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MAGICAL FANTASY ROMANCE

Holly from the North
by Willa Kaye Danes
Magical Fantasy Romance - available soon in print and electronic format!

A young woman of dubious origins wakes from a strange dream and finds she's been transported from New York City to an Earth-like world of wondrous beauty and terrible dangers. Mistaken as the new tribal 'mystic,' she must use her streetwise skills to prove herself and save her adopted people from annihilation.

Holly Norlander, plagued by dreams that rob her of her sleep and make her habitually late for work, ducks out of the rain into an unusual coffee shop called The Mystic Tea and Coffee Company. After an unnerving exchange with the proprietor, she leaves and discovers she's somehow early - not late - for work. And things get even stranger as the day wears on. The receptionist, whom she's befriended, suddenly seems to know more about her past than she does, and gives her a peculiar warning about her future. Later at home she takes an early-evening nap and awakens from a particularly erotic dream to find herself in a tent, face to face with the ruggedly handsome tribal man in her dream. When she dashes out of the tent, she instantly realizes she's not in Kansas anymore - and she has no magic slippers to send her back home! (First installment of the new MYSTIC TEA SERIES.)

Rating: Contains violence and sexual situations.

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SCIENCE-FICTION FUTURISTIC

Justice Comes to Beantown
by David L. Burns
Science-fiction Space Western - available soon in print and electronic format!

A mild-mannered alien-human hybrid accepts the Justice of Commerce position on a remote planet, hoping to act out some of his Old West fantasies, and ends up facing a real showdown with marauding aliens.

Anoli-human hybrid Passonne Boulongee - one of a kind in the universe - finds out the hard way he's more than just an alien with striking blue skin and flowing white hair. After a clever coworker convinces him to 'live his dream' of the Old West by accepting a four-year offworld assignment as the new Justice of Commerce Officer on a dusty, forgotten remote planet, he realizes Beantown's not the role-playing haven he was led to believe. Its only real industry is the exportation of a plethora of hybrid beans, for which it got its name.

With his role-playing expectations ruined, the last thing the new Justice wants is to step in the middle of a longstanding feud with a race of nasty lizard-like aliens. But that's just what he's going to have to do if he hopes to bring sorely needed justice to the folks of Beantown. Along the way, he finds love with an unexpected ally and learns the surprising truth about his own alien heritage.

Rating: Contains graphic sexual content and violence.

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CONTEMPORARY COMEDY ROMANCE

The Cat's Fancy
by Gwynn E. Ambrose
Cat-Para-Abnormal Romance - available soon in print and electronic format!

Humans may think they're at the top of the food chain, but cats know better. Every now and then, humans need a little help, and Max the Cat meets the challenge when his human Kari gets in deep doo-doo after losing her job. His solution? Kari needs a man - and fast!

KariAnn Ingles loves her big black kitty Max. Her four-legged little man seems to understand her so well, she suspects he can actually read her mind. Unfortunately, Max the Cat is very protective and has a way of running off every date she’s ever brought home. As a result, Max is the only man in her life. His latest escapade with her former boss Josh Braswell has landed her on the job-hunting trail. In the current economy, that could quickly spell doom for her and her cantankerous cat.

Max the Cat loves his human Kari, and she loves him. But kitty-love can only go so far, and Max knows Kari has certain needs a cat can’t fulfill. The problem is, Kari has terrible taste in potential mates, and Max has been obliged to deter every man she’s brought home so far. The last one, her boss, was the worst. And now Kari is spending all day – every day – at home, not bothering to dress up and go to work. This inconvenient behavioral change is cramping his feline lifestyle in a big way, so it’s time to take matters into his own paws. Kari needs a mate, and Max is on a big-kitty mission to find her the purrr-fect man – if there is such a creature!

Cole Jordensen is just getting settled into his new apartment after a long drawn-out breakup with his latest girlfriend Beth. This last fizzled relationship has convinced him to swear off women for a while. When a stray black cat shows up at his door and won’t leave him alone, he figures something’s wrong, and the animal needs help. Not a cat person, Cole nevertheless follows the cat to the apartment of a charmingly unkempt young woman named Kari Ingles. Suddenly Cole’s past troubles with women are eclipsed by Miss Ingles and her darned cat!

Rating: Contains mild sexual references.

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PARANORMAL ROMANCE

The Dead of Wynter
by Dana Warryck
Paranormal Romance available soon in print and electronic format!

A lonely succubus weathering winter in Detroit has no trouble finding depraved men upon which to feed - until she runs into the alluringly powerful policeman investigating the string of dead bodies she's left behind.

Succubus Wynter Delacroix, stuck in Detroit for the winter, has no problem finding depraved men upon which to feed – until she runs into Homicide Detective Orin Sharpe, who happens to be investigating the string of dead bodies she’s left behind.

When Wynter gets a taste of Orin's latent power, she realizes he'll be hard to resist. But resist she must, to protect him from death - because she's a killer who can't help herself.

Orin finds himself wildly attracted to a woman he suspects is a serial killer. He knows it's wrong, but he just can't help himself. He's got to have her, even if it kills him!

Rating: Contains graphic sexual content, adult language, profanity, and violence.

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