A Sweetener – an additional benefit or incentive provided to make a deal more appealing.

Emma Davies, an accountant at Simmons Holdings, has her life thrown into turmoil when her CEO, her inspiration and the woman she admires most in the world, Harriet Simmons, gives her to Xander Gutiérrez as a sweetener to complete a difficult deal.

Not to work for Xander Gutiérrez, but to be owned by him. To eat what he tells her to, to drink what he tells her to, to dress how he tells her, to go where he says. And she must never ask him about his business.

Dazed, Emma has everything taken from her, and Xander drags her into a luxurious yet dangerous criminal underworld where wealth, deals and death go hand in hand.

Xander is calm, handsome, with a hint of danger. A man who reveals little of himself. A man whom Emma inexplicably has an insane instant attraction to. A man whom she, confusingly, is equally afraid of and feels safe with.

Unexpectedly, Xander makes Emma feel protected. His kiss makes her feel wanted. When she sleeps with him, he dominates her and makes her feel desired. Yet whenever Emma thinks she is becoming close to Xander, he pulls away to make clear to her he owns her.

Why?

As Emma’s feelings for Xander grow stronger, it is a question Emma increasingly needs an answer to.

Only after the hitman, El Murciélago, kidnaps Emma as leverage against Xander does she discover who Xander is and what he really wants from her. $0.99 on Kindle.

Light

When I cry on a stranger’s shirt in a club,
I’m not surprised when he haunts my dreams.
He is the first man to make me feel alive since losing my husband.
Then the notes start.
I should be afraid.
But I’m not.
And the things that he does to me.
I feel his obsession in every knowing look, every scorching touch.
When my very bad stalker turns out to be the good one of the two,
he will stop at nothing to be the only one.
To protect me.
His rainbow. His light.

Shadow

Obsession.
It crashes through me when I first lay eyes on her.
Rooting itself in my dark heart.
Holding a space in it where no one before has.
My rainbow. My light.
Drawing her into the dark is dangerous, but I must have her.
Little do I know I am not the only one.
But I don’t like to share.
And when I scorch her with my touch, brand her as my own,
there is no going back.
Sometimes, the hero you need is not the one you expect.
But I sure as hell will make anyone who hurts her pay.
And I do.

A dual point-of-view dark romance with a pierced, morally grey antihero, OTT/JP, a stalker who falls first, touch-her-and-die-a-slow-torturous-death vibe with very dark themes. This story is a standalone with no cliffhanger and ends with a HEA.

Important Note: This is a dark romance with dark subject matter. My site, https://scorchingsienna.com/, has a full list of content warnings. Please take note of these before you proceed. $0.99 on Kindle.

Bound to three, belonging to one. A fate intertwined by a choice made with the heart, the mind, or deception.

Addie

Choice.
Not something I have ever had.
Not when The Great Cleansing wiped out most of my kind.
Not when I was taken at the innocent age of ten by wolves and sold as a pet to The Vampire King, who also happens to be my mate.
And definitely not when I escape that hideous monster only to meet a beast of a different kind. The King of Werewolves. A Lycan so hot, so compelling, and the same one from my dreams, that he literally makes me glow—also, my mate.
Oh yes, and then there is the King of the Witches. Did I mention he, too, is my mate? A trifecta I never wanted and resulting in the biggest decision of my life.
You know how the saying goes. Be careful what you ask for.

Hades

I had a mate. I don’t want another one. Not after experiencing the pain of that loss.
So when a little witch, who has plagued my dreams for the last year, comes stumbling into my territory, the last thing I expect is to find exactly that.
With one touch, there is no denying what she is to me, no matter how hard I fight the connection.
When trouble comes knocking, in the form of her other two fated mates, I’ll start a war to keep her.
She thinks she has a choice, but when it comes to love, the heart wants what it wants.
Besides, Addie is mine. Mine to protect. Mine to love.
Mine.

The Lycan’s Luna Witch is a dual POV shifter romance about fated mates. No cheating. HEA guaranteed. Intended for adult readers only. $0.99 on Kindle.

Lily

You know how the saying goes: out of the frying pan and into the fire.
Just when I escaped one dangerous man, I catch the eye of another.
Except this one makes me feel more than fear.
With a bounty on my head for a secret someone is willing to kill me for, no one can keep me safe. No one but the angel of death himself. A nickname not bestowed lightly and one the Mafia Don who has taken an interest in me wears with the confidence of one who has earned it.
With each heated glance and words that heal me instead of tear me down, there is no escaping his corruption. And when the time comes, do I really want to?

Dominico

She is everything I am not. And everything I crave.
Her innocence begs me to corrupt it. When a bounty threatens to take her from me, the only way to keep her safe is by making her mine.
I set out to corrupt her, but who knew little flowers could bloom in the dark?
Now there is no way I am giving her up.
She is mine.

Corrupting Lily is a standalone dark mafia romance featuring a guaranteed HEA, no cheating, and some dark themes. If you enjoy touch-her-and-die, only-sweet-for-her, possessive alpha males, this book is for you. $0.99 on Kindle.

