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As teenagers, Bree Jaminson and Brad Stone shared everything: dreams, secrets…and one terrifying brush with death they’ll never forget. After witnessing a murderer disposing of two bodies, Bree fled from her hometown, the boy who knew her best, and the terror of a killer still at large, and never looked back. Thirteen years later, a new string of mysterious deaths brings Bree back to town to assist with the investigation and face the man she never thought she’d see again. Now a local detective, Brad is wary of working alongside Bree, and her return cracks open everything he’s tried to bury.

Sienna. It's been ten years since he left me with nothing but a pendant, a photo, and a broken heart. He was but a ghost, there one minute and gone the next. I picked myself up, dried my eyes, and built my life without him. Now he has come back into my life like a raging storm surrounded by crime and bloodshed. Elio. Ten years ago, I had to leave behind the only light I had in my life. Without her, I live in darkness. Everything I did had been to protect her. Now that she is back and we have a second chance, they will learn one way or another you do not touch my queen.

It's time to make my move. With solid proof on my finger, I leave my love and enter the gates of the enemy. Ugo is by my side as we fall into their world and quickly discover the cracks in the Coppola family's foundation. I'm confident I'm protected by my father's name, and though I'm welcomed by some, I'm watched by others. I played my part well—maybe too well, because I think I just changed the future for us all.

Now joined in power with Elio, we hatch a plan to show to the world that the Capri name will rule over Italy. The decision stirs panic and causes a ripple effect throughout the country. Friendships and loyalties are tested. Truths are revealed as we prepare to fight any who oppose us. With a careful eye on our enemies, we are circled by others with false intent. Secrets and weaknesses are revealed and lies are taken to the grave.

The few friends I have know me as The Vegas Reaper. The rest of the world knows me as Grim Gates, the ruthless heir to a hotel empire. What they don't know is that when trouble comes, the family calls me. And I always answer. So when our organization is caught in a power struggle driven by an...

Sienna: I'm seeing a war unfold before my eyes. My past and future have now collided, and my heart is split in two. As the battle rages on, secrets surface and truths circle the drain, threatening to suck me under. Elio promised we had the rest of our lives together, but now he's doubting me. Elio: Love and family are all that matter, so I keep a careful eye on our new visitors who have awoken the hornets' nest and revealed the snakes that have lain dormant for years. As I try to protect Sienna from her own past, betrayals are surfacing, and my paranoia is intensifying.

Keith left behind the feisty love of his life, Lexi Klein, 10 years ago when he chose to become a soldier and leave for Iraq, but after a tragedy struck Lexi’s family and Keith couldn’t come home, she felt abandoned. When Keith finally managed to make it back to Boston, Lexi had completely withdrawn from everyone, including him. She decides to end their relationship and move on. Keith returns to Boston years later for a wedding and finds out Lexi is dating the leader of the infamous Almas Perdidas Gang. Lexi is in over her head, and Keith will stop at nothing to keep her safe.

Rain pelted my face as I pushed through the roar of the storm. Deep in the belly of Mexico, my team and I were on the hunt. One of the cartel’s mules flipped and wanted a ticket to freedom. The information they held could be our game-changer. Returning home to a civilian lifestyle was always an adjustment, even if it was temporary. However, a chance encounter with Catalina Mandas made that transition a little bit easier. She was sweet, sexy, feisty, and saw me for who I was. She completely captivated me. But Catalina warned me that her past and mine could never coexist.

Bullets fly during a dangerous mission, and Major Mark Lopez is critically injured. A Blackstone soldier, Mark is transferred to the North Dakota hospital, where he meets a pretty nurse, Mia. After Mark recovers from surgery, he is discharged from the hospital with orders to rest; not that he does. But when he returns to the hospital again and again with minor - and not-so-minor - injuries, Mia suspects he’s only coming to see her. When someone from Mark’s past comes to him for help, more blood is shed, and Mark must put his life on the line to keep Mia safe.

My entire life vanished the day I found my parents brutally murdered. It broke me, and everything around me came undone. I went from being a popular best-selling author to an unknown ghostwriter hiding behind my words. Nobody knows who I am now, and I want to keep it that way. An assignment has me pairing up with the new - and very sexy - detective on a high-profile murder case. As we dive in deeper, things spiral out of control, and the body count starts piling up.

From the author of the bestselling Broken Trilogy and Dark Water Series comes Extraction—the first book in the Stonewall Trilogy, a dangerous suspense series in the World of Mayhem, where brotherhood runs deep, and the fight for what matters most only gets harder when the heart is on the line...

From the author of the bestselling Broken Trilogy and Dark Water Series comes Embedded—the second book in the Stonewall Trilogy, the heart-pounding action and suspense series, where brotherhood binds them, and passion drives them even in perilous times. Nicole Winter has many faces—a war...

She thinks she’s safe. He thinks he’s won. But it’s far from over. Emily McPhee is smiling again—wrapped in comfort, in him. But safety is just a story we tell ourselves to sleep at night. Scars don’t vanish. And love doesn’t equal protection. Not when the rot is lurking from the...

My rage pushed Kenna to the brink, but vengeance demands blood. In this deadly game, betrayal runs deep and enemies prowl everywhere, 
forcing me to rise and deliver retribution. Sonny's downfall was only the beginning. Behind bars, a ruthless player pulls the strings, forcing Cameron to do...

She ran. She screamed. But far from free. Emily McPhee believed Seth could keep her safe. Thought she could just go back to her simple life, like I haven’t ruined it. Little does she know that I’m still watching. Still waiting. The basement was just the appetizer. The games may have changed...

Our empire has been infiltrated, turning it upside down. Enemies are everywhere. No one can be trusted. So, when Kenna arrives battered and bruised, my fury twists into something far more dangerous—an obsessive need to protect her. A need that only fuels my anger, because I don't feel this way...

I watch. I wait. Soon, she’ll be mine. Emily McPhee has no idea how long I’ve been here. Watching. Her perfect little life—straight A’s, loyal friends, and that hopeless crush on the cop. But he doesn’t see what I see. She’s mine. I’ve been patient. I’ve behaved. But I’m done...

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