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Book 8 in the Dragon Heartbeats series! What happens when one bad ass dragon shifter meets his match in an equally fierce mate. Follow the Dragon Heartbeat clan back to Scotland where they get their mates, their happily ever afters, and a bit of drama tossed in for good measure! Tamhas has been keeping a secret from the clan for more than a year. He’s been corresponding via email with a fierce and sexy woman in New York. MMA fighter and part-time bounty hunter Keira is worried. Her friend Tamhas has vanished. He’s gone off the grid, and she’s worried about him. With virtually no ...

Lion shifter Klaus is Mary's right-hand man and definitely not looking for a mate. Too bad, because he's met his match in dragon shifter Ainsley. Ainsley's got a huge problem. And she can't share it with the rest of the clan. The Scottish clan is headed back to Scotland. They've got a lion shifter with them and they're in the dark when it comes to Ainsley's secret. Can Klaus help Ainsley? Or will his presence only make things worse?

Book 12 in the Dragon Heartbeats series! The penultimate book in the Dragon Heartbeats saga. Bryce and Isla shared a few moments on a tropical island. Okay, a few passionate moments. Very passionate. Now, they’re working on a mission together. More fun, right? Not necessarily. Now it seems that Isla hates him. How’s a lion shifter supposed to have his fated mate when she’s a dragon shifter with a serious chip on her shoulder?

Vanessa’s plagued with dreams of a gorgeous man with haunting eyes that saves her from the grasp of an enemy sorcerer. Until she realizes the man’s not a dream. Gentry’s an outcast sorcerer strip of his powers, trying to figure out what he’s supposed to do with his life, until he starts having these dreams, where he’s saving a woman and he’s got his magic back. And then one day, she walks into his life, and turns it upside down.

Miles has watched all the dragons in his Appalachian clan find their mates. Now he’s flying solo. Will a week off in the Caribbean lead him to his fated mate? Savannah’s got a death wish and a secret. Why did this dark brooding man have to save her? She didn’t ask to be saved.

Fence is on a mission. Returning to Scotland to find out what happened to the dragons. The old country is so very different than it used to be. What he discovers in Scotland is alarming. No bodies just signs of a struggle. The other thing he discovers? An American girl who proves a distraction to his mission. The last thing Ciera expected to find when she went to Scotland was a dragon shifter. No, make that the last thing she expected was to fall in love with one.

A former Special Forces wolf shifter. Drew’s got an assignment—true. But he’s also got it bad for a certain hottie that hates him. A dire wolf shifter hottie. Ever since those dire wolf shifters came to their rescue—and who said they needed rescue anyway—Nia’s been unable to deny her attraction to Drew. But she keeps acting like she’s hating on him. These shifters have enough problems with being hunted and staying hidden from the black-hat contractors that want them dead. And now love has complicated everything.

A former Special Forces wolf shifter. Carter’s assignment to keep a journalist safe is job one. Finding out she’s the one for him, that complicates matters. A sexy hottie with her own skeletons. Alice isn’t your average girl. And learning that the story she’s been covering involves people who shift into animals, well, that could be the story of a lifetime. Or one that puts her life in danger. Now the one that’s here to protect her becomes so much more than a protector. And the shifters are so much more than she’d ever thought.

A group of dragons traveled from Scotland to the New World a millennium ago to guard a treasure that none could know of. Their homes and lives are hidden from the world of humans and supernatural beings. Until Pierce saves the life of a woman during an avalanche. And now he’s put the entire legacy on the line. Jasmine isn’t your average girl. She’s a part of the fae. And now some damned dragon gave her his blood to heal her. Didn’t he realize that dragon’s blood is toxic to the fae? His dragon brethren don’t care if she lives or dies—actually, they’d just as soon as ...

Brooding wolf shifter Zane is on a mission to forget the past and drown his sorrows. But when the ghost of his lost love, Beth, appears on his doorstep, bleeding and alive, he is thrown into a world of danger and deceit. As Beth reveals the truth about her past and the coven of witches who seek her blood, Zane vows to protect her at all costs. With Beth by his side, Zane leads a pack of enforcers on a journey to take down the coven and seek revenge for the murdered shifters. As they face danger and their feelings for each other deepen, Zane and Beth must fight for their lives and their love...

