"Being an ass - can get your ass in trouble." Nolan both anticipates and dreads hotshot skier Lane Cassiter's annual appearance at the Winterhaven ski lodge where Nolan works. His natural physical attraction to the guy is offset by his internal disdain of Lane's bigot attitude. When Nolan is caught in the cross-hairs of Lane and his friends, a wager is made that might just get him the one thing he never dreamed possible -Lane Cassiter in his bed. But when circumstances arise that instigate Nolan to propose a counter-offer that involves both his and Lane's best friends, events take an unexpected turn that catches them all in a whirlwind of confused emotions and unexpected realities.

Sometimes, I wondered if there was ever a time when I hadn't cared about others' opinions, either the subtle ones that I'd heard through hushed whispers... or the harsher ones I'd fabricated within my own mind. If there was a way to appease the vicious hounding of my own worries as they nipped at my heels, it felt far beyond my reach. I longed for the peace of hearing something unpleasant and allowing it to rush through me without it tearing me apart. --- Bennett Oden had long ago grown accustomed to the numbing coldness of reality. He led a miserable existence at the hands of his father, but starving was all he knew. He understood how to navigate it... and how to survive on having just enough. On being just enough. Then, he crashed into Mason Locke-warmth incarnate. [Book 1 of The Rapture Series. Stand-Alone.)

Orion Manius is a 29-year-old millionaire who owns two nightclubs, and few bars in the city of angels. He's the devil in disguise. And everyone knows that the devil doesn't need anyone. right? Luciano Moreno is a broken 20-year-old man jealous of his brother for finding his soulmate before him. Still, he is also happy because he has no one to disappoint with his problems. That was until he went with his brother to a family dinner for his girlfriend that he would meet someone who would forever change his life for better and for worse. Trigger warnings: Rape mentions of it Slavery Light BDSM Daddy kink Suicidal thought

"I hate you." "Oh yea? Then why do you blush everytime I look at you?" "Its hot in hell." "Oh I thought that was just me." "As if." Forbidden love between two demons who hate each other.