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  Muscles clenched around his fingers, wetness soaking his hand. Her moans became higher in pitch as she achieved her climax. The first of many, he hoped.

  As if melting, Esther’s body molded to the mattress and pillows. Pride swelled his chest as a lazy smile graced her face.

  He finally understood why some wars were fought over women. Nothing would take her from him without a fight. His cock pressed against his abdomen, demanding.

  Esther spread her knees. “Do you need a written invitation?”

  “Anxious?”

  She gave a deep laugh. “Damn right I am. I’ve wanted you since the day we met.” Reaching between his thighs, she stroked him with a feathery touch.

  A shiver shook his body. He closed his eyes, resting his forehead on her shoulder while he growled his approval.

  “Three days is a long time to wait, Rob.” Esther’s advances grew more aggressive. Stroking with both hands, she showed no mercy and stroked his cock.

  Of their own accord, his hips thrust in time. He gripped the bedding and tried to catch his breath. By some miracle, he kept from climaxing even though her hands felt so fucking great. After a few more strokes, he noticed his erratic breathing, and he sat back between her bent legs and removed her hands.

  She was perfect for him, driving and challenging him in life and in bed. He grabbed her and lifted her entrance to meet his cock. The heat of her slipped over his tip.

  She bucked in his arms, trying to push him deeper.

  He thrust inside of her.

  His name left her lips and she dug her nails into his ass, pulling him even deeper.

  Everyone in the house must have heard her. He didn’t care and thrust harder, faster, so she’d do it again. Once he started moving inside her, he didn’t care if she shouted out the alphabet backward. Secret muscles squeezed him like no hands ever could. Smooth and soft, her core enveloped him as he burrowed deeper.

  He wanted more, needed to spread his scent all over her skin so every male would know she belonged to him. His momentum drove Esther to the headboard.

  To avoid getting a concussion she sat up and grabbed his shoulders. She wrapped her legs around his waist.

  Unbelievably, he sank even deeper.

  He gasped.

  Their gazes locked.

  From the shocked expression on her face, he knew his eyes had changed color again. She always seemed taken when they became his beast’s amber. The transformation was close, only a fraction of will kept him and the beast from merging, but he’d been this close before and knew how to control his change.

  “Oh shit, Rob.” She flung her head back, exposing her graceful neck.

  Bracing her back to the wall by his bed, he bit her shoulder. Thrust after hard thrust, sweat beaded on her smooth skin and some trickled down his back. The springs of his bed squealed, and his wall creaked from the abuse.

  Esther’s cries of encouragement kept him going. They changed in pitch all of a sudden. Her secret muscles grabbed hold as if made of iron, leaving him at her mercy until he poured into her. A howl tore from his throat.

  Silence blanketed the room after his declaration. Robert kneeled and gathered his Esther into his arms. The next year would be tough on both of them. He’d just witnessed Spice’s adaptation with Eric as her mentor and he knew what to expect—a lot of chaos.

  Esther’s blue eyes met his.

  He’d love every second of it.

  The front door closed and Eric’s voice shouted, “We’re home. What’d we miss?”

  Robert glanced at the pack cellphone on his bedside table. He’d keep it and give his alphas one more day of rest. There wasn’t a problem out there he couldn’t handle.

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  Vanguards

  Paranormal Romantic Comedy

  OMEGAS

  It takes a vampire to teach werewolves how to fight. Daedalus, Nosferatu warrior, comes to Chicago to teach a group of omega shifters how to defend themselves, when he meets Sugar, their human neighbor.

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  ALPHA

  Spice, Sugar’s identical twin, returns to Chicago and is reunited with the nerdy boy-next-door Eric, who is now the alpha of the city’s werewolf pack.

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  BETA

  Robert, the second in command of Chicago’s werewolf pack, is left in command for one week. What could go wrong?

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  OMEGAS IN LOVE

  Coming Summer of 2019

  NOT THIS SERIES

  Funny Paranormal Romance

  NOT HIS DRAGON

  Eoin Grant, black dragon of New Port, has finally met his mate, but fate is a cruel mistress. Of all things, Angie Weldon thinks she’s human.

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  NOT HIS WEREWOLF

  Betty Newman was born a wolf shifter but she can’t change shape. Pack law forces them to consider her human. Broken, she leaves home and opens an animal rescue where the animal control specialist brings her an unconscious werewolf. When he wakes, Ken Birch, insists that they are meant to be together forever. Except, soulmates can’t be human. If she doesn’t find a way to shift, the packs will kill her.

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  NOT HIS VAMPIRE

  Trixie knows that shifters and magic exist. Everyone does. But no one told her about the monster hidden in the dragon’s basement.

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  NOT HIS CHRISTMAS

  SHORT STORY

  It's Eoin and Angie's first Christmas together and he wants to make it special. But his dragoness is lacking holiday spirit and wants to cancel the celebration! Does Angie think Eoin is the type of dragon to back down from a challenge? Clipping on his jingle bells and grabbing the mistletoe, Eoin is on a mission.

