When Michael, a part-time stripper, gets a full-time job in an uptight office, he's forced to navigate between the company's no-dating rule and his desire for Sandra, the beautiful sales manager.

Even true love can be cursed ... When Herman Anderson leaves home to make a better life for herself, she doesn't expect to meet a tall, dark stranger with whom she'll fall hopelessly in love. Charming and mysterious, Stephen Dagmar is a stage magician seeking an assistant. The moment he sets eyes on Herman, he knows she's the one. He brings her home to his Victorian mansion where they embark upon an extravagant romance. Yet a shadow hangs over their love. Will the curse on his family end Stephen and Herman's happily ever after, before it really begins? Amidst lace and leather, innocence and debauchery, The Magician's Curse begins the Gothic tale of The Great Dagmaru. Magic and romance await. *Winner of the 2017 Paranormal Romance Guild's Reviewer's Choice Award for Gothic/Mythology/Folk Tales

"Herman Anderson is in love. Thrilled to travel across Canada with her boyfriend as his assistant onstage, she returns to her hometown--the first stop on the Great Dagmaru magic tour. Anticipating a reunion with her brother, instead she finds her family has moved without a trace. Stephen Dagmar's career as a stage magician is taking off. With Herman by his side, his only concern is her father's dislike for him. But as Herman's father makes a prediction and resolves to come between them, Stephen's family curse returns to haunt him. Darkness descends as the reality of the Dagmar's incubus bloodline surfaces for the first time in over a generation. Can Herman and Stephen's relationship survive this new trial? Will Herman survive at all? A sinful tale of beauty and romance, love and determination, THE MAGICIAN'S BLOOD will chill you and leave you breathless for more."--back cover

The Han Solo to Luke Skywalker or the Moriarty to Sherlock Holmes. The White Witch of Narnia or the pig Napoleon. Carmilla or Loki or Black Mariah. There's more than can be listed, and and all too often, we fall in love with them: Scoundrels. Whether they're villains or rogues, merciless killers, or thieves with codes of honour, so often, they steal the show. The tight-laced lead plays the straight man or woman to their jokes and schemes. Included in this anthology are stories about thieves with hearts of gold, and adventurers who aren't so noble.