Protective instincts lead to lost years in cold sleep and end with thawing out in a warrior’s arms. Aggie was slotted for life as a Keeper, a woman who put herself between her charges and danger. A genuine crisis of conscience kicks in on her second assignment and ends with her charge in hiding and Aggie in cold sleep for a while. Ikvaro was Aggie’s instructor on the moon base and his heart broke when she disappeared and was reported dead. Informed that she was alive and needed his help, he resigns his commission as instructor and heads out to the stars to find his woman now that duty no longer stands between them. She thaws, he looks into her eyes and she is no longer alone in there. She has gone from Keeper to Avatar and there is no protocol for this manoeuvre.

Issa went from ex-stripper to intoxicant with one touch of an alpha. Spending years with her skin hidden, she gets the shock of her life after a wedding when a friend introduces her to a familiar face, and her body goes wild... again. Issa lived her last few years in shadows, going out with all her skin covered until she attended a friend’s wedding and bumped into the guy who started it all for her. He just wants a hookup, and she doesn’t want to play, so she leaves him and returns home after the wedding. Covered up after a nocturnal grocery run, she finds two men on her porch, and one is her would-be hookup. The alphas agree to court her, and she agrees to let them... with conditions. There is a rough start, an awkward mistake, and a truce before they can begin moving forward to join the magic that binds them. Daynette met her alpha years ago, then attacked the same night. She had no memory of the night but one adorable souvenir. When one of Issa’s mates recognizes the little girl’s distinctive features, he makes a call. Daynette’s world tilts as she ends up looking up into eyes that look exactly like her daughter’s. Oh boy. She really wished she could remember their time together.

Tales of the Citadel 20 A Guardsman wakes a deadly weapon of mythic proportions, Rathi, and she must choose sides with only his earnest gaze to go on.   Hidden does his work in secret and silence. Searching for the deadly weapon known as the Destroyer of Ichadra, he insinuates himself into an archaeological team looking for the ancient power. The woman he finds is young, strong and can rip him apart at the molecular level with the wave of her hand. Rathi can remember over sixteen hundred years, but she has slept for the last thousand. The handsome male who wakes her entreats her to do what is right and that alone wins her agreement. When she sees that her world is dead, she must choose to align herself with a current power, and nothing will convince her like a kind word and an offer to help discover what happened to those who came before.  

Tales of the Citadel 24 Yohwen enjoys her life, but when the Citadel comes knocking she has to face change, danger and a man whose touch can set her on fire. Yohwen has finally reached the pinnacle of her art. She is the Master Haunt and during the festival week, she wakes the dead for their friends and families for one night only. The next day she is invited to help the Citadel on a world where the entire population died without a whimper. They were Ysheer, the same species as Yohwen. She can talk to them and let them talk to others in a way that no other being can manage. When her assistant asks to go, there is no choice. She has to go. Scorcher Orkill was not expecting the lovely creature to agree, but when she did, his heart raced and his body heated in a way he was only used to when his talent was in overdrive. She is here to do a job, and he is here to help, but once the work is over he has every intention of pursuing her. Unfortunately, something goes horribly wrong.

Iara lives her life for calm, partnered with a species she despises. She has to fight for what she brings so easily to others. Iara was a Kozue whose talent was peace and tranquility. Her parents sold her as a bodyguard to a royal house when she was just nine years old. Twelve years as a bondservant gave her an education that the Citadel continued when she escaped from a fate worse than death. Partnered with Lock of the Sector Guard, she stifles her urge to scream. There is one man guaranteed to shake the calm she brings to others and she is stuck in a ship with him. Lock admires Iara for her skill, her poise and her beauty. Finding a female Kozue without family or clan to protect her makes her a target, but her talent makes her formidable and very sexy to his senses.

Stolen to save her world from infiltration, Cleo learns to trust the man who gives her freedom by remaining at her side. Cleo got a visit from a recruiter, but her parents told her that under no circumstances could she join the Volunteer Project. She was sitting in the project offices, trying to decline their offer when matters were taken out of her control. Waking on the moon was bad enough, but waking in the confined space of a tank with everyone looking at her naked body made her furious. After nearly breaking through the heavy tank, she was given the rest of her adaptation while asleep. Helbri has never heard of a Bride being this much trouble, but as her Familiar, he needs to watch her reactions and know her well enough to predict them. Staring at her is no hardship, but knowing that she is coming with him under duress is another matter. Gaining her trust is going to take everything he has.

Being single-minded has never been a talent... until now. Zeeat has spent her life in contemplation, education and empathy. Given a chance to join the Citadel to learn what she is completely capable of, she takes the opportunity to move to her next level of experience. In Citadel Morganti, she learns to use the peculiar structure of her mind for the benefit of those around her until the day she is selected for an espionage mission. Minders have been going missing, and Zeeat is going undercover to find out where. Her life, sanity and sense of self are all hanging in the balance as she takes on the mastermind of Ikappi.

