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His Girl Next Door
by Khardine Gray
Genre: Contemporary Romance
No strings attached fun… What could possibly go wrong?
Nothing.
It was fun.
Fun…
Hot, sexual, steamy fun with the uber gorgeous single dad next door?
Yes, please.
Look at him. Who would say no to him with his perfect body, perfect
everything, and those piercing green eyes?
Not me.
Fun
What else could it be? I was only going to be in town for eight months and
I was here for business.
Business, business, definitely not pleasure.
But all work and no play has never been a good thing in anyone’s book.
Fun would be easy. No strings attached.
It would be goodbye at the end. I would go back to L.A and he
would stay here.
No problem, no drama, no stress.
It felt easy when Ryan came to me with the idea. It felt easy as I
played the game and went through the motions.
It felt easy because I had a line I always drew under relationships. A
line I never crossed.
But…
then he unlocked something inside me. Something I hid away from the
world.
No strings attached fun… what could possibly go wrong?
I thought nothing then everything became a complicated, sexy mess…
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Khardine Gray is a contemporary romance author who lives in England with her
husband, two kids, and three crazy ferrets.
She is well traveled, cultured, and a woman with a passion for dancing
and ice skating.
When not writing you can catch her shopping, indulging on pizza and hot
chocolate, or hanging out with her family and friends.
No need to spend money on an airline ticket. Simply pick up one of
Khardine’s books to become immersed in the fascinating stories and
characters she creates.
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Desire, a spark, a decision made too fast,
and a Las Vegas stripper is
plunged into the depraved world of a psychopath. But is she the only
target of his twisted desires?
“Twerk is a
page-turning rollercoaster of a ride.”
“Addictive and thoroughly entertaining, Twerk sizzles on every page!”
A regular night in a Las Vegas stripper club is rocked
when local punk,
Billy, dies having a lap dance. Paramedic, Dwight Creen, is in
attendance. Filled with lust beneath his gaze, Amber follows him out
to his truck. She’s anticipating sizzling romance but her encounter
soon descends into a terrifying and twisted nightmare from which she
cannot escape.
Five days pass and it
is Lana’s next shift at the stripper club. She’s
a fly-in-fly-out stripper paying her way through law school. She’s
also Amber’s best friend. Where is Amber?
What about Billy? Was it an accident? Suicide? Or murder? Finding
neither the police nor the club are taking an interest, she conducts
her own inquiries. Meanwhile, she’s the victim of a social-media
hate campaign and an ex-boyfriend is sending her death threats. Only,
she is sure it isn’t him.
Lana is thrust into a web of lies and deceptions she cannot
unravel. Clues
point her every which way and everyone is a suspect. She’s desperate
for the truth about Billy but the person she most needs to speak to
is Amber, who has not shown up for her shift.
A steamy romantic thriller filled
with mystery, action and suspense,
Twerk exposes the working lives of Las Vegas strippers beyond the
glamor – the challenges, the rewards, and the risks.
Isobel Blackthorn is a prolific novelist of brilliant, original fiction
across a range of genres, including dark psychological thrillers,
gripping mysteries, captivating travel fiction and hilarious dark satire.
Isobel holds a PhD in Western Esotericism for her groundbreaking study
of
the texts of Theosophist Alice A. Bailey. Her engagement with Alice
Bailey’s esoteric theories and practices has culminated in a
forthcoming work of biographical fiction, in which Isobel explores
the life of the mysterious occultist for too long shunted into the
margins of history.
Isobel carries a lifelong passion for the Canary Islands, Spain, her former
home. Many of her novels are set on the islands, including The Drago
Tree, which was released in 2015 and is now in Spanish translation.
These novels are setting rich and fall into the genre of travel
fiction, and the novels are as much stories about the islands
themselves as they are straight-ahead entertainment.
Isobel has led a rich and interesting life and her stories are as diverse as
her experiences, the highs and lows, and the dramas. Some of her
writing is dark, like the psychological thriller, Twerk, which is
based on six years of research and first-hand accounts of dancers
working in what are euphemistically called gentlemen’s clubs.
