Susan Bliler

Ember and her sisters have known nothing but captivity, traded like commodities from one cruel captor to the next. But when a group of warriors known as the Titans rescue them, they’re forced to reckon with a new kind of threat—one that comes in the form of the brooding, dangerous leader, Adrik. Despite the Titans’ rough exterior, Ember can’t deny their surprising decency or her growing attraction to the Commander. But she can’t afford to let her guard down. Not while her sisters’ safety is at stake.Adrik is no ordinary Titan. As a rare shadow Titan, he’s dedicated his life to the service of his people, bound by duty and devoid of personal desires. Until he encounters Ember. Among the rescued females, one stands Ember’s resemblance to a shadow female—a near-mythical rarity in his species. Shadow Titans are only allowed to mate with shadow females, and the dwindling number of such women has left Adrik with little hope for a future. Until now.Caught between the ghosts of their past and the uncertain promise of a future with the Titans, Ember and her sisters must decide whether this unexpected refuge is worth the risk. But when another faction of ruthless galactic warriors offers to purchase the females, Adrik is faced with an impossible choice. One that leaves Ember wondering if he will sacrifice everything to keep her or if his duty will demand he abandon her.*This is book 1 in the Titans series. Each book focuses on a different couple and can be read as a stand-alone.***Adrik’s lips thinned into a grim line as he glared at the “cargo” being loaded onto his ship. He and his crew had intercepted a distress signal and upon boarding the damaged vessel, they’d initially assumed the ship was abandoned. They’d been wrong.Eyes narrowing on the cage filled with humans, Adrik watched as his crew carefully maneuvered the cage into the hold of his ship, the Cressida. The human hostages whimpered, and it wasn’t lost on him—or any of his crew—that the survivors were not only human but females. All females.It'd been a long time since any of his Titans had seen a female. Worse, from studies done on their home planet of Cesca Sol, Adrik and his Second in Command, Kaze, knew that Titans were sexually compatible with human females. A few Titans had even coupled with human females, resulting in hardy offspring that held all the power and intellect of Titans with the diplomacy of their human mothers.The thought of creating offspring had Adrik reaching down to adjust himself. He too hadn’t had the pleasure of a supple female body for… Gods, how long had it been?One of the females started shouting, and it pulled Adrik from his thoughts. His gaze slid from the female to Pitch.Pitch was a hardened Titan warrior. They all were, but unlike the rest of them, Pitch had an aversion to humans. Pitch had been captured and experimented on by human scientists. Adrik and his team had defied orders and had flown to Earth to rescue their brother—who’d crash-landed on the occupied planet—and while Adrik and the crew of The Cressida had reclaimed Pitch with little resistance, it had taken them a full lunar cycle to finally rescue their fellow Titan. In that time, Pitch had suffered.The same female that had been shouting earlier started in again, and Adrik’s gaze sliced to her. The fury on her face was universally understood. It made Adrik grin as he gave his full attention to his new…prisoners? Guests? He still wasn’t sure how to deal with the headache of their newly acquired “cargo”.

