Romantikk og erotikk

The move to World Cup Academy of Gymnastics is the greatest challenge Adrianna has encountered. Punished for Coach Kova's overwhelming desires, she's reeling with resentment while she sits out the first meet of the season. As Adrianna fights to regain her focus, he pushes her body to the extreme, leaving her mentally and physically exhausted.Kova underestimates Adrianna's endurance and gravitates more toward her despite his internal battle raging within to stay away. They try to disentangle themselves, but the tension between coach and gymnast mounts, engulfing them in a forbidden world of deception and passion.The one place where they should never feel alive is where they find complete absolution. But one slip, one wrong landing, a missed grip, and everything they built can come tumbling down, damaging their professional and personal lives.

Lynsie Fox has what she considers to be a perfect life. Married to Lincoln, a military pilot, she's living the Army life she's always loved. Being a sucker for great love stories, Lynsie makes it her mission to find Lincoln's best friend and co-pilot, Dax Adams, a good woman. Losing the one woman he's ever loved, Dax attempts to be a good sport by playing along in Lynsie's match-making scheme. However, Dax is certain he will never get the woman of his dreams. But life doesn't always fly smoothly. When turbulence strikes, Lynsie watches her world crash and burn around her, leaving her empty with broken wings. Despite her grief, can she mend the pieces back together and learn to fly again?

"You have to marry me." As far as proposals go, a demanding plea for marriage is hardly what every girl dreams of. Especially since it comes from her nemesis and best friend's younger brother Delta Jackson. But it's the only one Cassandra Brown gets and she's desperate. She has six months to nab a husband or she'll lose her grandmother's house, the only place she's ever called home.Del knows Cassie is in a pickle, but so is he. He needs cash to fund his restaurant and prove himself to his family, but no bank will give him a loan. Seems to him they could solve both of their problems. He'll play the doting fiancé and she'll give him the startup money, everyone gets what they want.But soon the two realize their desires aren't what they first thought and their years of feuding have been hiding a volcanic attraction that's poised to explode, taking their fake relationship into very real territory.

Tormented by visions of the past, she must go back in time to ally with a handsome Highlander...Astrid Hart has turned her back on magic and time travel since the dark events of her childhood, choosing to embrace her life as a doctor in the twenty-first century.Yet when dark visions of the past in which history is altered consume her, she has no choice but to go back in time to prevent war and bloodshed.Torn between his Norse and Gaelic heritage, Domhnall will do whatever it takes to protect his people. After meeting a bonnie time-traveling witch with a dark warning of the future, he must join forces with her to preserve the tentative peace of the Scottish isles.As Astrid and Domhnall work together to preserve history and the fate of the people of the isles, they contend with their growing love for each other against the tumult of clashing forces, magic, and the pull of time....Start reading now!

Trapped in the past, she must come to the aid of a sexy Highlander...Avery Fletcher has always relished in the freedom of her ability to travel to different times. Yet when she is forced to remain in the fourteenth century by a mysterious witch, she feels an undeniable pull toward a sexy Highlander . . .Bhaltair MacAidh made a sacred pledged to his late brother to protect his niece. He has no choice but to seek the help of a distractingly bonnie golden-haired witch to take on a dark magical foe.As Avery and Bhaltair contend with their burgeoning desire and love, they must fight to defeat a powerful enemy intent on destroying Bhaltair's niece, their future, and bending time itself to his dark will ...Start reading now!

She falls back through time . . . and right into the arms of a dashing Highlander...Lila Fletcher is determined to prove the strength of her magical time traveling ability to herself, her family, and her coven.But when she travels back in time to fourteenth century Scotland to contend with a malevolent foe, she must also battle an all-consuming desire for a dashing Highland laird...After losing his family to illness, Gawen MacRaild has turned his back on love. Yet his obligation to duty conflicts with his growing desire to claim the bonnie time traveling lass for his own...As Lila and Gawen work together to destroy a dark enemy intent on altering time, they struggle against their pull of mutual love and desire, while their powerful foe--and time itself--threatens their future...Start reading now!

