Taken is Coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

The playboy…

Khalid Francois Duïs is a man who isn’t afraid to take what he wants. And what he wants is Olivia Pierce. As his best friend’s sister, she was supposed to be off limits but Olivia quickly becomes a fever in his blood he simply can’t shake. He will do whatever it takes to have her with him and underneath him, even it means kidnapping.

The independent woman…

Olivia Pierce vows to never marry, instead choosing to focus on her career. But a clandestine encounter with Khalid’s threatens her resolve. Though her mind says no, her body screams yes! Her only option is to reject the the arrogant industrialist who believes a woman’s place is in his bed.

When Olivia rejects Khalid’s advances, he takes matters in his own hands and whisks her away to placate his obsession. From the tempestuous passion of their first encounter, across stormy seas, to a beautiful oasis in Africa, Olivia becomes his prisoner and a slave to Khalid’s all-consuming seduction.

 

 

 

“I won’t beg,” she whispered in a last ditch effort of preservation.

Moving quicker than a viper, Khalid yanked her onto his lap—face down, butt up. Not liking the submissive position, Olivia struggled against him. He seemed to take delight in her unwillingness because a smile played along his lips, and his pupils expanded until they blotted out the golden color of his irises and made his eyes appear black.

“You don’t have to beg for what I aim to do.”

His hand snaked under her dress and Olivia stiffened. “Please, Khalid, don’t do this!”

“It’s long overdue. You need to be taught that during the time you are with me you must obey me.” Olivia flinched as his hand slid up the back of one thigh to cup her cheek, massaging it before doing the same to the other. “And just so you don’t forget, you must be taught a lesson.”

Fearing the unknown, Olivia tried to scramble off his lap. To her consternation, he thwarted her last ditch effort with a hand pressed firmly against her back.

“Don’t worry, I keep my promises.”

He rubbed his hand over her bottom, and the gentleness of his touch lulled her senses. So much so, the first blow sent a shock to her system. And by the time she associated the burn in her backside to his raised palm, his hand had fallen again. His hand rose and fell, repeatedly connecting with her flesh.

At some point, Olivia lost count of how many times he’d meted out his “lesson”. She couldn’t concentrate on trivial matters when a much bigger problem had reared its ugly head. In spite of smarting from the abuse, her body had come alive. A curious heat had blossomed between her thighs, and it took all her concentration to not rock her sex into….

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Khalid’s hands tightened on the horse’s reins, his gaze never wavering from the woman illuminated by the torches lining the dock. His heart was pounding so hard the conversation between his cousins receded into the background.

Only a few more yards and Olivia would finally be his. This time there would be no barriers between them. No bedroom doors, no mixed signals, and definitely no clothes.

Khalid gripped the reins even tighter. His horse objected to the pressure by prancing slightly to the right, colliding with his cousin’s mount.

“What the hell are you doing?” Malik growled as he attempted to control his horse.

“Cut him some slack, brother.” Hassan chuckled. “Our cousin is just impatient for his woman.”

Malik snorted. “Why go through all this trouble for a westerner? There’s plenty of sand in the desert.”

Khalid remained silent. How could he explain his obsession with Olivia Bryant when he didn’t exactly understand it himself? To acquire her, he’d risked his relationship with one of his oldest friends and even his company’s reputation by not competing in the Vanderbilt Cup.

All he knew was that he couldn’t shake his desire for Olivia. She’d embedded herself so deeply under his skin he couldn’t concentrate on anything else but possessing her.

 

 

Koko Brown is an USA TODAY Bestselling author and romance junkie who once read over 200 Zebra romance Club novels the summer before her senior year in high school.

One day, while daydreaming in bed, she came up with the idea for her first erotic manuscript. Taking a hiatus from teaching, she had enough time on her hands to flesh out the story in two short weeks. A month later, she cleaned it up and sent it to Ellora’s Cave. By January, she received a revision letter from one of their editors and by March she signed a contract for her vampire erotic novel Charmed.

Koko calls the east coast of Florida home. Even though she’s a multipublished author of interracial erotic romance, she has a life. She loves to travel (three continents, 20+ countries and 38 states so far), shop in thrift stores, ride motorcycles, and volunteering.

