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Once upon a time, there lived a man with five rambunctious daughters. They were an average American farming family except for one minor detail. The man was a warlock, and all of his daughters were witchlets - half witch and half human. Grant Morgan hasn’t been to Toppers Cove since he graduated from high school there.

Gus Balfour has lived with his “shortcomings” all his life. He’s been picked on, made fun of, and obviously had problems in the bedroom. But through the years, he’s learned other ways to please the ladies. Or so he thought. When his girlfriend leaves because he simply doesn’t have enough to give, he decides it’s time to take matters into his own hands…or well, maybe a surgeon’s. After learning about the complications and exorbitant costs that go along with the surgical enhancement, he thinks all hope is lost. But a name and number left by his housekeeper could change his life.

With Christmas only two days away, Tamberly Blakeney has given up hope of finding her heart's call this year. That is, until Jonathan Mauk walks into the market and into her life. With the magical swirl of a candy cane's stripes, she knows he is the man meant to be her lifelong love. But first, he has to pass the sex hex test, which she is sure won't be a problem. What she doesn't realize is that there is something in Jonathan's past that deeply disturbs her father.

Rick Carr and his friend Booey come to Toppers Cove seeking employment at the seafood plant. He never expects to meet someone like Kimberly Blakeney. One glance, and he knows he's fallen in love, until he discovers she's a witch. A real witch. But despite that revelation, his feelings don’t change. The only problem is, before he can sweep her off her feet, he first has to pass what she calls a "sex hex test" to prove they are meant to be together. Rick doesn’t mind, but his best friend isn’t about let him fall under her spell...even if it means taking drastic measures.

Once upon a time, there lived a man with five rambunctious daughters. They were an average American farming family except for one minor detail. The man was a warlock, and all of his daughters were witchlets - half witch and half human. It was the Fourth of July, and Amberly Blakeney knew her time had come to find her heart's call. The last thing she expected was to discover that her new love harbored a secret that could jeopardize their future happiness. To make matters worse, when her father learns Matt's secret, he refuses to let Matt and Amberly have their happily-ever-after.

Once upon a time, there lived a man with five rambunctious daughters. They were an average American farming family except for one minor detail. The man was a warlock, and all of his daughters were witchlets - half witch and half human. Rast Clemmons is the most arrogant, opinionated, and snobbish son of a bitch Penderly Blakeney has ever met. The fact that he is also her new boss only makes matters worse. With Easter and her birthday just around the corner, Penderly knows beyond a doubt that her heart's call works at the seafood plant.

After the Earth passed through a comet’s tail, wiping out 90 percent of all animal species, life changed drastically for both humans and remaining animals. Scientists have developed a machine that can reach back in time, seize animals of all shapes and sizes, and transport them forward to current time to repopulate the Earth, bringing those species back from extinction, and also provide food for meat-eaters. The biggest problem is they have no control over what animals the Grabber will trap, or even when in history those animals will come from.

Kreg Regius has been having a little trouble lately. The kind of trouble every male fears, no matter what species. Despite the dangers of people finding out how different he is, Kreg is desperate for relief and finds himself seeking professional help. With nothing to do but wait, his brother prescribes a night out. When that proves to be fruitless, he makes his escape, and his night takes an interesting turn. The shapely brunette he shares a cab with could be just what the doctor ordered.

Jessie Wharton is a teacher in the twenty-first century. Or at least she was. Taking her history class to visit the ruins of a historic fort in west Texas, the scorching heat turned her world upside down. Suddenly, nothing was the way it was supposed to be. She was no longer Jessie Wharton. She was Jesse Webster. She wasn't a teacher. She was a private in the US Army stationed at Fort Callaghan, a completely functional outpost. And it was 1867.

Randy Greebley is your typical teenage boy, with the typical teenage boy issues, except for one big difference - when he gets horny, he tends to get “horny”. Literally. His feelings for his best friend, Cricket, have grown recently, and it’s becoming more than obvious, making it harder for him to hide his other side whenever he sees her. A nerdy, middle-class farm boy, Randy doesn’t really have a lot to offer Cricket, but he can’t let graduation pass without letting her know his true feelings.

