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When I started my first year of college, I had one goal in mind and it had nothing to do with school. I wanted to earn a spot on the U.S. National Water Polo Team. I never imagined that my new coach would be someone I looked up to. Someone whose entire career I meticulously followed... and someone I had a misguided crush on. The first moment I lock eyes with Fallon Harris is the moment everything changed. The Olympics weren’t the only thing on my mind anymore. He doesn't feel the same because everything that comes out of his mouth is anything but admiration.

Natalie Waters is a typical Santa Vacía housewife. She maintains a trophy wife figure, she volunteers at the city's homeless shelters, she is the perfect hostess, and she spends her husband's money with reckless abandon. That includes paying for Dillon, the most expensive photographer in town, to shoot her daughter's senior portraits. But when Dillon literally catches her with her pants around her ankles and blackmails her for more than she's willing to give, Natalie is afraid that the world she has built for herself will come crumbling down.

Note to self: Don’t fall in love with a gangster. I’m the good girl: A college student who studies hard, wants to do good, and plays by the rules. I shouldn’t be falling for a guy like Darren Lee, the bad boy owner of an exclusive nightclub that, unbeknownst to me, caters to an international triad. We’re absolutely wrong for each other. Maybe that’s why the heat between us is so sizzling hot...But Darren’s desires run dark and wicked. Should I submit to his passions? Something tells me that if I throw caution to the wind, I could be in for a world of hurt.

“Gladiator or toy?” Kaspar asks, as if it’s the easiest choice in the world. It might be an easy answer for someone branded, brainwashed, and who remembers no other life. But that’s not me - not yet, anyway. I’m a cop - or at least I was until my cover got blown. Now, I’m a captive on a ship; one of the trafficked people I vowed to save. Kaspar’s a toy - a pleasure slave - content to warm our sadistic owner’s bed; he laps up the abuse he’s conditioned to associate with affection. To gain our freedom, I must be everything his fractured mind needs.

A narrative poem anchored in the alphabet, A Love Affair, from A to Z is the love story of one couple's passionate, bittersweet journey, from beginning to end. At times seductive and raw, and others aching and sweet, this story in verse captures a deep, transformative love that reminds us of the tenderness and heartache that only love can bring. Originally published in episodic form on Jade's poetry site, A Love Affair, from A to Z contains all poems in one cohesive, sequential collection.

I didn’t know that Darren Lee was part of an international triad until it was too late. All I knew was that my body couldn’t resist his touch. Even when what he does to me scares me, I burn for him. And he knows it. He’s on a mission to push my limits, but how much can I take? A baby changes everything. I can’t have mine growing up with a gangster for a father. I’ve got to keep my son a secret and hope I can survive my submission.

For years the Earl of Blackbourne has suffered a thirst for blood and a desire for flesh. His victims have been many. Condemned alongside him is his kindhearted half-brother. But hope arrives in the form of a beautiful debutante, whose servants could satiate his appetites while he attempts to undo the curse. An oppressed indentured servant, Daliyah yearns only for her freedom. When she finds herself trapped at Castle Blackbourne, it's not just her freedom that's in peril. If she succumbs to the ravenous fangs of the Earl, her body will be his to take and her life his to drain.

When my physical therapist's ex locks her out and takes everything she owns, I want to help. However, a recent, unfortunate incident has social media all over me. Risking all, I offer her cold, hard, cash but she refuses, suggesting I'm trying to buy her sexual favors. Now she's got this ridiculous idea she can get back on her feet with a wedding. A fake marriage might be just the thing to sweeten my side of a million-dollar deal so I agree. Everything would've worked out fine except for her sweet baby-blues. The minute they focus on me, I'm never letting her go.

Torn from my life, I’m in a world I don’t understand. There are no masters, no kneeling, and no loving punishments to keep me grounded. Despite the smiles and care Jiao provides, I’m not his priority. I believe his concern is genuine, but his interest is professional. Casting my world into history is his aim, and for that I can’t trust him. The voices are getting louder; I’m losing time. I need to hold on, need to stay loyal. Master will come for me soon, and blood will wash my sins clean. I refuse to imagine what they will do to the man who stole me.

Ever since superspy Cillian moved into Prophet's building, their game of Steal the Couch has been funny to Prophet but a thorn in Tom's side. Then Prophet gets bored one night during an ice storm and insists on playing another simple game with Tom: Truth or Dare. In exchange for one of Prophet's truths, Tom steals the couch one last time. But Prophet's truths are never easy - Tom should know that by now - and this one raises questions neither of them quite knows how to answer.

High above the beach, a drone fitted with a long-range lens and camera lofted over the Estrella resort. It had a mission, but that would only be known by its owner. If it was taken down, there would be no trail, no identity. It was programmed to identify a specific set of facial features, and once identified, the drone would fly out over the Gulf of Mexico and self-destruct, having sent the images it sought by satellite to home base. Perhaps the most unique feature of the drone was that it wore a disguise.

In Episode 7, Chen presents a hypothetical, but will Alena pick up on his lesson? And a nap proves to be unfortunate for Alena when she wakes up with another man's name on her lips. In Episode 8, a romantic night on the town has Alena worrying that she will awake with a reckoning. Meanwhile, Chen has a revelation that he should have noticed the instant he met Alena.

When a jaded gift shop worker tires of the Valentine’s Day spirit, she takes matters into her own hands.... Crafting a fleet of anti-holiday cards, Val deflects Cupid’s arrow with barbed quips and doodles. This year, she’ll keep her heart all to herself. However, a handsome admirer has other plans....

Halloween is a fun holiday. What happens when you turn the holiday into something new by adding my favorite ingredient: strippers. In this book, you will enjoy every other day in October as a new person, winning a date with a new stripper. This story is purposely told in the first person, with no identifying description of the main character.

A woman driven to marry out of desperation. A billionaire who cannot stand gold diggers. The heat between them will lead to one or both of them getting burned. For richer, for poorer...in bondage and submission.

A woman driven to marry out of desperation. A billionaire who cannot stand gold diggers. The heat between them will lead to one or both of them getting burned. For richer, for poorer...in bondage and submission. In episode 15, the unexpected appearance from Alena's past forces Chen to make a final decision. Advisory: This is a single short-story episode that is part of a longer story told in serial format. Be advised this story is wickedly hot. Listen only if you can take the heat!

A woman driven to marry out of desperation. A billionaire who cannot stand gold diggers. The heat between them will lead to one or both of them getting burned. For richer, for poorer...in bondage and submission. In episode nine, Alena discovers Chen's true identity, while Chen has to decide whether or not to carry the charade all the way through to marriage.

When Luke goes to New York, he doesn't expect to meet the love of his life. When he does, he sees her over and over and over again. Each time, she seems not to recognize him. Is she just pretending to not remember him, or is there some truth to her lack of recognition?