I hated the military…and now I’m an alien’s pet!

I hated the Terran military. I didn’t volunteer, either. Like so many others, I was drafted as cannon fodder in the senseless Terran war against the Algonquans. Not like I had much of a future ahead of me, though, without a rich family to pave my way or even pay for me to have a wife.

Now, my entire ship’s been captured. If what we’ve been told about the alien race is true, I’ll never be seen again. I hope they don’t eat me.

Turns out the truth is far different than we were led to believe. The Algonquans aren’t vicious, insectoid monsters, either.

We’re now their pampered pets…and they’re using us to help replenish their population to win the war.

You know, maybe this isn’t the worst life after all.

This standalone MMMM, sci-fi romance features humans as aliens' pets (and more), m-preg, a touch of power exchange, and…interesting alien tech. This book was previously published under my Tymber Dalton pen name. It has been revised and expanded for re-release.

This wasn't in the contract.

Simon Quigley had no idea what to expect when he agreed to do this for the money, but the eight-foot-tall pink alien isn't what he was expecting. For starters, Simon's straight.

And Mohrn isn't a girl.

The contract? It's unbreakable.

It's going to be a long five years...

Book 1 in the Maxim Colonies series. This sci-fi/space opera romance features a male human and a non-binary alien paring, a "mail-order bride" for hire trope, m-preg, aliens who look like aliens, smol and tall pairing, and a guaranteed HEA!

This Halloween, the vampires come out to play. 

 Nine brand new romances starring the dark ones and the innocents they claim. 

Come, if you dare. Join the ones succumbing to temptation.

It's All Souls’ Night. 

Time to play.

All Souls' Night is an anthology of nine BRAND NEW vampire romance novellas by Renee Rose, Lee Savino, Alexis Alvarez, Arial Burnz, RJ Gray, Ines Johnson, Vivian Murdoch, Lesli Richardson, Brenda Trim and Zara Zenia. Each story standsalone. Happily ever after guaranteed! 

MEET THE CHIEF: Behind every good man is a real bastard.

Behind every good man is a good woman. That's what they say.

They're wrong. Even my wife would agree.

The truth is, behind every good man is a real bastard—that would be me.

I knew from the day I met Owen that the only way I'd ever get him was to make sure I took whatever it was he loved and wanted most and hold it so close to me that he couldn't help but come with it.

He did.

And now…now there are people who want to tear the three of us apart.

I'll die before I let that happen.

I am Carter Wilson, chief of staff to the governor of the great state of Florida.

And, according to him and my wife, a bastard extraordinaire.

Book 3 of the Governor Trilogy. This MMF contemporary political romance features friends to lovers, GFY, a secret workplace romance with high political stakes, power exchange, wounded heroes, a cinnamon roll hero, an Alpha hero who will kill to protect his loved ones, and a guaranteed HEA.

MEET THE LIEUTENANT: She never comes in second.

I never come in second—that's just how my daddy raised me.

Except now, I find myself willingly choosing exactly that—being second. Publicly, I might seem to serve at the governor's pleasure, but that's nothing close to the truth.

He serves me at mine. Especially the pleasure part.

We both serve my husband, Carter. Or, as Owen dubbed him long ago, the bastard extraordinaire.

I never knew what I was really getting into when I met Owen and Carter. Maybe it's better I didn't. Maybe I would've run away if I had.

Boy, how I love him. Both of them. Somehow, they make being second okay. And in eight years?

It'll be my turn.

I am Susa Evans, lieutenant governor of the great state of Florida.

Book 2 of the Governor Trilogy. This MMF contemporary political romance features friends to lovers, GFY, a secret workplace romance with high political stakes, power exchange, wounded heroes, a cinnamon roll hero, an Alpha hero who will kill to protect his loved ones, and a guaranteed HEA.

(Book 3 in the Bleacke Shifters series.)

[MF, paranormal romance, wolf shifters, Alpha heroine, geek hero, IR with secondary characters]

There's a Bleacke wind blowing...

Dewi Bleacke is the Targhee wolf pack’s Head Enforcer. As little sister to the pack’s Alpha, her older brothers have demanded she has a froufrou formal wedding. Dewi’s only consolation is that it’ll be a double ceremony, with Beck and Nami saying their vows, too.

As they prepare to head to the pack’s compound in Idaho, Enforcer Joaquin Carlomarles shows up at Dewi’s front door. Dewi had assigned him to Mexico to get him out of her and Beck’s fur, but now he has the head of a drug cartel on his tail, looking for revenge.

With orders to bring Joaquin to Idaho, Dewi and the others set off. Then an unexpected mating throws yet another monkey wrench into the plans. That’s when danger finds the Targhee pack, forcing Ken to extremes he never dreamed for survival. Keeping himself and Nami alive in the Idaho wilderness might even require help from an unexpected source, as answers to old tragedies are delivered on… A Bleacke Wind.