Danelius is an incubus. His job is to engage in sex with mortal women as they sleep, drawing them into his snare and condemning their souls. He’s damn good at what he does, and it doesn’t matter that he’s quite proud of the fact that his record is practically spotless. But when his last job goes awry, and he subsequently pisses off the devil, Danelius finds himself in serious straits. Stripped of his powers, naked, and freezing his delectable buns off, Danelius suddenly discovers that being mortal hurts.

Tate Truer's television reality series as a survivalist in wild and uninhabited locales is about to have its plug pulled unless Tate can find a way to re-energize it. He gets his wish in more ways than he imagines when he manages to dredge up an ornate bottle from the ocean floor. A bottle that contains a tiny woman - a genie - who is eager to grant his every desire, as long as he grants hers first.

Livvy Truitt is a self-confessed nympho. But she's also a woman savvy about the dangers of dating in this day and age. Which is why she gets her jollies as often as she can via her toys. When her current favorite suddenly conks out on her, and the local sex shop doesn't carry anything that interests her, she follows a friend's advice and orders a Pearl of Passion from a new and distinctly different shop online. She soon finds out her pretty little vibrator is more than unique. It's also possessed.

Quirties features three quick and dirty short stories: "Peter and His Wolf", "Suckers", and "His Last Request".

Sydney Shookerman, a.k.a. "Sinsuelle", is an exotic dancer. At least, she tries to be. Unfortunately, Sydney sucks at the job. She has a body to die for and the face of an angel, but she lacks the timing and moves that would put her in the pro league. Fortunately, she manages to keep her job at Napoleon’s nightclub. And despite the rumors that Napoleon’s used to be a speakeasy back in the 1920s, and is reputed to be haunted, she never knew how haunted it was until she accidentally awakes the spirit of one poor victim from that era.

Shelby Fyre owns Fyreside Inn. It's a respectable bed-and-breakfast, except for one thing. There's a strange man appearing in her shower, in her kitchen, and in her bedroom. The only problem is...Shelby lives alone.

Centuries ago, the town of Vistoller was nearly destroyed by dragons, until the townspeople realized that the attacks ceased once a young maiden was swept away by the creatures. Since then, every year, on the cusp of the autumn moon, a virgin is prepared for the dragon's arrival, to ensure another bountiful season without retaliation. Except this year, the creature has no idea what it's being offered when it's presented with Ilisi. Neither does Ilisi know what to expect when the creature takes her away. They’re both in for the surprise of their lives.

Beth is wanting out of her engagement to Wyatt when she meets his younger brother, Billy. But where Wyatt is suave and worldly, Billy is a hick country boy who doesn't mind getting his hands dirty. Yet there is something about Billy's gentle ways that touches her heart. Unfortunately, Beth is a born klutz. Bad luck follows her wherever she goes, and Beth is positive bad luck will continue to plague her if she allows herself to fall in love with Billy. That was before she fell into a stock tank and right into Billy's arms!

Geraldine "Geri" Jones has been trying for years to get the Mabelling's property off her hands. It was while showing the location to a prospective buyer that she finds a bracelet buried between the cracks in the blackened floor tiles. What she doesn't expect is for the bracelet to transport her back to 1959, back to the diner when it was in its heyday. There she meets Roddy "Hot Rod" Carvelle, a man 12 years her junior who gives her the thrill of her life in the backseat of his baby blue Bel Air. But the anniversary of the catastrophe that destroyed Mabelling's is fast approaching....

Bria had just one wish, one desperate desire, and the only place she would be able to have it come true would be at the annual Midnight Fantasies Masquerade Ball. It would be interesting to see if the hosts truly granted everyone’s wildest fantasies, as they promised, or if it was just meaningless hype. After all, how many women attending were wanting to die at the automated "hand" of a sex machine?