COLD LOVE

BOOK 1: CAPTURED

46001 words

“I’m not going anywhere until I’ve slept in your nice warm bed. If you haven’t got an electric blanket, I’ll expect you to warm me up personally.”

 Who is the man with the gun? Friend or foe? Enemy or lover?

 Ethan

I saw my way out and took it. I never dreamed it would be complicated by someone as distracting as Gabriel.

 Gabriel

I thought my cabin was safe in a snowstorm until he arrived. Shivering, blue with cold and armed with a gun. The hottest thing to ever happen to me.

Horror writer Gabriel’s worst nightmare is about to come true…

 Alaska is home to Gabriel Black two months of the year when he retreats to his isolated cabin to write. But with his relationship on the rocks, life is treating him badly. He doesn’t think things can get any worse when a storm strikes, keeping him snowed in, but he’s wrong.

His solitude is invaded by armed intruder Ethan, his origin a mystery. Ethan is an enigma, a man surely on the run, maybe a dangerous criminal, but Gabriel is drawn to Ethan’s broken spirit and damaged soul. Ethan is so much more than he first appears and Gabriel wants to know what he hides.

Heat ignites between Gabriel and Ethan and the lines between captive and captor soon start to blur. What secrets is Ethan keeping and will Gabriel be prepared to risk all for him?

Was he going to hold this man captive? Could he do that with a hard-on and was he some sort of pervert? Yes, he could, and yes, he was.

Themes: enemies to lovers, forced proximity, crime, forced captivity, guilt, love at first sight, drama, angst, hurt/comfort, suspense

Genre: Dark and gritty contemporary romance, crime thriller

Warning: Scenes of violence and murder. Mentions of rape. Homophobic language, Strong language and sexual scenes.

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BOOK 2: CAUGHT

30000 words

“Goldilocks, I presume?”

It’s the onset of polar night in Alaska and trucker Marshall Westray is looking forward to six weeks’ downtime. But first he has to negotiate 498 miles of frozen wilderness hauling his load down the deadly Dalton Highway from Deadhorse to Fairbanks.

He needs everything to go smoothly but his plans come unravelled at his first stop when he discovers a half-naked man in the back of his cab.

Stowaway Luka is all sorts of easy on the eye and has a ready sob-story that Marshall is appalled to hear. He’ll lose his job if his hitchhiker’s discovered but try as he might, he just can’t shake free of Luka and he’s not sure he wants to.

Luka Hartwell has never been loved in his life. Running from a dangerous situation in Deadhorse, he sees Marshall’s truck as his sanctuary and doesn’t think of the consequences. When the trucker finds Luka in his bed, sparks fly. Luka will do whatever it takes to make sure he gets that ride to Fairbanks and offering Marshall his body isn’t exactly a hardship when the trucker is as smoking hot as Marshall.

Thrown together for hours of treacherous driving, will two men find solace at the end of a long, lonely road?

“You light up polar night like a beacon to show me the way.”

Themes: enemies to lovers, forced proximity, guilt, love at first sight, drama, angst, hurt/comfort

Genre: Dark and gritty contemporary romance

Warning: Scenes of violence. Mentions of abuse. Strong language and sexual scenes.

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BOOK 3: ENTANGLED

52,411 words

He’s a cop tangling with the most dangerous man in town…

“As long as he knows the deal, it’s fine. He hates cops, so it should make for some pretty rough scratch-your-back sex.”

Chief of police Jamie Allen is smitten by the new arrival in his remote Alaskan town of Barrow until he realises Ephram Welles comes with baggage—he’s an ex-con.

Any liaison between them is strictly forbidden. Jamie would be risking his job and reputation if he tangles with a convicted felon.

But Ephram isn’t easy to resist. He’s everywhere Jamie turns, and the mutual chemistry between them is sizzling hot, just waiting to explode. Jamie’s willing to risk everything for just one night of passion with Ephram, but can he stop there? As he learns more about Ephram, he starts to realize that his feelings run way deeper than lust and can’t be denied.

“I don’t know how to carry on. I thought I could, but I can’t. I don’t have anyone. I could disappear, and no one would notice.”

Ephram’s running from his past and his own loneliness since he lost everything in one moment of madness. He’s come thousands of miles to an isolated community to start again and the last thing he needs or wants is a cop prying him open inch by inch, but that’s exactly what Jamie seems hell-bent on doing. Ephram doesn’t need this complication. He’s tormented by memories of prison and he hates cops with a vengeance. But Jamie’s a different proposition from anyone he’s ever met before. He’s the sort of guy Ephram’s been looking for all his life, even though he knows he should throw him away...

"Fucking you is the least cheap thing I’ve ever done in my life.”

Themes: enemies to lovers, guilt, love at first sight, loneliness, drama, angst, hurt/comfort, tissues needed.

Genre: Dark and gritty contemporary romance

Warning: Scenes of violence. Mentions of abuse and rape. Strong language and sexual scenes. Tear-jerking contents.

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BOOK 4: REVIVED

51014 words

“Don’t you know I’m completely worthless?”

Kanen Kannack lives under the shadow of alcoholism, Alaska, and his feelings for his best friend, chief of police Jamie Allen. He’s never been honest with Jamie as long as he’s known him, but Jamie’s long lost to him, shacked up with Ephram, the love of his life.

When a new arrival in town causes Kanen to lose control in spectacular fashion, long-buried secrets are unearthed, threatening Jamie and Ephram’s happiness and the fragile life Kanen has long clung to.

There was something about Kanen’s obvious power and brooding hostility that appealed dangerously to him.

Jensen is running from his past too. Broken and battered, he isn’t looking for a hero, but finds an unlikely one in Kanen anyway. In Kanen he sees a kindred soul, not someone to be afraid of.

Kanen has never been anyone’s hero. He’s down at the bottom again and battling against the tide. But the urge to protect Jensen is strong and for the first time in his life, someone wants him despite all his many flaws and dark history.

He’d never seen his dark eyes look so wounded. His face looked raw, flayed apart. He touched the scar on his cheek, smoothing over its puckered line. “Ugly bastard,” he whispered. “No wonder you’re on your own.”

Themes: enemies-to-lovers, angst, guilt, loneliness, hurt/comfort, midnight sun.

Genre: Dark and gritty contemporary romance

Warnings: Cheating. Violence, rape, stalking. Suicide, drugs and alcoholism. Strong language and sexual scenes.

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