Secret Worlds: A Paranormal Romance Boxed Set
Publication date: June 29th 2015
Genres: New Adult, Paranormal Romance
Limited Edition, includes:
Taken by the Beast by C. Kressley and R. Hamilton: Women who look a lot like Charisse are going missing. And the man this beauty is falling for may be the beast responsible.
The Forever Girl by R. Hamilton: Sophia gets more than she bargains for when she finally decides to trust a shapeshifter.
Summoned by Rainy K.: Dimitri can’t reveal the paranormal bond controlling him, and Syd won’t tolerate his secrets.
Purgatory by S. Stec: A sex-hungry myth with no name, no flesh, and no identity …unless it wears one of you.
The Pandora Principle by N. Cosper: As a descendant of Pandora, Cassi must discover if her lover is one of the evil spirits she hunts before all her friends die.
Heart Song by S. LaFantasie: When incredibly handsome Marren frees Relena, there’s a catch.
Changeling by D. Herbert: As a changeling and a witch work together to restore order in Fairy, they discover that love, like magic, casts its own spell.
Shiftless by A. Easterling: After years of suppressing her inner predator, Terra meets a shifter who forces her to reclaim her wilder side.
The Black Parade by Kyoko M: Poltergeist Michael is the key to saving Jordan’s soul from hell, but can she handle the cost of her salvation?
Haunting Echoes by C. Faron: Will Amaia’s clan kill her ex-fiancé before she learns whether he returned from the grave for love or revenge?
Braving Fate by L. Hall: Diana and Cadan fight demonic forces and a deadly passion that has lasted centuries.
Trinity Rising by J.E. Taylor: Damian and Naomi are desperate for victory against the devil, but one wrong step could trigger Armageddon.
Moonlight by K. Salidas: Good girls don’t wear fur, fight over men, or run around naked, howling at the moon. But Fallon’s not a good girl.
Lash by L.G. Castillo: Lash must choose where to place his trust–in a home he fought so hard to regain or in a forbidden love he can’t bear to lose.
Between by L. Swallow: Alek could kill Rose with a kiss. Finn, with a touch. Pulled into an intense affair with Alek, Rose discovers her connection to Finn threatens them all.
The Devil’s Fool by R. McClellan: When vampire Boaz gives Eve the one thing she never had–love–she falls into a world of greed and seduction.
Spark Rising by K. Corcino: A runaway Spark and the agent arresting her ignite a revolution to end their people’s enslavement while resisting the electricity between them.
Ruby’s Fire by C. Stine: On the run from a desert cult, Ruby must choose which handsome stranger to trust with her heart and her darkest secret.
Cursed by L. Leroux: Isobel has been hiding an uncanny ability her whole life–until the day she must use it to save herself from a madman.
Hunted by A.J. Colby: With Agent Holbrook’s help, Riley races time to stay ahead of a crazed werewolf killer.
Vigilant by A. Lawson: Ari stumbles into a world of crime and vigilantism while discovering the one man that sets her heart on fire.
Taken by the Beast by C. Kressley and R. Hamilton: Women who look a lot like Charisse are going missing. And the man this beauty is falling for may be the beast responsible.
The Forever Girl by R. Hamilton: Sophia gets more than she bargains for when she finally decides to trust a shapeshifter.
Summoned by Rainy K.: Dimitri can’t reveal the paranormal bond controlling him, and Syd won’t tolerate his secrets.
Purgatory by S. Stec: A sex-hungry myth with no name, no flesh, and no identity …unless it wears one of you.
The Pandora Principle by N. Cosper: As a descendant of Pandora, Cassi must discover if her lover is one of the evil spirits she hunts before all her friends die.
Heart Song by S. LaFantasie: When incredibly handsome Marren frees Relena, there’s a catch.
Changeling by D. Herbert: As a changeling and a witch work together to restore order in Fairy, they discover that love, like magic, casts its own spell.
Shiftless by A. Easterling: After years of suppressing her inner predator, Terra meets a shifter who forces her to reclaim her wilder side.
The Black Parade by Kyoko M: Poltergeist Michael is the key to saving Jordan’s soul from hell, but can she handle the cost of her salvation?
Haunting Echoes by C. Faron: Will Amaia’s clan kill her ex-fiancé before she learns whether he returned from the grave for love or revenge?
Braving Fate by L. Hall: Diana and Cadan fight demonic forces and a deadly passion that has lasted centuries.
Trinity Rising by J.E. Taylor: Damian and Naomi are desperate for victory against the devil, but one wrong step could trigger Armageddon.
Moonlight by K. Salidas: Good girls don’t wear fur, fight over men, or run around naked, howling at the moon. But Fallon’s not a good girl.
Lash by L.G. Castillo: Lash must choose where to place his trust–in a home he fought so hard to regain or in a forbidden love he can’t bear to lose.
Between by L. Swallow: Alek could kill Rose with a kiss. Finn, with a touch. Pulled into an intense affair with Alek, Rose discovers her connection to Finn threatens them all.
The Devil’s Fool by R. McClellan: When vampire Boaz gives Eve the one thing she never had–love–she falls into a world of greed and seduction.
