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'There are a myriad of things that make me fall in love with a story, but a strong setting has to be at the top of the list. A literary geography is comprised not just of the landscape where the story takes place but also of peo...
Nothing gives art fraud investigator Luke Morganstern a bigger rush than busting forgers, the low-life criminals who dare victimize true artists. But when his latest job sends him to a remote cabin in the Oregon Coast Range, he’s stunned to discove...
She has 30 days to turn her enemy into her boyfriend... Introverted computer engineer Charlie Forrester has coded an algorithm for love, a nearly flawless matchmaking program. But then she's challenged to prove its accuracy - on herself. With her...
What price would you pay to rescue a friend from hell?
For Logan Conner, the answer is almost anything. Guilt-ridden over trapping his college roommate in a ghost war rooted in Portland’s pioneer past, Logan has spent years searching for a soluti...
What do you do when you finally prove the existence of the otherworld, but the ghosts kick your ass?
For Trent Pielmeyer, the answer is run like hell -- away from his hostile family, away from the disbelieving cops, and far, far, far away from an...
Temp worker David Evans has been dreaming of Dr. Alun Kendrick ever since that one transcription job for him, because holy cats, that voice. Swoon. So when his agency offers him a position as Dr. Kendrick’s temporary office manager, David neglects ...
Professor Bryce MacLeod has devoted his entire life to environmentalism. But how effective can he be in saving the planet when he can’t even get his surly neighbor to separate his recycling?
Former Queen’s Enforcer Mal Kendrick doesn’t thin...
As far as rock star Gareth Kendrick, the last true bard in Faerie, is concerned, the only good Unseelie is . . . well . . . there’s no such thing. Two centuries ago, an Unseelie lord abducted Gareth’s human lover, Niall, and Gareth has neither fo...
Software engineer Keith plans to do everything in his geeky power to make up for trying to kiss his best friend Parker ten years ago. Can a reunion under the mistletoe lead to a long overdue first kiss?...
Two men haunted by more than the past.Painter Stefan Cobbe was homeless and debt-ridden after the death of his wealthy partner, but the worst loss of all was his artistic inspiration. After two years of nothing, he’s offered patronage by an eccentr...
The Artist’s Touch
Two men haunted by more than the past.
Tested in Fire
This ghost of the past refuses to let anyone -- or anything -- come between them again.
Artists use all manner of materials to express their vision, to in...
An Enchanted Occasions Story
Not exactly a match made in Valhalla.
Half-norn event planner Anders Skuldsson is under strict orders from Asgard not to meddle with Fate. But with Enchanted Occasions’ latest booking―a comp...
When a series of personal crises prompt risk-averse research librarian Aaron Templeton to apply for a job on the other side of the country, nobody is more surprised than he is. He nearly runs home before the final interview except for one little prob...
Does a bear shift in the woods?
Well, partially. That was what got grizzly shifter Ted Farnsworth into trouble. He wasn’t trying to break the Secrecy Pact. He just wants people to see the real him. So he signs up with the mate-matching service Su...
What if you staged the best haunted house in the history of Halloween, but nobody came? Brady is prepared with mounds of treats, stellar special effects, and an extraordinary welcome for the throngs of trick-or-treaters he expects in his first y...
A match between a vampire and shifter could be deadly -- but this broken beaver doesn’t give a dam. Silent film actor Casimir Moreau had imagined that life as a vampire would be freewheeling and glamorous. Instead, he’s plunged into a restrictive...
When Adam Tyler’s sister announced she was pregnant, Adam decided to move from Portland, Oregon, to Phoenix, Arizona, to fully embrace the uncle experience. However, he didn’t count on the move being delayed until three days before Christmas -...
An Enchanted Occasions Story
Reunited and reignited.
While cutting through the Interstices -- the post-creation gap between realms -- Smith, half-demon tech specialist for Enchanted Occasions Event Planning, spies the person he yearns ...
After decades of unrequited love, this kangaroo will jump at the chance for a date. Any date.Lovelorn kangaroo shifter Hamish Mulherne, drummer for the mega-hit rock band Hunter’s Moon, waited years for the band’s jaguar shifter bassist to notice...
On Christmas Day, 1986 a seventy-year-old widow’s body was discovered inside a wheelie bin in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Despite a long and intensive investigation, the police fail to unearth a motive or identify a suspect. Lacki...
Why is fun always so freaking painful? Software engineer Brent Levine has always struggled with the life part of work-life balance, but to hold on to his new job, he'll have to embrace his employer's dreaded staff enrichment events. Th...
