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Welcome to the Crossroads, where dragons, shape-shifters, and witches are real and the paranormal is normal, in this award-winning series by Jennifer Ashley w/a Allyson James. I say my Crossroads Hotel gives the magical a refuge, but things are going too far, too fast. First, Drake, one of the dragons I’ve tangled with in the past, shows up with a dragon egg, of all things, asking me to guard it from all comers. This is after the sheriff’s grandfather nearly wrecks on my front door and begs me for a place to hole up. Not only that, but my grandmother has a new ally, a mysterious crow Changer, who might be more dangerously powerful than we know. When the dragon egg proves to be more important that Drake is letting on, Mick and I embark on a quest to discover who murdered the kid’s mother, and what new and dangerous foe will stop at nothing to eliminate me, Mick, and my friends and family to obtain the egg and begin the destruction of all dragon-kind.

Book 4-6 of the Tales of the Shareem series Calder He''s known as the Beast. Calder is scarred all over, the result of a plasma fire years ago. He''s learned that women crave to be with him, and he''s created a world where they can indulge in their darkest fantasies. He gives them an exotic experience with a capital E. But when he meets Katarina, a medic at a Pas City clinic, she wants to know Calder, the man behind the mask, something Calder can''t afford to let her see. Braden Braden, a level-three Shareem, never thought he’d find anything interesting in a library, of all places. That is, until he spies Elisa n’Arell sitting behind a reference desk. She’s lovely, polite, and uses cute words like “mustn’t.” The trouble is, the pretty librarian is a registered celibate, off-limits, forbidden, especially for the nearly outlawed Shareem. Justin Justin has spent much of his life as a free citizen, but he returns home to search for the daughter he was forbidden to have. But a feisty female patroller who''s following him around is getting in his way, especially when she keeps shooting him in the backside.

Contains Book 7, Prequel Novel, and a Novella of the Tales of the Shareem series. Kieran Kieran is meant to be the ultimate level-three Shareem, unthinking and driven, without much emotion and personal thought. When he’s sent to scope out the transports that might take Shareem away from their restricted life for good, he stumbles across Felice, who is fleeing from a life of slavery to Bor Narga. Felice stirs the level three in him, but Kieran responds to her as a man as well, finding in her a woman who understands him better than he understands himself. Kieran jeopardizes the safety and freedom of all Shareem by pausing to help Felice, but he also jeopardizes his heart, which was supposed to have been stripped of all deeper emotion. Eland and Jeanne (Prequel) Jeanne Narren is awakened one night by a pounding on her door—a huge, gorgeous man called Eland falls onto her, begging for water. She does not know he is Shareem, a level three, fleeing the closure of DNAmo, and hunted through the streets. Eland is grateful for the help, but knows he can’t endanger Jeanne by staying. But Jeanne has treated him like a human being, not a lab experiment, and he can’t quite forget her. Maia and Rylan (Novella) Maia is the only female Shareem ever created. Sequestered by the researchers at DNAmo, her lonely existence is made bearable only by Rylan, a level-two Shareem, who has found ways to meet her in secret. DNAmo, a genetic engineering company who makes the forbidden Shareem, is about to be shut down. Rylan promises Maia they’ll flee to the secluded canyons on the other side of the world and be together—always. But on the chaotic day when DNAmo is forced to close, Rylan enters Maia’s room to find it empty, Maia gone. For the next twenty years, Rylan searches for her, barely clinging to hope. When finally, finally, it seems he’s found her at last, there’s a danger Maia won’t even remember him, and the bond between them will no longer exist.

