Blind Date Corporation Series by Viola Grace

She has something he wants, and it’s embarrassing. Pretending she’s normal loses its appeal in the arms of her own assassin.Khytten Danforth has spent her adult life getting by. She spends her days at work and her spare time volunteering at the hospital as a wetnurse. It sounds generous, but since her lactating talent activated after puberty, she’s been stuck with the effects... moreShe has something he wants, and it’s embarrassing. Pretending she’s normal loses its appeal in the arms of her own assassin.Khytten Danforth has spent her adult life getting by. She spends her days at work and her spare time volunteering at the hospital as a wetnurse. It sounds generous, but since her lactating talent activated after puberty, she’s been stuck with the effects.Joining the Blind Date Corporation led her to her patron whose need for her is a matter of biochemistry and driven by desire.After a strange week of kidnapping and torture, the disasters have come to a halt, and she is able to start thinking of what happens next, but Salat has been doing his own thinking, and he wants her nearby and safe at all times. It is a fun wish, but she attracts danger like he attracts admirers and her time with the Demon Cat of Aksalla tells her that she wants more from life than just subsisting. She actually wants to live.Salat knew that he wanted to keep his kitten near him, but how to manage that feat eluded him until he saw her in action destroying the nest of henchmen. She had all the makings of a superhero or an amazing villain. It was a good thing that he knew how to straddle the divide. less

Being lucky was all she knew until the man from her past ends up auditing her active status, and she has to choose to run or stay. Run it is.Tirra has had it rough. She started out as a victim, turned into an asset, and ended up as a survivor... moreBeing lucky was all she knew until the man from her past ends up auditing her active status, and she has to choose to run or stay. Run it is.Tirra has had it rough. She started out as a victim, turned into an asset, and ended up as a survivor. Her life had started in an unorthodox way, her career is the result of years of focus, and working for Z-tech as an executive trainer made it easy for her to transition into designing the training plan for the different escorts of the Blind Date Corporation.She spent five years working with the escorts and creating connections with restaurants, hotels, and other venues where dates would take place. As the resort was opened in Aksalla, she is chosen for the position of management when her past arrives to audit her active skills as an analyst. She is shocked by the appearance of the man she used to dread and desire with equal measure.Gorith had a party trick that could set any woman off with two moments of contact. It had helped him carve out a niche when he was undercover, but when he met the manager of the resort, the echo from his past became a roar for the future. He might be classified as a monster, but he brought the same out in her, and together, they are going to have to fight their way through the dates, protocols, and a family wedding that he wasn’t prepared for. less

She has a crush on her boss, and just knows he’s a demon in the sack. She just has to wait until she can find out firsthand.Arcady has worked for Z-Tech long enough to apply to their sister company, the Blind Date Corporation. With a tech-based blindfold, she goes on dates with other actives whose powers are compatible with her own... moreShe has a crush on her boss, and just knows he’s a demon in the sack. She just has to wait until she can find out firsthand.Arcady has worked for Z-Tech long enough to apply to their sister company, the Blind Date Corporation. With a tech-based blindfold, she goes on dates with other actives whose powers are compatible with her own.She has had a crush on her boss since the day she met him, but it was only when she started spending a few nights each week with other powered beings that he filed his own application to become one of her dates.Their first night is magical, but it ends in disaster that brings them close far more quickly than either imagined.Dr. Krizt goes from scientist to lover, but no matter his role, one thing is certain. He wants her body. less

He had been her favourite date, so she arranged for him to be the father of her child... should she have told him?Vallu spent over five years as an escort with the Blind Date Corporation. On her last date, she used her activation to provide her with something she needed... a child. She just didn’t tell him. How likely was it that he would run into her in the real world? He was from an island in the bay; she was from a suburb... moreHe had been her favourite date, so she arranged for him to be the father of her child... should she have told him?Vallu spent over five years as an escort with the Blind Date Corporation. On her last date, she used her activation to provide her with something she needed... a child. She just didn’t tell him. How likely was it that he would run into her in the real world? He was from an island in the bay; she was from a suburb. If she hadn’t stopped downtown for a hotdog, nothing would have happened.Etgar has been searching for Five for four months, and while the management of BDC has been no help, he holds out hope that she will be in his arms again... off contract. When he catches her scent near a hotdog vendor, he follows the scent to the source. She denies her identity as Five, but her scent doesn’t lie. The bright green eyes are a surprise, as is getting shot in the back by a drive-by assassin.Vallu heals him in the vehicle as his bodyguards recover him, and he refuses to leave without her. She focuses on stopping the bleeding and repairing him as the men drive them to safety. Well, safety for Etgar. The island he lives on is his family home, and they own it all. She has just been dropped into his own little kingdom, but she has some conditions to remain with him. It isn’t like she has had four months to plan or anything. less

