After tragedy strikes, Alla, a young slave woman, escapes from the only life she has ever known to embark on a new journey to an unknown world. Will she be able to not only pass for white, but also pass for an English governess to the Duke of Manchester? -ROUGH and UNEDITED- Copyright © 2012

Peter Holmes is a tailor in Liverpool, England. He has his eyes set on a gorgeous showgirl, Jennie Willis, who he hopes to marry someday. However, life throws him a new chapter when he comes home one night and finds a six-year old girl on his front steps. Little does he know she's his daughter of his former lover. He has two choices: send her to an orphanage, or do what his last lover could not do... -- All Rights Reserved © 2012 - do not steal, copy, or plagiarize. Story belongs to E. K. Sloyer - in editing process --

Evelyn's day couldn't get any worse, until a local news anchor drops dead in her café. If that weren't bad enough the police suspect her former drug dealing cousin as the culprit, and Evie's not someone who just sits by while her family's in trouble. Putting on her sleuth hat she's in a race to find the true killer; not an easy task considering the deceased was a total ass to just about everyone he knew. Was it his neglected wife, sick of the constant verbal abuse? His pretty assistant, tired of being sexually harassed on a daily basis? Or was it his brother, jealous of the success he could never find himself? Hell, maybe it's that strange new guy that's only a quarter-step from being a bum. If Evie thought today was a hot mess, she's in for ride of her life. Evie Harper Mysteries: Book 1

Rose McGregor flees the post-civil war south as a mail-order bride, with no other hope than to have a home of her own, a full stomach, and someone to take care of her. She never expected to find more pain and hardship than she's already suffered as her past catches up with her future. Least of all does she expect to find a love far beyond her wildest dreams in the arms of the stranger she has sworn to honor and obey.

Book one. I'd spent my entire life without a mother. But, when professors come to my father's inn, a cloaked figure known only as Sleepwalker begins to torment me with thoughts of her. When these dreams become too malicious, my father sends me off to the capital city in order to answer the questions burning in my mind: Who is my mother? And what does she have to do with my nightmares? If only the journey had been so simple.

Alena and Emile were college sweethearts. After graduation, they started their career, made their success and got married. Is this the "happily ever after" ending then? There wouldn't be a story if that was how it went. As they grew into parenthood, ran into career challenges and other stressful events in lives, could they deal with them as a couple? Or did those storm-like problems pull them apart? This is a story about faith, hope and love.

'I'm the slut that's never been kissed, he's the nerd that's slept with every girl in school. I'm the bitch that never wants to make anyone mad, he's the friend that smiles while stabbing you in the back. I'm the star of every show, he works behind the scenes. We contradict each other in every way, we make the perfect couple don't you think?' Jessica Myers and Reese James couldn't be more different. She's the popular cheerleader, the typical school bitch and he's the hottest nerd she's ever seen. They absolutely hate each other so Jessica tries her best to avoid the temptation of rearranging his face. The only problem with that? Reese loves to make her life hell, at least that's how Jessica sees it. So when the opportunity to sabotage the Nerd Boy arises, how can she resist?

Roman Sharpe, former Major in the Napoleonic Wars, has inherited the Lordship of Trevallen Manor and two little girls with the death of his brother. Dark, silent and brooding, Roman opens his doors to Emma Reid, a soft-spoken Londoner, who is alone in the world after the death of her father. The two slowly begin to discover hidden truths about their lives, their passions, and ultimately, themselves.

Lady Laurel Abbington discovers passion and desire in the arms of two men- Lord Giles Rosehaven, a dashing young marquis in whose arms she feels safe and secure. Then there is the arrogant insufferable Duke of Roxborough, Lord Thomas Grayson, who steals kisses and insults her at every turn. But appearances can be deceiving, a lesson Laurel is forced to find out the hard way.

Ophelia Masters can't seem to get this love thing correct. She wants a normal man, but they are so mind-numbingly boring, that she's given up on them, too. Then along comes Ian Fisk...a sexy-as-sin, blind artist that wants nothing more than to sweep Ophelia off her feet...and into his bed. She struggles with his attention, and he refuses to back down. Blindness isn't always a handicap, unless you decide not to see.