Welcome to the Crossroads, where dragons, witches, shape-shifters and other magical beings are real and the paranormal is normal, in this award-winning series by Jennifer Ashley w/a Allyson James Nightwalker A crossbow’s twang in the middle of the night warns me that an enterprising vampire slayer has come to kill my resident Nightwalker, Ansel, a permanent guest in my Crossroads Hotel and my friend. It seems that every slayer around is after Ansel, who fears he killed the woman he loves in a Nightwalker frenzy. Things are made more complicated by the fact that Ansel and his girlfriend might have unearthed an artifact of incredible magic. Now I have to choose between protecting Ansel or facing the most powerful magical beings in the world, who are willing to destroy me, Mick, my hotel, and everyone I’ve ever cared about to get to Ansel and his secrets. Dreamwalker Mick and I are enjoying a much-needed date night, all quiet at the Crossroads Hotel, when Emmett Smith, the most powerful mage in the world, arrives to announce his intent to steal our smart-mouthed magic mirror. Next thing we know, my sister is trying to bring down criminals single-handedly, and weird creatures suddenly turn up at Barry’s biker bar. I wake up after I’m knocked out fighting the creatures ... but I seem to be in the past. It’s the time right after Mick, my dragon boyfriend, and I first met, and we’d traveled across country by motorcycle, free and falling in love. The dream seems so real that I begin to forget it isn’t. Dreams keep calling me back, each one more powerful than the last, until past and present run together. Is this some trick of Emmett’s to get his hands on the magic mirror? Dragon Bites: Maya and I are just trying to have a girls’ weekend in Vegas. Kick back, take in some shows … Then Gabrielle decides to tag along. Now there’s a dragon slayer after Mick, gladiatorial games from hell, and a Vegas hotel full of trapped demons. When Gabrielle and I charge in to assist, we don’t realize we’re awakening an ancient and terrible evil … Welcome back to the Crossroads Hotel where magic is real and the paranormal is normal.

Welcome to the Crossroads, where dragons, witches, shape-shifters and other magical beings are real and the paranormal is normal, in this award-winning series by Jennifer Ashley w/a Allyson James Stormalker When I’m attacked one night on the open road, an innocent bystander is killed—cousin of the local sheriff, who’s not too happy with me. I try to warn him of the continuing danger, but he’s curiously oblivious—for reasons I find out later. The attack also alerts my on-again, off-again boyfriend, Mick, the man I made myself walk away from years ago. Now he’s back, and I have to decide whether to give into my intense cravings for him or continue to fight alone. Firewalker My day bursts into chaos when a Changer charges into my hotel, attacking me with a message spell. I have to obey the message, whether I like it or not. But that’s okay, because it’s from Mick, my dragon boyfriend, guiding me to Death Valley where he’s been imprisoned by the Dragon Council. Rescuing him takes all my strength, not to mention the wild magics I inherited from my evil-goddess mom, plus Nash, the sheriff who’s impervious to magic. But once Mick is free, he tells me he’s bound to the Dragon Council to appear at a trial for breaking dragon law. He’s already been found guilty, and now they’ll sentence him, and maybe, just maybe, they’ll let him live. Forget that. I’ll do anything in my power to keep Mick safe from the sticks-up-their-dragon-tails Council, even if it means letting forth my goddess power, and challenging the likes of Coyote, all my new friends, and even Mick himself. Shadow Walker The world falls from beneath me—literally—one winter night when I’m racing down the road on my beloved motorcycle. I tumble into a huge sinkhole, followed by the sheriff, who’s doggedly chasing me. I find myself in a cavern covered with evil petroglyphs that are intent on killing me … From that harrowing situation I go to another even more dire: A hotel inspector who seems bent on putting me out of business. Add to this, my evil little sister has surfaced to tangle with me, and now Mick, my dragon boyfriend, is acting mysterious and scary. Only the magic mirror, my interfering grandmother, and my new cook seem to know what’s going on, all of them telling me that Mick has been touched by shadows.

This anthology contains two stories of the Tales of the Shareem.In Eland and Jeanne, Jeanne is awakened one night by a pounding on her door--a huge, gorgeous man called Eland falls onto her, begging for water. Moved by compassion, Jeanne gives him the water.She does not know he is Shareem, a level three, fleeing the closure of DNAmo, and hunted through the streets. Eland is grateful for the help, but knows he can''t endanger Jeanne by staying. But she treats him like a human being, not a lab experiment, and he can''t quite forget the heat in her eyes.In Maia and Rylan, Maia is the only female Shareem ever created. Sequestered by the researchers at DNAmo, her lonely existence is made bearable only by Rylan, a level-two Shareem, who has found ways to meet her in secret. DNAmo, a genetic engineering company who makes the forbidden Shareem, is about to be shut down. Rylan promises Maia they''ll flee to the secluded canyons on the other side of the world and be together--always.But on the chaotic day when DNAmo is forced to close, Rylan enters Maia''s room to find it empty, Maia gone. For the next twenty years, Rylan searches for her, barely clinging to hope. When finally, finally, it seems he''s found her at last, there''s a danger Maia won''t even remember him, and the bond between them will no longer exist.

