Anne K Whelan and Liz Cain
Imagine waking up on the edge of the woods with no memory of who you are or how you got there.
Aine doesn’t know where she came from or who she is. Her memories soon claw their way out and who can blame her for thinking herself a monster? Lachlan was trained by his father to hunt her kind but can’t bring himself to harm her. Together they must figure out her past, before the life she can’t remember is destroyed.
by USA Today Best-Selling Author Susan Horsnell
Elizabeth loved the wide open spaces, isolation, and cattle station she had grown up on in the top end of Australia, but she was ready for a change.
She wanted to dip her toes into the waters of the big city, so Sydney, NSW, was where she headed on her adventure.
Hudson was busy running a multi-billion dollar corporation and had no time for anyone serious in his life.
Or so he thought.
He was frozen in place when the gorgeous brunette appeared in his life and was, for the first time ever—speechless.
But, there is more than what meets the eye with this pair and things are about to get a whole lot more interesting when the CEO finds out he’s the new boss of his outback gal.
The shortened version appeared in Dating the CEO anthology.
Excerpt
HUDSON
Owen and I walked side by side to the lift and took it down to the third floor. I couldn’t believe the stunning brunette was now one of my staff. Eyes widened and employees wished me a good morning as we passed through the data area towards Owen’s office. I wasn’t a stranger to my staff, but work prevented me from spending much time wandering through each department. Approaching the doorway, I noted the tops of two ladies’ heads above the chairs where they sat facing the desk. We walked in and the sound of our footsteps on the tiled floor had the women turning around to see who had arrived.
I’d heard the expression—blood drained from her face—many times, but I’d never been witness to it happening. Until now. Elizabeth had turned as white as the tiles on the floor.
“Raya, can you leave us to speak with Elizabeth, please?” I asked.
Raya glanced between the three of us, stood, and made her way to the door, closing it on her way out.
Owen and I stood in front of Elizabeth, both of us leaning back against the desk with our arms crossed.
“Shit!” Elizabeth exclaimed.
Susan Horsnell Bio:
Susan Horsnell writes romance from sweet to hot. She features strong social themes in her books.
She grew up in Manly, NSW, Australia, and has traveled Australia and the world on postings with her Naval Officer husband of 48 years.
She lives with her husband and fur baby – Gemma-Jean, a young Jack Russell Terrier, in a small village in the mountains in Queensland, Australia.
Since retiring from a nursing career of 37 years, she indulges her passion for writing. The family enjoys traveling the country with their RV when not at home renovating.
Vortex of Desire is Black Velvet Seductions’ latest Sci-fi Romance Anthology. It contains an amazing group of authors who journey beyond space and time to prove love has no boundaries. Join us as we venture into perilous worlds and explore hidden desires which lie beyond the wormhole; or discover a torrent of adventures here on earth and experience love that will not be denied. Whether it’s a trek through the stars or an escape into new realities close to home, Vortex of Desire has something for everyone: mystery, humor, sweet to spicy romances, adventure and suspense. These diverse writers will transport you to new realms and introduce you to intriguing life forms, aliens, exotic creatures, mad scientists, and monsters. Buckle up and get ready to experience the twists and turns of Vortex of Desire. We hope you enjoy the voyage.
Moon Colony
F Burn
Raven is an inmate sentenced to mining rare earth minerals in a colony based on the Moon. She dreams of escaping and returning to Earth, but her plans are turned upside down when she falls for Fox, an attractive young guard. After she reveals her plan to him and her friend, Dahlia, disaster strikes in the mining tunnels. Fueled by grief, Raven is even more determined to escape. It’s a matter of life and death…
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It’s a matter of life and death…
A shifter fated mate romance with a touch of mystery, danger, and intrigue.
Bears and Panthers; Hounds and Horses
Shifters don’t trust humans. Humans have experimented and tortured them. They’ve taken their children. Now the shifters are in charge, things are better except shifters don’t trust humans.
