“I love you,” Stone said hoarsely and then she felt the sharp bite of his fangs, followed by a heated pulsing inside her.
This time there was no burning pain—there was only pleasure. Deep, unending waves of pleasure that carried her up and up, over and over until Cassie felt drunk with the exquisite sensation.
“Stone!” she moaned, wrapping her legs around his waist and holding on tight as they strained together. “Oh God, I love you too! So much!”
“Forever,” she heard him whisper. “We will be together forever and I will love you always, Cassandra. We will never be parted.”
At first Cassie wasn’t sure what was going on. She knew he was speaking in her mind, since his mouth was still locked to the side of her throat. Then she remembered what Stone had said about how a Kindred and his mate could talk telepathically through the soul bond they created when they bonded.
That must be what’s happening—we must be bonded now, she thought.
“Yes, we are bonded,” Stone told her. “I never thought the Goddess would bless me so richly but she has.” He withdrew his fangs and the overwhelming orgasm waned, allowing Cassie to catch her breath.
“Stone,” she whispered, reaching up to cup his cheek.
“Cassandra…my darling.” His voice was deep with emotion. “I cannot believe you are finally mine. I thought I would spend the rest of my life loving you from a distance and never having you.”
“What?” Cassie looked at uncertainly. “So Kat and Liv were right? You’ve been in love with me all along?”
“From the first night I dreamed of you,” Stone admitted.
“You…dreamed of me?” Cassie asked.
“A Kindred Warrior often dreams of his bride before he finds her. Usually she dreams of him as well,” Stone told her. “But this was an incomplete Dream Sharing—I think you did not dream of me because you were still Joined to another.”
“To Keith.” Cassie made a face. “What a waste of space, he was! But if he was all that was standing in your way, why didn’t you ask me out after I got divorced?”
“I wanted to pursue you, so much,” Stone told her earnestly. “But I had overheard you telling your ex-mate that you could never feel anything but friendship for me. So I thought…” He shrugged, his broad shoulders rolling with the gesture.
“Oh, no!” Cassie wanted to slap herself on the forehead. “I don’t even remember that but I do remember Keith being crazy-jealous of you. He was so insecure.” She sighed. “I’m sure I was only saying that to reassure him. I didn’t really mean it, Stone.”
“I am glad.” He nuzzled her jaw affectionately. “Tell me, Cassandra, when did you come to care for me?”
“Well…” She bit her lip. “I mean, I’ve always thought you were really attractive. Maybe too attractive. I, um, always just thought you were out of my league.”
“What?” Stone looked almost comically startled. “But how could you think that?” he demanded. “When you are so beautiful and an Elite? Any male would be blessed to have you! I lived in fear for the last cycle and a half after you divorced, that you would find another male and Join with him because you are so gorgeous!”
Cassie laughed.
“Well, it seems like we have a mutual admiration society going on here.”
“I know I have always admired you,” Stone said seriously. “But I feared it would always have to be from afar.” Leaning down he kissed her gently on the lips. “I am so glad we finally admitted how we truly feel to each other, Cassandra.”
“I am too.” She kissed him back and wiggled her hips. Though he had come when she did, he was still hard inside her. “Hmm, Stone, how about we go for another ride? This time I want you to bite me in the beginning and keep your fangs in me the whole time.”
His eyes went half-lidded with desire and he nipped her ear gently.
“It would be my pleasure, sweetheart. Bare your neck for me again.”
With a shiver of desire, Cassie did as he asked. And as her partner sank his fangs into her neck and his shaft deep in her pussy, she knew that Stone was more than her partner now. He was her mate, forever.
And it had all started so simply, with the two of them…Playing Their Parts.
The End?
