GUARANTEED TO BRING SOME HOLIDAY CHEER! This VERY SHORT but equally sweet Christmas story featuring Wade and Nikki from SLOW HAND is offered as a FREE read by the author Victoria Vane. Spoiler alert: This story takes place the day after SLOW HAND ends so there is a bit of a spoiler. Having said that, everyone should already expect Wade and Nikki to get a happy ending!After the suspicious deaths of his online friends, George Kaplan, an Internet activist, suspects his own life is also in danger and has no choice but to go on the run. Can he survive the seemingly relentless pursuit of the man he knows as ‘Glasses’, a tireless hunter with a murder mission and advanced technology at his disposal?RINGLANDS is approximately 48 pages (approx. 12,000 words) in length and is the first of the Kaplan short stories, set in modern Britain.RINGLANDS is dedicated to the memory and work of Aaron H. Swartz, November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013. Champion of citizen-driven political change.Praise for Ringlands:"Gripped, from start to finish. There is a strong message here - world, take notice and act NOW, before it's too late!" - Abigail Hart

FROM EXCITING AUTHOR OF LGBTQIA ROMANCE GIN VANEBook one in the Southern Awakenings seriesBoth detectives know that there' s different kinds of dangerous— the obvious threat you clock on approach, and the one you never see comin' ... Colt Harkan' s not much of a laughing man, or he might more appreciate the biggest joke of his life. Fresh from his time undercover, that first day at Mason PD finds him partnered with Everett Kane— a man determined to stumble through life and still come up the golden boy.Makes it all look so easy, talking to people with his sun-bright smile. Everett just... cares. It' s like the man can' t help it.But even in Mason, Colt sees darkness at the fringes, and catching that State Rodeo case starts two unexpected obsessions: proving Patrick Combs was a murder, and screwing around with Ev in the backseat of their car. Seems to work out fine for them both, when Ev isn' t busy with his women or his...

Milla Vane returns to her exhilarating A Gathering of Dragons series, into a world of fire, demons, and passion in the midst of a great evil that will bring only death and destruction. Danger lurks in the western realms. Though an evil king has been defeated, a sorcerer warlord has risen and nobody is safe. This demon-possessed warlord creates magical terrors, attacking nations with the ultimate goal to weaken and demolish them before the Destroyer's imminent return. When Lizzan leads the Kothan army against these terrors, only to see her soldiers massacred and to emerge as the only survivor, she is called a coward. A disgrace. A failure. Shunned from her home, Lizzan now wanders in solitude through the lands as a mercenary for hire, until she encounters a group of warriors seeking new alliances with the northern kingdoms—a group that includes Aerax, the bastard prince of Koth, and the man who sent her into exile. Though they were former childhood friends,...

FROM POPULAR AUTHOR OF LGBTQIA ROMANCE GIN VANEBook two in the Southern Awakenings seriesThree weeks of playing taxi shouldn' t have him tied up in knots... Everett says he owes him for his help at Foxland, but Carver has long been comfortable in the shadow of his unknown past. He doesn' t need the former detective to search through his life for family. No sense in holding space for something he' ll never get.With his auto shop scraping by, he' s back to bartending to pay the bills— and while he doesn' t want to admit it, the perk of easy company is losing its shine. Too broke to refuse the work, he gets a tip about a sedan off the highway. But the man behind the wheel quickly becomes more than he bargained for.Daniel Henning may look like some bumbling academic, but when he brushes off the dig dirt, the man is downright gorgeous. He' s in town for three weeks and absolutely running from his baggage. Just like another...

Three Book Collection (The Wolves of Brittany, Books 1-3)

Reckless Scotland (Virtue, Valor, Kilted at the Altar, My Reckless Love, My Steadfast Love, My Passionate Love)

Three Book Collection (The Wolves of Brittany, Books 1-3)

A generation past, the western realms were embroiled in endless war. Then the Destroyer came. From the blood and ashes he left behind, a tenuous alliance rose between the barbarian riders of Parsathe and the walled kingdoms of the south. That alliance is all that stands against the return of an ancient evil—until the barbarian king and queen are slain in an act of bloody betrayal. Though forbidden by the alliance council to kill the corrupt king responsible for his parents' murders, Maddek vows to avenge them, even if it costs him the Parsathean crown. But when he learns it was the king's daughter who lured his parents to their deaths, the barbarian warrior is determined to make her pay. Yet the woman Maddek captures is not what he expected. Though the last in a line of legendary warrior-queens, Yvenne is small and weak, and the sharpest weapons she wields are her mind and her tongue. Even more surprising is the marriage she proposes to unite them in...

