Abbie Zanders

Every ancient legend begins with a grain of truth. Ceri always knew she was different. Seeing people's auras and being able to change the weather with her moods just isn't normal, nor does she understand why simply being around others saps her of her strength. There's no one she can turn to; who she is and where she comes from are the biggest mysteries of all. Settled into a small college town, she immerses herself in studies of the supernatural and lives a solitary existence. Until he crosses her path and comes to her rescue. After earning his master's in criminal justice, there's no plausible reason for Edan to stick around campus. There's only a feeling. A feeling of destiny and purpose that calls to his ancient Highland ancestry and keeps him right where he is. When he meets her, his purpose becomes clear. He can't explain it, but she needs him, and he'll go to great lengths to protect her. In their search for answers, Ceri and Edan learn there's a lot more to the world than either of them ever imagined. The lines between reality and myth blur as they discover ancient magic, hidden realms, and the truth about who - and what - they really are: pawns in a game that's been played for millennia. Will Ceri and Edan embrace the destinies that have already been written for them? Or will they sacrifice everything to be together? More Than Mortal is a stand-alone, Fae-based paranormal romance that will change everything you think you know about faeries.

Carpe the romance. The Marines gave Heather "Mack" McKenzie a lot of things. Self-discipline. An arsenal of swear words. And the carpe diem attitude to make her fitness center, Seize, a success. The hot new vice cop in town makes her breath catch. But with her model-thin stepsister swanning around Seize, what's the point? Covendale men want to date delicate beauties, not women with the muscle to knock them flat. After ten years running from a tragic past, Detective Nick Benning is determined to put the past behind him and replant his roots in Covendale. When he walks into Seize to sign up, his gaze is instantly drawn to Mack's satiny skin, glossy chestnut hair, and taught, powerful body. He quickly figures out that inside her tough, snarky exterior beats a big, tender heart. When Nick asks her out, Mack hesitantly accepts, cautiously hopeful this could be the real deal. But between Nick's dangerous job, Mack's insecurities, and her stepsister's jealous schemes, is their spark of connection lightning in a bottle...or doomed to fizzle?

Rex L ve. Lion Shifter. International Sex Symbol. Rock God. As the lead vocalist of the internationally famous band Lionheart, his deep, powerful voice and raw masculine beauty have made him the king of the music jungle. To his millions of adoring fans, he's the stuff fantasies are made of. To those closest to him, he's a self-absorbed pain in the ass. Alice Kensington knows this better than anyone. As Rex's personal assistant, she's responsible for keeping the king of beasts happy - a difficult task on the best of days. After all, finding gazelle-flavored ice cream in the middle of the night isn't exactly easy. Rex might be a creative genius, but his egocentric ways are making things difficult for those closest to him. He can't understand why his privileged offspring would want to waste her life with something as pointless as a career in science. Nor can he fathom why his beautiful, capable human assistant won't just give in to her desires and sleep with him when so many others jump at the chance. Except Alice isn't human, and her lioness insists the exasperating alpha male is her mate. Even worse, she's gone and fallen in love with Rex and come to care deeply for his brilliant, introverted daughter. Unfortunately, it might take losing it all for Rex to realize everything he needs and wants was right there all along.

The gods of Olympus aren't gone. They're just more discreet than they used to be. On the outside, there is nothing remarkable about Ellie Cavannaugh. Of average height, average looks, she is sensible and wholly competent. But inside, she has the soul of a goddess. Nik Deimos is a god. The son of Ares and Aphrodite, his duplicitous nature often has mortals cowering in fear or writhing in lust. Except for his personal assistant, that is. She seems wholly unaffected. It intrigues him. The more he learns about Ellie, the more he is convinced she was meant to be his. There is only one problem: Ellie has already bound herself to another, and he's forbidden from interfering.

Destiny's not just for Earthlings... Detective Ryan Winslet is a by-the-book kind of girl. The one and only time she allowed her personal feelings to cloud her judgement, the results were devastating. Now she's getting a chance to make things right, but a certain sexy nightclub owner is muddying the waters. Tiberius Maximus isn't the first Aequorian prince to be exiled to Earth. Like his ancestors, he came, he saw, and he conquered. He's vanquished his enemies, gained a fiercely loyal family, and runs an incredibly successful nightclub that might push a few legal human boundaries. The only thing he doesn't have is the life mate he so desperately craves - until a salty blonde saunters into his club one night. When the no-nonsense detective agent meets the exiled prince, their chemistry is off the intergalactic charts. Tiberius is convinced she's the one for him, but Ryan's not taking the bait. Sure, he's ber hot and seems like a great catch, but he's also involved in some fishy business and thinks he's from another planet. Should she follow her head and throw him back? Or follow her instincts... and her heart... and jump into the deep end?