I, the Lord God, will put breath in you, and once again you will live. Ezekiel 37:5The devastation of Itohan Adolo's tragic love story creates an anger at the world and distance from her faith. That is until Osaro Ikimi comes along. Although he wasn't looking for love, he wasn't one to let an opportunity pass him by.Just when the couple tried to give love a chance. the opportunity for revenge against her ex falls in Itohan's lap. Unable to let the opportunity go, she sets a plan in motion. However, the satisfaction she feels is short lived when she discovers that the plan will also destroy the new love she's just realized she can't live without.Love isn't supposed to keep records of wrong but that's easier said than done. Will they lean on their faith to heal the damage or are somethings just beyond repair

This Christmas, Unoma Nwankwor invites you to the home of the DuBois-Arazis: Tweede Kans Cove. A small town near the Mid Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Take a trip to the town where love almost always gets a second chance.While Christmas is tough for Yasmine DuBois-Arazi, her beloved hometown of Tweede Kans Cove couldn't be merrier. Her fix? Every year, she goes away. This year, however, when the responsibility for the Hope for the Holidays Christmas benefit suddenly falls in her lap, things might not go according to plan.She's gone through worse, but being in Tweede Kans Cove for the holidays isn't something she thinks she'll survive. She has to get out of town.Kojo 'Keyz' Sarbah has been on the run long enough. Eighteen years too long. In that time, he's become a famous, award-winning music producer. To the world, he's living the dream, but for years, the demons from his childhood told him otherwise. After a near-death experience, he decides to seek help and live free. There's just one problem; his heart remains bound. And the person with the key hates his guts.Christmas is the season of hope. Tweede Kans Cove is the town where second chances are born. For Kojo, it's time to head back to the place of his birth. Will the town's charm and the season of hope help him convince Yasmine that he deserves a second chance?

When Max discovers that his father and brother have unexpectedly died, he inherits the county of Gilbraith-on-Heather and the title of earl in the Felgenland Union. Max travels home to find that his inheritance is in a dangerous spot. The great house is falling apart; the family's finances are in shambles, and Max's scheming cousin and aunt have trampled the rights and honors of his vassals!However, all is not lost. Max is aided by his sister, Meg, and the family's chief retainer, the huntsman Cormac, in his quest to restore sanity. When Max meets a mysterious shepherdess, his life becomes more complicated. Adding to the complications are a Felgenland Union auditor, spies, and terrorists. Max vows to put things right, no matter the obstacles. To do so, he must navigate the complicated and tenuous nature of love and honor in the Felgenland!

I promised myself I'd never chase love.Until I meet John.I try to resist his Southern charm, but he works his way under my skin. He's rough around the edges, a sweet talker with a protective heart. He gave me hope when I thought all was lost.John says I'm his other half. I believe him until a reckless night of fun alters our lives forever. His grief sends him into a downward spiral, pushing me into the arms of someone who does more harm than good.Without a word, John disappears. He wants me back when he returns months later, but it's complicated.Things are different now.I'm pregnant, and I don't know if the baby is his.

Life isn't about the journey; it's about who said they were "there" for you. And proved it.When you're damaged, people tend to handle you with kid gloves. Excuse, normally inexcusable, behavior. That, coupled with complex PTSD and panic disorder, and life isn't a highway. It's a rollercoaster. Renée Sutton wants off the ride. She's ready to conquer her past. Become a healthier version of herself. Move on. Literally. Like, road trip-style. If only her friends and adoptive brother would allow her, her self-discovery. Alone.Christopher Clark wants his best friend's sister. He's wanted Renée for years. When Drew suggests they accompany her on an impromptu road trip, of course, he's on board. Even if he isn't exactly invited. Her birth family could be anybody capable of anything. He won't allow any more distance between them. She doesn't know it yet, but she's his. To irritate. To protect. And his to love. He'll fight his friends. Her friends. Even Renée herself, to claim what's his. Renée wants nothing to do with Chris. He's conceited. A playboy. The town bicycle. She's not riding that ride. Her childhood crush is another thing she's leaving in the past-if he'd just leave her alone. But, there he is. At every turn. With intensity she's never experienced before. Is this a ploy to get her into bed? Or can she trust him? Take him at face value before a long-lost relative demonstrates the literal meaning of, "Blood is thicker than water."

