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Forbidden
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Sahara Kelly
ISBN: 1-59596-087-2
Genre(s): Futuristic
Length: Novella
Anna Garrett has lost everything she has ever known to the Gothe'maran, when she sees him. Like an avenging angel, he punishes those who have wronged her. Then she learns his identity. He is General Khan Mak'un. The man Earth thinks is responsible for its genocide. Also known as Khan the Merciless. |
Khan has been sent to stop the bloodshed any way he can. He doesn't expect to find the fearless Anna doing everything in her power to find him. Once he has her, he knows he will never let her go, even though it will probably cost him everything. But his duty to his people and his family proves to be just as much a part of him as this woman who has captured his soul, and he must find a way to reconcile one with the other.
 | Forbidden 2: NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Sahara Kelly
ISBN: 1-59596-133-X
Genre(s): Futuristic
Length: Novella
Mikkarn and Kiril both want the same woman, but even though they have shared, have needed to share, women in the past, this is one woman each of them needs to possess. By himself.
Mara, an Earth doctor learning from Mikkarn, is drawn to both him and Kiril. Her sense of propriety simply will not let her accept taking both of them as her lover. While wanting each man’s touch, she gradually realizes she must have them both, something she simply cannot have.
Can a soul have more than one mate or is it FORBIDDEN?
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 | Forbidden 3: Sleeping With the Enemy
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Fabiano Fabris
ISBN: 1-59596-372-3
Genre(s): Futuristic, Paranormal, Action Adventure, Sci-Fi
Length: Novella
More bloodshed during the Gothe'maran-Earth War is the last thing Sergeant Taber Mahoney wanted to see. Hopefully, this one last battle will end it. Searching the dead to find the wounded, what he witnesses is enough to push him over the edge into madness. Attacked by her mate -- an event all too familiar to her -- Akahana accepts her fate and sends a silent prayer that he will not find her in a future life. Prepared to die, she doesn't expect the dark warrior who brings death to give her life.
Even though she is freed from a mate who would smother her soul in fear and pain, can Akahana truly escape him? Will he haunt her mind and heart from the grave and never give her the peace she so desperately craves? |
It takes more than technology to heal a fractured life, and even the love of one extraordinary man may not be enough. Besides, Akahana's mate may yet reach out from his grave, giving his final protest at this forbidden union.
 | Forbidden 4: New Beginnings
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Sinamin
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-371-0
Genre(s): Futuristic
Theme(s): Ménage
Length: Novella (12k - 28k words)
Alex and Doriena Mak'un have been raised togther. But they are most definitely not brother and sister. There has always been an attachment to each other, but when Doriena is hurt during war games at Military Academy, something unexpected happens.
Alex blames his best friend, Bakac, for Doriena's injuries. While Doriena heals physically, mentally she is pulled into Alex and Bakac's arguments. Both men recognize it immediately for what it is - the one sure sign she is soul's mate to both of them - but Alex is torn between what he wants, and what he perceives as right.
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While Alex is intent on pushing Doriena away with his intense sexual appetite, Bakac is trying to hang on to her with both hands… with his intense sexual appetite. All the while, an protective father rages and a mother secretly hopes all three can overcome a Forbidden union and find the happiness each is so desperately seeking in a New Beginning.
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Sealed With A Kiss
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Bryan Keller
ISBN: 1-59596-119-4
Genre(s): Futuristic, Sci-fi
Length: Short story
Valentine’s Day is Marie’s favorite holiday, but this year it’s a disaster. The spaceship where she just found work as an engineer is falling apart, she’s billions of light years away from home, and she can barely keep her hands off her hunk of a captain. Unfortunately, he seems oblivious to her.
Daxon has just one priority: to get his ship home in one piece. After that, he’ll make his sexy new engineer pay for all her teasing. He’ll give her a night she’ll never forget, get her out of his system, and then he’ll move on.
But on Valentine’s Day, sometimes the heart has other plans.
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 | Born on the Fourth of July
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Bryan Keller
ISBN: 1-59596-195-X
Genre(s): Humor and satire
Length: Novella
Jake and Laura are exact opposites. They drive each other crazy! In the five years they've worked together, neither of them has admitted the strong attraction. All that is about to change.
This July 4th promises to have more fireworks than just the ones at the county fair. Jake and Laura will make a few of their own and maybe they can find a love BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.
