“I would die for you Lucinda, I would cast away everything I possess to be near you, I would take anything you willingly give and no more, this is what you mean to me.”Lucinda's relationship with the Master of the City is progressing at an alarmi...
'I watched as he comprehended what it was that he saw on my face, in my eyes. And I watched as a part of him shut down, locked away from me forever. And I hid the fact that my heart was breaking even as I lied to him, even as I broke his. And I swore...
'His lips met mine again, this time in a slow, soft caress, conveying everything he had just said in those beautiful words that had reached my very soul. I could have drowned in that kiss. I could have lived there for eternity. It filled me up with e...
His whole body jerked against mine, his arms tightened and a low growl mixed with a decidedly sexy moan came from the back of his throat. I could tell he was having an instant response to my biting him, I could feel exactly where his mind had take...
'I'm supposed to be the one that calls him back toward the Light. I am the Light to your Dark. You call to me as I call to you. I will always hold you dear. But, it was getting harder. I loved him and it's not as if I never knew it would be difficult...
'What was wrong with me to antagonise a vampire of his standing to such a degree? I knew I had become too rebellious, too sure of my own place in this world. I was aware that Dark had been encroaching, that I played so often in its shadow I was losin...
'I felt hot tears streaming down my cheeks at his words. Spoken so carelessly, with such shameless intent. He knew how I felt. How I had been feeling. How lost and alone and full of grief my days had been. Avery was not a friend. Not even a trusted a...
"One night eight years ago and you ran, angel. One night now and you're gone again. I won't let you run this time without giving chase." Eight years ago Evangeline Rowe met her ice-blue eyed, perfect cowboy, but she was running fro...
"The moment you entered my world, you set it alight. Until there were no more shadows left to hide in." Abi Merchant has been on the run for five long years. Panic and paranoia have been her constant companion. In an effort to survive the ...
'"You do realise," he whispered, his hand reaching up to brush my hair from my face. He began twining a strand around one of his fingers. "That you are my most magnificent obsession." Magnificent obsession. I think I liked that. I certainly understoo...
'Oh, this was sweet torture. To be this close to nirvana and walk away because I am coy. I closed my eyes tightly and swallowed down my fears. Theo wanted me. Like this. He craved me, in any way he could get me. Even if I wasn’t his, even if this a...
You wanted more? Well, here it is! A Christmas Special Novella (just over 16,000 words) from Michel's point of view, set after the end of book eight in the Kindred Series: Kiss Of The Dragon. A sweet surprise full of a few Kindred secrets, wrapped up...
'Birdsong was the first thing I registered. The sharp caw of a parrot, but there was more than one. And somehow they overlapped to make a beautiful symphony out of what should have been an unmusical sound. I grinned; the feeling of my lips tipping up...
"Don't for a minute believe I want you any other way, Jason Cain. The second you stop being you, is the moment you should fear most." For several months now Katie Anscombe has tried to hide her attraction to Jason Cain. That's what...
"Marie, I want to be a part of your lives. Not just a satellite. Not just a fading star. I want to be your sun. And I want you to be mine." Five years is a long time to hide from your greatest fear and biggest regret. Ask Marie Cox, she sh...
"I crave to be near you, Kelly. And I have since I first laid eyes on you in Sweet Seduction's store. I can't explain it any other way. I was drawn to you, like the gravity of the sun. I didn't want to fight it, I wanted to, even if o...
"There are times when I truly believe humanity will not survive."
Some of the last words spoken to Detective Lara Keen by her Criminal Investigations Bureau partner Carl Forrester before he died. They have haunted her ever since.
Wit...
"There are those who become obsessed with what they cannot obtain. Then there are those who already own it, given freely and completely. Guess which one you are."Bad guys come in all sorts of guises, sometimes they can be loving and devoted, and take...
"This couldn't be happening. This was a trick. A cruel ploy to finally break me. They knew I'd weakened. Today the first day I'd let the tears fall and screamed my frustration and despair. They knew they almost had me, so they were pushing the knife ...
"No one owns life. But they can certainly own death."
A woman is murdered outside an exclusive gaming club and all the clues point across the street to Sweet Hell. Lara Keen, Detective at Auckland Criminal Investigations Bureau, is called i...