Amber Knightly delivers in this seductive tale of a foreboding demon and a fierce Guardian, two unlikely mates and a passion that's deemed "forbidden".A tortured demon chasing his past...Khaine Reeves has one shot to bring his brother back from Hell, and the portal is in his sights. That is, until a fierce mortal destroys it. His mate, and vengeance has never been sweeter. After centuries of swearing revenge against her kind, can he put that hate aside to claim her, or will he sacrifice her to save his brother?An innocent Guardian saving her future...Skye knows the demon that kidnapped her is one of the most hated immortals in the Province, and he's just claimed she's his mate. With a recent vision foretelling her death at the hands of a demon, she needs to escape his clutches or her life will be over. But there's something about Khaine that keeps pulling her back for more of his seductive demands. Can she let herself go to save her demon?

Welcome to Moon Star Ranch, Home to Monsters and Mustangs. The Monster Apocalypse is old news, but Remi Gatti has a fresh take-travel tourism to monster portals. Too bad it's only a cover for his real job as a half-human spy. When he's sent to Moon Star Ranch to charm a veterinarian with ties to his crime family's enemies, Remi's sure this will be an easy seduce-and-run job. How hard can it be to ride a horse anyway? Kaveh Salehi, a world expert on the medical treatment of alien species, has his own secrets. His friends at the ranch don't know he's part dragon and the alien entity known as the Matchmaker has chosen a human as his destined spouse. His clan wants the oblivious soulmate located and kept safe, whether that person wants to marry a monster or not. When Kaveh discovers Remi's also not fully human, he asks for help-and Remi is more than up for the job. How hard can it be to fake date a sexy stranger anyway? For once, Remi doesn't want to lie to his mark.For once, Kaveh doesn't want to do the right thing. How hard can it be not to fall in love with the wrong person? Rifted Hearts is a MM paranormal romance featuring fake dating that gets real fast, a con artist adept at deceiving himself, and a rugged cowboy veterinarian with a dark secret. Check out the first book in the riveting new Riftworld series today.

Scorpion, pecs and biceps . . . oh, my!No one warned me they didn't have high-speed internet in the desert.Between that, the seventeen species of scorpions that terrorize this part of the state, and the insufferable electrician/plumber/carpenter/mechanic who can't seem to keep his shirt on, I don't know how I'm supposed to get anything done here!I need an escape from my grief, and possibly my life in general. And I can't think of a better place to run away than my fabled namesake, the hippie-dippy remote west Texas desert compound known as Ivydell.Not that I'm running away. I'm simply taking a brief hiatus. I'll be back.It's not like some shirtless guy with a scorpion tattoo is going to change my whole life.

Steady in Love, third in the Pomegranate Café Romance series, finds Sakura and her friends setting up for a joyous sping fair-until the police get involved. Officer Thorn is a fixture in town, and everyone knows she calls shots as she sees them. Bold, brash, and maybe just a little cocky, she's the last person a criminal would want to cross. But lately, someone new in town has had Thorn feeling weak in the knees . . . Magica left behind a life of acrobatics to live in Belville, and she's decided it's time to make a fresh start. The problem? Fresh starts mean new nerves, and Magica's not used to living on her own. Though her friends encourage her to take a step forward by signing up for the spring talent show, she soon regrets it when she receives a threatening message . . . Spring is the time for beginnings, and Saki is certain that her newest performer is on the brink of something great. That's if Officer Thorn can help hunt down a stalker in time. In order to save the show and let love bloom, Thorn and Magica must learn to trust themselves-and each other.

So, picture this: Milli's all set for her college debut at NorthRidge University, aiming to keep things simple-find herself, dance, study, and keep those friendships ticking. Easy plan, right? But life, being the drama queen it is, tosses in a curveball.Enter Miles Chasen.He's not your regular guy next door; Miles has been Milli's partner-in-crime since forever, making every moment an adventure with his jokes and easy charm. But here's the kicker-he's also her bestie.Why does he have to be the one thing she can't have but totally wants-scratch that, needs? Meanwhile, senior year for Miles was meant to be a victory lap, smooth sailing into his future as a hotshot doctor. But guess what? Life's playing hardball. Every day, he's wrestling with feelings for his best friend, Milli. And as if that wasn't enough, there's this looming, life-altering thing that threatens to knock his plans sideways.Amidst the whirlwind of freshman chaos and senior uncertainties at NorthRidge, will Milli and Miles untangle their desires from life's interruptions, or will fate steer the path of their hearts?