Welcome to the Crossroads, where dragons, witches, shape-shifters and other magical beings are real and the paranormal is normal, in this award-winning series by Jennifer Ashley w/a Allyson James. Mick and I are enjoying a much-needed date night, all quiet at the Crossroads Hotel, when Emmett Smith, the most powerful mage in the world, arrives to announce his intent to steal our smart-mouthed magic mirror. Next thing we know, my sister is trying to bring down criminals single-handedly, and weird creatures suddenly turn up at Barry’s biker bar. I wake up after I''m knocked out fighting the creatures ... but I seem to be in the past. It’s the time right after Mick, my dragon boyfriend, and I first met, and we’d traveled across country by motorcycle, free and falling in love. The dream seems so real that I begin to forget it isn’t. Dreams keep calling me back, each one more powerful than the last, until past and present run together. Is this some trick of Emmett’s to get his hands on the magic mirror? I must band together with Mick, Cassandra, Nash, Gabrielle, Coyote, Grandmother, Elena, and the dragons—to thwart this greatest of magics before it splits us into fragments and leaves the world vulnerable to the most evil of evils. Book 5 in the Stormwalker series.

Brianne, daughter of the ruling family, has never met a Shareem. Then she spies Aiden, a Level One, in a coffee bar in the working-class part of town. Unknown to Brianne, her bodyguards arrest Aiden for even looking at her, and Aiden is locked away, scheduled to be terminated. Ky, a Level Three and Aiden''s closest friend, is furious. He tries to extract Aiden, which only ends up in him being arrested alongside him. Brianne, horrified, has them freed, but Ky wants to teach Lady Brianne a lesson to make up for her putting Aiden in so much danger. Aiden, worried about Ky''s volatile nature, goes with him, and Brianne finds herself alone in a train car with two Shareem who have many things on their minds. The incident has also forced Ky’s feelings he’s kept hidden for Aiden to surface. Such things are forbidden to Shareem, as he learned the hard way years ago. When Brianne is with them, everything seems to be fine. But when Ky starts to give in to the longing he''s had for years, old danger resurfaces, which he knows could mean the end of his life.

Lady Talan d’Urvey has never seen a Shareem, but she’s read the diary of a woman who long ago spent two glorious weeks with one. Intrigued, Lady Talan, studying to be a celibate, decides to find a Shareem and have one heady taste of carnality before she takes the robes and shuts herself from the world. Talan finds Rees, a Shareem experiment who terrified his captors and then escaped. Rees is all levels of Shareem rolled into one, his capabilities far beyond anyone understands. No one knows who Rees is, and Rees likes it that way. When Lady Talan encounters him, Rees is captivated. Who is this woman under her prim robes who wants to study him? He thinks it hilarious to be appointed as the man to teach her about Shareem, but Rees never bargains for losing his heart, proving the hard way that Shareem can indeed fall in love . . .

Kieran is meant to be the ultimate level-three Shareem, unthinking and sexually driven, without much emotion and personal thought. Now that he''s free of the experimenters who tortured him, he feels as though he''s two people-the Kieran who struggles to fit in even with other Shareem, and the Kieran who can become the commanding level three at the touch of a woman''s hand. Kieran is the one sent to scope out the transports that might take Shareem away from their restricted life for good, but that plan goes awry when he stumbles across Felice, who is fleeing from a life of slavery to Bor Narga. Felice stirs the level three in him, but Kieran responds to her as Kieran as well, finding in her a woman who understands him better than he understands himself. Kieran jeopardizes the safety and freedom of all Shareem by pausing to help Felice, but he also jeopardizes his heart, which was supposed to have been stripped of all deeper emotion. Book 7 in Tales of the Shareem.

