J. M. Davies

Photos of an intoxicated and out-of-control Vivian King, taken after a night in Paris, are splashed across the tabloids. Her memories of the night are vague. Suspended from college, her only choice is to return home to Michael Allegretti, the man who broke her heart four years ago. He holds the key to her frozen heart and her financial independence. This time, Vivian isn't leaving until she's claimed them both and given Michael a taste of his own medicine. However, Michael Allegretti has plans of his own and will not allow the family's vineyards to be divided. When a disastrous business venture risks the vineyards falling into the wrong hands, he decides to use every trick in the book to keep what he has worked so tirelessly for, even if it means settling for a marriage of convenience. With the mafia involved, plus a psychotic ex-lover, Vivian risks not only losing her heart but her life as well.

Stories on how different characters choose love over fear in various situations by knowing in their heart they can have the full course meal of love.

Throughout her many lives, soul-shifter Ella Masters has been betrayed by men, and hunted by the Elusti, but that changed the day she met her soul-mate Marcus. However, when Zephra, a witch, predicts the end of days, it brings her maternity leave to an abrupt halt. Working as an agent at Orion, Ella vows to destroy her adversary once and for all. Temporary leader of the private security firm, Marcus Drayton, has a mission to prevent all-out war. Attempting to forge an alliance between the humans and the supernatural races looks unlikely as the body count continues to sweep over the East Coast, and on the home front. As the stakes increase, lives are forever changed, and a need to confess a dark secret to his wife haunts him. When Ella unravels a mystery-her world implodes. And when the true identity of the enemy is revealed-she learns revenge is a poison that ruptures the heart and devours the soul. Will her love for Marcus survive when destiny calls?

The seductive and gripping second book in The Rise of Orion paranormal series Ella Masters knew being married to alpha-male Marcus Drayton wouldn't be easy. Now, she's pregnant with his child; his protective nature is on overkill, leaving her frustrated as he ventures on one dangerous mission after another-without her. However, the sinister professor and the nefarious Elusti remain at large, and she's tormented about the future of her unborn child. Stubborn, ex-navy SEAL, Marcus refuses to forgo his mission with the security team Orion as he is determined to put their enemies in the ground and remove the threat to his family forever. But when a mission involves an ex-lover, the carefully orchestrated plan goes to hell. Ella realizes that destiny lurks in the darkness-waiting. When the Elusti strike, Ella and Marcus are ripped apart by tragedy each blaming the other, but united on reclaiming what has been taken from them. Will their love survive? Will they find a way to defeat their enemies once and for all?