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Everleigh Beckett’s plans for Christmas are simple: Forget her ex is getting married to another woman, keep her cat Roscoe in the lifestyle he’s accustomed to, and hunker down until all the Yuletide cheer is over. Hoping to forget the season, she agrees to work extra shifts in the Missing Persons Division so her partner can spend time with his family. What Everleigh doesn’t realize is that one of the most infamous baby-snatching cases of 1986 is about to land in her lap.

The Seven Protectorates have enjoyed years of peace under Tav’s leadership, but a growing worry has surfaced. What about the land beyond Loden’s border? Where once there had been overtures of trade, now there is nothing. Tav decides to send a diplomatic expedition to reestablish contact, but who should go?Adventure runs in the blood of Tash’s children, especially in his headstrong daughter Shara.

Kiameron is the crown prince of DiNolfol. He is torn between two destinies - assuming the crown upon his father's death or answering the call of his non-Human traits, abilities associated with the mysterious Stravad. The decision is made for him with the destruction of everything he holds dear. Armed with his burgeoning powers and a mysterious talisman that he does not know how to use, Kai strikes back at Gava, the despot who destroyed his life.

Clove Calloway thought she ended her nightmare life when she stabbed herself. When the darkness took over, she thought she'd find peace. Seeing her husband die by the hands of his traitorous brother, Trent, destroyed her. Little did she know, her dreadful life without Turner is just the beginning. She awakens from one nightmare right into another, confined in a house with the Master Manipulator of them all. Now, she's fighting for her life instead of trying to end it.

Clove Calloway knew within an hour of picking up her husband, Turner, from the airport that something was different, yet she couldn't pinpoint what. Together since college, they know everything about each other...so why has she spent the last few days watching everything he does, hoping for a clue? What could have happened within the week he was gone?

For years, Peyton has struggled to put her father's murder behind her, but her latest case brings it all back. When two hookers are found with the mutilated body of a notorious gangbanger, Peyton and her partner, Marco, are pulled into a world of violence, sex, and drugs that might engulf all of San Francisco in a turf war. And as Peyton comes to realize, sometimes the monsters we most fear are real.

Alice thought she understood her purpose. She was the first Nightwalker, a vampire made to hunt her own kind. But the Order of the Morning Dawn has a new creation. A rebellious progeny, forged by Alice's own bite. Loyal only to the Order, he wields a glowing silver crucifix, a "Gilded Cross." They claim its light is celestial, a gift from angels. Alice, secretly sustained by the Eucharist, suspects a darker origin. Could this holy light be born of the very witchcraft the Order condemns?

Missing Persons Detective Everleigh Beckett and her P.I. partner Isaac Stern have a habit of solving cases in time for a Christmas miracle, but this year, the case is one that may put Isaac in the crosshairs. Isaac Stern was once a rising star in the Sacramento police department, but he walked away from his career when seventeen-year-old Natalie Mathews died in a sleazy motel outside of Albuquerque. Her abductor was never found, but that doesn’t mean Isaac ever stopped looking.

The World of Samar series follows the lives of Eldon’s chosen as they struggle to survive in a land hostile to everything they know. Books Six through Eight tell the stories of Talar Eldralin’s children as they get entangled in a destiny that their father tried desperately to spare them.

Farad, past Stravad Leader, cannot fathom why he’s outlived everyone he ever loved, until the dead Lord of the Nazarien, Talar Eldralin, summons him through the shard of the Karhartadon emerald. Talar urges him to embark on a journey that will take him across Samar to the strange land of the Delphi, where he will rescue Talar’s great grandson – a boy with no name and no knowledge of his auspicious lineage. Farad’s one saving grace – Talar promises him a champion. Problem is this champion is a gambling, boozing, whoring mess. Kael Razmus is no one’s hero.

She's fought against devils and demons, insidious witches, and old-world vampires. When she returns to Exeter, where she grew up as a girl, she'll find enemies even bigger and badder than anything she's ever faced before.

It's time to settle an ancient score. My human father has returned from the grave. He tried to kill me after I became a vampire. He intends to finish the job. But that's the least of my problems. Someone else brought him back. Who would do something like that? All I know is that whoever it is wants me dead. I intend to spoil his plans.

Anita and Miguel met at a music rehearsal. Their voices blended like Ashford and Simpson or Peaches and Herb. Yet, someone from their past is trying to silence their sweet sounds.

Rue Cyprus and her Golden Retriever puppy, Kasey, embark on a summer break full of adventure and fun, but when Rue’s parents take her on vacation, they meet Mrs. MacIntyre and her dog, who live at the beach full-time.

When architect and engineer JaiHonnah Chapman stepped on American soil again after being in Europe for many years, she didn’t expect to run into the Rock of Gibraltar, otherwise known as J Roderick Baylor. He’s drop-dead handsome, a former professional basketball icon, and has adorable twin five-year-old daughters. Regrettably, he is also her new boss.

I've been framed for murder. The evidence is damnable. To catch a vampire draining the life out of someone on camera.... When the killer looked back, my face was staring right into the monitors. Not even the Voodoo Queen can defend me. I'm on the run.

Wraiths are escaping hell. Isn't that dandy? A mysterious clan of warlocks is behind it. Wraiths are the demented spirits of dead vampires. Why would anyone draw them out of vampire hell? These ghosts don't just go bump in the night. They aren't out for blood either. They're sucking souls.

You never realize how much your bad attitude can impact your life...until it manifests as a flesh-and-blood monster. Ever harbor a resentment and wish someone dead? Even if you didn't really mean it? There's a monster for that. It won't sleep until it fulfills your darkest desire.

For the first time, one of my spells backfired. I was trying to trap a sorcerer in a blood prism.... He was too powerful. It was the only option. When the spell reflected back on me, I found myself somewhere else.

Professor Dena Montgomery might be young, only 19, but she is a mathematical Olympiad with a genius-level IQ, earning a PhD for her at 16. Yet, her large family calls her The Absentminded Professor, with good reason. Dena can recite the calculus for the Pythagorean theorem as if it is her home address, but can’t, for her life, remember what is on her grocery list or whether she eats three meals on any given day.