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A banished vampire prince walks into a neon-soaked dive with a tumbler of blood-spiked whiskey and one goal: burn the Duskrender assassin guild to the ground. Bowen (Vorigan bloodline, formerly very royal, currently very done) is hunting two traitors tied to a mysterious shipment and a deadly alliance with the reapers—a trail that drags him from Nashville’s Underground to Sector 16 on Lake Erie, where sirens smile and secrets bite.

Of most interest to Bennet was Mr. Darcy of Pemberley. When Fitzwilliam Darcy attends the Meryton assembly, he befriends a quiet, intelligent gentleman. In frequent visits to his friend’s home, he becomes acquainted with the Bennet family of Longbourn. Yet Mr. Darcy is distracted by a strange feeling of having met some of them before.

Mercy Temple lives in a world where paranormals are a thing. Humans know of their existence, but the two species don’t interact. Or so it is thought. She works for a bounty hunter, doing any job he needs done. From killing someone, to finding someone, to bringing them in. She has a love/hate relationship with the bounty hunter. He knows her secret, and that’s how he keeps her working for him. But still, he pays her well.

Will you be fast enough? A 15-year-old girl with a gift for violence and nothing left to lose, Constanter is running. To escape the farm she grew up on in a remote part of the Western Lorian empire. To forget the family and the life she can never return to. She runs east, toward the distant war she knows only from the tales of travelers - a 20-year long conflict, opposing the Western and Eastern halves of the empire.

A female spaceship captain? That’s me. I shouldn’t have taken my vessel that route. I’m the captain of my ship. I’m the decision maker. Bad decision. I knew it was bad when the warlord appeared on the comms screen and pretty much said he wanted me to warm his bed. Now I’m avoiding pirates, warlords, and a clan war between alien warlords. Oh, and I’m trying to pay a debt off and save my crew’s life.

Mysterious necromancers. Wicked vampires. Fierce witches. Forbidden alliances. This Academy of Magics will suck you in. Emery’s heartbroken and nothing can pull her out of it. Aleister is slowly watching his best friend fall apart. Meanwhile, Cassandra’s got grand plans. Can Aleister and Emery find the answers and save Gentry?

Grace Walker doesn't do relationships. She spent her childhood in and out of foster homes, she and her siblings looking after each other when their drug-addicted mother couldn't. With such a dysfunctional family, Grace just doesn't think she's relationship material. She'd rather play the field and otherwise keep to herself. But then she runs into someone from her childhood: Eva Carrington, an orphaned heiress who did a brief stint in a children's home alongside Grace. The two felt a strong connection as children, and now that they're adults, it's even stronger.

The whole series is complete! Mysterious necromancers. Wicked vampires. Fierce witches. Forbidden alliances. This Academy of Magics will suck you in. Out of the frying pan into the fire. That sums up what Emery’s life has become. Things with Gentry fell apart. Luckily, Aleister’s there to pick up the pieces. Or maybe that’s not so good. Gentry’s world’s fallen apart. Tormented by a lost love, torn by a new love, he drifts in and out of states of torture as he tries to keep Emery safe while at the same time keeping his distance.

Briar Shroud has gone from foster child to full scholarship at the Academy of Ancients. Cool, right? Not quite. Her upperclassman mentor Zachary sucks. He's hot, but he sucks at being a mentor. And a friend. And a person. Her roommate's a paranormal, and the whole school is underground and a secret. Know what else is bad? Briar learns she's a witch. And a rare type of witch, to boot.

After escaping a harrowing ordeal with the Drakin Clan, Princess Lucy’s homecoming is short lived. The evil dragon-shifters, along with their newfound allies, the giants, have declared war upon the Southern Kingdom. Lucy knows her life is in danger and must learn how to defend herself. She learns of a prophecy, sending her on a quest to retrieve a magical golden crown located in the caves of the Southeastern Lands. This crown is guarded by Orcs. Lucy will be accompanied by a prince, and a duke from the Northern Kingdom, along with Tobias - each vying for her love.

Zan’s a broken man. He spent two years in a torture chamber with his captors. His living body armor was ripped from his skin forcibly. His eye was taken. But worst of all, his spirit was broken. Zan is a shell of a man, one with a desire for the permanency of death. Why is he haunted by the Mate Dream when all he wants is a swift and immediate death?

Emma’s heading out for an assignment. One she’s been looking forward to until a phone call derails her plans and gives her a different agenda. And with it comes a dilemma. Deke’s back. Detective McHottie’s been absent. And now there’s a dead body in a portapotty.

A compelling message in today's uncertain times. This fast-paced, novelistic memoir gives listeners an intimate look into Kathrine's struggle with OCD and PGAD, while weaving a deeper story of reality, identity, and meaning. A poignant true story of hope.

Mercy Temple lives in a world where paranormals are a thing. Humans know of their existence, but the two species don’t interact. Or so it is thought. She’s a bounty hunter. She’s good at what she does. There’s been a killing in Sector 18. Not just any old sector. The werewolf sector. Not just any old killing. An alpha. And as for the timing? A few short days before the full moon, when all the werewolves will be shifting and wreaking havoc.

Mercy Temple lives in a world where paranormals are a thing. Humans know of their existence, but the two species don’t interact. Or so it is thought. She’s a bounty hunter. She’s good at what she does. There’s a growing darkness within Mercy. Dark voices fill her mind. Just when Rafael is starting to open up, she shuts down. She’s lying to those who care about while she single-mindedly pursues tracking down the mage that zursed her. Rafael’s plagued by nightmares and a past he can’t escape. He needs help of the magic kind.

Mysterious necromancers. Wicked summoners. Fierce witches. Occasional familiars. Military experiments. Secret councils. Forbidden alliances. The Academy of Ancients will suck you in. Briar’s free. Or is she? With the necromancers and the undead still loose, the masters that control these heinous creatures might as well be.

I’ve had dreams about her. I’ve never seen her, but I can’t get her out of my head. She shouldn’t exist. This shouldn’t be a thing. But it is. She’s mine. My soul has marked her as such. I’m Kaze, the newly minted captain of a warship. I’m a warlord from another planet. A human cannot be my soulmate. So why is fate bringing us together? And why are my senses telling me she’s on a slaver ship?

New jobs can be murder - that’s what it seems like to Emma Harmon of Cape Hope. She’s got a new job blogging about food, and she’s thrilled to be traveling to a new resort to sample the fare and meet local celebrities. One of who is first-kiss-Robbie - as in the first boy to kiss her is a famous chef now! She also finds out her photographer is a hot guy with a major chip on his shoulder, so she’s not so thrilled when she discovers a body in the sand dunes. One with a knife sticking out of him. A chef knife. Robbie’s chef knife.

I finally felt safe in Xander’s arms. But my past wasn’t done with me. My own therapist drugged me and dragged me away, locking me in a cell. They want to break my mind, twist my magic into a weapon for their war, and make me their monster. They have no idea what this monster will do to protect the man she loves.

I thought my past was the only monster I had to fight. I was wrong. A new nightmare began, illusions leaving real burns on my skin. They used him, my only safe place, as bait to force out the chaotic lightning I can barely control. I saved him once. Now, with a secret army of summoners hunting us, I’ll become the monster they’re so afraid of to keep him safe. XanderI promised to be her shield, but they turned me into their weapon. They chained me in a fiery hell, all to make her break.