For Hire (Lockwood)

Author's Note: This work is clean interracial romance. Declan will do whatever he needs to do to protect his best friend. He runs off Janessa's dates who are actually predators or ex-cons. He watches over her from afar because that's all he'll ever be able to do for her. No matter how much Declan loves Janessa, it doesn't change the fact that he has a secret he's ashamed of. Janessa is in love with her best friend and business partner Declan. She'll never be in a serious relationship with him because both of them lie for a living. How can she trust him if Declan turns to her for more than friendship? Choices for both are ripped away when Declan's past comes knocking and they're taken hostage. This time, Declan's not sure if he's strong enough to protect Janessa, and Janessa doesn't know if she can accept that Declan isn't even human.

Author's Note: This work is clean. Gerard has lived alone for many years, and that's the way he likes it. When he hears that Declan Hughes has taken over leadership of his people, he goes to see for himself. That's when his life gets too complicated. She's human, and apparently she's his mate. He wants nothing to do with humans-or her. But she's headstrong and determined to put her life in danger. He has to protect her. He has to…make her his. Lachelle has one thing on her mind-well two. She wants be a cop, and she wants a baby. She thought she was on the road to having both. Until she learns secrets about her boyfriend she can't ignore. And a man drops from the sky who makes her want to rethink everything.

Author's Note: This work is clean. Gerard had a shifter mate who died years ago. Lachelle can deal with that. She's confident about the love she and Gerard share. Their relationship has never been better-until said mate shows up very much alive! Kelly wants Gerard back, and she wants to take her rightful place as leader of the dragon shifters. What is Lachelle supposed to do when no one believes a dragon shifter can have a second mate? Gerard has gone silent. Lachelle doesn't know if his love for Kelly has revived with her reappearance or if he still loves her. She doesn't know where she belongs or what she should do. Social unrest between dragons and humans is coming to a head. Does a dragon go with their DNA, their gut, or their heart in the search for the truth?