Jolyn, a human, finds teens hurting a shifter girl and stops them. Taking her home, they are attacked again but this time by another shifter group. When Minnie’s parents show up, Jolyn knows the Puma Pride could blame her for what happened to the alphas’ daughter. The black panther, the Pride’s enforcer, winds around her but she knows to stand up for herself. She’s not prey.
Brady, enforcer to the Puma Pride, is drawn to the woman who had his niece, Minnie. She smells of lilacs and Brady wants her. If his alphas order it, he’ll be the one to put her down. But his cat doesn’t want to hurt her, he wants something more.
Vortex of Desire is Black Velvet Seductions’ latest Sci-fi Romance Anthology. It contains an amazing group of authors who journey beyond space and time to prove love has no boundaries. Join us as we venture into perilous worlds and explore hidden desires which lie beyond the wormhole; or discover a torrent of adventures here on earth and experience love that will not be denied. Whether it’s a trek through the stars or an escape into new realities close to home, Vortex of Desire has something for everyone: mystery, humor, sweet to spicy romances, adventure and suspense. These diverse writers will transport you to new realms and introduce you to intriguing life forms, aliens, exotic creatures, mad scientists, and monsters. Buckle up and get ready to experience the twists and turns of Vortex of Desire. We hope you enjoy the voyage.
Repo My Heart
Zia Westfield
Accused of selling company secrets, Kira Rikiyama begins a new career as a repo agent. But when her old flame tracks her down asking for help to rescue a trapped research team, she’ll have to put her heart and her life on the line. Jace Beaumont let Kira get away from him once. Now that she’s back in his life, can he persuade her that she’s the only woman in the universe for him?
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A feisty repo agent teams up with her take charge ex-lover on a risky rescue mission that puts everything on the line!
Scarlet Peacock was a bastard child, stripped from her birth mother, and unwanted by the father’s wife, Queen Petra Peacock.
When shame was brought upon the Peacock Kingdom, Scarlet was sent with two of King Gunther Peacock’s servants for protection.
She grew up only knowing one name, Lucia Faust and had no idea of her birthright until she was bought by the highest bidder at the Fair Maiden Proffer.
Lord Duncan Busick was considered an eligible bachelor, wanted by many and all women. He was a vampire and accustomed to being choosy. Yet, there was only one who was deemed the perfect mate by the Lord and his maker, Countess Yvette Cotê, the mysterious bastard daughter, Princess Scarlet Peacock.
Was the princess the perfect eternal match for the Lord of Darkness?
Will she be made to become vampire queen of her late father’s tarnished reign?
L. D. Wosar Bio:
LD Wosar is a bestselling multi-genre author, but writes predominantly PNR. She lives in Las Vegas where she soaks up the sun in the blistering heat…not really. She prefers to stay indoors and write….write…write, while listening to her vast collection of vinyl records.
Jan Selbourne and I have become friends through our love of writing. I have to say, her writing and dedication to facts in her historical novels is impressive. Because of this I invited her to share a bit about what inspired her to write Perilous Love which I could not put down.
Thank you very much Eileen for inviting me to talk about my book Perilous Love
April 25 was Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand.
On the 25th of April 1915 the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps formed part of the allied expedition which landed at 5.30 am on the Gallipoli (Turkey) peninsula. These became known as Anzacs and the pride they took in that name continues.
When WW1 began in 1914, Australia and New Zealand were part of the British Empire. We were young countries with populations of only 4.9 million and 1.1 million respectively. That didn’t stop our young men from lining up to join the fight 13,000 miles away. A grand adventure to teach the Germans a lesson and be home by Christmas. Some fretted the action would be over before they got there. They weren’t to know that four long brutal years later 62,000 Australians and 16,500 New Zealanders would never see home again.