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  NOT HER GARGOYLE

  Once there was a girl named Ruby who gave up all hope of finding a good man. Then she met a gargoyle. Nick was a con, a thief, and a rogue. He couldn’t keep a dime in his pocket even if it was glued. Then he met a ruby. Stealing her heart was now all he wanted.

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  NOT HER ALPHA

  Chris Jenkins, alpha werewolf, wants the woman who destroyed his life dead. Then he finds her imprisoned and beaten by her own family. So, he rescues her instead. Too make things worse, her soul is bound to a grimoire of black magic and he volunteers his pack to protect the book from falling into the wrong hands. Now, Jade has to live with him. It’s the only way to keep his city safe.

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  ANGLER SERIES

  Romantic Vampire Thriller

  VAMPIRE BAIT

  Connie Bence is hired by slayers as vampire bait. She’s sent on a mission to Budapest to lure the most powerful vampire in the city into a trap, but things go wrong when the bait is snapped up.

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  VAMPIRE CATCH

  Connie Bence is back, but this time she’s in Rio and has cut her ties with the slayers. The King of all vampires has plans for her and her lover though.

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  VAMPIRE RELEASE

  Vampires don’t get sick, but something is killing Rurik.
Connie Bence is determined to save him, but the vampire nation wants him destroyed. She turns to Tane, the vampire King, for help.

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  HUNTING COLBY

  Novella taking place between CATCH AND RELEASE, where Gwen hunts down her mate Colby after he abandoned her in Rio.

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  VAMPIRE FUGITIVE

  Maggie, Connie and Rurik’s daughter, is on the run. A huge bounty on her head. Her parents have disappeared and goes to New York City seeking help from slayers. Instead, she meets the local Nosferatu badass, Mutt.

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  VAMPIRE HOOK

  Connie Bence is back! Her home is attacked and everything she had worked hard to obtain is destroyed. Her daughter is missing and so is Tane. It’s up to Connie and Rurik to find them, but they are lost in the Carpathian Mountains with no resources.

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  VANGUARD ELITE SERIES

  BOOTCAMP OF MISFIT WOLVES

  Ian’s alpha tosses him out of his car at a training camp for worthless and weak wolf His only choice is to escape. Until he runs into Clare…

  She actually volunteered for this gig.

  The work is hard. The training dangerous. Surviving is optional. Sparks fly and teeth are bared. Opposites attract they say.

  If they don’t kill each other first.

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  A TASTE OF SHIFTER GEEKDOM

  Darrell is a weapons geek.

  While all seems set for him to pass his upcoming boot camp armory exam, life quickly becomes complicated when curvy, outspoken Julia invades his personal space.

  If she doesn’t pass the weapons test, she’ll be sent home and forced into an arranged mating.

  That will happen over his dead body.

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  BLIND WOLF BLUFF

  Someone is killing young women in Chicago.

  When the FBI’s investigation stalls out, they take a risk and ask the Vanguard wolf pack for help.

  The pack sends for their trainee at bootcamp, Blain.

  He may be blind, but he’s more perceptive than most, and his skills haven’t gone unnoticed.

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  PENNY OF THE PARANORMAL

  Three days to reach the summit and retrieve the flag.

  Those who drop out go home.

  The bootcamp’s alpha asks Allistaire to protect their omega wolf, Penny.

  All they have are the clothes on their back when the worst storm of the winter hits.

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  PALLAS

  Pallas comes from the deadliest vampire clan that ever existed.

  Now, he runs a boot camp for misfit werewolves.

  Everything is coming together. His life, the pack, and their community.

  Then the police finds a corpse on his land.

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  Books by Annie Nicholas

  Vanguard Elite

  Bootcamp of Misfit Wolves

  A Taste of Shifter Geekdom

  Blind Wolf Bluff

  Penny of the Paranormal

  Pallas

  The Vanguards series

  Omegas

  Alpha

  Beta

  Not this Series

  Not his Dragon

  Not his Werewolf

  Not his Vampire

  Not his Christmas

  Not her Gargoyle

  Not her Alpha

  Their Baby Dragon

  The Angler series

  Bait

  Catch

  Hunting Colby

  Release

  Fugitive

  Hook

  Chronicles of Eorthe

  Scent of Salvation

  Scent of Valor

  Scent of a Scandal

  Lake City Series

  Ravenous

  Starved for Love

  Sinful Cravings

  Stand Alone Books

  Irresistible

  Koishi

  No Refuge

  Boarded

  For more information on coming releases go to http://www.annienicholas.com

  Published 2019

  Copyright by Annie Nicholas

  Cover design by Jake Hemmington

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  This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents and dialogues in this book are of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is completely coincidental and not intended by the author.

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  About the Author

  Annie Nicholas writes paranormal romance with a twist. She has courted vampires, hunted with shifters, and slain a dragon’s ego all with the might of her pen. Riding the wind of her imagination, she travels beyond the restraints of reality and shares them with anyone wanting to read her stories. Mother, daughter, and wife are some of the other hats she wears while hiking through the hills and dales of her adopted state of Vermont.

  Annie writes for Samhain Publishing, Carina Press, and Lyrical Press.

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