A life-long campaigner for social justice, Isobel has written,
protested and leant her weight to a range of issues including family
violence. A Londoner originally, Isobel currently lives near
Melbourne, Australia.
Amber
I didn’t expect to fall in lust.
He’s gorgeous, that is all I know. He wears a uniform and the guy is quite simply drop-
dead, freakin’ gorgeous.
I’m leaning, back to the wall, arms folded beneath my skimpy black bra. Ahead of me,
Billy sits dead as the proverbial in his seat, in a lap-dance booth. In my side vision, Amy
stands in the corridor a few booths down; she’s, blubbering loudly, her barely-dressed body
shuddering like she’s freezing or something. Trey, the most rule-bound security guy in Las
Vegas, tries to comfort her in that clumsy, inept way of his – at times it can be endearing, but
tonight it comes off as just plain creepy.
The lighting is low, the air – warm and stuffy – reeks of cheap perfume, expensive
aftershave and a rank undertow of male sweat. The other dancers and their guys have exited
in favor of the bar. The DJ chooses this moment to play a little Nicki Minaj, as if to put a seal
on the fire coursing through my veins.
Barbie Tingz thuds out through the cheap speaker system; that’s me, that’s us, that’s what
they all think of us as we stand tall and shake our bare asses in gossamer-thin G-strings and
stripper heels, wasp-waisted like plastic dolls.
The paramedic is not about to give up on poor, dead Billy, yet even I can see there’s no
breath, and could hazard a good guess at no accompanying heartbeat, either. Billy-boy is just
a limp body and a drool-smeared face. The eyes are a sure giveaway, they always are, wide
open and blank like that, fixed on something unseen in the middle distance; there will be no
reviving him.
The paramedic grabs Billy’s shoulders, then pulls back, changing his mind. He glances
around. “A little help would be nice.”
Trey frees himself from Amy. “Allow me.”
Together they ease poor ol’ dead Billy off his seat and lay him out on the floor on his
back. His head flops limply to the side, as if he were inspecting the sticky carpet.
Management, in the form of Jane, storms through the heavy black door to hurry things
along. She wants Billy gone. She wants the pathetic, blubbering Amy gone. There are fifty
dancers on the floor needing to use these booths to service paying clientele; a cadaver is
never going to be good for business.
Hot Foxies is caring like that.
I quickly lose interest in Amy, Billy, the hustle, the lost income, in fact, in the club
altogether. My gaze is fixed on the shape of the paramedic’s back and that cute butt that is
fortuitously angled straight at me, those taut glutes contracting and releasing as he pumps
Billy’s chest.
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When Brie’s stepfather moves the family for what he calls a new
beginning, it’s not the new beginning the beautiful, yet guarded,
senior would have hoped for. Brie is instantly targeted by jealous
girls at her new school, and the only available seat on her bus is
next to the school’s star wide receiver, Jake, who for some reason,
finds her offensive. After a humiliating article and picture of Brie
is posted in the online school journal, a demon she thought she’d
overcome resurfaces, and her life unravels. A newly compassionate
Jake has finally taken an interest in her, but can Brie learn to
trust her heart, or will she miss out on the best thing that ever
happened to her?
Jake has his own secrets and has built his own walls, but eventually his
curiosity about the new girl gets the best of him. Unfortunately, now
there is competition: the captain of her cross-country team. Jake’s
romantic histories with the girl next door and the school’s queen
bee, adds tension to a simmering tempest when all he wants is Brie.
Is he strong enough to help the one he loves weave sense into her
crumbling new reality while overcoming his own tainted past?
Peyton is
a secondary ed teacher in Maryland and an author of young adult
fiction. Her newest novel, Sublime Karma, is an edgy contemporary YA
story with diverse characters that addresses real teen issues such as
fitting in, cliques, bullying, self harm, and suicide. Sublime Karma
has themes that may not be appropriate for tweens and younger teens.
The Sublime Karma manuscript won third place in the Young Adult
category
of 2015 Lone Star Writing Contest – Northwest Houston Romance Writers
of America.