Sector Guard Book 19 – Vortex sweeps Tosha off her feet and into a tornado for safety. They really need to discuss his rescue methods. Tosha wanted a nice day off with her cousin, but a homicidal bug wave forces her to expose her talent to the others on her tour. Before her government can lock her up, she is swept off by a tornado and whisked into the stars. Joining the Sector Guard had never been an option, but now it was her only choice. Her name is changed to Shake and her first assignment is a doozy. With Vortex at her side, she accepts the emergency assignment and finds herself facing a proven killer who has no problem adding her to the roster.

Enslaved by her own people, she breaks free and joins the Citadel in her capacity as a water elemental. Her destiny is fluid. Mora was identified to the Resicor government as a talent, and on the way to the interview that would lock her up, she was diverted and hidden in the mountains. After a year on her own, she was captured and her time in service to the Resicor government began, deep underground where the public would never know. Tranoth was assigned by the Citadel to break her free, but as a technician, he had to go where he was sent. By chance, he ended up with her on two occasions, and it was enough time to set things in place for the breakout. By the time they are able to move, she has been alone for six years with only minimal contact by other beings. Her mind is fragile but she is determined. If they give her a place to run and hide, they will have to catch up to her because she is going.

Stone Cold Desire - Mark Alders When true love is worth any price, even an eternity in stone. The Jewel of Herculaneum - Alexis Anthony A jewel from the past comes to the present. Lola - Alexis Anthony A new twist to an old song. Battle in the Bedchamber - Jojo Brown Domination has purpose and winning this battle will leave a man dry. A Living Forest - Paula Calloway Immortality bargains with Death for love's heart. The Necklace - Kira Chase Can a necklace change one's destiny? When Jordan finds a long lost necklace from her late grandmother, her life takes a new and unexpected turn. Behind the Jade Tiger - Christie Gordon What truth lies beneath a restless blanket of dreams? Terra Form - Viola Grace There is more than one way to give life. Mystical Passions - Stephani Hecht After a lifetime of being separated from her own kind, Korin encounters a handsome, mysterious male who holds the key to unlock her past and her passion. Mystical Rapture - Stephani Hecht Branded a traitor by elven brethren, Devin decided there is no such thing as a Happily Ever After, until he stumbles across a beautiful female who ignites an undeniable passion. Phantom Persuasion - Celia Jade Is there a connection between a string of mysterious letters in Brigit's apartment and the sensual man paying her very erotic visits in her dreams? The Pirate and the Mermaid - Marc Jarrod The gift from the sea is more than what you see. Banished - A.J. Llewellyn Hawaiian kahuna Mahini is banished for violating huna law. Can he find a new life, even love on a remote volcanic island or only death? Hula - A.J. Llewellyn Is love really like a hula dance? Can Mingo McCloud win back his cheating lover Kaolin or have they made too many missteps? Disciplining Baron - D.J. Manly A little naughty is a lot of nice, but the question is just who is naughty and who is nice. Green Eyes - D.J. Manly The eyes tell all and then some because it's all in the eyes. A Stone's Throw: Emma - C.R. Moss Her friend gone, her grief strong, Emma enters a boutique to find comfort and gets a deal of a lifetime. Perfect Vessel - Tierney O'Malley Jade is at the end of her rope, but the only lifeline in sight is from Kyr, a handsome green alien offering a proposal so wicked and indecent it's hard to ignore. Clancy's Irish Dream - Evelyn Star Pistachio ice cream isn't the only green thing in the freezer. Department Nine - Jen Suits Getting picked up can be a little more than expected. Slave for Sex - Laura Tolomei Rydan's dead lover returns as a green faerie, seducing him into passionate sex and submission, but will he trust her enough to change his destiny?

Lilli never dreamed that base life on a strange world would involve dark elves and ancient races who both wanted to get inside her. Lillibeth enjoyed being Base Command of a listening post on Ikanni, the home of a branch of dark elves of Admar. When the death of the local politician sends the inhabitants of the base fleeing to the stars, Lilli is left to make sure that they all manage to leave intact before the locals arrive. Locked in her quarters, she tries to remain calm, but the strangers infesting the base are getting closer with every moment. Moving his people to the newly abandoned Alliance base was a serious matter. Orriko felt the obligation of stepping into his father’s shoes but his predecessor’s fondness for the base was still a mystery. When he finds that one member of staff is still on the base he decides to seek her out and meeting the human woman is more of a shock to his system than he could have anticipated. Dark elves, disembodied advanced species and one befuddled human woman take a world by storm.