Cirrus@Austlit

'He’s a merciless killer who gets what he wants. He can have me…for a price

'Delilah
When my widowed stepmother kicked me out on the streets when I was sixteen, I was too proud to ask for help from any of my friends. Hunger left me with no choice but to accept money for sex so that I might survive. Four years later I’m not only surviving, I’m thriving. Asked to attend a private party at the Agostinos, a notorious mafia family who are as ruthless and cruel as they are filthy rich and generous, I can’t say no. Then my gaze meets the cold eyes of Serafino, and I’m lost even before he decides he wants all of me…body, mind and soul.

'Serafino
I’m known as a cold-hearted killer without a conscience, the bad boy of the Agostino mafia. That says a lot considering my brothers can be as ruthless as my father had once been, and he’d been a sick and twisted bastard of the highest order. Nonetheless, I have a reputation to uphold. People are afraid of me for good reason. What would they think though if they discovered the call girl who arrived to service the Agostino brothers is the one woman I want all to myself—a woman I would kill to protect—until I’m left with no choice but to kill her myself.' (Publication summary)

'One sadistic madman substituted by another.

'Chantilly
That’s what happened when I escaped from the don of the O’Malley mafia only to be captured by Valentino Barone, deadly enforcer of the Agostino mobster family. I didn’t think I could hate anyone more than the don who damaged me, until Valentino takes away my freedom yet again and awakens my darkest desires, ones I never knew existed. Escape seems futile. But I did it once I can do it again—or die trying.

'Valentino
I was sent to find and kill Chantilly Alcott, fugitive lover of the don of a rival mafia who is desperate to find her. Ending her life and sending pieces of her body to the O’Malley family isn’t something that should bother me—it never has before—so why my reluctance to do my job? I will do it, eventually. For now, I hold her captive and tell myself I’ll break her spirit instead of her body.

'So why is she slowly breaking me, instead?' (Publication summary)

'My innocence for his sick retribution.

'Isabella 

That’s what Salvatore Costa, mafia underboss and now my kidnapper, demands from me. I tell him to go to hell. I hate his guts, and yet, my body betrays me and my mind won’t stop thinking dirty thoughts about him. It doesn’t mean I won’t try to escape…after I kill him.

'Salvatore

I need to avenge my sister’s forced marriage to my enemy, Ethan Agostino. Turns out his sister, Isabella, is the perfect sacrifice. She will submit to me and become a slave to my every dark desire. I just have to ensure my heart never rules my head. Because in my world, love equates to weakness, and nothing will stop me from becoming the next Costa Don.'(Publication summary)

'Marry the Don, Ethan Agostino...or be killed.

'Sabrina
That was the choice given to me after I was caught snooping at Ethan's family home under the guise of one of his party guests. I might have been dumb enough to think I could glean information from him to take back to my family-his mobster rivals-but I'm not completely brain-dead. I'll marry the sadistic bastard and hope I'll live to regret my decision.

'Ethan
I can't believe I'm marrying a woman who is a direct threat to my criminal kingdom. Not only is her family my rivals, they became my bitter enemy when they murdered my older brother. But then our rivalry goes way back. Little wonder my father wants her dead. Except there is something about her that thaws my frozen heart. I'll keep her as my wife for as long as my fascination holds me in its grip, then I'll discard her. And I will...eventually. Because if I don't and my feelings for her grow, someone else will use her against me and kill her anyway.' (Publication summary)

'EARTH, YEAR 2336

'Warrior Alita Silver has one chance to prove herself, and competing in the Virgin Hunt Games will show everyone on her planet she deserves the promotion that’s been held just out of reach. But this time, the rules of the games have changed. The virginal women have gone from being the hunted to being the hunters. And then she meets her competitors…

'Stetson Jamb remembers Alita from their last encounter—a little too well. Mostly, he remembers that she left him for dead and destroyed his life. Winning the games would not only earn him the credits he needs to rebuild his life, but would also satisfy his need for revenge. If only he didn’t want her so damn badly. Apparently, revenge isn’t the only dish tempting him…

'All’s fair in war and sex, and with the rules turned upside down, the lines between the pursued and the pursuer are quickly blurring. It’s not just a question of winning anymore. It’s a question of who lives, who dies, and who comes…last.' (Publication summary)

'EARTH, YEAR 2332

'Life isn’t fair. Just ask Violet who mysteriously arrived in a space capsule at an orphanage as a baby. She has one goal—to find her biological parents, and winning the Virgin Hunt Games will ensure her face is plastered on every screener across the universe. Surely, her family will recognize and come for her? If she can only stay away from her Mate, the one man she must elude at all cost to win. But naturally, he’s also the only one she wants to surrender to.