Trapped in her hotel by powerful magic, half-Navajo Stormwalker Janet Begay must find a way out in this novella from the author of Wild Wolf… Running a little hotel in the southwestern town of Magellan, Janet is used to the occasional problem that requires a plumber or an electrician. But what begins with a leaky faucet in room number 6 leads to a terrifying warning: You are doomed. Soon a powerful hex traps Janet in the hotel with her friends and her lover, Mick, a biker with the power to shift into a dragon—and the power to calm the raging storm magic inside her. While the close quarters stir a passion between them, they must focus their energy on the impending dangers from outside the hotel—and the ones within… Double Hexed previously appeared in Hexed Includes previews for Jennifer Ashley’s upcoming Wild Wolf and Rules for a Proper Governess Praise for the Stormwalker Novels “Action packed…Dynamic characters, magic, and intrigue.”—Cheyenne McCray, New York Times bestselling author “An electrifying read—hot, thrilling, tremendous fun.”—Marjorie M. Liu, New York Times bestselling author “The life-and-death tension and steamy sex scenes are nicely drawn, and fans of both paranormal romance and urban fantasy will enjoy James’s intoxicating blend of the two.”—Publishers Weekly Jennifer Ashley, aka Allyson James, is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and winner of a Romance Writers of America RITA Award. She’s penned more than forty-five novels and a dozen or so novellas in historical romance, paranormal romance, and urban fantasy. She now lives in the Southwest with her husband and cats, spends most of her time in the wonderful world of her stories, and also enjoys hiking, music, and building dollhouses and dollhouse miniatures.

A shy librarian finds her first taste of carnality with the explosively sexy, level-three Braden.

Nella of Ariel is on the run, finding herself on Bor Narga, alone, penniless, friendless. She can trust no one-except the tall, amazing man who saves her from death by assassin bot and carries her off to his hideaway. He''s a Shareem, he says. Rio. Level three. Nella has no clue what Shareem are, but Rio is enticing, sexual, rude, crude, and makes her laugh. He also burns fire through her blood as he teaches her to trust him, the only way a level-three Shareem knows how to . . . Rio had been on his way to get himself off stifling Bor Narga, where he lives as a near-slave. But he''s intrigued by his damsel in distress. And she needs his protection. Protecting her and teaching her is worth missing his transport, and maybe being stuck on this rock forever.

Medic Katarina d''Arnal moves to the slums to work in a free clinic and ends up drawing the job of inoculating Shareem. The first Shareem who shows up is Calder, a Level Three, muffled from head to foot, refusing to bare even an inch of skin. He''s used to an elderly medic who jabs him and lets him go, not the pretty, young highborn woman who wants to do everything by the book. Calder hides himself because, unlike the rest of the Shareem, he is scarred all over, the result of a plasma fire years ago. He''s learned that women crave to be with him, as hideous as he is, and he’s created a world where they can indulge in their darkest fantasies with the Beast. He gives them an exotic experience with a capital E. But this woman, Katarina, looks at Calder the man, and wants to know all about him. Calder decides to show her what he is when she’s tricked into visiting his lair—but Katarina insists on touching his burned face with her gentle fingers, trying to find the man behind the tormented Beast. Calder knows if he lets her in to what he truly is, it will be the end of him . . .

Welcome to the Crossroads, where dragons, witches, shape-shifters and other magical beings are real and the paranormal is normal, in this award-winning series by Jennifer Ashley w/a Allyson James. A crossbow’s twang in the middle of the night warns me that an enterprising vampire slayer has come to kill my resident Nightwalker, Ansel, a permanent guest in my Crossroads Hotel and my friend. When I and my dragon boyfriend, Mick, intervene to save Ansel’s un-life, we discover that the attack is only the beginning of an oncoming storm. I already have my hands full trying to keep my evil half-sister under control, planning for my father’s upcoming wedding, and figuring out what the woman who claims to be Coyote’s wife wants. On top of that, I have a few dragons on my back, plus I’m worrying about Mick, who’s behaving strangely again. It seems that every slayer around is now is after Ansel, who fears he killed the woman he loves in a Nightwalker frenzy. Things are made more complicated by the fact that Ansel and his girlfriend might have unearthed an artifact of incredible magic. Now I have to choose between protecting Ansel or facing the most powerful magical beings in the world, who are willing to destroy me, Mick, her hotel, and everyone I’ve ever cared about to get to Ansel and his secrets.