Spark Rising by K. Corcino: A runaway Spark and the agent arresting her ignite a revolution to end their people’s enslavement while resisting the electricity between them.
Ruby’s Fire by C. Stine: On the run from a desert cult, Ruby must choose which handsome stranger to trust with her heart and her darkest secret.
Cursed by L. Leroux: Isobel has been hiding an uncanny ability her whole life–until the day she must use it to save herself from a madman.
Hunted by A.J. Colby: With Agent Holbrook’s help, Riley races time to stay ahead of a crazed werewolf killer.
Vigilant by A. Lawson: Ari stumbles into a world of crime and vigilantism while discovering the one man that sets her heart on fire.
– Sample – The Pandora Principle –
Sample –
A small box of bandages sat on the cart with Q-tips, and
antibiotic ointment. Mercer came up behind me, wrapping one arm around my waist
while grabbing the bandages with his other hand. He kissed my cheek, causing my
stomach to flutter.
“I’ll do it,” he said. “I want to take a look and make sure
it’s not too bad.”
“It’s fine,” I pulled away from him. “Just a few small
burns.”
He turned me to face him and began unwrapping the gauze on
my arm. “I have two free hands.”
I bit my lip as the last of it slipped away, revealing the
bright red, oval burns around my tattoo and the nickel sized thumbprint on the
tail of the fox. As Mercer turned my wrist to inspect the wounds, my tattoo
shimmered in the light, giving a rainbow haze like light on oil. He sucked in
his breath with a mall whistle and glanced at me raised eyebrows.
“How did you get these burns?” he asked.
I shrugged, trying to appear nonchalant. “Really hot water.”
“Uh huh,” He unscrewed the tube of ointment and spread some
on a Q-tip. “Interesting pattern.”
I really needed to work on my lying. “Yeah.”
The gelled liquid felt cool for all of second before my skin
heated it. A strange tingling passed through me where Mercer’s fingers touched.
I stiffened as it set my teeth on edge. He pulled my arm close to his face and
studied my tattoo with a furrowed brow.
“Interesting,” he said.
His fingers brushed against the face of the fox and the buzz
turned into a jolt of electricity, causing my whole arm to vibrate and burn. My
tailbone slammed into the cart, knocking it over, as I flew backwards and was
stopped by the wall. My shoulders and
head bounced against it and landed on the floor with a soft thud. I groaned,
trying wave away the dancing lights around my face. My whole body was humming
so hard my teeth were on edge. Shit. I got to my feet and braced myself against
the wall with a pant. Mercer stood up from the opposite side of the couch with
his jaw set. His gaze found mine.
My laugh held a hysterical edge to it. “It figures. I meet a
seemingly decent guy, and he turns out to be a god.”
“A pandoran,” he gave a ghost of his old smile. “I knew
there was something special about you.”
I took a few faltering steps forward and raised my hands in
fists. “Let’s just get this over with.”
He raised his hands in the air. “I don’t want to fight you
Cassi.”
A pressure built up in my chest and everything from
yesterday crashed down around me. Tears pricked at my eyes as my throat closed
up. I couldn’t do this. I stumbled back, pulled open the front door, and ran
towards the stairwell at the end of the hall. Had I just slept with the god
responsible for James’s death?
— Noree Cosper's Author Secret —
Noree Cosper’s Secret Aspirations of
Godhood
I have a
god complex. Seriously, the characters I write about tend to aspire to be gods
or build up to having godlike power. I know what you’re thinking. This isn’t
exactly what the term means, but it seems to fit and I do tend to be pretty
arrogant. I mean, I’m always right and I’m more intelligent than most of the
population. I’m also attracted to arrogant me, because who else would be worthy
of me, but another god? Heh, just kidding. Maybe. Still, I love writing about
gods and mythology…and I love my characters having power and dealing with world
threatening odds.
Sample — Vigilant — Sample
The energy shift on
the floor was fast, the hip-hop music turning decidedly rap. She looked over
her shoulder and saw a guy doing a handstand, challenging gravity in some kind
of breakdance move.
“What’s this?” she
yelled at the girl next to her. “Break dancing?”
“Kind of,” she said.
“It’s this parkour thing? Freerunning.You know, the flips and stuff?”
Ari had seen it
before—on the Internet. Crazy guys leaping from rooftops and taking backflips
off subway walls.
“There’s
a group of guys that do it here in the city. Occasionally, they show up in
clubs like this.” Both women watched as another guy joined in doing a series of
choreographed back handsprings. “They’re hot right?”
Ari snorted. Hot was
an understatement. The strength required to do the tricks was obvious, as were
the muscles under their shirts. “Holy crap,” Ari said, seeing the tight stomach
on one of the guys peeking out from under his shirt. He flipped from his back
to an upright position and his dark eyes met hers.
The song ended and
the guys were swallowed into the crowed. Ari tried to find them, any of them,
but there were too many people clogging up the dance floor. She checked her
watch and saw it was near one. She needed to go soon so she wouldn’t be a
zombie at work the next day, but she’d just started to relax.
