Kira is desperate...A decade of unrequited love will do that to a girl.Dead set on making local hottie firefighter Daniel jealous, she proposes a fake relationship with Connor... her unexpectedly sexy dentist.Connor is done with relationships.He moved to Harmony Falls to escape his past and make a fresh start... one that doesn't include a girlfriend—fake or real.Faced with the prospect of an awkward reunion with his ex, and a family determined to bring them back together, he makes an agreement with Kira. He'll help make Daniel jealous if she'll pose as his girlfriend at a family wedding.The relationship isn't real... but their sizzling attraction is.As they grow closer, the lines blur between make-believe and reality until Kira realizes that it's Connor she wants.Will Connor's past doom them from the start? Or are Connor and Kira meant to be?Please note that this book contains...

Author Elizabeth Kelly was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of twenty-one, and at the beginning of her journey, she turned to writing as a form of expression, finding herself navigating through her experiences. Now, twenty years later, Kelly returns to writing with new perspective, seeing her own transformation and growth over the years. The shadow and shame of her disorder are gone, and she has discovered a new appreciate of process, having experienced stability and worked with doctors who have made a difference in her life. Kelly's earlier work shows where she began, while her present-day poems focus on where she is now. The difference between the two shows that through hard work and commitment to treatment, a diagnosis of a mental disorder does not have define the person who receives it. Through her verses, Kelly hopes to shine a light on mental illness in order to increase understanding and acceptance and to banish judgment. In this collection of...

Indie Shaw isn't looking for love.She's been there, done that, and has the divorce to prove it.Dating in her forties is a nightmare, and all she wants is a nice, safe man to share her bed with once or twice a week.Until Val Jensen walks into her vet clinic. With his massive body, rugged looks, and rough demeanor, he's the polar opposite of nice and safe.It's a damn shame her brain is begging her to bed him.Val didn't expect to be so attracted to the smart veterinarian with the curvy body and sexy mouth. Yet there's no denying his attraction.After a disastrous dating experience that impacted not just his life but his daughter's as well, he vowed not to repeat the same mistake.But Indie's gotten under his skin in a way that no woman ever has, and he can't resist spending time with her – both in bed and out.Indie and Val grow closer with each day, but their past traumas threaten to destroy their future together. They...

For tiger shifter, Bria Norsen, her life isn't turning out the way she thought it would. Unemployed and single for the first time in years, she's on a mission to change her life for the better.Too bad her pesky heat cycle is making her crazy. Going home with a total stranger and screwing him six ways to Sunday isn't her normal behaviour. Neither is sneaking out of the sexy tiger shifter's bed the next morning.Jace Shepherd might be an expert at helping cat shifters through their heats, but he didn't expect to be helping a complete stranger that night in the club. The tiny tiger shifter's response to his touch sets off every mating instinct in his body, and he's more than happy to satisfy her every need. It's a damn shame when he wakes up to nothing but her lingering scent on his sheets.Bria is mortified when her potential new boss turns out to be the very shifter who made her purr with pleasure. To her shock, Jace hires her on the spot. Seeing him every day...

Widower Sam Black isn't looking for love.It doesn't matter how gorgeous or funny or tempting his neighbor is. Tess is not his priority. His son is.But he and Oscar have been burned before.When Oscar's nanny quits unexpectedly, he'll need a babysitter over Christmas break. Will the recently unemployed Tess be the perfect solution?Fulfilling her dream of becoming a vet technician requires money, and Tess can't turn down the sexy single dad next door when he asks her to babysit. Turns out, spending extra time with Sam is better than double overtime.As she and Sam grow closer, Tess imagines a life with him and Oscar. But Sam's been hurt before, and he's made it clear he isn't looking for anything serious.Can Tess's love, Oscar's infatuation, and the magic of Christmas change Sam's mind? Or will Sam's emotional scars keep him from accepting that Tess is the missing piece to his little family?Please note: This book contains steamy and...

