Passion

No connection. No acquaintance. In one night of passion with no expectations, strangers become intimately acquainted. Will one night of lust turn into their happy ever after? Is it simply lust or could it possibly be love at first site? A collection of short stories: four couples, one day, twenty-four passionate hours. "Strangers" is created by Stephanie Walls, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

A forced excursion to the bottom of the world could only end in one way. Disaster For Fantasy Oliovenko, a young and beautiful State Department Agent, life was swiftly becoming one emerging horror stacked upon another and yet to her own horror the last of her spiritual tests in an uncertain future was becoming more of a possessing passion than it was a pain to bare. He'd come from the forest to save her. He meant to mate her – own her – utterly possess her. Sometimes the hardest part of giving into the path that God has for one makes no sense at the moment of its emerging inception. For Fantasy the struggle to believe is as hard as her inability to surrender and yet life while it remains gives ample time for both. Time is ticking though, and the rapacious bite of monsters that take no prisoners are ever eager to take advantage of a fool's demise.

His voice purred in my ear, while his touch trailed up my neck, causing goosebumps all over my skin and giving my body a surprised jerk. “What we share is not love. It's madness and an addiction that'll ruin us. In life or death, you're forever mine.” At Iris' first taste of freedom, she wants more. Being a mateless virgin at twenty-one was taboo in her world. She fakes her age, joins a competition, and just like the other contestants, hopes to win Unknown to her, Adonis's soul is surrounded by a dangerous fire, one that could either ignite her passion or consume her. Will her quest for freedom and love lead to her salvation or her undoing? Read on to find out.

Sienna Harlow and Asher Vaughan were so much in love until one-night fate ripped her away from him... Asher vows revenge for her murder and becomes an active member of Shadow Crawlers association, the supernatural-owned agency that deals with supernatural crimes. Three years later, Shadow Crawlers is investigating a case of mass abduction, fifteen teens, all virgins, abducted from their home in less than two weeks and a supernatural is behind the crimes. The evidence lead to a vampire connected to several cold-blood murders, including that of Sienna's and Asher has a mysterious stalker of his own. Will Asher save the abducted teens before it's too late? Read this dark story of love, passion, and revenge.

Samantha Benson, an 18-year-old starting her freshman year of college. She is not bright, far from being a prodigy, but she is dedicated and responsible, or at least she was until she moves in with her stepfather and his son, Nick. When she arrives at that house everything changes. Someone changes her and everything she thought was the most important thing, ceases to matter. Nick would turn her world upside down. What if someone destroyed all her dreams? What if someone took away her lifelong habits, everything she had worked for and turned it into mere passion and desire? It would devastate her, tear down her world and create infinite possibilities. Samantha is going to discover what it is to fall into the depths of her mind and also what it is to rethink a thousand times what she knows, and all for love.

Sydney Soriano is a daughter that every parent would dream to be their child — responsible, caring, intelligent, kind, and everything you can ask for. Her carefree life ended after an incident that changes her life forever. Her mom suffered from a stroke, which puts Sydney in a complex situation that leads her to drop out of school and take all the responsibilities as the eldest sibling. Then she met Tycen in an online dating app called “Tinder," they spent 3 months talking through the app until they decided to exchange Facebook accounts. He helped her adjust to her new life, persuade her to go back to school, and pursue her passion which is writing, but Sydney didn’t know that she would fall for him, and little by little, Tycen fall for someone else. The time she was ready to confess her feelings for Tycen, Tycen introduced his new girl. She decided not to confess and root for his happiness and cut ties with him. Months passed she met Hade — the desperate rich ghost beside her bookshelf. He proposes a good deal with Sydney and will do everything to repay her kindness if she helps him return to his body. As she begins her investigation about Hade together with Jarred. Everything seems to bring her back to Tycen. She unveiled a story that throws everything she believed into question. And now Sydney is ready to face everything without running away. She's ready to take risks to see wherever it leads her.

Handsome, sharp, and newly wealthy from an investment, Richard Underhill is qualified to enter a secret and very restricted gentleman's club, Aphrodite. Only a handful of selected men is adequate for entry into the gates of a world full of beauty, passion, and desirable women. And one of these women catches Richard's heart in a beat. But there is one catch...  Candice. Aka. Harlee Moore is Aphrodite's highest-paid worker, and she is a pro at seducing the men, but her motto states; you can look, not touch. After locking eyes with a certain gentleman one night, (a very handsome one,) Candice knows that she needs to protect her heart at all costs; because he makes it very clear that he wants her and he is getting very hard to resist. But Candice closed the door to her heart a long time ago; vowing never to trust another man ever again.

Elisabeth Callaway needs to save her reputation as a wedding planner when a bride runs away on her wedding day. In order to make sure everything is set right, she agrees to replace the runaway bride and wed the groom who happens to be Alex Hale, a billionaire who knows how to play his cards right and is greatly feared by everyone. This same man happens to be her ex-boyfriend, her only nemesis, one she had sworn to never meet again in her life. They both decide to set up a contract agreement between them to make it all professional. As time goes by, the two of them begin to blur the lines, and the flames of sizzling passion between them begin to burn brighter and hotter. Will they be able to fight years-long attraction to each other or part ways when the contract ends? Alex for sure has his secret plan and Elizabeth… well, she has her fears to face.

Bella existed as little more than a servant, her worth reduced to scrubbing toilets and enduring the whims of Jace, the Alpha's privileged heir. But when fate intervenes, revealing Bella as Jace's destined mate, the game changes drastically. Jace, accustomed to taking what he wants without consequence, is blindsided by the realization that Bella is meant for him. As the mate bond ignites a fiery passion within him, he's forced to confront his own shortcomings and the depth of his feelings for the girl he once saw as disposable. Yet, winning Bella's trust proves to be an uphill battle, the scars of her past interactions with Jace running deep. Even as he pledges his love and devotion, doubts linger—can she ever truly forgive him? And even if she does, can they carve out a future together in a world where power and pack politics threaten to tear them apart?

Follow the compelling story of Rylee Coker in “A Surrogate for the Billionaire” a young woman sold as a surrogate for a billionaire, who thrusts her into a world of luxury and power. However, as she walks through the difficulties of her arrangement, she's drawn to her benefactor‘s brother, which causes her to have some unexpected feelings. A compelling tale of love, sacrifice, and the hazy boundaries between duty and passion, Rylee is forced to confront her true desire because she is torn between duty and love.