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To Conquer a Lady by Aurora Rose Lynn The Earl is dead! Long live the
Countess! Only a few in the de Vieux castle know the headstrong Lady
Isabelle's secret, and she now rules an uneasy population that may rise
up against her at any moment. The castle is under bitter siege and the
young lady is at her wits end trying to defend her people . . . and her
heart. As a lowly knight, Edmund de Montfort watched the lovely lady
grow up into a beautiful, vivacious woman and now that she's of
marriageable age, he vows to make her his wife. He isn't of noble blood
but he's experienced in all the ways of winning a lady's heart. Except
one. After making love to him, Isabelle betrays him and he is forced to
choose between the lady and her castle. When passion and politics
collide, the decision may be a matter of who is the strongest of them
all . . . Mist and Stone by Bronwyn Green Knight of the Round Table, Sir
Gareth of Orkney has fought for Arthur and Britain for years. Now he is
called to serve his king and his country in a way he never anticipated.
King Arthur and the Lady of the Lake have resurrected the ritual of
Beltane and Gareth is expected to oversee the rite. His ability to
perform his duty is tested when he discovers the identity of the maiden
chosen for the sacred ritual. He wants her for his own and balks at
having to select a man to perform the ceremony with her. Willow, an
initiate of Avalon, accompanies the High Priestess to Camelot. She never
imagined she'd find the man who had sparked her fascination as a child.
More disturbing is the realisation that her childhood adoration has
grown into something deeper, more sexual. However, duty to Avalon forces
her to sacrifice herself to another man in the upcoming Beltane ritual.
Can the fragile blossom of love survive the rite of spring or will it be
crushed beneath the yoke of honour and duty? In the Dark by Brynn Paulin
Born with a red blemish streaking her cheek, Katherine has been hidden
her entire life. Even after her family perished in the plague, she did
not emerge from behind the walls that protect her. With the help of a
faithful servant, she is content to live as she's been taught. However,
her contentment ends when a band of men arrive to the castle in a cloud
of dust. She's horrified. And worried. And more than a little fascinated
by the man who leads them, Calen the Black. While she spies on Calen
from afar, her need to draw closer rages out of control until she sneaks
to his room to experience his touch…for as long as they remain in the
dark. See the book trailer for this story here Shortest Night by Lisabet
Sarai The year is 1595 in the reign of Good Queen Bess. Stage-struck,
young Ben Hastings leaves his father's farm for London, to join Will
Shakepeare's band of players. Hugh Templeton, the handsome leading man,
takes the the innocent lad under his wing, but Ben soon discovers that
Hugh wants more than just friendship. Meanwhile a savvy tavern maid
named Jenny engineers a comedy of errors to save Ben from Hugh's lewd
embrace and win him for her own. Reader Advisory: This story has male
male interaction and also multiple partners - MFM. _x000D_ Georgie and
the Dragon by Cindy Spencer Pape Who'd believe that in the enlightened
year of 1815, Georgie Grisham's Welsh village still felt the need to
make its 100-year sacrifice to the local dragon lord? And just because
she was supposed to be a descendant of St. George, why was everyone in
town suddenly looking at her? Fine. If being the dragon sacrifice would
save her younger siblings from the poor house, she'd do it. After she
got the agreement in writing. When the villagers found her safe and
sound the next morning, maybe they'd quit believing in this dragon
nonsense. But just in case there was some truth to it, she was taking
her great-great grandfather's sword. Someone needed to put an end to
this appalling tradition once and for all. When Caddoc sees the buxom,
flame-haired beauty waiting for him on the rocks, he can't resist flying
in for a closer look. Then the little minx tries to stab him with an
enchanted sword. For the first time in centuries, this sacrifice
business is going to be fun. First he has to take away her weapon, and,
takes her back to his lair. After he shapeshifts to human form - a shape
she recognises as the reclusive lord of a nearby castle - he can teach
her what it means to satisfy all the cravings of a dragon. Brazen
Behaviour by Saskia Walker Miss Eleanor Argyle has modern aspirations
for a Victorian lady. The daughter of an intrepid traveller, she's
confident and rebellious. After her father's death, she refuses to be
chaperoned by anyone - least of all a man that she'd much rather bed.
