Kade
Companion wanted for an old and ornery card player.
All I want is a clever person to play cards with at night. No funny business. You sleep in your bed, and I’ll sleep in mine. Must be clean, quiet, sober, and willing to go to bed at a reasonable hour. A preference will be given to applicants who can play cribbage and gin rummy.
Sure, Kade wouldn’t normally consider a position as a companion for a polar bear shifter sentenced to a life in the oil fields of Alaska’s North Slope. But he’s broke. And the pay is good.
He doesn’t expect the “ornery card player” to be so handsome. Or sweet.
Before long, Kade wishes some “funny business” was an option. Especially when he goes into heat two weeks early...
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Heron Manor Series:
Omega from the Ocean
An MM Retelling of The Little Mermaid. With dragons.
Merman Jack is a terrible virgin sacrifice. Mostly because he isn’t virginal. At all.
Hopefully the Sea King won’t notice.
For Jack, the human world has too many wonderful temptations, and too many alphas to resist. He only has two months left before he has to give himself to the Sea King, and he doesn’t want to spend them in the cold, dark catacombs where the Mermen of Rixton live. It may be forbidden for Jack to go to shore, but when did that ever stop him?
Peter is a terrible dragon shifter. He can’t figure out what he’s supposed to collect for his hoard. Without his hoard, he can’t do any of the important dragon-shifter things, like take his dragon form or find his fated mate. After years of losing his lovers to their fated mates, Peter’s feeling his age, and he’s tired of being alone.
When Peter sees a beautiful merman on the beach, he thinks he’s finally found his fated mate. Jack falls hard for Peter too, but he knows they can’t be together forever. If Jack doesn’t show up on the day of his sacrifice, the Sea King will kill his father and take his brother instead.
Will the love between a terrible virgin sacrifice and a terrible dragon shifter be enough to change their fate?
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Standalone:
Of Paper and Wood
TROY
To inherit the family fortune, I must marry a woman. But first, I get one night of passion with a man.
I just wish I could share it with someone who would treat me more like a lover than a customer.
After all, it’s my first time. My only time.
PARK
Alesto Markin sics his werewolf lackey on anyone who can’t pay him back. One bite, and my life as I know it will be over. My only hope of paying off my staggering debt is by selling something I never planned to sell.
I just didn't expect the man who hired me to be young. Or sweet.
I certainly didn’t expect to fall in love with him.
Of Paper and Wood is a sweet love story of two men who share many firsts together in the most unexpected of places. In a world of wands and werewolves, where their fate is either rags or riches, being together could cost them everything.
While Amy Bellows normally writes books set in the omegaverse, Of Paper and Wood is not. You can still expect magic, humor, and a big HEA.
Amy Bellows Trope Cheat Sheet
Omegaverse nonshifter books:
Nerds Who Knot Series
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Omegaverse shifter books:
The Alaskan Pebble Gifters Series, Heron Manor Series, Expensive
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Egg births:
The Alaskan Pebble Gifters Series, Omega from the Ocean, Expensive
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Daddy kink:
The Bookmobile Baby, An Egg for Ansel, A Home for Ben, A Handkerchief for Kade, Omega from the Ocean, Expensive, The Heat Professor (has D/s but no Daddy kink until bonus short story)
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Age gap:
The Bookmobile Baby, The Heat Professor, An Egg for Ansel, A Handkerchief for Kade, Omega from the Ocean, Expensive
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Friends to lovers:
The Bond-Cut Omega, A Pebble for Lewis
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First time:
A Pebble for Lewis, A Home for Ben, Of Paper and Wood, Expensive
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Sex workers:
The Bond-Cut Omega, The Heat Professor, A Handkerchief for Kade, Of Paper and Wood, Expensive
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Nesting:
The Alaskan Pebble Gifters Series, The Bookmobile Baby, The Bond-Cut Omega, The Heat Professor, Expensive
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Lace underwear:
The Bond-Cut Omega, An Egg for Ansel, A Mate for Lu
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Interracial:
The Accidental Everything, The Heat Professor, Of Paper and Wood
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MMM:
A Home for Ben
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Books that explore gender queer themes within the omegaverse:
The Bookmobile Baby, A Home for Ben, A Mate for Lu
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Single dads:
The Accidental Everything, The Bond-Cut Omega, A Mate for Lu
Acknowledgments
First, I’m so grateful to have this lovely cover designed by Natasha Snow. It’s absolutely perfect.
Thank you to my editors Susie Selva and Reese Morrison. And my proofreader, C.A. Silver.
A huge thanks to my beta readers: Nicole B., Deb S., M.D. Stewart, Tracey, and Danielle P. You were so patient with me and really helped me bring Andrew’s and Timber’s story to life.
And I need to thank my wife who kept pushing me to finish this story, even though I was worried that people might not buy it. I appreciate your unwavering insistence that I follow my muse. Love you.