First Power

She doesn’t do rules. But when this brash new vampire is offered authority, can she survive seizing control? Catherine ‘Cat’ Alexander-Blair du Montjean has become a force to be reckoned with. So when an interloper challenges her snow leopard beast, she dispatches him readily. But feeble opposition is the least of her concerns when she’s offered Alpha Master territory… putting lethal targets on the backs of those humans she loves. Battling her own mate’s desire to control her and the mounting responsibility of her newly developing powers, Cat suffers psychic attacks from ...

Please enjoy these vintage first stories of spanking romance from Lynn Carlyle. Please note that each of thewse stories has been published as both stand-alone works and in numerous collections and anthologies. House Of Solitude An unsettled young woman and her older sister go for a vacation at a remote and quiet house in Kansas. There, they will find everything provided for them, from fine food and wine to a swimming pool. But the prime attraction of Solitude, is just that: guests are not able to avail themselves of telephones, the Internet, or any other form of electronic contact with the ...

Sebastian Vickery has learned something about UFOs that he shouldn’t have—and Naval Intelligence, desperate to silence him, orders his old partner, Agent Ingrid Castine, to trap him. But Castine risks career, liberty, and maybe even life, to warn Vickery—and now they’re both fugitives, on the run from both the U.S. government and agents of the Russian GRU Directorate, which has its own uses for the UFO intelligence.

Hong’s journey in renewable energy is a testament to grit, resilience, and the power of taking action. From his early years in Bolivia to studying abroad in the U.S. and building a career across the Americas and beyond, he has navigated the complexities of international business to become a leader in sustainable energy. Fuerza offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at large-scale energy projects, from negotiating multi-million-dollar deals to overcoming setbacks in new markets.

The story revolves around Vince Steadfast, the newly named CEO of imaginary manufacturer Verity Glassworks, which has fallen on difficult times. Vince is hired to help the once iconic company return to its glory days, and he brings with him a parting gift from his mentor and former boss: a stunning crystal coffee cup from Verity's halcyon days. The cup turns out to be magic - truly - and helps him come to understand and reinvigorate the values that Verity has misplaced along the way.

HE is the tall, hot and handsome Uday, the youngest and third son from the renowned Bollywood family of Chandhoks. Uday has always aspired to be behind the camera, and these days, he has made a name for himself in the film industry after three award-winning films under his belt. Into his life walks Yamini Gupta from Ranchi. SHE is not only young and beautiful, but extremely intelligent and career driven. And she wants to work in Bollywood, also behind the camera. She feels her dream has come true when she gets the opportunity to become Uday's assistant director. But can the two stick to ...

He came to destroy her world. She recoded his. Alaia Evans is a genius coder on the brink of her big break. Her interactive art installation is more than a thesis; it is the soul of her work. But on opening night, a ghost in the machine tears it all down, leaving her humiliated in a storm of glitched light and mocking laughter. The attack is surgical, personal, and it has a name: Griffin. As the university's resident hacker and digital enforcer, Griffin was supposed to put the ambitious new artist in her place. He expected a simple victory, but Alaia’s fiery defiance sparks a dangerous ...

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After three years in self-imposed exile, Luke Alpine returns to his family estate—a sprawling cliffside mansion on Martha’s Vineyard that hides more than just wealth. Home isn’t what it used to be. His cousin is bolder. His brother colder. And his father, a man still in control in spite of the urges he knows linger under the polished surface of his boys. As old desires resurface and buried boundaries erode, Luke finds himself drawn into the same dangerous web he once tried to escape—only this time, he might not want to. Family Dinner is the first entry in the Bloodline series—a ...

This book was previously published as “Alpha in a Sweater Vest” by Reba Bale. He might look like a nerd, but when they’re alone, he’s all alpha! Katie is recently divorced and looking for someone to help her explore her wild side. She wasted too many years with a husband who refused to meet her darkest needs. Now that Katie is single, how hard can it be to find someone who will pull her over their knee and punish her the way she’s fantasized about for years? When a nondescript stranger catches her searching spanking websites in a coffee shop, he offers her the chance to work with ...

Jay, a young man on the cusp of adulthood, is thrown into an unexpected and intense family tradition when he accompanies his stepfather, Steven, on a trip to a remote cabin in the woods. At the cabin, Jay meets Steven’s father, Henry, a charismatic, touchy-feely, and ripped older man who seems eager to initiate Jay into their family's unorthodox ways. The men share more than just conversations, and Jay finds himself pulled between confusion, desire, and lust as he navigates the strange dynamics of trust, vulnerability, and sexuality in this taboo, age gap erotica.

This 5000-word short is packed full of lusty, sensual excitement and poetic detail. One day a woman is dared by her kinky best friend to bed a stranger, and the fireworks go off because this new masculine alpha male is ready to rumble. Only he harbors a dark secret, and even he is not aware of how powerful he is. This is another torrid, lurid yarn from the masterful mind of Alice Crowley

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Terminal cancer patient Quiti walks into an abandoned building, planning on taking her life. Instead, she encounters a telepathic ball of hair that insists it is an alien seeking to facilitate diplomatic communication on Earth. Quiti assumes it is all a hallucination conjured up by her brain tumor. Because of this assumption, when she saves the alien's life and it insists on doing Quiti a favor in return, she only asks for her hair back. She soon discovers, however, that the creature's gift extends much further than her new locks that can change color with a thought.

Before the dictator, there was a boy in love. Before the wars, the hatred, and the bloodshed, there was a silent teenager who watched a girl walk by every day without ever saying a word. That boy was Adolf Hitler. That girl was Stefanie Rabatsch. How can an unspoken infatuation become a seed of darkness? This psychological portrait dives into one of the most disturbing emotional paradoxes of the 20th century: Hitler’s adolescent obsession with a young girl he never approached — and how that silent longing evolved into inner repression, romantic delusion, and eventual historical ...

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His obsession was her ruin. Her submission was his. Nora Blake’s future is built on a foundation of scientific ambition. As a dedicated environmental science major, her path is clear, her goals meticulously planned. Nothing can stand in her way. Nothing except him. Her new stepbrother, Silas Ford, is a campus god and a cruel track star who delights in her misery. When he begins to systematically sabotage her academic presentations, Nora is pushed to the breaking point. Forced to share a dorm suite, his torment escalates into a dark, intimate warfare. He offers her a deal she cannot refuse...

Desperate to escape her narcissistic father’s shadow and start fresh in the UK, Ashlynn finds her plans shattered when her father’s shady dealings with an international art thief thrust her into peril. Enter Steele: a criminal mastermind with a burning vendetta. His plan to kidnap Ashlynn and use her as leverage against his enemy quickly spirals out of control. Instead of the easy pawn he anticipated, he’s met with a fierce and spirited woman who challenges everything he thought he knew about himself. As Steele grapples with his growing feelings for the fiery Ashlynn, he must confront...

Take Your Shoes Off First is a fast and entertaining listen that illustrates how easy it is to limit what is possible in your life - without knowing you are doing it. You will be pulled into a thought-provoking story about an executive who finds a better path forward through a challenging situation by embracing one simple idea. As he learns to see himself and the world more clearly, you will be inspired to do the same.

In the autumn of 1992, two young women students at Melbourne University went to the police claiming that they had been indecently assaulted at a party. The man they accused was the head of their co-ed residential college. The controversial book that Helen Garner wrote about the resulting Ormond College sexual harassment case caused a social media storm. Prominent feminists were outraged at Garner's perceived support for the man involved, but many saw her approach a necessary and much welcome nuance towards the power dynamic between men and women.