The bus snaked its way through the country roads and then to the lavish
development that backed up to the woods behind his house. Upperclassmen from this
neighborhood had their own cars. This bus collected the underclassmen: those few who
weren’t chauffeured to school, as minions of the privileged.
Jake leaned back in his seat and folded his arms across his chest, not looking at
the kids coming down the aisle. None dared to ask if they could sit in the empty space
next to him. They’d sit three to a seat rather than make that request. Just the way he
wanted it.
The over-filled bus pulled to a stop midway down Belmont Circle. New stop? Jake
looked out his window at the estate with a circular drive. Huh. It finally sold. He watched
as a single figure headed toward the bus. What, so now they get door-to-door service?
He rolled his eyes.
Seconds later, she stood in the aisle waiting. From his seat, his eyes skimmed up
passed her faded jeans and plain, loose sweater, and his breath caught in his throat.
Her long blond hair was pulled to the side in a loose braid. Her face? Ethereal. But then,
his flustered gaze became an annoyed glare.
Her bleak gray eyes seemed to look right through him before they darted to the
space next to him. Did she even register his indignation? She must have. Yet, she stood
there in the aisle twisting the loose adjustment strap on her backpack tightly around her
fingers.
“May I sit here?” her meek voice broke the silence that had fallen around them.
Noticing the hush of conversation, Jake’s eyes skimmed the crowded bus. There
was no doubt he and this new girl had an audience. Not something he relished.
His eyes swept back to her. He could tell she was nervous. He heard it in her
quavering voice and saw it in the way she avoided his eyes. He could just say no. But
so long as she was standing, the bus wouldn’t budge.
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The heir to his family’s fortune, Aidan Wollstonecraft is ready to put
his prodigal ways in the past and prove himself worthy of his
illustrious name. Going undercover in a factory to expose the
wretched working conditions, Aidan believes his noble act will lead
him to a better future. Until he’s reunited with the sweet beauty
who saw him through his darkest days. Cristyn Bevan stirs him like no
other woman before. Makes him yearn to claim her, despite the damning
curse that dooms any Wollstonecraft wife to an all-too-early death .. .
To fall for Aidan would be her undoing. Yet, something about the
blue-blooded scoundrel draws Cristyn to him like a moth to a deadly
flame. Is it a desire to heal him that keeps the lovely nurse close?
Or her secret hope that somehow, some way, Aidan can let go of his
dark past and see the light—and the love—waiting for him?
“Karyn Gerrard writes very enjoyable, richly textured historical
romances.”
—Kate Pearce, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
Falling in love was the darkest moment of Garrett Wollstonecraft’s
privileged youth, even as he and Abigail Hughes shared a blissful
summer of passionate promise. Sworn to keep Abigail safe from the
curse plaguing generations of Wollstonecraft men, Garrett sacrificed
his future happiness. Now, fourteen years after he lost his heart,
Abigail reenters his life. But the woman who arrives unannounced at
his ancestral manor is very different from the sheltered girl Garrett
once knew.
The widow of a country doctor, Abigail can’t forgive Garrett for his
cruel rejection. Yet she can no longer keep the truth from him—a
secret that could have resulted in her ruin. But as the embers of
desire reignite, and Abigail and Garrett slowly rebuild trust, a
malicious enemy plots against them. Is their love strong enough to
break free from the sins of the past—and to end the tragic cycle
that consigns Garrett to a life of loneliness?
Riordan Wollstonecraft labors under the heavy burden of his forebears. For
generations, a curse has followed the dashing young men of his
family, guaranteeing the women they love an untimely death.The
youngest grandson of the Earl of Wollstonecraft Hall, charismatic
Riordan is quietly resigned to his fate, an educator who devotes his
life to good works, and ignores any longing for something more . . .
Widowed and penniless, Lady Sabrina Lakeside is desperate to avoid a second
forced betrothal—this time to an aged marquess. Her chance
encounter with Riordan leads her to an impulsive offer: a temporary
marriage of convenience that could benefit them both. His agreement
is as surprising as it is welcome. Before long, Riordan’s keen
intellect and kind words have Sabrina rethinking her plans of a union
in name only. But her new husband is holding something back. Will
giving in to their tantalizing passion lead her only to further
heartache . . . or could it be the first step toward healing them both?
