and timelessness, memory and forgetting. A drama of an immortal man falling for a mortal woman. Read it if you want to learn what it is like to be immortal living amidst mortals, and whether love can truly be eternal in a world where everything is transient and fleeting...A moving love story with elements of sci-fi and humor and an epigraph from Nietzsche. A meditation on time and timelessness, memory and forgetting. A drama of an immortal man falling for a mortal woman. Read it if you want to learn what it is like to be immortal living amidst mortals and whether love can truly be eternal in the world where everything is transient and fleeting...A beautiful young woman in a university town meets a man at a bus stop. She doesn't realize that he is much older than he looks, because he doesn't age. A whirlwind romance follows, and they settle in a small single-story house, their future home of many decades and the only house she will ever own. Eventually the man moves to New York City and resurrects her in his memory in a truly astonishing way.The author created a web site dedicated to this story, eternallove.love, with a few extras including a detailed floor plan and furniture layout of the dwelling of its heroes.

Romance, Mystery, Time Travel adventure and more is what you'll experience as Meghan, a time healer, travels through time to the mysterious city of New Orleans to enlist the help of scientist, Logan Dupré'. The story maintains a steady and intense pace that will leave you coming back for more!

Love Eternal By H. Rider Haggard

Her Eternal Love is set in the dark Realm of Shadows, where you'll find supernatural, immortal, and sinister beings. Yet, even here, the bonds of blood are strong and love is eternal. But can they withstand a looming prophesy and the uninvited beasts who dare threaten the realm?Elena left the dark Realm of Shadows because of a decree set forth by the governor, Countess Domnina. The order prohibits Elena and her true love, the vampire Decio, to ever be together. The rules set forth by the countess are never to be questioned, and never have been—until now. Elena has grown into a defiant young woman over the years and has decided she will no longer suffer the pain of living without her soul mate. When she confronts the countess, however, she is reminded that the Realm of Shadows can be a quite surprising and very dangerous place.

There is a great divide between Vampires and Werewolves. There has been for centuries. But can Erik and Phoenix's love reunite the rival packs or will Kade, Eriks brother destroy any chance they get.Join Erik and Phoenix as they fall in love while having to fight for their lives against Kade, Eriks possessive brother through blood and creator.Have you ever questioned that Vampires and Werewolves exist? Have you ever thought that you would someday fall in love with someone who is wrong but so completely right?***Phoenix wants to live a normal life but this will never happen because she is a werewolf. She’s lived through horrendous wars and lost people close to her. Because of this, she has shut herself out of society choosing to stay safe rather than live the life she should, one without fear.Enter the gorgeous, dark and mysterious stranger, Erik. Phoenix feels a strong attraction to Erik. He could be the perfect reason for Phoenix to start living again. However, Erik doesn’t appear to be the person Phoenix thinks he is.Phoenix must learn to trust her heart, but whilst she battles between her head and her heart, can the two of them work together to break the age old war between vampires and werewolves?Are they willing to risk everything including losing their own lives?

Nothing is the same anymore. Everything has changed. Even me. The power that runs through my veins makes me a target. But I won't run, not until I've saved my mother from an execution she does not deserve. The Elders want her dead for breaking one of their cardinal laws—laws they've put in place to ensure control over all species. Now, it's up to me to end their rule with the magic I carry inside me. But every spell, every move I make comes at a price; and I was okay with that. Until I discovered I have more to lose than I ever could have imagined. With both Luke and Marcus at my side I have no choice but to do everything I can to keep the truth from them. This deadly secret I carry has the potential to ruin everything we've fought for. But in the end a decision needs to be made...and I'll have to be the one to carry the consequences. If you love paranormal creatures, twists and...

Life has not been kind to Lydia Bryant – and love has been downright cruel. Orphaned at 16 and brought up by her uncle, a Shropshire Rector, she marries Donald, a handsome soldier many years her senior at 21. But tragedy strikes once more as his terrifyingly violent mood-swings are revealed, condemning her to a lifetime of torture and torment.So when Donald dies, some 6 years later, her first thought is that she is free at last! Free of her hateful husband, but facing a life without love. Throwing off the shackles of stiflingly shallow English Society, Lydia embarks on a thrilling adventure – and, from genteel Malvern via the heat and hustle of Cairo, she finds herself in the parched and primitive Sudan – surely the last place on Earth anyone would hope to find love?

