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ANGELS IN LOVE

HOPE IN LOVE available now! - What does the universe do when the angel of hope runs out of hope?

A series of sexy, handsome-as-hell, winged wonders you won't want to miss!

Coming soon:

Repent in Love - Book 2

Death in Love - Book 3

"Growl and roar-it's okay to let the beast out."

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SHEPHERD’S WATCH

German Shepherd shifters--the Alsatian brothers, Ren, Wade and Max--are partners who run a protection/guard dog business...

They'll watch your back!

PROTECTED - Book 3

available now

THE GIFT

Available now at Silver Publishing

FIRE... ICE...

Celebrate the coming Holiday with both...

Rad and Crayton - the same yet different. They meet as often as possible throughout the year to be together. Christmastime is particularly special, it's when they celebrate their bonding. Mermen, one born in the south Caribbean sea, the other from the frozen waters surrounding Iceland--neither can exist for long in the other's climate.

Rad returns to his summer home in Pennsylvania determined it will be the last time. The cold has taken a deadly toll on him. Cray can go no further south, so they will have to give up their bonding celebration, and the Christmas holiday together.

Cray discovers a way to defeat Mother Nature, but it may already be too late.

The Best of the Best

July 2010:

Best Cover

Best Last Line

Excerpt:

A scuffling sound at the opposite end of the alleyway caught his attention. He spun on his heels just in time to see a man carrying someone. The growls alerted him -- the dogs were back -- and instantly, they attacked the stranger. He dropped the body against the dumpster when the animals pounced on him. Bloodcurdling screams echoed through the quiet night. Victoria was beside him in a flash, and with her fingers in her mouth, she sounded a sharp whistle.

The dogs released their catch and swung in their direction, growling. Baring their canines, a course of howls followed before they retreated back into the street. The man scrambled to his feet and limped off behind them.

Wade broke into a run, pursuing the injured stranger. He passed the body sprawled in the filth. A woman.

"Oh, my God! Jetta. Damn it, I told you this was going to happen." Stopping at the mouth of the alley, he glanced back and watched Victoria flop down beside the unconscious body. "Let him go, Wade, help me."

He was unable to change into his shepherd in front of Victoria, and it was unlikely at this hour in the morning that anyone else would stop the felon. He wouldn't forget the man's odor.

Wade's attention became riveted to the body slumped against the wall. His nostrils flared at the familiar scent dancing around his head but he couldn't place it.

Victoria ripped a piece of the lady's shirt and attempted to clean her face. His nostrils flared wider when the smell wafted up his nose. Elegant Escorts.

This woman was the proprietor of the business he used to procure the women who met his needs. Wade had never seen the owner, but her scent surrounded her office and it had always enticed him. What was she doing beat-up in an alley, and how the hell did Victoria Germaine know her? Shit, this could turn out to be a real mess. "I got her." Wade bent down and lifted her gingerly. "Lead the way to your place."

Partway down the alley, she winced and her body bowed out of his arms. Her shirt was now torn, but there wasn't much blood and there were no visible injuries. Her fists, balled in tight knots, pressed against her stomach. Trying hard not to jostle her, he lengthened his steps, hoping they didn't have far to go.

Her hair was dark and hung past her shoulders. Pale skin revealed she didn't spend much time in the sun. Her nose turned up at the tip, giving her a young, soft look. Tears stained her rounded cheeks, and he noticed a slight swelling on the left side of her jaw.

Wade couldn't help staring at her breasts since they were only partially covered by the ripped shirt. Where was the blood coming from?

The hiss of air drew his attention. Her eyes were open. Hazel green flecked with gold. Beautiful. They stretched wide with fear. A scream full of terror barreled past her lips and into the night air. He cringed at the high pitch, his gut tightening at the sound.

"You're safe." He tilted her so she could see Victoria. The scream withered away but she struggled in his arms. Wade was at a loss on how to deal with her.

"Hurry," Victoria yelled back as she rounded the corner a few feet in front of him.

Slowing his step, he whispered in the woman's ear, "Shh, no one will ever hurt you again." He stroked his tongue over her brow and down her cheek. He swept it over her lips, and his heart bumped against his rib cage. That was his shepherd. Dogs enjoyed tasting and lapping their bodies, and anyone else's.

God only knows why, but it quieted Jetta. Dark eyelashes fluttered to her cheeks and her breathing slowed. She'd passed out again.

"I'll find that bastard and tear his hands off for daring to touch you." Energy zinged through his limbs, making him move faster. Wade didn't understand what was happening, but he knew one thing. He meant every word.

GUARDED Shepherd's Watch Book 2

One stroke of his tongue and you're his forever.

Experience the true meaning of doggy-style.

Blurb:

Wade Alsatian is stuck guarding the owner of the escort service he frequents. He doesn't count on the sexy as hell woman tying him in knots and driving him insane with her mouth and body

Jetta Volker still carries scars from a dog attack. Now she's left in the care of a huge shepherd, and afraid to move in her own home. But it's for other reasons she waits for her guard to return. His scent triggers a need she has ignored far too long. Jetta gave up on men -- but she wants this one.

Breaking through barriers and accepting the scars from their past may tear them apart.

Cover art: Bryan Keller

Quench

If you dare enter this cat’s lair, you’ll give more than blood!

Alek Foress is cursed. A tiger and lion mix, he’s also infected with the vampyre bloodlust. He refuses to take a female mate fearing she’ll uncover his secret, carnal need for his prince. Then he meets Viviana, the one woman who ignites a fierce fire in his soul. She makes both cats purr with desire, and the vamp in him salivates for her blood.

