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In the final installment in The Haunting Of Room 13, betrayal and deception in a time when the Cape Colony was mostly wild and untamed, turns the life of one young orphan newly arrived by ship into a nightmare. The hinterland is sparsely populated and law and order is an illusion rather than a reality. A warped and wandering tale unfolds in front of people concerned with unbearable pain suffered in a far-off manor where love is supposed to blossom. A love triangle, a secret baby, and a triple murder conclude the haunting. Happy events are announced, to prove that love does sometimes conquer...

What skeletons fall out of the closet after the dust of a rushed wedding settles? Twenty-two-year-old Eloise falls in love at first sight with Dane, the sexy businessman. Their encounter seems like a fairy tale when Dane proposes to her just a few weeks later. The caveat - they have to marry within the month. Barely knowing each other for two months, they tie the knot at the Enchanted Dream Manor, fulfilling Eloise’s childhood wedding dreams. Crazy in love, they leave for their honeymoon in the idyllic Maldives. But Eloise soon discovers the meaning of the adage "marry in haste, repent at...

Caught on the mountain by a thunderstorm, Jasmin shelters in the cabin owned by her company. Soaked to the skin, she'd just use the dryer and be gone before the weekend occupants of the cabin return, and hopefully the rain will have stopped by then. And then the worst thing that could happen happens. They come back sooner than she hoped. Two men and a woman burst through the door. The owner of the borrowed nightie demands its return and insists on punishing the trespasser. Trapped in a mountain cabin with strangers, what form does the punishment take? Cabin Fever is a complete, erotic ...

Holly is a divorced mother of two, struggling to see her children because of her ex-husband's new wife. Meanwhile, Joshua has been waiting for his fiancée, Nicole, to marry him for four years, but she can't seem to commit. Desperate for a solution, Joshua answers an ad for a marriage of convenience - no strings attached, posted by Holly's friends. But neither expected to encounter a ghost with an agenda. As they navigate the complications and unexpected feelings that arise from their arrangement, Holly has to also resolve the ghost's riddle, and together, she and Joshua have to face the ...

Can ghostly interference help a relationship develop, despite self-imposed restrictions? Reverend Paul Weber takes it upon himself to discover what exactly happened at the Enchanted Dreams Manor in the past so that he can help the ghosts find peace in death. But he is out of his depth because he has no experience with ghost hunting. Lisa's professional expertise is creep, and she has been on a few ghost-hunting teams. Flamboyant and outspoken, she volunteers to help Paul with his task. The attraction between Paul and Lisa is instant. But, because of his duties, Paul maintains a strict hands...

Assumptions are invariably incorrect Unknown to Rubi, the handsome and mysterious guy she met at a wedding seems adamant to show her a good time. After her discovery that she had never been legally married, and assuming that Nathan has no interest in the opposite sex, Rubi is grateful for the diversion. But an exhilarating motorbike ride returns them to the Enchanted Dreams Manor where they met. Too bad neither of them is aware that their destination is haunted, and the ghosts aren't thrilled about having them disrupt their ongoing torment in room 13. Regardless, Nathan seems to want to ...

Time might not be as linear as you think. Jessica James, the nanny-on-trial, thinks she figured out where Roxanne is, but if she is correct, Roxanne can never come home. In Jess' theory, Roxanne walked into a trap there is no escape from. Jess has to find a way to make Ben understand that his wife is lost to him for good. The visions confuse her, because it seems that Roxanne has a life without Ben. The sisters try to prove that Ben's marriage to Roxanne had been based on a lie. The revelation shakes him to the core, and he loses all faith in women. The child is regressing developmentally, ...

Finders Keepers - An Almost Gothic Love Affair In a time when women were disposable, a young woman is sent off into the wilderness to be married to a stranger. The year is 1749, October 31, All Hallows Eve. What she finds on her arrival is enough to make her skin crawl. Limping footsteps, blood-curdling screams, smoking torches, and a house on a cliff... A man she only sees in the dark, his breathing labored behind a mask. All she wanted was to be respectfully married, to be mistress of her own home, and children - not to have her baby as good as stolen from her body! In the words of the ...

Time might not be as linear as you think. Jess feels like an unwilling voyeur, spying of the life of the woman who visits her in visions. Yet, she needs to know what happened in the past to make sense of the present. The more immersed she becomes in their heartache, the more she wants to know. The child’s developmental regression progresses, and the nanny fears she may never recover. Ben, convinced that the sisters’ influence is to blame, demands that the sisters leave, immediately. But they will only go only when they are good and ready. Millicent has shocking revelations about her ...

The Enchanted Dreams Manor is special. It is a remote wedding venue run entirely by ghosts. Not that the guests are aware of this. At least, not until it is too late. Piper arrives at the manor in the middle of nowhere for her sister’s Gothic-themed wedding. Eloise must have lost her mind. The venue isn’t idyllic or dreamy; it’s spooky and looks like it belongs in a horror flick. Yet the maid of honor soon realizes she has bigger problems than a creepy hotel with questionable staff and no electricity. The bane of her teenage years, Marcus, is the groom’s best man! Piper is going to ...