Over a period of thirty years, three gay men struggle to define themselves and make their mark on a turbulent and unwelcoming world that is so filled with anger that love has become a luxury.The townsfolk describe him as "prettier than a boy should be," and ELI APPLE is embarrassed by such comments but soon learns to celebrate all the pleasures his beauty invites. An orphan, raised by eight monks in a rural monastery, he possesses the voice of an angel and while tending the monastery's flock, he sings in his tender falsetto as he roams the soft New England hills. Following at a distance, a rough, older boy, FERRIS COOPER, luxuriates in the traditional hymns ELI sings, while confused and entranced by the youngster's loveliness. And into both their lives arrives BENJAMIN BERGER, a serious young man who emulates the desires of those closest to him. The adventures of these three men become entwined in a surprising tapestry of love and betrayal over the course of thirty years. Straddling the worlds of music, religion, and art, and set in an era that begins with Ronald Reagan describing America as a 'shining city on a hill' and ends with Donald Trump's legacy of 'American carnage, ' these characters come of age while America is coming apart. They celebrate as gay marriage is legalized and suffer as gun violence explodes across the country. And when a deadly virus threatens and nations close their borders, they must struggle to survive in an America they no longer recognize.

Their recklessness drove them apart.Their love brought them back together.Part 1 - Reckless Youth My heart belongs to two boys.Conventional wisdom says you can't love two people at the same time, but I've proved that wrong. Because I did. I gave them my innocence and my heart to keep forever.They each together taught me how to love. And then they broke me.What should have been a memorable prom night turned into a nightmare that tore us apart. Part 2 - Reckless Abandon They were my first loves. Both of them.​​​I gave them my heart. Sage and London were two halves of my whole.But I crushed theirs in return. When I abandoned the ones I loved.I've made some terrible mistakes in my life but leaving them was unconscionable.Now I have a second chance to make it up to them.Part 3 - Reckless Hearts I'm worthless without them.I'm a convicted felon who became a chart-topping musician.I have everything I've ever wanted but have nothing without them.Cam and London are my world. But I'm reckless and bound to destroy all of us.Life's not worth living if I can't have them both.It's all together or it's nothing at all.

I haven't seen my teenage crush Miles Thatcher in years-seven to be exact.Not since the day we buried my best friend and his little sister. A lot has changed in that time. I'm now in college and not the innocent girl who once harbored a crush on my best friend's older brother. And Miles is no longer the sweet boy I fell in love with. Now he's just a big city alpha-hole with a big bank account and an even bigger ego. But some things never change. No matter how much time passes, I'm still a fool who can't get over him. And he's still a man so blinded by his grief he can't see the love that's right in front of his eyes.

Joe Andrews is a history teacher obsessed with the Roman Empire, so when an old college friend invites him along on an excavation of the ancient ruins of Pompeii, he jumps at the chance. It's a romanophile's wet dream come true... until a shiny object catches Joe's eye. When he picks up a strange amulet, he's suddenly swept back in time to ancient Pompeii as it was before its destruction. With no way home and only his school-learned Latin to rely on, he tries to assimilate into city life, assuming the identiry of Iosephus Andrius, a traveling historian and scholar who becomes the house guest of Salvius, a local entrepreneur. Salvius' hospitality includes the services of Marcus, a personal servant Joe immediately recognizes from a fresco he saw in the future! Romance blossoms between them as Io teaches Marcus what it means to be truly loved. Joe would willingly give up his past life in the future to live happily ever after with Marcus, except the town's official seer despises him, a secretive doomsday cult views him as a rival and a threat, and there's a ticking time bomb towering over the city, a sleeping giant that's about to awaken....