Justin, a level-two Shareem, has spent much of his life as a free citizen, but he returns home to search for the daughter he was forbidden to have. But a feisty female patroller who''s following him around is getting in his way, especially when she keeps shooting him in the backside. Justin needs to protect his secrets, but he decides that the patroller is worth a second look, and maybe some instruction in level-two games. He sets out to seduce, but discovers that Deanna, his pretty patroller, has a compassionate heart and secrets of her own.

Four of the bestselling names in romance and fantasy come together in this collection of thrilling novellas featuring powerful women who know how to handle a hex or two.

Welcome to the Crossroads, where dragons, witches, shape-shifters and other magical beings are real and the paranormal is normal, in this award-winning series by Jennifer Ashley w/a Allyson James. The world falls from beneath me—literally—one winter night when I’m racing down the road on my beloved motorcycle. I tumble into a huge sinkhole, followed by the sheriff, who’s doggedly chasing me. I find myself in a cavern covered with evil petroglyphs that are intent on killing me ... From that harrowing situation I go to another even more dire: A hotel inspector who seems bent on putting me out of business. Add to this, my evil little sister has surfaced to tangle with me, and now Mick, my dragon boyfriend, is acting mysterious and scary. Only the magic mirror, my interfering grandmother, and my new cook seem to know what’s going on, all of them telling me that Mick has been touched by shadows. I have to figure out what that means and wrest him free of dark forces before the Dragon Council stick their smoldering noses in and a new witch in town destroys everything I love.

The holidays always seem to bring out the best in everyone, with heartfelt hugs for long-missed friends, sincere smiles in the spirit of the season, and a feeling of magic in the air… An Enchanted Season Here is a collection of paranormal romances celebrating the holidays as never before. From a shape-shifting leopardess who wants a pack-mate to be her soulmate to a surprise snowstorm that brings a surprise gift, these all-new tales by Erin McCarthy, Nalini Singh, and Jean Johnson will stir your spirit in all the right places. The Magical Christmas Cat Four top-selling authors have a special gift for you this year: holiday stories featuring passionate romance, paranormal adventure, and a distinctly alluring feline touch. With four stories—including one featuring Lora Leigh’s genetically altered Feline Breeds—this is a collection packed with more surprises than Christmas morning, and more chills than the snowiest winter night. Featuring stories by Erin McCarthy, Nalini Singh, and Linda Winstead Joens. Hot for the Holidays Four bestselling authors invite readers to spend the night with these novellas spiced with sexy romance and paranormal passion. So come in out of the cold and experience the thrill of a soul-stirring new tale of the Breeds from Lora Leigh, a return to the beguiling world of the Mageverse from Angela Knight, and two more mesmerizing and unexpected stories of sensual surprises and seasonal spirits from Anya Bast and Allyson James.

View our feature on Allyson James’s Firewalker.Janet Begay''s Crossroads Hotel has attracted the supernatural ever since it opened. But a new, dark power is rising, this time inside Janet herself. Her boyfriend Mick, a sexy dragon shapeshifter the Navajo call a Firewalker, know what terrifying magic is threatening to overwhelm Janet and her Stormwalker powers. He watches over her, ready to fight for her, to do anything to keep her safe. But then a mysterious corpse is found near the Crossroads Hotel-and Janet becomes the main suspect. Now Janet and Mick must uncover what really happened, and their investigation leads to the most perilous decision of their lives...

Here come the bridesmaids...in a tantalizing trio of never-before- published erotic novellas. In these steamy stories set in New Orleans, three nice-turned-naughty bridesmaids each make a wish by tossing a coin into an infamous fountain. Before the night is through, the wishes come true, the gowns come off, and the games begin... Nikita Black goes behind the closed doors of a bordello and a masked bachelorette party where anything can-and does-happen. Allyson James explores a ménage a trois as a bridesmaid is locked in a house with two men who introduce her to sensations that are out of this world. Sheri Whitefeather reveals a secret room under a French Quarter B&B where a bridesmaid''s forbidden erotic dreams become a reality.