What happens when a Greek woman falls for a very British man — and then has to survive his family? Johnny & Me is a warm, witty romantic comedy about culture clashes, eccentric in-laws, and the chaos of building a life between two worlds. Think Bridget Jones meets a Greek wedding, with a heroine who gives as good as she gets. On Kindle Countdown Deal at just $0.99 — this week only! $0.99 on Kindle.

Red is the color of blood, sacrifice, danger, and courage. It’s also associated with heat, passion, and sexuality. When two people meet unexpectedly with an inexplicable attraction that defies common understanding…it can be called RED SIN.

Julia and Van found one another in a shaken snow globe. Stranded in a blizzard, they embraced being two individuals with no last names. The plan was to walk away from each other with no regrets—until that plan changed.

Julia’s life was delivered a staggering blow the day she discovered her fiancé’s infidelity. The night she met a handsome stranger, one who showed her the possibility of a life filled with more than the fulfillment of expectations, she took a chance.

When it comes to business, Donovan Sherman is a wolf—a bloodthirsty carnivore who leaves wounded prey and victims in his wake. He learned from the best, his onetime nemesis and now-mentor, Lennox Demetri, who showed him that opportunities are only ripe for those willing to risk it all, a lesson Donovan took to heart.

With Julia McGrath, Donovan must decide if this beautiful woman who showed him the meaning of red sin will fall victim as his prey or if after experiencing the unbridled passion, there is more that he wants.

From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a brand-new age-gap, family saga, chance meeting, contemporary romantic-suspense novel in the world of high finance, where success is sweet and revenge is sweeter.

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It’s never too late for the love that was always meant to be.When Cadie Ladd inherits a historic music conservatory in Charleston, she’s expecting paperwork — not a murder investigation. Her late aunt left one final request: hire a PI to look into her death. The investigator is Barrett Anson, the man who kissed Cadie goodbye after a high school dance and never looked back.Twenty years later, he’s more attractive than ever, and every moment they spend together unraveling her aunt’s death chips away at the walls she built to protect herself. But the truth they’re uncovering is darker than either expected, and the man behind it isn’t done yet.A slow-burn, second-chance romance for readers who love later-in-life romance, protector heroes, and high stakes. $0.99 on Kindle.

Mercy made her a martyr. Death will make her a queen.

When the inquisition condemns Ysabel as a heretic, the prince of death claims her as his own. Melkart drags her from the pyre into a realm where souls arrive broken stripped of memory and faith. His realm is unraveling. He believes Ysabel is the cause and the cure.

Cursed with a power that summons fire—and follows death—Ysabel is pulled between the mortal world that hunts her and the underworld that would claim her. At the center of it stands the man who calls her his salvation.

She should fear him.

Instead, she’s drawn to him.

But if the Inquisition doesn’t burn her first—what she’s becoming will. $0.99 on Kindle.

In a world of monsters and death, caterans keep the worlds of monsters and humans apart.

Two such caterans stumble upon a little boy. An orphan whose parents are killed by monsters. They name the boy Doyle, unaware he is destined to become a legendary and formidable cateran.

Place in the care of the blacksmith Nate, Doyle endures a childhood devoid of love and is determined to stop anyone from getting too close to him in case they die, When his mentor is killed in front of him, Doyle is saved by a young woman called Ophelia, who too would become a legendary cateran, who would become a source of anguish and happiness to him. As they begin a dance that will last their whole lives.

‘The Dance of The Blacksmith’ is the first book of ‘The Dance of the Blacksmith and the Huntress,’ an action fantasy romance

This is Doyle’s half of the tale. $0.99 on Kindle.

She hired him to rebuild her bookstore. He plans to rebuild every wall she hides behind.

Lila Brennan came to Grizzlyclaw with a suitcase, a bruised heart, and one impossible inheritance: a crumbling bookstore with an upstairs apartment, unsafe wiring, and a handwritten note from her great-aunt that reads, Make it warm again.

She can do warm. She can do cozy. She can do romance shelves, coffee, and a fresh start far from the city that drained her dry.What she cannot do is ignore Knox Hollister.

Gruff, broad-shouldered, and maddeningly controlled, Knox is the contractor everyone in town trusts, and the last man Lila should be noticing with dust on his jeans and his hands wrapped around a power tool. He gives her three weeks to get practical.

Three weeks to admit the building is too much, the dream is too risky, and she doesn’t belong in his mountain town. Instead, she moves upstairs.

Now Knox is on-site every day, fixing joists, reinforcing walls, and watching Lila turn his carefully ordered life into chaos. She’s sunshine in work boots. Curves he can’t stop looking at.

The Mountain Man’s Blueprint is a steamy small-town forced proximity romance with a curvy sunshine heroine, a grumpy alpha contractor, renovation tension, protective mountain-man heat, praise-filled intimacy, found family, and a guaranteed HEA romance $0.99 on Kindle.

“I’ll make the bastard watch me kiss you… and regret ever choosing her.”