Spencer Dumas is an asshole, and he's fine with that. As the CEO of Dumas Industries, the billionaire playboy couldn't care less what people think of him. He's got money, power, prestige, and plenty of female attention to keep him satisfied. In fact, he wants for nothing, except possibly the one thing his wealth and privilege won't allow: a life of his own. Kayla O'Connell is a bitch and proud of it. Ask anyone in Pine Ridge and they'll be happy to bend your ear with tales of her terrible deeds. Kayla's the first to admit she's made some mistakes, but unlike everyone else, she's moved on. All she wants now is to live her life in peace, without giving the gossip mongers anything else to talk about. Staying under the radar isn't hard - until she crosses paths with the corporate bad boy at an exclusive island resort. She knows she shouldn't, but there's no denying the instant and powerful sexual attraction between them. Being so far away from home, they can indulge their darker sides and do wicked, wicked things. No one ever has to know. It wasn't supposed to mean anything. It was only supposed to be a one-time thing, never spoken of again. After all, villains don't deserve happy endings.... Or do they?

"I WRITE sex, Liz. I don't HAVE it." Holly McTierney is a romance writer with zero romance in her life. She dreams of a man who can sweep her off her feet... and give her an orgasm in five minutes flat. However, after hitting the big 3-0 this year, she just wants a guy to snuggle up for a movie and some Chinese takeout. Or maybe just a man who'll call her back. Sigh... Adam Grayson works hard on his renovation business - too hard to have any time for dating. Years of construction have given him a rugged look that women can't help but notice, but he never seems to notice them back. Apart from a crazy ex who makes any excuse to run into him, it had been years since he had held a conversation with a woman for more than five minutes. However, his matchmaker nephew has a plan to change all that. Holly and Adam are perfect for each other, but Adam's ex will stop at nothing to keep them apart. When she gets her claws back into Adam, will Holly let him go? Or can he prove to her that he really is her five minute man?

Reid MacIntyre refuses to let the wolf within him call the shots. He has no intentions of falling prey to the beautiful and tempting woman with the amber eyes, even if his wolf insists she's their mate. As a member of an elite, underground special ops team, he can't afford any weakness, especially with a vicious enemy targeting shifters. Alyx Laskarius is trying to stay one step ahead of the man who wants her for all the wrong reasons. To protect herself, her family, and her secrets, she can't trust anyone -- especially not the dark and sexy mysterious neighbor who seems to have quite a few secrets of his own. Alyx may think she's safe hiding out at Gram's house in the country but the trouble that's been dogging her heels is catching up quick. Reid realizes he and Alyx have a common enemy and his wolf won't let either rest until they take him down. But can they defeat their enemy without losing their hearts along the way?

When it comes to love, no mission is impossible. After learning her father has ALS, Hannah McGinnis returns home, determined to oversee his care. Dealing with an imperfect health care system and the gruff, cantankerous colonel is a challenge, but Hannah is every bit as stubborn as he is. Angus McGinnis knows he hasn't been an ideal father, but he's determined to see his daughter happy and settled before he ships out. It's got to be a covert mission though, because if Hannah realizes what he's up to, she'll mount her own campaign ... of resistance. A year after an IED ended his military career, former US Army Ranger Medic Sergeant Ethan O'Malley is ready to put his life back together. Scoring a job as a live-in caretaker to his father's old Army buddy is a good start. Winning over the Colonel's feisty daughter is an irresistible challenge. Three headstrong, determined people. Three important missions. Having a plan Bravo isn't going to be enough. They're going to need plans Charlie, Delta, and Foxtrot, too.

