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A traumatic childhood and a gaslighting husband cause a young woman to question her sanity. She knows the nightmare won’t stop until her husband is dead. But, can she find the courage to do it?

Vengeance runs in their blood. Survival runs in mine. When people started disappearing across the city, the police brushed it off as coincidence. But my wolf senses detect the same otherworldly scent lingering at every crime scene. The deeper I dig, the more chilling the truth becomes. All the victims are tied by blood to an ancient wolf-hunting clan. That kind of legacy doesn’t just vanish. It festers.

What begins as a blissful ladies’ spa day meant for rest and renewal turns deadly when a striking young model is found murdered in the parking lot. Amateur sleuth Stacie Maroni is the one who discovers the body, notifies the police, and studies the woman and her jewelry. A bit obsessive about things matching, Stacie wonders at the silver earring mixed with everything else gold. Little does she know someone nearby is filming her.

A deadly game of cat-and-mouse begins when magician Natasha Semenov and no-nonsense detective Hamilton Baker are thrust into a complex criminal investigation that neither may survive. When a murder occurs literally on Natasha's club's doorstep, it unravels a sophisticated global network of crime, forcing the unlikely pair to navigate a world of deception, long-buried family secrets, and a thirst for revenge that spans generations.

In the shadows of Ravenholde, the things you can't see will kill you. With the infection ravaging our mystical town and no antidote in sight, tensions between the Shadow Council members are at an all-time high. When I start to find a place within the Shifter community, Caton shows signs that he may have been hasty in ending our marriage, but Lucinda turns the coven against me to ensure I can never return. The controversy with the Council initiates an argument with Ayesha, my mentor, and business partner, and I'm faced with losing my shop and the means to help the people of Ravenholde.

We were just putting the pieces of our lives back together when Valerian attacked and declared Raven as his. Rene responded with force, but Valerian’s magic was stronger. He cursed him—binding Rene’s life to an ancient artifact shattered centuries ago. Unless the pieces are found and restored, he’ll die. But only Raven’s power can find them… and if she leaves Black Blossom County, Rene dies. So Raven did the impossible—she transferred her magic to me.

When a Djinn child is abducted and I get a lead on my latest bounty, I take the portal to disrupt the latest dark ritual and retrieve the victim. But someone in the council sabotages my magical trip and any trust I had in the governing body of Ravenholde is destroyed. After I think I have stopped the latest shard from being created and a new king of hell from rising, I discover I am a target and a powerful demon will use anyone around me to seek his revenge.

A Christmas demon. A sacred bounty. A painful truth. When a demon with an unnatural hatred for tinsel and an insatiable thirst for revenge escapes the underworld, my friends and I are called in to hunt him down before he can wreak havoc. But as the bodies keep dropping in gruesome and ritualistic ways, it becomes clear that his arrival isn’t just a random jailbreak. Something or someone helped him cross into our world, and the deeper we dig, the more it feels like we’re being played. When I think I can juggle the hunt and the chaos that comes with it, my son shows up for a visit.

Quiet Fenwood-On-Sea is the perfect place for an heiress with secrets to hide. Or a killer. Beautiful heiress Meredith Thatch married for love, and scandalized her community in the process. But her neighbors don't know the half of it. These days, she and spouse Alec keep a low profile, managing her hospital for recovering soldiers and invalids — and growing the finest roses in the county. But when the most despised landowner in the area winds up dead shortly after feuding with the hospital, the finger of suspicion turns on the couple. And that's only the first murder.

Als Duke Anson ein abgelegenes Diner in Nevada betritt, ahnt er noch nichts Böses. Sie bieten ihm einen Job als Fahrer an. Duke wird schnell klar, dass es sich dabei nicht um einen legalen Deal handelt. Doch er sagt zu, da er wieder einmal knapp bei Kasse ist. Bei einem bewaffneten Überfall geraten die Dinge jedoch aus dem Ruder. Duke wird von einem Mitläufer zum Gejagten.

The plan is simple: avoid detection by the enemy, stop a hostile takeover, and keep an errant earl and a mischievous debutante out of the trouble served up on every passing platter at a party like this one. Joe and Ember are about to learn that at Blackcove, even the sharpest players can’t rig every game—and when hearts are on the table, all bets are off.

I was forced into a life I didn't choose. He's falling for the thing he hates the most. When my husband of twenty-five years leaves me to expedite his political agenda, and his new girlfriend ensures I have no place within the shadow council, I am starting over with a new business and no financial security. With my occult shop starting to turn a profit and new friendships blooming, I don’t plan to let anybody stand in the way of my future, but when a member of the Council falls ill, they turn to the witch they so callously cast aside. Me.

The Last Invention centers around families that break apart because of the rise of AI, plus all the havoc this creates for the human species, all while the planet Earth continues to deteriorate. This story is about sisters, their deep bond, and how grief and tragedy divide them, possibly forever, as the world is drawn in to an unthinkable existence, with the promise of the end of death. The Last Invention is named after what scientists refer to as the “the final invention,” aka man’s last creation of the machine/computer.

Success isn’t reserved for a select few. It isn’t determined by where you start, what you’ve been through, or what others expect of you. Success is closer than you think, and it is within your reach.

This Christmas was supposed to be filled with blood wine and mistletoe, not betrayal and impending doom. But when Dimitri resurfaces with a stolen artifact capable of unleashing eternal darkness, and I’m poisoned in the chaos, our holiday cheer turns into a desperate fight for survival. With time slipping away, Cassara is betrayed by someone she once trusted, forcing us to fight enemies both old and new. As the shadows close in, we must unravel Dimitri’s deadly scheme before my time runs out and chaos follows.

Erschrocken über ihre Entdeckung machen sich Irene Adler und Mr. Wu weiter auf den Weg zu Hayden and Son. Der Besuch bei der Firma, die die Ausgrabungsarbeiten in Auftrag gegeben hat, verläuft ganz anders, als es Irene Adler und Mr. Wu erwartet haben. Die beiden scheinen bei ihren Ermittlungen auf der Stelle zu treten, während es der Gegenseite immer mehr gelingt, ihre gefährlichen Pläne in die Tat umzusetzen.

Der letzte Kampf gegen Richard Meridian ist vorüber und hat zahlreiche Opfer gefordert. Die sechs Überlebenden an Bord der Schlüsselstation sitzen in der Falle, da die HYPERION schweigt. Was geschieht auf dem ersten Interlink-Kreuzer der Menschheit? Unterdessen befindet sich eine der Hauptfiguren auf einer Reise in den Schlund, wo sie nach Aussage der Kriegshand den Untergang der Galaxis einleiten soll.

As my shifter side rises, the consequences are unraveling faster than I can control, and dragging me into unfamiliar territory. Including a dangerous attraction to a man I have every reason to avoid.

When they're tasked with safeguarding the ashes of a goddess who slipped through their grasp once before, the Backside of Forty comes prepared for almost any surprise. Except, of course, for the one that they're dealt. As Artemis tosses the coven a flicker of flames from the forge of Hephaestus, it quickly becomes clear that this mission won't have the warm and fuzzy solution they've been hoping for.

While visiting the cozy Village of Mystic Falls with Nishi and Faith, I assumed my biggest challenge would be finding the perfect gingerbread latte. But this festive outing has taken an enchantingly eerie turn and it will take all of us to save the holiday season. As supernatural forces converge on this merry town, and mundanes begin to exhibit extraordinary abilities, we must find the source before more innocents are harmed. We soon discover that an old foe has returned, and he has a permanent position on the naughty list.