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 | The Elementals: God of Fire
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Bryan Keller
ISBN: 1-59596-215-8
Genre(s): Paranormal, Action Adventure
Length: Novella
An obsession with fire…
Allison has always had an obsession -- maybe even a connection -- with fire -- not as a destructive force, but as an Elemental, cognitive being. Now a vulcanologist, she's made her childhood obsession her life's work. When the supervolcano at Yellowstone National Park suddenly comes to life, threatens to erupt, Allison reaches out to the heat beneath her.
Pyros tries with all the considerable power at his disposal to stop the explosion threatening to overtake Earth. As his strength is about to buckle, he felts something that's been missing for millennium -- the touch of a Human, mind to mind, adding her strength to his. |
Can one Mortal overcome the neglect of the ages to give this ancient god a new reason to fight for Earth's survival? Or is her love too little, too late, to avert the global disaster?
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The Witching Hour
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Karen Fox
ISBN: 978-1-59596-259-1
Genre(s): Werewolves, Witches, Wizards, & Warlocks, Halloween Bash
Length: Novella
Hazel really wants to fulfill her potential and be the witch her Grandma always said she could be. Unfortunately, though her spells always work, they never quite work the way they're supposed to.
Drake, the hunky werewolf next door, has been dutifully watching over Hazel for the local coven. He's not convinced she's a witch, until she accidentally turns him into a dog. Of all the indignities.
Now she's got his undivided attention, and my oh my how she's grown up. Man has Drake got an appetite for a certain witch… and it's all for her own good. After all, who ever heard of a virgin witch? |
Such big teeth you have, Drake.
The better to eat you with, my dear…
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The Elementals: Goddess of Water
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Bryan Keller
ISBN: 978-1-59596-273-7
Genre(s): Paranormal
Length: Novella
Jada, Goddess of Water for the past twenty years, is completely on the wrong track. Left to deal with the damage done by her predecessor, Bethany, who worked in league with Chaos, Jada has no idea what it means to be fully connected with her Element. Instead, she is trapped in Atlantis with the priesthood, who shamelessly use her to slate their own selfish lusts and need for power.
It has taken Jada's high priest, Cronus, Jada's entire reign to undo the damage done by Chaos and Bethany. Now, with the help of Raphael, Archangel and High Priest to the Goddess of Air, Cronus must help Jada overcome her abuse at the hands of her priests and learn not only the joy of being fully connected with her element, but to celebrate her sexuality with the two men who love her most. If they fail…Chaos wins. |
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In a Different Light
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Bryan Keller
ISBN: 1-59596-373-1
Genre(s): Futuristic
Length: Short story
Leah has known Kamar Sha’gar practically all her life. When she was a child, he was her protector and comforter, but things have changed. Leah is a grown woman, and wants Kamar to love her as a woman. |
But now he’s engaged to another. Will he learn to see her in a different light -- before it’s too late?
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The Elementals: God of Earth
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Bryan Keller
ISBN: 978-1-59596-374-1
Genre(s): Paranormal, Angels, Demons & Deities, Sci-Fi
Length: Novella
Although years have passed since the cataclysmic eruption of the volcano at Yellowstone, the Earth refuses to heal itself. Talon, God of Earth, knows only too well the reason for Earth’s desolation. He feels it every hour of every day he must live without Tiana. |
Talon knows Earth can only heal with a rock solid magic that can only be found in the most durable of relationships. But even the gods say things they regret, and now Tiana doesn’t trust him with her heart.
As a wood nymph, Tiana has no worries, no regrets, and lives for the moment. And she doesn’t have to think about how Talon hurt her. But even the Garden of Eden, Earth’s last haven, is dying.
Now she faces a choice: Make peace with Talon and give him her heart, or strike up an alliance with Chaos, who can never give her the true happiness she longs for.
But Earth has a secret. Tiana, like the substance of Earth, can be molded and shaped into the woman she needs to become. It will only take two things.
Time and pressure.
 | Flash Dance
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Bryan Keller
ISBN: 978-1-59596-452-6
Genre(s): Gay/Bisexual
Length: Short story
Businessman Mason is determined to make his night out on the town one to remember. He's had his eye on the flash dancer, Sean, for a long time now. He thinks Sean is about due for a one-on-one meeting -- of the most intimate kind.
But things aren't always what they seem...
