FIGHTER is a hot-headed alpha-male who won't take no for an answer Could prey and predator ever be anything more? Fighter... The club was my family, my blood, my entire world. They were the only thing I cared about...until her. Until Penny.I was a soldier for the Devil's Highwaymen, and Penny was a job gone wrong. An order from my president: take the girl and keep her hidden until it was time to give her back. Only as the days went on, I wasn't sure I wanted to give the fiery little brunette back.With a mane of long dark hair, golden wolf eyes, and a sassy mouth that spat poison at me every time she opened it, she needed to learn my rules, and quick.And if she didn't submit?I'd be the one to punish her.And I'd make her love it.Penny was a wild woman, and all I could think about doing was taming her.Penny...He was brutish and stubborn, moody and single-minded, and he'd protect his club at all costs. He'd do anything they ordered him to do, a machine in a man's body clad in dark leather and chains, and now he had a single focus...Me.I hated him and everything he stood for and wanted nothing but to be away from him. But as the hours turned into days and the days turned into weeks, I began to feel something I'd never felt before...A craving for his brutal touch.His rough kisses.And his depraved punishments. Fighter was the monster in the dark, and I was his willing victim.

Fighter: The Devil's Highwaymen Nomads #4 (Ride or Die)

Literature & Fiction

Riley, Claire C.

Erotica

Independently published

I'm a motherless son to a father who hates me. Fury has lived and breathed in my black heart for so long, it's a part of my soul now. The only thing that's ever mattered to me is protecting my twin sister, Sabella, from my father's temper.So when the chance to join a secret society presents itself, there's no question I'll do whatever it takes to become a member and earn my place in the ranks of only the most Elite.With a taste for the deviant, I'm drawn to the darkest of desires, and no one ever leaves my bed unscathed.My task: seduce Patience Noelle, St. Augustine's sweetheart and the mayor's beloved daughter-then break her heart.Sinning is what I live for, and deviance is my passion. Failing has never been an option.But what happens when my sin becomes my curse-when destroying the only woman I've ever wanted is my key to protecting my sister?Accept your sin wisely, for the tasks given to earn your place are not for the weak...they're for The Elite.This isn't just my chance, it's my legacy and reckoning.I am Samuel Gunner.I am Wrath.

Wrath (The Elite Seven)

Romance

Romantic Suspense

It's better to die by the gun than die by the dead.  Nina’s life was irrevocably changed when humanity’s dead began to rise.   Now, she lives behind the walls.   The barricaded cities, erected by the government to protect the remnants of civilization, have become a brutal dictatorship- causing the inhabitants within to starve, steal and claw for survival. Life behind the walls has become as terrifying as roaming the zombie-ridden landscape beyond.  Citizens trade what they can to gain food, water, and shelter. Nina has only one currency—her body and she is tired of submitting herself to the greedy hands of the self-proclaimed leaders.   An opportunity to escape presents itself in the fate of a young girl named Emily-Rose. For the price of a stale piece of bread, she is set for banishment from the city, and most likely a horrific death at the hands of the deaders. Nina tells herself that it is sympathy and not self-preservation that makes her follow the young girl out of the walled metropolis, and into the overgrown world beyond.   Unused to fighting the deaders, Nina tries to scrounge for her survival and against her better judgment, begins to care for Emily-Rose. However, when you have a bread-stealing liability providing your only back up, survival seems even tougher. Nina is forced to fight for their lives, and with every zombie slain, she becomes fiercer, faster – a grim reaper with her not-so-sharp butcher’s knife.  Along the path to a safe-haven that might not exist, Nina and Emily-Rose meet Mikey who introduces them to a new life they could not imagine, a life above the ground. However, this new world brings new dangers, and darker shadows than she knew.   Nina finds out that the deaders aren’t the only thing to fear beyond the wall.   And that fear will not be ignored, or Forgotten.

Odium (The Dead Saga)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Createspace Independent Pub

Fortune favors…the DEAD! Some secrets are too horrific to ever be forgiven, and some people should never be trusted. Tortured, starved, and on the run, Nina thinks she’s faced the worst that mankind has to offer, but she’s wrong. She may have survived this long, but she hasn’t come out of it unscathed, and there’s worse to come. Nina’s trusty Doc Martens are showing signs of the zombie apocalypse, and she isn’t faring much better. With her snarky attitude guaranteed to get her in trouble, Nina needs to forgive the past, to live once more in the present, and learn that sometimes she needs to place her trust in other people. Because when people are faced with the end of times, they’ll do anything to survive.