My ex traded me in for pretty, polished perfection.
Now I’m sleeping on my best friend’s couch and assaulting my boss with cappuccino.

Then I accidentally see him shirtless.

Grayson Sparkks—ex NFL star turned CEO.
All muscles, dimples… and hot, single dad sex appeal.

But older, successful men like him don’t look twice at messy women like me.

Until his nanny quits
The board starts circling.
And the man who never loses control suddenly looks… broken.

Which is exactly why agreeing to move in for 90 days is a terrible idea.

Late nights.
Shared mornings.
One very thin wall between our bedrooms.
And strict rules about staying professional.

Then my ex invites me to his wedding and assumes I’ll be going alone.
So I lie and blurt out I’m seeing someone.

And suddenly Grayson is kissing me like he means it…
In front of the man who said I’d never be good enough.

It was supposed to be temporary. It was supposed to be fake.

But sometimes I catch Grayson looking at me like he’s one bad decision away from breaking every rule we made. $0.99 on Kindle.

My teenage son stole the wrong car… Now the mafia king I ran from is standing at my door. Fourteen years ago,  I vanished without a trace. Changed my name. Buried my past. And hid the secret growing inside me. Because Felix Donizetti was never just my first love. He was the ruthless heir to a mafia empire. The only man who ever ruined me… And the only man powerful enough to destroy me. Now he’s back. Older. Colder. More dangerous.

Draped in tattoos and ruthless power. And he has no idea the reckless boy tearing through New York…Is his son. But that’s not even my worst secret. Before I became a single mother…I was the assassin they called Nightingale. And the man Felix still mourns? I killed him. Now I’m trapped in his penthouse… Watched. Controlled. Claimed. Touched like he never stopped wanting me—While he swears he’ll burn the world down to protect what’s his. But the moment he learns the truth about his heir…And what I really did all those years ago…

The man who once loved me won’t just hate me. He’ll own me. Break me. And make sure I never escape him again.

Reader’s Note: Expect a dark, addictive mafia romance featuring a silver fox mafia king, secret son, second chance romance, forced proximity, touch her and die obsession, possessive antihero, mafia assassin heroine, hidden identity, enemies-to-lovers vibes, who hurt you energy, kidnapping/protection, penthouse captivity, secret past, revenge, betrayal, found family, he falls first harder, morally gray characters, high-stakes mafia war, protective father energy, obsessive hero, and a heroine dangerous enough to burn his empire to the ground. Expect steam, angst, violence, emotional damage, and a hard-won HEA. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Carly Brooks died of humiliation—and Georgia Blake Brooks rose from the ashes with a new name, new boots, and a forty-something-item cowgirl glow-up list.

All I want is a fresh start, a little peace and quiet, and maybe to win over my aunt’s psychotic chicken, Henrietta. What I get is a horse named Biscuit who steals my heart, a town full of nosy neighbors, and not one—but two—cowboys who complicate everything. Catching a cowboy might be easier than I thought. Figuring out which one’s worth keeping? That’s where it gets messy. Especially when secrets don’t stay buried for long in small towns—and mine has the power to ruin the only home I’ve ever wanted.

But this time, I’m not running. Not from the gossip, not from my past, and definitely not from the cowboy who might just be worth staying for. Grab this sharp, laugh-out-loud funny, and deeply heartfelt small-town romance about reinvention, second chances, and finding love when it’s least expected.

Tropes: Makeover Mayhem • Grumpy x Sunshine • Hidden Identity • Small-Town Shenanigans • To-Do List • Found FamilySpice Level: Sweet with a little heatFor Fans Of: Debbie Macomber, Emily Henry, and RaeAnne Thayne $3.99 on Kindle.

One failed bakery, one maxed-out credit card, and one totaled SUV in an Alaskan ravine. My birthday adventure is officially a disaster. I ran to the last frontier to prove I could survive. Now, I’m freezing to death. The last thing I see before the cold takes me is a mountain of a man, all beard and muscle, who pulls me from the wreckage. His name is Kade. He’s a scarred, grumpy recluse who wants nothing to do with the world, or me. But the blizzard is a whiteout. We’re trapped. The satellite phone is dead, and there’s only one bed. He growls at me to stay away, but his eyes devour my curves. He says I don’t belong here, but the word mine rumbles from his chest every time his rough hands “accidentally” brush my skin. He’s a wounded beast, convinced his scars make him a monster. He’s certain that the second the snow melts, I’ll run just like everyone else. What he doesn’t know is that I’m not running from him. I’m running to him. Claimed by the Recluse is a short and spicy standalone novella in the Cabins & Curves series. If you love a possessive, scarred mountain man and the curvy, sunshine girl who claims his heart, this one’s for you. This filthy-sweet romance includes: An obsessed alpha hero & his sunshine heroineGrumpy / SunshineAge Gapnowed-In / Forced Proximity Only One Bed Worship for her curvesOver-the-top insta-love & a happily-ever-after guaranteed! $0.99 on Kindle.