L. M. Halloran

There's off-limits... and then there's your psychiatrist. They call this place Oasis, and he's the doctor in charge.He thinks he can save me. Heal me. Catch me if I fall... Yeah, right.Dr. Leo Chastain is a mouthwatering distraction. For that reason alone, I'm inclined to play his game.He doesn't know I'm incapable of emotions that come naturally to others - Fear, compassion, love...I might be a sociopath.I warned him my kind of broken can't be fixed.That the harder he pushes, the harder I'll push back.Until he's broken, too.I warned him.

The Fall Before Flight

When I meet Julian Ashburn, reclusive frontman of indie-rock legends, Breaking Giants, I do what any sane woman would do. Embarrass myself, then insult him. Because you only live once, right?Keeping my distance from the enigmatic, songwriting genius is an act of self-preservation. Julian is dangerous, a pool of kerosine to my pyromaniac. I have a weakness for broken men.But sometimes the songs we sing about family, love, and ourselves have to be rewritten in order for us to grow. Call it fate, or stars aligning, or cosmic accident, but I'm about to find out that of the two of us, Julian isn't the broken one.Standalone. HEA. 18+

Breaking Giants

Iris Eliot has survived a lot in her twenty-seven years but refuses to be labelled a victim. Now in her final year of graduate school, her dream is within reach. She's ready to put the past behind her and embrace whatever the future brings.Until the future brings him.Professor James Beckett, internationally bestselling author and award-winning poet, is the new head of the Creative Writing Department at her university. Brilliant and obnoxiously sexy, he's more dangerous than Iris knows.When Beckett sets his sights on Iris, it's not just her heart on the line, or her academic and professional careers. Surrendering to the way he makes her feel will rewrite her past.Standalone. HEA. 18+

The Muse

My name is Finn McCowen, and I want my revenge...Callisto Avellino was the heiress of one of the country's most influential families. A delicate wildflower in a bed of thorns. And the daughter of the man who killed my father.Six years ago, she disappeared.She says she ran away to escape the poison of her corrupt family. Money. Prestige. Power. Murder.We have the same agenda - or so it seems: ruin the Avellinos at all costs. If I have to put her in harm's way to get what I want?So be it.The Golden Hour is a spinoff of the Illusions Duet but is a complete standalone. HEA guaranteed.

The Golden Hour

Gideon Masters is a wild god. Worshipped for his bold paintings as much as his divine looks, he's the art world's biggest celebrity. Under normal circumstances, our paths would never cross. But when his extracurricular activities threaten a high-profile business deal, I'm forced to take him as a client. My task: keep him out of the tabloids for six months. Jobs hang in the balance.But Gideon doesn't want a publicist.He wants a new muse. As I fall deeper under his sinful spell, a lifetime of secrets and carefully crafted lies unravels. Too late, I remember the truths they protect:I am already someone's masterpiece....and the original artist wants me back.Author's Note: Art of Sin ends on a cliffhanger. Eeek! But don't worry, the duet's conclusion, Sin of Love, releases March 28th. This duet is intended for a mature audience. Although it takes place in the world of the Vision Series, it can be read as a standalone.

Art of Sin

Everything has a priceEden has an ironclad five-year plan. In three months, she's saying good riddance to Los Angeles and returning to the Pacific Northwest for medical school. Nothing is going to get in her way. Nothing... but the impossible.When she glimpses her doppelgänger at a party, the seemingly accidental meeting turns her life in a direction she never imagined, shredding everything she knows about herself and where she comes from. The one constant in her collapsing world is Liam Rourke, a man whose dark desires are matched only by his tenderness. But Liam is more than a master in the bedroom--he's a master of lies.Uncovering the truth might cost Eden her love, her family, and her life. Some things are worth dying for.Note from the Author:Double Vision is dark, romantic suspense. Before you experience the story of Eden and Liam, please take heed of the following content warning. This novel contains themes which may be difficult for some readers. These elements include BDSM, dubious consent, violence, torture, and explicit sex. 18+ only, please.

Double Vision

Stuffy heiress.Spoiled snob.Party girl.Rich b*tch.I've been called a lot of names in my short time on this earth, but I like to think I have thick skin. I keep my head down, ignore the tabloids, and devote my time to worthy causes. But no matter how much good I do, nothing and no one can fill the void in my heart. Because that's what a void is, right? A bottomless hole of nothing.Only one man has come close to scaling down the dark walls of my deepest self. We were doomed from the start--thrown together by circumstance, torn apart by uncertainty and fear. I wish I could erase the mark he left on me. My dark prince. My forbidden desire. Sebastian Bellizzi.My brother's best friend.Author's Note: The Reluctant Heiress is a companion novella. Although it can be read as a standalone, it includes characters and spoilers from The Reluctant Socialite.

A Novella

The Reluctant Heiress

Hindsight isn't 20/20.When London flees to Los Angeles, she isn't interested in making a new life from the ashes of her old one. All she wants is to survive. But with her reputation and career as a journalist in shambles, surviving alone in the city is easier said than done.After struggling for months to make ends meet, she unknowingly applies for a bartending position at an exclusive sex club. The pay is incredible--more importantly, no one expects her to participate.But at the infamous Crossroads, London finds more than an a crash course in kink. She finds a life. Friends. Laughter and excitement. And a man who infuriates her, challenges her, and mercilessly batters at the walls around her heart.Dominic Cross is everything London doesn't want. But when ghosts of the past appear with a vendetta?He's everything she needs.Author's Note: Perfect Vision is dark, romantic suspense and contains themes which may be difficult for some readers. 18+ only, please.

Perfect Vision

Two years have passed since my horrendous, soap-opera worthy split from my ex-fiancé, and I'm finally ready to give love another shot. I think. Maybe. What I'm not ready for is Alexander Hughes, a billionaire playboy with more charisma in one pinkie than my ex possessed in full. For some reason beyond logic, Alex is determined to have me - and not just my body, either. He wants to dissemble a lifetime of carefully constructed armor and shine light on what's beneath. My soft underbelly. My deepest secrets. My frightened heart. Despite my wishes, fate puts us on a collision course. Dominant, demanding, and disarmingly kind, Alex is an emotional hurricane I can't outrun. All I can do is try. Standalone. HEA. 18+

The Reluctant Socialite

GIDEONShe took me with her when she left.A day. A thousand days.It doesn't matter.She blew out the flame inside me and nowI'm in the dark.DEIRDRESuffering is the cloak that shelters. The mask that protects fragile skin. And happiness is something for thosewho have suffered less.Happiness doesn't live here,in the house of broken dolls.Only sin.*This duet takes place in the world of the Vision Series but can be read as a standalone. Contains emotional triggers and violence. HEA guaranteed.

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