"Intense, enthralling, and wickedly sexy!" ~ New York Times bestselling author, Annika Martin ANNA A made man in the Italian Mafia. An immortal blood demon. I never imagined he’d become my dark salvation. My midlife awakening wasn’t going as planned. I’d wanted to prove I was more than a mousey professor, that I could handle life outside the walls of academia. Turns out, I’d underestimated the real world. My new boss was arrogant, domineering, and dangerous, and he turned me into a live wire that sparked under his thirsty stare. But he wasn’t just thirsty for my body. He craved my blood. I should have quit, should have run away screaming. Instead, I ran right into Marco DeVita’s arms. MARCO Heritage. Family. Blood. The bonds that had tied me to the Boston underworld for almost a century were unbreakable. Or so I thought. Someone in my crew had been stealing from me, had betrayed our family. But to ferret out the snake, I’d needed an expert to find proof. Anna Barone was a distraction I couldn’t afford. Her brilliant mind, hot temper, and even hotter body made my fangs ache with need. I was trapped between my desire and my duty to protect. Because in my world, everything comes at a price. ****** HER DARK SALVATION is the first book in the Bonded in Blood series. Each book is an interconnected, standalone Paranormal Mafia Romance with a guaranteed HEA.

Dissent : Marisol and her brother are on the run. With nowhere to turn, they take their chances in the Dark Forest. Captured by the dark denizens they'd been warned about, they are taken into the darkness by these beautifully cruel elves and used for selfish, sexual pleasure. No human can withstand the full force of raedjour sexual pleasures for long. Jarak and his men are dispatched to rescue Marisol and her brother, but they come too late. They save them from death, but now what are they to do with the traumatized humans? Life among the raedjour is in upheaval andtraditions of the last four thousand cycles of seasons may not apply. And Jarak's and Marisol's attraction only complicates matter.

A riveting memoir of one woman's immersion into fundamentalist faith, and her decision twenty years later to leave it all behind. Beautifully written and powerfully told, this memoir is a fascinating look at the nature of faith, and the inspiring story of one woman's struggle to find her place in the world. Originally published as This Dark World, this book has been adapted into the screenplay Higher Ground, now a film directed by and starring Vera Farmiga. Carolyn Briggs grew up with modest means in the Iowa Heartland. Pregnant at seventeen and married to her musician boyfriend, by the age of eighteen she found herself with little hope for the future. Until an unexpected encounter with the Divine. Soon she had immersed herself into a close-knit and patriarchal New Testament church. But as Carolyn began to realize that her religion left little room for what she wanted out of life-as a mother, as a wife, as an intellectually curious woman-cracks began to appear in her all-encompassing sense of faith, and slowly she began to question the religion that had given her hope.

VAMPIRE ROMANCE: Desmond Lacroix is on the front lines of a battle between science and magic, with the life of his young daughter at stake. When investigative reporter Rebecca Morgan tries to expose him, she is drawn into the battle . . . and into his bed. Can he trust the secret of his existence to a woman who makes a career out of revealing secrets?

From USA Today bestselling author A. Zavarelli comes an enemies to lovers romance full of blackmail, twists, and deception. From the shadows, I've tracked her every move. I was just supposed to watch her. But now, I can't stop. She's my obsession. My addiction. My poison. Watching her isn't enough. The savage in me won't be satisfied until I take her and make her mine. One taste and I'm hooked. Too bad for her... I'm never letting her go. **Stalked. Hunted. Captured.He took me from my life and locked me away in his compound. The ex-con. The big bad biker. Inked, bearded, and inhumanely sized. And yet, every time he looks at me, I melt. This broken beast hides demons behind those brutal eyes. I hate him... and I crave him. His touch, his words, his lips. When my enemies come for me, he vows to protect me as long as I do what he says. I'll be secure in this prison he created for me. But who will protect me from him? Convict is a full length standalone within the Sin City Series and has a complete ending.

n a world on the brink of chaos, passion and vengeance collide … After six months in hell, Julian Castille has returned to the world a changed man. No longer the calm, powerful CEO, but a shifter fully embraced by the blood of his clan. Julian has one goal: find the key to the portal that stands between the human realm and unprecedented darkness—and win back the pieces of his soul. The last thing he needs is a distraction like the beautiful, enigmatic Jaden DaCosta. Three years ago, a forbidden night of passion left Jaden forever altered: mated to Julian Castille–bound to a man who despises her. But the temptation to trust this darker, more savage—and more captivating—Julian is overwhelming. And as they fight for their immortal souls, their insatiable desire for each other may prove their fatal undoing…

A holy man named Santo Ramirez Man Of Light, along with his best friend/brother Ladan Summers, is reunited in a cause that will need the two of them to save the world. The fighting is a mix of Western, Free style, Samurai style, and ridiculous out of control power struggles you can only dream of. There is also cursing, blood, gore, and violence. Travel along with Santo and Ladan as they try to uncover the truth about, who Blood is? Why are mysterious dark events taking place? And why is everything going wrong? As a chosen descendent of God and his personal agent, its Santos mission to eliminate all evil that disturbs the balance of life and Gods plan that cant be stopped. However that doesnt stop the Dark Angel Lucifer from trying to escape from hell and use mankind against the world. What will be the conclusion of this epic story? What will happen to Santo and Ladan? And will the world be taken over by Lucifer or will God keep what rightfully belongs to him?