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Los Angeles homicide detective Dinah Marino may have a complicated relationship with her family, but her psychiatrist husband, Joe, makes her feel safe, secure, and happy. She couldn’t want for a more loving or trusting man. But throughout their ten-year marriage, she’s been keeping a secret from him—a secret she’d take to the grave. Dr. Joe Marino loves his wife more than anything in this world, but there are things he’s learned to keep close to the chest—including a few dead bodies.

Nyssa Blacksea is tired of running from the Imperial regime that wants her dead. With a royal bargaining chip in hand, and freedom for her and Quinn finally within reach, Nyssa's ready to take the fight to the Empire's doorstep. She's armed with a desperate plan and a dangerous weapon: hope. But that hope is shattered when Quinn's nemesis, Ceril Anelos, strikes. Always a step ahead, his traitorous intentions soon become clear—master forbidden magick that has been locked away for centuries.

Nyssa Blacksea is eager to silence her doubters. As the only warrior in her guild without magick, she's forced to rely solely on her martial arts mastery, unwavering confidence, and charisma. When given the chance to hunt down a mysterious woman named Quinn and earn the coveted title of Ashcloak, Nyssa seizes the opportunity. Track down a fugitive? An easy task. There's just one problem—Quinn isn't receptive to Nyssa's charms and refuses to go down without a fight. Dangerous secrets swirl around Quinn and a treacherous guild leader, rattling Nyssa's faith in the very system that raised her.

King Stanley is the vice president of an MC. Shawn Cotton is the small-town bakery owner. He's not looking for more than one night. Her bakery is failing—epically. She's the sweetest thing he's ever laid eyes on. He's everything she doesn't need. Their stolen moment together was a distraction. It wasn't meant to last forever. She could be the best thing that's ever happened to him. He could be everything she dreamed of and more.

A chamber from an ancient civilization is uncovered deep below the surface of Mars. Science reporter Claire Echols is assigned to cover the story, but someone is determined to stop her. Is it the wealthy entrepreneur leading the ongoing terraforming effort? The mining companies desperate to protect their livelihoods? The cult leader who wants to put a stop to all scientific progress? Or is someone else so threatened by this discovery that they'll kill to keep it hidden?

Cora Dalton has a lot on her plate. She's the CEO of her late father's architecture firm, takes care of her mother, is amid a major lawsuit, and is doing everything she can to control her life. When Jay, the man she had a wild one-night stand with, shows up at her office as the new Human Resources Director, she has to try even harder to control her feelings.

This omnibus follows three vampire Blood Lords as they fight to claim their Brides and their HEAs in a city with enemies around every corner and a thirst for power that can never be satisfied.

Vestaris Moonshadow, a powerful demon and the daughter of the god of death, has always been bound to the hells. But when she discovers she can walk among the living, everything changes. In a desperate bid to escape both her father's control and the grim underworld, Vestaris is thrust into the mortal city of Ollora—a world of politics, betrayal, and deadly intrigue.

There are too many secrets in the Paris Opera House and Christine Daaé knows them all, for her lover, Erik, the infamous Phantom of the Opera, is at their center.

Too young. Too old. Too wrong. Too good. Evan Hughes is the road captain for the Dark Horse MC. Spencer Maddison is back in town. She's an angry little sister. She would rather be anywhere but Pineville. He knows she's the one who got away. She has never moved on. Once, she was too young for him. Now, he knows that she's the one. If she would let him break down her walls. He could be what she always dreamed of.

It’s 1897, and a new fashion for thin threatens to end the career of proudly fat vaudeville performer Evelyn Cross. Enter Thomas Gallier, the man behind the new palace of entertainment promising to be the apex of New York City’s theatrical scene. He’s in search of a star for his vaudeville spectacular, and when he hears Evelyn sing, he knows exactly who he needs to grace his stage.

Samantha Canton feels your pain. She knows she is, well, a lot. It's been a rough year, to put it mildly, so she is overjoyed to find out she gets to go on her dream work trip to Europe. But she’s not going alone. She’ll be crossing the pond with the company’s CFO, Emerson Clark. Icy Emerson, as the industry calls him, is logical, serious and quiet. He likes solitude, the color gray, rain and hot tea - he is British, after all.

For more centuries than he cared to count, Declan had found more comfort among his books and his personal library than he ever did around others, whether they be human or supernatural. With eternity before him, he treasures knowledge, the pursuit of it, and the preservation. Nothing, and no one, could ever part him from such endeavors. Until, among the stacks of a familiar bookstore, he encounters a human with a love of books that rivals his own, and an interest in perusing his personal collection...

In the backdrop of this trio's trials, the past unfolds, showcasing Jay and Marco's origin story—two strangers becoming best friends. If it were only that simple… Jay's unrequited love for Marco builds from a casual crush to an all-consuming, soul-crushing anguish he cannot ignore. Can Jay ever admit his feelings for Marco? Is Marco capable of loving Jay as more than a friend?

Years ago, Hadria Imperioli vanished after her father refused her mafia inheritance in favor of her younger brother. Now, she's resurfaced as Hades—ruthless leader of the Styx Syndicate mercenaries that terrorize Chicago—and she's hell-bent on finally claiming what's hers. When her brother announces his engagement to sheltered beauty Aurora Verderosa, Hadria decides it's time to take back her mafia crown and everything else that belongs to her... Including Aurora.

Dean Keegan is a vigilante biker with a tortured past who makes abusers of women and children pay for their crimes against the innocent. The story begins with Dean at rock bottom, on the verge of giving up after having lost his marriage and about to be thrown out of his club. His personal life is a wreck, but then Dean meets a unique woman named Vanna, who is, unbeknownst to him, in hiding from her ex-fiance cop currently doing time for nearly killing her years prior.

Tareal Vanth, a demi-fae necromancer, was having a regular day of cleaning up bodies, taking out murdering trash, and pissing off local authorities . . . he should have known that peace and quiet wouldn't last in a city like Inferno. Now, an actual Reaper called Elektra is on his doorstep, demanding his help to stop a renegade necromancer from tearing the Veil apart and unleashing an undead army. He wants to tell her that it's not his problem, but Elektra's death magic sings to him like a siren song, and his fae mating instincts are getting more frustrated by the second.

Now that her nightmare is over, Vanna and I are free to live our happily ever after like I promised her we would. Even if I have to kill for it. Those were my words to her. Words I intend to live up to. Though, as we have come to learn, the past rarely stays buried. Not even when it's left to rot in the Sonoran Desert.

Christine Daaé arrives penniless and hopeless at the steps of the great Paris Opera House, in search of an angel. What finds her instead is a man in a mask named Erik, a tortured soul masquerading as a ghost. Fascinated by Christine, Erik dons a new mask to be close to her: that of the Angel of Music. This strange patron awakens Christine's voice and soul...as well as desires she cannot understand. Their adoration growing, Erik and Christine remain separated by deception and darkness, tangled in a web of lust and lies.

The Flock has unleashed a wave of targeted attacks on research facilities across Earth and the terraformed areas of Mars. But are they the enemy or one of Claire’s few potential allies in saving Earth? Her only clue is the ancient, cryptic journal left behind by alien rebel Eberin Das of the Ufretan Alliance who tried—and failed—to save Mars from his own people. Claire has a partial translation, thanks to Beck, but can she truly trust him now that she knows he’s not only an alien, but a member of that very same Alliance?