“You made a mistake coming here tonight.” Astrid thought she was the one in control, but one vampire would prove her wrong. When Jasper de Carnac bests her in a fight, she knows she‘ll be on the run for the rest of her life if she can’t find a way to shake him. Unfortunately, the witch who was supposed to aid her is dead, and when her sister goes missing, Jasper is the only one who can help get her back. To find her, Astrid must bind herself to him and pray he doesn’t betray her. But Jasper has secrets of his own—an agenda beyond keeping her as his human servant. As new enemies ...

Blood and Blooms 🌹 A long time ago, in a village far outside of Charleston...Marigold Greene says: I’ve always known there was something unusual about me. The way plants seem to respond to my touch, the magic I can weave through their petals—it’s a secret I’ve kept hidden for as long as I can remember. But when an elegant invitation arrived, summoning me to Evermist Castle, my quiet life as a florist unraveled in ways I never expected. Dorian Sussex, the reclusive vampire nobleman who lives there, hired me to revive his hidden garden—a breathtaking sanctuary of rare, magical ...

The only good vampire is a dead vampire – until one saves your sister's life. As a rebellious witch who hunts vampires for profit rather than duty, Kori has always been the black sheep of her coven. But when her sister Grace is turned into a vampire, her mother gives her an impossible command: kill her own sister to preserve their family's honor. Tracking Grace will also mean facing the vampire that turned her. Alaric, a powerful, ancient knight determined to protect his family. Trapped between Alaric's lethal protection of his blood and her own conflicted heart, Kori hesitates--and that ...

A crumbling marriage. A secluded mountain cabin. And a rugged stranger who might just save—or shatter—it all. Jessamy and Beau thought a romantic getaway in Kiss County would rekindle their spark, but when a snowstorm forces them off the road and into a remote cabin with the enigmatic, undeniably sexy Malcolm, that spark becomes a raging inferno. As buried truths and forbidden desires surface, they must decide: will this mountain retreat mark the end of their love story—or the start of something new? For fans of forced proximity, why choose, and deliciously messy emotions, Lost with ...

He's the ultimate temptation. He's also a vampire who wants her dead. At least, that's what she's been trained to believe. Deep in the secretive halls of the Bloodstone Institute, Lucy is determined to become an elite vampire hunter. But her carefully controlled life explodes when her forbidden psychic dreams materialize in the flesh – as her hot new combat instructor. Fin's lethal allure threatens everything she's worked for, and the raw power he ignites in her could expose magic that would get her killed. When her best friend vanishes, the Bloodstone Institute that is supposed to ...

Sold to the mob. Four words I never thought I'd utter. Worse, it was my father who did the unthinkable. When the creditors come to collect, I'm handed over to the most ruthless man in New York City—Luca Valentino. The head of the notorious Kings is as gorgeous as he is lethal. Dark, possessive, and violent. Nothing like the boy I grew up with, my dead brother's best friend.

DARE TO BE TAKEN I had never expected to find love in this foreign land. But this knight had risked everything for me, his position, his life, his entire world. In the midst of all the danger,I realized I was falling completely for him. For centuries, as summer gives way to fall, the elves of the enchanted forest emerge to claim a single woman—a mysterious tradition shrouded in whispers of magic and sacrifice. Alanna has spent her life protecting her city, hardened by duty and resigned to a love that will never come. Taken from the safety of her world, she is thrust into the arms of ...

Walking home late one night, burned-out barista Nell accidentally incinerates someone. Whoopsie! Now, if this tale began in a fantastic far-away land, or Nell was, perhaps, a wizard, such a mishap might make some kind of sense. But this is not a wondrous fantasy world. This is real life, and Nell just wanted to go home and eat macaroni. As Nell stares at the smoldering corpse, she realizes something with horrifying certainty: She's magic. And not the cute pulling-a-rabbit-from-a-hat kind of magic.

There are only two ways a human can cross the gates of Bloodstone Institute: as a familiar to one of the Blueblood vampires who attend the elite school or as a snack. I'm neither, but I have to get in at all costs. My brother made a big mistake, and now I have to fix it by stealing from the most powerful and cruel vampire to ever come to Bloodstone, Lucca Della Morte. If that wasn't almost suicidal, I need to get it done before the spell concealing my human nature wears off.

The correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer reveals, piece by piece, the painful details of a devastating affair between their spouses. With each commiserating scratch of the pen, they confess their fears and bare their souls. They share the bewilderment over how things went so wrong and come to wonder where to go from here. Told entirely through the letters of two comforting strangers and those of two illicit lovers, Evidence of the Affair explores the complex nature of the heart. And ultimately, for one woman, how liberating it can be when it’s broken.