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The Elementals: Goddess of Air
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Bryan Keller
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-375-8
Genre(s): Paranormal, Angels, Demons & Deities, BDSM
Theme(s): Ménage
Length: Novella (12k - 28k words)
Angelina has been captured and is being held captive by Chaos. His slow sensual torture of her takes a toll, however, and she becomes so wrapped up in her own pleasure, she loses her ability to communicate with the Air. |
As a result, Air is slowly leaving, believing it has lost its goddess. If she is to regain control of her element, and her own life, Angelina will have to trust Chaos. No small task considering he has tried to gain power over the elements most of his existence.
With all the elements in peril, can Angelina find an easy peace with Chaos? Or will the reputation he has gained through the eons be his own undoing?
5 Flags "Apparently Ms. Karland keeps no boring stories in her Imaginative pile, because I certainly have not read one yet! Once again, from the first sentence the reader is catapulted into ice-bucket territory! If this story doesn't sizzle your innards, shiver your timbers, short out your battery-operated toys, and leave you wishing she could find more Elementals than these 4, then you just aren't human. Read it! Reread it! Read the entire series! Read everything she writes! You certainly will never be sorry if you pick up one of Marteeka Karland's gems!" - Annie, Euro Reviews
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Opposites Attract
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Sahara Kelly
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-473-1
Genre(s): Paranormal
Theme(s): Werewolves, Shapeshifters, Witches, Wizards & Magic
Length: Interludes (8k - 12k words) |
Steven Wolfe has had it with that damned cat! The creature keeps getting into his house and he can't figure out how. To make matters worse, he's a werewolf so he doesn't particularly care for four legged creatures of the feline variety, but the thing is so persistent! How can even a wolf keep his distance when she curls up so trustingly in his lap every night as if she belonged there.
Felina Eldridge simply can't resist the handsome man next door. She knows exactly what he is, and she knows there can never be anything between them. After all, she's a familiar. She's destined to mate with a witch and to aid him in all he does. But, damn! What would it be like to bed the handsome Steven Wolfe? Curiosity being ninety percent of a cat's make-up, Felina sets out to find out exactly what kind of lover a werewolf would make.
Throw in a coven determined to see to the happiness of all the supernatural creatures in Mount Bell, and things just snowball from there. And remember, in Mount Bell, things aren't always what they seem.
 | Jack-O-Lantern: The Headless Horseman
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Bryan Keller
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-554-7
Genre(s): Paranormal
Theme(s): Witches, Wizards & Magic, Halloween, Mythology and Legends
Length: Short Story (3k - 8k words)
One too many Flying Broomsticks and a phobia about Halloween aren’t the only thing chasing Isabelle Crane into the darkness. She’s got one very real-life family legend on her -- err -- tail.
Literally.
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 | Black Star Princess
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Bryan Keller
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-472-4
Genre(s): Futuristic, Sci-Fi
Theme(s): BBW
Length: Short Story (3k - 8k words)
The Black Star is a deep space destroyer. One of only a very few cyborg vessels, it is a prize everyone wants, but no one can attain. Besides, no ship's commander wants to put his skills next to a ship who can bond with its pilot.
Nadira, the holier-than-thou pilot of the Black Star, is the youngest to ever hold that rank - and the only woman aboard. Because of the obvious complications, she creates her persona out of self-preservation. What she doesn't count on is finding a man she simply can't resist.
But can he tame the woman known simply as Black Star Princess?
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 | Black Star Stowaway
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Bryan Keller
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-628-5
Genre(s): Futuristic, Sci-Fi
Length: Novella (12k - 28k words)
Phoebe Mahyer is on the run. For the last ten years, she’s functioned as little more than a slave and has vowed no man will ever have that kind of power over her again.
Sneaking aboard the Black Star, she’s discovered by Damon Singh. Despite knowing she doesn't want a man with her, Damon is drawn to her with a passion that frightens him. And Phoebe can’t deny the attraction she has for Damon. He's the most gentle, sincere man she's ever met. And the sexiest creature in the universe. |
Unfortunately, she forgot one important thing about The Hand of God. There is no leaving them, and even the legendary Black Star may be hard-pressed to keep her.
 | Black Star: Diamond
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Bryan Keller
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-629-2
Genre(s): Futuristic, Sci-Fi
Theme(s): Ménage, Bisexual and More, Vampires
Length: Novella (12k - 28k words)
Viktor, the second in command of the legendary Black Star, is in the grips of the Blood Burning. He's denied himself blood and the unbridled sex all vampires must have in order to survive for far too long. When he enters his cabin to find the woman they'd picked up at Graves Station, Diamond, all his hard fought self control flies out the airlock. Unfortunately, he has gone too far into the burning to be able to control his baser nature and the damage he does is more than any human can survive.