Viviana, a warrior, comes face-to-face with the only creature that can turn her cold blood into a molten river. Her powers stolen, she has to count on him for everything—blood, and even her life. She becomes a wildcat in his arms, and not even royalty will stand in her way when her mind’s made up. Viv wants Alek no matter what, she’ll show him just how much man he is.

Coming soon

Uriel wants the one woman he cannot possess.

Every angel knows the dire consequence for attempting to hold power over life and death as the beautiful Fates do. Uri, the angel of repentance, isn’t worried about a brief fling for pleasure. But too late he realizes he needs more than a warm body to extinguish the flames of desire—he needs to have all of her—body and soul.

Morta burns just as hot for her archangel. It has been that way for centuries. But it can never be. She is forbidden to align herself with anyone especially an angel. After a few fevered nights spent in Uri’s arms, she knows there will be no repenting for her sin. Morta cannot let go of the only being in the universe who rocks her world.

Willing to chance even death, Uriel holds the key to the one creature that can bring them together. If he opens that door, life will cease to exist as they know it.

Coming soon

Tiger Lily of Whipped Cream Reviews said:

I know when I open a J. Hali Steele book, I’m in for a hot ride. This book

contains not only

spicy love scenes but

enough twists and turns

to keep me right in my

seat. The writing is fast-

paced and full of quips.

I laughed and cried as the characters took me on the emotional ride. Read the full Review HERE.

Cover Art: Reese Dante

The big dog can take what he wants, when he wants it... and he wants her.

Max Alsatian spends most evenings at the Seared Soul watching the only woman alive who makes him pant. His heightened senses and her alluring scent have pushed him to the edge. Now that he knows what she is, Max expects more than a meal -- he intends to take what's rightfully his.

Victoria Germaine buries herself in the kitchen of her restaurant to hide from the world. When the brooding, sexy stranger appeared, she hid what she was under a cloak of deceit. No longer able to fight her natural desires, she aches to give herself to him. She waits patiently for his arrival... he will come.

Cover Art: Bryan Keller

Closing and locking the door to one’s heart is a cold and lonely business. Max Alsatian had just done that. His hand trembled as he turned the key with a clinking sound. The two shepherds growled and scraped at the chainlinks of the pen, seeking freedom.

“Are you sure this is what you want to do?” The timbre of his brother’s voice made him look up. Ren’s head leaned to the side, his eyes squinted with concern. “She won’t like it.”

His brother had a right to be concerned. Capturing the two dogs, cowing them, had not been an easy task. Victoria Germaine would be pissed as hell. Good. That’s exactly what Max wanted. Her, so fucking mad, she’d come running. Vic was a bitch. Literally. For months she’d used that syrupy, mesmerizing voice on him and his brothers, and hid her true self under the cloaked scent of cinnamon. What made him even angrier was he had come to love the smell.

He’d spent the month since he’d discovered what she was vacillating between anger and seeking revenge. Having decided on revenge, it didn’t make him feel any better. Max felt worse. Victoria was what they were -- genetically fucked up animals. She was a shepherd with the ability to change at a moment’s notice into a beautiful woman.

The Austrian monk who had experimented with recessive traits in peas, moved on to something much more sinister -- screwing with DNA. He’d used his, mixed with that of a shepherd, and… well, here Max and his kind were. Monsters. Part man, part dog. He hoped God punished the fool when he reached the pearly gates. Better yet, maybe the Devil is roasting his balls in hell!

His shepherd pranced back and forth inside him, seeking freedom. It clawed at his insides wanting to get out for the second time tonight. Unlike Ren and Wade, Max always had total control of himself and his animal. Until tonight. Right now the only thing he controlled was the two dogs he’d locked in the training kennel. And that was tenuous, at best.

His cock flared to life as he thought about Vic’s smooth, cocoa-colored skin and her curvaceous body. She wore her light brown hair short, keeping it neatly trimmed. The style fit the woman he’d come to know perfectly. Not a flamboyant or vain bone in her ample, athletic body. Often, when following her, he’d envisioned mounting her wide, firm ass. Taking her like the animal he was. Had he only known…

The day she stood in the meadow, her brothers at her side, was the first time he got a whiff of what she really was. Something in him snapped. Her friend, Jetta had since mated with his brother Wade. In fact, had Victoria not shown up, Wade may very well have killed the man who’d stalked, and hurt his mate. Things certainly would have been different.

A snide laugh slipped through his lips causing the largest dog to snap and growl even more as he lunged at the kennel’s locked door. “You’ll learn manners, and you will bow to me, you bastard.”

The dog sat back on his haunches and lifted his head high in the air. The howl reverberated around the small room causing the smaller dog to crisscross the cage frenetically. The bigger animal lowered his head, shook his jowls from side-to-side and bared his canines at Max, growling deeply.

“Shit, he thinks he’s alpha.” Ren chuckled.

“Fuck him, fuck you, and fuck her.”

Cover Art: Les Byerly

Cover Art: Dar Albert

Cover Art: Dar Albert

Tiger Lily of Whipped Cream Reviews said:

Holy German Shepherds Batman! This was one hot story. I know when I open a book

by J. Hali Steele, I’m in for a

fantastic time. This book was no

exception. I loved the other books

in the Shepherd’s Watch series.

I was literally chomping at the bit

to get this book.

If you want a story chock full of unforgettable characters and tight plotlines, then you need to read Shepherd’s Watch: Protected. I guarantee it’s worth the ride. Read more HERE.