Sabine is enjoying the reception until she gets a distress call and goes to pitch in by distracting some alphas so her friend could escape. The alphas just changed their focus and split up. The ladies scattered, and the hunt was on.Sabine has been recovering from work-related damage. An active nearly crushed her spine. She’s now on crutches until a walking suit can be arranged, and coordinating formalwear with crutches is harder than it looks... moreSabine is enjoying the reception until she gets a distress call and goes to pitch in by distracting some alphas so her friend could escape. The alphas just changed their focus and split up. The ladies scattered, and the hunt was on.Sabine has been recovering from work-related damage. An active nearly crushed her spine. She’s now on crutches until a walking suit can be arranged, and coordinating formalwear with crutches is harder than it looks.Watching her friend Vallu get married to the large furry man of her dreams and the father of her baby was sweet, and the reception was fun. With the crutches, Sabine had to skip the dances, but she enjoyed every moment of the party. The bride and groom were long gone when she got a call from another guest and answered the call for help.Ylara was being cornered by three alphas who didn’t mind sharing, and that was not something she was interested in. With three ladies gathered to distract the guys, they split off to deal with their individual alpha. Shaking them off was another matter.Sabine ends up with a muscle-bound water-breather on her trail, and dealing with him and her injuries is just too complicated. She makes a few decisions that change the direction of her life and twist her future into something she could not have imagined. less

The wedding was lovely. Brit wasn’t going, but when her sister’s time at the reception gets uncomfortable, nothing could stop her from lending a hand by becoming bait.Brit got a call from her sister and headed off to the wedding on Daycross Island. She just had to pull a tracking device out of her foot before going.Being the only current multi-morph on record makes her very popular with law enforcement and espionage agencies. She doesn’t want to play with either... moreThe wedding was lovely. Brit wasn’t going, but when her sister’s time at the reception gets uncomfortable, nothing could stop her from lending a hand by becoming bait.Brit got a call from her sister and headed off to the wedding on Daycross Island. She just had to pull a tracking device out of her foot before going.Being the only current multi-morph on record makes her very popular with law enforcement and espionage agencies. She doesn’t want to play with either.She finds her sister, understands what’s needed, and coordinates with one of Ylara’s associates to distract the three alphas stalking her sister due to her state of heat.Brit changes to her sister’s form and makes a run through the woods, but an unearthly howl follows her, and she is soon up a tree with nowhere to go.Denier knows that the scent is wrong for his original target, but he can’t resist running prey. The scent is what he has been looking for, and he sets out to catch it. less

Ylara just wanted to enjoy the wedding. Her heat should have been under control. Attracting one alpha would have been bad enough, but having her choice out of three makes her head spin.Ylara had a lovely time at Vallu’s wedding. She caught the bouquet, danced the night away, and only then noticed that her dance partners were following her every move. She panics and tries to make a break for it, but they block her path... moreYlara just wanted to enjoy the wedding. Her heat should have been under control. Attracting one alpha would have been bad enough, but having her choice out of three makes her head spin.Ylara had a lovely time at Vallu’s wedding. She caught the bouquet, danced the night away, and only then noticed that her dance partners were following her every move. She panics and tries to make a break for it, but they block her path.She does what any sensible woman would do, she hides in a broom closet and calls for help from every friend or family member she can think of.When her troops arrive, they offer support and a plan. Sabine urges her to choose her alpha to help deal with her heat. They all know what a torture it is to leave it unanswered, so leave her to make up her mind.Picking the guy with the giant scorpion tail might not have been the most sensible thing, but it feels right. When he holds her close and promises to take care of her, she believes him.Whether she trusts him is another matter entirely. less

