Lukas Brenner is master of Case Pharmaceuticals' research lab. He can light a Bunsen burner with one hand tied behind his back, and even the most stubborn glass tubing bends to his will. But when it comes to women, he's a complete dud. The minute he opens his mouth, they run. That is, until the night of the company Christmas party. Allie Larson has a soft spot for the underdog, including bald cats, poodles with screeching barks.and Lukas. Who wouldn't? He's one gorgeous man but his social skills are abysmal. Unfortunately, at the company Christmas party, her best friend stops her before she takes on another project-making Lukas over into the suave stud she suspects he could be. After he quietly slips away, she figures he's gone for the night. Whoa mama, is she wrong! The chemistry blazing through Case Pharmaceuticals has nothing to do with weight loss formulas, lab rats or test tubes. Lukas' quick trip to the laboratory before heading home has sparked a different kind of chemical reaction that takes them both by surprise. The major byproduct is heat, lots of it! Earthwork By Annie Windsor Earth, 2800. The Warriors of Ais are too scarred to love. They possess. They dominate. They know no other way. Dram Wolfel with his dark hair, dark eyes, and darker temper, intrigues and terrifies Keli Dunkirk. For years, he has been her teacher in the craft of Earthwork. Now she wants to learn more from him¬maybe more than she can handle. Keli dreams of bending her knees to the most dangerous Warrior of all, giving herself to his mastery so totally that his sleeping heart might finally wake. She wants to serve his every sexual whim, no matter how dark. No matter how painful. Somehow she knows the reward will be beyond her imagination. Ghost of a Chance By Shiloh Walker More than a hundred and fifty years ago, two lovers lost each other through an act of violence so horrific, none would dare speak of it. The time is coming, though, when all touched by that night will have to revisit it. Lucas has been waiting.waiting for Katie to come back to him, to get past her fear of what happened on that night. Now she's here, reborn into the body of another woman. He saw her and knew it was her. Soon he would have her back in his arms, holding her sweet warm body against him in the cold of the night. But before they can be together, as they always should have been, there is an evil that must be faced and destroyed. Otherwise, they don't have a ghost of a chance.