“Life is not meant to be easy. It’s a challenge you have to rise to every single day. We’ve all got demons inside us. We’ve all got secrets that could drag us down into an abyss.” Infiltrating the enemy has never been a problem for Charlie ...
For fans of the Kindred series comes a delicious new Urban Fantasy by Nicola Claire, introducing a darker and grittier world, laced with magic, power, and preternatural beings all determined to possess the one woman whose blood calls to them all. On...
This one is straight from the heart and because you asked so nicely. A final look at the guys and gals from Sweet Seduction. A dangerous and delicious short novel all about love at first sight and how it can lead to such beautiful, wonderful, unexpec...
"I stared out at the majestic vista before me and thought, if God lived anywhere, it'd be here. And then I looked down at the dead body at my feet."
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Sometimes life makes decisions for you. They're just not the decisions you would have made for yourself.Stalker.Killer.Mohawk-wearing boy racers?Trouble seems to be following Olivia Logan. When she's forced to leave Auckland and move to Twizel, Olivi...
The much anticipated heartbreaking conclusion to the Elemental Awakening series... "Oh, sweet agony. How does it strike with such ease? So ruthlessly. Pain destroys. Just like me. It was what I was good at; hurting things. I hurt Theo with my rejecti...
Introducing the crew of the Harpy: a ragtag group of spacers hauling cargo in the outer rim. Until someone tries to blow them out of the Black.Alcohol, women, and space, that's what keeps Captain Kael Jameson going. Plus the crew he's managed to ...
To survive, she must become one of them. To thrive, she must become the best.
The walls of Dökkálfa have ears.
They have ears and they whisper. And what they have to say can be chilling, but not all fairies hear them. O...
The crew of the Harpy are back and this time they're armed for a battle.Half the known systems want to kill them. The other half wants to be them. It's hard trying to save the universe when the universe can't make up its mind.But when a gap appears i...
Join familiar, much-loved characters and gain an insight into the KINDRED WORLD with this enthralling anthology of short stories!Included in this collection of exciting tales from the kindred are the following titles and points of view: ~ ON THE...
It's the last hoorah for the Harpy, but things are looking pretty grim.With near to a thousand sleek-looking alien battleships massing beyond the Belt, Kael and the crew have a fight on their hands.But when an opportunity presents itself for an infil...
[Start Recording]I started out on this journey with a solid plan. All missions need a well-thought-out action plan, don't they? Well, mine had been good, and I'd taken steps to make it succeed. And then the worst thing happened.I failed part one of m...
Come for the boo, stay for the brew, that's my motto. But although I'm getting a heck of a lot of boo, right now, I'm not getting my fair share of brew.I draw the line at drinking alone, my friends. And I am currently a witch very much alone.The Witc...
Time works within a precise set of rules. There are consequences to every single thing we do when surfing its waves. So, in order to protect Time, we must operate within those rules. And one of Time's rules is that people should not be allowed to liv...
May the Goddess guide you. And may the Champion protect you.Kara Middleton didn't ask to become a fairy. She didn't ask to be made the Dark Fey's Champion, either. And she certainly didn't ask to be a general in a fairy war.But sometimes life throws ...
[Start Recording]The stars have shifted and my mission along with them. I rescued the black-ops agents and sent a message to the Admiralty, but no plan survives contact with the enemy, right?The more I try to complete the mission, the more it feels l...
Ever wondered how the Norm War started? Now's your chance to find out. This Christmas Special Novella (approx. 23,000 words) from Michel's POV is set between DREAMING OF A BLOOD RED CHRISTMAS and DARKLIGHT. A sweet surprise full of a few Kindred secr...
[Start Recording]It's not easy being me.In a galaxy filled to the brim with narcissistic biologicals, being an artificial intelligence with a conscience isn't a meteor shower or anything.But I had a good teacher. And my experiences have taught me man...
I wanted to hold him. I wanted to kiss him. I wanted to show him how much I loved him and had missed him. I wanted five minutes, ten, the rest of our eternal lives. I wanted long enough to make love to him, to taste him, to be tasted by him, to reaff...