After the death of her family and the loss of her home, Beth finds herself in London, in a desperate situation which leads to a reckless act. Tom Reed, who is a master blacksmith, feels bound to teach her a memorable lesson about recklessness, even if this means taking her over his knee in a crowded square. Both the lesson and the man who delivered it are hard to forget, and Beth comes to see that the stern master blacksmith may be the one who can aid her in her hour of need. The only choice she has left is to become his woman, although he vows he will not be lenient with her if she behaves badly. Tom Reed’s ways are not only harsh, but gentle at times, and soon Beth begins to yearn not only to be touched by his strong hands, but also to find out the secrets mirrored in his dark eyes. This is book two in Her Stern Husband series and can be enjoyed independently. Publisher Notes: This historical romance is intended for adults only and contains elements of danger, suspense, sensual scenes and power exchange.

Reckless Scotland (Virtue, Valor, Kilted at the Altar, My Reckless Love, My Steadfast Love, My Passionate Love)

A rich heiress who has ruled her lands from an early age, Lady Alicia de Lancres knows herself not to be a meek, biddable woman and has already settled upon a husband who will suit her. Yet King Henry has other plans for her, which include Bertran FitzRolf, a decisive lord who puts Alicia over his knee for discipline in front of the assembled court in order to teach her a lesson in humility. Not even the powerful Eleanor of Aquitaine can save Alicia from a marriage to the stern lord who delivered the punishment. Forced to wed a man she resents, but whose hazel eyes and large hands stir strange sensations within her, Alicia will come to discover Bertran FitzRolf might not be such an unsuitable husband for her as she’d first thought. This is book one in the Her Stern Husband series and can be enjoyed independently. Publisher’s Note: This historical romance contains elements of an arranged marriage, sensual scenes, and power exchange. If any of these offend you, please do not purchase.

Guy Wetmore Carryl (4 March 1873 – 1 April 1904) was an American humorist and poet Carryl was born in New York City, the first-born of author Charles Edward Carryl and Mary R. Wetmore. He had his first article published in The New York Times when he was 20 years old. In 1895, at the age of 22, Carryl graduated from Columbia University. During his college years he had written plays for amateur performances, including the very first Varsity Show. One of his professors was Harry Thurston Peck, who was scandalized by Carryl’s famous quote “It takes two bodies to make one seduction,” which was a somewhat risqué statement for those times.

Valor: The Sons of Scotland, Book 2

She lost her drawl and traded her 501s for Roberto Cavalli, but she’s still a simple Carolina country girl at heart. Cassidy Cantrell sacrificed her own dreams to become the wife of a world renowned heart surgeon. But eight years later, she knows it’s over. Divorced from the man of her mother's dreams - Cass has to face up to the fact it's time to move on.  Looking to get away to a place where she can reclaim herself, she accepts an invitation to spend the holidays at a posh ski resort. But almost the minute Cassidy lands in Jackson Hole, she breaks a boot heel, sprains her ankle, and gets swept off her feet by a smoking-hot, blue-eyed Rancher. He never could have imagined his soul mate would show up in stiletto heeled boots.Jilted by his fiancée a couple years ago, Wyoming rancher Griffin Stone splits his time between a family ranch and managing investment properties in the ski resort town of Jackson. But something is missing. After placing his own desires on hold to look after his military brother's family, Griff longs for happiness of his own. But a rich, city girl from Florida who sprains her ankle after her boot heel breaks?"Sweetheart, boots like that are only good for one thing...and it sure ain't walkin.'"He thinks he has the city girl all figured out, but the more he learns about her past, the more he believes she just might be the woman of his dreams.