Diamond knows he danger she is in by offering herself, but she also knows she'd the only hope Viktor has of regaining his sanity. What she doesn't count on, what quickly becomes her only means of surviving the initial brutality and subsequent return to Viktor is the caring and tenderness of Black Star's pilot, Ranier. |
When he finds Diamond after the abuse Viktor put her through, Ranier is ready to end the vampire's existence. His heart breaks every time he sees the horrific wounds to Diamond's body, but the brave young woman refuses to let any of them give up hope Viktor can be saved. Reluctantly, Ranier agrees to give her a chance, but he will not let her go back to Viktor alone. He wants Diamond for himself. He wants to give her a life of comfort and tenderness she deserves after the abuse she suffered at the Hand of God, and with Viktor.
Unfortunately, Diamond craves not only the tender touch of Ranier, but the rough, demanding touch of her vampire lover. The only way she can be truly happy is with each extreme.
But before they can work out their differences, the Hand of God will make a move that will, not only threaten to destroy Diamond, but another escapee from Graves Station -- Phoebe -- and the Sword Breaker and the Black Star as well.
 | The Horsemen: Alexander
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Renee George
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-630-8
Genre(s): Futuristic, Paranormal, Angels & Demons, Urban Fantasy
Theme(s): Ménage, Gay/Bisexual, Legends
Length: Interludes (8k - 12k words)
Alex is the White Horseman. His destiny is to unite the world under one banner… before he blows it all to hell.
With his best friend and lover, Heston, at his side, there has been nothing he couldn't do. Heston has been with him since boy hood, and was with him when he took the Persian Empire at Issus. He is Alexander the Great. And he has come to conquer.
Madeea is a hypersensitive empathy who is trapped in New York City. She has tried to leave numerous times, but something always held her back, a sense of some greater purpose. Always she turned back, if reluctantly, knowing what ever greater purpose she had was more important than her personal suffering. |
Then she happens upon Alex. He acts as a natural shield for her against outside emotions, and she discovers she can pick up more from him than just strong emotion. She can't actually pick up his thoughts, but she gets a very strong impression of everything he's about.
Unable to leave, not sure Alex and Heston will allow her to stay, she convinces them she can be an asset to them and agrees to listen in on negations that will decide the fate of civilization.
The attraction between the three is undeniable, but Madeea knows she can never be apart of the deep, abiding love shared by the two men. Besides, when they complete their mission, they'll go to Paradise and claim their reward while she is left behind to deal with the hellish aftermath.
Warning: VERY explicit
 | Taken By Surprise
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Bryan Keller
ISBN (10): 1-59596-449-5
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-449-6
Genre(s): The Fetish Club, Hot Flashes, BDSM
Theme(s): Ménage
Length: Short Story (3k - 8k words)
When Erin comes home, she doesn't expect her boyfriend to be looking at pictures of her with other men. Realizing immediately Mike's jumped to the wrong conclusion, Erin expects their yearlong relationship to be over with. But Mike has an alternative…
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 | All Wrapped Up 3: Caught
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Reneé George
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-696-4
Genre(s): Futuristic, Sci-Fi, BDSM
Length: Novella (12k - 28k words)
Zuri Makes her living catching the worst of the worst criminals. She's a bounty hunter on the trail of the catch of a lifetime. He's a cold-blooded killer wanted in every known system. Dead or alive, and for good reason. Eight hunters have already died trying to bring him in.
Zuri thinks Cade is the prey when, in actuality, he is the hunter. His prey? Zuri. The woman intrigues him from the start and he carefully lays a trap that she falls into completely. |
Knowing Zuri has the elite skills of an Agency hunter, he knows she would make an invaluable addition to his smuggling ring, but once he samples her sweet delights, he hungers for more. He wants Zuri for his partner all right. Just not the type of partner he thought he wanted.
Once she has Cade, it doesn't take Zuri long to figure out it was a trap. At least, she figures it out when she's flat on her back, tied to a wicked rack, writhing and screaming in pleasure, at the hands of a genetically and cybernetically enhanced monster.