Arabella is the lone female officer on the Great Falls Tactical Force. To prove her merit, she volunteers for a mission that turns out to be more than she bargained for. Transported to the Crazy Mountains of Montana, Arabella’s world is rocked when she’s introduced to Keepers and their Soul Sentries. Force BlackWolf is trying to adjust to his new life in Montana. Settled in a secluded hideaway dubbed the North Fortress, Force and his brethren are relying on Skin Walkers to help them adapt. As part of that adaptation, they require training. But when the soldier delivered to the Fortress to train them turns out to be female, all hell breaks loose. Arabella becomes Force’s responsibility and in the midst of protecting her, other emotions rush to the fore, the strongest being desire.Unsure if love can even exist for Keepers, Force is willing to risk everything for his shot at a life with Arabella.***No, no, no, no, no! Nooo! Force understood what Belle was saying, and yeah, it made sense, but he didn’t want it. She was trying to keep the peace between the Keepers and the Skin Walkers because she knew trouble was already headed to the North Fortress, but how was his chance at happiness the only solution? They couldn’t separate now. He hadn’t even had a chance to make his move. Sure he’d been pissed at Maxim at first for being so stubborn, but his Soul Sentry had known something Force hadn’t. Belle was his! But now, everything was happening too quickly, and Force was struggling to keep up.Fatal had ruined everything by inviting the Skin Walkers’ enemy to the North Fortress. Force should have predicted the move. His brother wasn’t the wait around and see if trouble comes to us kind of guy. No, Fatal had earned his name by being proactive when the rest of them would rather wait and see.Pissed at himself for not predicting Fatal’s move, Force clenched his hands hard and tried again. “Belle stays with me.”Everyone turned to look at him and he knew the plea was futile. Now that Maxim had returned to him, there was no reason for Monroe to keep Belle at the Estate and there was no reason for Fatal to stay.Behind him, Fatal spoke quietly, “Priorities, brother.”Fuck Fatal! Belle was his priority!Belle closed the space between them and took up one of Fatal’s hands. “Don’t,” she pleaded quietly. “It’s alright. You have Maxim back and I’m…”Eyes boring into hers, Force asked, “You’re what?”“I’m all better.”Nostrils flaring, Force scented her. Goddamn, she smelled like home. Turning to glare at Monroe and Fatal, he gave his attention back to Belle when she squeezed his hand. “Go do what you have to do.” She took a step closer, and her expression went all business when she demanded, “Be smart. You hear me? Be safe.” With one final squeeze, she released his hand and stepped away from him and addressed Monroe. “I’m ready.”“Good,” Monroe snapped once he was back in human form. Turning to Fatal, Monroe’s tone was terse when he offered an insincere sounding, “Good luck.”King and Monroe led Belle away. Watching the departure, Force fisted his hands hard to keep from rushing after Belle. Letting her leave hurt worse than being without Maxim. It hurt more than anything he’d ever experienced, and that pain led to rage. He was pissed and he didn’t know at who.

She’s his hostage…and his mate!Brooklyn Ami is shocked to learn that she’s sick. Not just sick, she’s terminal. Dominant Skin Walker, Monroe StoneCrow, has devised a plan to save her. Monroe claims to have found her Skin Walker mate, and he intends to pair them in the hopes that the Walker DNA that spares Skin Walkers from illness and disease will provide Brooklyn the same protections. In disbelief, Brooklyn refuses, but no one says ‘no’ to Monroe. Legion Knight, a Skin Walker Sentry and pilot, has been assigned an unheard-of mission. Take StoneCrow’s Events Coordinator, Brooklyn Ami, and make her his, no matter the cost. Without her consent, he collars Brooklyn and removes her from the Estate. Holding his Angel hostage isn’t the way he’d imagined he’d claim his mate, but for her sake, it can’t be helped.*This is book 20 in the Skin Walkers series; however, since each book in this series focuses on a different couple, they can be read as STAND-ALONES.***Direct as usual, Monroe got right to the point. “Brooklyn you need to mate with him to see if he can heal you.”Brooklyn looked from Monroe to Legion, her discomfort mounting. “We can’t do that! There’s no way for you to know I’m his one. There’s no way to know this would work!” Shooting up out of her seat, she was shaking when she raged, “Angie said there’s no way for Walkers to know who their Angels are. It’s not pre-determined, it just happens! She said there’s no way to know beforehand!” Brooklyn didn’t admit that Angie was her most trusted friend or mention that she’d pressed her Skin Walker assistant on information in hopes that there was some loophole that would still give Brooklyn a chance with Monroe. Monroe kept his tone soft, almost placating as he explained, “That’s what we let everyone believe.”Eyes rounding in shock, Brooklyn breathed accusatorily, “You know? There’s a way to determine compatible mates and you haven’t told anyone?”“That is correct.”Now she was indignant not only on her own behalf but on behalf of all the Skin Walkers too.“Why would you keep it a secret?” she demanded. “Surely, it does more harm not to tell them.”“It’s a secret I’m trusting you with.”Brooklyn was shaking her head before Monroe even got the full sentence out.“This is bigger than me,” she argued. “I can’t keep this for you.”Monroe slowly stood. “Unfortunately for you, you’ve got bigger problems than keeping secrets from my people. Besides, I’ve already decided to come clean. We’ve kept this hidden long enough.”Brooklyn jabbed a thumb in Legion’s direction, “So, you just expect him to claim me on the off chance that we might actually work as a couple so he can cure me; thereby, binding us together for the rest of our lives when we haven’t even been formally introduced?”“Don’t be ridiculous,” Monroe scoffed. “I introduced you a few minutes ago.”Brooklyn shoved up out of her chair and approached to scowl up at Monroe. “And if it fails? What then? I sleep with all the other candidates you had plow through my office?”Behind her Legion growled low and deep but she continued undeterred. “All due respect Mr. StoneCrow, but I think I’ll get a second opinion on your diagnosis.