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Brides of the Kindred series
(Sci-Fi / Action-Adventure Romance)
CLAIMED (Also Available in Audio)
HUNTED (Also Available in Audio)
SOUGHT (Also Available in Audio)
FOUND (Also Available in Audio)
REVEALED (Also Available in Audio)
PURSUED (Also Available in Audio)
EXILED (Also Available in Audio)
SHADOWED (Also Available in Audio)
CHAINED (Also Available in Audio)
DIVIDED (Also Available in Audio)
DEVOURED (Also Available in Audio)
ENHANCED (Also Available in Audio)
CURSED (Also Available in Audio)
ENSLAVED (Also Available in Audio)
TARGETED (Also Available in Audio)
FORGOTTEN (Also Available in Audio)
SWITCHED (Also Available in Audio)
UNCHARTED (Also Available in Audio)
UNBOUND (Also Available in Audio)
SURRENDERED
VANISHED
IMPRISONED
TWISTED
DECEIVED
STOLEN
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME ONE
Contains Claimed, Hunted, Sought and Found
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME TWO
Contains Revealed, Pursued and Exiled
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME THREE
Contains Shadowed, Chained and Divided
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME FOUR
Contai
ns Devoured, Enhanced and Cursed
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME FIVE
Contains Enslaved, Targeted and Forgotten
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME SIX
Contains Switched, Uncharted and Unbound
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME SEVEN
Contains Surrendered, Vanished, and Imprisoned
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME EIGHT
Contains Twisted, Deceived, and Stolen
All Kindred novels are now available in PRINT.
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Kindred Tales
The Kindred Tales are side stories in the Brides of the Kindred series which stand alone outside the main story arc.
These can be read as STAND ALONE novels.
MASTERING THE MISTRESS (Also Available in Audio)
BONDING WITH THE BEAST (Also Available in Audio)
SEEING WITH THE HEART (Also Available in Audio)
FREEING THE PRISONER (Also Available in Audio)
HEALING THE BROKEN (a Kindred Christmas novel) (Also Available in Audio)
TAMING THE GIANT (Also Available in Audio)
BRIDGING THE DISTANCE (Also Available in Audio)
LOVING A STRANGER (Also Available in Audio)
FINDING THE JEWEL (Also Available in Audio)
BONDED BY ACCIDENT (Also Available in Audio)
RELEASING THE DRAGON (Also Available in Audio)
SHARING A MATE (Also Available in Audio)
INSTRUCTING THE NOVICE (Also Available in Audio)
AWAKENED BY THE GIANT (Also Available in Audio)
HITTING THE TARGET (Also Available in Audio)
HANDLING THE HYBRID (Also Available in Audio)
TRAPPED IN TIME (Also Available in Audio)
TIME TO HEAL (Also Available in Audio)
PAIRING WITH THE PROTECTOR (Also Available in Audio)
FALLING FOR KINDRED CLAUS (Also Available in Audio)
GUARDING THE GODDESS (Also Available in Audio)
STEALING HER HEART (Also Available in Audio)
TAMING TWO WARRIORS (Also Available in Audio)
THE KINDRED WARRIOR’S CAPTIVE BRIDE (Also Available in Audio)
DARK AND LIGHT
PROTECTING HIS MISTRESS
UNLEASHED BY THE DEFENDER
SUBMITTING TO THE SHADOW
SECRET SANTA SURPRISE
THE PRIESTESS AND THE THIEF
PLAYING THEIR PARTS
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 1
Contains Mastering the Mistress, Bonding with the Beast and Seeing with the Heart
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 2
Contains Freeing the Prisoner, Healing the Broken and Taming the Giant
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 3
Contains Bridging the Distance, Loving a Stranger and Finding the Jewel
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 4
Contains Bonded by Accident, Releasing the Dragon, and Sharing a Mate
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 5
Contains Instructing the Novice, Awakened by the Giant, and Hitting the Target
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 6
Contains Handling the Hybrid, Trapped in Time, and Time to Heal
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 7
Contains Pairing with the Protector, Falling for Kindred Claus, and Guarding the Goddess
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Kindle Birthright series
(Sci-Fi / Action-Adventure Romance)
The Children of the Kindred series
UNBONDABLE
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Born to Darkness series
(Paranormal / Action-Adventure Romance)
CRIMSON DEBT (Also Available in Audio)
SCARLET HEAT (Also Available in Audio)
RUBY SHADOWS (Also Available in Audio)
CARDINAL SINS (coming soon)
DESSERT (short novella following Scarlet Heat)
(Also Available in Audio)
BORN TO DARKNESS BOX SET
Contains Crimson Debt, Scarlet Heat, and Ruby Shadows all in one volume
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Alien Mate Index series
(Sci-Fi / Action-Adventure Romance)
ABDUCTED (Also Available in Audio)
PROTECTED (Also Available in Audio)
DESCENDED (Also Available in Audio)
SEVERED (Also Available in Audio)
ALIEN MATE INDEX VOLUME ONE
Contains Abducted, Protected, Descended and Severed all in one volume
All Alien Mate novels are now available in PRINT.