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Cover Reveal Without Hesitation by CJ Azevedo

At eleven years old, Macie James was certain she saw her prince standing in her kitchen with his rosy cheeks and cute smile. She was going to marry that boy, she had no doubt about it. As she became a teenager, it was that boy who taught her how to become a confident and sure woman. As the years went by and they grew up, he taught her how to love and to be loved.

Greyden Michaels was surprised when he fell for his best friend’s little sister. He wasn’t opposed to it and, even more surprising, neither was his best friend. When he was in college and her just in high school, he realized they were too young to be committed, he opted for friendship with her and together they decided their love was for the future.

When you hesitate, life happens. When life happens, your plans change. Macie wanted her fairy tale and Greyden was prepared to give it to her when unfortunate events changed his whole life, including his future with the UFC and, most devastatingly, with her. Macie made the decision to live her life, to move on without Greyden, especially once she met the man who wanted to marry her and give her the life he couldn’t.

The problem with that was that Greyden had always seen her as his. Could he give her up completely for her supposed happiness or could he somehow manage to get his life in order to try and win her back, heart and soul?

Don’t miss books 1 & 2!

Without Boundaries (the Without series)

Without Doubt (the Without series)

 

Being a dreamer her whole life, CJ had big plans as a child to move to New York and live the city life. She wanted to escape the small country town she grew up in and be an independent woman. The dreaming never stopped, changed a little but never stopped. Instead she married a boy from that small country town and decided to somewhat travel together. One day, living in Northern California they decided to pack up and move to Texas, just because. That’s where she resides today doing what she loves the most… mothering her children, loving her Husband and living vicariously through all of the stories she gets to create and write up daily.

We are so excited to be able to participate in the unveiling to the world the cover of the 4th book of the Darkness Series by the amazing Stacey Marie Brown!

 

BLOOD BEYOND DARKNESS

SYNOPSIS

After months of searching, Ember and her friends have finally located the Sword of Light, the only weapon capable of destroying Queen Aneira and ending her rule. This is Ember’s destiny. Or so she thought. Now a pact to save the man she loves changes everything.In this final installment in the Darkness Series, when the truth comes to light, Ember will learn some things are better left in the dark as her world is ripped even further apart. It is no longer a rabbit hole, but a never-ending black void full of endless lies, betrayals, and secrets.

The fight for Earth has begun, and Ember will have to make the ultimate sacrifice to save millions of innocent lives and those she loves.

But this price may be too high—even for her.

 

Releases August 2014

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Darkness of Light (Book 1)

Freak. Witch. Crazy. Schizo.

Ember Brycin has been called them all. She’s always known she’s different. No one has ever called her normal, even under the best circumstances. Bizarre and inexplicable things continually happen to her, and having two different colored eyes, strange hair, and an unusual tattoo only contributes to the gossip about her.

When the latest school explosion lands her in a facility for trouble teens, she meets Eli Dragen, who’s hot as hell and darkly mysterious. Their connection is full of passion, danger, and secrets. Secrets that will not only change her life, but what and who she is—leading her down a path she never imagined possible.

Between Light and Dark, Ember finds a world where truth and knowledge are power and no one can be trusted. But her survival depends on finding out the truth about herself. In her pursuit, she is forced between love and destiny and good and evil, even when the differences between them aren’t always clear. At worst, she will incite a war that could destroy both worlds. At best, she will not only lose her heart but her life and everyone she loves. Once the truth is out, however, there will be no going back. And she’ll definitely wish she could.

Fire in the Darkness (Book 2)

It’s been four weeks since Ember Brycin witnessed what her powers are capable of. The Electrical Current Storm (ECS) has turned Seattle, Washington into a natural disaster zone. The death toll is in the thousands with countless others homeless and hungry.And Ember is the one who caused it. Something she will have to live with every day.

Those people who were unable to escape either turned quickly into gangs or live in shelters. Ember, on the other hand, can’t do either. With a price on her head and a Dark Dweller on her ass, she is constantly on the move. Both Light and Dark are hunting her for their own purpose to use her as a weapon or a pawn in the war between the Unseelie King of the Dark and the Seelie Queen of the Light.