Each year, except for 2020, Australia and New Zealand hold dawn services in each city and town and again at 11.30am – 5.30am in Turkey – to remember the Anzacs and all those who served and who gave their lives in wars and conflicts and peacekeeping operations. Each year an enormous crowd gathers at the Gallipoli Peninsula for an Anzac dawn service in harmony with the Turkish government and people.
My grandfather enlisted in early 1915 and served in Egypt and the battlefields of Belgium and France. It was at Etaples (France) Army Base Camp housing up to 100,000 British, Canadian, Scottish and Anzac forces that he actually bumped into his brother, whom he had not seen for six years. Both men returned home but the deaths and carnage and appalling conditions on the Western Front left a terrible mark on them.
I could see why when I visited those battlefields a few years ago. Miles of beautiful soft green countryside until our guide held up enlarged photos of blackened, smoky wasteland. Not just the huge craters and bodies of horses and soldiers and overturned cannons but the toll on local citizens whose towns and farms were destroyed, and lives lost. I wanted to write about it but couldn’t put it together.
It was not long after I came home that I read an article on how a person’s true character is revealed when faced with extreme danger or a life-threatening situation. For instance, the tough chest beating he-man turns to water and runs. The shy introvert steps up to face the danger head on. I had my story.
Perilous Love begins in 1914 England with Europe on edge after the assassination of an archduke.
Here’s the blurb –
Gabrielle Bryce’s plan to leave her miserable empty marriage ends when her estranged husband Adrian announces he’ll accompany her and their two children on the annual trip to Belgium. She wasn’t to know the British government ordered Adrian to find proof her aristocratic uncle is secretly supporting the German Empire’s quest for war.
What Adrian finds pushes them into a nightmare of betrayal, forcing them to run for their lives as the German forces cross the border. With only a stolen horse and buggy to their name and facing danger, brutality, and painful truths about themselves, they reach safety as two different people. Waiting for them are charges of treason and a woman who’ll stop at nothing to see Adrian dead.
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Soul Series novella
by Cindy Pike
Tattered. Broken. Jaded.
After everything that has happened, that’s the only thing I know about myself.
When the damage that was done by a man I thought was an ally and another, my ex-boyfriend finally takes its toll, I’m admitted to Fractured House. A place for people like me, ones with shattered souls and bleeding hearts.
When an unlikely group of four patients claim me as theirs, I find myself starting to feel again. To heal again hurts, but the heat that starts to simmer between us pulls us even closer. I’ve always found using my body was easy to get what I want.
But what happens when what they want is my heart? Can we find happiness together, or will the ghosts of the past keep us apart?
Author Bio
How to start? Hi, I’m Cindy! I live in Arizona with my wonderful husband, three kids (that I love but sometimes want to give back lol) and cat. I’ve always written stories throughout my life, wishing I could be a published author one day. They say the hardest step is starting, I disagree. For me the hardest step to becoming a published author is believing in myself, and having the courage to follow through.
I’m an oddball that likes all sorts of things, from singing (I’m not the best, but also not the worst), to the physiology of animals, I love the human mind and am fascinated by how it works. I want to know what motivates people to do the things they do, and why. I can be girly and love doing hair and make up for myself and friends/family (other times I can’t be bothered). I’ve recently taken up henna body art (check out my Instagram to see how bad I am @restlessol) and it helps me zone out and turn off my brain from the thousand and ten things zipping about it. The flip side of those things are I love to camp and am not afraid to get dirty (most bugs don’t freak me out) and love working with horses.
Being a wife and mother to three rambunctious boys, my life is crazy and often I am known to get between four to six hours of sleep depending on if my baby or book characters decide to keep me up until I get their story down in my computer. Seriously, this is a real thing ask any author, (all the ones I know say the same, not that I know many) they don’t leave us alone (I swear I’m of sound mind, mostly) until their story is told.
