Dangerous Lovers

Dangerous Lovers

By

H.D. Gordon

Jamie Magee

Janelle Stalder

Cambria Hebert

A.M. Hargrove

Becca Vincenza

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Copyright © 2013 by H.D. Gordon, Jamie Magee,

Janelle Stalder, Cambria Hebert, A.M. Hargrove, Becca Vincenza

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Cover Art by Emma Michaels

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Table of Contents

BLOOD WARRIOR by H.D. Gordon

RIVULET by Jamie Magee

SWITCH by Janelle Stalder

CHARMED by Cambria Hebert

DARK WALTZ by A.M. Hargrove

DAMAGED by Becca Vincenza

BLOOD WARRIOR by H.D. Gordon

When her home is attacked by murderous vampires, 17-year-old Alexa is forced to leave her mother for dead in order to save her sister. She soon learns that she is the last known member of an elite race of supernatural Warriors, and is thrust into a world full of vampires and werewolves who all seem to regard her as some sort of savior. Meanwhile, Alexa battles a monster within herself that seeks to gain control; a monster that seeks blood.

The hidden city she finds herself in appears perfect, but Alexa's instincts tell her that all is not right within its walls. When she is asked to attend a school of fighters, whose exams consist of gladiator-style competitions, she must decide who she can trust among the smiling faces. And, when she meets Kayden, a vampire she feels undeniably drawn to, she must decide if she can trust herself.

RIVULET by Jamie Magee

Unfathomable forces have always contested Genevieve Indiana Falcon, known as Indie. The curse of her cold touch entraps her just as the grief ignited in her past torments her. Yet, her mysterious ability to dream while awake saturates her in the belief that she was not always anguished. There is hope that one day a true peace in her soul can be found.

Foolishly, Indie assumes she has contained her life in an odd balance, and she cherishes the visions she sees of the enigmatic boy that held her in a lost time, but can never reach. She grieves for a life she fears she'll never possess, and that grief is a weapon she uses against her aunt who stands between her and her inheritance.

Weeks away from her twenty-first birthday, the date where she would assume control over her family legacy, a night terror robs Indie of the balance she was clinging to. Like the dream she had before she lost her family, it predicts a fatal catastrophe on the horizon. The fight between life and death, good and evil, began the moment her thundering heart awoke her.

Everything changed after that dream. The one thing that keeps her curse at bay is stolen, and then the enigmatic boy arrives in the flesh. Face to face with her fiery born-again lover Indie realizes that the only way she can prevent the tragedy before her is to surrender everything she was, is, and could be.

Can she bend the laws of nature and fight the improbability that fire and ice could ever be one? As far as Indie is concerned, there is not a myth, spoken fate, or curse that is stronger than her stubborn desire to have it all ... including him.

SWITCH by Janelle Stalder

All’s fair in love and war.

Two thirds of the world's population has been wiped out, devastated by the worst war earth has ever seen. Still standing amongst the ruins is a mind reader who finds herself on the wrong side of the war.

Everyone does what they must to survive.

When the rebels bent on bringing down the New World leader start to rise up, it is her job to make sure they stay down where they belong. That is, until one rebel sneaks past her defences and into her heart. Love will blossom from the ashes, but will it be enough to save them, or will it mean the end of them both?

CHARMED by Cambria Hebert

Life or Death? Not many people would choose death. But what if death chooses you? What if death doesn't mean the end of your life, but the beginning?

For a Death Escort, death is life. Death is your paycheck. Death is your job.

And Charming is the best Escort the Grim Reaper has ever had.

But when you piss off the Reaper, being the best doesn't matter. So Charming is assigned a Target who is practically impossible to kill. He knows the Reaper hopes he fails--that he's counting on it. So Charming vows to prove him wrong. He vows to make the kill.

But someone else vows to get in his way. Someone with a big mouth, a sugar habit, and blond hair. Someone who makes his heart start beating again.

And so Charming is left holding more than one person's fate in the palm of his hand. He thought the choice would be easy, that there really wasn't a question at all.

He was wrong.

Life or Death?

