Bleed Blue 69: Twenty-Five Authors…One Sexy Police Station

by Anthology

  “You were supposed to come into homicide today to pick up your paperwork. I notice it’s still on your desk.”

  My jaw dropped and I stared at Esmy. “I wasn’t notified—”

  “Damn typical. Are you all the way home, Detective, or can you swing by today?”

  “I…I’m home…”

  “Damn. Well, according to my schedule you’re off tomorrow. I suggest you swing by, see me, and we can chat and then you can go clean out your old desk. You’ll be at your desk on the third at oh-eight-hundred, and you’ll be working with McMurdo. Understood?”

  “Yes, ma’am. Perfectly.”

  “Excellent. And congrats, Gianvittorio. Well done.”

  The phone clicked off in my ear, and I just stared at it. I looked back at Esmy, then back at my phone, then back at her. She looked completely confused and worried. I dropped the phone on the nightstand and crawled back over to her, looming over her wonderfully naked body.

  “Wanna fuck?” I teased her nipples with my chest.

  “Well, yes, but…”

  “I have to report to homicide tomorrow.” I grinned. “For my new assignment.”

  “Detective!” She cawed, her eyes growing wide.

  I leaned down and kissed her hard. “Maybe this year won’t be so bad.”

  Esmy smiled. “Maybe not.”

  Two weeks later...

  I felt him looking over my shoulder, crowding my—our bathroom. I gave him an evil eyebrow and turned away so he couldn’t see what was in my hand.

  “Come on, Esmy. That’s not fair.”

  “Hush, you’ll find out when I do.” I eyeballed him. “Aren’t you going to be late for work?”

  “I only had a report time that first week for my training. Once McMurdo and I set up shop, it’s up to us when we get in. We’ll have late days and early days. Miranda is insane, but a good kind of insane, and McMurdo seems like a good guy to work with. Is it time yet?” He clawed at my hand.

  “Stop!” I laughed. “Yes, it’s time. Jeez.”

  I flipped over the pregnancy test. We peered at it and smirked. “Told you. Negative.”

  “Oh.” He pulled back a bit. “Okay, you were right.”

  Through the mirror, I studied the incredibly handsome man I had a miracle second chance with. “Are you disappointed?”

  He walked up behind me and wrapped his arms around me. “Maybe. A little.”

  I raised another eyebrow and turned in his arms to peer up at him. “Really?”

  Lowering his voice, Mike sounded a bit diabolical. “I want to see your belly grow fat with my child.” He added an evil laugh.

  “Okay, never say that again.” I punched him in the shoulder.

  “Honestly, though? Yeah. Kind of am.”

  I put the test on the counter. “Honestly? So am I.”

  “Let’s get married and make babies.” Mike grinned.

  “Married?”

  “Okay, so I just proposed in a bathroom, didn’t I?”

  “Yeah, you did. Two weeks after we reconnected.”

  He waved my concern again. “Please. We fit.”

  “We do fit, and I especially like when you fit that cock in my pussy.”

  “That’s not helping me…” He grunted.

  “Ask me again tonight, in front of your cop buddies at the Crate and Barrel.”

  “Cask and Barrel.”

  “Fuck me right now, and I’ll say yes.”

  He tossed me over his shoulder and headed for our bed.

  Coming soon…

  Want more of the Bleed Blue 69 characters? Many of the authors have planned on expanding their stories! Be sure to add them to your Goodreads TBR list!

  Looking For Trouble

  by Alexis Noelle

  Muphy's Law

  by Josie Bordeaux

  Under Cover

  by Rebecca Brooke

  Rescue Me

  by M.C. Cerny

  The Roommate Pact

  by Glenna Maynard

  Off Duty

  by Kristen Hope Mazzola

  About the Authors

  Alexis Alvarez

  Alexis Alvarez writes romances that delve into the exotic world of domination and submission. Her female heroines are strong-willed women who are never push-overs, and who can hold their own in society and the workplace, but who are intrigued with the idea of kink and submission in the bedroom. Alexis writes with skill and poetry, creating worlds that are both dark and erotic and, at times, humorous and light.

  Alexis is a writer, photographer, gourmet cook, former engineer, and mom. She likes other things besides BDSM fiction, and some of them include snorkeling, lemon bars, thunderstorms, and laughing so hard with her sisters and brother that her stomach hurts.

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  Josie Bordeaux

  Josie Bordeaux is the author of the Alluring Promises series. Her romance novels revolve around friendships, sizzling attraction and steamy sex scenes. Lust, passion and love are all entwined with a lot of drama and fun-filled friendships. Josie lives in the sunshine state with her best friend (AKA - husband) and two sweet, and very creative daughters.

  When she's not driving her kids around town, she's usually clicking her fingernails on her keyboard or down at the beach where her eyes are glued to her kindle app reading.