It's an ordinary workday. A little filing. A little scheduling. A little... murder.Emerson runs, but the jaguar shifter gets trapped in a cabin with a man named Clay.Except Clay is no ordinary human.The teleporter is a ruthless mercenary who will stop at nothing to save his brother from Emerson's deadly boss.Even if that means sacrificing Emerson.Understanding she's not Clay's priority, Emerson shouldn't want him in her bed. But her jaguar has other ideas.After Clay's long-planned rescue of his brother goes awry, he reluctantly lies low with Emerson at the cabin. Not only is she the personal assistant of his brother's kidnapper, she's also the smartest, sexiest woman Clay's ever known.It doesn't matter that he isn't relationship material, not when she's a shifter who can't control her teeth and claws.Though this attraction, he can't ignore.Especially when Emerson's heat starts, and she needs his body for more than...

I never thought I would give up everything and sign up for a lifetime breeding contract with an alien race. Although, being mated to a big green alien is a far better fate than my perilous struggle here on Earth.Being one of the lowers, I didn't expect to be matched with the Draax king. Who knew I would be what they referred to as a guaranteed breeder?Only, there's been a mix up.This is a farm, not a palace.Waiting out a month-long storm with two surprisingly sexy Draax and one adorable little girl in need of a nanny, shouldn't be that bad, right? So, why am I craving both Bran and Court in my bed and wishing I could break my breeding contract with the king?Except, violating my contract means life imprisonment back on Earth.When the storm ends and the king arrives, I'll have to go with him... or will I?Author's note: Please note that this book contains steamy and explicit sex scenes (including scenes of m/f/m and anal sex) and may...

I had the perfect life. Until heart disease took everything from me – my job, my apartment, my friends.Now, my only chance of survival is the alien race Draax.Selling my body every night in exchange for their life-saving gallberry juice isn't easy. Finding a morally grey Draax is harder than finding fur on a rattlesnake.The night I stumble onto a dying Draax named Regan, I can't walk away. I can barely save my own life, and now I'm responsible for saving his.Only Regan is no ordinary Draax. The head of the guard for a corrupt Draax king, he's hiding secrets that could change everything for the alien race.An unexpected rescue leaves Regan and I trapped in a month-long storm at a rival kingdom. As we heal, our attraction turns to love. Regan is handsome and brave and doesn't care about my past.But when Regan's secrets threaten to destroy him, will I be his salvation?Author's Note: Salvation is Book Six in the Draax Series. It...

What happens when authors start discussing the “steam” level of their sex scenes and realize they run the gauntlet from Naughty to Filthy? Dirty It Up is born. A sexy collection of holiday novellas with each story getting dirtier as you go. Go deep and get dirty this holiday season. We’ve been naughty. Now it’s your turn… Naughty Temptation, by Amelia Bond Indecent Holiday, by Elizabeth Brown Sordid Games, by Elizabeth Kelly Dirty Intentions, by Aubrey Bondurant Filthy Appeal, by Ramona Gray **

PLEASE NOTE: This novella was originally published in the "Dirty It Up" anthology. If you've read "Dirty It Up", then you have read this novella already!Daisy Morrison's plan for a quiet and perfectly dull Christmas isn't working out. Her roommate has a secret boyfriend and, terrified her family will find out, convinces Daisy to be her pretend lesbian lover during the holidays. Sleeping with a handsome and sexy stranger the night before she meets her "girlfriend's" family probably isn't Daisy's wisest idea. But it's only one night. What could possibly go wrong?Wes McKinley wasn't looking to hook up at the bar during the holidays. He just needed a night away from his crazy, well-meaning family. Yet when he meets Daisy, he can't resist her sweetness or the instant connection they have. Sleeping with a woman he barely knows isn't his usual thing, but it's only one night. What could possibly go wrong?When Wes and Daisy meet again in the last place they...

Ivy West doesn't have time for love.Especially while working full time as a vet tech and running her struggling animal rescue in her small Alberta town. She's content to secretly lust after her boss, Elias Hart, just like she's been doing for the last two years.Except now he proposes a deal she can't pass up. Not when he's willing to write off the rescue's overwhelming debt to the clinic, if Ivy poses as his fiancée over the holidays.Saying that Ivy was Elias' fiancée was a lie.He knew it was wrong. But at the time he would have told his sickly grandmother anything to make her feel better. Afterall, he never anticipated she'd pull through.But she did.And now he's expected to bring the sweet, sexy, untouchable Ivy home for the holidays.With his and Ivy's deal made, their simmering attraction turns to flame that no extinguisher can douse. Until a mistake from Ivy's past surfaces.Can Elias convince Ivy that they are meant to...