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“The eternal quest of a human being is to shatter his loneliness.” -- Norman Cousins Samuel King is an Amish private detective who has lived amongst the English in Independence, Missouri, for sixteen years. When he is hired to find a missing accountant, Morton Clark, Samuel’s self-enforced solitary lifestyle is completely disrupted -- the case unexpectedly leads him to the very sexy, very flawed Alistair Simms. Samuel is overwhelmed by his attraction to Alistair, and resisting the vampire is no simple task. Even for a chaste man. Alistair, a 154-year-old vampire and recluse with familial ties to the kidnapped Morton, has spent his undead years caring for each generation of his brother’s children. To compound his guilt over the abduction of his great-nephew, Alistair is passionately drawn to Samuel. The detective’s innocence, purity, and physical perfection stir emotions in him he didn’t believe he was still capable of feeling. Being immortal was easier when he didn’t care. For two men who have spent lifetimes avoiding relationships and entanglements, finding Morton will be the ultimate test of faith, love, and sacrifice.
After shy, hard-working Maxine Simms inherits a small chunk of money from her grandmother, she decides to be frivolous for once in her life. She books a dream weekend at Los Regalos, the world’s only city run completely by paranormals and catering strictly to humans. The best thing is, Los Regalos prides itself on complete anonymity for their guests! Maxine is determined to have her every fantasy fulfilled, even if it goes against her nature. Nigel Tennon and Pacer Prism are blackjack dealers at the Platinum Nugget Casino and Hotel in Los Regalos. Both hume-shapeshifters from the same clan -- Pacer, dark-haired and mysterious, Nigel, blue-haired and outrageously fun -- they were childhood friends until a misunderstanding drove them apart. When Maxine shows up at the Nugget, her quiet, conservative demeanor attracts the shifters, and they are both determined to have her. They get the surprise of their lives when Maxine takes a chance and tells them she wants to “double down” and have them both. All bets are off as the two shifters decide whether they can put their differences aside to make Maxine’s fantasies come true, and they discover there is more beneath the surface anger that they feel for each other than either one of them could have imagined.
“This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But, it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” -- Winston Churchill In the aftermath of the attack by the Brotherhood of Truth, Nathan Greer and Guillermo Perez finally settle down in their new home and Nathan’s daughter, Rebekah, is developing faster than any of them could have predicted. After revealing a shocking truth, the magically powerful child sends Nathan, Guillermo and Tyr on a short trip to the past to retrieve the libilis stones. One stone to control the magic, one to prolong life, and the last to harness time. When the stone of time hurls Nathan twenty-five years into the future, he finds his friends and family have been tossed into chaos and his daughter has become someone to fear. Nathan discovers that unless he can get back to his own time and correct the mistakes of the past there will be no future -- for any of them.
Donner Thomas has been put into a mental hospital near Christmas because, after a minor head injury, he claims he sees magical creatures; Elves, Fairies, Trolls, etc, walking around Kansas City, Missouri, masquerading as regular human beings. His suspicions are pleasantly confirmed when he meets his new roommate two weeks before Christmas, the gorgeous Bran O'Byrne. Bran is one of Santa's Elves. In human guise, Bran got piss-drunk the night before he was supposed to travel to the North Pole (they don't all live in the north!), bragged about being an Elf to the wrong people, and now he's been placed in lockdown for 72 hours of observations. If he doesn't get to the next transport window by morning, he'll lose his job at Santa's shop, and there just isn't much he's good at other than looking good and making toys. Sparks fly when these two meet and they are fated to an encounter neither one of them will ever forget.
Truth is always paradoxical. -- Henry David Thoreau
“...when thy strength is broken, beware of greed.” -- Confucius
The Beast 3: Old Ways, New Days Dr. Nathan Greer has only been a vampire for a little over three years and suddenly a nearly seven foot Viking vampire, Tyrsgard Madds, claims that Nathan is his master. Not only his master, but they are eternally bound and Tyr cannot survive without Nathan.
Three years ago a ruthless Vampire Fem/Dom ripped Doctor Nathan Greer's throat out and left him for dead. Since then he's lived a shadowed existence, trying to pretend he's still human. All it takes is one slip, one moment of letting his guard down, and he can become what he hates most -- a ruthless killer -- a beast.
Someone is killing vampires...
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