Marcus heads a mercenary team taking on jobs other law enforcement agencies can't handle. He's renowned for remaining cool and emotionless under pressure. Surviving missions unscathed is what he does, but he's never faced a situation like this. His youngest operative, Bethany, has proven a temptation for him since the day they met. She's currently on the front line of their latest assignment, and for reasons he refuses to acknowledge, it's terrifying him.When young women go missing...

Clay isn't sure kidnapping a woman for her own protection is a wise thing to do. Still, it's what his boss ordered, and as a mercenary, he's accustomed to following commands. Protecting one petite woman should be an easy task, but once Ebony arrives at his secluded home he realizes outside enemies aren't the only danger threatening her. His lust and overwhelming desire to hear her scream his name as she orgasms beneath him might prove too potent to resist.As if being the daughter o...

Trudy and John Dean are the perfect married couple, or so their family and friends believe. The truth is something very different. His lucrative legal practice and her high-profile life as a TV chef mean they spend more time apart than together. It's not the physical distance that's the problem, the emotional void is also increasing, and Trudy knows that something's got to give.Shocking John out of his complacency regarding their relationship is the only way their marriage will sur...

Susan accepts a position at her brother's law firm only to be confronted by the one thing she never thought she'd face again—being sexually aroused by a dominant man. Despite her attempts to ignore him, Blake isn't hiding his attraction for her, in fact, he's doing everything he can to lure her into his arms.Susan finds herself tempted to accept Blake's advances, but remains unsure about re-entering the BDSM lifestyle she left behind years ago. After a nasty divorce which left her ...

Sally isn't looking for a new relationship but that changes when Jake enters her life. Being together could be everything they each desire, except for one tiny issue. Their age difference.Unsure how her family and friends will react to the new younger man in her life, Sally decides to keep the relationship secret as she struggles with self-doubt and insecurities about Jake's motives for being with her. Jake wants Sally in his life but not at any cost. He wants more than the erotic ...

How can a man win the heart of a woman when he's competing with a dead man? That's the challenge Mark faces when he meets Isabelle, a feisty, capable, redhead who's happy to deny the truth about why she's never given love a second chance.The fact Mark is a cop provides the perfect excuse for Isabelle to push him away. Her husband died in the line of duty—she's been there, done that, ended up single and alone. She realizes overcoming her heartbreak is the only way she'll ever be abl...

February, 2009, in the midst of Australia’s worst ever bushfire disaster, Jan Graham asked the question: “What can I do to help?” She had no idea that this question would lead her and her husband, John, into three years of intense relief work, helping survivors of the Black Saturday Fires.This is not another bushfire story, though that is the setting. This is a story about how a local church and community responded in the face of crisis, and it asks the question, are there still fi...

February, 2009, in the midst of Australia’s worst ever bushfire disaster, Jan Graham asked the question: “What can I do to help?” She had no idea that this question would lead her and her husband, John, into three years of intense relief work, helping survivors of the Black Saturday Fires.This is not another bushfire story, though that is the setting. This is a story about how a local church and community responded in the face of crisis, and it asks the question, are there still fi...

'Superb... up-ends received wisdom about disability… Humbling, dark, bright, defiant, generous… revolutionary' David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasA profoundly beautiful memoir about disability, difference, and living as a vulnerable bodyJan Grue had just become a father when he inherited a stack of his childhood medical records. Following a diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy at the age of three, the raft of doctors' notes, clin...

Temptation Press brings you Intimate Moments featuring seven erotic short tales on the softer side.Moments between spouses, moments between lovers.Which will be your favorite?Featured Contributors:Evan BalkanAndy BetzCon ChapmanJan DarwynRCL GrahamAndrew MaydenandJustice McPherson

'Spiritually Green' includes a selection of articles and interviews from 'GreenSpirit Magazine', spanning a period of twelve years. This book presents a diversity of green wisdom and Earth-centred practices, such as the importance of stories, eco-therapeutic work in green relationships, herbal medicine, rewilding, problems of consumerism, and much more. All chapters are by people who know their subject well and have been included because of the quality of the content....

When Steve Jax accepted the role of police chief in the semi-rural community where he lives he believed two things. He'd never again have to deal with the horror and violence he'd walked away from as an undercover cop in the city, and no woman would ever infiltrate his heart the way his now dead wife had. How wrong could one man be?After stepping away from her religious beliefs and returning home, Rhia anticipated leading a quiet, uneventful life. Then she met Steve. He aroused fee...