Five people are dead at a small Las Vegas newspaper... The police and the media are running with the "official story"... But Alex Vane is after the truth. ****Alex Vane was once a top investigative journalist. Now he peddles celebrity gossip and clickbait listicles, watching from a distance as his wife moves on with her life - without him. But Alex's past catches up to him when he learns that an old source, James Stacy, has been killed in a random mass shooting. James left Alex one last scoop: a 50-year-old hard drive that may contain a secret worth killing for...and the name of the one person who can help him access the data. That person is Quinn Rivers, a paranoid and reclusive computer expert who believes the CIA is tracking her every move. And she may be right. When Alex shows up at her door with the hard drive, armed operatives are right behind him. Now Alex and Quinn are on the run. There is no one to trust, nowhere to hide, and nothing but the hard drive to prove that James Stacy's death wasn't random at all. What People Are Saying About The Mockingbird Drive and A.C. Fuller: "The Mockingbird Drive is like if Lee Child wrote a John Grisham novel, if Grisham had been a journalist instead of a lawyer." -Amazon Reviewer "A talented new writer sure to do damage to the best-seller lists." -Robert Dugoni, #1 Amazon and New York Times Bestselling Author of My Sister's Grave "Elite Indie Reads anticipates that Fuller will soon be a household name." -Elite Indie Reads "Read the literary equivalent of heroin." -Amazon Reviewer Grab your copy today! Series List (can be read as standalones or chronologically): The Anonymous Source (An Alex Vane Media Thriller, Book 1) The Inverted Pyramid (An Alex Vane Media Thriller, Book 2) The Mockingbird Drive (An Alex Vane Media Thriller, Book 3) The Shadow File (An Alex Vane Media Thriller, Book 4) The Last Journalist (An Alex Vane Media Thriller, Book 5)--coming October 30 **Review Praise for Previous Books in This Series: "A keep reading until your eyes hurt book, each chapter more intriguing than the last...Elite Indie Reads anticipates that Fuller will soon be a household name." -Elite Indie Reads "The Anonymous Source evokes comparisons to John Grisham's finest--The Firm and The Pelican Brief--with a touch of Woodward and Bernstein's All the President's Men...A high-stakes, explosive debut novel from a talented new writer sure to do damage to the best-seller lists." -Robert Dugoni, #1 Amazon and New York Times Bestselling Author of My Sister's Grave "Read the literary equivalent of heroin." -Josh, Amazon reviewer "An ode to American news served just the way I like it--fast, bloody, and utterly righteous." -Roger Hobbs, New York Times Bestselling Author of Ghostman About the Author A.C. Fuller is the author of media thrillers and the creator and host of the WRITER 2.0 Podcast, a weekly interview show featuring award-winning writers and publishing experts. Once a journalist in New York, he now teaches writing around the country and internationally, including workshops for the Pacific Northwest Writers Association and the Royal City Literary Arts Society. From 2006 to 2008 he was an adjunct professor of journalism at NYU, and he now teaches English at Northwest Indian College near Seattle. He lives with his wife, two children, and two dogs near Seattle. 

Virtue: The Sons of Scotland, Book 1

When Beauty Wants A BabyChampionship bull breeder and former Texas beauty queen Delaney McCall was having a heck of a time finding a daddy for the baby she craved. A failed marriage left her with no desire for another husband, but finding the right stud to satisfy her needs presents a bigger problem that she could have imagined. And The Bullrider Wants BeautyAfter hanging up his spurs, bull rider Zac McDaniel wants nothing more than to fulfill Delaney's dream of having a family. After all, his best friend's ex has been his fantasy for years. Zac, however, has no desire to be seen as just a means to an end. And when Zac insists on doing things the "old fashioned" way, their passion explodes like a bull out of the chute...Some Bucking Is Bound To Happen While insisting it's all just a passing fancy, the more Delaney sees the softer side of the rough and tumble cowboy, the harder it is to keep her emotions corraled. Zac,...

Award-winning author Victoria Vane lets loose the fourth in the Hot Cowboy Nights seriesWILD HORSES COULDN'T BRING THEM TOGETHER...With exceptional talent and looks, cowboy "horse whisperer" Keith Russo once had the world at his feet — until his career was unwittingly destroyed by an aspiring filmmaker. After being rejected by his family for exploiting his Native American heritage, Keith has no choice but to turn back to his humble beginnings as a wild horse wrangler.BUT MAYBE THEIR PASSION CAN...Miranda Sutton always dreamed of making films, until wild mustangs captured her heart. But turning her grandmother's Montana ranch into a wild horse sanctuary proves harder than she thought. She needs someone who knows wild horses. Keith and the mustangs need each other. And while working together to save the herd, Keith and Miranda discover a passion as wild as the mustangs they love.Praise for Slow Hand:"Scorching...witty...a...

Friend. Liar. Killer? BBC foreign correspondent Paolo Bennett is exiled to a London desk – and the Breakfast sofa – when he gets a call from Mark, a friend from university in eighties Leeds. Paolo knew Mark as a dedicated animal rights activist but now a news blog has exposed him as an undercover police officer. Then Mark’s former police handler is murdered. Paolo was never a committed campaigner. He was more interested in women, bands and dreaming of a life abroad. Now he wonders if Mark’s exposure and his handler’s murder might be linked to an unexplained death on campus back when they were friends. What did he miss? Paolo wants the truth – and the story. He chases up new leads and old friends. From benefit gigs and peace protests, to Whatsapp groups and mocktail bars, the world has changed, but Mark still seems the same. Is Mark the spy who never went back – who liked his undercover life better than his own? Or is he lying now? Is Paolo’s friend a murderer?

She gave him a chance to bury his past… but the price would be his heartBurdened by the past…Orphaned at a young age and left to run wild, at eighteen Julian Price joins the fight against Napoleon in the hope of attaining honor. Devastated when his best friend, Thomas, is killed in battle, Julian returns home burdened with guilt, only to find his wastrel uncle has squandered his inheritance.Desperate to live her own life… Facing a bleak future caring for her aging mother and raising her brother’s children, Henrietta Houghton believes her chance at a real life died with Thomas, the only man who ever wanted her. But Henrietta is still full of dreams. When her wealthy aunt offers her a gift of ten thousand pounds, Henrietta finally has the chance to choose her own destiny.Everything has a price...With a fortune at her command, Henrietta offers Julian a marriage of convenience, unaware that she really offers Julian a means of salvation—not just his fortune, but his very soul. 