She's wanted Mr Gregory Munroe for years, but she is determined not to
sacrifice her independence to get him. Gregory Munroe is both aroused
and infuriated by his charge. She's stubborn, and he can sense that
she's about to try to outrun him. He thwarts her, trapping her aboard a
northbound train. Eleanor is secretly thrilled, and when she
subsequently decides to invite him to a brazen night of passion, he
barely stops to think about her motives. Can Eleanor have him, whilst
also giving him the slip? A fiery mix of passion and rebellion inspires
a chase that runs the length of Britain - but neither Eleanor nor
Gregory expects to find the knowledge that waits at its end. I live in
Michigan with my wonderful husband, two amazing sons and seven somewhat
psychotic cats. When not tormenting my characters, I can usually be
found helping with reading, writing and art projects in my sons'
classrooms as well as providing child care and tutoring for several
daycare children. Besides writing, I also enjoy reading, knitting,
sewing, cross stitching, pottery, drawing, jewellery making - basically
anything that helps me avoid cooking and cleaning. Aurora Rose Lynn, a
bestselling erotica author, lives in the Pacific Northwest with her
husband and conure. She enjoys writing romance with a sensual twist but
first and foremost, her stories must be about love. When she isn't
writing romance, she writes young adult and fantasy stories under a pen
name. Author of over thirty popular books and novellas in paranormal,
historical, and contemporary romance, Cindy Spencer Pape is an avid
reader of romance, fantasy, mystery, and even more romance. According to
The Romance Studio, her plots are “full of twist and turns that keep the
reader poised at the edge of their seat.” Joyfully Reviewed said, her
“colorful characters and plot building surprises kept me spellbound,”
and Romantic Times Magazine says her “characters are appealing, and
passionate sex leads to a satisfying romance.” Cindy firmly believes in
happily-ever-after. Married for more than twenty years to her own,
sometimes-kilted hero, she lives in southern Michigan with him and two
teenage sons, along with an ever-changing menagerie of pets. Cindy has
been, among other things, a banker, a teacher, and an elected
politician, but mostly an environmental educator, though now she is
lucky enough to write full-time. Her degrees in zoology and animal
behavior almost help her comprehend the three male humans who share her
household. For more about Cindy and her books, you can find her on her
website, or her blog. When it comes to books and movies, Brynn Paulin
has one rule: there must be a happy ending. After that one requirement,
anything else goes. And it just might in any of her books. Brynn lives
in Michigan with her husband and two children, who love her despite her
occasional threats to smite them. They humour her and let her think
she's a goddess...as long as she provides homemade chocolate chip
cookies on a regular basis. Brynn is president of her local chapter of
Romance Writers of America and also hosts a weekly writing critique
group. She's conducted workshops at several writers' conferences around
the country as she enjoys mentoring and meeting new people. According to
Brynn, her writing success can be attributed to 70's music, her local
road construction crews, a trusty notebook, and of course, her husband
(and willing research subject), AKA Mr. Inspiration. I became addicted
to words at an early age. I began reading when I was four. I wrote my
first story at five years old and my first poem at seven. Since then,
I've written plays, tutorials, marketing brochures, software
specifications, self-help books, press releases, a five-hundred page
dissertation, and of course, erotica. I'm the author of four erotic
novels and two short story collections. I also edited the ground
breaking anthology SACRED EXCHANGE, which explores the spiritual aspects
of BDSM relationships, and the massive collection CREAM: THE BEST OF THE
EROTIC READERS AND WRITERS ASSOCIATION. My short stories have appeared
in more than two dozen print collections edited by erotica luminaries
such as M. Christian, Maxim Jakubowski, Mitzi Szereto, Rachel Kramer
Bussel, and Alison Tyler. In my so-called spare time, I also review
books and films for the Erotica Readers and Writers Association (www.
erotica-readers. com) and Erotica Revealed (www. eroticarevealed. com),
and feature as a Celebrity Author at Custom Erotica Source(www.
customeroticasource. com) My lifelong interests in sex and the written
word became serenditipitously entwined about a decade ago when I read my
first Black Lace book by Portia da Costa. Her work inspired me to take
my fantasies out of the closet (and the private email files) and expose
them to the world. The rest, as they say, is history (although granted,
no more than a minor footnote!)I've always loved traveling; my husband
seduced me in a Burmese restaurant by telling me tales of his foreign
adventures. Since then I have visited every continent except Australia,
although I still have a long travel wish list. Currently I live with him
and our two exceptional felines in Southeast Asia, where I pursue an
alternative career that is completely unrelated to my creative writing.
Award winning British author Saskia Walker first dreamed of writing her
own stories when she discovered a handful of romance novels stashed away
in her school library. An avid reader, she lapped up the fun, the
adventures, and the life-affirming emotion of these stories, but always
felt dismay when the bedroom door closed the reader out. She vowed that
if she ever had the chance to pursue her dream, all the passion would be
right there on the page. Saskia finally began writing seriously in the
late 1990s. By that time she'd traveled the world, got herself a BA in
Art History, a Masters in Literature and the Visual Arts, and she'd
worked in all manner of diverse careers-but the stories in her head
simply had to be written. Her first erotic short story was signed in '97
and since then she has had several single title novel and novella
publications, and her work has appeared in over fifty anthologies
including Best Women's Erotica, The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica,
and the Black lace Wicked Words series. She writes across genres, but
always with the passion right there on the page! Her novel, DOUBLE DARE,
received the Passionate Plume award for the Best Contemporary Erotic
Romance of 2006. Saskia lives in the north of England-close to the
beautiful, windswept landscape of the Yorkshire moors-with her real life
hero, Mark. Mark supports her work through all its ups and downs, and
somehow manages to keep her sane and grounded when fiction threatens to
take over.
