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Shifters' Captive, a Magical Menage Story

SHIFTERS’ CAPTIVE RELEASES TODAY.
Animal attraction is the essence of their power…Magical Ménages, Book 1

Waitress Sherrie Stolz never thought she’d need her chatting-up skills to play along with a hot, sexy kidnapper who rants about were-animals and psychic possession. Then he proves his story by changing into a wolf before her eyes.

Human contact never interested John Walker, but his mission is desperate. The pack seer insists Sherrie is the only one who can save his people from a rash of mysterious comas. His connection with Sherrie is instant, powerful and beyond rational explanation. And then a third piece of the puzzle enters the picture.

Grant Perron follows his instincts only to find his prize in the hands of his rival. He’s poised for battle—until he learns his panther shifter clan suffers the same fate as John’s pack. But there’s more. When the three of them touch, the primal, erotic power surge swells like the waves of an earthquake.

Sherrie’s hands—and bed—are suddenly full, figuring out how to manage two snarling alpha males without giving in to the urge to knock their heads together. And channel her new-found power before a villain uses it to destroy them all…

It's Christmas Eve

Let us be solemn and reverant as we observe this most holy of nights…
Some of you may have seen this vid before. If not, be patient, stick around to the end. I promise it’s worth it. If it don’t make you spit your eggnogg on your computer screen, I don’t know what will.

Merry Christmas to ya, from Bonnie Dee.

The Countess Lends a Hand in print

Now in print. The sequel to The Countess Takes a Lover.

The man of her dreams is a nobleman. What’s a poor ladies’ maid to do? Reinvent herself, of course.

La Comtesse de Chevalier is back! This time Meredith, the heroine of The Countess Takes a Lover, helps her maid, Cecile Lambeaux pass as a gentlewoman in order to gain the attention of Sir Nathaniel Covington.

For the first time in her life, reserved Cecile has fallen madly in love…with a man she’s only seen from a distance. She’s willing to have even a brief affair with Sir Nathaniel, whose haunted face touches her heart across the social chasm separating them.

Many burdens and secrets weigh down Nathaniel’s lonely soul. He goes to the countess’s house party to take a break from his troubles and finds a woman who stirs him deeply.

As Cecile and Nathaniel’s connection grows stronger, Cecile’s lie hangs over her head. Meanwhile, Meredith and Chris work through their own relationship issues regarding trust. Will both women learn their lesson about keeping secrets before they ruin their chance at love?

Read more….

Star Flyer - a sci fi fantasy

Star Flyer is available today.

Man of sky crashes into man of earth and the collision is sweet.

Marr, a farmer with his feet rooted firmly in the earth rescues Davan, a downed flyer for the Resistance against the enemy forces which occupy his planet. While the aviator recovers from injuries, their attraction to one another grows.

Can Marr move past his mourning for a lost love? Can restless Davan remain grounded for the love of a special man? Together will they find a way to fight the enemy which threatens their freedom and their lives?

Read on for an excerpt…

Gifted Available in Print

Love the paranormal? GIFTED will give you a taste of both psychic phenonmenon and vampires. The two stories, Empath and Obey Me, are perfect reading as we head into October and the Halloween season.

“Empath” by Bonnie Dee: A gift or a curse? Jordan Langley’s every touch of other human beings transmits their deepest feelings to him. Detective Lauren Sadler blocks her emotions so she can do her job. When a murder case brings them together, will Lauren yield to the power of the most intimate exchange she’s ever known?

For nearly two years, Jordan has lived like a hermit, avoiding the world that affects him too deeply. He had spent his life dealing with his “gift” of empathy until a traumatic event drove him into seclusion. Now a friend needs his help to reach an autistic boy who has witnessed a murder.

Lauren Sadler, the detective on the case, believes in Jordan’s ability after seeing the results of his touch on the boy. She doesn’t count on how that touch will influence her. In the midst of the investigation, the couple shares a passionate night. But Lauren’s not ready to open up to deep intimacy when her trust in herself has been shattered.

Solving the murder and coming to terms with love will challenge them both, bringing each to a new awareness of what they have to offer each other and the world.

“Obey Me” by Paige Cuccaro: Sophie Merlo’s uncanny nose for news has led her into the path of a brutal serial killer. Now she’d be happy just to survive the week. Alex thinks he’s being set up in a string of murders, and he’s sure Sophie’s hiding something that could clear him.

Caught in the middle of a century-old feud between two rival vampires, there are only three things Sophie knows for sure: One of them is a killer. The other wants to take her to bed. If she can’t figure out who’s lying about what soon, her career hopes could vanish. Right along with her last drop of blood.

Read on for excerpts from Empath and Obey Me…

Me and My Palm TX Making Friends

Well, I finally did it. After a ridiculously long time, I broke down and bought an e-reader. Not a dedicated reader but a Palm TX so it has multiple functions. When the new toy arrived a couple of days ago I was very uncertain if we were going to get along together. The screen was smaller than I’d imagined it would be and the process of learning how to sync it with my desktop was a little daunting. But here we are a couple of days later, my Palm and me, making friends.