Valor: The Sons of Scotland, Book 2

The Desert was Never Hotter!Pride and passion vie for supremacy between a haughty young heiress and a savage son of the Sahara in this fresh new telling of E.M. Hull's romance classic.A haughty young heiress for whom the world is a playground... A savage son of the Sahara who knows no law but his own..."There will be inquiries." I choked out. "I am not such a nonentity that nothing will be done when I am missed. You will pay dearly for what you have done.""Pay?" His amused look sent a cold feeling of dread through me. "I have already paid... in gold that matches your hair, my gazelle. Besides," he continued, "the French have no jurisdiction over me. There is no law here above my own." My trepidation was growing by the minute. "Why have you done this? Why have you brought me here?" "Why?" He repeated with a slow and heated appraisal that made me acutely, almost painfully, conscious of my sex. "Bon Dieu! Are you not woman enough to know?"When pride and passion vie for supremacy, blistering desert days are nothing compared to sizzling Sahara nights...From the AuthorAUTHOR'S NOTE When first published in 1919, E.M. Hull's The Sheik was an overnight bestseller with over fifty  printings within the first two years of release. The book was also made into a silent film that catapulted its leading man, Rudolph Valentino, to superstardom. Given its huge success in its time, I have no doubt many readers will wonder at my motive in re-writing this romance classic.As a reader, I have always found the "forced seduction"/rape-to-love trope appalling, and have never had such mixed feelings about a book as I did after reading The Sheik.* It had so much to offer with its strong characters and beautiful descriptive prose, but it fell sadly short for me in so many other ways. I found the narrative too repetitive and the pace plodding. There was too much navel-gazing on the heroine's part, and far too little actual interaction between the hero and heroine for a romance. In sum, I loved and loathed it in equal measure. Nevertheless, this story captured my imagination and even though I had a number of other writing projects in progress, The Sheik held me hostage and absolutely refused to let me go. Once I began fantasizing about alternate scenarios, dialogue, and plot twists, I knew it was calling to me. I had no choice but to re-tell this story the way I envisioned it.While I have taken a number of liberties in my re-telling, the main plot, characters, and descriptive passages are largely unchanged. I kept everything I loved and changed what I loathed. Although my version is not completely devoid of violence (to omit all of it would only have watered down Ahmed's powerful alpha character), I have taken out the rape and animal abuse which I abhorred in the original. I have also thrown the bedroom door wide open.Most important, however, is my portrayal of Diana. Even though she falls deeply in love with her captor, my version of the character stays true to her strong and self-willed nature right to the end. While I believe The Sheik Retold will compare favorably to E.M. Hull's The Sheik*, readers of this book will be the ultimate judge. About the AuthorABBOUT VICTORIA VANERakes and Sheiks and Cowboys... Oh My!Victoria Vane is an award-winning romance novelist, cowboy addict and history junkie whose collective works of fiction range from wildly comedic romps to emotionally compelling erotic romance. Victoria also writes historical fiction as Emery Lee and is the founder of Goodreads Romantic Historical Fiction Lovers and the Romantic Historical Lovers book review blog. Check out her award winning Devil DeVere series and her contemporary cowboy series coming summer 2014 from Sourcebooks. 

Place Your BetThe Hotel Rodeo in Las Vegas has seen better days, but managing partner Ty Morgan has come up with a way to return it to its former glory. His plan looks promising until the unthinkable happens. Suddenly Ty is working for the boss's daughter. And Miss Monica Brandt, hot as she may be, doesn't share his vision...Roll The DiceShe left a fabulous career and a frustrated fiancé in New York to move to Vegas and save her father's investment. But now Monica is locking horns with a sexy cowboy-turned-businessman. What does Ty think he can do that she can't? All Monica knows is that she doesn't dare trust him--or is it herself she doesn't trust?...And WinThe battle lines are drawn. The stakes are high. And the attraction can't be denied--especially the more closely Ty and Monica have to work together. Some odds are just meant to be played, and with chemistry this electric, it may be time to grab life by the...

NOW AVAILABLE!A reluctant heiress resigned to her fate… Mary Elizabeth Edwardes has one of the largest fortune's in England, but has no desire to leave her quiet country existence… and even less to acquire a husband she cannot choose for herself. A dissolute nobleman bent on retribution… Trapped in a duplicitous existence since scandal destroyed his fortune and family name, Lord Hadley Blanchard has spent the better part of a decade posing as a disaffected exile while spying and seducing in the service of the English Crown.A dangerous game of seduction, and intrigue… When summoned from abroad by a former lover, Lord Hadley perceives an opportunity for vengeance at last. By employing the full measure of his seductive charm, he woos the ward of the man who destroyed his life, little knowing that winning Mary's fortune will mean risking his own treacherous heart.AUTHOR'S NOTETREACHEROUS TEMPTATIONS was very much inspired by the dark and romantic novels of the 18th century in which virtue vs. vice and plots to despoil virgins were very popular themes, books like Clarissa Harlowe by Samuel Richardson or Les Liaisons Dangereuses by LaClos. Similar to these classic tales, my story features an innocent country girl who, unlike the former heroines, is neither insipid nor naive, but still inadvertently becomes a pawn in a deadly game of revenge and intrigue.