Odium II: The Dead Saga

Genre Fiction

When you see life through the eyes of a vampire, you see the true colors of the world.It's been almost a year since Mia's life was forever altered, and each day is a battle as she fights the dark vampire trapped within her. She is strong, and powerful, and she wants control. She will do anything to be free. Even if it means destroying them both.Evan, a strong Bastion vampire is fighting a darkness of his own. And though their Queen won't allow it, Mia's connection with him is intense & addictive. They find it impossible to stay apart. But as their emotions grow stronger, Mia fears Evan's secrets will destroy the very strength she needs to keep her inner vampire under control. Is she strong enough to survive a love which is not allowed, while fighting the monster within?The Queen is sick and the world Mia has only just come to know is changing. In the end, there can only be one survivor.

Limerence 2

Fantasy

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

A true friendship never dies. Leisel and Evelyn lost everything. Husbands. Families. Friends. Lives that made sense. All they had left was each other, and a friendship that could withstand anything… Even an apocalypse. Until one fateful night, the marginal safety they’d come to rely on comes to a vicious and brutal end. With the help of Alex & Jami, both unlikely allies, Leisel and Evelyn are able to escape their shattered sanctuary only to find themselves face-to-face with a much altered, much crueler life where they have to find the way—and the will—to stay alive in a world they no longer recognize. Traveling across a broken and infection-ridden country; the road-weary group are pitted against endless violence, improbable circumstances, and the ultimate loss. Everything comes at a price—especially safety, the cost of which could very well strip them of the one thing they’ve tried so hard to cling to: their humanity. Yet along with all the trials they’re forced to endure, there’s also hope in the form of love. Having loved Leisel from afar, Alex attempts to put the pieces of her fractured heart back together. But in such a savage world, is there room for love? In a place of nightmares-made-reality, where the living should be feared far more than the dead, an unbreakable friendship and a love amongst all odds can mean the difference between life and death. There are friends… And then there are Leisel and Evelyn.

Thicker Than Blood

Sheehan, Madeline

Shut Up and Kiss Me

Contemporary

Continue on in the Dead Saga world... When hell claws its way up from the dark depths of the earth, and the dead begin to walk, for most it can only mean one thing—death. But for some, the zombie apocalypse is only the beginning of a dark yet brave new life for them. For some, the apocalypse offers freedom from their burdens. For others it’s a deeper torment and more unforgiving life than they ever thought possible. And for others, it’s a disguise to hide their crimes. The coward, the street rat, the hero, and the lovers, everyone has their place. What really decides your fate in this new existence, nature, or nurture? Who people become when the world goes to hell is the true decider on someone’s humanity, and will ultimately decide your fate. Forever changed, these people have to learn to adapt to this dangerous and dark new world before they become one of the living dead themselves. Odium Origins 1.5 is a 50’000 word novella to accompany the full length novel Odium. The Dead Saga.

Odium 1.5: The Dead Saga

Short Stories & Anthologies

Continue on the Dead Saga Series...  When hell claws its way up from the dark depths of the earth, and the dead begin to walk, for most it can only mean one thing—death. But for some, the zombie apocalypse is only the beginning of a dark yet brave new life for them.   For some, the apocalypse offers freedom from their tragic lives. For others it’s a chance to show that looks can be deceiving. And for others, it’s an opportunity ripe for the taking.  The Bimbo, The Book Nerd, The Hero, & The  Friends, everyone has their place. What really decides your fate in this new existence, nature, or nurture? Who people become when the world goes to hell is the true decider on someone’s humanity, and will ultimately decide your fate.   Forever changed, these people have to learn to adapt to this dangerous and dark new world before they become one of the living dead themselves.  Odium Origins 2.5 is a 50’000 word novella to accompany the full length novel Odium. The Dead Saga.

Odium 2.5: The Dead Saga

Nina wasn’t always a bitch. But surviving an apocalypse has made her that way.  It’s the end of the world, and the dead have risen. Devastation reins and destruction lives. Mankind is holding on by bloody and desperate fingers.   Death comes when you least expect it; in the quiet of the night or in the harsh light of day. It sneaks in and takes everyone and everything you ever loved, until you’re left with nothing at all. And the person standing in the aftermath is forever changed.  Even after finding a protective haven amongst the chaos, Nina learns that the worst monster is mankind itself. Hope is gone. A heart is broken and humanity is slipping away.  But for Nina, catastrophe has made her stronger. If she wants to keep breathing, she has to be. After all, being hard is the only way to survive.  Odium 0.5 is a prequel novella to accompany the Odium series.

Odium 0.5: The Dead Saga

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