A Calling of Souls

by Pepper Espinoza, Jamie Craig, Vivien Dean

Samhain Publishing

Contemporary Romance: Anthology, Sensual: Anthology

July 7, 2009

ISBN-10: 1605043133

ISBN-13: 9781605043135

Available in: Trade Size

A Calling of Souls
by Pepper Espinoza, Jamie Craig, Vivien Dean

If All The Sand Were Pearl by Pepper Espinoza (originally published 09-23-08 in e-book format)
Love...or freedom?

As a youngest son, Jag Martin has eagerly walked a life-long path toward the priesthood. Then his once-great family falters under a mountain of debt. Their only hope—marry Jag off to an appropriately wealthy suitor.

Brace Rivers desperately wants more than just a short fling. However, his economic and political reality makes finding an appropriate male partner next to impossible. When the Martin family offers Jag's hand, it's a dream come true. But his suspicions mount that the young man is being forced into an unwanted marriage.

Compassion wins out over loneliness, and Brace offers Jag a pearl ring valuable enough to both save his family's fortunes and give him freedom. There's just one thing Brace wants in return—twenty-four hours together.

Brace can only pray it's long enough to convince Jag that a life together is worth more than all the pearls in the sea.

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No Fear In Love by Jamie Craig (originally published 09-30-08 in e-book format)
One night, no defenses...

Weston Scott is happy with his simple, quiet life in a small English village. Yet he is haunted by deeply closeted yearnings, a secret he has shared with only one person. His best friend, Mark. As a constant reminder to guard his own heart, Weston wears an emerald ring on his hand.

Mark Goudy has a secret of his own, one that drove him to live far away in London rather than betray his best friend's trust: He's always been in love with Weston. Now he's back, but not for a friendly visit. Mark's through denying his emotions.

And if he can manage to slip that ring off Weston's finger for one night, he's sure things will change. For both of them.

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Walk Among Us by Vivien Dean (originally published 08-26-08 in e-book format)
The only man he can trust is the killer he can't stop thinking about.

As an artist in New York City, Calvin Shumacher finally has the life he's always wanted. In fact, only one thing can get him to come back to Illinois—his father's funeral. All he wants is to bury his dad and hightail it back to New York, but a sniper at the graveyard puts those plans on indefinite hold.

So does Matthew Soto. The gorgeous gunman who speaks of monsters wearing human faces. And predicts there won't be a body for police to find.

Calvin doesn't know what to think when Matthew claims he didn't do anything wrong. All he knows is that this man's haunted eyes seem to pierce right into his soul.

But as each of Matthew's assertions comes true, Calvin slowly realizes this killer could be the only thing standing between him and an unspeakable evil...

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Pepper Espinoza's Bio

Pepper Espinoza has published several books with Liquid Silver Books, including The Zebra Wore Fishnets and The Zebra Wore Red Stockings, Amber Quill Press, Whiskey Creek Press, and Samhain Publishing. She currently lives in Utah with her husband and two cats. She hopes to complete her Masters degree in Literature in May, 2008.

Ms. Espinoza also collaborates with Vivien Dean, and they publish as Jamie Craig. Together they have Amber Quill Press bestseller The Master Chronicles, and The Silver Series with Juno Books.