Pride Not Prejudice: A Romantic Charity Collection Celebrating the LGBTQIA+ Community

Pride Not Prejudice JENNIFER ASHLEY KERRIGAN BYRNE RUBY DIXON CAMILLE DUPLESSIS MILA FINELLI KRISTAN HIGGINS AMALIE HOWARD PIPER HUGULEY ROSALIND JAMES DARYNDA JONES MIRA LYN KELLY KIM LORAINE KATHY LYONS CLARE REBECCA MCCARTHY JANNA MACGREGOR HILDIE MCQUEEN SARA NEY ROBYN PETERMAN ERICA RIDLEY CYNTHIA ST. AUBIN APRIL WHITE All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be sold, copied, distributed, reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical or digital, including photocopying and recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without the prior written permission of both the publisher, Oliver Heber Books and the authors, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The Price of Lemon Cake Copyright © Jennifer Ashley Invincible Copyright © Kerrigan Byrne When She’s Shy Copyright © Ruby Dixon The Kraken and The Canary Copyright © Camille Duplessis Mafia Brute Copyright © Mila Finelli To Be Fair, They Were Pleather Copyright © Kristan Higgins Lady Waverly’s Lover Copyright © Amalie Howard The Sweetest Chocolate Drop Copyright © Piper Huguley Escape to New Zealand Copyright © Rosalind James Billionaire and the Beast Copyright © Darynda Jones Dirty Dare Copyright © Mira Lyn Kelly Drive Me Wild Copyright © Kim Loraine Werewolves save a Kitten Copyright © Kathy Lyons Always Love Me Copyright © Clare Rebecca McCarthy What Lovers Do Copyright © Janna MacGregor Caelan: Guards of Clan Ross Copyright © Hildie McQueen Potential New Girlfriend Copyright © Sara Ney Johnson Jones’s Diary Copyright © Robyn Peterman Her Princess at Midnight Copyright © Erica Ridley Love Wins Copyright © Cynthia St. Aubin The Inspector and Mrs. Mac Copyright © April White Published by Oliver-Heber Books 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents The Price of Lemon Cake Jennifer Ashley Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 About the Author Invincible Kerrigan Byrne Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 About the Author When She’s Shy Ruby Dixon Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Epilogue About the Author The Kraken and The Canary Camille Duplessis Author’s Note Chapter 1 About the Author Mafia Brute Mila Finelli Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 About the Author To Be Fair, They Were Pleather Kristan Higgins Chapter 1 About the Author Lady Waverly’s Lover Amalie Howard Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Epilogue Author’s Note About the Author The Sweetest Chocolate Drop Piper Huguley Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 About the Author Escape to New Zealand Rosalind James Author’s Note Escape to New Zealand: Past Characters Appearing in This Book 1. Nowhere to Run 2. Nowhere to Hide 3. Cold as the River Tyne 4. Obviously Gay 5. Strong as Oak 6. Stakeout in the Parking Garage 7. Fine for Penguins and Bonobos 8. Cavuto Nero, Sixteen Dollars 9. Ruining the Cashmere Jumper 10. Not How We Do a First Date 11. The Daddy of Your Dreams 12. He Toa Taumata Rao 13. Change of Plan 14. A Bad Idea All Around 15. A Hard Bargain 16. Everybody Fronts Up 17. Seeing Stars 18. Splinters 19. Not Quite Hallmark 20. The Man 21. Easy Come, Easy Go 22. Anesthetize My Heart 23. Stand Your Ground 24. The Auld Enemy 25. A Murmuration of Swallows 26. Epilogue Explore More About the Author Billionaire and the Beast Darynda Jones Chapter 1 About the Author Dirty Dare Mira Lyn Kelly Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 About the Author Drive Me Wild Kim Loraine Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Epilogue About the Author Werewolves Save a Kitten Kathy Lyons 1. It’s Raining What? 2. Don’t Meet Your Idols. They Remember Every Time Your Offering Sucked 3. Some Things Don’t Shrink in Water 4. Why Do Aliens Care about Assholes? 5. And the Winner of the Wet T Is… 6. Deal? What Deal? Did Someone Make a Deal? 7. When Is a Diary Not a Diary? 8. Werewolf Captain America? 9. One for the Money, Two for the… Holy Hell, What’s That? 10. Warm Kitty, Soft Kitty, Little Ball of Fur 11. I Thought I Saw a Pussy Cat 12. Wild Thing. You Make Me Sing 13. Who’s on Top? 14. Bob Barker Did It Better Epilogue – Why Business Trips are the Best About the Author Always Love Me Clare Rebecca McCarthy Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 About the Author What Lovers Do Janna MacGregor Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Epilogue About the Author Caelan: Guards of Clan Ross Hildie McQueen Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 About the Author Potential New Girlfriend Sara Ney Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Epilogue About the Author Johnson Jones’s Diary Robyn Peterman Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Epilogue About the Author Her Princess at Midnight Erica Ridley Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3