Karyn Gerrard, born and raised in the Maritime Provinces of Eastern Canada,
now makes her home in a small town in Northwestern Ontario. When
she’s not cheering on the Red Sox or travelling in the summer with
her teacher husband, she writes, reads romance, and drinks copious
amounts of Earl Grey tea.
Even at a young age Karyn’s storytelling skills were apparent, thrilling
her fellow Girl Guides with off-the-cuff horror stories around the
campfire. A multi-published author, she loves to write sensual
historicals and contemporaries. Tortured heroes are an absolute must.
As long as she can avoid being hit by a runaway moose in her wilderness
paradise she assumes everything is golden. Karyn’s been happily
married for a long time to her own hero. His encouragement and loving
support keeps her moving forward.
Last night Aidan heard the agonized cries of a recent inmate in addiction hell. God, had he acted
the same when coming off the poison? He could not recall, but what little he remembered chilled his
black soul.
He entered his room and stopped short at the sight of Cristyn. She was her father’s most trusted,
loyal assistant and nurse. Her presence always caused his heart to skip a beat. It made him fully aware he
was a man, and she a woman. Cristyn’s beauty never failed to capture his interest. She had a coal-black
shade of hair similar to his, and violet-blue eyes he could happily become lost in. This glorious young
lady was far too stunning to be toiling away in a country clinic for addicted reprobates.
Cristyn was making his bed, going about her chores efficiently and cheerfully. Early in his stay,
there were times when she had annoyed him with her sunny smile and optimism; then he’d learned to
bask in it, savor it. But nothing had prepared him for her touch. Even the lightest brush of her fingers
seized his breath. He was shameless, being attracted to her while in such a pathetic state.
Could he be drawn to her because she was the only attractive woman around for months? Perhaps,
for surely it could not be more. Despite his poor health, the rake still lurked under the surface. Yet during
his horrible first few weeks here, Cristyn had stood at the vanguard, coaxing him to eat and attending to
his every need. She’d spoken to him in soft, reassuring tones, all the while acting compassionate and kind
and encouraging him to embrace his recovery. My angel. My savior.
One particularly vivid memory recalled him as a crumpled heap of tears and self-pity. Cristyn had
held him, speaking soothing words of support. She had called him cariad more than once. Aidan found
out later it meant “love” in the Welsh tongue. A term of endearment? Did she refer to all her male patients
as cariad in her sensual, musical voice? What made him worthy of her special attention?
Beyond such questions, his blatant display of emotion and weakness embarrassed him the more
his condition improved. In increments, he slowly tucked away such vulnerabilities and allowed the old
Aidan to emerge, at least in her presence. The cool, detached, I-couldn’t-care-less rake. It was a solid
shield to hide behind. You damned coward.
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Shifting Destiny Anthology
Genre: Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance
with stories by:
Lashanta Charles
Zoe Parker
E.E. Andrews
Beth Hendrix
Reiki Eli
Miki Ward
Garrett Ward
K.B. Wheelock
Aspen Winters
Helene Gadot
C.B. Morrigan
Tabitha Barret
Ivy Fox
Jaliza Burwell
Grace McGinty
India Kells
Zara Stark
Lacey Carter Andersen
Vanessa Ross
Helen Scott
Saskia LeBlanc
Cece Rose
E.M. Moore
Blake Blessing
Kay Elle Parker
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Elissa Ryan
Lidiya Foxglove
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This is a collection of multiple short stories, in a myriad of genres. The
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LaShanta Charles is from South Carolina, but currently lives in Tacoma, WA.
She’s married, has three tiny humans who constantly mooch off of her,
and is active duty in the US Army. She’s a homebody who adores
SLEEPING, reading (romance, especially RH, paranormal, and sci-fi),
eating, white chocolate mochas, SLEEPING, Reese’s PB Cups (but only
the ones stuffed with Reese’s Pieces), and writing. Oh, and she hates
spiders; why do they need EIGHT legs?
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