Böcker av Joey W. Hill

Part One: When Robert found Ange bleeding in an alley, he employed him in his vintage toy store as an act of charity. Months later, as Christmas approaches, he still has many unanswered questions about Ange, but one thing is clear. The eccentric young dancer is determined to offer his thanks-and himself-to teach a brokenhearted Master how to open his heart to love again. Part Two: Yet even as Robert embraces Ange's eager submission to him, the mystery of Ange remains. Something nearly destroyed him and his ability to cope in the outside world, long before he arrived broken in Robert's alley. Robert resolves he will find out the truth and help his sub heal. Ange brought light to Robert's life again; as a true Master, Robert will make sure the power of their bond heals them both.

Ending up in a wheelchair wasn't part of Rory's plan. But Daralyn, a family friend with a horrific past, needs a Master who can help her thrive in a world that terrifies her. Her desperate need to trust, her eyes full of hunger for what love should be, are keeping him up at night. He's determined to be the Dom to give her that. Strength is in a man's will, not his body. No matter what, she's going to find everything she needs in his arms.

One woman in love with two men. Why choose, when she wants them both? Samantha is in love with her roommates, Geoff and Chris, and she's sure they feel the same way. She's also pretty sure Geoff is a sexual Dominant who wants to claim both her and Chris for his own. Yet the two men have been best friends since childhood, and that friendship keeps them frustratingly hands-off toward her and each other. She wants to respect their code of honor, but she craves deeper, more primitive reactions from them. Driven by her own submissive desires, she'll tease Geoff's Dominant side to life to see if her naughtiest wishes can become the love of a lifetime, with the two men who are everything her heart desires.

"I love how this woman can BRING IT with both steam and emotion, my favorite combination for my "keeper shelf"! --Author Angel Payne After 40 years of being what everyone needs, Athena is going for what she wants. Retired Navy SEAL Dale Rousseau is at the top of that list. While Athena was her late husband's Mistress, it was an act of service. She craves submission.As an experienced Dom, Dale knows learning to let go isn't that easy for a sub. He'll need to push this strong businesswoman and power caregiver out of her comfort zone. He's spent his life taking charge--but suddenly he finds taking care of Athena is the most important mission he's ever been given.

Brendan is protective, caring, and sexy. He's also a dedicated male submissive, and Chloe is not a Domme. But when she calls him during a late-night panic attack, she pulls the trigger on their simmering attraction for one another. She's afraid of not being what he needs, but Brendan will show her what a power exchange really means. Especially between two people who won't live without one another.

Lauren wants a man willing to stand by her. She also wants him willing to kneel at her feet. Then she meets Josh, the caretaker at an island retreat. He's protective and strong, but the gift of his natural submission has been damaged by a past act of cruelty. To win his trust, she needs to uncover the secrets behind his stormy eyes. But to do that, she has to tear down his defenses and make him give her everything.

Mac Nighthorse, homicide detective, alpha male, and built like an oak, doesn't fit the male submissive stereotype. Nevertheless, that's what he is, though none of his co-workers know it. When he goes undercover at a BDSM club to find a killer, his path crosses with Violet Siemanski, a petite Mistress who can command him with the mere brush of her fingertips across his broad chest. Violet has her own secrets, but as they get closer to who is killing male submissives, she's crystal clear on her top priority. She won't let anyone take Mac from her. Unfortunately, he'll burn the world down to keep her safe - even if he loses his life doing it.

Big and bad enough to be any girl's nightmare-or her best dream ever... Beyond your grasp. Those are the three words that come to mind, every time Ella sees Wolf at Club Atlantis. He earns the term Master, in and out of scene, yet there is something deeper and darker about him. She wants to dive into that abyss. Wolf sees the yearning. But the submissive he ultimately claims will become his servant, soul-bound to him for all eternity. Ella is a natural submissive, with an endless desire to please. She's perfect for the role, really. Except Ella is a gift he doesn't deserve. However, vampires are wired one way-to take what they want. Even Wolf isn't strong enough to resist his nature...

Marius has all the things a Mistress could want in a one-night-sub encounter. Hot body, loads of charm and a willingness to get her off in any way she pleases. But Marius has a dark side. When he takes it too far, he's kicked out of The Zone club with only one way back in-Lady Regina. Regina sees something in Marius. He doesn't know what it means to be truly helpless to a Mistress, but he needs it, more than any sub she's ever encountered. But Marius's pain, the secrets behind his bad behavior, will drive her into perilous territory. Bringing him back to the Mistress's control he craves will be the fight of her life.

A successful theater manager just turning forty, Julie comes to North Carolina to get an erotic performance theater on its feet. Desmond Hayes is the roofing contractor hired to repair the rundown building. He's also a rigger, well-known in the BDSM world for his rope artistry.Des has been fighting the odds against him all his life. Though he knows he may be asking too much of her, Julie's free spirit is a match for the fierce determination of his. He's not letting that treasure get away-no matter how much rope he has to use to bind her to him.

