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Glendola Burnet trained for years to become a member of the Elite, but after suffering a personal tragedy, she fled from her homeland and left her future behind. Now, five years later, at the onset of a war in the mortal realm, she discovers her friend is missing, and to get him back she will need to work with the one person who has the power to destroy her newfound stability.

A deadly game of cat-and-mouse begins when magician Natasha Semenov and no-nonsense detective Hamilton Baker are thrust into a complex criminal investigation that neither may survive. When a murder occurs literally on Natasha's club's doorstep, it unravels a sophisticated global network of crime, forcing the unlikely pair to navigate a world of deception, long-buried family secrets, and a thirst for revenge that spans generations.

The crew of the Sybil Curse has become stranded in Dragao Terra—a strange land inhabited by dragon shifters who are on the verge of destruction. With Janelle and Elijah missing, the crew splits up to find them in the unfamiliar realm. However, the danger they face will put their loyalties and their lives under a brutal strain that threatens to tear everything apart. Meanwhile, Mazie, the First Mate, can see that the darkness within the elf, Aiden, is growing stronger. He’s losing control over his mind, and it won’t be long before he succumbs to the monster they all fear.

A traumatic childhood and a gaslighting husband cause a young woman to question her sanity. She knows the nightmare won’t stop until her husband is dead. But, can she find the courage to do it?

The Last Invention centers around families that break apart because of the rise of AI, plus all the havoc this creates for the human species, all while the planet Earth continues to deteriorate. This story is about sisters, their deep bond, and how grief and tragedy divide them, possibly forever, as the world is drawn in to an unthinkable existence, with the promise of the end of death. The Last Invention is named after what scientists refer to as the “the final invention,” aka man’s last creation of the machine/computer.

As a tribred and a member of the supernatural community, I have faced creatures of the night, battled curses, and danced on the edge of danger. But nothing could prepare me for a fallen goddess with an insatiable thirst for power. Her malevolent artifact is the key to our destruction and it will take more than my wits to thwart her treacherous plan. With the fate of the abducted innocents in the balance, I will need the help of those I hold dear in order to avert a supernatural war. But there is a sacrifice needed to track a demon with the powers of a goddess.

In the near future, eighteen-year-old Abbie Spencer and her family live hand-to-mouth in their decaying town of Eureka, California. When she’s lucky enough to secure a live-in servant job for the most affluent family in Port Allegiance, the sparkling city next door, she discovers her predecessor, Gia Quinn, didn’t quit voluntarily, as everyone believes, but that somebody inside the house had actually abducted her. As Abbie sets course to solve the mystery of her disappearance, an unexpected visitor from her past appears, tempting her with a dangerous alliance.

While visiting the cozy Village of Mystic Falls with Nishi and Faith, I assumed my biggest challenge would be finding the perfect gingerbread latte. But this festive outing has taken an enchantingly eerie turn and it will take all of us to save the holiday season. As supernatural forces converge on this merry town, and mundanes begin to exhibit extraordinary abilities, we must find the source before more innocents are harmed. We soon discover that an old foe has returned, and he has a permanent position on the naughty list.

Called by a strange and thrumming voice that cannot be shut out, Yanda deserts everything--her small daughter, her post as surgeon, her life on Planet Alland. Pulled across the universe, her ship is waylaid by the dark mage, Kridenit (“Krid”), who collects those with talents. Though she’s had the ability to see through, into bodies, past walls, since childhood, she’s never known the extent of her powers.

When a Djinn child is abducted and I get a lead on my latest bounty, I take the portal to disrupt the latest dark ritual and retrieve the victim. But someone in the council sabotages my magical trip and any trust I had in the governing body of Ravenholde is destroyed. After I think I have stopped the latest shard from being created and a new king of hell from rising, I discover I am a target and a powerful demon will use anyone around me to seek his revenge.

When Rerek is released from his confinement and enters our world, all of humanity is at risk. Amidst the chaos, Hunter wants to mate me, Canton wants me back and the council wants me to unite the creatures of Ravenholde, in a supernatural war. No pressure, right? When Rerek uses the crystal artifact to cause cataclysmic events and the world is at its breaking point we discover his original temple and must unite our powers to navigate the ancient wards protecting it.

When a witch connected to the council is kidnapped, and Lucinda is breathing down my neck for her return, my grandfather thinks he has discovered the spell a demon is using to raise a king of hell. But we choose the wrong location and I arrive too late and face my newest foe.

The dark pendant twists my magic and threatens the lives of my bonded hunter and his team, so I agree to take a sacred oath that will bind my soul with theirs forever. When demons continue to breach the gate and the magic that is protecting us falters, we learn the traitor in our midst is more powerful than we suspected with a connection to the king. These events lead us to a new prophecy, but the result could be the total annihilation of the human species.

The Book of the Gods led me to a pendant created by a dark witch from the past, but this cursed artifact boosts my magical powers and alters it in unforeseen ways. When the demon attacks in our town increase, Daryn suspects a traitor within the Darkwind council. He cuts ties with the governing body in Spirit Falls, and this derision leads to dire repercussions.

Happily-ever-after is so overrated? Ditching her cheating ex-fiancé was the best decision Nicki Albizia ever made—although he might disagree. When Raymond keeps turning up in her life like a bad penny, Nicki heads to Martha's Vineyard for a breather. And why not have a vacation fling with the sexy, down-to-earth hunk she meets by chance? Little does she know that Parker comes with more baggage than she bargained for.

I’ve returned to London with my proverbial tail between my legs. After the death of my beloved husband, I took my broken heart and retreated to Paris, where I’ve been living for the last year. But finally, deciding I need to face the ghosts of my past, I’ve returned...and now find myself sitting in a jail cell in Scotland Yard, the precinct of the London police. I’ve been accused of stealing a diamond necklace. Really, there’s no mystery there—I’m guilty and I’ve admitted as much.

Luella Winthrop doesn't know whom she can trust. Her heart is divided, and difficult truths wait for her at every turn. With even her magic beyond her reach, isolation could not have come at a worse time. Her goal is as simple as it is difficult: Escape those who wish her harm, and save her true friends. With magical doorways sealed, scarce resources, and a city trying to hunt her, she will have to dig deep within herself to discover the strength to overcome mortal and otherworldly foes alike.

Leaving her tech past behind, Gracie starts The Laughing Loaf Bakery, hires a young assistant, Beck Rodriguez, and intends to keep a low profile in her new town—until a male model ends up dead behind her bakery. To keep her business and her new life in River Grove, Gracie and her little dog Biga must find out who killed the gorgeous Nico Behrens.

The MacDonalds emigrate from Scotland after a family tragedy but cannot escape the youngest child's strange insights that threaten to expose her mother's secret past in the Scottish Highlands nor the father's dominance over his four daughters, whose often hilarious tactics, divert his wrath as they come of age during San Francisco's colorful 1960s.

At the request of an old college chum, former CIA operative and private investigator Mari Ellwyn investigates the blackmailing of a CEO amid a high-profile IPO deal and a motivated witness determined to expose him for corruption and fraud. Mari’s new partner, Derek Abernathy, tries to help uncover the truth behind the accidental death of two farm workers in the Central Valley, only to discover that they weren’t accidental, and they’re connected to a seamy underworld of illegal drug manufacturing and toxic chemical dumping....