One night, one tryst can change everything... Seven Sensuous stories by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Sabrina York, with bestselling and award-winning authors Maggi Andersen, Lynne Conolly, Eliza Lloyd, Suzi Love, Hildie McQueen, and Victoria Vane. Enter a world of passion and mystery where dashing heroes and dauntless heroines come together in a scorching conflagration that will will tip your world on its end. LUSCIOUS by Sabrina York ONE SCANDALOUS NIGHT by Maggi Andersen THE DEVIL YOU KNOW by Victoria Vane UNDER A SILVER MOON by Hildie Mcqueen MY DEAR MR. FORRESTER by Eliza Lloyd WHAT HE WANTS by Lynne Connolly PLEASURE HOUSE BALL by Suzi Love **

Even a lone wolf must one day claim his mate. I expected what I came for in Wallachia: a job as a governess and a fresh beginning, far away from all that tormented me in England. Instead, I found a sinister manor house with secrets lurking down every dim corridor. Eerie, erotic nightmares plague my sleep—inspired, no doubt, by tales of the village’s mystical guardians and my darkly handsome employer. Ioan Marcu is as enigmatic as the lands where he and his daughter make their home. The locals say that he is cursed, that he is behind the questionable circumstances of his first wife’s death. But I feel an almost supernatural pull toward him, despite the wall of solitude he’s built around himself. Our passion has reached a fever pitch, and I know we must confront the consequences of our lust. For Ioan is no normal man, and I may just be the key to his powers’ full potential.

A ROGER SHERINGHAM MYSTERY. When the Daily Courier sends Roger Sheringham to Hampshire, it's a job after his own heart. The body of a woman has been found at the bottom of the cliffs at Ludmouth Bay, and despite a verdict of accidental death, the local sighting of Inspector Moresby from Scotland Yard suggests otherwise. Unable to resist a little amateur sleuth work, Sheringham starts digging around. Events lead him down one blind alley after another as he attempts to rival Inspector Moresby and devise the correct theory about the tragic death of Mrs Vane.

Take your best shot, cowboy...Weary warrior...After eight years as a Marine sniper, war-scarred Reid Everett is back in his native Wyoming. He knows and loves this rugged land, so working for wildlife services to reduce the booming wolf population suits him to a T.Caring crusader...Wildlife biologist Haley Cooper is desperate to make a difference. Leaving the world of academia behind, she accepts a position as a wolf advocate to protect the animals she loves.Raw attraction...Their jobs set them on a collision course, but chemistry sparks like wildfire between Reid and Haley. They'll have to brave some rough territory if they hope to reconcile their polarizing views with a passion that won't be denied.Praise for Slow Hand:"For erotic passion and one-liners, the first in Vane's new series will satisfy." –RT Book Reviews"Deliciously wicked banter...rich storyline and vibrant characterizations make this an intense and...

 America's intelligence security is in the hands of a million private contractors. Now one hacker may bring down their entire system. Four months ago, Alex Vane's friend James Stacy was murdered by private security contractors working for the intelligence-industrial complex. Alex exposed the killers, but most of the system survived, including the amoral torturer known only as Amand. From within Cuba's internet desert, James's widow Innerva Shah seeks her own kind of revenge. After quietly penetrating the system of contractors that run America's security, she's launching the largest ransomware attack in history, with the aim of burning that system to the ground. But when Alex learns that Amand and his forces may be closing in on Innerva, he must make a desperate attempt to save her. With Innerva's surrender-or-die deadline only hours away, Alex finds himself in Cuba, threatened from every direction, and the only person he can count on is the wife he almost lost. Note to the reader: The Shadow File is Book 4 of the Alex Vane Media Thriller Series, but it can be read as a standalone. If you prefer to read a series in order, I recommend grabbing Books 1-3 in the boxed set: The Alex Vane Media Thrillers: 1-3. The boxed set leads right into The Shadow File, and it's the cheapest way to get Books 1-3. The whole series is also free through the Kindle Unlimited program. Complete Series List (can be read as standalones or chronologically): The Anonymous Source (An Alex Vane Media Thriller, Book 1) The Inverted Pyramid (An Alex Vane Media Thriller, Book 2) The Mockingbird Drive (An Alex Vane Media Thriller, Book 3) The Shadow File (An Alex Vane Media Thriller, Book 4)  