Ethan Kwon is in a rut. After a successful debut graphic novel, he's been stuck with a case of writer's block that has left both him and his demanding editor frustrated. So he did what any sensible artist would do-packed up his entire life, sublet his apartment, and rented a cozy farmhouse in a small, rural town he'd hadn't heard of the week before. He's hoping the change of scenery will help him get some inspiration and some relief from his editor's phone calls. Unfortunately for Ethan, the scenery is also part of the problem. Every guy he meets in the quaint, cozy town of Adelbury is unnervingly hot. There's Carlos, his cheerful, sweet-faced centaur landlord; Nareth, the British dark elf librarian with a charming smile; and Luke, an orc and the local mechanic, whose biceps are about to burst out of his jumpsuit. Ethan is supposed to be focusing on his next project-but small-town living keeps him busy with pumpkin patches and town fairs, and the townsfolk themselves keep his anxiety at an all-time high. Still, he'll have to find his inspiration somewhere-and sometimes that comes from unexpected places.

Working at a bar was the last thing Tank Landry ever saw himself doing after leaving the Marines. But, after meeting Ruby Ranes, the single mom who was assigned to train him, his feelings started to change.Tank: All I needed was a temporary job, something to fill the void leaving the military left behind. Little did I know, walking into that bar would end in me finding my reason for... everything. Ruby: All I've ever wanted was to give my son a good life. To make him feel safe and loved above all else, which meant there wasn't room for anyone new in my life. Especially not romantically. Until one day, a certain Marine walked in and changed... everything.

Dive into a captivating tale of love, choices, and second chances in this heart-stirring romance. Meet Shannon, a woman forever entangled with her high school sweetheart, Richard-a love story marred by his increasing devotion to the bottle over his wife. As their marriage teeters on the edge of collapse, Shannon makes a soul-wrenching decision to set herself free.But freedom comes in the most unexpected form: Nick, the dashing outsider who's not just the town's green energy adversary, but a man who looks as if he's stepped straight out of a romance novel. His allure is irresistible, yet he is the one man everyone in their idyllic lakeside community loves to hate.When whispers of their newfound passion ripple through the small town of Newfound, the locals are scandalized. Richard, unwilling to fade into the background, stirs up a storm of his own, while Nick turns up the temperature on their sizzling connection.Will Shannon risk leaving the only love she's ever known for a tantalizing second chance with the town's most controversial figure? Get ready for a roller coaster of emotions that will leave you questioning what you would do for love-and how far you'd go to find it again.

We're supposed to hate each other, but I need him if I want to live.I stole from the wrong mark- a disciple of the death god. Instead of a priceless treasure, I'm left with a killer curse. The only one who can stop it? A dark warrior known as The Sword, the most feared of all the death god's worshippers. Wonderful.To make things worse, he's currently rotting in a cell for murdering the followers of my goddess. But I've never let a little thing like the law stop me, and I certainly won't now, not when the most important thing to me is on the line: my life.I manage to break The Sword out of his prison, and he swears to help me find a cure for the blood curse in return for his freedom. We have to learn to rely on one another... and manage to build a grudging respect that might just be turning into something more.No matter what he says, though, The Sword seems to have his own agenda on my quest for the cure. If I want to live, I have to figure out his plan before it's too late.Trust's never come easy to me, but betrayal's never hurt so much.

HOPE What was supposed to be a romantic birthday getaway turned into a weekend Hope Mackenzie would never forget. Because when two outrageously hot men rescued her from a pervy guy at a hotel bar, the last thing Hope expects to happen is to end up in her hotel room... with both of them. When she snuck out of the hotel room, leaving what could be the best thing to ever happen to her, she had to remind herself that it was just a crazy fling. One wild, incredible weekend. And the best birthday ever. GRANTGrant Price has spent the last ten years keeping everything and everyone at arm's length. When he and his best friend and business partner have one of the hottest weekends of his life with a blonde bombshell named Hope, he feels truly alive for the first time in a decade. A flash fire, burning hotter than he'd ever experienced, brings something in him back to life. And when they wake to find that their little butterfly has slipped away in the dead of night, it crushes that part of him that had finally decided to start living again. So, after dreaming about her for months, why does the sight of his little butterfly sitting at a table in his restaurant make him so damn angry? VANSharing isn't anything new for Van Laurance and his best friend, Grant. But sharing Hope for a weekend opened up a Pandora's box inside him that refused to be closed again. So, when Grant tells him that their little butterfly has unknowingly fluttered into their restaurant after disappearing for months... oh, it's game on. And this is a game he has no intention of losing. They told her that fateful night in a Chicago hotel bar that if she made her wish, there was no going back. She was theirs... and now that they'd found her again, it was time to remind her of that fact.

