To a hungry vampire the smell of blood is intoxicating and the taste is pure ecstasy. The hunt is quick and the meal savored. For an older vampire with control such weaknesses no longer rule their existence. When that control is tested, however, by blood that cannot be ignored, weakness is the least of their problems.

The moment she looked into the man-slayer's eyes, she knew that the danger he posed was greater than the fact that he could kill her. Will they be able to soothe each others emptiness? Or will they be consumed by the conflicts hidden within their hearts?

-COMPLETE- His eyes seemed to swirl from hard metal into a pool of molten, golden magma. "Sometimes there is only one solution," he said huskily, and what composure Kaoru had left diminished entirely. He was no longer talking about killing, and Kaoru was sick to think of what his words actually meant. He was finally claiming her, and she knew that it was far too late to escape him.

Kaoru was fully content to pretend that she didn't see ghosts, or demons or other critters while struggling to keep her father's dojo afloat. She had no idea that the gift Sano would give her would turn her life upside down. But sometimes the unexpected can just turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.Even if you end up having to survive a struggle for power first.

After a bargain for her freedom goes awry, Kaoru finds herself bound to her cousin's husband. She is taken to his country to save her life. However, an old danger awaits... BK

When Kaoru takes a museum tour she doesn't expect to get lost. Nor does she expect to bleed on a dry fountain or awaken a dead garden. However getting claimed by the Battousai estate, and its master, is a consequence she comes to both dread and long for.

One Earth Priest who is attempting to right the wrongs of his past. A young woman desperate for answers. Toss in a mischevious mountain, a raging blizzard, and an isolated cabin, and they might find the answers they need are more than they bargained for.

Legends speak of a fearsome creature living on the forbidden mountain. Escaping to its domain, one woman will discover just how real a legend can be. 2005 RKRC romanceWAFF runner up.