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The Cougarville series
(Paranormal / Action-Adventure Romance)
(Older Woman / Younger Man
BUCK NAKED (Also Available in Audio)
COUGAR BAIT (Also Available in Audio)
STONE COLD FOX (Also Available in Audio)
BIG BAD WOLF (coming soon)
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The CyBRG Files with Mina Carter
(Sci-Fi / Action-Adventure Romance)
UNIT 77: BROKEN (Also Available in Audio)
UNIT 78: RESCUED (Also Available in Audio)
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The Institute series
(Daddy-Dom / Age Play Romance)
THE INSTITUTE: DADDY ISSUES
(Also Available in Audio)
THE INSTITUTE: MISHKA’S SPANKING
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The Swann Sister Chronicles
(Contemporary Fairy / Funny / Fantasy Romance)
WISHFUL THINKING (Also Available in Audio)
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR (Also available in Audio)
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Nocturne Academy
(Young Adult Paranormal/Action-Adventure/Romance)
LOCK AND KEY (Also Available in Audio)
FANG AND CLAW (Also Available in Audio)
STONE AND SECRET (coming coon)
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Detectives Valenti and O’Brian
(1980s M/M Romance)
THE ASSIGNMENT
I’LL BE HOT FOR CHRISTMAS
FIREWORKS
THE ASSIGNMENT: HEART AND SOUL
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Compendiums and Box Sets
ALIEN MATE INDEX VOLUME ONE
Contains Abducted, Protected, Descended and Severed all in one volume
BORN TO DARKNESS BOX SET
Contains Crimson Debt, Scarlet Heat, and Ruby Shadows all in one volume
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME ONE
Contains Claimed, Hunted, Sought and Found
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME TWO
Contains Revealed, Pursued and Exiled
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME THREE
Contains Shadowed, Chained and Divided
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME FOUR
Contains Devoured, Enhanced and Cursed
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME FIVE
Contains Enslaved, Targeted and Forgotten
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME SIX
Contains Switched, Uncharted and Unbound
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME SEVEN
Contains Surrendered, Vanished, and Imprisoned
BRIDES OF THE KINDRED VOLUME EIGHT
Contains Twisted, Deceived, and Stolen
HAVE YOURSELF A SEXY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
Contains Kidnapped for Christmas, Cougar Christmas and Season’s Spankings
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 1
Contains Mastering the Mistress, Bonding with the Beast and Seeing with the Heart
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 2
Contains Freeing the Prisoner, Healing the Broken and Taming the Giant
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 3
Contains Bridging the Distance, Loving a Stranger and Finding the Jewel
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 4
Contains Bonded by Accident, Releasing the Dragon, and Sharing a Mate
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 5
Contains Instructing the Novice, Awakened by the Giant, and Hitting the Target
KI
NDRED TALES VOLUME 6
Contains Handling the Hybrid, Trapped in Time, and Time to Heal
KINDRED TALES VOLUME 7
Contains Pairing with the Protector, Falling for Kindred Claus, and Guarding the Goddess
NAUGHTY TALES: THE COLLECTION— Volume One
Contains Putting on a Show, Willing Submission, The Institute: Daddy Issues, The Institute: Mishka's Spanking, Confessions of a Lingerie Model, Sin Eater, Speeding Ticket, Stress Relief and When Mr. Black Comes Home.
ONE HOT HALLOWEEN
Contains Red and the Wolf, Gypsy Moon and Taming the Beast
ONE HOT HALLOWEEN Vol.2
Contains The Covenant, Secret Thirst, and Kristen’s Addiction + BONUS: Madeline’s Mates
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Stand Alone Titles
(Sci-Fi OR Paranormal Action-Adventure Romance)
ANYONE U WANT
BEST KEPT SECRETS (Step-Brother romance)
BLIND DATE WITH A VAMPIRE
BLOOD KISS
BROKEN BOUNDARIES (M/M romance)
CEREMONY OF THREE
COMPANION 3000 (coming soon)
DEAL WITH THE DEVIL (Also Available in Audio)
DEFILED
EYES LIKE A WOLF (Foster Brother romance)
FOREVER BROKEN (M/M romance)
GYPSY MOON
HUNGER MOON RISING
MADELINE’S MATES
MARKED
OUTCAST
PLANET X (Also Available in Audio)
PLEASURE PLANET
PLEDGE SLAVE (M/M romance)
PURITY (Also Available in Audio)
RED AND THE WOLF
SECRET THIRST
SEX WITH STRANGERS
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