by V. A. Dold
Billie looked at him speculatively before turning to introduce her friends.
Etienne patiently bowed to each of the ladies and accepted their hands, when what he really wanted was Billie naked in his bed. He may appear to be politely addressing her friends, but in truth, he never took his eyes off her.
Her silken black hair with its multitude of rainbow hues fascinated him. His fingers itched to comb through the soft bouncing curls. The fun he was going to have when he latched onto that wealth of richness and rode her to unconsciousness had him trembling. He tilted his head, considering her coffee and cream complexion. Her pale pink blouse accentuated her suntanned skin. I wonder if she has a bikini line or if she sunbathes nude?
He was deep in his fantasy when he found himself flanked on both sides. Billie on his left and the one called Jessie on the right. They each took an arm and steered him toward the entrance of Jean Laffite’s. Holy hell, he hadn’t been in that dimly lit establishment in at least fifty years.
Billie retained ownership on his arm with her left hand as she smacked his ass with her right. “Come on, sugar buns, I’m going to let you buy me a drink.”
Etienne was speechless. No one, and he meant no one, had ever slapped his backside. Her forward behavior and rough speech both appalled him and at the same time got him hotter than he’d been in—well, ever.
He wanted to taste her skin so badly his mouth watered. Dang, he had to get this under control before his fangs extended further. The last thing he needed was for a human to see his fangs.
“Hey, Etienne has fangs just like us!” Pam yelled above the boisterous crowd in the small brick bar.
Etienne slapped a hand over his mouth. Damn, too late.
“Did you buy them for the vampire tour, too?” Jackie asked.
Amy had just opened her mouth to add her two cents when Richie walked over and grabbed Etienne’s hand effectively changing the subject.
“Etienne! It’s great to see you,” Richie said loud enough for all the ladies to hear as he gave Et a quick wink.
He knew his longtime friend had seen the disaster playing out and rushed to help him out of the jam. “Richie! What a wonderful surprise. How have you been?” Etienne said, playing along.
“Great. Really great. We’re celebrating some of these ladies graduating Tulane and moving home. Teresa here is getting married in a month, so we’re having her bachelorette party tonight as well.”
Etienne took Teresa’s hand and kissed her knuckles. “Congratulations.”
“Thank you.” Teresa fanned her face and giggled. “Wow.”
“I’d say,” Karen agreed, eyeing Etienne like she wanted a piece of him.
Richie set his cup on a nearby table. “I’m sorry to say the tour is getting ready to leave. It was great seeing you, man.”
Billie made a sour face. “If you all don’t mind, I’m going to skip the rest of the tour. I’ll catch up to you when you’re done. Just text me where to meet you.”
“Okay, I’ll let you know where we end up.”
SERIES
K.I.S.S Series
LUCAS: Prelude to a K.I.S.S.
Book 1 First K.I.S.S.
Le Beau Series
Book 1 CADE
Book 2 SIMON
Book 3 STEFAN
Book 4 THOMAS
Book 5 LUCAS
Book 6 RICHIE
Book 7 SETH (Coming Soon)
Book 8 ETIENNE: Romance with BITE (Coming Soon)
And don’t miss the follow-up
Le Beau HEA’s
CADE & ANNA
SIMON & ROSE: Mark Anderson’s Story
League of Guardians Series
Book 1 Dangerous Destiny
Book 2 Etienne (Coming Soon)
Hell Yeah Kindle World
RACE TO TEBOW
CADE
Plus-sized Anna James is finally free of her good for nothing, cheating husband. She’s in no hurry to trust another man anytime soon. Well, except for the hottie who stars nightly as the romantic hero in her dreams. It’s a darn shame he isn't real.
Cade Le Beau is a billionaire with a furry secret. But even billions can’t buy happiness. He blew his chance to meet the woman of his dreams six months ago. Dreaming is a fine way to pass the time, but he wants the flesh and blood female.
When a second opportunity presents itself, it comes with baggage. Anna’s past has come for a visit, and she’s been taken. Racing against the clock, Cade has forty-eight hours to deal with the threat and claim what’s his.
SIMON
Desperate to find his mate, Simon Le Beau joined the Marines. No matter how badly he wanted his destined female, she wasn't going to walk up and knock on his door. Maybe a bit of travel while serving his country would bring him a little luck in love.
Four years later, he returns home from deployment, stuck in wolf form. Little did he know, his mate would, in fact, show up at his family’s plantation. If only he had opposable thumbs.
Rose O’Leary is a beautiful, voluptuous woman. Raised in foster homes, she fears abandonment and avoids men. Relationships bring nothing but pain.
As if they didn't have enough problems, a secret organization is out to destroy the Le Beau family. What better way to cripple the royal family than to steal their females? And the one they hired wants Rose for himself.
SIMON & ROSE:
Mark Anderson’ Story
Simon Le Beau desperately wants two things: to help his fellow service veterans and have a baby with his beloved mate, Rose. He has no idea how to start a charity, but his friend, Mark, is just the man to help him figure it out
Rose Le Beau loves her mate, but babies terrify her. What does she know about babies? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Tragically wounded, combat veteran Mark Anderson has a lot of time on his hands. No longer able to serve his country and suffering from PTSD, he’s bored and at his wit’s end. That is, until his conversation with Simon. What had he been thinking when he offered to be one of the singles auctioned off? A date, he’s okay with. Anything more sends him into a panic attack.