'Prince Zel Oscar is used to getting what he wants. But accepting a rival’s dare to be a Hunter in the infamous sexploitative Virgin Hunt Games was a terrible and possibly life-altering mistake. But then he meets his Hunted, Violet...delicious perfection wrapped up in a gorgeous package. Too bad she is totally indifferent to his kisses, his exploits, and his lofty title. He’ll do whatever it takes to break down her steely resistance...but will his subjects see him as a hero, or a total degenerate for having kinky sex in front of billions of viewers?

'In the end he must make an impossible choice—keep her love, or his kingdom?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'EARTH, YEAR 2328

'One innocent virgin. One jaded lothario. One life and death Games, a dazzling fortune to the winner. But first one must survive...

'Tamsin Mercedes has led a charmed life. Her loving parents, scientists who research groundbreaking drugs, have given her everything she desires...until evil investors blackmail them to develop new, highly-addictive drugs. Tamsin won’t have it. Sacrificing her innocence as a Hunted in the Virgin Hunt Games is a small price to pay them off. But first she must win...

'Sex-trafficked in his youth by his drug-addicted mother, Landry Marx now knows well how to please a woman physically. But he has yet to find a woman he connects with on an emotional level…until he meets his assigned Hunted in the infamous Virgin Hunt Games. Tamsin is incredible, their chemistry explosive, and the more he gets to know her the more his guard comes down.

'But what happens when Landry discovers Tamsin's parents made the drug that killed his mother...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A mutant tortured and barely alive. A woman restrained by a society she no longer trusts.

'When Khalisa first sets eyes on the barely conscious mutant, Zielle, she isn't prepared for the anguish within at seeing firsthand what the scientists in the Dome's facility are doing to the 'monsters' who live outside the air-cleansed compound. But then she's always rebelled against the rules. Always questioned and defied everything she's been told since she and her brother, Dwight, were captured and saved from outside, where the chemical fallout would have turned them mutant too.

'The dragons have searched the universe to find their one true mate…

'Twelve months has been and gone. The Riddich dragons are finally reunited and have brought with them their Earth mates. All too soon they form a plan with their unlikely, newfound friends. They'll land on the icy planet of Tantonic, their mission: to kill the evil Tantonic Queen and her soldiers, and release any surviving prisoners.

'An unapologetic player and a reserved wallflower… one night would never be enough

'Galan Black carries a burden he can’t share with anyone, least of all his two brothers. Not even after the blood, sweat and tears it took for them to open and make the Black Pearl Nightclub a raging success. He’s just glad his secret doesn’t haunt him half as much in the arms of the eager women he takes to bed.

'Molly is no stranger to being sick having been regularly in and out of hospitals since the age of 5. She knows her limits and capabilities better than anyone, until she meets a handsome stranger whose compassion and understanding might just have her questioning her entire perspective.

'Insightful, eye-opening, and bold, As I Am explores the story of a woman who must question everything she thought about being independent and fearless.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Can call girl Anna see past Benedict's less-than-perfect physical façade to the man who loves her?

'Anna was once a spoilt daddy's little princess…until one fateful New Year's Eve she is witness to her father shooting his best friend over a botched gun and drug deal. She soon uncovers her family's nefarious past and despises what her surname, Leon-Zade, represents. It's a name synonymous to the biggest organized crime family in Australia. She can't be what her family wants her to be anymore. She runs away and becomes Candy, a beautiful and desired call girl.

'The dragons will search the universe for their one true mate...

'Misha is a hunter through and through. Raised by the Paranormal Detection Agency to be a deadly assassin, the tables are turned when she escapes the PDA facility and makes a run for freedom...and her life. But with the operatives closing in on her, she never expects a winged dragon to rain down fire, and save her from her pursuers.

'Can two men conquer one woman’s heart?

'Eloise Chand isn’t just any woman, she’s also Savannah, stunning call girl. But it doesn’t stop unprofessional thoughts about her favorite clients, Saxon and Julian. She knows she’s in trouble. She doesn’t want her career destroyed by personal attraction. She’s a business woman first and foremost, and the Wolfe brothers aren’t part of her career plan.

'Adopted brothers, Saxon and Julian, share more than just their billion dollar real estate development business. But never in their wildest dreams did they expect to fall for the same call girl. She’s a woman whose hot-blooded sexuality and independence stirs something deep in them both. That she’s beyond willing to share the same bed with them is just a bonus they want to further explore.

'But how do they permanently attain the one woman who just might be unattainable?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.