Honor, Courage, and Love

A human, a vampire, and a contract years in the making. Abused by men in the past, Marina is angry that a deal struck three years ago is still valid. Worse, she had no choice in the matter and feels she shouldn't be a part of it now. When she runs, she doesn't get far before she is caught and brought back to face marriage to a man who is more than he's led others to believe. In the first week of marriage, Marina realizes the man she married differs from any man she has ever known. If she is brave enough to pursue it, she has the chance to create a new life.To keep from losing everything he'd worked so hard for, Blake made a deal. One stipulation, added by two who wished to see him fail, was marriage. But since he had a hundred years to fulfill the contract, it did not concern him. However, time advanced, the contract was coming due, and his intended bride's disappearance put a kink in his well-laid plans. Finding her and marrying her was the easy part. Tearing down the walls and showing her that he was nothing like the ones who hurt her was the challenge. With hearts at stake, will love prevail?

One simple kiss leads to a fight for their lives!Elayna works a dead-end job going nowhere. Barely scraping by, kicking out her loser boyfriend, and just making rent is compounded when her creepy boss takes an interest in her and decides to pursue her. To make matters worse, she witnessed a man die in the back alley while taking out the trash. But the icing on the cake is when she finds herself kissing a stranger in the same back alley. How is this okay? Now she must fend off her boss, dodge her Ex, and stop thinking about the sexy man she locked lips with! But running isn't all it's cracked up to be, and when the borrowed car dies, she ends up in a home with two who have secrets of their own. Icilio is called by his frail uncle to help with a little problem. In return, his uncle will receive something that will cure him, thrusting them into a world hidden from most. But what was supposed to be a simple clean-up job, turns into something more when a beautiful blonde witnesses the death, throwing Icilio's organized world into chaos. And when she vanishes, he hunts her down finding that not only does his uncle's world exist, but so does another-and this world is closing in fast. Is a simple kiss in the alley enough to defeat it, or will they have to join it? Stand alone/HEA