Sharon Lejeune's intuition is screaming that something big is about to happen. She just didn’t expect that something big to be her mate. Who knew a shifter could purchase a mate at a singles auction?
To the Le Beaus, family is everything. Together, there isn’t much they can’t overcome. Have they finally met a situation they can’t solve?
STEFAN
Beautiful, successful, and plus-sized El suffered a violent attack that has left her hating all handsome, wealthy men. Unfortunately for Stefan, he’s exactly what she hates.
Stefan is a playboy to the extreme with one hard and fast rule: date a woman once, take her to bed, and be gone before morning.
Until El.
When he is the winning bidder at his brother Simon’s charity auction, he thinks his dream of finding his one true mate has come true. Wrong. So very, very wrong.
It’ll require drastic measures by the entire Le Beau family to make this mating happen.
THOMAS
As the owner of The Backwater shifter bar, Julia Le Beau is happy with her place in the shifter community. The only thing missing in her life is a man. Until he arrives on his white horse, she has stacks of romance novels to fill her nights. Too bad, her crazy mother doesn’t see it that way.
Thomas James’ childhood has molded him into the man is today, extremely protective and relationship shy. As the chief of security for the royal family, he has his hands full. His grandparents, Isaac and Emma Le Beau’s lives are in his hands. Women don’t factor into that other than as an unwanted distraction.
Though they are destined to be mates, the obstacles standing between them and their happily-ever-after, seem insurmountable.
Will Julia and Thomas’s happiness be snuffed out before it has a chance to begin or will they forge through—obstacles be damned?
CADE & ANNA
Attending an ultrasound for his pregnant mate, An
na, becomes a catalyst for pure chaos for Cade Le Beau. Seeing his daughter larger than life on the computer monitor sets him onto a path of foolish, but well-meaning choices.
In a state of panic, he instigates a series of disastrous projects with the help of his brothers Simon and Stefan, as well as his stepson, Thomas. The final disaster is worse than all others combined and threatens to end terribly.
As a shifter mate, and psychically linked through their bond, he feels everything—absolutely EVERYTHING. Labor is an experience no male should endure—EVER.
Why would a woman ever wish to go through this a second time? Insanity, plain and simple.
LUCAS
Krystal Le Beau has a secret—she's a psychic matchmaker. Little does her cousin, Lucas, know she’s worked her magic on him.
Lucas Le Beau’s dream of owning a ranch has come true. He thought he had everything he wanted…until the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen knocks him flat on his back. Three times!
Kensie Brown has a plan. Spend one week in God forsaken Texas to please her sister and then get the heck out of Dodge. She should have remembered that the best-laid plans often go awry. What was she thinking?
Mix one stubborn Yankee workaholic, a determined cowboy wolf shifter, and meddling family. Stir well, and you have the recipe for a wild Texas ride.
RICHIE
Four years ago, Richie met a group of Tulane freshmen when he saved one of them from a mugger.
Now the first of their menagerie is getting married.
Surprise of all surprises, Richie meets his mate, Piper, at the wedding in Missouri, of all places.
He didn’t expect her to be a bounty hunter or that her murderous prey had turned the tables and she was now the hunted.
Will Piper apprehend her bounty or will her bounty get to her first?
Can Richie save her from the death he foresaw in a premonition?
Injuries are mounting and time is running out.
SETH
Circumstances and heartbreak have driven Seth Le Beau to join the elite band of hunters. Shifters pledged to serve the Wolf Goddess, Luperca as her right hand. Meting out justice to the shifters who go rogue.
The Goddess has one last assignment she needs Seth to handle before he retires. The most challenging of his life with the highest stakes imaginable.
Sara Adams is a homicide detective, and a damn good one, too. Her brother, Grant has been murdered by a rogue and Sara will be damned if the monster sees another day.
The dangerous life and death hunt is on, and only the strongest will survive.
FIRST K.I.S.S.
What do you do when your past comes creeping back?
Now that Carol Duffy has washed her cheating ex-fiancé out of her hair, she is facing the next chapter in her life. Now if she could just get her dog back.
Moving from the only home, she’s ever known is terrifying enough. It’s a good thing she didn’t know how deadly it would be or she would never have gotten into her car.
Widower, Joe Christian has spent the last ten years raising his children as best he could and managing the Rocking Double L Ranch. Relationships and romance are off his menu.
It's just another day on the Le Beau ranch with a heady combination of romance that will not be denied.
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Dangerous Destiny
The Guild‒an order of witch hunters organized in the 1600s‒is alive and well. And they have Carolyn in their sights.
Carolyn Soucek is a witch who can see the future, all except her own. Desperate for answers she consults a seer. Her destiny awaits her in Savannah, Georgia. At least that's what the gifted psychic tells her.
Darius Drummond is a vampire sworn to protect witches from the Guild. Hundreds of years, dealing with singular witches weren't enough to prepare him for Carolyn. Now that he's found his soulmate, can he save her from the pyre?
About the Author
V.A. Dold is the best-selling author of the Award-winning Le Beau Series and the K.I.S.S series.
Prior to becoming a full-time writer, she was a publicist for authors.
Her idea of absolute heaven is a day in the French Quarter with her computer, her coffee mug, and the Brothers, of course. Or a night with a sexy cowboy in the hayloft.
A Midwest native, with her heart lost to Louisiana & Texas. She has a penchant for titillating tales featuring sexy men and strong women. When she's not writing, she's probably taking in a movie, reading, or traveling. Oh, and there is the distinct possibility she is out cowboy hunting.
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