What else? I wish I were funnier but it’s just not in the cards for me (much to my disappointment), so to compensate I surround myself with others that make me laugh, constantly. That’s about it! Thanks for taking the time to at least have selected my book(s) in interest (any interest is good, right?) even if they aren’t for you. Stay true to you and I hope you enjoy my stories as much as I do giving them to you.
Soul Series novella
by Cindy Pike
Jaz’s life is consumed with her best friend and her best friend’s son, Heather and Zander. She tries her best to help Heather and get out of her abusive relationship but until she’s ready there is nothing Jaz can do but sit back and help pick up the piece’s when Heather’s life shatter time and again. All while trying not to get lost in the arms of a man she barely knows.
Or is there?
When an opportunity arises Jaz doesn’t waste time making the most of it. Come along and see if Jaz can accept that not all men are abusers and it’s okay to let her heart love another.
This book is MF with a HEA.
CONTENT WARNING: This book contains domestic violence, mentions of sexual assault (nothing on page), and gun violence.
As the writer, I do not condone or want to encourage any of the above behaviors. They are strictly part of the content of the book to tell Jaz’s story.
If you or someone you know needs help, please know you’re worth it! National Abuse Hotline 800-799-SAFE
Author Bio
How to start? Hi, I’m Cindy! I live in Arizona with my wonderful husband, three kids (that I love but sometimes want to give back lol) and cat. I’ve always written stories throughout my life, wishing I could be a published author one day. They say the hardest step is starting, I disagree. For me the hardest step to becoming a published author is believing in myself, and having the courage to follow through.
I’m an oddball that likes all sorts of things, from singing (I’m not the best, but also not the worst), to the physiology of animals, I love the human mind and am fascinated by how it works. I want to know what motivates people to do the things they do, and why. I can be girly and love doing hair and make up for myself and friends/family (other times I can’t be bothered). I’ve recently taken up henna body art (check out my Instagram to see how bad I am @restlessol) and it helps me zone out and turn off my brain from the thousand and ten things zipping about it. The flip side of those things are I love to camp and am not afraid to get dirty (most bugs don’t freak me out) and love working with horses.
Being a wife and mother to three rambunctious boys, my life is crazy and often I am known to get between four to six hours of sleep depending on if my baby or book characters decide to keep me up until I get their story down in my computer. Seriously, this is a real thing ask any author, (all the ones I know say the same, not that I know many) they don’t leave us alone (I swear I’m of sound mind, mostly) until their story is told.
What else? I wish I were funnier but it’s just not in the cards for me (much to my disappointment), so to compensate I surround myself with others that make me laugh, constantly. That’s about it! Thanks for taking the time to at least have selected my book(s) in interest (any interest is good, right?) even if they aren’t for you. Stay true to you and I hope you enjoy my stories as much as I do giving them to you.
by Debbie Hope
Slayer, president of the Merciless Few motorcycle club Illinois chapter, has rescued Molly Marino from kidnappers.
Now she and her one-year-old daughter are living with him.
It’s not over. A voice from the past threatens her and her daughter. But Slayer isn’t going to let his new family be threatened.
He will release the hounds of hell, his club and allies against anyone that attempts to harm his new family.
Molly is slowly learning to trust a man again, but she will need Slayer to protect her from a past that will never let her go quietly.
Will Slayer be able to protect Molly and her daughter from the enemy that is trying to destroy them?
This is a slow burn steamy romance with Dub Con and Non-Con instances. If you have triggers this might not be the book for you
Debbie Hope Bio:
Hi. I’m USA Today Bestselling Author Debbie Hope. I love to write what I read. Romance. All genres of romance. From sweet to steamy. All with passion. Angst. Conflict.
I live in Southern California, outside of Los Angeles. I’m a dog groomer and the typical crazy, old cat lady. Lol.
If you like to read Zoe Blake, Nicole Fox and Autumn Summers you will want to give my books a try.
Excerpt
I try to convince myself my brother-in-law that killed my husband and raped me is not outside my door.
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