Literature & Fiction

Everyone says I’m a bad girl. They’re only partly right - I don’t let fear rule me, and I certainly don’t care what people think. But I draw the line at sleeping with the enemy....

For Adeline Reilly, moving back to Seattle was supposed to be the perfect fresh start. With her flourishing career as an author, and the inheritance of her late grandmother’s gothic mansion, there is nothing to stand in her way. But Adeline isn’t alone in Parson’s Manor.

The worst Adeline Reilly expected for her life were a few unholy ghosts haunting the hallways of Parsons Manor, not falling in love with her stalker and ending up in the clutches of a trafficking ring.

Welcome to the Lilydale Foundation Center… home of deadly secrets. After being framed for murder, I never thought I’d be back inside these walls again. And if I thought I’d be able to make a quiet return, I was dead wrong. My secrets have been spilled but little did I know it would be the catalyst.

Forget what you think you know. Forget the fairy tales and lore of old. Vampires are real. And for the past seventy years, they’ve walked openly among us. They’re bigger and stronger than humans, with black eyes, horns, and powers that shouldn’t be possible.

She betrayed him, and now he wants revenge against the sister who became his forbidden obsession the second he laid eyes on her. After she sends him to prison for years, he’s free and ready to haunt her.

Mortui vivos docent. The dead teach the living. After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her and leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me. Four years later, I received an acceptance letter from Dracadia...

A Lord takes what he wants. But like anything else, even he can get greedy and betray his oath.

Since the Final War, I’ve been doing just fine. I have a lovely cave, a darling vegetable patch, forest views . . . and if loneliness sometimes squeezes my aching heart, well, my books have always kept me company.

What do a mercenary and a mortician have in common? Dead. Freaking. Bodies. Callum Walker kills people for a living. Although he doesn't get a say in who his boss puts on his list, he likes to hunt people who hurt children in his spare time. After a misunderstanding that leads Callum to believe...

Ronan: This world was never meant for me—a shadowed figure wandering, fueled by carnal desires until I am destined for hell. And I embrace it wholeheartedly.

There are only two rules to the game. Stay alive. And don’t fall in love. When Ophelia’s sister disappears, there is only one way to save her. Ophelia must enter Phantasma, a deadly contest inside a haunted mansion, and claim its prize—a single wish.

One moment. Two masks. Three chases into the night. They're supposed to be enemies. It takes one night with a masked man to change that all. They crave the next touch of the person they hate the most. Desperate for that next taste of the person they can't stand. Waiting for that anonymous text...

Everyone has a past, but mine is a storm that never stops chasing me. When my life goes up in flames by my own doing, I'm left with an impossible choice: lose everything I've built or hide out in a remote cabin with a killer.

It was supposed to be a one-night stand. But what if they can't leave it in the past? Jaxon Riley is exceptional at three things: starting fights on the ice, picking up women post-game, and going home to fulfill his role as the world's best cat dad. Relationships, unfortunately, missed the list...

I was raised in a world where money and power are at your fingertips. My father is a lord, a very respected member of a secret society that knows no bounds. When tragedy struck my family, we discovered we weren’t untouchable....

Violet is a typical, down-on-her-luck millennial: mid-twenties, over-educated and drowning in debt, on the verge of moving into her parents' basement. When a lifeline appears in the form of a very unconventional job in neighboring Cambric Creek, she has no choice but to grab at it with both...

Three masked men. One night. One room. One goal. Falling in love is out of the question. Watching my mother die for love only made me want it that much less. When things become too serious with my boyfriend in college, I know it’s time to step back. The only problem is, he doesn’t feel the same.

According to the FBI, I was considered a serial murderer after three kills. What do they call me after fifty-two? They call me the Silencer. One final bullet would have been all it took to stop me from taking another soul, and I would have been doing Meridian City a service by pulling that trigger.

From author Jescie Hall comes this dark and demanding stalker romance that pushes all the boundaries of exploring sexuality while simultaneously exposing the harsh realities of organized religion....

Always ride faster than your angel can fly. Gabriel Wolfe, the fallen dark angel and club president of the Hounds of Hell MC. His life has been infused with darkness and trauma since the day he was born, forcing more than just desensitization to violence and chaos. Forcing him to crave it to...

They run this town and everyone in it. Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel - The Vipers. Their deals are as sordid as their business, and their reputation is enough to bring a grown man to his knees, forcing him to beg for mercy. They are not people you mess with, yet my dad did. The old man ran...

On the track, we can pretend, but we can't outrun our secrets forever. Taylor Only two things matter to me in this shitty town: freestyle motocross and my best friend. They're my only escape from my father's fists, but one slip in junior high almost changed everything. I confessed a secret to a...

The Bratva rule Las Vegas. The Cosa Nostra rule New York City. What happens when they merge their families? A new King and Queen of the Mafia are born. Illayana Volkov and Arturo De Luca have a long road ahead, with enemies around every corner. They'll have to protect and trust in one another to...