View our feature on Allyson James’s Stormwalker.National bestselling author of Mortal Seductions Janet Begay is a Stormwalker, capable of wielding the raw elemental power of nature, a power that threatens to overwhelm her. Only her lover, Mick, is able to calm the storm within her-even as their passion reaches unimaginable heights of ecstasy. But when an Arizona police chief''s daughter is taken by a paranormal evil, they find themselves venturing where no human can survive-for only together can they overcome the greatest danger they''ve ever faced. Watch a Video

Welcome to the Crossroads, where dragons, witches, shape-shifters and other magical beings are real and the paranormal is normal, in this award-winning series by Jennifer Ashley w/a Allyson James. I’m a Stormwalker—which means I can use the power of storms to work some wild and wicked magic. I’ve opened a hotel in a little town in the desert, where powerful vortexes house dangerous and evil beings that I need to make sure stay put. When I’m attacked one night on the open road, an innocent bystander is killed—cousin of the local sheriff, who’s not too happy with me. I try to warn him of the continuing danger, but he’s curiously oblivious—for reasons I find out later. The attack also alerts my on-again, off-again boyfriend, Mick, the man I made myself walk away from years ago. Now he’s back, and I have to decide whether to give into my intense cravings for him or continue to fight alone. The trouble is, incredible evil is rising, and I’ll have to trust Mick, the sheriff, my estranged family, a mouthy magic mirror, and the drifter who calls himself Coyote to battle forces that will unmake the world if we don’t stop them. But if we win, will they allow me to exist with the fiendish twist of power that lies within me?

Four romantic novellas that will fire up your coldest nights…it’s the hottest gift of the holidays. Four bestselling authors invite readers to spend the night with these novellas spiced with sexy romance and paranormal passion. So come in out of the cold and experience the thrill of a soul-stirring new tale of the Breeds from Lora Leigh, a return to the beguiling world of the Mageverse from Angela Knight, and two more mesmerizing and unexpected stories of sensual surprises and seasonal spirits from Anya Bast and Allyson James.

It will take the love of two men to save a powerful goddess. Second in a new paranormal erotica series?from the author of Mortal Temptations For three thousand years Dimitri, a ferociously sexy tiger shape-shifter, has never stopped loving Valenarian. Her vengeance demon ways behind her, the reformed beauty has been Aphrodite?s priestess and assistant, bringing couples together to live happily ever after. But Dimitri isn?t alone in his feelings for her. Leon, a Cajun ex-army medic, has also fallen under the lovely goddess?s spell. Unfortunately the gods have never believed in Valenarian?s reform?and seek to punish her. Will Dimitri and Leon be her ultimate downfall?or bring her the release she?s craved for millennia?

Demigods and the women who love them! First in a new paranormal erotic romance series. Patricia was startled when she found a handsome and wounded man in her antique store-but her interest was truly aroused when she saw his well-muscled back sporting two wings. He was Nico, son of a powerful deity, breaker of hearts, and cursed by the goddess Hera to spend eternity as a slave to female desire-drained, used, and cast aside time and again as a sex god. With Patricia, for the first time in three thousand years, he''s looking forward to paying his dues. Now, if she could only free him...

Lea crash-lands her shot-up scout ship on Pamaar-a planet that shouldn''t be there. She finds an exotic world with no technology, ruled by a gorgeous man with white-blond hair, dark eyes and a beautiful tattoo of a lion across his back. Thane is fascinated by the lady who fell from the sky, sure she''s part of the prophecy that will restore his power and heal his people. His lover, the warrior Deon, is more cautious, but he likewise feels a sexual pull to Lea and her unusual green eyes. Lea finds herself quickly drawn to two men who are very much in love with each other, surprised when they assume she''ll form a threesome with them. She faces a difficult choice-if she finds out what''s wrong with the protective shield around Pamaar and restores it, she''ll be stranded there forever. But if she escapes, she''ll leave Thane and Deon, the two men she''s coming to love, to certain death.

He?s big, hot, and not of this world. The third in this erotic paranormal series. A Fire Dragon summoned here by a dangerous mage inflames the passion in the human female he has chosen to become his mate.