Knots and Crosses introduces gifted mystery novelist Ian Rankin, a fascinating locale and the most compellingly complex detective hero at work today. Inspector John Rebus: His city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders...and he's tied to a maniac by an invisible knot of blood. Once John Rebus served in Britain's elite SAS. Now he's an Edinburgh cop who hides from his memories, misses promotions and ignores a series of crank letters. But as the ghoulish killings mount and the tabloid headlines scream, Inspector Rebus cannot stop the feverish shrieks from within his own mind. Because he isn't just one cop trying to catch a killer, he's the man who's got all the pieces to the puzzle....
I wanted a promotion. My boss wanted a fake fiancée. The last thing we want is a baby surprise. Loxton Breckwood seemed to have it all. Looks, charm, prestige. A hoard of women lining up to spend one night in his bed… The only thing he didn’t have was access to his trust fund. Requirement number one? A steady relationship. A notion an infamous playboy like him couldn’t even begin to entertain. That’s where I came in… Sadie Thomas. Personal assistant extraordinaire. Model employee. Prime fake fiancée material. Too bad his pale blue eyes and striking tattoos start getting in the way. He is temptation personified, and when a work party goes off the rails, I give in and end up in bed with him. Now, my attraction to him is only one of my problems. Before I know it, I have two even bigger ones. A positive pregnancy test in my hand and a secret that would drive away the daddy of my baby…
All Systems Are Go! Ovulation cycle? Check. Estrogen level? Check. Nothing can stop Ellie Sterling's baby-making attempt at the fertility clinic. Nothing but her CEO boss—and good friend—who offers her an alternative to leaving their island headquarters: let's make a baby the old-fashioned way. It isn't that Aidan Sutherland wants to be a baby daddy; he just doesn't want to lose his senior VP. But Aidan's plans for romance and candlelight quickly turn business into pleasure. After one night with his pal Ellie, the bikini-chasing billionaire is dazed, confused and—could it be—in love?
“You’re a good girl but I don’t think waitressing is for you. Maybe you can do a different kind of service.” This is an illustrated novella. It includes beautiful images inside. Enjoy! I just graduated high school and I wanted to make some extra money. Little did I know, my stepdad and his boss had just the right position for me. Step into a world of original and steamy stepdad, erotic taboo, age gap, and forbidden romance. This story is for the ones who aren’t looking for a wham-bam-thankyou-mam type of experience. It is perfect for those who enjoy the tension that’s constantly building up toward a mind-blowing, explosive, and explicit climax. Note: This story contains age gap, step, ddlg kink, forbidden, taboo, and virgin romance tropes. All characters are within the legal age of consent, are not related by blood, and all scenes and events are legal.
Carina was set up, forced to commit a minor offense so the government could call her a criminal and sell her to a group of alien giants who want to breed with humans so their next generation won't be as tall, or as wide, or as muscular. Their height makes other species fear them. They have decided this generation of young men should mate with human women. The alien women on the planet are being sent to Opioium where they mate with another species with smaller men.The problem is that planet Spiegelium is on the other side of the universe. To get there, the women have to travel decades in a deep sleep, which stops their aging process. When the women arrive, their muscles have become so weak that they can hardly move. The men have to care for them, seeing to their every need, much as a daddy would care for his baby girl. In fact, the Spiegelium word for husband is Dadee.As the Earthlings get stronger, the alien daddies have to adjust the girls' upbringing. Sometimes they have to be strict with their little girls, and other times they have to hug them and assure them that they are very loved, and other times, they just need an orgasm.The alien men instantly fall in love with the women laid into their arms. They hold their wives to their hearts and patiently wait for them to regain their strength so they can truly become man and wife, while developing a deep connection to their wives.Samtka is ready to take a wife. He goes to the hospital where the Earthling wives arrive. At first, he has doubts, but when the doctor lays Carina in his arms, he knows that his two beating hearts have found a home in her dark blue eyes.Warning: This science fiction book has a very sexy Alien Alpha Daddy Dom and a woman set up for a crime, made weak by traveling through space, and is forced to depend on her alien for help with everyday things like washing herself. This book includes intense sex scenes, and it contains strong elements of Adult Age Play, including bottle feedings and diapers when needed.
