Marked Northern Shifters 1

a huge thing for Alec to say.
Liam just reached for Alec and he crawled into bed, into his lover’s embrace. “Stay with me,” Liam muttered before he fell back to sleep.
“I’m with you, all right,” Alec answered and Liam’s face relaxed into dream.
About the Author
    Joely Skye is an introvert, a Spooks (MI5) fan, a wife and a mother. One of her favorite books ever is Ellen Kushner’s Swordspoint and, while she doesn’t watch much TV, she couldn’t resist Queer as Folk .
    She writes male/male romance. Don’t ask her why. Men fascinate her, as does romance, so gay romance is the perfect fit.
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    Monster Zombie Minder Marked
The time has come for Kir to use his powers to destroy the agency and bring Josh back to safety.
Minder
© 2006 Joely Skye
Third book of the Minders series.
    Josh goes to ground after being given the compulsion to kill his lover. But the agency ensures Josh is not the only threat to Kir’s life.
Last summer, Kir arrived home to blood and death. Josh was gone. All Kir has left is his belief Josh is still alive. Until the agency entraps Kir and suddenly Josh is back in his life. But Josh is not the same man who disappeared almost a year ago…
Josh knows how to kill. Kir, a Minder, can bend people to his will. They will each have to act to keep the other safe, no matter the cost.
Due to the serial nature of these stories, the author recommends reading the series in order.
Warning, this title contains explicit male/male sex.
Enjoy the following excerpt for Minder:
    Early morning, before the sun rose, Josh woke disoriented. No longer in his one-man tent, he’d somehow ended up naked in a luxurious bed. He felt safe, if confused. Then his heart stuttered awake to see why. He’d slept with Kir, his beloved. Josh had named him thus last winter, though he couldn’t yet say it aloud.
    When they’d fallen asleep, Kir had been relaxed, but now there was tension in his back and he was curled up on the other side of the bed. With a pang, Josh wondered when Kir had slept with someone he wanted to be with. Apart from Josh that one time.
Josh rolled out of bed and explored the washroom. Yes, Trey had supplies. Josh opened the box of condoms and while there wasn’t lube, there was oil.
    He turned off the bathroom light and padded back into the bedroom, letting his eyes adjust to the gray darkness, listening to Kir breathe. Kir jumped in his sleep. If Kir had been sleeping peacefully, Josh would have let him be.
    He placed the oil and condom on the side table and climbed back into bed, crawling over to Kir’s side and looking down at him. He wanted to protect Kir from his past, an impossibility. They could only move forward.
    He laid his hand on Kir’s shoulder, very little pressure, and Kir jerked awake. “Hey,” Josh murmured. “It’s okay.”
“Josh?” Kir tried to turn, but Josh kept pressure on his shoulder.
“Lie on your stomach. Look away from me.”
“Um, okay.” Kir sounded confused, unsure. He paused for a moment, then rested his
    head on the back of his hands, facing away. Josh could feel the tension in his body. During their few weeks together last summer, they’d made love frequently. Too often, when foreplay began, Kir had been overanxious to please and only relaxed when Josh gave orders. Josh didn’t know if Kir had simply been worried about Josh and his sensitivity to touch, or if making love—at least its opening movements—stressed Kir.
    Josh leaned over Kir, brushed his hair back from his face and kissed the salty corner of Kir’s eye.
“Dreaming?” Josh asked.
“I guess.”
“Bad dream?”
“I don’t remember.”
Josh stroked Kir’s upper arm and kissed his cheek. “You’ve been working out. Your muscles make me hot.” He kissed the corner of Kir’s mouth. “As does your mouth. Well, everything about you.”
Kir snorted in surprise. He always reacted to compliments as if they were embarrassing bolts out of the blue.
“You know I like everything about you, right?”
Kir’s lips parted. “I’m glad,” he declared with such feeling that Josh’s chest squeezed tight.
“Did you know?”
Kir gave a short shake of his