The first time I set foot in Fire Chief Declan Everhart's small town, he declared me trouble. Maybe it's because I'm a pop star hiding in his house for the holiday season. Or maybe it's the way I can't help but tease the Grinch. More than likely, though, it's because his best friend Cade touched...

Forget what you think you know. Forget the fairy tales and lore of old. Vampires are real. And for the past seventy years, they’ve walked openly among us. They’re bigger and stronger than humans, with black eyes, horns, and powers that shouldn’t be possible. Volik is one of these vampires. Living in the small town of Hemlock Hills, he spends his days locked in his office at Stalden University. Wasting time. Waiting. Until Nix, the new journalism professor, arrives … and changes everything.

I met him the night three men tried to hurt me. Sasha Melnikov appeared wearing a skull mask... beautiful, brutal, merciless. He made sure they never would again. Then he looked at me. And every instinct screamed to run. But instead of killing me, he took me home. He said I was safe. He lied. Because safety doesn't watch you like you're something to be consumed. It doesn't make you crave the very thing that could destroy you. He's danger wrapped in devotion, violence made human, and I can't seem to stay away.

When my sister’s name is called for the vampires’ harvest, I step forward. It’s a death sentence, but she has a family, a future. All I have is a dusty bookshop, an ailing body, and a fate that always ends in fangs. As the only volunteer, I’m claimed as the newest Mortal Bride—a living sacrifice to their two wicked kings.

Seraphina Cassano é a herdeira da maior máfia italiana já conhecida. Seu nome é sussurrado pelas ruas escuras, sua mera presença é fatal e a sua frieza é assustadora. Todos a temem, exceto ele. Luca Salvatore. O homem que ficou seis anos preso por culpa dela agora tem um novo nome, uma nova aparência e uma sede indescritível de vingança. Ele se preparou para isso, ele tem um plano e ele não irá parar até destruí-la.

My father, the prophet, preaches about the blood of Christ, but it’s a different blood that coats his hands. Now that I’m no longer the broken girl on her knees praying for salvation, I’m on a path of vengeance against him and the rest of our revolting line. They were once my family. Now they are my enemies. And the men, they underestimate women. Underestimate me. But I am death. Forged by my father and his sins.

Ever wondered what kinks you were missing out on? Or the type of men who would pay good money to live out their fantasies on your body? Welcome to the Clarendon Golf Club, where members buy more than a round of golf, and staff serve more than a round of coffees —for the right price. Rosie thought she was just taking a job at an elite golf club to support her family —until she uncovered its naughty secret. Beneath the pristine greens lies an exclusive underground kink club, where the wealthy pay handsomely for their deepest desires. The unusual part? Staff members are invited to play for pay.

On Wednesdays we bet. If we fold…we’re sold. I know how to win. At poker. At pain. At pretending nothing ever touches me. But Aiden Cardell doesn’t play games—he owns them. So when I challenge him to Seven Minutes in Heaven, I think I’ve got the upper hand. Until he locks the door. What happens inside that closet isn’t about lust or love… It’s about power.

Camping? Who likes to go camping? “C’mon, it’ll be fun,” he said. So here I am. Stuck in the middle of the Blackwater River State Forest with no cell service or running water, with Ryan, my camp-loving boyfriend. Alone. Or, I thought so, until I caught one of our neighbors watching us. Ryan doesn’t seem concerned about it when the stranger invites us back to their RV. Yes, THEIR RV. AJ, Jared, Cora, and Georgia. They all seem nice… at first. Strange things keep happening. Hopefully we get service soon.

Their worlds were never meant to collide. But obsession doesn't follow rules. And some games were never meant to be played clean. In a University where power is currency and silence is survival, playing dirty might be the only way to win.

From the moment he first saw her, he knew their heartsthreads were interwoven. Rekosh had little interest in taking a mate—at least not until he met Ahmya. Small, delicate, and human, she is so unlike his kind. She is a vibrant flower flourishing amidst strangling vines. And he recognizes in her a deep, indomitable determination, inspiring curiosity, and fiery passion. She awakens fierce protective instincts in him and rouses a craving like he’s never experienced. He wants nothing more than to declare his feelings for her.

Sylaira has spent her entire life running from the visions that torment her—and the crown who would cage her to control them. Her prophecies could decide life or death in the Angels' war against the Demons. But Sylaira wants no part in the bloodshed. When the Angel monarchs send the realm's deadliest killer to capture her, she knows the weaponization that awaits if she's taken. Because her first vision was of him. Vaeron, the Mindbreaker. The monster sent to hunt her down. Her fated mate. Yet no matter how fast she flees, Sylaira can't outrun destiny or the male bound to her.

Thirty-seven day-one demerits. One double or nothing dare. And zero chance I'm leaving this dungeon, like... ever. I’m the world's most inconvenient Word Collector. Giovanni Bavga’s biggest liability. I won the last game… technically. But this one isn’t meant to make me stay. It’s meant to make me leave. His game, his rules... until surrendering to him became the only way to win.