In rural Montana...Wade Knowlton is a hardworking lawyer who's torn between his small-town Montana law practice and a struggling family ranch. He's on the brink of exhaustion from trying to save everybody and everything, when gorgeous Nicole Powell walks into his office. She's a damsel in distress and the breath of fresh air he needs.Even the lawyers wear boots...Nicole Powell is a sassy Southern girl who has officially sworn off cowboys after a spate of bad seeds—until her father's death sends her to Montana and into the arms of a man who seems too good to be true. Her instincts tell her to high tail it out of Montana, but she can't resist a cowboy with a slow hand...Praise for Victoria Vane's erotic romance:"Erotic and sexy...absolutely marvelous." –Library Journal on the Devil DeVere series, a Top Ebook Romance of 2012"The Mistress of Sensuality does it again!" –Swept Away By Romance"With Ms Vane's...

A Breach of Promise Victoria Vane On the night of her betrothal, Lydia Trent receives just a taste of what ecstasy will be at the hands of her fiancé...and then he leaves her wanting. After waiting six years, and tired of being neglected by her exceedingly reluctant husband-to-be, Lydia decides to break it off. When Marcus, Lord Russell, receives Lydia’s letter requesting a release from their contract, he is stunned by her audacity. Confident he’ll have her eating out of his hand with his usual wit and charm, he’s determined to repair the damage. However, the headstrong woman she’s blossomed into is equally determined to thwart his every effort to win her back. Marcus discovers, in spite of her conviction to end the union, Lydia is more responsive to his touch than he ever imagined. He just needs to get her alone to unleash the promised passion he sees within his wanton virgin. Marcus will use any tool in his arsenal to exploit her weakness—his kisses, his hands, his mouth...her own body. In short, he’ll just have to ruin her!

A DEVIL'S TOUCH is an erotic romance vignette that can stand alone as a complete story, but also serves to bridge Book #4 THE DEVIL'S MATCH, and my forthcoming Book#5 JEWEL OF THE EAST (Salime and Simon's story)BLURB:In her last month of pregnancy, Diana, Viscountess DeVere, has barely settled into her new life and role as "the devil" DeVere's wife, when her increasingly restlesss husband receives an urgent summons to London. When Diana inadvertently discovers a message he received from a known courtesan with whom he was formerly linked, she fears her marriage is over before it has begun.

Prequel #2 to The Devil DeVere series - Library Journal Best E-book Romance 2012. The Trouble with Sin is a comic romp that follows on the heels of Devil in the Making. It is also a prequel to Jewel of the East . The Trouble with Sin … Is the devil within… Aspiring poet Simon "Sin" Singleton, has lived his life only for larks, laughter, and ladies of easy virtue, eluding defying, and flouting all manner of authority until his impetuous misdeeds finally catch up with him. Having lost his muse, his allowance, and even his friends by edict from a tyrannical father and puritanical mother, Simon is ready to drown himself in drink, until receiving an ingenious proposition that could change everything. The wages of Sin is…...twenty-five percent of the net!It seems a fantasy come true when Simon is offered an independent income by combining his two great passions— poetry and lewd women —by writing poetry about lewd women! Unfortunately, maintaining anonymity may be much harder than he thought… THE DEVIL DEVERE SERIES (in reading order) A Wild Night's Bride #1 The Virgin Huntress #2 The Devil You Know #3 The Devil's Match #4 A Devil's Touch #4.5 Jewel Of the East #5 PREQUEL VIGNETTES (in reading order) Devil in the Making #1 The Trouble With Sin #2 Ned's Folly#3 (coming in 2014)

Even a lone wolf must one day claim his mate. I expected what I came for in Wallachia: a job as a governess and a fresh beginning, far away from all that tormented me in England. Instead, I found a sinister manor house with secrets lurking down every dim corridor. Eerie, erotic nightmares plague my sleep—inspired, no doubt, by tales of the village’s mystical guardians and my darkly handsome employer. Ioan Marcu is as enigmatic as the lands where he and his daughter make their home. The locals say that he is cursed, that he is behind the questionable circumstances of his first wife’s death. But I feel an almost supernatural pull toward him, despite the wall of solitude he’s built around himself. Our passion has reached a fever pitch, and I know we must confront the consequences of our lust. For Ioan is no normal man, and I may just be the key to his powers’ full potential.