Now, Zuri has a choice to make. She can resist and risk the wrath of a killer, or submit… and risk losing herself in a den of lust, kinky bondage, and wild sex. One thing's for sure, no matter her choice, she won't come out of this the same woman as when she went in.
 | Escape: Werewolf Cove
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Bryan Keller
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-752-7
Genre(s): Paranormal, Hot Flashes
Theme(s): Werewolves
Isabella loves Connor, but she refuses to be the "girlfriend" anymore. Will a little fun in the sun bring her sexy werewolf to heel?
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 | The Horsemen: Boudica
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Reneé George
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-801-2
Genre(s): Futuristic, Paranormal, Angels & Demons, BDSM
Theme(s): Ménage, bisexual
The time is ripe for the Red Horseman.
New York. A future filled with chaos and oppression. A good woman, haunted by her past… Long ago the warrior Iceni queen Boudica led her army to their deaths in a battle she had no hope of winning. Now Boudica has a mission: to lead the greatest revolt against oppression of all time. And to find peace with herself. |
At her side, Aries. God of War. His time as a Horseman is over, but he has chosen to help the next great warrior. He doesn't expect to find a woman who enflames his every desire. A warrior queen, but also a woman who longs to give power over herself to someone else. As Boudica prepares for the biggest battle of her life, Aries, with the help of Roland and Galen, will show her the true meaning of power.
 | Executive Decisions: By The Numbers
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Reneé George
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-776-3
Genre(s): Paranormal
Theme(s): Ménage, Vampires
Zoe has had enough. Her asshole bosses have gone from insensitive bastards to complete asinine dumbassed bastards, and she’s not taking it anymore. Deciding to take a vacation to calm herself so she doesn’t kill one or the other of them, she spies a flyer advertising Executive Decisions, an escort service guaranteeing discreet escorts for the professional woman.
Too good to be true? Maybe. But when an insane urge to find out more hits her, she makes the call, sets up a meeting and arranges an escort for her two-week vacation in the tropics. |
Sebastian and Dorian Collingsworth have been employed with Executive Decisions for many years. Not only do they have a steady supply of women eagerly awaiting sex with no strings, but they can indulge their more exotic tastes, some of which would curl the hair on the pretty head of their employee, Zoe Carter. That doesn’t stop them from longing to have her for themselves. Only their desire to shield her from the sometimes violent and terrifying realities of their lives as vampires curbs their appetites.
They’ve managed to hang on to her for ten years, but after Dorian’s little temper tantrum Sebastian, the psychic vampire, senses her hurt, anger, and her resolve to leave them. Permanently. Dorian, the blood vampire, feels like an ass for lashing out at her, but it’s for her own good. She’ll be much better off without them.
Too bad a certain nature sprite has other plans for all of them.
 | Christmas Cookies: Yule Tied
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Reneé George
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-866-1
Genre(s): Futuristic, Hot Flashes, Sci-Fi
Theme(s): Christmas, Seasonal Themes
Ilyia has worked for the Da’Main family managing their shipping business for a little over a year. During that time, she has admired the handsome and sexy as sin “Son” in Da’Main and Son Shipping on the planet Solum. While she thinks him totally fuckable, she’s a little leery of the rumors she’s heard about his sexual play. Specifically, she doesn’t like the idea of being bound and helpless before any man, including the hunky Dalion De’Main.
Dalion could give a damn if Ilyia is tied and helpless beneath him, as long as she’s beneath him -- or over him, or beside him -- but he has a feeling the voluptuous vixion protests bondage just a little too much for it to be believable.
Oh well. It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it…
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 | Spaceport: Bite
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Reneé George
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-957-6
Genre(s): Futuristic, Sci-Fi
Theme(s): Ménage, Bisexual and More, Spaceport
The last thing Dryson expected when he took his latest shipment of smuggled goods to Spaceport Adana was to end up with a Rajian sex slave, Sasha. Sure, he'd planned a little R & R, but the impulsive buy was proving to be more than he bargained for. Sasha, is a force to be reckoned with, and her bite is definitely worse than her bark.
