CADE & ANNA

by V. A. Dold

  Piper’s gaze had swung to the double doors the instant they cracked open. She scrutinized the man slipping in. A relieved breath escaped the instant she got a good look at him and verified it wasn’t Qball crashing the dinner. But for some reason, the stranger raised a flock of birds in her stomach. She never reacted to strangers so strongly.

  She didn’t dare look too closely. The last thing she needed was this guy catching her gawking at him. Her aunt always said she started flirting the instant she left the womb. Flirting, my ass, she thought, shaking her head to herself. Her aunt never could tell the difference between profiling and flirting. She’d been profiling people her entire life. That was one of the reasons she’d gone into her chosen profession.

  Experience taught her the best way to guard her heart was to thoroughly study the enemy and be prepared. And that was what she intended to do.

  Too many of the opposite sex came armed with charm and playful banter. The problem was, most of the time the guy was faking it to get into the girl’s pants. But this guy looked like no one she’d ever seen. For some reason, he didn’t fit her normal profile.

  She glanced his way out of the corner of her eye as he took the empty chair at her table. His manicured five o’clock shadowed jaw was well defined, and he had perfectly sculpted lips. But it was his eyes that captured her attention, a warm brown color with flecks of gold. To complete her assessment, she forced her gaze from his face.

  Nice, he had a head of gorgeous dark brown hair. It wasn’t long by any means, just long enough to sink her fingers into. Where the hell did that come from?

  Richie was relieved to see Helen, Karen, and Billie were seated at his table. Thank Goddess, he had someone to talk to. He smiled brightly and was nodding his hellos when a delectable scent tickled his nose. He smelled the most mouthwatering crawfish boil—ever. He glanced at the woman across the round table, his breath hitched, and his heart constricted. Holding her gaze, his nostrils flared as he breathed her in.

  MATE!

  Her eyes widened, and she quickly looked around. She must have heard him telepathically and was searching for someone near who may have spoken. Odds were, she didn’t understand what she’d experienced and was suspicious.

  Frowning, she turned her attention back to the table. Then she caught herself and carefully straightened her napkin in her lap while she fixed a pleasant smile on her face. Satisfied, she managed to appear outwardly calm, she glanced up and froze.

  For the first time, she took in his entire face, where before she’d been analyzing each feature separately. The man who joined the table right before she swore she heard a voice in her head was gorgeous. Not just hot, but please God, let me strip him naked and lick him, gorgeous.

  He must be an actor or a model. She racked her brain, but she couldn’t remember her cousin, Bob, ever saying he knew someone famous.

  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

  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 wits’ 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, Anna, 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 disas
trous 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.

  Krystal's Intuitive Soulmate Service, where Krystal and your spirit guide will match you with your soulmate.

  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 USA Today Bestselling Author of the Award-winning Le Beau Series, League of Guardians, and K.I.S.S series.

  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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