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Sarina and Vane reconnect this winter in a heart-warming and sexy Christmas tale. Join the Kategans for a special Christmas gathering! Sarina Kategan is having a difficult time this holiday season. Not only does she have two-year old baby Vince to deal with but her mate Vane insists on caroling to all of the pack members (and drinking spiked egg nog along the way!), which leaves her to stew on their recent troubles. Sarina is unhappy as of late with her mate, and her unhappiness has nothing to do with the caroling or the excessive egg nog drinking. It does, however, have everything to do with the fact that she wants a new baby and her ever-loving mate doesn’t seem too inclined to the idea. Well, Sarina is fed up with Vane’s dodgy shenanigans! The Kategan family Christmas holiday has Vane backpedaling to keep up as Sarina arms herself with the ultimate cold shoulder. She’s prepared to do battle, because she wants another baby and she’s going to get what she wants. Other books by T. A. Grey: THE BELLUM SISTERS SERIES (paranormal succubus romance series) -Chains of Frost -Bonds of Fire -Ties That Bind -The Fallen King -The Bellum Sisters Bundle THE UNTOUCHABLES (dark vampire and Were-filled world) -Take Me -Tempting Gray -Merely Immortal THE KATEGAN ALPHAS (fated lykaens meet their match and their mates!) -Breeding Cycle -Dark Awakening -Wicked Surrender -Eternal Temptation -Dark Seduction -Tempting Whispers -The Kategan Alphas Vol. 1 and 2 THE MacKELLEN ALPHAS (contemporary-style flair on these intriguing lykaens) -The Loneliest Alpha -The Silent Princess OTHER TITLES -The Vampire's Mate -Jace (Bodyguards for Hire, #1) -Midnight Sex Shop -Capturing Jeron -Ecstasy Overload -Hunted (A Claiming Novella, #1)**

THE DEVIL DEVERE Book #4 (Note: This is part II of Diana and DeVere's story as begun in THE DEVIL YOU KNOW. The entire series is designed to be read in order like a serial novel)Once burned twice shy... but when old flames come together...passion reignites...When burned once... Arriving in London as her goddaughter's chaperone, Baroness Diana Palmerston-Wriothesley wants to avoid her erstwhile lover at all costs.Once nearly consumed by passion, four years has reduced the former inferno to bitterness and ashes.By an old flame... A world-weary master of seduction, Ludovic "The Devil" DeVere is bored with his chosen life of debauchery.When Diana's charge disappears, she is forced to seek help from the devil's lair, and their mutual desire reignites with undeniable ferocity.Fire is best fought with fire... While DeVere is hell-bent to have her back for keeps, Diana is equally determined to bring him to his knees...by acquiring some sensual secrets of her own. ReviewStory Rating: 5 AMAZINGINGLY BRIGHT STARS!Character Rating: 5 of the BRIGHTEST STARS IN THE SKY!Romance Rating: 5 SPARLKING STARS!Heat Level: 5 BLAZING HOT STARS!Overall Rating: MORE STARS THAN THE GALAXY!!Can you tell that I LOVED this book? -Swept Away by Romance5 STARS "Victoria Vane provides just enough period detail to make her readers feel like we're actually there, not merely reading a story, but living it. A part of it. Many authors write historical romance, but not many do it as well as this author does. And can I just mention, this book has one of the steamiest, most sensual and sexually intimate scenes I've read. Beautiful and very, very hot." - Blithely Bookish 4.5 STARS  "Victoria Vane has written and delivered a delightful series and The Devil's Match is the perfect conclusion to this group ...It is filled with sizzling passion, heartbreak, humor and triumph ...  A Devil's Match has all that written within the scrumptious Georgian setting and with Ms Vane's trademark eye for detail that make her stories come alive." Rogues Under the Covers  5 STARS  "THE DEVIL'S MATCH by Victoria Vane is the cherry on the top of the best series of Georgian historical romance novellas I've ever read. THE DEVIL'S MATCH is hot enough to fry your ereader, heat your own wild imagination and leave you as satisfied .." Unwrapping Romance 5 DeVere-ly Delicious Stars!!! The Devil's Match set me on FIRE!! The writing is SUPERB!! The dialogue shines, and with every word you become more attached and invested in the characters. Victoria Vane injects witty, snarky humor and she is the "Mistress of Sensuality". - Swept Away by RomanceFrom the Inside FlapDeVere's gaze narrowed. "Why so concerned for my brother? One might think you have feelings for Hew.""What if I did?" she retorted. "It's no business of yours! Besides, your abominable machinations have already destroyed any potential of that."DeVere rose and came to her, perching himself on the arm of the settle. "My honorable and straitlaced brother could never satisfy a woman like you, Diana. He could never plumb the depths of your passion...unlock your secret desires."His voice was low and seductive, and the flickering blue fire in his eyes heated her insides. Diana fiercely tamped down the smoldering sensation that threatened to reignite feelings she'd struggled to suppress.  "And what would you know of my wants and desires after four years?""A great deal." He gave her a slow, confident smile. "Given that I was the one to unleash them."Diana averted her face with a bitter laugh. "Thus you presume to have an exclusive claim to me?""Has any other exerted one?" he asked softly. He reached out a hand and traced a long, manicured finger along her jaw. "You are still unwed, Diana. Have you taken another lover in my absence?""It is none of your business whether I have or not, and you are grossly impertinent to ask."He laughed long and low. "I think I have my answer."She glared at him, and thus they remained, silently challenging one another for an interminable beat. Then suddenly his mouth was on hers, taking, possessing, as if it was indeed, his singular privilege.Diana leaned into him, teasing his lower lip with her tongue and sucking it eagerly into her mouth before sinking her teeth into it. Hard. Savoring the coppery taste of his blood."What the hell!" DeVere jerked back with a cry. He touched his lip and examined the crimson stain on his fingertip, his expression a mix of outrage and bemusement."You took without invitation,"Diana said. "It was a warning not to do so again."

