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Alpha couple Richard and Dusty may not fit the world's sense of normal, but they have each other. As a graphic designer who works from home while his pilot husband is off flying the friendly skies, Dusty spends way too many hours alone. Hours spent longing for a family, the family that the orphaned alpha is sadly lacking. Rich never wanted children, but after a decade with his husband, the alpha is ready to open his heart to a child. Even if children are sticky, dirty, and downright irritating for the most part.

The Outcast Chronicles is an epic mpreg shifter series that takes a small, rag-tag team of bounty hunters and turns them into a tight-knit pack of found family, fighting a war that started centuries ago...but will end with them. This bundle includes all six books from the series, including four brand-new, never been seen epilogues that happen years after the ending.

After a decade of a sexless marriage with a philandering alpha, who can't even be bothered to show up for their daughter's birthday, Ethan St. John finds himself starting over at his childhood home. Except, this time, he's a older, wiser, and with a child of his own to raise. Persistently single and awkward, Ryan Davis is swiftly approaching his 40th birthday, with no sign of the singleness abating, but he somehow manages to get Ethan to agree to a date with him. Pub owner Larry Simmons grew up with a sorry excuse for a family, but he’s built his own.

Working the night shift in a busy ICU, nurse Maya Rivera knows hospitals never truly sleep—they only hide their secrets better after dark. When a patient who seemed stable suddenly dies, Maya is shaken. When another follows under eerily similar circumstances, she begins to notice patterns no one else wants to see. Both patients were enrolled in a cutting-edge heart-failure drug trial. Both crashed without warning. Both died during the quietest hours of the night.

On the trail of an arsonist, alpha wolf Asher Lambert stumbles across a wounded omega guarded by a scarred grizzly shifter who says they were waiting for him. Asher takes them both home, figuring the least he can do is help Jesse get on his feet, literally and figuratively. Can Asher break away from the known and risk starting a new pack with his mate, his ragtag group of friends, and the silent bear who just won't leave?

After thousands of years asleep in the ice, Ryeth the Sapphire Dragon is waking, and it's the touch of one man's mind that draws him from his dreams. But Ryeth's body is still trapped, leaving him powerless to address the issue of his brother, the Black Dragon, who has already threatened Simon's pack.

It was only supposed to be a one night stand. Dallas was following an arsonist's trail, and Nick was the hot bartender who kept him company while he waited. But then Nick is pregnant, and Dallas is gone. Dallas's bear won't let him forget the omega fox that is so mischievous and so submissive, completing him in ways he hadn't known was possible. When Dallas finds out about the baby, he's determined to do right by Nick, but the arsonist strikes again, putting their relationship into danger before it has a chance to truly begin.

Grizzly alpha Caspar, long ago, resigned himself to a loner life, never suspecting that the future he saw with Asher Lambert's pack of outcasts would ever be more than a means to an end or that they would become his family. And then, he meets a man whose future he cannot see. He always expected to have a family. He just didn't expect to adopt a dozen kids at once. Rabbit omega Theo Ward was happy with his position as the head librarian, content to let love find him when it was meant to be. Instead, 12 homeless kids found him.

Ryan lost his family to a fire when he was young, and it's haunted him ever since, especially while chasing the arsonist who has been kidnapping gifted shifter kids. Now that they've captured the man and his phoenix accomplice and rescued the kids, Ryan thinks maybe life will be able to get back to normal.... But when the phoenix, a creature born of fire, turns out to be Ryan's true mate, life becomes suddenly even more complicated.

When Kurt is injured saving Ben's life, Ben realizes how isolated he'd made himself and how much he'd come to care for Kurt without even realizing it. But before their relationship can settle, they have to find the man who killed Ben's mate, kidnapped his oldest son, and set fire to their house. But their enemy is more dangerous than they realized, and the lives of everyone they love are at risk.

When a child is returned to the wrong family, what happens after the celebration ends? Four years ago, a missing boy was recovered, identified, and legally affirmed to the Bennett family. The case closed cleanly. The court declared certainty. Life moved forward. But when a routine audit uncovers a parallel birth record—documentation that existed but was never visible—investigator Nina Sharpe is forced to confront a dangerous question: What if the system wasn’t wrong… just incomplete?

At 7:58 a.m., Laura Henson walks away from her parked car. At 8:58 a.m., her phone quietly reconnects to the network. In between, nothing officially occurs. Assigned to Laura’s disappearance, Detective Mara Ellison encounters a case that seems determined to close itself. No evidence of violence. A plausible personal explanation. A confession that fits just well enough. Every report nudges the narrative toward voluntary absence.

With Ava Cole and Julian Harper where we thoughtfully examine what deserves to stay on the shelf—and what doesn’t.In a world of endless recommendations and hype, it’s easy to lose time on books that promise more than they deliver. Ava Cole and Julian Harper bring clear-eyed, articulate discussions to modern reading. With measured analysis and engaging dialogue, they explore new releases, enduring classics, hidden gems, and overhyped titles—breaking down narrative craft, character depth, thematic resonance, writing quality, and cultural impact.Expect balanced critiques, thoughtful ...

Harold Whitman was a quiet man. He kept his lawn trimmed, his routines precise, and his life invisible enough that no one noticed when something went wrong—until he was found dead in his garage with no obvious cause. Detective Mara Ellison arrives to a neighborhood that insists nothing happened. No arguments. No enemies. No secrets. But silence leaves patterns.

When a missing child is found miles from home with no explanation, relief should follow. Instead, doubt does. Laura and Mark Bennett’s son disappears overnight—and returns the same day. Alive. Unharmed. Different. The details don’t line up. The shoes aren’t his. His memories feel rehearsed. And when Mark begins asking the wrong questions, the answers unravel something far more dangerous than a kidnapping. As an outside investigator quietly reviews records and timelines, a devastating possibility emerges: the child who came home may not be the one who left.

Sam Reeves has worked the overnight desk at the Meridian Hotel long enough to know one thing: hotels don’t sleep—they just get quieter. When a regular guest is found dead in her room, police rule it natural causes and move on. But Sam can’t. Small details from the night before refuse to line up—timed movements, unexplained activity, patterns only someone who watches everything would notice. As questions grow and official answers fall short, Sam is drawn into an investigation he was never meant to lead, where silence hides intent and truth lives in the margins.