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Seven years ago, Teddy Drucker disappeared. He changed his name, altered his appearance, and abandoned his corporate aspirations, fleeing for his life. He was in over his head with the cops who’d accused him of murdering his girlfriend and the kind of guys who don’t think twice about cleaning up loose ends with a well-placed bullet. Now, Trevor Dent is a new man with a PhD, a cute little car, and therapy clients who trust him with their dirty secrets. But when his new patient calls him by his old name and his girlfriend turns up missing, Trevor realizes the past can’t be erased.

As if living in a zombie-infested world wasn't bad enough, Dr. Tara Lee and her companions reach Fort Detrick only to discover that for some betrayal is second nature. Having thwarted Lieutenant King's attempted coup, they believe the worst is finally behind them. They couldn't be more wrong. Biding his time, Lieutenant King launches an audacious attack abducting Tara and Amy, and leaving Alex on the brink of death.

Psychologist Mollie Roark had it all. A hotshot husband, a beautiful daughter, a successful career, and a fancy house on the Napa hillside. She'd finally made it. Left her troubled past and her crazy father far behind her. But two years ago, the unspeakable happened. Her daughter's burned body turned up on the shores of Lake Berryessa, just days after her 15th birthday. The police seem certain Dakota fell victim to the Shadow Man, the prolific serial killer who had terrorized the Napa Valley for two decades.

Thelma Foy, a jeweler with the Second Sight in iron-bedecked 1890s New Orleans, wasn't expecting to be caught in a faery conflict. Tam can see through the glamours faeries wear to hide themselves from mortals, but if her secret were revealed, the fey would steal her eyes, her life, or her freedom. So, Tam doesn't respond when they trail thorn-crusted fingertips through her hair at the French Market or when the Dark King sings along with her in the bayou. But when the Dark King, Irial, rescues her, Tam must confront everything she thought she knew about faeries, men, and love.

Cora never dreamed of returning to her old life, but with her kingdom at stake and her brother's life on the line, she has no choice but to reclaim her former title. Yet with new changes come new dangers, this time in the form of scheming royals with cruel politics. If she can play their games, she just might keep her crown. But can she say the same for her heart?

Ashley and Maya wish they could take back the hurtful things they told their parents before the deadly car crash. Two years later, the young orphans try to make the most of their new life with their lonely aunt. But the remote lake house in upstate New York doesn't feel like home without their mother's touch. When the girls discover a Ouija board in the dusty attic, they think they've finally found a way to tell their deceased mother how they really feel.

After a decisive battle, the treacherous lieutenant King is finally dead and buried. Having dealt with their most dangerous foe yet the survivors at Fort Detrick must look toward the future. Surrounded on all sides by vast, roaming hordes of zombies and predatory groups of raiders, life has become a daily struggle for survival. With only each other to rely on they have to find a way to reclaim the world from the living and the dead.

Maggie Allen hates being a delivery driver, but she can't leave her small town to find a better job; her father's too sick to take care of himself, her younger brother Jake can't stay out of trouble, and her nagging aunt won't stop meddling in their lives. The last thing she needs is a dog to take care of. Especially one that's spend most of his life chained up by neglectful owners. But when Dad goes behind her back to adopt a pit bull named Cappuccino, she has to admit that the dog is good for the family.

After a daring escape, Amy faces a harrowing journey through a post-apocalyptic wasteland in the dead of winter. Pursued by a sadistic killer, she barely makes it out alive. Reunited with Alex at Fort Detrick, she believes the worst is behind her. An audacious rescue attempt leads to disaster. Upon learning the whereabouts of Tara, Saul, and Dylan plan a hasty assault on King's hideout. Defying Nick's orders, they launch the attack only to run into a hail of gunfire. Defeated and demoralized, they retreat back to base forcing Nick to prepare for all-out war.

Redemption wouldn’t be redemption without something weird going on in one of its lakes. In this case, residents are torn between it being a Loch Ness Monster (named “Locky”) or some other water-based supernatural creature.

When "Love Doctors" Ian and Kate Culpepper are brutally murdered in their Carmel mansion on Valentine's Day, Ava knows it's karma. Because Ian's leaving her for perfect Kate four years ago had cut her bone deep. And then they had the nerve to show up here, on her turf. With their perfect house and their perfect daughter and their matching perfect smiles. It's no wonder Ava can't stop watching. It's no wonder she can't let go. But Ian is far from perfect, and Ava owes a debt too. For the unforgivable thing they'd done together. The dark deed that severed their marriage in two.

She woke up on a spaceship with magical powers and incredible abilities. Now, she must save the universe from falling into darkness. Elle thought her summer would be ordinary—until she wakes up on a spaceship with newfound magic and incredible physical abilities. Suddenly, the fate of the universe rests in her hands. A mysterious Darkness is spreading, consuming planets, including Elle's home. With her new powers, Elle joins a daring team on an interstellar quest to find ancient relics that could stop the Darkness.

A dark prophecy binds Cora's fate to the fae realm-a world that would have been her doom if she hadn't escaped with her life. Now, she's determined to put destiny behind her and focus on her world, her kingdom, and her much-anticipated wedding.

When Sorin, a cranky old soldier, barges in and decides to take over her life, Krea is less than enthused. Sure, he saved her from a brutal death at the hands of the guards, and he did stop decrepit faerie monsters from eating her. But declaring she isn’t human and dragging her through a cursed forest to the Royal City is going too far.

Alcyone is gone. The Independent stronghold on Scorpii is destroyed. Sigrid and her sisters have fled the Federation to make a new home on the remote world of Medea. But with a price on her head the size of a planet, and pursued across the galaxy by the Council for Trade and Finance, Sigrid knows she and her sisters are not safe. As long as there are those who would seek to control them, hunt them, they will never be safe.

Aidan Montgomery hadn't been prepared for Amelia Bradbury to walk in and then out of his life. He also hadn't expected to find the powerful magic hidden deep within him for the last 19 years, but he's embracing it - finding more control and more answers every day. Now, with the help of Amelia's best friend, Bethany, Aidan is on a quest to understand his destiny and find Amelia.

Everything Elle Hartmut and her friends thought they knew about the alien menace - and the nature of their universe - is wrong. With mounting evidence that the aliens behind the Darkness reside on a hyperdimensional plane above space-time, Elle and the Dark Sentinels will need a new approach to win. However, preventing the impending alien invasion will test their team in ways they never imagined. The ancient artifacts wielded by the Dark Sentinels may hold the key to victory.

"Vampires killed my sister and infected me. Now I have to pick up the pieces before I die." If you love Anita Blake, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and a wholly original take on vampires, you'll love The Harker Trilogy by The New York Times best-selling author Erin Hayes. From bloodthirsty creatures of the night to forbidden romance and a conspiracy that could destroy us all, join Edie Harker as she tries to save herself from a fate worse than death.

I'm finally free of my family's curse. Except now, the world is ending. FML. Anthony, the vampire that killed my sister and my brother-in-law, has won. I've lost everything. I no longer have my powers. I have no idea where Amelia is. And the vampire I love has surrendered to the hunger that is throwing the world into chaos. The worst part? I can't do anything about it, because I'm no longer the Harker. Sure, I'm not dying anymore, but I'm barely living at this point.

I may be a vampire hunter. But I've single-handedly screwed up big time. After botching our chance to cure vampirism and the infection that's killing me, I'm at a loss. My cousin Carl won't speak to me. The bastard who killed my sister is still alive. And Jude, the amnesiac vampire, says he's in love with me. What's even more shocking is that I love him back.