Em needs help but doesn’t know who to trust: Lars, the mystery man Torin told her to find? Torin, the Seelie Queen’s personal knight, who has sworn to keep Em safe? Or Eli, who wants to turn her over to the Unseelie King, but whom she has an undeniable, intense connection with?

No matter what she chooses she will probably lose—her life or everything and everyone she loves.

Beast in the Darkness (Eli Novellette)

*Meant to be read after Fire In The Darkness*Beast In The Darkness (An Elighan Dragen Novelette)

We know the story from Ember’s POV, but what happens to Eli after Ember disappears? Crawl inside Eli’s mind and experience what he goes through. Be warned his mind in not a fuzzy warm place to be….

**Warning this contains sexual content and language.

**Contains Spoilers if you have not previously read Darkness Of Light or Fire In The Darkness.

 

Dwellers of Darkness (Book 3)

Some days feel like years, but in Ember Brycin’s case just the opposite is true. She had only been in the Otherworld for a day or two when she escaped with her mom, Kennedy, and Jared to the Earth realm. But it’s three years later on Earth. Em would be 22 now—if she was a human. But she’s not. She is a Dae—part Demon and part Fay—with a little Dark Dweller thrown in to make her even more of a freak.One thing that hasn’t changed, though, is her undeniable connection to Eli Dragen, who is sexy, gorgeous, and even more frustrating. But her problems go way past him.

The Seelie Queen of the Otherworld still holds Mark, Em’s father, and her friends, Ryan, and Josh as hostages. Em needs to rescue them without, once again, getting caught and being used as a pawn to help the Queen regain possession of Earth. At the same time Lars, the Unseelie King, reminds Em she is bound to him and has to locate the Sword of Light to fulfill the prophesy and kill the Queen.

As the tension for war mounts between the Seelie and Unseelie (Light and Dark), the tension at the Dark Dweller’s compound mounts even more as they prepare to obtain the sword no matter what the price. But is Ember the answer to the location of the sword? Is she the one to fulfill the prophecy? As usual nothing is ever what it seems.

Author Bio

Stacey Marie Brown by day is an Interior/Set Designer, by night a writer of Paranormal Fantasy, Adventure, and Literary Fiction. She grew up in Northern California, where she ran around on her family’s farm, raising animals, riding horses, playing flashlight tag, and turning hay bales into cool forts. Even before she could write, she was creating stories and making up intricate fantasies. Writing came as easy as breathing. She later turned that passion into acting, living and traveling abroad, and designing. Though she had never stopped writing, moving back to San Francisco seemed to have brought it back to the forefront and this time it would not be ignored.

When she’s not writing she’s out hiking, spending time with friends, traveling, listening to music, or designing.

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HE is trying to piece together his broken life.

SHE is running away from her wedding day.

TOGETHER, their world is a beautiful lie.

APART, their world is a perfect mess.

He + She is a free-spirited romance about soul-awakening second chances, heartbreak, and hopeful beginnings.

 

 

Michelle Warren didn’t travel the road to writer immediately. She spent over a decade as professional Illustrator and designer. Her artistic creativity combined with her love of science fiction, paranormal and fantasy led her to write her first YA novel, Wander Dust. Michelle loves reading and traveling to places that inspire her to create. She resides in downtown Chicago.

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A Seal’s Surrender

Eden is a certified klutz everywhere but in her veterinary clinic. She also happens to need rescued a lot by her very Hot neighbor who happens to be a navy seal. Growing up she was the girl next door who when he happened to find her always had to rescue her. Cade has come home because his dad had a heart attack so because his grandmother has requested it he is home. Cade’s reputation is that he is amazing in bed & if he sleeps with you, you have a very high ranking with the snobby girls. Eden has always wanted Cade, she has watched him from a distance growing up & has wished for him for several years when blowing out her candles. While Cade is home he finds out about some things Eden needs rescued from & his grandmother expects him to help with. So with the snobby girls after him & Eden tempting him he takes on the problems. Will he break his rules & have a relationship with the girl next door?

I give this book 5 stars, I loved the characters & the ending!