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  Rebecca Brooke

  Rebecca a New Jersey native has had a passion for reading all of her life. No matter the genre, turning her dreams into stories for her readers to treasure is more than she could ask for. She lives with her family wishing every day could be spent in the summer sun.

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  Emme Burton

  Emme Burton is the author of the Amazon Top 100 Rom-Com/New Adult novel SNACK and the Better Than Series: BETTER THAN ME (Book 1), FIX IT FOR US (Book 2), and STILL INTO YOU (Book 3). She lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her amazing husband and sons, and her “fur boy,” Jasper. Emme has never, ever been lost in a mall either as a child or an adult. Her mother, and now her family, have always known where to find her. At the bookstore.

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  M.C. Cerny

  M.C. Cerny fell in love with books after experiencing her first real ugly cry reading, Where The Red Fern Grows. Her debut romantic suspense novel, Flashpoint was written in a series of post-it-note ramblings that would likely make her idol Tom Clancy and her mother blush. She is a post graduate of NYU, and calls rural NJ home with her menagerie of human and fur-babies. When M.C. is not writing, you'll find her lurking in Starbucks, running stupid marathon, singing Disney show tunes, and searching out the perfect shade of pink nail polish. xoxo

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  Sarah M. Cradit

  Sarah is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the Paranormal Southern Fiction series, The House of Crimson & Clover. The series was born of her combined loves of New Orleans, family dramas, and the mysterious nature of love and desire. Her books combine elements of paranormal, mystery, suspense, intrigue, and romance. She is always working on the next book in the series, and absolutely loves connecting with her fans.

  Sarah lives in the Pacific Northwest, but has traveled the world from Asia to Europe to Africa. When she isn’t working (either at her day career, or hard at work at writing), she is reading a book and discovering new authors. The great loves of her life (in order) are: her husband James, her writing, and traveling the world.

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  Chelle C. Craze

  Author of The Blue Series, with two released books and many more to come. She was born and raised in West Virginia. True to her last name, she lives life to the fullest, but can be described as a little crazy. She finds peace and comfort in the fictional characters residing within her mind.

  Her greatest blessings and inspirations are her husband and daughter.

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  Jami Denise

&nbs
p; Jami Denise is an up and coming writer from Southern California.

  She writes Romance, Romantic Suspense, and Erotic Romance.

  Her books are always on the spicy side with a little bit of sweet to make you swoon. Her feisty kittens always give the bad boys a run for their money. She likes taking risks, pushing her characters into directions that challenge the reader and take them out of their element. You'll usually find the unexpected to happen in her stories. Life isn't always pretty, and she likes to layer her words with true grit.

  She is a self-professed cat lady, addicted to coffee, Monster, birthday cake lip balm, and loves all things old,grungy,and fast. She's well versed in sarcasm, and the F-word is her favorite adjective.

  When she doesn't have her nose in a book, or fingers on a keyboard, she's spending time with family and friends, watching old movies, and waiting for the next felon to come sweep her off her feet.

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  Lisa Edward

  Lisa Edward is the author of The Songbird trilogy, the novels Ripped and Broken, the novella Duty of Care and a contributor to the collection of short stories in Hook & Ladder 69.

  While Lisa has called Melbourne Australia home for her entire life, she has lived and worked in England, and travelled through most parts of Europe and the United States. She loves nothing more than spending time with her beautiful daughter, or curling up into the early hours of the morning with a great novel. By day, Lisa works in the analytical IT field, so relishes the opportunity to foster her creative side through writing. Her deep appreciation for literature was nurtured from a young age, being taught to respect books and get lost in their stories. She enjoys reading honest and realistic novels that are relatable, thought provoking and leave a lasting impression. She can’t write without music playing, using the emotions from different songs to invoke those of her characters. Lisa takes inspiration from her own life experiences, the people around her and those she has met in her travels.

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  Mary Catherine Gebhard

  Mary Catherine Gebhard bites off more than she can chew. She's lived in Salt Lake City, Utah her entire life, but occasionally goes on vacation from reality. Don't worry, she sends postcards.

  If you're interested in reading more of Zee & Cage, she'll continue their story for free in her newsletter.

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  Z.B. Heller

  As a little girl it was always a dream for Z.B. Heller to become She-Ra Princess of Power. Since this dream was unobtainable, she spent what was probably way to long in college trying to “find herself”. Becoming an artist scratched the creative itch until the stories in her head were getting to be to loud for her to get anything else accomplished.

  She lives in St. Louis with her husband, son and Flemish Giant rabbit Chloe. In her spare time she likes to read, stalk celebraties on Twitter and create the type of art people scratch their heads about.

