He twisted away, but her hands were still there. Burning him. Whispering across his chest like wind over water. He shivered. He sweat. He gasped for air but inhaled only her scent. He reached for sanity and found his fingers entangled in short, satiny hair. He opened his eyes and found them captured by hers. Huge, dark, innocent. Imploring, hot, sexy eyes, staring down at him as he lay trembling with desire on his bed. And he knew he was lost. He lifted his arms, slid them around her small body to pull her down to his chest. Parted his lips to taste her succulent mouth. . .

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Librarian's Note: Alternate cover edition for ASIN# B00KJUYBAQ. Dreams of the future, dreams of love and happiness, dreams of being able to move on and get past the heartache that still resides in his soul, Chase Walker believes things are finally starting to look up. But are they really? When Chase suffers a devastating injury on the football field, his life is thrown into a tailspin once again. Feeling like he’s lost his identity, he struggles with keeping his relationship with Brittney from falling apart, while also trying to find out who he really is inside. But when dreams from the past resurface, causing old feelings to rise anew and clash with the life he’s living now, Chase is left to wonder if all he has is Chased Dreams.

I never thought a pecker would get me in so much trouble.I mean, sure… if you're talking about a certain anatomical feature of mine that the ladies just love. Given my bachelor status and appreciation for all things curvy and feminine, I could absolutely see that. But a different pecker is making my life much harder than it needs to be.My name is Ford Daniels, partner at the law firm of Knight & Payne, and my latest case has me wading through the finer points of peckers—woodpeckers that is. Specifically, the red-cockaded woodpecker. I swear, I can't make this stuff up but that's what the sexy-as-hell blonde chained to a tree told me this morning. Her name is Viveka Jones and she is so much more than a pretty face. She's got wit, charm, and razor-sharp smarts. Turns out my client is looking to bulldoze the red-cockaded woodpecker's natural habitat in favor of a multimillion-dollar subdivision and the sexy attorney with legs for days (and...

Love, terror and 21st century life! From the heart of cosmopolitan Liverpool come nine thrilling views of modern living.Blood-drinkers, killers and secrets. Old sorrows and new beginnings. The light and dark of human life set against the glittering backdrop of a reinvigorated city.City Stories. Tales of life today.After her husband's death, single mother Meredith just wants to raise her son in peace--until her handsome young co-worker Christian catches her eye. Dazzled by Christian's hypnotic seduction, Meredith goes home with him against her better judgment, to his apartment in the dark underbelly of Detroit. Big mistake. For Christian's easy smile hides deadly secrets, and he wants more than a one-night stand. He wants to keep Meredith forever. PRELUDE is a short story prequel to the crime horror-thriller series SO DAMN BEAUTIFUL, a finished trilogy intended for adults. The other books in the series include:1. So Damn Beautiful: The Lonely One (So Damn Beautiful, #1)2. So Damn Beautiful: Children's Home 5 (So Damn Beautiful, #2)3. So Damn Beautiful: Lost Sanctum (So Damn Beautiful, #3)

His return means a second chance Or a threat to her life... Marissa Noll has built a good life for herself since Jared Miller left her for the rodeo circuit. When he returns to their hometown injured from a bad bull ride, her desire for him sparks back to life—and she realizes that she's being stalked. Is the timing just a coincidence, or is she a fool to trust a man who's already hurt her once? From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.

Three supernatural tales of three people bound by sadness and hope in Pennsylvania's dark coal mining country. A young girl and her mother attempt to escape her abusive father, a lonely mailman receives a letter from his long-dead parents, and a retired woman finds a mysterious locomotive waiting for her in her backyard. Three tales showing that even in darkness, light can shine.In Northeastern Pennsylvania, the scars of coal mining lie in black fields and mounds of waste coal called culm. And the people who carry the scars of heartbreak and desperation during one Christmas season find hope in the strange and the supernatural: A young girl and her mother attempting to flee an abusive father find help in the form a mysterious abandoned semi-trailer. A lonely young mailman who delivers mail to a strange, isolated cottage and who feels his life has been a complete failure receives a letter from his long-dead parents. And a retired woman contemplating life after losing her husband and living alone awakens one morning to find a black train sitting on abandoned railroad tracks behind her house, waiting for her to take the next step. Three tales bound by the black fields of Pennsylvania coal and the light of life that exists even in the darkest of shadows. Three tales of a Christmas in Culm.Downloaded thousands of times and recipient of five- and four-star reviews on multiple online bookstores, Christmas in Culm has been fully reviewed and revised to provide a chilly Christmas experience that you'll never forget.

A rookie cop's mistletoe mission A Coltons of Red Ridge romanceLayla Colton would do anything for her family's company—even marry a man she doesn't love. But when she's framed for a crime she didn't commit, Layla has more to worry about than wedding bells. Officer Hunter Black and his K-9 companion are on the case. Can they rescue Layla from the deadly shadows threatening to engulf Red Ridge?

Cyril Zyk must hold back naked protestors who want to bring down an entire dystopian system where people are "men-women" and nothing is ever what it seems."Cyril Zyk sat at the kitchen table in his underpants and dipped a hard bread roll into a bowl of tepid water. The bread tasted as good as it did everyday, he told himself, to avoid thinking the obvious—that not only did his mother refuse to stop writing poetry that used words like wet and enter me, but Mamica, he used her first name because the regime deemed everyone should be equal, had also become a protestor."

Can she keep their magical promise without putting everything at risk? As the frost melts and spring flowers bloom, Rhianwyn Mulryan, stuck in a binding magical pact, begins her season as Elspeth, a castle servant. After an endless winter as the frightened harlot Selena, Rhianwyn enjoys the strength of Elspeth's tall, robust body. Never did she imagine, however, the secret horrors of her headstrong friend's marriage to the brute Godric. Life with the sheriff's abusive son makes Rhianwyn yearn even more for her true love, Broccan. Broccan Mulryan, Lord of Brockwell Manor and joint knight commander, was once blissfully happy with his bride. But now Rhianwyn's moods are baffling and unpredictable. After a winter of withdrawn frigidity, she's suddenly forward and insatiable. Perhaps worse, he's become unaccountably protective of Rhianwyn's friend Elspeth...and his knightly instinct feels a lot like desire. But as his connection to Rhianwyn...