Matt's pack is getting antsy. They want him to pick a mate and soon. The trouble is, the Werewolf Alpha just hasn't found the right one. He wants a mate who will challenge him at every step, a female strong of will and body. The fact that such a woman hasn't conveniently laid herself at his doorstep along with all of the other she-wolves vying for his attention is making him very cranky. His sister Dani insists a few days of rest and relaxation at the beach is exactly what he needs. Matt reluctantly agrees, if for no other reason than to get his sister and the rest of his pack off his back. He never expected to find his mate. And he really didn't expect her to be human, not when she's so perfect in every other way. Jessie Sablewolf is being forced into a mating she doesn't want. In what's to be her final rebellion, she escapes to the beach for a week of sun and fun. Fun that includes parasailing, jet skiing, body-surfing, and the no-strings hook-up of her dreams. Thanks to an amulet bespelled by her magically powerful best friend, the insanely sexy Alpha wolf has no idea she's a shifter. That's good, because as her true mate, he could ruin everything.

Fate or free will? Cynical human businessman David Michael Corrigan is a real take-charge kind of guy. Supremely confident, this multimillionaire has no tolerance for brown-nosing sycophants or parasitic bottom feeders looking for a free ride. When a scruffy-looking young woman shows up at his front door late one night to "help" his dying mother, he's sure it's a scam. The only reason he allows her to step foot in his house is because his mother likes her. It has nothing to do with the fact that she has the biggest, prettiest gray eyes he's ever seen, or that he can't seem to stop thinking about her. Ryssa has enough to deal with. Earth-bound and indentured in servitude in a Demon-run club, her best friend is a serial-killer's ghost and she lives in crummy apartment with a lactose-intolerant vampire. She doesn't need the scathing derision of a close-minded, condescending mortal male. Too bad her angelic nature won't allow her to forsake the powerfully good soul hiding beneath all that bristling arrogance. Nor will his conscience allow him to ignore his instincts that there is so much more beneath the surface of that beautiful, defensive street rat.

How far would you go for your soul mate? Aislinn Isobeille McKenna is feeling lost and alone. Recently discharged from serving six consecutive 12-month terms with the US Army, she has no home, no family, and no friends, which is nothing new for her, really. She lives a transitory, vigilante-type lifestyle in shadows, kicking ass and taking names. That is, until she's attacked from behind and wakes up to find herself in the Scottish highlands six centuries earlier, right in the midst of a clan skirmish. After saving the life of Laird Lachlan Brodie, he takes her back to his keep to tend to her injuries and get some answers. She's sure it's all a dream, especially when things get hot and heavy and very realistic with the sexy Scot, but in what kind of dream does she still have to shave?

How far would you go to find your soul mate? Little did Scottish peasant girl Isobeille Aislinn McKenna know that when she prayed for divine intervention in 1414, her desperate plea would be answered by throwing her six hundred years into the future - right into the path of a bus in the heart of one of the busiest cities on the East Coast. Thankfully, Nick Peterson was there to tackle her out of its path. He's not happy about it, but both his conscience and his protective instincts kick in in a big way when he realizes Isobeille has nowhere else to go. But how is he going to explain her to his girlfriend?

Liz Benning is a successful, professional woman. When she thought about her 35th birthday, she pictured a nice dinner, a sappy chick flick with some gratuitous frontal nudity, and cake - lots of cake - with her best friend. She certainly didn't envision male strippers, public humiliation, or a night in the police station. Those things just aren't her, even if the events of that night do result in the hottest sex of her life. When his younger brother calls out of the blue to tell him he's getting married, Miles Grayson is concerned. After all, rushing to the altar didn't work out so well for him. At forty, Miles is finally at a point where he can start enjoying his life. He's still got his movie star good looks, is at the top of the sales and marketing game, and has the freedom to go anywhere and do anything - and anyone - he wants. And right now, he wants to keep his brother from making the same mistake he did. Finding the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with is an unexpected bonus.

Better alone than in bad company. That's Clarissa Sullivan's new philosophy. No more toxic relationships. No more dead-end jobs. No more depending on anyone for anything. The rustic mountain cabin in the middle of nowhere is the perfect place to start over and simplify. Getting friendly with her capable and attractive survivalist neighbor is not part of the plan. Marine Travis Maxwell is totally on board with that. He sought out the seclusion of the mountains to get away from betraying fianc es and back-stabbing best friends. The last thing he needs - or wants - is to get close to anyone ever again. Yet there's something fascinating about his fiercely independent and decidedly unfriendly new neighbor, and keeping his distance isn't going to be easy. A relationship is definitely out of the question. But in the unforgiving wilderness, it just makes sense to have each other's back, right? The Realist is a charming, romantic dramedy that'll have you leave you smiling.