DARK WALTZ by A.M. Hargrove

Category: ADULT Romance…NOT appropriate for young readers. (Major STEAM ahead)

Dark Waltz--A sizzling legend of loss, lust and love.

It’s the year 2030 and the human population has been annihilated by a virulent form of small pox. Liasare Davidson is desperately searching for her brother, who has been missing for three months. It’s been eighteen years since she was evacuated from Earth and she is horrified to see it’s become a cesspool of unimaginable things.

In her quest to find her brother, she meets Jurek, a powerful and enigmatic being that frightens her, yet she is unable to resist. When things begin to unfold between them, they both discover a paralyzing truth that puts Liasare at grave risk. She must make a choice to join Jurek and find her brother or fulfill a role she believes she is ill equipped to undertake.

DAMAGED by Becca Vincenza

(New Adult, contains language and sexual content. 18+) There are some beings in this world, long thought to be extinct. Some seek to protect them, others want control, but some…some are hell bent on their destruction. Audrey was taken from her father, hidden away from the world, and tortured for five years. She was rescued, but is she really safe, or is there someone else waiting to betray her? Can she trust those who saved her? Can she learn to accept who she really is? Stone was on a routine mission to extract valuable information from a rival clan of paranormals. Instead, he and his team find something much more valuable: a scarred, damaged young woman who holds many secrets, and whose power is beyond anything they could ever have imagined. There is much more to Audrey than meets the eye and Stone is determined to protect her. Audrey and Stone are about to find out it’s hard to know who to trust.

BLOOD WARRIOR

by

HD Gordon

Copyright 2011 © Heather Gordon

Cover Design by Mae I Design

ISBN-13: 978-1482302158

ISBN-10: 1482302152

As will always be, this is for my daughters, Soraya and Akira. No knight in shining armor has ever brought salvation finer than that you have given me. No love has ever been purer than that I have for you. There are no words great enough to define you.

They simply do not exist.

Chapter One

It wasn’t dead when I found it.

I’m not even sure what drew me to the window in the first place. But I went. I suppose I should have, even
could
have walked away at that point… let nature take its course. But, I didn’t.

Its neck was broken. Its wings outstretched and feathers splayed in a way more peacock than blackbird. I pushed open the window, having almost forgotten its deceitful boundary, though the glass was stained where the two had collided.

And then I tilted, just bent my upper body so I was leaning over it. It was in pain. No, I couldn’t be sure of this, and yet, I was. I think the eyes captured me, held me there until the option of walking away had faded, leaving me with no choice at all.

I backpedaled, reached out a calloused and cracked hand, and grabbed Capote off my desk. Returning to the window, I raised the hardcover.

My hesitation was brief, but present. The bird lay wounded beyond repair. And, somehow, I thought I knew what it wanted, what I would want were I the broken blackbird.

Or maybe I justified certain wants with inferred ones. Either way, it was the right thing. I took no pleasure in watching something suffer.

Nor would I let it.

The book fell at exactly the same moment the door opened.

Chapter Two

My mother entered the room, and I reluctantly turned to face her. I had been in a good mood. I didn’t particularly want to change that. But she there she stood, and that meant she had a reason. She never visited for a simple chat.

Her eyes flicked briefly to the window. If I hadn’t been watching, I would’ve missed it. She didn’t comment. She didn’t ask about the lone black feather sticking out from under Capote. She just gestured to the bed, and I took a seat.

She carried the makeup in her hand, and I refused to wince as she applied it none too gently to my eye.

“There,” she said, leaning back to examine her work.

I blinked a couple times to clear my vision and went to study myself in the mirror. My black eye was still visibly swollen, but at least the foundation she’d applied covered up some of the bruising. I stared at myself, almost ignoring the fact I’d become reasonably comfortable with this routine.

“Thanks,” I mumbled. It was all I ever said to her when this happened, and it occurred to me that it was strange to be thanking her for covering up an injury she had caused. Still, I had learned long ago to enjoy these moments with her. These moments when I could
almost
believe her when she said it was necessary for me to endure the physical pain she inflicted.

“Now go,” she said, snapping me out of my thoughts. “Or you’ll be late for school.”

I nodded and grabbed my loaded backpack off its hook as I headed out the door.