Stride makes a hasty and cataclysmic decision to take his position as ruler of the underworld, sending Zero to a new and hopefully happy life far from the evil machinations of Planet X. Stride takes control of Planet X, eliminating the vampire queen and taking over full control. However, he can't do this with Zero by his side and after some scorching lovemaking, sends his blood slave to a new life on Earth. As Stride grapples with the reality that his demonic reign entails, Zero lands on a strange and different Earth that resembles nothing he remembers. He discovers that the great final war has given rise to a whole new race of beings and, forced to plunge into a new existence, all he can think about is...Stride.

Stride has wiped Zero's mind of all memories of him, but love is stronger than death. Zero starts to remember, their passion rekindling in spite of terror and threats. Stride might be in command of all the demonic forces in the world, but it sure doesn't feel like it. Like any ruler, he never knows who trust...even his own sex shifter wife. Stride and Zero, the man he truly loves, are reunited but it's no picnic in the garden of Eden...only snakes and demonic forces hell-bent on destroying Stride. Fearing his beloved son, Akakios, will have to endure the same miserable childhood Stride did—not to mention the control of deadly, evil forces—Stride and Zero once again wind up on the run. This time, they have help in the form of the fallen angel, étienne, to help protect their precious cargo. Realising that his own people want to take possession of Akakios, Stride must make decisions that could sacrifice his relationship with Zero...and his own life.

Icarus Smith has two problems, and they both want him...their Mediator. Icarus Smith has just landed an unusual assignment. A licensed mediator used to handling squabbling spouses, he's been hand-picked to negotiate a forty-million-dollar welterweight championship title fight. The problem is, these two world boxing champions hate each other. Worst of all, Icarus has discovered that one of them, Italian superstar Paolo de Luca, is the man with whom he had a passionate affair in Italy the previous summer. Paolo cruelly dumped him, and Icarus realizes he is still devastated. Can he overcome his personal feelings to work with Paolo and the boxer's arch-nemesis, US champion Adam Wyler? So far, the fight scheduled to take place at New York's Madison Square Garden is a bust. Fans have bought tickets, and Pay-Per-View sales are through the roof. Just like Lady Di's face once adorned dishcloths, these guys have their faces on buttons, badges, posters, TV and print ads. And they don't care. But Icarus has an even bigger problem. He's just accepted promoter Thaddeus Halsey's huge wad of cash to broker this deal and Icarus wants the money for a restoration project in his hometown in Las Vegas. Can Icarus go through with mediation? Can he persuade the man who broke his heart to face the guy who now apparently wants it?

What would you do if you lost twelve years of your life? How could you win back the man you've loved and lost...to the whims of a Hanalei Moon? World champion surfer Gaby Loe wants to take advantage of a rare tropical storm to train for his upcoming world title contest. His lover, Ntino, is furious because it's the day of his sister's wedding. Gaby insists he'll make it back in time and heads to Hanalei Bay. He wipes out badly in a gigantic wave. Fighting for his life, he almost drowns. When he makes it back to shore, he finds his beloved dog Ginger, his car keys, and his vintage Woody have all vanished. He's about to discover that's the least of his problems. Somehow, someway, he's also lost twelve years of his life. Ntino is now a straight, married man, and Gaby's business partner would prefer him to be dead since he's making a fortune marketing Gaby's untimely death. Can Gaby win back the love he desires? And what on earth happened to him under that Hanalei Moon? over18">Publisher's Note: This book was previously released at another publisher. It has been revised and re-edited for release by Totally Bound Publishing./EM

When Dr Jack Hanrahan set out for a much needed vacation, he had no idea his life would forever change on a remote biking trail in Roley's Wood... Jack Hanrahan is a California surgeon taking a brief cycling vacation with friends in Edinburgh, Scotland. A woman's scream shatters his peaceful ride in the recently cleaned up Roley's Wood. He and his best friend, Paul, a heart surgeon, race towards the sound. They find a woman lying on the ground, clinging to life, an arrow sticking out of her body. Jack and Paul have no way of knowing that she disappeared weeks ago and has been the subject of a huge manhunt. They try to help her, working on her frantically until they are able to call for help but by the time they reach the hospital, it's too late. In the confusion, they realise whoever fired at her must have been an onlooker because the arrow Paul took out of the victim is missing. How could they have not noticed the killer sneaking back to remove it? The case soon lands in the procurator fiscal's hands. Jack has never heard of this but soon finds that the man in question is the very sexy public prosecutor Brodie Shaw, who promptly asks Jack for help in the twisty mystery as they begin to fall in love with each other...

In If Come, AJ Llewellyn deals with the ancient deadly sin of acedia. It was once considered the 'noonday demon'—a melancholia that is brought about by repetitive work. Writing, marriage and monkhood were the three main occupations said to induce it. Zam Carmarthen is a mildly successful Hollywood screenwriter struggling with a debilitating depression that prevents him from completing anything he starts. When he lands an 'If Come' deal with a major Hollywood producer, he's finally forced to focus on his work and not give into the strange malaise gripping him. In order to ever move ahead in the movie business, he must complete the pilot episode of his proposed TV series, Angel Inn. If his producer is able to sell the series, Zam will be a very rich man. Everything he has worked for can be his. Paralysed by his depression, he finds unusual solace in the form of his arch nemesis, Dominic Glass—a surgeon turned super successful screenwriter...and the man who rewrote Zam's hit screenplay for his own glory. Can Zam overcome the depression Dominic calls acedia, which threatens to derail his whole life? Can he move on from his long time sex buddy Jason? And what about these new feelings he has for Dominic in spite of their rocky history? Will Zam get it together...or will Dominic once again walk away with all the credit for something Zam created?

Jing dreams of a yuletide filled with sex and candy...but so far the upcoming Winter Fae festivities look to be filled with humbugs... It isn't easy being the literal redheaded step-child of the grand Fairy King, Oberon. But frantically busy Jing, the Unseelie Court's only male sugar plum fairy, has a chance to redeem himself in Oberon's eyes. All he has to do is invite a sexy, frolicsome guest to the annual Winter Fae Fest—a wicked, wanton holiday celebration. When he happens upon a handsome, red-haired fairy in the forest, Jing senses a kindred spirit in the softly spoken William. The mysterious but captivating fairy at first declines Jing's invitation, then accepts. At the festivities, however, Oberon recognises William as a Fire Fae and goes berserk. Fire faeries, who have a tendency to be tricksters and mischief makers, once set his pants ablaze and singed his hair and brows. Oberon sees William as being dangerous and subversive—a lunatic—and Fire Fae are not welcome. William rushes to assure Jing he's not bad—he never wants to hurt anyone. He's just misunderstood...