Tragedy strikes the gay BDSM Club Calais and someone close to Spenser Carlyle is to blame. The event sends him reeling back through his past days as a House Boy and he doesn’t want his submissive lover Lucas to witness any of it. But Lucas sees it all. Someone wants to take Lucas from Spenser and won’t take no for an answer. Lucas arrives at his initiation to become Spenser’s slave. Spenser is enraged and Lucas goes against protocol. The initiation takes a surprising turn of events and all of the Masters are discussing Lucas’ actions.

College freshman Parker Osborne is having the worst day ever. He humiliated himself trying to pick up a cute guy, he hasn't made any friends at school, and his stupidly hot jerk of a TA gave him a crappy grade on his paper. He's going to drop Adam Hawkins' film class and start fresh tomorrow after he's had a good sulk. But Parker's about to find out what a bad day really looks like - if he can survive the night. A virus is unleashed, transforming infected people into zombielike killers.

Wedding planner Alex Haynes is left heartbroken and humiliated when his fiance leaves him at the altar. Too ashamed to show his face in Manhattan again, Alex flees for his upstate hometown and vows never to plan another wedding again. When his best friend announces her engagement, she begs him to reconsider his decision. Torn between his duty as BFF and his newly acquired cynicism for love, Alex reluctantly agrees. Little does he know that by agreeing to do so, he's also agreeing to work with his high school bully, Hank Morrison.

Lloyd Salter has OCD issues with noise and mess, and he's uncomfortable with human interaction. When his ex claimed the only thing perfect enough to live up to his standards was an android, Lloyd dismissed it. SATinc is the largest manufacturer of androids in Australia, including the Fully Compatible Units known as an A-Class 10. Their latest design is the Synthetic Human Android UNit, otherwise known as SHAUN. Shaun is compatible to Lloyd's every need; the perfect fit on an intellectual and physical basis. But Lloyd soon realizes Shaun's not like other A-Class androids.

When he arrives back in LA after 10 years away, the last thing Sam expects is to end up being roped into pretending to be with the man he'd left behind for the sake of a magazine article. After a near-death experience that left him scarred and changed, all he wants to do is lick his wounds and live quietly for a while. But how is he supposed to resist the pull of one last adventure with the love of his life? Seeing Sam again is the last thing Ben needs.

Alexander Hudson has been a slave and a Master. He's seen the worst and best of both worlds. As a Master, he knows almost everything about his slave Ryan. Ryan insists that he's all right but Master Alexander knows something is wrong. His slave isn't sleeping well, he's having nightmares and he's following commands that were given to him long ago. Alexander has the ability to help him erase the damage done to him in the past but it comes with a price and Alex isn't sure that he's ready to pay it. When things go awry in the dungeon, Alex has no choice but to see Ryan through this.

Ryland had no idea the auctions even existed, not until another alpha shows him a secret part of the hottest werewolf club in town. There he's entranced as omegas are let out onto a stage to be bid on. The winners get one week and very few rules. It's too tempting for him to resist and when his wolf demands that they take one particular omega home, the deal is set. Brendon is an omega with a secret. One he's desperate to keep from the demanding, possessive, hotter than hell alpha who makes him needy with just a word. This week is supposed to be getting money and having fun. But his secrets ...

After being dumped by his long-term boyfriend for being overweight, Henry Beckett decides to make some drastic changes. In a vain attempt at getting his boyfriend back, Henry does the most absurdly frightening thing he can think of. He joins a gym. Reed Henske is a personal trainer who isn't sure he'll ever be ready to date again. He's sick of guys who are only interested in the perfect body image, never seeing him for who he really is. As Reed tortures Henry with things like diet and exercise, Henry enamors Reed with recipes and laughter.

Aimee Nicole Walker presents books 1-3 in the Zero Hour series. Contains mature themes.

Alexander and Ryan escape to Hudson's Haven, hoping to leave their problems and the people who want them dead stateside. Ryan loves the island and being submissive to his Master but Alexander discovers a secret about his slave that could rip them apart. When the horrors of their pasts collide all they can hope to do is survive it and live to play another day. But they'll never get back the video that goes viral.