Marie Lipscomb

I'm lost in him, consumed by him. Knowing that he could snap me in half in a second, grind my bones to make his bread, thrills me more than it should. He could gobble me up in an instant. Lucky me that he just wants to eat me out instead. *** Lost on the Appalachian Trail, Jaquelyn falls head-over-heels (literally) into an ogre's lair. She should be terrified of the enormous horned monster, but he turns out to be a surprisingly gentle green giant, and soon the fact that he and Jaquelyn don't understand each other no longer matters. Sure, he may be a monster, but he's also the best lover she's ever had, and there are definitely fates worse than spending the rest of your life in a thick-monster-king's love cave. Abandoned by his clan, Crug forms an instant bond with the strange surface creature who falls through his roof. But as much as he adores her, and as good as she makes him feel, he knows cannot keep her. Before long, Crug will have to choose between his home and clan, and the love of his life. *** No Getting Ogre You is a short, steamy romance between a human woman and a male monster with a Happily Ever After and lots of happy endings. Content guidance for blood, bones, a spider, the dark, explicit monster love and swearing.

She wants to break free. He’s afraid he’s already too broken. Liz Larkin never wanted to be a rock star. After almost a decade playing the keyboard for Vixen’s Wail, she’s desperate to pursue the career she always dreamed of. As a massage therapist, Liz could make a real difference to peoples’ lives, if only she could summon the courage to leave behind the world she knows. But when she collides with a big, bearded, ill-tempered, and irresistible roadie backstage at a festival, she sees a fitting end to her rock star life. Before she tells the Vixens she’s leaving, she intends to go out with a bang. What she doesn’t expect is to find love in the form of a grumpy roadie. Jones has spent his life alone, hiding behind a sullen shield, priding himself on his unapproachable, fearsome façade. The physical pain he has suffered for years is nothing compared to the pain in his heart, but when Liz, a beautiful, curvaceous rock star, sees through his armor, he finds that the parts of himself which terrify even him, aren’t enough to scare her away. What begins as a quick backstage tryst unfolds into something far more devastating, and far more tender, than anything he’s ever allowed himself to feel. Content Guidelines : The hero of this story had a rough childhood with an emotionally abusive father and an absent mother, and deals with the aftermath of that throughout the story, including with cognitive behavioral therapy. He also suffers from chronic sciatica, for which he takes pain medication.

She came to the mountains for silence. He came to make noise. When Beth rents a mountainside cabin to focus on her art, the last person on earth she wants sharing her retreat is a drummer from a metal band. Finn is big, bearded, and tattooed, irritating and irresistible in equal measure. But when a storm forces them together, Beth and Finn soon find the tension between them is enough to shake the mountain to rubble, and that their hearts may not beat to such different rhythms after all.

She wants no strings, he wants to be bound. When Jordan finds she has a crush on her bandmate she knows she needs a distraction. Fortunately, the moment she lays eyes on a handsome stranger, she can’t look anywhere else. Étienne is gorgeous, thickset, confident, and magnetic and has the kind of face she wants to spend half her life kissing, the other half sitting on. But Jordan swore she would never fall for another musician, and Étienne is set to join Vixen’s Wail as a guest vocalist. Étienne has no intention of being a consolation prize. After rejecting her no-strings proposition, Étienne finds he and Jordan keep being drawn together, trying to navigate rehearsals and recordings while fighting their growing desire for each other. But when their relationship is put to the test, they must learn to trust each other, or watch their new found love unravel.

"I'm not gentle with you because I doubt your strength, my lady, but because I know the full extent of mine." Lady Natalie Blackmere has always dreamed of meeting the renowned champions of Aldland, especially the legendary Brandon the Bear. When at last the Grand Tourney comes to Blackmere, Natalie swaps places with a barmaid and sneaks out to follow her dreams. But when bandits besiege her town, Natalie barely escapes with the surviving champions. Alone in the woods with the man she has always admired, Natalie must keep her identity a secret and step up to become the leader she was born to be, if she is to save her people. Brandon the Bear is a champion that ballads are sung about. Or, he was. Past his prime and struggling with each new tourney, Brandon fears his time as a champion has come to an end. When the fight becomes real, he is determined to save the townspeople of Blackmere and rescue the lady who ruled over it. Though there is no love lost for Lady Blackmere, the noblewoman who allowed her town to be vulnerable to attack, and his fellow champions slain, Brandon is resolved to do the right thing. And when a beautiful barmaid looks at him with stars in her eyes, he feels like maybe he can be the hero she thinks he is. Note from the author: Content warning: This story is about two people falling in love and neither of them are skinny. On a couple of occasions, a big jerk picks on the hero for his weight. He is a jerk, and no one likes him. He'll get what's coming to him in future books. We love the hero and his magnificent bod. Also a few people get murdered. Enjoy!