Manda

His Hired Girlfriend

Alex is a very sweet & innocent woman. She works hard to take care of her family & is trying to figure out a way to earn money for her dad to have a heart transplant. In walks Jayden he is a billionaire many times over and is recently broken up with his long term girlfriend. His sister is getting married & he doesn’t want to deal with his grandmother’s matchmaking so he decides to hire a girlfriend. When his friend Peter sets him up to meet Alex she accidentally dumps tea on him & becomes very flustered. Seeing this Peter knows what needs to happen so he convinces he that Jayden is gay so she will agree to this. As you can probably guess Jayden is a very eligible bachelor & all the girls want him. Alex isn’t really in their league but can hold her own! I loved the story, it had suspense & a sweetness you don’t always see.

I give the book 5 stars I couldn’t put it down!

Manda

Bender

Keegan is a 20 year old college student with a little sister & a single mother who forgets that she has an 8 year old daughter. Keegan decides she needs to move out so that she can finish he classes with the best grades possible & to show her mom she needs to be more responsible. Her BFF Macie takes her to the student union to look at the ads posted not feeling very confident about this she takes some numbers thinking she would call them later. When her mom slacks off again she gets mad & starts calling. We’ve all heard the saying 3rd Times a charm? Well in this case the apartment is great the roommate….well he’s not the most pleasant. Camden is grouchy, judgemental & has given her a nickname she can’t stand, well from him anyway. Honestly Camden wasn’t my favorite person at first but as the story goes on I fell in love with him & can’t wait for the next brother’s story!

I give this book 5 stars!

The Girl Least Likely To Marry

Cassiopeia (Cassie) is pure and simple a scientist. Imagine the tv show The Big Bang Theory she has the attitude of Sheldon and Raj’ s job. She is blunt to the point & lacking on social skills, everything has a scientific reason or so she thinks. The Awesome Foursome as her group of friend are called have been together since college. Cassie has watched them drool over the track team and date guys while kind of looking down on them for letting their hormones control them. That is until she meets Tuck at Reece’s nonwedding where just being around him make a her mind go blank.

Tuck is a ex NFL quarterback who believes he is God’s gift to women, until he meets Cassie who thinks he is a few crayons short of a full box. She doesn’t understand how she can be so attracted to someone so dumb. She can’t get away from his pull on her. Tuck who would usually be very offended finds her funny & arousing. So while Cassie is fighting the attraction Tuck is encouraging it.

Will Cassie figure out love isn’t logical and our hearts sometimes take over or will Tuck show her that life isn’t can’t always be explained by science?

I rate this book 4.5 stars it was comical and refreshing.

Manda

The Plus One Chronicles Box Set

I loved this book! Kat’ s transformation is incredible, she goes from being scared of her own shadow to self confident. Sloane is overly confident, he knows what he wants & he’s use to getting it! He goes after Kat because she stands out to him. The arrangement is she is to be his plus one to any social events he has & eventually sex would be involved, in return he would teach her to fight back. The transformation in both of them is amazing, a lot of twists & turns & HOT sex!!!  5 stars

Enraptured

Cute love story!

Ella is a college student whose life was on track & everything is going great until her parents die in a car crash leaving her with a mountain of debt. She has to put everything up for sale & get a job to save for her next year of college & her rent.

She gets a barely minimum wage job that pays the bills but doesn’t quite cover her food cost. So her friends tell her that she needs a new job & they have the perfect job for her a bartender at a club. She at first doesn’t want the job but changes her mind.

Dace has a bad reputation as a player, never sleeps with the same woman twice and very violent, he is also part owner of the club. Ella unknowingly runs into him in the school parking lot. When she goes for the interview he dismisses her as to innocent. Ella not being put off Gore’s and lays down her circumstances and gets a probation period at the club.

Dace finds her to be refreshing and different since she doesn’t want to sleep with him or change him. He decides they are going to be friends, which shocks everyone because Dace doesn’t have girl friends.

As time goes on their friendship grows but like all relationships if they aren’t building on the truth or trust things will start to crumble. This book has the bad boys, it has mystery, it has romance and it has the classic good girl in it. I loved it! I rate this book with 5 stars!

Manda