"...a heart wrenching look into the soul...mind blowingly awesome..." Tyler has pushed past Marguerite's shields, and now he faces the terrible secrets behind them. When the dangerous truth brings peril into their lives, Marguerite proves she possesses a terrifying courage that surpasses anything he's ever witnessed. However, her soul is far more fragile. To keep it from being shattered forever, she'll need a Master whose strength and courage matches her own. [Note: Mirror of My Soul is the Part Two conclusion of Tyler and Marguerite's story, so Ice Queen is recommended as prior reading.]

Special operator John "JP" Pierce has an embarrassing obsession. He's in love with a myth-Medusa. "Mad Merlin" Maddock doesn't think that's crazy. He believes in powers stronger than men or gods, a connecting energy like the oceans. Healing a broken heart could create a ripple effect in the universe impacting all, even if that heart lives in the alternate dimension of folklore and myth. JP is the first Maddock plans to send across those lines to bond with the woman he's always wanted. JP agrees to be his guinea pig for two reasons. One, Maddock is so damn convincing, and two, the need for her has tripled since he met him. If Maddock can send JP into Medusa's world, he'll do whatever is needed to become the Master, lover and protector she needs, offering her the love she's always deserved. He just has to avoid being turned into a lawn ornament first. What the readers are saying... "There is a real-life relatability to Hill's stories and the characters who inhabit them, even in the presence of a fantastical setting; something that is its own form of magic..." "Hill captures my heart and mind with a new version of a beloved tale...breathtaking and heartbreakingly beautiful..."

"Hill always brings you the beauty of the human heart, and I love her for it. She writes hope." They call her the Ice Queen. At the exclusive BDSM club known as The Zone, Mistress Marguerite is a legend. Tyler Winterman is her male counterpart, one of the club's most powerful Masters. Though he respects the hell out of Dommes, he's convinced Marguerite is a "switch," her soul aching to submit to the right Master. Uncovering the truth will strip their souls, revealing needs deeper than either expected. But Tyler will risk body and soul to give his troubled angel everything she needs.

It's a night for adventure, for pushing the limits. Well, breaking them actually. Stacie can't believe she's stolen her escort's Porsche to go back road joyriding. But damn, it feels good to cut loose from her life for one precious night. It's just her lousy luck she catches the eye of an off-duty cop. Just her luck, indeed. Being reprimanded by Lieutenant Jake Chance, the sexiest man she's ever seen, makes her want to break a few more laws. She's going to throw caution to the wind and see if she can seduce her cop to go over the limits with her. Way over.If Jake Chance is willing to hold her in his arms, Stacie knows she'll have a memory to last her a lifetime. She just wishes dawn would never come, because when it does, she'll have to let him go...Also includes a bonus Christmas short story, Snow Angel!As a teenager, Constance used sex as a shallow substitute for the intimacy and love she craved. Fifteen years later, she whispers her deepest wish into Santa's ear at a Christmas benefit, only to discover he is someone who was part of that embarrassing time of her life.Sam Coble always wanted to get to know the girl behind the reputation. Since this Santa has a soft spot for naughty girls, he plans to give Constance everything she ever put on a Christmas list...and then some.

A fragile woman stops to admire a dress in a mall window display, and a sensual stranger convinces her to try it on... Meg's heart is so raw, she believes she can never heal. Until she meets Daniel, a man who not only believes he can ease the pain of her past, but that Meg can live again if she can only learn to let go. In today's demanding world, the idea of relinquishing control to another has a dangerous appeal. Can a stranger's condition of submission be the key to one woman finding her wings again?

She doesn't believe in love.He doesn't believe in dating. Celeste was a society columnist when she derisively dubbed Matt Kensington and his men the "Knights of the Board Room." Now a news blogger working a far more dangerous beat, she knows her scorn conceals a deeper longing, but being a smartass is who she is. Take it or leave it. Leland Keller, a Baton Rouge police sergeant, isn't put off by her brat side. He'll prove he can be what she believes doesn't exist-a Master she can trust to take control.

Kaela has a secret. She's a strong female vampire--with a burning need to submit. She wants to belong to a Master, and definitely not a vampire Master, who will use the advantage for political or emotional domination. A vampire's human servant is property, plaything, pawn-and the only living being a vampire can trust. Though she may own him, body, heart and soul, a human servant keeps a vampire from feeling alone in her dangerous, political world. But what kind of human male will consent to becoming a vampire's servant, a 300-year life of utter servitude, to be her Master behind closed doors? An invitation to the mysterious pleasure island of Eden offers her the chance to discover her elusive hero...and indulge the bliss of surrender....

The heart is a threshold science can't cross...In the vampire-servant relationship, the vampire holds all the power. Being Lord Brian's research assistant as well as his servant, Debra accepts that, but she craves her Master's heart. When Brian notices his servant's unhappiness, he uses methods they both understand to prove just what belonging to him fully means.