(Book 5 in the Bleacke Shifters series.)

It's beginning to feel a lot like...baby season.

With the Targhee wolf pack growing, Dewi's dual responsibilities as Head Enforcer and head of the expanded Pack Council are beginning to weigh on her nearly as much as her pregnancy. But it's beginning to feel a lot like the Bleacke family can't do anything the easy way. When a family Christmas vacation at the pack's Idaho compound goes sideways in completely unexpected directions, Dewi will need every ounce of patience she has not to banish half her family to the doghouse. Literally.

(Book 6 in the Bleacke Shifters series.)

Impending fatherhood is doing more than ruffling Ken’s fur…

Being the “geek grazer” husband of a female Prime Alpha wolf who’s also the Head Enforcer of her pack isn’t the easiest gig in the world, but Ken’s adjusting to his new life. The fact that his brothers-in-law are also the Pack Alpha and the pack’s second in command doesn’t exactly lower Ken’s stress levels. Now that Dewi’s pregnant with their first child, Ken’s doing his best not to feel overwhelmed.

Easier said than done.

Except Ken’s more at home with computers than Pack Musters and wolf politics. Unfortunately, now the Pack Alpha has tasked Ken with a nearly impossible assignment—trying to help the brothers and their mates keep baby-sister Dewi’s surprise baby shower a secret.

A wolf hasn’t just met his mate…but his match.

Dewi Bleacke’s life is complicated enough, between settling in with Ken, her new vegetarian mate, being the Targhee pack’s Head Enforcer, and trying to manage daily responsibilities running the extended pack council there in Tampa.

Oh, yeah, her brothers insist on a formal wedding.

But when long-time friend and Enforcer partner, Beck, finds his mate during an operation, Dewi feels guilty that he has to let her go or risk the completion of their job. She makes it her responsibility to help Beck track her down.

Looks like the headstrong Namiyah Drexler won’t be easy to get along with. Until Nami’s family gets in trouble, and she needs Dewi’s help to save them. Adding insult to injury, Nami teams up with Ken to help plan the shifter wedding of all weddings.

Dewi would rather face a drug gang than wear a froufrou dress…or, she just might have to do both. 

(Book 2 in the Bleacke Shifters series.)

[MF, paranormal romance, urban fantasy, wolf shifters, Alpha shifter heroine, cinnamon roll geek hero, HEA]

"Where do you get your ideas?"

And what happens when the well runs dry?

If you spend any length of time writing fiction, it eventually happens to all authors—you hit a wall in your story and you aren’t sure what to do next.

More accurately, you don’t know what your characters are going to do next.

Even if you outlined your story within an inch of your characters’ lives, now your book’s bottomed out and blown a tire on a plothole in the center of your writing road, and you’re stuck at midnight in the middle of nowhere, in the rain, with no cell coverage and no help in sight.

So to speak.

Or, worse, you’re losing sleep over a looming deadline and panic’s setting in.

Now what?

Let’s blow some sh*t up!

Or…not. But yeah, we will. We’re going to blow the sh*t out of your writer’s block and get your story back on track.

Maybe you’re just starting to work on your book and need some ideas of what tortures to inflict on your characters.

Hello, friend! You’re also in the right place.

This book isn’t a generic list of possible plot points and story prompts scraped off Reddit’s AITA sub. It’s a blueprint for you to use regardless of your story’s genre—whether you’re writing a short story, a novel, a play, or a screenplay. It’s a guide to teach you how to change your plot’s flat tire, puzzle your way out of your problem, give the finger to writer’s block, and keep readers turning pages all the way until THE END.

Award-winning author Lesli Richardson—and her USA Today Bestseller pen name Tymber Dalton—has penned over 200 titles and counting in diverse genres from mainstream science fiction, to urban fantasy, to romance. Learn her tips and secrets to plotting your way through your writer’s block without ripping out what’s left of your hair…or drinking your poor liver into safewording!

MEET THE GOVERNOR: He kneels for only ONE man.

I kneel for only one man—Carter Wilson, my best friend, chief of staff, and bastard extraordinaire.

It's a price I willingly pay to be owned by Her.

His wife.

Who is also, as of when we were sworn in this morning, my lieutenant governor.

I am Owen Taylor, governor of the great state of Florida.

Book 1 of the Governor Trilogy, and the book that kicks off the entire "world" that this and other trilogies are set in. This MMF contemporary political romance features friends to lovers, GFY, a secret workplace romance with high political stakes, power exchange, wounded heroes, a cinnamon roll hero, an Alpha hero who will kill to protect his loved ones, and a guaranteed HEA.