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  “Is this seat taken?” a deep voice asked.

  Baz glanced over his shoulder at the devastatingly handsome older man. After ridding his body of the bitterness he’d carried for so long, Bruga’s scars began to heal quickly. They had convinced Bruga to rejoin the land of the living dead by ridding himself of the name that had kept him in the shadows for so many years. “Hey, Draco.”

  Galen leaned over and brushed a kiss across Draco’s bronzed cheek. “There’s a cutie over there checking you out.”

  Draco glanced in the indicated direction and shrugged. “Maybe later.”

  Baz rolled his eyes. Draco could have damn near his pick of any man in the club and he knew it.

  “I said you’re done!” Cory shouted from halfway down the bar.

  With their fingers entwined inside Galen’s hole, Baz and Nick couldn’t untangle themselves fast enough to react as the customer across the bar slammed his fist into Cory’s face.

  “Fuck!” Nick spat, freeing himself.

  Baz and Nick started to move toward the customer when Tao came out of nowhere and body slammed the guy to the floor. Baz turned his attention to Cory who was bent over, blood running from the cupped hand he held in front of his mouth.

  Baz jumped over the bar and quickly retrieved a bar towel and ran it under cold water before moving Cory’s hand away. Their favorite sprite’s upper lip was split almost to his nostril. “Shit.”

  “I’m okay,” Cory mumbled.

  “You shouldn’t try and argue with drunks. Get Tao or one of us if someone is getting out of hand,” Baz said. He led Cory over to the sink and began washing the blood from his hands.

  Baz looked over to see the drunk tossed unceremoniously over Tao’s shoulder as he was carried to the curb. How the big Samoan had reacted so fast was beyond Baz. At least he knew he wouldn’t have to worry as much about Cory. It seemed the sexy man was on Tao’s radar screen.

  Baz replaced Cory’s towel with a fresh one. “You should go home and give this time to heal.”

  Cory shook his head. “If I can get the bleeding stopped, I’ll be okay for the rest of the night.”

  “You are one hard-headed bitch,” Baz said.

  Cory chuckled. “And don’t you forget it.”

  Nick came back from following Tao out and leaned on the bar in front of Cory. “You okay?”

  Cory nodded. “I’m fine. Stop trying to baby me.”

  Although things between Nick and Cory hadn’t been the same since their brief night together, Baz could tell Cory still carried a torch for Nick. It didn’t bother Baz because Cory was respectful enough to keep his distance, but it did make Baz feel sorry for the usually happy man. Cory deserved to find someone, and he hoped someday soon he would.

  Nick held his hands out to the side and backed away from the bar. “Just checking.”

  Nick looked at Baz. “You ready to dance?”

  Galen stepped forward and tucked himself under Nick’s arm.

  “Sure,” Baz said. He laid a comforting hand on Cory’s back. “Let me know if you want a ride home.”

  “I’ll be fine on my bike,” Cory informed him.

  Baz nodded and climbed back over the bar to join his lovers. “Let’s dance.”

  About the Author

  An avid reader for years, one day Carol Lynne decided to write her own brand of erotic romance. Carol juggles life as a full-time mom and a full-time writer. These days, you can usually find her either cleaning jelly out of the carpet or nestled in her favorite chair writing steamy love scenes.

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  Extinction

  Professor of Environmental Science/Wildlife studies at UNLV, Jack McBain has spent his adult life trying to track a legend overheard during his youth. Born and raised in the Canadian Province of Newfoundland, Jack remembers his grandparents telling stories of a race of people eradicated by European settlers in 1829. According to the legend, the Beothuk people didn’t die out as first thought, but were transformed into wolf shifters.

  When Newfoundland wolves began to appear in great numbers, the European settlers began killing them under the guise of population control. In 1910, the last of the Newfoundland wolves was shot, making them one of the few extinct species of wolves in the world.

  Following spotty leads, Jack begins to track what he believes are Beothuk/Newfoundland shifter wolves. His search leads him to the Lake Mead National Recreational Area outside of Las Vegas. There, on Spirit Mountain, he finally comes face to face with not only the shifter he’s been looking for, but the man of his dreams he didn’t know he needed.

  Retribution

  Three lonely souls find each other in the midst of an all out war between the shifters and the Hunters.

  Mother Earth gave Ryker Allen rebirth over a century ago, his main purpose to protect Mother’s shifter children. Ryker has never begrudged his duties, but the loneliness is something he’ll never get used to.

  Daniel was the King of the Coyotes until a mistake led to the decimation of his species. Alone and half-dead, he was taken in by a pack of wolf shifters as a pet for the Alpha’s mate. When he’s given a chance to live as an Alpha once again, he’s reluctant to accept, afraid he’s no longer worthy to lead.

  Hakan is the son of Father Sky. He was awarded rebirth over a thousand years ago to protect the Native American Bird Shifters. When animosity towards Native Americans escalated, Hakan’s charges took to the sky permanently, leaving him without a purpose. He’s lived his long life alone, waiting for the day he can once again serve his Father.

  Three men, three very different backgrounds, one thing in common. Loneliness. Can these three souls come together to form a family?

  Evolution

  Jarek, a young cougar shifter, arrives at Refuge full of hope. He is finally in a place where he can have a lover and his first-ever home. Meeting Mica feels like icing on the cake, but his dreams are quickly shattered by a night of pain and violence at the hands of his Alpha.

  Mica, a stone man, is trying to get his emotions under control. He likes Jarek, but isn’t sure what to do with the overwhelming lust he feels whenever Jarek is near. After the two of them are caught in a compromising position, Jarek goes missing, and Mica will do anything in his power to track him down.

  Suni, the true-blue Alpha of the cougars, doesn’t want anything to do with the rest of his kind. He is perfectly content to live out his life in seclusion. When he stumbles across a young cougar shifter near death, he realizes he’s found his mate. When Jarek regains consciousness and tells Suni about Mica, the true Alpha is left wondering where he’ll fit in.

  Three men, one who wants to feel, one who doesn’t know how to feel, and one who refuses to feel, come together on the side of a mountain. The resulting clash of personalities and sexually charged en
ergy will change their lives forever.

  Resolution

  After an attempt on their lives by an unknown group, the bird shifters are forced to seek shelter at Refuge. Having spent years in their bird-skin, the adjustment for some isn’t easy.

  Bird shifters Takoda and Enapay have been best friends for years. Enapay knows Takoda is his chosen mate, but Takoda refuses to consider a life living in his man-skin. When Enapay starts to work closely with Dr. Gray Whitmore, he can’t understand his overwhelming attraction to the human.

  With Takoda’s continued rebuffs, Enapay finally gives into his desire for Gray. It is soon apparent, Gray was meant to be Enapay’s mate. But when Takoda’s health takes a turn for the worse, old feelings resurface. Enapay is left wondering why Father Sky gifted him with two mates, especially when one of them still refuses to live as a man.

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  Joe has never been the object of anyone’s lust before. Now Sage, the hottest guy he’s ever laid eyes on, has Joe starring in his sexual fantasies. It would be perfect if only Sage could shut up for one minute, and quit talking about his own hotness—or about how he can read minds.

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