The white-collar life Jonathan Powell created for himself is gone. After a five-year prison sentence, he has to start over. No more hooking up with Dominant women so he can screw with their minds. But then Mistress Dona shows up to give him a ride from the prison, and she's everything he can't resist. Dona knows she has to help Jonathan make the right choices this time, because Hell doesn't offer options. He has to understand and accept what surrender truly means. His only hope for salvation is a Mistress of Redemption.

Mark is a reclusive Dominant who confines his sexual interests strictly to the online world. On his routine afternoon ferry ride, he meets a woman who rouses the Master in him, and the line snaps between the virtual and real worlds. She begs for him to take her over, and bring them both fulfillment and healing. He wants to refuse her, but he finds himself agreeing to spend one day with her. It's a mistake, because the anger he holds inside is fully capable of destroying a soul as rare and beautiful as Nicole's. But no Master, not even one as strong and disciplined as Mark, can resist the offer of a submissive who wants only one thing - to be his forever.

After too many failed relationships, Gen has accepted being a single thirty-something. But then she meets Mistress Lyda and her sexy male sub, Noah. Not only do they revive her longing for the connection she thought had passed her by-they redefine it. As Mistress Lyda and the intriguing Noah guide her into the world of Domination/submission, Gen discovers a new way to love-and live.

Sometimes desire works three ways... Gideon Green is a hardcore vampire hunter with a scarred soul. Then he crosses paths with the owner of Club Atlantis, Mistress Anwyn. Though Gideon submits to no one, their connection is immediate and intense. But she has a silent partner--the vampire Daegan Rei. When Anwyn is viciously attacked and turned by a rogue vampire, Gideon and Daegan join forces to protect her through a dangerous transition. As the bonds between the three of them draw tighter, Gideon faces an unbelievable truth...that surrendering to the desires and needs of two vampires might be the road to his salvation.

It's 1941, and Nina is with the Australian Army Nurses Service in Singapore. What happens to her when the city falls to the Japanese will shatter Nina's soul. But life seems determined to give her more than she can bear. When her sister dies in a car crash, Nina is informed that she must take her place as an Inherited Servant, a human bound to the vampire world. She will be given to Lord Alistair, a vampire who sees Nina as his property, to do with as he pleases. Even as she fights the decision, the ways in which Alistair commands her surrender lead her to a terrifyingly different understanding of her will and her dreams. By binding herself to him, can she become whole again, but in a way she never expected?

Entrusted to her care, Elisa has fought to protect a handful of vampire fledglings horrifically turned as children. Then, one terrible night, their uncontrolled savagery takes more from her than she thinks she can bear. The vampire mistress she serves, Lady Daniela, is going to put them down, a ruthless act of mercy. But Elisa begs her not to do that. For what was lost that night to mean something, the fledglings must be given one more chance. His name is Malachi, a Native American vampire who is a legend for his work rehabilitating feline predators. With his primal understanding of the rules of survival, he is the fledglings' last hope-and the key to keeping Elisa from following them over the edge if they are past help.

As Anwyn learns to navigate the dangers of the vampire world, it forces her servant, former vampire hunter Gideon Green, into an uneasy alliance with one of the most terrifying vampires he's ever encountered: the mysterious Daegan Rei. It's clear the three of them must learn to trust each other. But as boundaries between them erode and vulnerabilities surface, Gideon realizes he is no longer the man he thought he was--changed by a strange and unexpected bond with two people he can't survive without...both vampires. Note: Vampire Mistress, Part One of Daegan, Anwyn and Gideon's story, is recommended before reading Vampire Trinity

Sworn to obedience, compelled by loyalty and love... Jacob entered Lady Lyssa's service as a human servant. Now he is a vampire, but still bound to Lyssa, who struggles with the burgeoning powers in her paternal Fae blood. All while challenged by new enemies in the Fae and vampire worlds. The Vampire Council has threatened to take away Lyssa and Jacob's newborn son. The Fae Queen has ordered Lyssa to appear before the Otherworld court. While the Fae have nothing but contempt for vampires, Jacob will follow his lady into hell itself. No one-neither Fae nor vampire--will compel him to break the oath he made to serve his vampire queen forever. Note: Lyssa and Jacob's story kicked off the Vampire Queen series. Books 1 and 2, Vampire Queen's Servant and Mark of the Vampire Queen, are therefore highly recommended before reading Bound by the Vampire Queen.

Centuries ago, Lord Uthe was a Templar Knight. Now he serves on the current day Vampire Council. Despite the volatile and highly sexual nature of the vampire world, he honors the spirit of the Rule. That effort becomes far more difficult when he catches the attention of the Fae Lord Keldwyn, liaison between the Council and Fae Court. Keldwyn challenges Uthe's emotional isolation and dominant nature. When a quest from Uthe's past requires Keldwyn's help to protect both their worlds, Uthe will have to decide whether the Fae male is a gift from God to be cherished and trusted, or a curse that will make Uthe fail the Order he promised to serve all his life.