Marni Cooper loves her niece Melissa as if she were her own, and will do whatever it takes to keep custody of her—even get married. She has someone in mind, someone she fell hard for, someone she thought felt the same until she uttered those three little words . . .

I Love You. Nothing can make Josh Fontaine slam on the breaks faster than those three little words. He isn't the right guy for Marni, and he isn't the marrying kind. He can't promis her he'll be there tomorrow, let alone the year she needs to make Melissa's adoption final. There's too much she doesn't know, too much he can't tell her. There's no happily ever after in their future.

Can Marni convince Jos that he's wrong, that they're destined for happiness or will Josh's past finally catch up with him, putting everyone he loves in danger?

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Excerpt/Reviews

"While I enjoyed Captive Hearts, I love this story. Real Magic grabbed and held me riveted 'til the end." —Elysa Hendricks, author of Rawhide Surrender

The Guardian
Railing against the gods won't do her any good, but it might make Jelena feel better. Why would they give her protection to a murderer -- an assassin? She is to use all her magic as a Guardian to protect Drake Durand's life, worthless though she believes it to be. Never before has she done less than her duty -- she won't start now.

The Magician
Drake Durand, known in some circles as The Magician, is bent on revenge. He has found all those who participated in his best friend's torture -- except one. Nothing will stop him from obtaining his goal, not even a sexy little witch who claims to practice real magic. Everyone knows that Guardians are mere legends. Or are they?

Real Magic
Their uneasy alliance leads them to a world of magic, both practiced and perceived. But which is the real magic - the power to work spells or love?

"Credit Lissa Michaels with a rare imagination. Morgan and Ariana are characters worth knowing, and readers will find that Captive Hearts lives up to its title." —Denise Dietz Wiley, author of Dream Dancer

Taken prisoner by the Jotnar Alliance, Morgan Fontinara, crown prince of Bellariss, must escape the slave world of his incarceration to lead the rebellion he planned. He didn't count on a sexy psychic warden, nor did he plan to reach out to her in a moment of weakness, bonding himself to her mind, body and soul.
     Ariana Zoltan has no choice but to work with her Jotnar overlords, but does everything she can to ease the slaves' suffering. If that means using her powers to spot potential runners, so be it. But Morgan's psychic pleas force her to respond, wrapping her future and soul with his.
Can trust be earned between such disparate lovers? Morgan and Ariana must answer this question before they can turn their attention to defeating the Jotnar and grabbing for a life together.

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