A holiday in the Algarve, Portugal... sunshine... fun-shine was exactly what I needed. Time to be myself—time to rediscover the woman I was before the nightmares, bizarre dreams, and sleepwalking. Yet, I didn’t expect to meet Tomás Ferreira, a man made for pleasure. My heart raced with unfulfilled excitement, a fire burned in my belly, and swirling flames danced against my thighs. I was a glorious mess. Where did Tiegan Moss come from? And why was she suddenly there on the Day of the Dead, the day the door to the otherworld swung open, the day the veil was thin?

Humans are no longer alone; they have been joined by Arcanes, Lycans, and Vampires. It’s been over a hundred years since the Earth went through The Shift. Where once almost eight billion humans lived, the population now holds at four billion. But that wasn’t the only change. No one anticipated the branching of human DNA to produce new species of humans. Arcanes, Lycans, and Vampires are hidden throughout the genome, awaiting puberty before they manifest distinctly unhuman abilities.

Welcome to the Luxe Escape where pleasure is the goal, release follows restraint, and the power of surrender can change your life. I'm Sophie Lane—wallflower extraordinaire. When my best friend drags me to the grand opening of an exclusive hotel, she promises me good times and fancy hors d'oeuvres. How could I refuse? But behind the beautiful masks and glittering gowns of a masquerade ball hides a mystery far more enticing. After meeting several captivating strangers, I’m given an exclusive invitation.

Hate. Detest. Despise. These words were the only way that Adaline and Juliette could possibly describe their relationship, or lack thereof. Adaline would argue that this is because a certain she-devil has been making her life hell for the last five years. All for what? Because she was bisexual and wasn't born with a silver spoon, like every other student at Richmond Academy? Juliette doesn't need to argue, she is a Kingston, an heiress to a multimillion empire.

It should've been a dream. A new life on the coast, running a beautiful country hotel with my husband. It should have been everything I'd ever wanted. Worth every scrap of investment. A hotel business we'd sunken every single penny we owned into, only to find out there was a big chain rival opening just a stone's throw away. Slowly, day by day, the dream became a nightmare. Bills. So many bills. Sleepless nights, tossing and turning. No way out in sight. Until there was him. The man at the bar. The man with a proposition we should never have considered in a thousand years.