(from the author’s note in Comrade Bear)

The road of life also brings turns and changes, so dear readers, this is my last erotic romance novel. (I do have one project I would like to re-release, the companion book to Fairytale.) It has been a long road together, and a road that I hope will not have to end as I focus on editing and publishing, a calling which has brought me far more fulfillment and joy than I ever imagined. To work with authors both new and seasoned is humbling and beautiful work, and I am honored to do so.

As I’ve slowly announced my retirement from writing erotic romance, I’ve received words of sorrow. Do not feel sorry for me. I’ve been planning this for over a year, and I write these words in joy, not tears. I present you with the closure of a series that has been dear to my heart, my polar bears and their plight, both in this world and our own real one. I give you a story of love, of reunion, and one that I hope you will enjoy.

Thank you for the last ten years.

Mary Winter
01/01/2012

I wish to extend a heartfelt thank-you to my fans and readers over the years. We’ve had a decade run, and while I am not blasting it from the rafters, I am retiring. I will continue to write, but in other genres, and I am focusing on my work as an editor and publisher. This work has consumed more of my time over the years, and it is work which I find immensely gratifying. I love what I do, and thus, I am simply finishing a chapter.

This site will stay up as it houses my books. I hope you continue to enjoy them.

Thank you.

All rights to the book Riley’s Sparrow belong to me. My contract expired in March, and a certified letter requesting rights back has not been picked up by the publisher. I’ve been told that rights will be returned by the end of the month, but due to upheavals within the publisher, I have doubts. Therefore, I ask that you please do not purchase Riley’s Sparrow, as the publisher informed me they have taken it off their site, and they have not. Thank you for your understanding.

I am pleased to announce the last book in the StarMyst series is now available. I hope you enjoy the closure to this series as much as I did writing it. These characters will forever hold a special place in my heart.

StarMyst: Sorcerer by Mary Winter
erotic paranormal/magick romance (approx. 55,000 words)
ISBN# 978-0-9835892-4-2
Cover Art by Christine Griffin

An orphan from the Sorcerer Wars, Kade Montano knows power is the only thing that counts. Power comes from pure blood lines and strong Conclaves. With power his parents could have survived. With power, he could have led StarMyst Conclave to be one of the strongest. Instead, he ended up at Sonora Rising, and in need of revenge. Edie Kruger-Sandoval, the daughter of Sonora Rising’s leader, provides the only bright spot in his life, and she treats him as if he doesn’t exist. Power. With it, he could have the woman who leaves him aching for her touch.

Edie is sick and tired of the power being the first daughter of Sonora Rising Conclave gives her. She refuses to take another lover drawn to the Sonora Rising name and what they thinks it brings. So every time Kade propositions her, she tells him only one thing, “when you see me as I truly am.” Because although her father leads Sonora Rising, her blood is far from pure, and her magick is just as mixed as Kade’s. A visit from an old family friend from a Conclave known for wanting more equal standings between the Sorcerers provides the opening she needs. She just has to convince Kade there’s more to being a Sorcerer than power, and together, they have to forge a new alliance that will reshape the Conclaves and their world.

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Nanook Warriors 3: Twin Spirits
M/F/M Polar Bear Shifter Menage
Full length novel $4.95
ISBN# 978-0-9827637-6-6

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BLURB:

Biologist Louhi Virtanen came to the remote EU outpost to combine her shamanic skills with her scientific ones. Her ability to work within the world of the Spirits, the creatures the men call Night Demons, might foster an alliance, and help avoid war within the spiritual realms. As a biologist, she can assist Sigrid in the lab documenting pollution levels and the illegal dumping activities they’d discovered. She never imagined having to balance two men as well.

Twins Marc and Hans Svetter were as different in personality as the two halves of Louhi’s world. In body, both men were more than six-foot of masculine hotness, and her body craved to devour, and be devoured by both men. Except their secrets run deeper than hers, and when she pulls them into the spirit world, she discovers that these men, and their inner beasts, might be the key she needs.

First, she’s going to have to help the team gather the evidence it needs, broker a truce, and also come to grips with her dual-life and the two men who make her desire to bring them all into balance…and into love.

This book contains two brothers loving the same woman. While the brothers are twins, there is not any m/m action in this book. You’ll have to wait for the final book in the series. (And if you read this one, you can guess who will be starring in the last book.)

In novels in general, there has to be conflict. Between two characters, between a character and an external factor, sometimes even between a character and herself.

In romance novels, that conflict interferes with the development of the romantic relationship. For me, it’s necessary to have something standing in the way of the characters’ happy ending; otherwise, it just isn’t that interesting a story. Of course in romance there has to be a happy ending. That’s part of the definition of the genre. However, that ending doesn’t have to come easily.

Real life relationships don’t come easily. In my own case, there were several obstacles to my relationship with my new husband. Most of the obstacles were me, myself, and I. Coming from a first marriage in which, let’s just say, I wasn’t treated right put me in a place where I didn’t trust any man enough to completely let him in.

I think in many real-life relationships, trust issues stand in the way. Other than small children, I’ve never met anyone who fully trusts anyone. Letting someone in, allowing yourself to be completely vulnerable to a partner, is more than some people can ever manage. Even those who are capable of it take a while to get there.

When I write, I try to create realistic characters and realistic actions and reactions. Which is why the heroines in my two Pink Petal Books releases, Beginner’s Luck, which came out last fall, and Eternal Love, which will be out July 1, find themselves having difficulty trusting their partners. Kyla, the heroine of Beginner’s Luck, is a couple years out of an abusive marriage, and although she and Alec have been together for several months, she’s still learning to trust him. In Eternal Love, the heroine Gwen also had an abusive relationship. Her inability to trust Rhys, however, also comes partly from his insistence that he’s over nine hundred years old and has loved her soul through nine incarnations.

The thing about trusting someone else is that it heavily involves being able to trust yourself. To know that you’re making the right choice, and to believe that you can choose someone who won’t hurt you. In real life, you have to learn to trust yourself first, and then to trust your partner. That’s how you learn and grow.

In a novel, the characters have to learn and grow over the course of the story. Conflict happens, and they overcome it. In my novella and novel, the heroines face the conflict of their own distrust, and they work hard at getting past it to have the happily ever afters they deserve.

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