Courage is born when hope overcomes fear. -Georgiy Konisky Faced with the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine, this collection of authors gathered together to light a small flame of love and hope in the face of fear and darkness. We hope that these romance stories will bring a smile to your face and help remind you that even amid disaster, that love is eternal. All proceeds will be donated to charities to help the people of Ukraine. This is a multi author anthology. Stories may come with a trigger warning and end on a cliff-hanger please beware before reading. Authors Include Tamara White, Joely Sue Burkhart, Alexis Taylor, Beth Hendrix, Hannah Morse, Regina Frame, Rowan St. George, Linny Lawless, Leigh Kelsey, Kate Bonham, Sarah Stein, Pandora Snow, Leaona Luxx, Jewel Lynn, Haley Rhoades, Kelly Lord, Ruby Wolff, C.A. King, & Solamae Reigns.

Life and death can be a blessing, but only love is eternal. Dhani has never been afraid to love and hope freely with all his heart, despite the suffering he had endured growing up. Inadvertently drawn into a war that could bring about the annihilation of his kind by the God of Destruction, Roh Se Kahn, Dhani fiercely clung to his friendship with Keenan, the very son of the power-hungry god. Dhani refuses to let Keenan battle alone against the cruelties of his father. It was his love for Keenan that gave him the courage to sacrifice himself in order to save his friend, trading his freedom for the dark prison realm he helped send Roh Se Kahn to, with no hope of ever returning to his former life. Tailor, a loyal protector of the leader of the Ba'Kal, had already found and lost his mate. His guilt over his mate's death causes him to foolishly spurn the one thing that could make him whole again—the impossible gift of a second chance in the form of a new...

At the ripe old age of twenty-nine, Veronica Mason has given up on the very idea of love. After a childhood blighted by addiction and foster homes and an engagement that ended with no reason given, she's built walls so big it would take dynamite to destroy them. Then she meets Julie and those walls begin to crumble. At the age of twenty-two, Julie Summers is ready to embark on her last year of college. Positive, happy-go-lucky and drop-dead gorgeous, Julie has the world at her feet. And then she meets Veronica. She's instantly bewitched by her beauty and wants to be the one who chases all her shadows away. As both women learn more about each other, will it bring them closer together or drive them apart? **

Paranormal Romance novella - sensual -A knight...A lady...And a deadly dark secret...A fiend dwells in the forest and Sir Liam Cantwell sets out to slay it. Only the fiend is a fair maiden named Glamis Drui. Will Liam fall prey to her deadly embrace or will his knightly charms be her undoing?

This is a work of fiction, and the central characters in the story, Mark and Faith, are not intended to represent any person, living or dead. As any sport enthusiast knows, the winner of the 100 metres at the 1956 Olympic Games was Jon Henricks, who also won a gold medal in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay. Apart from these facts, there is no parallel in the lives of Mark and Jon.The names of the other athletes, Kevin O'Halloran, Murray Rose, John Devitt and so on, and the times in the events have been retained to add authenticity to the story. In no way is this novel meant to detract from the brilliant performances in 1956 of the then world's greatest sprinter, Jon Henricks.As for Mark's coach, Terry Somerville, there was such a coach, who produced at Clovelly, Sydney, some of Australia's best sprinters, such as Jack Campbell. Because he is largely a forgotten man in Australian swimming and yet contributed a great deal to the sport, his name was utilized in this novel as...

Arianna Taylor recently left her abusive boyfriend who berated her about her weight. Being the CEO of Angels for Heros, she had no problem immersing herself in her work. She had vowed that she wanted nothing to do with men any time soon until she nearly collides with a beautiful stranger at a benefit for her organization. Landon Holt is a retired Marine and the Chief Executive at the local military hospital. Since he’d come home from war Landon was battling his own demons until the day he met Arianna. He didn’t understand it but just in those 30 seconds in her presence he felt at peace. He knew there was something about her and he needed her in his life. Can they overcome their own personal battles to find love, and with a shadow looming even closer, will their affection be enough to overcome all the obstacles?

All you need is time... (A Jessika Fevrier chronoromance) Time is of the essence.  Time is life's most precious commodity.  Time is this, time is that.  Time is everywhere, a part of every single thing we do, and yet time is uncontrollable, unreachable, unattainable... Or is it? Misa lives in a world where people trade their lives away in exchange for prosperity, as a show of love and affection, or in order to grasp at a chance for a better future.  Time is important, a means to an end, but what if the results are part of the problem? What happens if you don't have any more time? Love is of the essence.  Love is precious.  Love is this, love is that.  Love is everywhere, a part of every single thing we do, and yet love is uncontrollable, unreachable, unattainable... What happens if you don't have time for love? (This scintillating chronoromance of love and ambition is ~5,200 words in length)