Octopian Shifters Series by Anna Kensing

an alternate cover edition can be found hereProsperous merchant Elliot Bishop has built a safe life in Port Townsend, Washington. The family business is thriving, he’s engaged to be married, and he’s not about to let his rogue stepbrother’s sudden return home disrupt his plans... morean alternate cover edition can be found hereProsperous merchant Elliot Bishop has built a safe life in Port Townsend, Washington. The family business is thriving, he’s engaged to be married, and he’s not about to let his rogue stepbrother’s sudden return home disrupt his plans. But when his fiancée disappears under the same mysterious circumstances as his mother did years ago, and his childhood nightmares about octopuses reoccur, Elliot senses someone—or something—took both women, and now it’s after him. Captain Declan Fitzgerald finally has his own ship and crew, but he’s still governed by his father’s obsession, hunting the thing that took his stepmother, and now Elliot’s fiancée. Declan will protect Elliot from whatever’s calling him from the ocean’s depths, even as doing so reignites his feelings for Elliot. As Elliot surrenders to the call of the moon and tides, he gives in to Declan, who anchors him while Elliot changes in ways his childhood nightmares never prepared him. Sex with the new Elliot is better than Declan imagined, if a little different than he expected. Declan has always been willing to sacrifice everything for Elliot, but what must Elliot give up to choose Declan? less

A San Francisco restaurant in Chinatown on the Lunar New Year and Captain Declan Fitzgerald receives a fortune cookie with a cryptic message. Even after the strange and magical things he's seen, it's hard to credit how this fortune could be tailored to him. Still, following the directions leads to an unexpected, and pleasurable, reunion.A steamy short story featuring characters from Anna Kensing's historical paranormal romance novel, Devilfish.

A first mate needs to be prepared for anything…but is he ready for love?First mate Joey Carrigan is dedicated to his ship and his captain, including keeping the secret of his captain’s lover. When the lover’s former fiancée, Miss Celeste Brady, appears on the horizon, Joey knows it’s his duty to get the lady on board with helping the captain find answers to his current dilemma.Celeste doesn’t begrudge her former fiancé the love he’s found with another man... moreA first mate needs to be prepared for anything…but is he ready for love?First mate Joey Carrigan is dedicated to his ship and his captain, including keeping the secret of his captain’s lover. When the lover’s former fiancée, Miss Celeste Brady, appears on the horizon, Joey knows it’s his duty to get the lady on board with helping the captain find answers to his current dilemma.Celeste doesn’t begrudge her former fiancé the love he’s found with another man. After all, she was the one who abandoned him the night before they were to wed, when her inner nature answered the call of the moon and the tides. The origin and existence of people like her are a secret her people have killed to protect – but the captain’s first mate looks at Celeste like he knows what she really is… and wants her anyway.Sink into TIDAL RUSH—a novella-length return to the steamy, tentacle-filled world of the octopians where Joey and Celeste navigate the stormy relationship between octopus shifters and humans. less