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"I suppose, in the end, it really comes down to a choice you have to make yourself—live in the shadows because it’s much easier, or chase the small glimmers of gold, choosing to believe that, if you follow them, they will lead you to oceans of it...." That's what we were doing, chasing the glimmers of gold. We needed something to believe in again, my two best friends and me. After disastrous relationships and a dead-end grunt-labor job, we were burnt out on life and even more burnt out on men. The only thing that made us happy, that we all had in common, was a metal band we adored.

Redforest is a quaint town, with a church, pretty shops, and people who despise witches. When my family and I move in, I set my sights on the Shaw family, quickly learning everything I can about them. Damian’s son, Elijah, is the hunter’s greatest pride. His heir. His confidante. The only family he trusts. I come up with a plan. I am going to shatter every good thing in Damian’s life, starting with his son. My goal: Make Elijah Shaw fall in love with me, turn him against his father, and ruin everything in his life from the inside out.

Annalissa is on a girls' trip in to New York in honor of their friend who passed away.

Slade doesn’t understand why his sister gave up luxury to live in a rundown bungalow, and marry a surfer dude in Southern California - but he’s traveling there to support her weird wedding. Even if something about it makes him feel all messed up inside. Who is he kidding? He’s been messed up inside his whole life. Given his abusive past and abandonment issues, he’s transformed himself into a regular, Grade-A douchebag, and he knows it. But someone seems to see past that. A crazy, carefree, gypsy of a girl who kidnaps him in a hippie van.

A Washington upstart comes under fire for her support of a wonder drug that kills hundreds of veterans. While in the throes of her second election, Representative Emma St. Claire and her edgy staff must prove her innocence in the court of public opinion. Follow her as she takes you on a wild political adventure.

Corporal Faryn Steel’s first job is to find her victim’s identity. A woman’s body in a field next to a 12-gauge promises to be an open and shut case. But every clue leads to a new mystery. From the murder to rapes to home invasions and missing shoes...nothing leads to the victim’s identity. Without that one basic fact, Faryn may not have a case. At the same time, Faryn has to deal with her own stalker, plus an ex-boyfriend, people sticking their noses into her alternative lifestyle, and her longing desire to soak in a hot bath eating spicy chicken wings!

After bumping into Falls Village’s Hollywood celebrity (literally), Olivia’s life gets way more interesting. Once Matthew finds a woman who doesn’t care about his money, he looks at life differently. But can a small-town girl be the one to change the playboy ways of a Hollywood actor for good? Or will Olivia be left in the middle again, this time stuck between a broken heart and the future she craves?

Emma St. Claire is only weeks away from an important election when she is approached by a total stranger to spearhead an investigation of a soldier held in a POW camp for five decades. Immortalized in granite while being proclaimed alive, the young representative grapples with the idea that America would have left one of hers behind. The two countries involved, Vietnam and the United States, can't decide what to do with the Army veteran because of an alleged document signed by a dead president that awards the prisoner's descendants a large county in southwest California.

Cassidy’s a fighter, designed to survive. After the crushing death of her parents, she persevered. When she caught her fiancé with another woman, she held her head high and moved on. Fighting always came easy, because she never had to do it alone. She had Liam. Her best friend. Her protector. Her rock. But every bond has its breaking point, and they found their’s...with a kiss. One weak moment upturns the foundation of their relationship, making Cassidy look at Liam in a whole new light. Now, she has a choice to make. Is the shift from friends to lovers even possible?

The Dark Lord has found a way to gain access into the Real. It is up to Nadine and Danny to find a way to expel him from her world before he hurts anyone she loves. The SLAG Nation controls who has access to the Real and they are hard pressed to maintain the accord with them and the Dark Lord.