Two cocky chefs.Two rival restaurants.One night that changes everything…I hate Emmett Fox. I hated him ten years ago, back when he was my nemesis at culinary school. I hate him even more now that he's the executive chef at the biggest rival restaurant in New York City. When our paths cross again after years of not-so-friendly competition, I'm full of rage. Between his chiseled frame and piercing blue eyes, Emmett's easily the hottest thing in my kitchen — including the custom gas range that roasts at temperatures exceeding 800 degrees. Wait.Hold on.It is rage I'm feeling, right?Because I hate Emmett Fox.…Don't I? CULINARY COCK-UP is a short story originally published as part of the Cocktales Anthology. Views: 502
Saturday, August 14, 1937 - that summer Shanghai was expecting to be hit by a typhoon of 'violent intensity'. The typhoon passed, but what did strike Shanghai was a man-made typhoon of bombs and shrapnel that brought aerial death and destruction such as no city had ever seen before. The clock outside the Cathay Hotel stopped at 4.27 p.m. precisely as the first bombs landed on the junction of the Nanking Road and the Bund; the second wave of explosions struck the dense crowds outside the Great World amusement centre in the French Concession. Bloody Saturday reconstructs the events of that dreadful day from eyewitness accounts. Views: 502
"[Receptor], Alan Glynn's sequel to The Dark Fields (the inspiration for the film Limitless starring Bradley Cooper), grippingly imagines the origins of MDT-48—the series' infamous 'smart drug,' which realizes remarkable human potential."—Entertainment Weekly (New & Notable) Named a Best Book of the Year by The Irish Times (Crime Fiction) and the Irish Independent (Thrillers) On a Friday evening in 1953, Madison Avenue ad executive Ned Sweeney enjoys a cocktail in the apartment of a strange and charismatic man he met hours earlier. Ned doesn't know it, but he has just become a participant in Project MK-Ultra, a covert, CIA-run study of mind-control techniques. The experience transforms Ned, pulling him away from his wife and young son and into the inner circles of the richest and most powerful people of his day. In a matter of months, he is dead. It is a tragedy Ned's... Views: 502
Welcome to Tvibura and Tviburi, the richly imagined twin planets that stand at the center of Greg Egan’s extraordinary new novella. Views: 502
A Curvy Girl and Dragon Shifter Romance
She’s stolen a soul… and his heart.
Ky Puru is the best chance anyone has to get the soul of the Golden Dragon Wyvern back. Nothing will stand in his way - not demons, not witches, not even the king of hell himself. There’s only one problem. Jada, the thief, is a succubus...and his true mate.
Jada needs to get away from her coven and find a life she can call her own. If it involves baked goods instead of blood, that would be great. But, that's not going to happen, and this sexy dragon warrior that wants to claim her as his mate is the reason why.
Neither Ky nor Jada ever thought they would have a true mate, and they may not get that chance when an evil foe attacks and will do everything he can to make sure no dragon ever gets to find their fated mate or fall in love.
This dragon alpha and his curvy succubus mate will have go to hell and back, literally, for their chance at their own happy ever after.
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Too many demons in the kitchen spoils the soup. Or in this case donuts.
A batch of carbtastic sugary bombs of delicious-ness sizzled away in the fryer, while Jada dreamed of all the decadent toppings she would put on them.
Chocolate frosting, check.
Maple cream, check.
Rainbow sprinkles. Ew, gross.
Toffee chunks. Yep.
Caramel drizzle, double check.
Some B positive, AB neg, or how about some good ol' O universal? Hells to the no.
That’s what Leon wanted. It was what he always wanted. But, not only for himself. For her too.
Her father shouldn’t be in the kitchen of the sum-mer rental harassing her anyway. He didn’t even like sugar or cooking or kitchens. He didn’t like anything but sex and blood.
The scent of vanilla and cinnamon wafted through the air and smelled almost as good as the humans Jada waiting in the great room.
The rest of her coven was already playing with their prey. Seducing and taunting, testing and tast-ing, picking out the right one to satisfy their darkest urges.
The men and women Leon had lured to the ocean-side mansion were wanting and willing. A night of sexual carousing with the most sensual summer resi-dents of the Cape was enough to tempt these unsus-pecting humans to their doom. That and Leon’s hyp-notic incubus allure.