Ways to screw up the MMA comeback I've been working so hard on: 1. Check out my trainer's little sister in front of him, which gets me hit in the head 2. Make excuses to stay at the gym afterhours so I can watch her face scrunch up while she balances the books 3. Forget that she's leaving at the end of the summer and we're supposed to be sticking to just friends 4. Get caught making out with her, earning even more hellacious training sessions, along with a warning to stay away 5. Switch my focus to proving I won't stop fighting until she's mine Each book in the Fighting for Her series is STANDALONE: * Until You're Mine * Until We're More
Trinity Knot. The most important things in the world come in threes. The debut novel from persistent daydreamer, Brittney Erin, explores the unconventional relationship between three lifelong friends. Taryn, the outcast and gifted artist; Aidan, the sexually-fluid game designer, and heir; and Liam, the rough-around-the-edges athlete with a chip on his shoulder. After their unlikely friendship blossomed into a downright taboo (but totally spicy) situation as they neared the end of high school, college promised the freedom they desperately desired. But fate had other plans, and their seemingly unbreakable bond was destroyed in an instant. Now, the former friends and lovers are brought back together after an unexpected accident. They are faced with the option to let each other go for good or examine their past and try to fix their broken relationship. Will the trinity knot bind them together forever or will they go their separate ways? Trinity Knot is a M/M/F bisexual romance that gets a little heavy on the spice. It also contains themes that may be upsetting to some readers, such as sexual assault, depression, self-harm, and bullying.
I never thought I'd break the bro code and HR rules in one fell swoop. Rowan Headley tops the list of people I never wanted to see again. She shattered my best friend's heart, turning him into a shell of his former self. I hate her for what she did. But guess who my company's new hire is? Yep, the last person I expected - Rowan Headley. It’s awkward, it’s tense, but we have to put up with each other. Except the longer I’m around her, the less I feel like avoiding her. Rowan is fire, sass, and brains all combined into one. Before I know it, I give in… One steamy night together changes everything. Sleeping with her is a mistake, but it’s a mistake we can’t undo. I crossed a line I shouldn’t have, and now there’s a baby to prove it too...
KNOTS is the third novel in the award-winning Justin Barnes series. Down-and-out insurance salesman, Kalvin Matheson, enamored with two notorious serial killers, strives to surpass their deeds. Justin Barnes, Suffolk County Long Island Homicide's covert operative, is called upon to untangle the web of clues left by this extraordinary murderer. Justin Barnes is back to solve yet another series of vicious murders in which the victims are tied with intricate knots. Kalvin Matheson is enamored by the deadly acts of Malcolm Columba and Clarence Emery--his two dearly departed serial killer "pals" killed by Justin--and embarks on a single-minded mission to follow in his heroes' footsteps and surpass their diabolical acts. It is Matheson's intent to be cloned along with his identical dead twin brother, Alvin, via the advancements in groundbreaking technology immixed dubious promises made by both Reality and Clonite, two connected institutions. Whereas the Reality Movement borders on the lunatic fringe, Clonite is a well-respected company, immersed in mainstream science. Now that Clonite has supposedly cloned the first human being, Reality is taking on a new dimension--one of unparalleled proportion. Police authorities have every reason to believe that both Malcolm Columba and Clarence Emery were deeply involved with the two groups, giving homicide detectives a possible lead to their serial killer's identity. However, Reality's member list is kept as secret as Clonite's laboratories and client list. Now that Clonite is on the brink of success, the one-time, up-front fee is one million dollars for the promise of "everlasting life," though one must patiently wait for technology to become available and the procedure perfected. However, the pot is proverbially sweetened for Matheson by Bishop John of the Reality church. The bishop offers Kalvin two clones for the price of one. Consequently, bodies suddenly expire like a two-for-one-sale--involving insurance schemes perpetrated by out-of-work Matheson in an attempt to raise one million dollars. Justin Barnes, along with Team Three detectives, must locate and surreptitiously weed through both organizations' lists in the hope of discovering the killer. As Kalvin murders for money and, just as importantly, the thrill, Justin Barnes and Team Three's homicide squad follow clues that lead them down a primrose path to the penultimate hour they arrest their prime suspect.
Once the daughter of a prominent dentist in Philadelphia, Natalie Allen wasn’t happy with the life she was expected to lead, so she left society behind and headed west. Now, in the little town of Junction, she’s known as Nat, a cowboy working on Boss Daddy’s cattle ranch. She keeps to herself, renting a room in a local boarding house instead of staying in the bunk house, and with her dungarees and short hair, no one realizes she’s living as a man. But Boss Daddy’s pretty daughter Miss Lucille takes a notice to “Mr. Nat,” and the closer the two become, the more conflicted Nat grows. She likes Miss Lucille a lot more than she knows she should, and it’s easy to forget who she’s pretending to be around the boss’s daughter. Then Miss Lucille surprises everyone, Nat included, by announcing their engagement. Nat knows they can’t marry, and if she tells Miss Lucille why, her ruse will be up. Her only choice is to leave Junction behind, even if it means breaking Miss Lucille’s heart. But will Miss Lucille let Nat go so easily?