I read a book on it last night and found that only having about half a page on the screen at a time actually makes it easier to focus for me. Plus a backlit page is far easier on my eyes than print on paper. I’m very excited to be able to read without sitting at my computer, where, let’s face it, I spend enough hours every day.
Yes, I think I’m going to keep her.

What kind of reader do you use? What are the pros and cons of the one you use? What advice can you give someone who may be trying to decide which e-reader or other device to buy? And can anyone tell me why I’m having trouble syncing an Adobe reader program and having it show up on my Palm?

Cinderella Unmasked Available Now

Three balls. Three sexual adventures. One true love.

Queen Ella has long since put girlish notions of romantic love away. In the five years since her husband, King Charming left her to “find himself” on board a pirate ship, she’s been ruling the country alone. Her trusty Chief Steward, Sebastian has been her only confidant and best advisor.

Ella is ready to live again and to experience the sexual pleasures Charming had never been able to give her. She decides to hold a masquerade ball where she’ll indulge herself with a stranger. One ball turns into three with escalating levels of sexual exploits. But are these dalliances enough to satisfy her?

As Ella begins to notice odd similarities between the different masked men who make love to her, she can’t deny her growing emotions. She must learn to trust that not every man will abandon her as her father and husband have done. She must give herself over to the power of real love.

Will Ella’s indiscretions come back to harm her when her stepfamily makes a play for her throne? Will a figure from her past change her future? And just who is the masked man, or men, who’ve fulfilled her wildest sexual fantasies?

We hope you’ll enjoy the first in our Fairytale Fantasies series by Marie Treanor and Bonnie Dee. Since we’re all little girls at heart, searching for that happily ever after, it’s only natural that women enjoy an erotic twist on familiar stories.

For Cinderella, we wished to explore what happens when Prince Charming and “happily ever after” aren’t everything a romantic young maiden hoped for. Our heroine explores her sexuality and discovers what true love really entails…

The Thief and the Desert Flower

Do you ever watch a movie and get totally inspired by a particular scene. You lose track of the movie as you go off on a tangent of your own? I was watching Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon a while back and the hot, sexy desert scene with the fighting couple who, of course, become lovers inspired a story of my own.

The Thief and the Desert Flower is available now Samhain.

Can a princess find love in the arms of a desert thief?

Princess Chala is facing an arranged marriage to a man she’s never met. When her caravan is attacked in the desert and she’s kidnapped by the nomad leader, she thinks only of escape—at first. But the charming rogue, Kyo is set on seducing her until she freely gives him what he’s craved from the moment he saw her. The fiery-tempered princess and the unscrupulous scoundrel engage in a battle of the sexes.

Lust slowly turns to love as they share details of their lives and realize they have more common ground than expected. But Chala’s powerful bridegroom, Brachas isn’t about to let a merger between two kingdoms dissolve without a fight. His soldiers find and reclaim the princess, who now has an agenda of her own.

Can a clever princess and her determined lover save a desert people, bring a despot to justice and find a future together in a world of their choosing?

The Final Act now in print

Three couples. Three loves. One hot story about the backstage lives of a touring theater company. Life imitates art? One can only hope…

Elena is a by-the-script actress whose co-star, Michael, has a gift for improvisation that drives her crazy. Fighting a fiery chemistry, they work to keep their on-stage romance where it belongs—on the stage. But a year-long road tour stretches before them. How long can they keep a lid on their simmering passion?

When his left-behind boyfriend, Tom, seems withdrawn on the phone, Denny questions his lover’s faithfulness. Their once-solid relationship faces its biggest test during the long separation.

Inexperienced Gretchen is thrilled to land her first professional role in the musical, Transitions, but the pressures of performing are more than she bargained for. Entranced by her wholesome sweetness, Jake, the pit guitarist, endangers the very qualities he admires by giving her a “little something” to take the edge off her nerves.

Every night for a year, they’ll play out a “happily ever after” on the stage. Before the last curtain call, will life imitate art?

Releasing Butterfly

We’ve all gone after something we thought we wanted only to be surprised as heck when when we actually get it. We discover the cringe-worthy traits of a new lover or find out the new dream job comes with the boss from Hades. When Bonnie Dee invited me to write a BDSM novel with her, we tackled what could happen when a woman pursues a hard-core lifestyle that pulled her in like the proverbial moth to the flame. We’re talking truly hard-core—something along the lines of Gor. And when our main character Butterfly meets a carpenter commissioned by her Master, she realizes that what she sought as a younger, troubled woman is no longer what she wants.

Butterfly Unpinned isn’t for every reader. I’m not trying to lure you in with the promise of shock value, or scare you off. Things happen to Butterfly and her Master’s other slaves during the first half of the book that may unsettle you. Butterfly has issues she needs to overcome. You may expect Brian the carpenter to be an experienced Dom who still does some hard-core stuff with her after he helps her get away from her abusive Master. But, like Butterfly, Brian is still finding his way too, so if you buy this book, we hope you enjoy the journey that unfolds for them both. I know that writing it, watching our characters grow, was incredibly fulfilling as an author. Bonnie and I hope you feel the same way.

Read on for an excerpt…