I had hoped to attend my high school reunion with a fancy job and a polished man on my arm, every bit the success my hometown had predicted me to be.But plans never go as, well, planned.Also unplanned was running into a hot, prickly mechanic on my first day back in Sapphire Creek.Austin Kyle sure knows how to work a flannel shirt.Based on the way the brooding man argues with me over an apple pie, it's safe to say he doesn't like me. Call it the former homecoming queen in me, but I need the veiny-forearmed grump to like me. I have a week to change his mind before I return home to the city. Before I know it, Austin's occupying all my thoughts. I'm singing karaoke, bringing him coffees at his garage, and doing anything else I can think of to win him over.And it works-a little too well. One moment we're arguing over who's more stubborn, and the next, we're crawling into his truck bed, a tangled mess of eager hands and bruising kisses.It's not long before Austin's charming his way into my heart, but this thing between us is only temporary.From the start, he's warned me we wouldn't have a storybook ending. Maybe I should've listened.**The Charm of You is the first book in the Sapphire Creek series, where grumpy meets sunshine and one homecoming leads to happily ever after. This full-length romance contains banter, explosive chemistry, and ooey-gooey feels, plus enough steam to make you blush.

Jayna Cooper is the star mermaid performer at the Realms of Neptune theme park. The only thing she loves more than swimming in her glittering bionic tail is sharing the joy of mermaiding with children in need. If she can win the Manutai Merathlon - the first of its kind competition allowing bionic mertails - her foundation will get a much-needed boost in funding and exposure. But Jayna's plans run aground when her flight is canceled and she is forced to hitch a ride half-way around the world with Obsidian "Sid" Hayes, the new owner of Realms. Unfortunately, the handsome billionaire profiteer is also the topper she soaked with her trademark Bionic Cannonball the day he bought the park. Sid's attraction to the gorgeous redhead who drenched him and his transition team is a complication he doesn't need, and he is determined to ignore his growing interest as they travel together to Manutai. After all, she works at one of his companies, and his reputation score is still recovering from a prior employee relationship disaster. But Jayna's beauty, humor, and generosity prove irresistible, and he's lured by her siren song - even though she may well leave him broken on the rocks.

NEITHERIUM - Prose & Poetry from the Neither is a collection of elegantly transgressive horror & sci-fi short stories & poems by K.A. Schultz. Cover art by Roberto Diaz "...younger Trav'lers discovered they too could ever increasingly remain in the abstracted hold of the Neither - and they liked it there. In no time flat, Trav'lers were choosing to spend time in the Neither as a destination, not only as an interim point on a path to some other lineal time or place, past or future. This phase of discovery was a cultural explosion for all Trav'lers, for it quickly morphed from renegade teen practice to an aspirational place of being for all Trav'ler citizens."From, "A Brief History of Trav'lers" Author Illustrator K.A. Schultz writes with pictures & draws with wordsFree Speech & freedom of creative expression advocate, K.A. is an art historian & fan of all things darkly romantic - & romantically dark. To learn more about the author, her articles & works, visit linktr.ee/K.A.Schultz & www.butterflybroth.com, or www.JacobMarleyStory.com. Follow @kaschultz__writer on Instagram Also by K.A. Schultz: GÖTHIQUE - Ravenscraft Anthology of Horror III, JACOB - A Denouement in One Act, & RUGS ON PUDDLES COATS OVER OCEANS - Collected Poems & Lyric Poetry

MikaShe's the uber-sexy, single mother living next door. Everyone tells me to keep my distance. But there's something about her. Specifically, her eyes. They speak to me. Drawing me in like a siren. I want to know her, but she's more guarded than Buckingham Palace. However, after one afternoon in her presence, I find myself addicted and wanting more. Willing to do whatever I have to just to make it past her defenses. ShilohMy next-door neighbor is an insanely hot, single professional hockey player. As if that isn't bad enough, he's a nice guy too. After spending an afternoon where he showed my son how to skate and took us out to ice cream, I want to let him in. My past cautions me to put on the brakes, but I find myself going full steam ahead, ignoring all the red flags waving at me.The STEEL men will STEAL your heart.