Cirrus@Austlit

After ten years in jail, Julia Taylor is about to experience her first Christmas on the outside. Life is good. Her interior design business is growing and she’s happily in love with Dylan, the cop who helped clear her name. When she snags a major commission to redesign an historic house, she’s over the moon, but quickly slams back down to earth when she discovers her new client, dead.

With Dylan investigating and a cast of odd suspects including an ex-spy in her seventies, Julia is reluctantly (well, that’s what she tells herself) drawn into finding out who wanted Vincent Perrin dead. What is about the house that inspires such greed?

Source: Author's Blurb

'At 20, Julia Taylor went to prison for murdering a man who deserved it. Ten years later, she’s ready to put the past behind her and get on with her life. But someone won’t let her. Someone will do anything to drive Julia away, including murder.

'As the body count rises, Julia is forced to accept the help of Dylan Andrews, a cop with dark secrets of his own. Unfortunately help has a cost. Dylan is digging into Julia’s past, uncovering secrets she is desperate to keep.

'Julia must keep Dylan at a distance, or else risk her own safety, and the safety of everyone she loves …' (Publication summary)

'When history repeats itself, it doesn't pay to have a murder in your past ...

'Julia Taylor did ten years in prison for a murder she didn't commit. Finally released and proved innocent, all she wants is to build up her design business and figure out where her romance with local cop Dylan Andrews is going. She's ready for a quiet life, but murder and mayhem won't let Julia Taylor alone.

'First she finds her neighbors dead in an apparent murder-suicide. Then an erratic friend from Julia's time in prison asks her to help find a sex worker who went missing in suspicious circumstances.

'As the body count continues to rise, members of the Russian mafia and an unnerving evangelical church begin to cross Julia's path. Soon, Julia and Dylan are caught up in a maelstrom that threatens both their love and their lives.

'Can they find justice before injustice finds them? Or is the pull of a haunted past too strong?

'A tense crime novel with romantic elements in the style of JD Robb, Nora Roberts and Martina Cole.' (Publication summary)

'In business, as in pleasure, Christa has two rules: ask for what you want, and be prepared to get a bit creative. She and her husband, Marc, are infamous for their charitable soirees and the obscene amount of money that they raise for good causes around the world.

'The secret to their success has always been well-kept, but one chance encounter with Christa is going to lead one lucky CEO to find out just how this unorthodox pair make friends and influence people.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'For sculptor Lottie Williams, entering her sculpture, Triumvirate, in the Carve the Wind exhibition is the culmination of her career.

'What she doesn’t count on is the incendiary lust between her and the curators, James and Magda. While she’s at first happy to play, she rapidly gets out of her depth when she confuses business with pleasure. Against the wild backdrop of the Pacific Ocean her work is displayed to great acclaim.

'But all she wants, all she can think about is being back in the bed of the two people who have laid claim to her heart and soul.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A collection of erotic, slightly twisted stories to simulate your libido and your mind. Originally posted on the Erotica Readers and Writers’ web site (where they still are) I’ve collected them here as a free download from Smashwords.

'A sexy ghost haunts an art exhibition; strawberries as a sex aid; gardeners up to more than just weeding; a new secretary who’s not what she seems. These and more are included in this anthology for your reading pleasure.'

Source: Author's blurb

'After being attacked in Court by a sex offender, prosecutor Calliope Marchant wants to rest and heal. But after a chance meeting with her first love Mitch Taylor, she decides to reignite their tempestuous affair. Thinking some sizzling sex with no emotional attachment is just what she needs, she doesn’t count on falling for Mitch.

'When Mitch sees Callie again, the pain of the past rears up, as well as the promise of a future he wants to grab. But can he let her know who he really is? Will she be a willing participant in his unusual sexual needs?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'The last thing Ruth Cavanaugh wants in her life is a man who thinks he can control her. So why is she having lust-filled dreams about Jake Fitzgerald, a man who values control above all else?

'Jake can’t believe prickly but sexy Ruth has invaded his dreams so thoroughly. He’s happy she’s there, but what can he do to convince her she’s got the wrong idea about him? He has a few ideas and they all involve letting go of control once and for all. He’s more than willing, but is she?'

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'Kayla and Brad are successful and much sought after sex workers specializing in threesomes and voyeur work. They’ve always kept their relationship on a professional level but their encounter with the mysterious and sexy Zoe Taylor forces them to acknowledge their deep love for each other.

'But love is not enough when they are faced with the devious plans of Zoe, who Tethers them to her through the power of the Children of Aphrodite. Now immortal but only able to achieve sexual pleasure at her command, they have to rely on the powerful intercession of Stefan to save them. But will he? Can he?'

Source: Publisher's abstract.

'A dark, violent, and devastatingly sensual erotic fantasy about the binding force of love.

'Lissa, Princess of Horvald, loved and lost her slave in chains ten long years ago. Then she was spoiled and selfish, thinking she could bend a warrior of Catiscal to her will. But time and adversity have changed her into a leader, prepared to give herself to the Warlord Death in order to save her people.

'Will he accept her sacrifice? Or will his need for revenge blind him to the insidious chains of love wrapping around him - chains even a powerful Warlord can't resist…or can he?'

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'Thea thinks a resident ghost is the perfect addition to the ramshackle mansion she’s inherited from her eccentric uncle. But sexy Judith, a ghost from her past, wants to upset her plans. Thea thinks it’ll be no problem.She’ll just get her into bed and win her over. Judith, however, has other plans ...'

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'What do you get when Jake Horsley, Australia’s richest man, marries Chrissy, a hooker forty years his junior? Trouble. Especially when she also loves another woman. Honest and straight forward, Chrissy won’t lie about how she feels about Jen. But Jake isn’t worried. Chrissy is everything he’s always wanted, wild and unconventional. He knows he can’t limit her and doesn’t want to. Trouble however, has other plans. Jake’s son David, appalled by his father’s marriage, plots to hurt Chrissy. Protecting herself and those she loves will challenge everything she’s ever believed about herself and what she’s capable of.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Two short stories about same-sex desire.