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  Vanessa Marie

  Always the cause of shenanigans, Vanessa is a heavily tattooed, sarcastic motorcycle enthusiast who started her career as a Jeep tech at the age of sixteen. The happily married mother of three little monsters—oops, children—lives in Kentucky by way of Las Vegas, Nevada. Once her life took a different direction—sidelined by Heart Disease at 26 and becoming a pacemaker recipient—she decided to write as a creative outlet, and Heartless was born. She realizes life can be dark clouds and acid rain at times, but her outlook on life puts a positive and sarcastic spin on it all.

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  Glenna Maynard

  Glenna Maynard is a Kentucky native with a passion for romance best known for her bestselling romantic suspense novel I'm with You and The Black Rebel Riders' MC series. When she isn't arguing with the voices in her head or drinking reader tears, she enjoys watching classic TV shows with her two children, and longtime leading man.

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  Kristen Hope Mazzola

  You want to know more about me? Well, let's see...

  I am just an average twenty-something following my dreams. I have a full time "day job" and by night I am an author. I guess you could say that writing is like my super power (I always wanted one of those). I am the lover of wine, sushi, football and the ocean; that is when I am not wrapped up in the literary world.

  Please feel free to contact me to chat about my writing, books you think I'd like or just to shoot the, well you know.

  A portion of all my royalties are donated to The Marcie Mazzola Foundation.

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  Morgan Jane Mitchell

  Bestselling erotic romance and paranormal author, Morgan Jane Mitchell spent years blogging politics and health trends before she rediscovered her love of writing fiction. Trading politicians for bloodsuckers of another kind, she's now the author of bestselling post-apocalyptic fantasy novel, Sanguis City. Her action packed series of vampires, witches, demons and zombies is paranormal romance, dystopia, urban fantasy and erotica in one bite. When Morgan Jane is not creating the city of blood or conjuring up other supernatural tales, she's dreaming up erotic and dark romances. Morgan Jane lives in the beautiful bluegrass area of central Kentucky with her husband, 3 sons, 3 cats and a greyhound shepherd mix dog named Miss Penni Lane.

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  Jenni Moen

  Jenni Moen lives in her hometown in Oklahoma with her husband and three crazy, exuberant kids who have the potential to burn the house down at any moment.

  When she’s not chauffeuring kids around town, performing her mom duties as a short order cook and maid, or vacuuming for her fastidious husband, she hammers away at her keyboard. Most of the time she's up to no good, but every now and then a new book is born.

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  Alexis Noelle

  I love reading romance books! I feel like being able to lose yourself in a book in one of the more exciting aspects. The books I love to read and write will be ones that make you feel for the characters. You should have an opinion on every character in a book. Whether you love them, hate them, or think they are up to something.

  I live in Philadelphia Pennsylvania with my husband, two kids, and two dogs. On top of starting a writing career I am a full time student, and a full time mom. I love spending time with my kids, although I have to hide the computer from them when I am writing! I love being active and being able to do any activity outdoors.

  I have always thought as an author the most important critic is your reader, so I would love to hear from you. If you read the book and loved it or hated it, tell me. As long as it is in a constructive way I will always answer and interact with you. I want fans to feel free to tell me what they want for the characters in the story and what they want to see happen.

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  Rochelle Paige

  I absolutely adore reading—always have and always will. When I was growing up, my friends used to tease me when I would trail after them, trying to read and walk at the same time. If I have downtime, odds are you will find me reading or writing.

  I am the mother of two wonderful sons who have inspired me to chase my dream of being an author. I want them to learn from me that you can live your dream as long as you are willing to work for it.

  When I told my mom that my new year's resolution was to self-publish a book in 2013, she pretty much told me, "About time!" 

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  Brandy L Rivers

  Brandy L Rivers is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She is kept busy writing the Others of Seattle, Others of Edenton, Combustible, and the Pine Barrens Pack series.

  An avid reader, Brandy has always loved writing. She became serious about it as a stay-at-home-mother. With every story her world of characters expands, pulling her new directions.

  Living in rainy Western Washington with her husband and three kids,
Brandy is already working on future stories in each of the series, and several other projects.

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  Katherine Rhodes

  Author of erotica, light BDSM erotica and paranormal erotica. Expert in the profundities of bad movies and awful literature. Armed with her Bachelors of English, Literature she has set her mind to writing erotic romances which are kinky, dirty, and fun. A lackadaisical laundry goddess, Katherine resides in Philadelphia with her husband, three cats and a betta named Fishtian Grey.

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  Emerson Shaw

  Emerson Shaw was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelors of Business Administration. She is married and has two beautiful children. Her debut novel, Acts of Desperation, was based off of a true story. She recently began a new romantic suspense series called "The Hot Pursuit Series." Straight Flushed, book one, was released on June 22, 2015.

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  Kacey Shea

  Kacey Shea is a mom of three, wife, and indie author who resides in sunny Arizona. She enjoys reading and writing romance novels as much as her son loves unicorns, which is a lot.