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Ten years ago, Lex was forced to skip town, giving up everything he’d ever known. But even his time in solitude couldn’t keep away the memory of the girl he’d left behind. The girl who’d offered him her innocence, and her heart. Thea had moved on from the boy who abandoned her. Good job, fiancé, comfortable life in New York...until everything is ripped away from her, leaving her to pick up the pieces alone. When the care of an ailing loved one brings them back to Blackwater, Lex and Thea are confronted by the pains of the past.

Two years ago, Mia Sheridan’s face lay plastered on missing person flyers, CNN, and other various news outlets. She was one among six other missing women from the Clearwater area, neither a trace nor a hair left behind. Abducted, beaten and sold, Mia has finally come to terms with the certainty that she will die her only concern is when that time will come. Road Captain and eight-year vet with the Blackwater Renegades, Spooky is tasked with convincing a monster to sign divorce papers.

As a veterinarian, Rafe Hazelton loves each animal that crosses his path; they don’t care if he stutters a bit or that he prefers men. Their love is unconditional, but his life is still empty; they can only give him so much. New friendships convince him it’s time to break the wall of loneliness he’s hidden behind since childhood and discover what he's been missing.

The finale chapter in the best-selling The Haunted series.... Rob faces his greatest challenge yet and is put to an impossible decision. And the choices he makes wont just affect him and his friends but every being on Earth. Including the dead ones.

Injury ended former marine Kevin Dreier's enlistment much too soon, leaving him with unwanted pins and screws in his right leg to serve as a constant reminder of what he'd lost. Being a team member of Crest Security Agency, however, gives him a sense of purpose and accomplishment. The determination that makes him good at his job is the same drive he'll need to win over the woman he wants in his life.

Ethan Chambers is a devoted bachelor working for the Crest Security Agency team. After watching love make casualties of most of his team members, he vows not to fall victim to the same fate. That all changes when his best friend finagles her way into his dreams. Now he can't look at Taryn without thinking of her beneath him.

Ryland had lived his life as the world's most sought-after assassin by numerous clandestine government agencies. He's been the best of the best while not making apologies for the contracts he's executed. That was all taken from him when his obscured past was exposed by the malicious actions of a former employer, forcing him into an early retirement.

Detective Damien Drake is from the old guard, and he doesn’t have time for reading, let alone staring at a glowing screen. But when gets called in to help with a case, he suddenly finds himself thrust into the world of digital books. And one particular story, about murdered women, their lips painted bright red with their own blood, captivates not only Damien, but the entire world.Except these books aren’t fiction, they’re real. But unlike other true crime stories, not all of these murders have been committed... yet.

A poltergeist haunts Taro, dogging his international travels. It washes glasses, puts dishes away, and even dusts. At least he hopes it's a cleaning-obsessed poltergeist and not his own anxieties burbling over into neat freak fits he doesn't remember. When his property manager suggests he call paranormal expert, Jack Montrose, Taro's skeptical but desperate enough to try even a ghost hunter.

She has never forgotten Venice. Neither has he. Reed Stewart is busy with his daughter. Anika Taylor is busy with her career. Then they run into each other years after a trip that turned their lives upside down. When Reed hires Anika's interior design firm to redecorate his home, the attraction between them burns just as strong as ever. But Anika has a painful secret. If she shares it, she runs the risk of losing Reed for good.

Arielle Reigns has it all: a loving husband, a beautiful home, a successful business. She has everything, except what she wants most...a child of her own. But a horrible mistake in her past makes her unable to conceive. Or so she thinks. This all changes when a mysterious stranger in a swamp promises that she can help Arielle conceive. That she can guarantee it. But as with all guarantees, this one comes with conditions, specific criteria that must be met....

Marvin will lose everything unless he dooms Inga to a fate worse than death. Will he seize the world at the cost of his friends and his soul? The Artifice Academy is a no-mercy boarding school for mechanics in a gritty steampunk world. If you like young adults in peril making hard choices, join the Academy today.

Zane's life has been a living hell since Franco and the Blackshirts uprising was put down. He'd been sentenced to death by hanging, but General Moto Macnamara sent him to a work camp instead, chained to Desdemona, the traitorous widow who betrayed them all! After helping her escape, the two flee to the Fringe lands, between the new society that has sprung up and the infamous badlands. Overrun by bikers, gang members, gamblers, thieves, and killers, Zane is forced to serve as Desdemona's assistant.

Can he still be considered good, when his behavior is so bad? An affair with the second most powerful man at Johnson Enterprises was not in Diana Cambridge's plans, but one night their smoldering attraction for each other culminates in an erotic kiss that leaves her aching for more. For years, Xavier Johnson rejected his family's wealth and dedicated his life to helping others, earning him the nickname "the good one." Yet underneath the cordial exterior beats the heart of a Johnson, and this Johnson wants Diana Cambridge.

No rest for the wicked; as Seaforth sinks, Cal and Shelly waste no time getting back at it. With Allan's technological expertise, they desperately try to find a less personal way to send the dead back to where they belong. But they soon find out that it's not just the dead that they have to worry about; they've made enemies among the living as well, vengeful enemies that are hell-bent on extracting their pound of flesh.

While the United States is preparing for war with Iran, Chinese billionaire Cheng Jinshan and his wicked spy, Lena Chou, are moving their pieces on the board. Deception and misinformation are everywhere. Now, in order to save America, the leaders in the CIA and Pentagon have set up a secretive task force at the CIA headquarters. Their mission: to thwart Jinshan's plans, and reveal the truth to the world.

Ten years ago, Lex was forced to skip town, giving up everything he'd ever known. But even his time in solitude couldn't keep away the memory of the girl he'd left behind. The girl who'd offered him her innocence, and her heart. Thea had moved on from the boy who abandoned her. Good job, fiancé, comfortable life in New York ...until everything is ripped away from her, leaving her to pick up the pieces alone.

Protecting our world from scumbags and murderers, both living and the dead, is a tough job...especially for an accountant. Robert, Shelly, and Cal are left battered, bruised, and reeling after the most recent attack at the Harlop Estate. Although they somehow, against all odds, managed to survive, they are left with more questions than answers. And things are about to get more complicated when the police start to inquire about all the missing bodies....

Five years of peace comes to a violent end when Eulojo returns with a dangerous demand. While Charlie and Lena struggle to keep their children safe, Sam's murder conviction of Jackson threatens to be returned, promising to unleash hell on the vulnerable Thibodeaux family. The third in the Landlocked series.

As an SR44ian male with a troubled past, Axel finds it difficult to adjust to his new home in the Six Saviors' silo. Met with utter disdain and palpable fear, his attention is always drawn to the one person he's been ordered to stay away from, but no matter how hard he tries, it seems fate has other plans. Eden was blessed with the ability to decipher auras, but when she meets the brooding Axel, she realizes he cannot be read.