With the devil in charge, there will surely be hell to pay... What happens when a struggling actress and a grieving widower come together in a night of unbridled debauchery orchestrated by a bored and machinating rake? *** She's a lonely lady down on her luck. Phoebe Scott, alias Kitty Willis, is a struggling Covent Garden actress with a bruised heart and a closely guarded secret. He's steadfast and eminently respectable. Sir Edward Chambers, Ned to his intimates, is guilt-ridden over his beloved wife's death and has avowed to live out a rustic and mundane life...of celibacy. With the devil in charge, there will surely be hell to pay. Devil-in-disguise Viscount Ludovic DeVere is determined to return his best friend, Ned, to the land of the living. His meddling machinations result in a night of mind-blowing passion after which "Dull Dog Ned" awakes to find himself in the King of England's bed! A Wild Night's Bride, a sexy, rollicking Georgian romp!

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A Country Boy Maybe having a hot and heavy affair with the boss's daughter wasn't the smartest move. But country boy Ty Morgan didn't regret a moment with city girl Monica Brandt...until she left Las Vegas to return to her life in New York. When devastating news sends her running back, Ty can't help but open his arms. His heart, however, is another matter. And A City Girl Now that Ty has what he's always wanted--controlling interest in Hotel Rodeo--Monica is certain their time together is at an end. Then Ty asks her to come on board as a partner. Maybe it's just her money he needs, but the chance to stick close to the sexy wrangler sure could make work a whole lot more interesting. Get Ready To TangoTheir partnership doesn't come without a heap of problems. The two can't agree on anything--except their iron-hot attraction. As the hotel's Grand Opening approaches, the truth is all too clear: Ty and Monica must find a...

Ava found a new life. Somehow, there is someone who loves her—and not the kind of love that surges and then fizzles; she found the kind that grows steady and real.But something's wrong.Everything's wrong.The new life she's discovered comes with conditions. Hard ones and painful ones. And she can't be free of them, no matter how strong she becomes.And Cale...he would do anything for his Ava. He would fly for her, die for her. But he can't seem to keep a hold on her. Not when she keeps disappearing. Not when her secrets are bigger than the truth.And when the world spins out of control, the chaos in Cale and Ava's life is the only thing that could set things straight.

Two wary hearts ...Janice Combes has two loves, bucking bulls and Dirk Knowlton. But Dirk only has eyes for a dazzling rodeo queen. How can Janice ever compete while mired ankle-deep in manure? Exchanging playful banter with Dirk is all Janice can expect—until the stormy night he knocks on her door dripping wet and needing a place to crash.Different dreams...Dirk Knowlton is living the cowboy dream. Life should be good—roping, branding, backing broncs, riding bulls, but there's a void he can't seem to fill. After getting hung up by a bull, he wonders if this is really the life he wants. Restless and rebellious, he bolts...but there's a certain cowgirl he can't forget.When a battle-scarred Dirk returns to his Montana ranch he's determined to hang on at any cost. Janice has come back home to lick her own wounds. When old dreams turn to dust, can two wary hearts take another chance on love?Praise for Victoria Vane: "Erotic and...

Desperate times call for devilish measures. When the object of one's passion has eyes for another...it's time to take matters in hand! *** Lady Vesta Chambers is accustomed to getting what she wants...and what she wants is Captain Hewett DeVere... Coddled and pampered since her mother's death, Lady Vesta Chambers is beside herself when her father goes to London to prepare for her come-out and returns with a young bride of his own. With her world turned upside down, Vesta accompanies her godmother, Diana, to town where she is smitten the moment she lays eyes on a certain captain of the Seventeenth Light Dragoons. But when the object of her passion has eyes for another... Captain Hewett DeVere, younger brother and heir to Viscount Ludovic "The Devil" DeVere, has returned from the American war scarred, disillusioned, and looking forward to settling down to a quiet and respectable life. But when the handsome and straight-laced captain turns his eyes toward the widowed Diana, Vesta is prepared to take devilish measures to prove just how wrong he is. And the Devil DeVere looks after his own... Recruiting the aid of her godfather, Vesta vows to prove to Hew once and for all that she is no longer a little girl, but a woman with the passion of...a huntress.