Technology is easy. Relationships? Not so much.When introverted computer engineer Charlie Forrester developed a passive matchmaking model for her doctoral dissertation, she never expected it to go beyond theoretical. Now, with her dream job on the li...
Sometimes it's harder to teach a young dog new tricks.That's why werewolves embark on a Howling: a three-year rite of passage in which they're sent to a group residence to wrestle with their wolfy instincts and assimilate into the Wider World. But Ta...
Silent Sin delivers in spades with romance, drama, rich infusions of historical details, and a happy ever after worthy of the movies. --Joyfully JayWhen tailor Marvin Gottschalk abandoned New York City for the brash boomtown of silent-film-era Hollyw...
Royal dukes from rival countries, shipwrecked on a deserted island. The grudge match of the century-or a love story of super-heroic proportions? Sander Fiala, Duke of Roses, is fourth in line to the South Abarran throne, even though his rogue power e...
It'll take more than medals to mend their relationship.Diabetic gymnast and team alternate Sol Ashvili had one thing on his agenda when the 2016 Rio Olympics wrapped up--confess to his teammate and best friend Tony Thomas that he'd been in love with ...
When supernatural secrets collide, it'll take more than coffee to brew the perfect love.When Ky Hernández bonded with his familiar, Zuri, his life changed forever. Their connection turned him into a practicing witch and led him to his calling ...
A yuletide wedding brings tidings of comfort, joy... and peril.Eighteen months ago, Tarik Jaso, Duke of Arles, would have been thrilled if Sander Fiala, Duke of Roses, sank beneath the waves along with his stupid boat. That was then.Now, Tarik can't ...
Something's definitely fishy about this case... On my last stakeout for Quest Investigations, I nearly got clotheslined by a grove of angry dryads. I expected my bosses to reprimand me, but instead they handed me my first solo assignment. Me! Matt St...
Three of E.J. Russell's short and sweet opposites-attract holiday rom-coms together in one collection! The Probability of MistletoeAn awkward geek on a mission, a determined extrovert with a plan, interfering female relatives of various sizes, a...
This case is really going to the dogs... After I try a little off-the-books interrogation to locate my selkie almost-boyfriend's nearly-ex-husband (don't ask, it's complicated), I'm in the doghouse again with my bosses, who bust me back to surveillan...
This client is all wet... After receiving a hot tip on the whereabouts of my almost-boyfriend's nearly-ex-husband (hey, I told you-it's complicated!), I thought my love life was finally coming up for air. But when we stake out the remote lake, it's n...
DOA becomes BRB when this client goes MIA... When I agreed to accompany my selkie boyfriend on a private boat trip, I didn't realize the invitation included a swim. In the Pacific. In November. Naked. And I certainly didn't expect to have our swim de...
If a megalomaniacal earth mage kidnaps your little sister, do you: A) Kill himB) Kill himC) Kill himD) Magically indenture yourself to him to ensure her safe returnWelsh water horse Nevan Quirke would have happily opted for A, B, or C, but had no ide...
The road to redemption is long, rough, and steep. Bring snacks. Finn Lassiter is a werewolf without a pack. Or a roof over his head. Or more than five bucks to his name. He's exhausted every lifeline except the one that makes him want to howl: b...
The foolproof recipe for personal redemption and perfect love... Take: - One former rock musician- One almost-MBA turned cooking school studentAdd two heaping spoonfuls (each) of: - responsibility- familial obligation- regretAnd a dash of: - misunder...
When ghostwriter Maz Amani inherits a house from an uncle he's never heard of, he offers heartfelt thanks to the universe, packs up his car, his cat, and his skepticism about mysterious uncles leaving all their worldly goods to unknown nephews, and h...
After decades of unrequited love, this kangaroo will jump at the chance for a date. Any date. Lovelorn kangaroo shifter Hamish Mulherne, drummer for the mega-hit rock band Hunter's Moon, waited years for the band's jaguar shifter bassist to notice hi...
Does a bear shift in the woods? Well, partially. That was what got grizzly shifter Ted Farnsworth into trouble. He wasn't trying to break the Secrecy Pact. He just wants people to see the real him. So he signs up with the mate-matching service Supern...
A match between a vampire and shifter could be deadly-but this broken beaver doesn't give a dam. Silent film actor Casimir Moreau had imagined that life as a vampire would be freewheeling and glamorous. Instead, he's plunged into a restrictive societ...