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  ~ About the Author ~

  Christy Gissendaner is a romantic comedy author and believes that laughter and love should go hand in hand.

  She lives in Alabama with her husband and three sons and is always hard at work on her next novel, but in her spare time she loves blackjack, karaoke, and anything resembling a vacation!

  Christy also writes historical romance as Robin Danner. Find out more about Christy at http://christygissendaner.webs.com

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  Also by Christy Gissendaner

  In Too Deep

  Tybee Island Shifters Book One

  Christy Gissendaner

  He’ll risk everything for the love of one human.

  Agreeing to be her good friend’s bridesmaid, Emma Anderson jets off to Tybee Island for the wedding. Her dress is perfect and her shoes are adorable, but her friend’s elegant beachside home hides an ancient secret…one that threatens to expose a secret society of werewolves.

  Drake Randolph has watched his sister’s friend grow into a ravishing woman, but he’s always kept his distance. As the heir to the Randolph fortune and the alpha of the Secret Society of Savannah Lycanthropes, Drake cannot afford to draw the innocent little brunette into the dangerous lycan world.

  Passion between them soon blazes hotter than the Georgia summer. But when the wrong woman is kidnapped to prevent the wedding of a lycan to a mortal, Drake must risk everything to save Emma from the ones who will see the downfall of all he holds dear.

  In Deeper

  Tybee Island Shifters Book Two

  Christy Gissendaner

  The alpha’s brother has met his match.

  Celeste Proctor always had the best of everything—expensive homes, fashionable clothing, and the coveted position of beta to the most powerful of all lycans, Drake Randolph. But after the alpha chose another to be his bride, Celeste is left without a mate. She needs one, and fast—the stronger, the better–to maintain her carefully cultivated position. One of the alpha’s brothers will have to do, but which one?

  Micah Randolph has always lived in the shadow of his oldest brother. With his country music career heating up, Micah is looking forward to a whirlwind tour and achieving his own success, separate from his position within the powerful Randolph family. When the beautiful yet untouchable Celeste Proctor shows up, determined to mate with him or his twin brother, he has a choice to make: pursue the dream he’s worked so hard to achieve, or be drawn back into pack politics as the mate of a woman looking only to secure her rank in the pack? But the way she makes him feel when she looks at him…can he make her want him for more than his strong, lycan blood?

  Valentines Heat III

  “Rated Ex” by Christy Gissendaner

  A blind Valentine’s date mix-up pairs Rebecca with her geeky high school boyfriend. Geek no more, Parker’s now the alpha of his pack, and he’s determined to show Rebecca what the last few years have taught him...

  “Crash Me Once...” by Jayne Ripley

  Cenn and Redlan are part of the werewolf pack on the space cruiser Wolfstar. But Redlan has never claimed her in front of the pack...and she’s starting to wonder why. When a foraging mission on a remote moon throws an unexpected catastrophe their way, each of them must decide exactly what to risk...and which of them will be the first to yield to their true feelings.

  "Crash Me Once..." contains a scene of erotic spanking

  As Robin Danner

  Straitlaced

  Robin Danner

  In the heart of London, he finds his heart’s desire.

  AnnMarie Sommers was born into a life of privilege. Married at a young age, she was prepared to step into the role of dutiful wife...until an unfortunate accident makes her a widow and leaves her nearly destitute. She takes the money she’s saved and creates Fall From Grace, an elegant bordello where society comes out to play, a place where she can give in to her wilder impulses under the guise of the bordello’s infamous madam.

  Declan Raddison was raised by the streets of London. Orphaned and left to fend for himself, the only way he could survive was by being the quickest and the strongest. Now he is a proper businessman by day, but at night he allows his darker desires to run free. Visiting Fall From Grace with a nobleman at his side, he is unprepared for a vision in white, an angel who is more suited for the drawing room than a wicked bordello. When he discovers that she is the notorious madam, Lady Grace, he will stop at nothing to possess her...even if it leads to his own downfall.

  Contains spanking, light BDSM, and light bondage elements

  Stroke of Midnight

  Robin Danner

  It’s New Year’s Eve… What’s a fairy to do?

  The king of the Fairies has granted his daughter Mariel one year in Regency London before she must return to their realm to be married. Several hours before midnight on New Year's Eve, a fairy is sent to fetch her home—her childhood love, Rhys. Even though part her is glad to see the dark, handsome fairy again, she knows he’s been sent by her father to collect her. And she’s not about to give up her last precious hours in the world she’s grown to love. But when Mariel learns that her father has chosen Rhys as her husband to unite their two clans, the idea of marriage sounds much more appealing. Especially once her new husband takes off his clothes and leads her to bed…

  More Romance from Etopia Press

  Goal: A Mate

  Bachelor Auction Book Two

  Selena Illyria

  When you meet your true mate, you’ve got to take the shot...

  Werewolf Pack Princess Kelly is overwhelmed with her new business, trouble with the rival cat shifters, and trying to ignore the attraction to her best friend’s younger brother. By bidding on Brandon in the Bachelor Auction, she thought she was just doing him a favor, saving him from the craziness. But now that she’s won him, her wolf wants to mark him as her mate, and she’s starting to lose control. So when he whisks her away for his birthday weekend, how can she say no? Every kiss distracts her. Each caress sets her on fire. And every whiff of his scent makes her wolf want to take him where he stands.

