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Carol Lynne - Neo's Realm 4 - Royal Blood



Will Nialo be able to put retribution aside in the name of love, or will his anger and untapped power rip The Realm apart?



Spiro Manos ruled over the Realm of Blessed Creatures for centuries in his brother’s stead. Time spent solving everyone else’s problems helped divert his mind from his own. Bound to a powerful but lost god, Spiro has spent a lifetime alone. Although sexual diversions have kept his body satisfied, his soul has never known the touch of the one lover he was born to satisfy.



Betrayed and hunted by his brother, Nialo fought valiantly until his mother, Gaia, hid him away. Forced to live life as a jaguar, Nialo’s found it easier to forget he was ever anything but an animal. One bite from a friendly vampire and Nialo begins to remember who he is and why he was hidden away. His anger and need for revenge are matched only by the desire he feels for the man constantly at his side. It is the touch of his mate that begins to soothe the savage beast.



Will Nialo be able to put retribution aside in the name of love, or will his anger and untapped power rip The Realm apart?



Cindel Sabante - Bloody Lies



When Trent Harper and his new wife enter their honeymoon suite in Vegas she can't wait to test out the bed, while Trent wants any excuse to keep himself out of it. Young and confused, he doesn't know why he's feeling so nervous about his first time with his beautiful new bride. All he knows is that when he looks at her, something is missing.



But when the couple enter the bedroom and find someone else already there, the situation quickly turns deadly. And when Trent fails to drive the strange man from their room, the couple's night becomes a nightmare.



Now the two are tied up and at the whims of a man who looks human, but is clearly something more. And the longer Trent and the strange man known only as William talk, the more he is forced to question every thing he knows, all while battling against a growing attraction to the well dressed monster.



K.C. Kendricks - Kentucky 98 Proof



Victor Carter knows his grandfather only from a handful of black and white photographs, so his surprise when the man’s will is read is genuine. What’s he going to do with seventy acres on the side of a Kentucky mountain? More importantly, how’s he going to survive living there for a year to satisfy the conditions of the will so he can sell the property? Even worse, it’s not like the hills of Kentucky are teeming with gay companionship.



Boone Mosely is Kentucky born and bred with a proud family heritage he can trace back to his home state’s founding. Following in his uncle’s footsteps, Boone’s in his second term as sheriff of Four Points. He takes the job seriously and doesn’t suffer fools—or crime—in his town.



When city slicker Victor Carter arrives on Shepherd Mountain, Boone knows he’s got a whole new brand of trouble to deal with. And this time, the badge isn’t going to help him at all.



Kyle Adams - Dirty Pirate



This cute and quirky story requires suspension of all belief. It’s a silly little story written based off these prompts:



Story elements: Haunted shower curtain, a pink stuffed parrot, a magic wand, bucket of chicken, a burnt Pop-Tart, and Batman.



Main characters: One loves chicken, it is all he talks about. Other character wears an eyepatch because he thinks he’s a pirate.



Lavinia Lewis - Blood Ties



Vampire prince Thomas Vanderguard has been alone for over two hundred years - ever since the deathblow that killed his companion Jacob. For centuries, Drones have sought to eradicate his family’s royal lineage so that a rival family may seize the throne and gain control of their territory. But Thomas's life of self-imposed solitude came to an end a little over a year ago when Daniel Alexander walked into his life. After months of refusal, Thomas finally gives in to Daniel's request to change him into a vampire even though he fears Daniel will meet the same fate as Jacob.



With a possible eternity of happiness stretched out in front of them, can Thomas keep his lover safe or is history about to repeat itself?



Lee Brazil - Chances Are 5 - Chance in Hell



Having retrieved his runaway boyfriend, Chance returns to Atlanta determined that love shall triumph over all. Instead, Rory's metamorphosis from willing sub to demanding boyfriend is complete. Although Rory says yes to coming home, he's saying no to everything else.

Chance decides to wait out the no-sex rule, certain that he can show Rory the truth behind the words "I love you" if he can just get some time to spend with the guy of his dreams.

Of course, it would be a lot easier to do that if he didn't feel morally obligated to help out his ex with a little problem that ended with him sleeping in the guest room and put Chance on the sofa.



R.J. Scott - Ellery Mountain 6 - The Barman and the SEAL



A Navy SEAL with PTSD, a Barman starting a new life. Maybe they can find love in Ellery.



Travis Baranski, Navy SEAL, is the first veteran to attend the Ellery Mountain Veteran’s Center. He is having a hard time coming to terms with what he had seen and what he has done. When he has a very public meltdown in Ellery’s store, it is Avery Gideon who steps up to the plate and helps him.



Avery Gideon, a man cut off from his family for being gay, runs the only bar in town—The Alibi—and listens to many a person's problems whilst trying to forget his own. He sees something in the wounded warrior who needs a friend and very soon finds himself falling in love with Travis.



Nothing will deter him from helping Travis, or from making Travis see he's still capable of loving Avery in return.



Sandrine Gasq-Dion - Assassin-Shifters 19 - Lessons Learned



Years ago, sensitive Jude Brooks got tired of watching junior high life through the vents in his locker. Unfortunately, handsome Hayden Cox's favorite pastime was putting him in there. When Jude's werewolf friends torment Hayden for being human, he takes it out on distractingly beautiful Jude. A lot.



Tired of having his son picked on, pack member Henry Cox moves his family away. "Cox the cock" is gone - so why does Jude feel disappointment mixed with his exhilaration? In another city, Hayden is finally being accepted - so why is he constantly haunted by the memory of mesmerizing violet eyes?



Fast-forward to a meeting as adults, and the air is so thick with tension and anger that it can be grabbed and shaped into adorable animals. Jude's rage toward his nemesis has boiled over and nothing Hayden can do or say will make it go away. Hayden's efforts to make peace convince everyone but Jude he's a changed man. In fact, he's a werewolf now and he wants nothing more than for Jude to forgive him. Jude wants nothing more than to ignore Cox the cock and be taken seriously as a protector of the pack.



If longing looks and lustful thoughts are anything to go by, this situation is far from resolved. Is Jude's best friend really dating Hayden? And why does he care? Can he ever completely trust the person who spent years treating him like an algebra book? Will a survival test in Siberia and a stunning revelation bring them together or tear them farther apart?



Maybe they'll both be taught a lesson about love.