Flash fiction piece about two girls who want to help their parents find love. Rated G

When a hard-nosed CEO must get married or lose everything, she hires her womanizing best friend to teach her about men, but as the lessons progress so does her alarm as she finds herself falling in love with him.Excerpt:“You deserve passion in your life, CK. Don’t you want that for yourself?” Her heart rate kicked up another notch, fluttering in her throat like a trapped butterfly. He was standing so close. “I’m sure whoever I find will work his way up to it.”“You don't work your way up to passion. It's either there, or it isn’t.” His eyes blazed down at her; a clear, hot blue full of promises that struck a chord deep inside her. “Have you ever been kissed?”“Don’t be stupid,” she sputtered. “Of course I have.” Once or twice. He leaned closer, pressing flat, hard muscles against her chest. “I mean…” Beneath the civilized veneer of fresh soap, a primitive, smokey scent vibrated around her; purely male and spiked with danger. “...really kissed.”She drew back in alarm. “Anderson, this is not in our…contract and I refuse to be...molested by—“He pulled her flush against him. She brought her hands up, intending to push him away. Instead, her palms were crushed against the powerful contours of his chest and the fever of him spilled into her, stealing her breath.“Rules don’t apply when there’s passion.” He slid one muscled arm around her waist and CK’s legs trembled. “When a man gets near the woman he wants, he can't think.”His mouth drifted down toward hers. “He can't breathe.” His other hand stroked up her arm, and then cupped her face gently. “All he knows is that her hair smells like flowers. That he loves the way her hips move when she walks away from him. That her stubbornness makes him crazy.” He stroked his thumb over her cheek. “All he can think about is how it'll feel when he finally kisses her.” Her attention locked onto the sensual curves of his mouth as he slowly, so slowly, brought his face closer to hers. “I…I thought you said he couldn't think,” she whispered, making a weak attempt to maintain control of herself.Ryan’s breath skated across her mouth in a light caress. “He also wonders,“ he said, his voice husky, “will she turn soft for him as he touches her? Will her passion be as wild and unpredictable as her temper?” He brushed his mouth lightly over hers. Yearning swept through CK like a sun-warmed wind. Her eyelids grew heavy and a delicious, languid feeling melted into her body.“Will she let him kiss her until she can't say ‘no’ anymore?” Ryan whispered against her mouth.

A deadly disease from an unknown origin… Addison Kittner and ex-FBI agent Cooper Daine arrive at Bone Clan expecting a warm welcome. Instead they’re imprisoned and placed under quarantine, where they discover that the werewolf mountain Clans are being decimated by a deadly plague which can’t be cured. An old obligation that changes everything… With only a few days to live, Cooper’s brother, Alpha of Bone Clan, asks Cooper to fulfill his promise, one that’s crucial to their Clan’s survival. But if he does, Cooper risks loosing Addison. Forever. An ancient creature bred for genocide… Determined to stop the plague and cure Cooper’s brother, Addison defies Clan law and sneaks away to an ancient ruin which might hold the key. There she discovers an unexpected link to her past and inadvertently calls forth an immortal monster that will destroy the paranormal races protecting humanity if it can’t be stopped. But as Cooper and Addison battle to stop the annihilation of the Clans and the forces trying to tear their bond apart, something even more powerful and deadly gathers just out of sight… And prepares to strike.

An heiress changes her identity and starts a new life away from her father’s ruthless, self-serving world, only to find herself falling in love with the slick, corporate player her father sends to bring her back."I read your book last night. I really enjoyed it. I started reading it around 9:30 last night and didn't go to bed until I finished it which was 1am. I can't wait for your next book." -- Judy H.“I read your new book with great enjoyment. It was well-plotted, well-written, and kept moving. Nice work.” – J.P. of New Jersey"I thoroughly enjoyed Seducing an Heiress. It is a quick, light read--a fun escape from everyday life. The characters are well thought out and likable, and the plot is fast moving." Susan B. of North CarolinaExcerpt:“Pull around to the back of the restaurant.” Dakota leaned forward to peer through the wind shield.Something was up with Dakota and Trey couldn’t figure it out. He couldn’t figure out a lot of things like how the hell he was going to talk her into coming back to work for Jamison. Usually he didn’t have any trouble finding the weak link in a person’s armor and figuring out how to exploit it. Dakota was different. She didn’t seem to fit any mold. One minute she was a sophisticated and elegant woman mildly flirting with him over dinner, the next she was barely able to look him in the eye.He felt like a squirrel on ice in a strong wind. Nothing short of luck was going to get him to solid ground. Trey rolled up next to her VW bug. Dakota hopped out of the truck with her bag of leftover food before he’d even come to a complete stop.She fumbled to unlock her car door. That’s when he saw the dog. It was rangy, but big. Some kind of spotted, scruffy lab mix…maybe. It came charging around the corner of the dumpster and headed straight for her at full speed.Sheer panic shot through him. “Dakota!” He banged open his door and jumped for the hood of the truck, rolling across it and landing on the other side. He tackled the dog just before it got to her. Grabbing it around the chest, Trey tucked his body and landed hard on the ground. The animal squealed and started yelping like he was killing it.“Hamlet!” Dakota screamed. “Trey, are you crazy? You’re hurting him!”She dropped to her knees next to him and the dog struggled frantically to get at her. “Get in the truck, Dakota,” Trey snapped, squeezing down on the animal so it couldn’t get away. “Let go!” Her fingers dug into his arm and she pulled on him like she was trying to break his grip. “That’s my dog!”Was she serious? “It attacked you!”“He was greeting me. He’d never hurt anyone.”“It has a funny way of showing it.”“He’s not vicious.”Trey stared at her over the thrashing animal. “If it kills you, don’t come crying to me.”“Okay.” Was that an edge of humor he heard in her voice?Irritated that she might be laughing at him, he let the dog go. It scrambled off him and took off. Dakota watched it go and sighed. “It took me a long time to get him to trust me. I hope I don’t have to start all over again.”Trey sat up. “Why does your dog live behind a dumpster?”“My landlord doesn’t allow pets.” She stood up and brushed off the knees of her jeans. “I can’t afford to live anywhere else, so don’t even start on that.”Trey got to his feet, his heart still pounding from the scare her dog had given him. “How was I supposed to know it—” “He.”“Was yours? All I saw was a stray charging you down like it...he wanted to rip your throat out.”She looked up at him. The corner of her mouth twitched like she was trying not to smile. “You move pretty fast for a pencil pusher, you know that?”

A tough teenaged girl hunts a serial killer in a paranormal dystopian world. Book One in the YA/New Adult paranormal-suspense series Shifty Magic by bestselling author, Judy Teel. Expect action, on-the-edge-of-your-seat suspense, and the perfect touch of romance.