She re-entered the
dance floor and got lost in the throng of dancers. A couple of guys tried to
grab her arms but she shook them off, uninterested. She knew who she was
looking for. Mating and dating and anything of the sort could only be called a
game. Chasing was part of the thrill. Ari had more pride than to chase a guy
down in a bar, but four years of partying during college taught her how to lure
one out.
Ari spotted him in
the middle of the floor, dancing with a group of girls in the hazy light.
Fangirls from the looks of them. One had her finger in his belt loop, near the
button. Another had a fistful of shirt at his side. Possessive much?
Spinning away from
him, Ari found the closest guy and began to dance. Nothing dirty, she didn’t
want to cross any lines, but her hips swayed to the beat and the guy she’d
picked was more than willing to be her partner. He had a shaggy mop of hair,
kind of like Oliver’s except it glowed red like a halo in the lights near the
stage. Damp with sweat, it fell into his eyes. He brushed it aside and Ari saw
the hooped ring through his eyebrow. She moved her head to the music, laughing
a little at his skinniness, the way his pants slid off his hips. They were
saved by a leather belt.
Ari felt the lightest
touch on her back, near the tattoo that peeked out of the top of her shirt.
Maybe not even a touch. Perhaps just energy. She didn’t look. She wouldn’t
dare. Not yet.
What she did do was
shift her body backwards, not enough to touch the guy behind her, but enough to
enter his zone. Despite their lack of physical contact, the guy behind her must
have put off quite the vibe, because the boy in the droopy pants figured it out
quick enough, giving Ari a little wave before turning toward another girl.
The tempo notched up
again and Ari moved closer to her new partner, yet never touching or speaking.
Her chest shuddered with each beat, releasing the stress from her body. She
wanted to exhaust herself, forget about armed robbers and child prostitution.
She closed her eyes and danced.
The song shifted and
Ari turned. She opened her eyes, taking in the man in front of her. Shaved
head. Light brown skin. Tall and slim, but ripped. She’d seen his abs before.
The way he looked at her in return set her stomach on fire, and she ached to
feel his hands on her skin. Something hard to cut away at the numbness. She
lifted an eyebrow and tilted her head just a bit. Then she left the dance
floor.
It was impossible to
tell which beat harder, her heart or the music. Ari made her way through the
crowd. She’d never done anything like this without a wingman—someone to keep an
eye out and make sure there wasn’t any trouble. She liked to have fun, but her
job made her aware of the dangers lurking in seedy bars and dark dance clubs.
Yet, she couldn’t
seem to make herself care. Not now.
—
Angel Lawson's Author Secret —
Several
years ago I had tickets to a major concert. I ended up not
being able to go. I decided to give the tickets to this very
hot, very borderline-of age, life guard at my pool. My friend and I left them
on his car windshield in the middle of the night with the note, "Thanks
for the Awesome." I am WAY too old for this.
–
Sample – The Devil's Fool – Sample –
After waving goodbye
and closing the door, Boaz turned to me, his body inches from mine. “You didn’t
have to use magic tonight.”
I swallowed. “I
know.”
“Then why did you?”
“It was fun.”
“It was, wasn’t
it?” He grinned, something alight in his eyes.
I nodded.
His gaze dropped to
my lips for the briefest of moments, but enough to make the magic swell within
me again, taking my breath away.
“I have somewhere I
need to be,” he said. “Do you mind if I call it a night too?”
“Of course not,” I
stuttered, feeling suddenly stupid. Maybe the kiss we’d shared earlier had only
been amazing to me. I faked a yawn. “I was going to go to bed anyways.”
“Very well then,” he
said and disappeared behind the door I wasn’t allowed behind.
“No, it’s not very
well,” I whispered as I turned to go up the stairs. My whole body was tingling
and yet numb at the same time. I glanced down at my feet. They were still there
and moving, yet I felt like I was floating.
I spun a few steps
before I danced into my bedroom and closed the door behind me, trapping me in a
dark room. I reached for the light, but then stopped. My arm lowered to my
side. Breathing in deeply, I focused on the darkness, the way it crawled over
my skin and the way it breathed on my skin, whispering seducing words I
couldn’t understand but could feel.
I opened my eyes as
realization dawned on me.
Darkness felt good.
— Rachel
McClellan's Author Secret —
When I was a child, my friend and I
were convinced that our neighbors were abusing their children. And we were
determined to help them. When I asked my mother about them, she said I was too
young too worry about such things, but in my mind I wasn’t.
The next day, my friend and I waited
until we were sure no one was home at our neighbors house. We then broke in
(door was unlocked, but still) to their home to look for evidence we could take
to the police. The house was a disaster like nothing I had ever seen before. It
wasn’t until I was standing in all the chaos that I realized I didn’t know what
I could give the police that would prove the children were being abused. It was
in that same moment that I realized the dangerous predicament we had just put
ourselves in. What if the family came home?
My friend and I bolted, never to speak
of our breaking and entering ever again. As for our neighbor’s children, weeks
after we had snuck into their house, they were taken into protective custody. I
learned two things that day. 1. I will always do what I can to protect
children. 2. I am a horrible detective.
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