A bachelorette party brings Drin to the attention of the boss of the nightclub, Hell. Her problem is that he’s a long-standing crush and patron, and he knows it.Drin has a miserable life. She is constantly scrounging for money, fighting for respect, and hiding her activation. As far as she knows, she is a muse. She gives her targets inspiration and intellect, but her body pays the price... moreA bachelorette party brings Drin to the attention of the boss of the nightclub, Hell. Her problem is that he’s a long-standing crush and patron, and he knows it.Drin has a miserable life. She is constantly scrounging for money, fighting for respect, and hiding her activation. As far as she knows, she is a muse. She gives her targets inspiration and intellect, but her body pays the price. A metabolic active uses their body to power their manifestation, and Drin spends her life hungry as her body burns power to survive in public.She is asked to sing in public to help a bachelorette gain a win in a live singing competition, but she ends up going against the city’s most popular male singer. They sing a duet, and her opponent is so thrilled that he grabs her and kisses her. She drops him with her knee, and the club goes silent.The devil emerges and walks toward her. She sees him coming and is shocked to see her best friend’s brother approaching her, and she’s stunned when he kisses her in front of several hundred partiers. He sweeps her to his lair, and they have a short conversation involving her work for the Blind Date Corporation as his escort.A day later and she’s being arrested for breaking a restraining order. Her best friend’s family has blocked her, but now, she is hauled to lock-up for talking to Vikor. Things can only get better from there, right?When the devil arrives to defend her, her case is won, and her heart is lost. less

One woman is rescued from her imprisonment, and the other charged in to free others. Two women, different partners, one goal—free the actives of Uradda.Ledia has been working day and night for years. Her aunt is held hostage on Ledia’s good behaviour, so she behaves. She does her work at the port and goes to the Blind Date Corp resort in Aksalla to complete their erotic gardens.Meeting Juro has been fun... moreOne woman is rescued from her imprisonment, and the other charged in to free others. Two women, different partners, one goal—free the actives of Uradda.Ledia has been working day and night for years. Her aunt is held hostage on Ledia’s good behaviour, so she behaves. She does her work at the port and goes to the Blind Date Corp resort in Aksalla to complete their erotic gardens.Meeting Juro has been fun. She has had someone to talk to about her work and experiences, and the brightly coloured Hyreno recognized her for what she was. She was born to be a water breather, but since she never opened her gills, her lack of water is slowly killing her.With the help of some friends, a plan is created to get her out of Uradda, and once that is accomplished, there are a few things to do. She needs to get used to her mates, and then she needs to get back into Uradda and break the damned walls.As a Uraddan refugee, Jeneev didn’t hesitate. When they asked the BDC escorts to volunteer, she jumped into line. The idea initially was to get the escorts to participate in the military action and have their regulars get into line to defend their sex partners. Jen’s relationship was platonic, and there was no answer from her patron, so she headed out on her own to blow up the Uraddan harbour. She was really not prepared for what happened next. less

Kyda kept a low profile until she was involved in a workplace incident. One hopped-up customer wrecks her disguise, and she has to hide in a place she never imagined.Kyda has found a balance in her life. She has a job, her brother is a defender for Aksalla, and her asylum paperwork is in order... moreKyda kept a low profile until she was involved in a workplace incident. One hopped-up customer wrecks her disguise, and she has to hide in a place she never imagined.Kyda has found a balance in her life. She has a job, her brother is a defender for Aksalla, and her asylum paperwork is in order. When a tweaked-out client comes into the coffee shop where she works, the slightest sound-produced rage in the overpowered active and Kyda ends up with life-threatening injuries and begging whatever deities there are that her blood remains in her body. Her blood kills.Ados hears that his picnic date has suffered an injury, and their date is postponed. His work partner is notified that his sister has suffered a traumatic injury, and he needs to go to her side as she refuses to let the medics help.Her repair gets back on track, and she is content to let the lab take care of her until agents of her previous government come looking for her and attempt to blow up the lab in the process.Kynor talks to Ados about his sister, and Ados mentions his escort. They realize they are talking about the same woman, and she needs to be safe. Ados moves her to the safest place he knows. His grandmother’s prison. Everything gets interesting from there. less