Patrick McLaren: CEO der McLaren Hotels. Hubschrauberpilot. Teilzeit-Adrenalinjunkie, der Erfrierungen wie eine kleine Unannehmlichkeit behandelt. So ein Mann, der mit einer hochgezogenen Augenbraue eine ganze Vorstandsetage zum Schweigen bringt. Unglücklicherweise bin ich – Georgie...

Es begann mit einem Plastikbecher. Einfach. Klinisch. Völlig unschuldig. Jetzt ist es nicht mehr so unschuldig. Denn ich habe den Mafia-Boss geheiratet. Und er hat mich geschwängert. Doch jetzt holt uns seine Vergangenheit ein, um uns beide zu töten. Ich dachte, wir hätten den schwierigen...

Life as a mom is everything I knew it would be. But going from never thinking too much about my future to focusing so heavily on every move I make has been challenging at times. Especially when there's still so much to be resolved from my past. Raising a baby takes its toll on every party...

My boss wasn't supposed to volunteer himself to be my fake boyfriend. All I needed was a date for my sister's wedding. Someone dependable and safe. Grayson Pierce checked both of those boxes while looking good doing it. It was only supposed to be a harmless act to scare off my ex. Except...

Being wrong has never felt so right. But my journey from innocence to ecstasy comes at a price …Growing up, I spent a lot of time in church learning how to be a good girl. But now I’m an adult, and lately, it seems all my thoughts are sinful. Especially my thoughts about three gorgeous, huge, forbidden men. There’s Brax, who works as security at a tattoo shop and is covered in ink. He should scare me, but instead he makes me feel safe enough to do everything I’ve been told is wrong.

Everyone Lilith touches dies. She has lived her entire life running from the grim reaper, who has followed her relentlessly since birth. He watches her from the shadows, and though he seems set on stealing everyone from her life, he refuses to allow her to take her own. When Lilith gets a job as a bartender at a Voodoo Steakhouse, her shadowy demon companion leaves her in peace for four blissful years. It isn’t until one of her colleagues passes away in a horrible accident, that she begins to fear he has returned, and this time, she may not be able to escape him.

Rooster’s known he's a caretaker his whole life, but learning it went beyond that has been a revelation. He's afraid finding a boy who needs the same things he wants to give will be... difficult. Until sweet Emmett Moore falls back into his life. Even though he’d practically grown up in the Moore house as Emmett’s older brother’s best friend, it's like Rooster has never actually met the quiet young man. But anyone who shows up at a motorcycle club’s clubhouse to decorate Christmas cookies in a Snoopy sweater and superhero apron is someone he definitely wants to get to know better.

If there's one thing Logan Cullen is good at, it's hockey. With an ex-NHL player as a father, there was never any other option. If there's another thing Logan is good at, it's hiding the truth. There's only so much fame, women, and money can blur before he's left wondering how much longer he can...

Fifteen years after the accident that destroyed his family, Jackson Avery is at the top of his field. Only one thing stands between him and his promotion to CEO: the college degree he failed to complete before tragedy struck. Going back to college to finish his degree after fifteen years in the working world sounds insane, but the board insists Jack do it before inheriting the big chair. To help him out, his mentor introduces him to Marcie, a fresh-faced student pledging the Delta Rho sorority. She'll guide him through campus life, and he'll keep her out of trouble during the semester.

Shane Daniels has wanted Valentine Nichols for years—but as his best friend’s little sister, she’s always been off limits. He’s kept his desire—and his darker cravings for control and discipline—firmly buried. Until Valentine corners him. Curious about the BDSM lifestyle and desperate to experience submission, Valentine blackmails Shane into giving her private lessons in dominance and submission. What begins as a reluctant agreement quickly turns into a dangerous game of restraint, temptation, and forbidden desire.

When the nearby city of Branston establishes its very own professional football team, the small town of Sublime becomes inundated with football players. For Tessa, that means her first love––and the only man to ever break her––moves into the house next door while acting like he didn't make her fall for him over a bet. And she's not going to take it lying down. And when a drunken prank turns into a full-fledged war, all bets are off.

Dad raised me to be a hard ass and that trait didn't dissolve when I moved out of his house. In fact, when I finally got my 'big girl' job at the prison it got worse. I have been observing Kace for a year now. Once he jumped on my radar, he fucked up. I make his life hell, little did I know my own was about to railroad me.

I'm not a real beaver. I just play one for the Bloomburg Aspens. You'd be surprised how many times I need to clarify that. It's not a traditional job, but between my yoga studio and playing the beaver, it pays the bills. The beaver mascot gig also comes with one rule: Don't reveal my identity to anyone. Which wasn't a big deal until I met this guy at the bar. A hot guy with a shy smile and a huge… wood. Lukas Pine. A hockey player for the Bloomburg Aspens. He was only supposed to be a one-night stand, but we keep finding each other.