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  Tropes: 🖤Dark Academia 🚫 Forbidden Love 🔮Mystical Curses 🗡️Tragic Backstories 💞Fated Soul Mates 🧛🏼‍♂️Gentleman Vampires ✍🏻 Plot Heavy 🪄Witchcraft 💥Hidden Powers/Abilities 🤫Secret Society Sylvie After losing our parents, my twin sister, Lara, and I enroll at Blackthorne University, clinging to the hope its ivy-ensnared halls will help preserve their memory. But from the moment I step onto the imposing, castle-like campus, everything changes. Shadows slither through the corridors, and the rumors I overhear suggest Blackthorne guards secrets far beyond a standard curriculum. Then, Lara vanishes. Each lead I follow only reveals more violently disturbing truths—about a ruthless secret society wielding influence from the shadows, about supernatural beings hiding behind carefully curated charm, and about the dangerous spark of magic stirring within me. In the midst of it all, I’m inexplicably drawn to Professor Lucian Draedon—a centuries-old vampire whose steady gaze both unn...

  Tillie Carole is a busy woman. Between taking care of her nephew and planning the annual Christmas festival at Merry & Bright Farm, personal time is basically nonexistent for Tillie at this point. Nevertheless, somehow, her sister convinces her to attempt a speed dating session between meetings at the farm - an idea she regrets the moment Elliott Winters walks up to her table. …and then right into the middle of meeting Tillie has with his mother thirty minutes later. Elliott has nothing but time on his hands. After realizing the grass isn’t greener in the corporate world, Elliott is back on the farm ready to plan the annual Christmas festival. That is, until his mother drops the bomb she outsourced the planning to an outsider. …And not just any outsider. It’s Tillie Carole. The smokeshow with the stick up her  you know what  that he had the displeasure of meeting at a speed dating event. Can they put their differences aside for the sake of the festival or will Tilli...

There are two types of people in the world. The first believe the Christmas season begins at exactly midnight on November 1st. The other would willingly accept coal in their stocking if it meant they didn’t have to hear “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” ever again. Bennett Winters hates Christmas. November and December are the most stressful months of the year at Merry & Bright—the family-owned tree and caribou farm he’ll inherit one day. Which is why, it’s a surprise even to him when he agrees to go to a Sexy Santa-themed party with his best friend Clara—the self appointed queen of all things holly and jolly. But then again, he never really can say no to Clara. Clara Ivy loves everything about Christmas. So, when her college roommate throws an early November holiday party, Clara goes above and beyond when it comes to her attire. Bennett’s jaw all but goes to the floor when he sees his quirky best friend in a tight red bodysuit that leaves very little to the imagination. After years ...

  Blue Collar Babes – a romance anthology celebrating men and women who work hard… and love harder. With stories ranging from sweet to extra spicy, this collection has a little something for everyone! Participating authors include Dee Lagasse + Victoria Ellis, A.D. McCammon, A.M. Wilson, Aubree Valentine, Breanna Lynn, Indie Sparks, Ivy Jackson, Jennilynn Wyer, Karen Cimms, Kelly Kelsey, KL Donn, Lila Grey, Lilian Luxe, Mignon Mykel, M Leigh Morhaime, Renee Dyer, Shannon O'Connor & Sutton Bishop. Bad Apple by Victoria Ellis & Dee Lagasse This short story is a sweet, quick read with a hint of spice. I instantly fell in love with Lucy. The way that she was not afraid of Sam's reputation and right away wanted to welcome him is so endearing. She is someone that I would want to be friends with.  When Sam smiled, he warmed my heart, but it was when he put a comforting hand on Lucy's leg to help calm her anxiety that really won me over. These two shared a few spicy moments...

  Romeo & Juliet have nothing on a made mafia member and the one woman he was supposed to stay away from. Dante De Santis I took an oath in blood–one that binds me to the mafia until my dying breath. I vow to live and die by the family. Murder. Extortion. Manipulation…it’s all in an honest day’s work. I didn’t know who she was when she walked into my sex club, but I damn sure do now. She’s the daughter of my biggest rival—the mafia princess from The Amato Crime Family. She’s untouchable, yet unavoidable. And now that I’ve had a taste of my forbidden little fruit, there’s not a chance I’m letting her go. Giana Amato I’ve lived my life in the shadows—a pretty porcelain figurine my father flashes at fancy parties. One night. It’s all I’ve asked for and it’s all I’m given…because how much trouble could I possibly get into in one night? I didn’t know who he was when I walked into his club, but now I can’t forget him. He’s one of my father’s most merciless enemies—a capo for The De S...