Not even powerful magick can keep away an obsessed vampire from the woman he craves. Sophia's world is turned upside down as she feels the seductive pull of two enthralling men: Jared Walters, the father of her unborn child, and Zanephyn Heardt, the man she still believes herself in love with. But beneath their respective charms lurks an unspoken truth that threatens to tear her world apart. Is Zane really the vampire killing innocent women for their blood? Can she trust Jared, or is he just another pawn in a dangerous game? With these two men fighting for control of her life, will she ...

He killed her! He drank all her blood and killed her! Vampires aren't real, and neither are dragons supposed to be. Both are a thumb-suck by one of Hollywood's own, right? So what happened to Harriet? Can a dragon and a vampire create a new life together? Apparently, they can! Everyone knows that creatures from different species can procreate only if they are true mates. Benji, a vampire and married to Mariah, a dragon shifter, insists that she is only his wife, not his mate—even though they are having a baby together. Blinded by his obsession with someone else, Benji's libido refuses to ...

A witch, a vampire colony, a dragon shifter, and one little hotblood... She doesn't belong there. She is just an ordinary 26-year-old girl with no special talents or superpowers, except for an affinity for sick animals. Yet, suddenly, because she liked a guy she knew nothing of and wanted to explore her options for a future with him, she finds herself in a vampire colony with no way of escape. Her friend abandons her, leaving her at the mercy of his brother, who just happens to be the most gorgeous man she has ever seen. She could not have foreseen what awaited her.

Vampires, a dragon shifter, a vampire witch, slayers, and an irresistible proposition. Suzanne hooked up with Abe for one reason and one reason alone—he had a proposition for her she could not resist. For the plan to work, they had to live with his clan in Victoria, which not only brought her into Leila's orbit but also under his formidable father's influence. The vampires in Abe's clan were not like the ones in the Tasmanian colony. They had odd traditions and values, and their clan dynamics made her feel very much like an outsider. Leila tried to drag Suzanne into her latest scheme, ...

Four days! Four days left of the trial, but she couldn’t do it. Ned won, and she had lost. Nicole had been in Ireland for almost a month and she’d had enough of Ned’s rules and his big spooky house. Ned’s demands were beyond her capabilities. No smoking, no wine, no intimacy, all the while expecting her to be nice to everyone? How could she be nice when her nerves were shot? How could she trust Briana’s friendship when she reported everything Nicole said and did to Ned? She couldn’t allow Ned to turn her into Holly.

Holly thought she had it all - a new husband, a beautiful home, and the means of getting her children back in her arms. Newly married, Holly discovers a connection between the ghost haunting her and the people around her, and she realizes that danger lurks in the shadows. With the help of her enigmatic husband, Joshua, Holly must unravel the mysterious plot against her before it's too late. But as their passion intensifies, so does the threat to their love and their lives. Can Holly trust Joshua completely, or will his past tear them apart? Don't miss the second installment in this ...

A vampire who doesn’t want to be one is dangerous to the woman who loves him. Relationship therapist Sophia Benning is ready for love. When she meets Zanephyn Heardt, she believes she has found the perfect man. But Zane harbors secrets he carefully keeps from her—his predatory nature and the fact that he craves her blood. Zane has found a way to cure himself of being a vampire, and he needs Sophia’s blood, even though he knows she might not survive his plans for her. He misleads her into believing they are a normal couple in love. But Sophia is not alone. Magickal forces work together...

Is true love enough to keep a vampire from killing the woman he craves? When Sophia returns to Cape Town after she'd fled the city to escape both confusing men, she firmly puts her feelings for both Zane and Jared behind her. Zane had been institutionalized and would remain so for a long time, and Jared's duties had taken him away indefinitely. Yet, when Zane shows up on her doorstep out of the blue, he rekindles the flame that never quite died. Against all odds, Sophia agrees to his marriage proposal--a decision that could cost her life. Several people, including a vampire hunter, work ...

Who says Santa can't have a Christmas wish of his own? Santa's love life is a mess, and he has one last chance to get it right. At twenty-three, Audra’s only wish is to find a partner for life. When everything else fails, she has the crazy idea of looking for Santa Claus and asking him for a man for Christmas. Ross has been Santa for a long time, almost as long as he’s been looking for the love of his life who died ages ago. When he finally finds her again, it turns out she has a wish of her own, which might be all he needs to get her back and fulfill his own wish--to have a child with ...

How do you move on with your life when your dead husband wants to control you from the grave? Lawrence can't find peace in death. He hangs around the house he lived in with his wife, trapping Rachel in the past without her even realizing it. Until her friend Jane arranges an unusual 30th birthday gift for her - a night with a professional seducer. Trip is hotter than hot, happy with his life, and what he does for a living. He is intrigued because he has never been anyone's birthday gift. He doesn't believe that Rachel only wants to talk about his profession. But Rachel wants someone of her ...