A bear shifter. Being protective isn’t something Cord does, it’s who Cord is. That’s his greatest quality, and his most devastating flaw. An inquisitive hottie. Lucy can’t resist a good story. So she asks her editor if she could look into the shifters, maybe do a story or a series. Against hired assassins, against territorial clan leaders, against all odds… Lucy won’t be kept from her bear. Her bear shifter Cord won’t be denied his mate. Can a war between rival clans keep them apart?

Melanie Jacobs has transported hundreds of prisoners across state lines. She has never, ever been taken hostage by a prisoner. Until now. When an emergency call is circulated about a cop in trouble, dragon shifter Leif pushes aside his own issues to get out there before it’s too late.

Book 9 in the Dragon Heartbeats series! Emelie’s hell-bent on finding Keira. What woman wouldn’t be if her best friend up and vanished off the face of the earth after traveling to the Scottish Highlands? She didn’t count on being kidnapped by a bunch of mysterious badass women. She also didn’t count on being saved by even more badass dragons. Alan. Well, being the head of a clan isn’t easy. No one said it would be, but why do these damned humans keep trespassing on his land and ruining his tranquility? Once and for all, this dragon shifter would like things to settle down. He ...

The final book in the Dragon Heartbeats saga brings Logan and Leslie together amidst a jaw-dropping finale to the dragon shifters and their mates. Logan’s flirtation with Leslie is so very much more than either of them think it is. These two need to stop denying that they are fated mates. But how’s a dragon and a lion expected to fulfill their destiny when there’s a band of evil sorcerers out to kill them. Will Logan’s domineering lion ways be the end of them? Or can Leslie’s dragon save the day?

Micah’s a shifter. More like a shifter with a problem. There’s a curse on a rival pack of wolf shifters. Shouldn’t be his problem should it? Or so he thought. Well, he was quite mistaken. Sometimes, what affects one can affect all. Esme Redferne’s a witch. A witch with a grudge. In her attempt to seek vengeance—no, justice—she’s found herself at the mercy of a ruthless wolfpack with a fierce leader who has a grudge. Micah is unsure of his reaction around Esme. He should’ve dragged her out of her cabin and turned her in he didn’t. Why the heck not? He questions his own ...

Drake’s returned to his home in Pine Cove. He’s back but his heart is heavy. There are too many memories here, and some of them are heartbreaking. He bucks up and decides he’s got to do what’s right, even if it’s hard as hell. Audra doesn’t need saving. At least, she doesn’t think she does. But she is running. She’s on the run and hiding and luckily, Sylvia Redferne has a solution. A job tending bar in Pine Cove. There’s something about this town, though. Pine Cove’s citizens are… she can’t put her finger on it, but she won’t stop being inquisitive about the matter...

A dragon heartbeat reveals the Scottish dragons are still alive and the Appalachian dragons go on a mission save their kin. One little detail they didn’t count on, though. A certain brunette firecracker of a stowaway who’s hell-bent on proving herself, and proving her mother wrong. Said firecracker’s mother? None other than the formidable Mary. Poor Gate, he’s in for a hell of an adventure, and that’s before the mission even begins.

A lion shifter. Vincent’s oldest enemy is his brother. And now he’s brought before the Council of Elders to determine his fate and Vincent is called as the solitary witness. A lioness shifter. Veronica’s first love is back. That was a lifetime ago, before he left his clan and her behind. She’s built a new life, and clearly so has he. Why can’t she convince herself of that? Sometimes the past refuses to stay in the past. Once upon a time, these two shifters were fated mates. Then circumstances parted them. Has it brought them back together just to keep them apart again?

Konstantin is a vampire on assignment. He’s one of the elite Nightwardens assigned—make that conscripted—to guard witches. He and the rest of his brethren serve one purpose. Bodyguards to the High Sorceresses. He shouldn’t be plagued by blood lust. He shouldn’t be yielding to emotions. Monika is the daughter of a High Sorceress. To say she finds Konstantin attractive is to put it mildly, despite his brooding, dark, stoic front. She buys him an ancient sword, not knowing the price involved. Until the one collecting on the price comes calling.

Book 11 in the Dragon Heartbeats series! The dragons and the witches have arrived in the Appalachians. Now they have a mission. Read the runes. Decipher the history. Everything’s derailed when Owen takes a walk late one night and runs into an injured human. A female, no less. Molly’s got an obsession with archeology. Especially if it involves her family history. But now, after a hurricane has wreaked havoc and left her barely able to walk, she’s got bigger problems. Namely, the gorgeous hunk who saved her keeps having seizures and passing out. Except it doesn’t end there. His ...