The Carnal Secrets series Naked Nights Freedom is everything to jockey Marina until an emotionally scarred man kidnaps her. His goal—to dominate his captive in all ways. Submit to a man? Never. Or so jockey Marina believes until the day former football player Tray kidnaps her and takes her to a Carnal BDSM training facility. No longer free, she must bow to Tray's determination, strength, and powerful personality. Must accept the harsh yet arousing training regimen designed to turn her into a true submissive. Tray spent years being viewed as a piece of valuable meat. Now it's his turn to dominate. Teaching the lovely trainee to embrace a new way of life excites and challenges him. He will change her! Make her his. They begin as strangers, one dominant, the other a naked captive. Will Marina continue to see Tray as her captor or will he become something more—something that transforms both of them? Her Submission Dominant Reno has found what he's been looking for, a woman he can force to be his submissive. Whatever it takes, he will succeed. Kaci lives alone, dreams alone. Her traumatic past is behind her, her future faced one day at a time. Her nights are filled with fantasies of dark erotica about being under a shadowy master's control, but no one will ever know. Then she's spotted by a scarred Dominant who understands the look, smell, and taste of submissive need. Reno wants her and what Reno wants, he kidnaps. Her Submission examines the appeal of capture fantasies complete with forced submission, power and weakness, strength and vulnerability, being owned and used. And ultimately—sexual fulfillment. Taking Her Down Controlled by a man ruled by dark forces, what was domination fantasy becomes Shana's reality. There's no escape. Only submission. Domination is a word, a whisper, what feeds Shana's erotic fantasies. Then she signs up for the opportunity to be mastered on a private island. She'll willingly remove her clothes and submit to a little BDSM playacting. When her twenty-four hours ends, she'll return to her ordinary world and sex toys. What she doesn't know is that the man waiting for her is controlled by dark forces. He can't fight his compulsions and doesn't want to. He's no actor hired to fulfill women's submissive fantasies. Instead, he's at the island because something beyond his control is turning him into a Dom, a Master. He must feed his carnal desires. When a storm hits, he becomes wild. Savage, even. A man who knows a natural submissive when he handles her. This is no game for him. He won't let her escape. He can't.

Half-shifter Shaya may hold a submissive role in her wolf pack, but she refuses to let an Alpha male interfere in her life. When Nick refuses to claim her as his mate, she runs off to hide among the humans. Nick can barely control his urges for Shaya, but knows his degenerative brain condition will ultimately destroy him. Yet when she runs away he pursues her-- and discovers Shaya's feisty and passionate side in the process....

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Crossfire saga. MISLED Special Task Force agent Derek Atkinson has a craving for luscious vampire Sable Taylor. But Sable's a bounty hunter, which makes him direct competition in the capture of wanted criminals. Despite the obvious attraction between them, she won't give him a chance and after two years, he's tired of waiting for her to come around. So he's got a plan to give them both what they want... each other. Sable's on a dangerous mission. She's not who Derek thinks she is, so anything personal just isn't possible. But like most master vampires, Derek's wily and used to having his way. When he traps her on his ship, she decides to indulge. Two straight days of mind-blowing sex should be enough, but it isn't, not for either of them. Her heart is involved now, but Sable can't let Derek get too close. If he finds out what she's doing, he'll never forgive her. Derek, however, refuses to let go. Now he's getting shot at and asking questions she shouldn't answer. Sable has to reveal the truth... Derek's love has been misled... KISS OF THE NIGHT Special Task Force agent Alexei Night has had a crush on Interstellar Council Representative Briana Michaels ever since the first time he saw her on the vid comm. But their lives are worlds apart. He's a vampire. She's not. There's no possibility of a relationship between them. Yet he still dreams of her... When Briana's unpopular position supporting vampiric rights threatens her family, Alex leaps at the chance to protect her and be with her. It's a two-week journey to her homeworld, and he'll spend it making love with the woman he can't keep, trying to get enough of her to last an eternity. Their erotic connection is easily established but their bond doesn't overshadow the danger surrounding Briana. A hopeless romance with a woman whose mortal life is threatened... Things can't get any worse for Alex. And then somehow...they do.

