As the new chief of security for a bunch of overpaid computer geeks, Jack McKenna has far more sense than to fall for one of his charges. When Toby starts following him around like a little lost puppy, McKenna quickly forces himself to step back and maintain a professional distance. But, when Jack hears some of the other men from the company hassling Toby, he can’t resist taking Toby aside and teaching him how to stand up for himself. And, once the lesson’s start, they soon take a turn into far more erotic territory.This free short story was first published in Kim Dare’s newsletter in December 2010. The inspiration image was chosen by JenMcJ.

Raised among humans, Ori Jones only discovered he was an avian shifter six months ago. Unable to complete a full shift until he reaches his avian maturity, he still can't be sure of his exact species.But with species comes rank, and rank is everything to the avians. When a partial shift allows the elders to announce that they believe Ori to be a rather ugly little duckling, he drops straight to the bottom rung of their hierarchy.Life isn't easy for Ori until he comes to the attention of a high ranking hawk shifter. Then the only question is, is Ori really a duck—and what will his new master think when the truth eventually comes out?

Erotica/Romance. 18717 words long.

Tayton remembers Christmas, Valentines, birthdays and all the conventional anniversaries. He’d always assumed this made him one of the good guys when it came to special occasions, but his new submissive celebrates the anniversary of damn near everything. Tonight seems to mark the date of an anniversary that’s particularly important to Denny. Unfortunately, Tayton has no idea what it’s the anniversary of...

Mark’s been working as a bartender at the monthly meeting of local female dominants for months. He’s played out scenes, he’s knelt, he’s served to the best of his ability, but he’s still yet to date any woman who inspires inside him a genuine desire to completely submit in the way he’s always desired. There’s one domme at the meetings who Mark longs to submit to—Olivia—but she’s never shown any interest in him, and he knows it’s not his place to approach her.  When he suddenly feels someone watching him across the room, Mark doesn’t expect it to be Olivia. He really doesn’t expect the interest he feels in her to be returned either. However, Mark needs to learn to expect the unexpected, once he starts obeying Olivia.

When Liam Bates volunteered to visit lonely patients at his local hospital, he expected them to be able to talk back when he chatted to them. But, when he’s assigned to visit a comatose man, he soon finds himself spilling out his whole life story in an effort to fill the silence. It’s not long before the peace and comfort he finds in the man’s hospital room becomes Liam’s refuge from an increasingly hostile world. Vampire Marcus Corrigan has been trapped inside his paralyzed body for over three years, unable to communicate with anyone. The chatty young man who visits Marcus quickly captivates him, and Liam’s softly spoken words soon have him determined to rescue the boy from his current life, but, unable to move a muscle, all Marcus can actually do is lay there and listen. There’s only one thing that can wake up Marcus. There’s only one thing that can save Liam’s sanity. Everything is about to change for them both, and it will change with a kiss.

Principles don't pay tuition fees. When Ryland's math scholarship disappears overnight, he has two choices. He can borrow money from fellow student Jason Burrows, who has very interesting ways of collecting debts. Or, he can volunteer to be thrown to the werelions. One night spent playing the part of a willing human sacrifice will give him enough money to finish his PhD. It seems like a good deal-right up until the moment he finds himself naked, blindfolded, bound and surrounded by lions.

Working as an assistant to an artist who spends most of his time painting nudes has made sure Samantha doesn’t turn a hair at even the most beautiful naked women, but Anna is something special. Samantha has been admiring Anna from afar for months. When she overhears Anna talking about a club catering to female dominants and their admirers, she can’t resist following her there. The only question now is whether or not her admiration will be returned...

Wendy has had enough of mooning over her colleague Lucas. The man might have the potential to be the hottest dominant she has ever met, but he’s made it very clear that he’s not interested in playing with her. Wendy needs something that can push Lucas out of her mind once and for all. When she hears about a special event taking place on a local estate, she puts her name down on the list. Lucas quickly finds out and warns her not to go. Wendy has no intention of heeding Lucas’ warnings. She also has no idea what the consequences of such an action will be…

All Constable Hadley wants to do is put the last few weeks behind him. As if being taken hostage wasn't bad enough, he's had to deal with all the stupid publicity that's surrounded him ever since. And the fact that he hasn't slept since that night isn't helping him feel any better about the world, either. The last thing Hadley needs is a shrink wandering around inside his head trying to dig up all his dirty little secrets. When he finds out he's being sent to Dr. Rawlings-the man he's had a crush on for months-Hadley knows his life has finally hit rock bottom. The only thing that could make things worse for Hadley would be Dr. Rawlings finding out how Hadley feels about him. But fate wouldn't be that cruel to him-would it?