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The first book in the Cochran Investigations Series! Jack Cochran was actually relieved when he was fired from the TBI following one of the strangest cases he'd ever encountered. He decided to try his luck as a Private Investigator, and live out a long-time dream. What he didn't expect was that his first case would be to track down a stalker who may be an actual, birthed-from-Hell demon intent on killing his clients off one by one. This isn't the case he wanted, but it's the one he ended up with, and he can only hope to survive the demon at the window.

Spring is blooming as nine months have passed since the funeral. A happy, multi-family celebration, with best friends from Callie and Jason’s youth in Cleveland, takes place in Great Falls, Virginia, to remind them of what they once had, have, and need to be finally happy. Complications ensue as Chase schemes to hide more things and to take and keep what he wants to make sure his life is full of the richness he thinks he deserves.

Thirty years ago, Crazy Freddy hung his family up with barbed wire and skinned them alive. Now his ghost haunts the deserted cabin where he used to live. At least, that's how the story goes. For seven friends freshly graduated from high school, that cabin is the site of their farewell party, their last blow-out before heading their separate ways to start their new lives after high school.

Conrad Erikson thought that doing the police chief a favor would be an easy assignment, one that could ultimately benefit the Savage Kings MC in the future. All he has to do is pick up the chief’s daughter from college and bring her home. What could possibly go wrong? When it comes to the chief’s daughter, Hannah, the answer is anything and everything. And if Conrad isn’t careful, she’ll wreck his life and bring down the entire MC.

After being ousted from his pack, Special Forces Weapons Sergeant Flint Myers has found a new sense of family in his Special Ops Shifter Force brothers. But ever the lone wolf, he still has a restless feeling gnawing at him, and he’s not sure how to quell it. Soon after he’s sent on a secret mission to infiltrate a pack in the Rockies, he realizes that finding a mate might be just what he needs to finally soothe the beast within, when he meets their alpha’s alluring sister.

Captured after committing a string of convenience store robberies, Roger Shuster tries to cut a deal when he tips Queens Robbery Squad detectives Steve Danski and Gregory Litchfield to the man he claims is responsible for the 2009 abduction of high-priced criminal defense attorney Sid Weinstein's daughter Barbara the night before her 13th birthday. Though Barbara remains missing, the case has been put in the Cold Case files.

On a cold Monday morning the naked body of a young blond woman is found at the base of a railway bridge in Queens. When NYPD isn't able to name a suspect, the victim's father calls the Newberry Agency. Ace detectives Tom Newberry and Barry Noonan meet up with a gritty radio-car team in Astoria and a pair of female cops in the Bronx that provide some of the answers.

Gabriel Torres thought his life after major league baseball would be simple and quiet - or at least quieter. However, as he takes over running the exclusive Players Club, he finds himself constantly embroiled in scandal and drama. Surely nothing or no one could make his life any crazier...right? Rachel Adler is a blast from Gabe's past who crashed back into his life with the finesse of a freight train. But she’s a welcome distraction. At least for a night.

In the months that follow their impromptu weekend of rediscovery and Callie's cryptic Thanksgiving Day text saying to "wait for her", Jason invests in a mountain retreat after staying there over Christmas and New Years. The purchase is kept secret as he suspiciously travels back and forth to Asheville, North Carolina near where the retreat is located.

Wildman learned a long time ago that trust in others wasn’t healthy and might not lend itself to a long life. Blind trust gave a man false confidence and could get a man dead. His first experience in a club told him only a twist of fate would determine if that ending came quick - or slow. It took being brought into the Incoherent MC to overcome his beliefs, and he came to learn that his patch brothers of the IMC were his only allies. Then, in an instant, everything changed. A flash of lightning, shadows on a wall, blood on his fists - and a beautiful woman on her knees.

She twirls over a pointe, majestic and irresistible, translating her pain into art. I watch her every day from the shadows, waiting for the time to strike. One move to the next, she's a star, my Marcella. My brother says I'm obsessed. I shouldn't desire her as much as I do. Only he knows the kind of monster I am, but now it's too late for salvation. She's mine.

This man holds the key to my family's survival. But nothing will tempt him to help us. Nothing… except me. Oh, don't get this wrong—Weston James doesn't want to win my heart. He doesn't even want my body, despite the fact that every inch of me longs for him. No, when this rich, powerful jerk agrees to help us in return for five nights with me, he's not thinking about stolen kisses. He wants to humiliate me. To break my spirit and punish my arrogant family once and for all. Well, that's too bad. Weston is about to find that I'm harder to break than he thinks.

Adrian Locke panics when his sister invites him to her wedding. The smoke is closing in on him, but he used to put out fires with his day job. He's desperate to find a plus one, fast. He can't let her know that the girlfriend he has been talking about isn't real. They would find out he's still miserable and alone. He might be a billionaire, but money isn't everything. His plan: fake it! He’ll find a pretend girlfriend.

Jade only has time for Mr. Right Now after moving back to her hometown and making partner at Shure and West Law firm. Finding love is the least of her worries. If it weren't for the holidays, she'd still be buried deep in her work. A devilishly handsome Pediatrician and volunteer firefighter by day, and a throw you up against the wall type by night, Alec hasn't seen Jade since graduation. He won't let this second chance go to waste.

Trina is fired after a dating-app hookup gone wrong. She finally got transferred back home where she wants to be, but on her own and between jobs, apartment hunting is problematic. Dallas has been away from his hometown for years but is ready to set down some roots. He finds the perfect apartment but needs a roommate to make it work. A mutual friend suggests they can help each other, and it seems like the perfect arrangement. They make sure to set solid boundaries and follow all the rules . . . until one night, when everything changes.

Angela Haddon can drag a grown man out of a burning building and rescue a kitten from a tree, but keeping her hands to herself is getting old when it comes to Stefan Trevino. He's sexy as sin, a billionaire, and absolutely off limits, according to her brother. Stefan doesn't do commitments or clingy girlfriends, though Angela is up for the challenge. She isn't the same teenage girl she used to be, and judging by the biceps stretching the sleeves of his shirt, Stefan has grown up too.

Stefan Navaldi is trying to live his best life in New York City for Christmas, but one phone call from Amanda disrupts it all. He travels back to Grapevine, Texas to be with the Wilson's in their time of need, but things are bigger than they seem. Amanda has never gotten over Stefan. He is the guy that got away, and she's tried to move on, but no other guy compares. She knows he isn't back forever, and nothing good can come from her telling him how she feels, but she might not have to....

His eyes stick to me, burning my skin as I twirl across the stage. My legs ache with exhaustion, and my head spins, but his hunger pushes me to excellence. His voice echoes in my mind with each step, reminding me that my best isn't enough anymore. This Christmas, he's the only thing between me and rock bottom.

Waking up in Bex's bed is a nightmare I'll never forget. Now she seems to pop up everywhere I turn. And the more I get to know her, the more I like her. How had I never noticed her before? She shoves off every attempt I make to get close, and I don't blame her. After all, I am kind of dating her cousin.

Liam Jackson, a Grapevine firefighter, has always longed for his happily ever after. He dreams of becoming a father, but all the women he dates want nothing serious. Until he meets chemistry teacher Harper Davis. She's relocated to Texas following her parents' deaths and is trying to settle in to her new surroundings. When Liam and Harper meet, their connection is instantaneous, but their idyllic life together suddenly shatters when an attack leaves her in a coma.