Dominant Reno has found what he's been looking for, a woman he can force to be his submissive. Whatever it takes, he will succeed. Kaci lives alone, dreams alone. Her traumatic past is behind her, her future faced one day at a time. Her nights are filled with fantasies of dark erotica about being under a shadowy master's control, but no one will ever know. Then she's spotted by a scarred Dominant who understands the look, smell, and taste of submissive need. Reno wants her and what Reno wants, he kidnaps. Her Submission examines the appeal of capture fantasies complete with forced submission, power and weakness, strength and vulnerability, being owned and used. And ultimately--sexual fulfillment.

New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts provides a potent mix of small-town secrets, scandalous romance, and down-home Southern atmosphere as a young woman searching for some bayou R&R finds herself entangled in a serial killer’s wicked web. Burned out and still reeling from a love affair gone bad, world-class violinist Caroline Waverly goes to her grandparents’ home in Innocence, Mississippi, for some much-needed rest and relaxation. Instead she finds herself overwhelmed all over again—first by Tucker Longstreet, a charming local with a sideline in no-strings-attached relationships, and then by a deadlier, more disturbing development. For Innocence is being stalked by its very own serial killer, whose brutal knife blows have pierced the veil of tranquillity in this sleepy Southern town and left a trail of mutilated female corpses in their wake. When a federal agent arrives to investigate, the town’s deepest secrets bubble to the surface and suspicion turns on Tucker as the most likely suspect. After Caroline finds the latest murder victim floating in the murky waters behind her house, she too is inexorably drawn into the path of a crazed killer who may be closer than she could have ever imagined.

Whenever wolf shifter Roni Axton is near Marcus Fuller, there's a crackle of sexual awareness that's intoxicating ... and deeply annoying. Marcus is a pack enforcer who oozes power, but Roni is lethal in her own right. His possessive gaze makes one thing clear. Marcus has singled her out for seduction, and he wants to make her sit up and beg. When a brutal attack by a jackal pack forces them to work together, it's the perfect opportunity for Marcus to chip away at her defenses-- until he falls into his own trap, completely unprepared for the intensity of their connection. For Marcus, claiming Roni once will mean needing her forever.

Christian Delornay hires a young widow to be his assistant at his mother's Madame Helene's Pleasure House with the intention of instructing her in the ways of sensual seduction.

Stacy Quinn is a hotshot copywriter, working at the world's top advertising agency. She has the looks, the smarts and the drive. She has it all. Or so it seems... Stacy has secrets, dark secrets that haunt her every single day. Every night she chases a new woman to satisfy her lust. But each conquest leaves her feeling emptier than the last. When new manager Marcy arrives at the office, Stacy finds the ground shifting beneath her feet. Will Marcy be another wet, hot and steamy conquest or can their relationship blossom into something more?

For years, wolf shifter Jaime Farrow has harbored a not-so-secret crush on gorgeous Dante Garcea. But the time has come for Jaime to face facts: despite her best efforts, Dante just isn't interested. And that's probably for the best. The last thing Jaime needs is for anyone--particularly Dante--to find out about her little "problem"--The one that haunts her past and threatens to destroy her and everyone she loves ... As the pack Beta, workaholic Dante Garcea is responsible for the protection and safety of his entire pack and doesn't have time for distractions--especially the kind promised by Jaime Farrow. It's all he can do to keep her at arm's length and his own desire at bay. Yet when her flirtations abruptly end, Dante becomes suspicious. If a wolf is hiding something that could endanger the others, it's his business to know about it. And she is hiding something, something big, and unless he can convince her to trust him, their entire pack could be in danger. But after years of keeping her--and his desire--at arm's length, he is forced to confront the danger she poses to their pack ... and the passion smoldering between them. He knows hot-headed Jaime will resist him ... but Dante never takes no for an answer.--

When female wolf shifter Taryn Warner first encounters Trey Coleman, an alpha male wolf shifter with a dangerous reputation, she's determined to resist his charms. But Taryn finds herself drawn in by Trey's forceful demeanor and arctic-blue eyes, and she eventually agrees to enter an uneasy alliance with him. If the two succeed in convincing their respective packs that they've chosen each other as mates, Trey will win valuable political allies, while Taryn will escape an odious arranged mating. Will they be able to maintain the clear heads needed to pull off the deception?