  As a former hockey player and werewolf, Brandon knows all about being pulled in different directions. And he knows exactly what he’s asking for when he pursues a relationship with the already overwhelmed Kelly. She may be five years older than he is, and the daughter of his pack’s Alpha, and his sister’s best friend and business partner, but none of that matters. There’s only one person he wants to spend his birthday with, and he’s not going to let her refuse. And when Brandon has his eye on the goal, there’s nothing that can stop him...

  Reader Note: contains BBW, light bondage, and spanking elements

  Club Vampire

  Marianna Lauren

  The nightlife has never been so sexy...

  Aubrey Hunnisett is the owner of a posh and successful nightclub. She has her mind set on acquiring a rival club owned by the sexy and mysterious Michael Lennox. Unfortunately for her, Club Lunar is not for sale. Even worse, she can’t escape her instant attraction to the dark Michael. Attraction that borders on mind-consuming lust.

  Michael thought he had enough to worry about as a vampire club owner in a competitive market without a beautiful woman marching into his office and demanding to buy him out. Someone or something evil has been trying to shut his club down for good by murdering club goers. At first he suspects Aubrey is connected to the plot somehow, so he’s more than willing to pleasure her until she reveals her every secret to him. Yet once had has a glimpse inside her mind, he discovers something even more terrifying. He is drawn to the beautiful, kind soul she keeps hidden behind her tough business-manager exterior.

  St
ill, someone is out to destroy Michael, and now Aubrey is in danger too...

  The Southern Belle's Guide to Witchcraft

  Loribelle Hunt

  There’s a new evil in town, and it’s gunning for Scarlet...

  Scarlet Burke isn’t an ordinary witch. She comes from a long line of Burke witches, whose job it is to protect the good folks of Purgatory, Alabama from things that go bump in the night—and things that might slip through the portal in Fool’s Wood. Normally, it’s an easy gig that doesn’t take much time from her day job. Until her ex-husband turns up dead in a ritualistic killing no one recognizes. William, a mundane, had high-tailed it out of town years ago after getting Scarlet’s baby sister pregnant. So why had he come back? Better yet, who (besides Scarlet) had wanted him dead badly enough to lure him to the forest, stake him, skin him, and drain his blood? It wasn’t a vampire kill, but she was damned if she could determine what it was.

  Werewolf Jake Mills, the bossy and possessive chief of police, can’t believe anyone in his town could commit such a brutal crime. And Scarlet can’t believe she’s still trying to avoid his advances. Jake has been chasing her for years, and if he wasn’t so charming—and so drop dead sexy—she might try harder to outrun him. Or at least summon a bit of self-control. But the man simply refuses to stay in the “Just Friends” box she’s placed him in.

  But when the killer targets Scarlet’s family, ghouls, demons, and dark fae all come under suspicion. And when her daughters become the targets of an ancient dark ritual, Scarlet and Jake are forced to make an impossible choice. Fight evil with evil, or watch Scarlet’s daughters die...

  Stealing the Wolf Prince

  Wylderland Chronicles Book One

  Elle Clouse

  What harm could come from impersonating royalty?

  After years on the road conning wealthy nobles out of their gold, Kiera is ready to give up her life of crime and return to her childhood home of Cearbhall. She’s got one last job in mind, one that will see her set for life. What harm could come from impersonating a country princess to marry a prince and live wealthily ever after? Except her childhood home is nothing like she remembered. The king has gone senile, his younger sons rule with terror, and the crown prince is missing. The prince she’s to wed is only interested in siring an heir, and her future brother-in-law wants to get into her skirts. Deciding the grifter’s life wasn’t so bad after all, Kiera plots her escape. Before she can steal away, she’s discovered and thrown into the dungeon with a crazed wolfborn to die.

  Lachlan never thought that he'd see his childhood sweetheart once his wolfborn affliction set in. Nor did he expect to ever see daylight. Imprisoned in the dungeon since adolescence, his brothers have usurped the throne and trail evil in their wake. When Kiera lands in the dungeon with him, he recovers his will to put things right. Kiera may not remember him, but he remembers her, and Lachlan vows to save her from his brothers and their schemes.

  Except Kiera wields a power unlike any other, and she doesn’t need saving. But the people of Cearbhall do. As Kiera and Lachlan fight the evil princes, they uncover a greater magic in the world around them, and a powerful magic between them that can’t be denied...

  Two Wild Wolves

  Wild Nights Book Two

  Lilly Morgan

  All is not right at the Wild Night Ball, the biggest gathering of werewolf packs in North America. As always, there is plenty of lust and politics, power and sex, but this year is different. This year Lucas Chase, the corrupt alpha of the Denver pack, is looking to change everything forever.

  Dead in his sights is Ashley MacDonald, the fun-loving, middle-ranking werewolf from the Miami pack, who wants nothing more than to hook up with the sexy cowboy Colton Winter for a night of dancing…and hopefully much, much more. But when Colton races up to the mansion and demands she come with him, her night goes sideways fast. Ashley and other Miami wolves are in danger of being taken hostage in Denver’s power-grab. She’ll have to think fast and move faster if she’s to have any hope of stopping the attack.

  Now it’s up to Colton, a lone wolf from Colorado with secrets of his own, to protect her from the pack that once exiled him. But what’s worth more? Getting even with Denver? Preventing their coup? Or keeping Ashley safe when she’s determined to protect her friends?