Amadine has wanted to pay her sister back for the ultimate kindness, and this was the only way she could do it. She just needs a medic, a guardian, and a wilderness expert. Good thing that she can hire one from the BDC.Amadine Heckler hasn’t had the most predictable life, but it has been short. When she turned five, she was the size of her genetic donor, and she looked into sad, steel eyes through the sides of the tank she had grown in... moreAmadine has wanted to pay her sister back for the ultimate kindness, and this was the only way she could do it. She just needs a medic, a guardian, and a wilderness expert. Good thing that she can hire one from the BDC.Amadine Heckler hasn’t had the most predictable life, but it has been short. When she turned five, she was the size of her genetic donor, and she looked into sad, steel eyes through the sides of the tank she had grown in.Ondine was still heavily damaged, but she had refused to take over the body that had been grown for her when she realized that a mind already occupied it. Amadine was educated, dressed, housed, and given employment counselling. She became a children’s author, and when she was six, her activation came online.She shared her sister’s quiet home and had friends who didn’t know who her sibling was. She thought long and hard about what to give Ondine for the life and freedom she had surrendered. She had no idea that Ondine was thinking the same thing. less

The most terrifying weapon of the century is called on to pay the price of her actions, but once her origin and training are explained, a compromise is reached. She has to hand herself over and hope she survives.Nelith has been trying to atone for what the Uraddan government made her do to the citizens of other countries and her own. Her skills in slicing through anything for as long as she wanted the molecular blade to go made her well-known, feared, and despised in equal measure... moreThe most terrifying weapon of the century is called on to pay the price of her actions, but once her origin and training are explained, a compromise is reached. She has to hand herself over and hope she survives.Nelith has been trying to atone for what the Uraddan government made her do to the citizens of other countries and her own. Her skills in slicing through anything for as long as she wanted the molecular blade to go made her well-known, feared, and despised in equal measure. When she had been extracted from Uradda, years of work and therapy made her independent and got her into a useful position at Z Tech.She had tried to socialize herself, but the BDC rejected her when she took offense to a simulation and sliced the machine into several pieces. All subsequent applicants were tested in a different manner.Called to meet with foreign representatives, Nelith looks at their outrage and is surprised when the head of the lab brings up the compilation file of how Nelith was trained.Dmitri watches the video of the making of the Blade of Uradda, and he can’t reconcile the woman in front of him with the creature on the vids. She survived, and when she meets his gaze, the beasts that occupy him send searing recognition that she was his mate. They just had to convince him. less

Surviving an explosion and recovering from her own death, Xeva finds that she is finally free of obligation and demands for her time. Being in a relationship now feels like a choice.Xeva wakes with a splitting headache in a strange bed with warm air and bright light around her. She is told that she is recovering and just has to learn to move again.Jeron is there, and she is in his mother’s house. Her recovery is rapid, and she skips past milestones... moreSurviving an explosion and recovering from her own death, Xeva finds that she is finally free of obligation and demands for her time. Being in a relationship now feels like a choice.Xeva wakes with a splitting headache in a strange bed with warm air and bright light around her. She is told that she is recovering and just has to learn to move again.Jeron is there, and she is in his mother’s house. Her recovery is rapid, and she skips past milestones. When she is fit and able, there is only one more thing on her to-do list. Jeron.Dark Resonance caused her injury, but he is also the instrument of her recovery, and through him, she finds more clones like her, and her seer’s instinct shows her that they are on the very island that she woke up on. Fate is working overtime. less

A sonic active with a heroic sideline, Ivetha ends up at the mercy of a familiar monarch on an island she can’t escape from. When he recognizes her, she knows her stay is going to be longer than she thought.Ivetha usually spends her days working at Z Corp, writing programs for their myriad new creations. In her off time, she listens to her network of informants who identify actives who are being smuggled and sold around the world... moreA sonic active with a heroic sideline, Ivetha ends up at the mercy of a familiar monarch on an island she can’t escape from. When he recognizes her, she knows her stay is going to be longer than she thought.Ivetha usually spends her days working at Z Corp, writing programs for their myriad new creations. In her off time, she listens to her network of informants who identify actives who are being smuggled and sold around the world. Ivetha and her sister Sariah travel and get the actives in question to safety. All is going well until one of the abductors brings armour-piercing rounds, and Ivetha is just wearing her jumpsuit. No contest.Her sister assesses Ivetha’s condition and summons her husband. Their agreement was that her globe-trotting would continue until she called him, and then he would bring her home. Today was that day.After begging the sonic healer for assistance, he reluctantly agrees and closes the holes in her torso. A casual conversation with her sister identifies her skillset to the healer, and he recognizes her. Her visit to the very exclusive island has now been extended indefinitely.She should be more upset about it. less