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Home All About the Stories 5 Flame Heat Index

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Is there a future in a prairie town where Darlin’ is her only name? A historical romance where the women save themselves – and each other.

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Jac tells her best friend an erotic story of deep connection, hoping her lady love will read between the lines. Explicit, hot and brimming with intimacy. 5 flame heat index!

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Sisters, romance, and magic. A mysterious blank book and an alluring new neighbor challenge everything Hayley doesn’t believe in, including love.

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A single word will cost them everything… The 77th daughter of the Mer queen is irrevocably bound to a human woman by a deadly curse. Stripped of her voice, Ariel must find a way to save them both.

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When an ingenue inherits a remote, storm-drenched castle in a foreign land, she doesn’t expect romance, sex, and intrigue as part of the adventure. Or a curiously attractive caretaker.

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  • Trivia: A Fish Out of Water
    Disney's The Little Mermaid is one of those movies Karin has never been able to sit through, and she dislikes the original fairy tale so much she had to fix it with A Fish Out of Water. Because patriarchy and disposable women.

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  • Captain of Industry at Lambda Literary Review
    Captain of Industry is subtle and engaging, a Kallmaker love story with the kind of angst to which we can probably all relate.
  • Cowboys and Kisses Reviewed at Lez Review Books
    A fine balance between romance and reality . . . intimate scenes are beautifully appropriate for the period.
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