Something else Dryson didn't expect was to find himself face to face with an assassin sent to kill him. Belin, the large and very experienced killer, has other plans. Instead of killing Dryson, Belin wants to recruit him to smuggle much-needed goods to his home planet. Unfortunately, the Interplanetary Alliance Council has strong objections to letting Dryson live. |
When Dryson is taken hostage, Belin and Sasha must keep their cool and use all their cunning if they're going to rescue him. Keeping a level head is not something a Rajian is capable of when her mate is in danger.
Either of them.
 | Lionsblood
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Reneé George
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-867-8
Genre(s): Futuristic, Hot Flashes
Theme(s): Shapeshifters
Earth of the future isn't a nice place for humans. With temperatures dropping to 100 degrees below zero, humans exist at the whim of the lionsblood and hybrids. Being caught outside at night can be deadly.
Then again, so can incurring the wrath of a lionsblood. That's exactly what Marie does. Never mind he's her best friend, this lionsblood has been tormented one too many times and he's out to claim his prey.
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 | Executive Decisions: One Night Only
by Marteeka Karland
cover art by Sahara Kelly
ISBN (13): 978-1-59596-998-9
Genre(s): Paranormal
Theme(s): Ménage, Magic and Mayhem
Nothing in Sophie's life matters as much as caring for the woman who'd taken her in as a child. She'd do anything for Mrs. Grinnich, a fact the older woman puts to good use when she sends Sophie on a vacation.
But not just any vacation. Sophie is to spend one night with an escort from Executive Decisions. When that "escort" turns out to be two escorts, and not just any escorts, but Mrs. Grinnich’s sexy as sin twin grandsons, Sophie must face the attraction she's always felt for the two men. |
Raven and Hawk are wary of the job their grandmother assigned them, but they'd never refused her. But when the door to the cozy cabin in the woods opens to reveal Sophie, the woman they both want, the two wizards resolve to win her heart.
Unfortunately, there are more powerful wizards and witches out there, and the twins have one night only to prove how much they love her.
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Spaceport: Paralyzer
by Marteeka Karland
Starla, a Paralyzer Mage of the Vastus, has been assigned to be bodyguard to, of all people, a rock star. After an attempt on Tygor Gold's life, she finds herself on Spaceport Adana as, in her mind, a glorified babysitter. What she doesn't realize is she is but a pawn in the greater scheme of things.
Tygor has his own magic and reasons for not joining the Vastus as a Mage. When his magic and Starla's collide, the results are more than even the Vastus could have predicted. Driven by something more than magic, more than chemistry, the two must find a way to exist together…
And to survive.
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Black Star: United
by Marteeka Karland
The Black Star is free, and Nani, the woman who made up the essence of the ship, is determined to unite her family. But retrieving her captive daughter will not only be dangerous -- it could turn deadly.
Darion, her lover and himself a prisoner, is her rock in a sea of chaos. But as more and more trusted friends are revealed as complicit in their long-ago betrayal, it begins to seem that they can trust no one but each other.
The events of twenty years past that condemned them both to a living hell have inextricably bound everyone they hold dear. Now, their goal is to unite both the Vok'nair Empire and the Asalian Coalition. Impossible?
Not when everyone involved is United.
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Chocolate Kisses
by Marteeka Karland
When Tianna completes a family tradition by welcoming a new neighbor with her famous Chocolate Brownie Sheet Cake, she doesn’t expect the oversexed, oversized Gothe’maran man to be so... well... oversexed. And oversized. A short story in the Forbidden universe.
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Lionsmate
by Marteeka Karland
In the brutal future frozen Earth, humans are no longer dominant, but merely tolerated. One of them has caught the attention of a Lionsblood and he will stop at nothing to claim her as his own.
Dykstra can't move past the feisty little human. She's fragile, yet stronger than anyone he's ever known. When he sees the scar that marks her a Lionsmate, he knows the fates have brought him to her. Driven by an attraction bordering on insanity, he takes her from a human slave farm to his own colony deep beneath the Earth's surface.
Talia is fascinated with Dykstra, but even the mighty Lionsblood can't quell her spirit. He tantalizes her senses and gives her a taste of the most carnal of pleasures, but never more than a taste. | |
Unable to understand why Dykstra won’t claim her, though she wants nothing more than to be claimed, Talia does her best to make a new home for herself in the Lionsmate’s domain. But Dykstra might have waited too long, when the attentions of another man and the deadly demands of Dykstra’s duties to his colony threaten to separate him from Talia forever.
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