Wild Within: a Bonded fantasy #1

KarRa is a fighter, determined to undertake the biggest battle of her life: saving her man by sacrificing herself. But when she offers herself up to save Rylan's life, she doesn't realize that her selfless act will change both their destinies forever. What she finds in the Beast cave isn't her destruction, but a rebirth. Forced to re-examine everything she thought she understood about being Rylan's woman, KarRa discovers that the hardest fight of all isn't at the end of her fist, but in her heart.

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Beast Within: a Bonded fantasy #2

This book refers to characters and situations from Wild Within but may be read alone.

Freezha has a problem. Fine, she has a list. She really wants to lose her virginity to her sweet, sexy combat instructor, but has to keep him from devouring her while doing it. She's seen the truth behind the shapeshifters up close and personal, and it was terrifying. How will she face that in her mating ceremony, in public?

Vyur's Clan has a secret. The women his warriors adopt are changed. His dream is within his grasp if she can trust him... and his best friend. There's no room for compromise when the issue is life and death. Will she be able to adapt to his people, shedding her human ways?

They were a perfect match: the combat champion and the pampered pearl. He gives her everything she ever dreamed of in the bedroom. She revels in her new sexuality, pushing him farther every day. She thinks she wants everything he's got. But when your husband isn't human, asking for it all may be more than you can handle...

Alpha Within: a Bonded fantasy #3

Dar and Luna are two wounded souls, but perfect for each other. One so tired of carrying the burden of a dying Clan. One so tired of hiding and running. Now they have to face the pain neither meant to deal to the other. Somehow, Luna has to overcome her fear of her man's other nature. Because if she's going to take her place at his side, she has to master the Alpha Within.

Honor Within: a Bonded fantasy #4

Burke is one breath from breaking. At war with his inner Mountaincat that stole his birthright in the Wolf Clan, he is a lone alpha, banished and distrusted. When he finds Nomi, a wandering soul uneasy in her Guild, he knows he should stay away. But he can't. At the same time he recognizes she can never be his, for to claim her would require acknowledging the cat he despises inside himself. The balancing act of befriending Nomi and holding his cat at bay is shredding his already perilous control. Then Nomi decides to seduce him... and the balance is lost.

Within Reach: a Bonded fantasy #5

Amaya is a proud outcast, thrown out of her Guild for an unwed pregnancy. She survived the loss of her family, and found a way to survive the streets. It isn't her job as a whore to Beast warriors that introduces her to the most fascinating Beast she's ever met, it's her four-year-old daughter.

After four passionate, thrilling days experiencing Ruse as a lover and a father to Eledi, Amaya takes a leap into a relationship with him. He's like something out of her dreams, but she's cautious, for Eledi's sake.

Then one of life's bitter surprises shatters her fragile dream. In a senseless attack, Eledi and Ruse are both injured. Now none of her fears matter. Amaya gives all of herself as she survives the healing of her daughter, and with the last of her energy, finds the will to heal Ruse, even though it means Bonding her family to the Beast world forever.

Spirit Within: a Bonded fantasy #6

Darkmages erased her life, made her slave, and destroyed her faith. He recreated her. Assigned as the Hawk's caretaker, she found a new purpose. Ty gave her back gentleness while hanging in chains. He even gave her a name: Sunshine. He saw her scars, her dark choices, and her survival with total acceptance. But Ty's self-perceptions are twisted by a final cruelty. Her man forgave her, but can't forgive himself. They found each other in the darkest hour, and they bonded in necessity. Somehow, they will have to forge a path together that outshines the shadows they survived.

Flame Within: a Bonded fantasy #7

This book refers to characters and situations from Spirit Within but may be read alone.

Odan couldn't imagine a woman less suited to this mission, but he is reluctantly impressed with how hard she works to succeed at it. Delicate, haughty, with aggressive and decidedly fiery tendencies, she's not his type. Until she is.

Vivienne has hidden her true self for years, afraid to lose control of her future. As Odan strips away her masks one by one, she is surprised to discover she loves the world he opens up. He's maddening, but tender. And strength is very sexy.

Vivienne and Odan both know the burdens of leadership, living lonely lives of power and isolation. As they train together, they grow in respect... and attraction. Furiously working to bring down the lizard birds terrorizing the Cities, they make a beautiful, deadly pair. Which really enrages the darkmages who control the birds. Vivienne will have to flare brighter than she ever has before, even if it burns all her disguises away.

Within Reason: a Bonded fantasy #8

Trey was one of the lucky few. He stood before Isabo, a match for her very soul. When it was his time to woo her, he did not lie. He told her of his first love, another warrior, Niko. And she chose another, a man who shared his clanhome. Yes, Trey was one of the lucky few. For three long years, he's lived near the woman who could have been his, and yearned.

Niko thinks the woman is kind, when she wants to arrange for Trey to discover she's out of mourning in private. Little does he know their little introduction has given Trey some very naughty ideas that involve Niko and Isabo, but not Trey. The way Isabo welcomes those ideas is astonishing. To Niko, and unfortunately to a fellow shapeshifter who unravels into a rogue. But the man fails to understand a basic tactic: Three is always stronger.

A widow who's bullied by the only family she has left. The man she turned down, but has never forgotten. His lover, the reason she turned him down and the reason for many wakeful nights. And a revelation in an ancient scroll of the darkmages' fortress. Hold onto your bed furs, readers. This one's a hot, beautiful healing journey.

Rogue Within: a Bonded fantasy #9

This book refers to characters and situations from Spirit Within but may be read alone.

What if the most dishonorable and despised shapeshifter married a princess of the Cities?

Donte let the darkmages think they'd claimed his beastspirit and for that treason his people condemn him. Then a princess of the cities, against all sense, accepts his offer to join him. In deceit, he bonds with her knowing he can add her to his arsenal against the darkmages. He'll use her for bait, only to discover when the dust has cleared and he should be able to disappear into his bear, she's not quite done with him.

Moriko is desperate to save her Kingdom from the darkmages' chaotic revolution. The lonely princess discovers a connection with a vengeful loner. He bursts into her dreams, a hunter more willful than anyone she's ever met. The passionate lover who seemed wounded reveals himself to be a stonecold killer willing to endanger her and her City. And still, Moriko will not give him up. He's hers, and she'll hold him, even against himself.