Jada smelled their growing arousal already. Its dark, rich, deliciousness sang to her core.
Her heart jumped, racing to catch up with the oth-ers.
A pulsing beat pushed between her legs.
Her mouth watered.
She wanted to sink her teeth into… a donut. Pure chocolate glaze running down her throat, hot and sweet. She’d take the sugar high over blood lust all day, every day, twice on Sundays.
It was the little lies she told herself that got her through the days and long, long nights.
“Jada, why do you waste your time on these hu-man treats when there are so many delicious humans to be our treats?”
God damn it. A few more minutes and the most perfect batch of her yumtastic feast would be ready. “Go away, Leon.”
He propped himself against the kitchen island and crossed his arms. “Now, now, is that any way to talk to your maker?”
As if he cared how she spoke to him. He only cared that her absence from the nightly orgies was sowing discontent amongst the coven.
He could take his fatherly disapproval and shove it up his donut hole.
“I’m not going to your Bacchanalia. Not tonight, not ever again. I’m done with human blood.”
“Yes, yes. You say that every few years.” He cracked his knuckles one by one. Views: 502
The Elders despise my mates.They send four new dragons who vow to claim me.Will the Elders' chosen suitors tear me away from my boys?The Elders want to shape me into the perfect Shadow Queen. The perfect puppet princess.They've chosen the favored sons of draconic society, their Alpha Squad, as my would-be mates. To mold me. To shape me. To seduce their way into my trust and my bed.Arranged marriage is a big nope. But, when one of my boys is kidnapped by the Chosen, I need the Alpha Squad's help to save his life. The new dragons seize the moment, and see their way in. Time's running out. The Chosen have forced my hand. I have no choice – not if I want to save Aric from torture and certain death. I'm forced to make a terrible choice. My first test on the path to becoming the Shadow Queen…Shadow on the Water is a very steamy romance with violence, naughty language, and... Views: 502
Adventure Awaits! And It Starts With His Kiss…Princess Anna-Maria Petrova has known stoic, upstanding Prince Stepan Shevchenko all her life. Or at least she thought she knew him. Because he's never before looked at her the way he does now, alone together on the West Sussex coast. As if one kiss will unleash all the adventure, passion, pleasure she craves… Does she dare to discover if it's true? Russian Royals 0f Kuban: Commanding Princes Unlace The Ladies 0f London! Views: 502
A cute beach town in the gorgeous San Juan islands, a cozy cottage, a sweet-tasting job at the bakery, and a handsome and charming friend…
Claire should be blissfully happy, but when someone drops dead after eating one of her scrumptious desserts everyone seems to be pointing at her as the main suspect! Is it more bad luck or is someone out to get her?
Rated PG because there's a dead body in it, no bad language or sensual scenes. Views: 502
He's in Hawaii to deal with his past. She's on the run from hers. They find sanctuary together, but will their passion explode into betrayal?'Moke' Ahuelo is riding hard to forge a future. But on Hawaii's Big Island, the heartache of his past nearly brings this big man to his knees. Until he rescues a pretty squatter from the beach. Now he must claim his family's legacy, and keep her safe from the killers on her trail...and from the inner darkness that drives her.Shelle Mason is running from her past. She flew all the way to Hawaii to escape from an evil biker gang. But now she's broke and alone, and her only rescue may be from one of the men she fears and distrusts—a biker.Can these two loners find the way to trust each other, and their own hearts?Will love's sweetness be worth the sting?Escape to the tropics... Views: 502
Finalist for the Grand Prix des Lectrices d'Elle and winner of the Prix Plaidoiries pour un polar at the Festival Clameur(s) of DijonPresent-day Spain, a time of economic crisis and resurgent populist nationalism. The radical right has just won the election after twelve years of Socialist rule. In the midst of this political upheaval, a series of murders is committed, taking place from Madrid to Barcelona to Valencia. The victims include a politician a real-estate lawyer, doctor, a banker, and a nun. There is no obvious connection between them.As the country prepares for a return to a certain moral order, radio crime reporter Diego Martin is trying to keep his head above water in anticipation of the expected media purge. When he decides to look into the first murder, he doesn't have the faintest clue that his investigation will lead far beyond his local beat and put his life at risk. For what he uncovers exposes the roots of a national scandal: the theft... Views: 502
