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Beyond Seduction
Merry Vance is twenty, athletic, and determined to remain free from what she sees as the tyranny of marriage. Her suitor is a friend she's known all her life, but she doesn't love him. Unbeknownst to Merry and the suitor, the suitor's father, who wants to use their family connections to launch his son's political career, is blackmailing Merry's mother. When Merry's parents threaten to take away her beloved servant, her horses, and her freedom if she does...
Catching Midnight
The plague hits London in 1349, and 8-year old Gillian's mother forces her to leave to save her life. The child runs into the forest, where she is found by two upyr who argue over which gets to adopt her into their fold. She chooses Auriclus over Nim Wei, but has not seen the last of the queen of the wolf-humans. Auriclus takes her to a pack of upyr who rear her as their own, but she never takes wolf form. When she is 30, she sets out on her own to disco...
Cooking Up a Storm
Cheek, 2004, 12.95 ISBN: 0352338970 On Cape Cod, Abby Coates worries that her restaurant, The Coates Inn, is going bankrupt. Still she advertises for a chef in Restaurant Monthly as she knows without one the place will go bust. Desperate, she accepts the weird offer of a stranger, chef Storm Dupre, whose only ambition in life is to make love to a myriad of women. Bored of the females in Los Angeles, Storm responded to Abby's ad, but insists th...
Hunting Midnight
Berkley, Nov 2003, 5.99, 304 pp. ISBN: 0425193039 They roamed the Scottish forests for centuries until 1370. Ulric, leader of the pack of upyr shapeshifters, is irate that the female he should be protecting, Gillian selected someone else to be her mate. Angry, Ulric leaves the safety of the forest and his pack to wander the streets of Bridesmere to see what the excitement of humans is to Gillian. Juliana Batoc flees an arranged betrothal. Ul...

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Menage
Kate Winthrop is in her mid-30s, free of her ex-husband and leads a quiet life as owner of a small bookstore. She rents part of her house to two male 20 something graduate students, Joe and Sean. One day, she comes home from work to discover Joe and Sean having sex in her bedroom. Instead of being shocked, she is turned on. Joe is embarrassed, but Sean asks her to join them. She does. As the three explore their sexual relationship, Kate learns that...
Night Stalker
Hunting Midnight Berkley, Nov 2003, 5.99, 304 pp. ISBN: 0425193039 They roamed the Scottish forests for centuries until 1370. Ulric, leader of the pack of upyr shapeshifters, is irate that the female he should be protecting, Gillian selected someone else to be her mate. Angry, Ulric leaves the safety of the forest and his pack to wander the streets of Bridesmere to see what the excitement of humans is to Gillian. Juliana Batoc flees an arrange...
Personal Assets
Berkley, Jan 2004, 14.00, 304 pp. ISBN: 0425193713 Nasty Evangeline Clouet was the driving force behind the success of elite Meilleurs Amis Boutiques found around the world in spots for the jet setting rich and famous. However, Evangeline pushed a lover too far and he killed her. The business is run by Evangeline's boy toy husband Philip Carmichael while her daughter Beatrix stays away preferring to paint. Bea arrives at the office and abrup...
Strange Attractions
Berkley, Oct 2004, 13.00, 320 pp. ISBN: 0425198219 In Mosswood near Seattle, B.G. Grantham is the world's leading quantum particles expert, but between his research leaps, he enjoys studying attraction and desire in human relationships. He selects subjects and has his sexual majordomo Eric Berne negotiate with the chosen one. For the first time, B.G. surprises his employee, lover, and friend Eric by allowing him to choose between two viable s...