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Darla didn't know why Marker gave her the necklace. He'd placed it around her neck and told her that when the baddest of the bad came, she'd was to show this to the guys who worked at the gas station by the highway. At seven, she'd never dreamed that she'd ever need its magic protection. But when the gunshots woke her in the middle of the night, and she saw her mother's body in the living room, Darla knew she had nowhere else to go.

The Hotel Lamia chain is famous as a place to play and feed, and the Las Vegas location delivers on this delicious promise. Humans go to find cheap thrills on the edge of The Strip and vampires find no shortage of ways to satisfy their hunger. But for some, the bloodlust is overwhelming. Like Chaima, who exacted revenge on her attackers and was entombed in Morocco for eighty years. Now she's locked herself in the Hotel Lamia Las Vegas, battling her inner demons.

Annabelle Black had two options, indentured servitude or find a husband. It’s why she left the only home she’d ever known to marry a stranger in the New World. When she arrives, she finds a kind man with some…less than average qualities. While he's not what she pictured, he's better than the other path she could have chosen. Can she accept him for who and what he was?

All of his life Benjamin hadn't noticed Sarah as anything other than his best friend's sister. The last thing he expected was to notice her as more than a friend, but he did. No sooner does he realize his love for her, America enters the war. War changes a man. He'd heard that dozens of times over his life but with every near miss, every new scar, every bullet he feels himself chipping away. Even if he survives to go home to his soulmate, what man would he be? How much of him would she recognize?

He'd given up on finding his soulmate, until he finds her. Married to someone else. Born with a restless spirit that guides him out west, Samuel wanders, searching but uncertain what for. He'd given up on finding his soulmate, until he finds her. Married to someone else. Trapped in a loveless marriage. The man she calls husband only touches her with his fists. Samantha can't see a way out.

Once betrothed to a man who promised to circumcise her. Kara knew she had only one escape. She ran, stumbling into a world of pain and blood thirst she’d never known existed. A creature of the night turned her into something else. Not long after, she’s abandoned by her maker, leaving her with no answers and an uncontrollable hunger. She broke vampires' most sacred law—don’t kill humans.

Kat Sells is living an ordinary life when a part of her past suddenly comes back to haunt her. Now, Kat must confront her dark past to help her first love get home to his family in the hope of helping him move on. Spanning decades, follow Kat as she tries to right her wrongs and face the traumatic past that she tried to leave behind her. Tied to You is a story about redemption, forgiveness, the journey to find yourself, and learning to love yourself again.

A successful career woman, at a juncture in her life, has finally attained the beautiful lifestyle, the security, all she had ever dreamt of during her trauma laden upbringing—only to realize she may have lost the only thing of worth. Fear, drama, trust, grief—and eventually, understanding and redemption dominate this novel-like memoir.

Marco is my damaged addiction. My family warned me about him, saying I should stay away. That he’s nothing but trouble. Everyone tried to intervene. But he gave me a feeling of love that I had never known before - but also, an endless roller coaster of emotions. He says he’s changed. How he’s different now. Swears he can be my forever protector, inviting me back into his strong arms. There’s no denying his warm embrace feels like home.

Rookie private eyes JJ, Rey, and Linda stumbled and bumbled through their previous assignments with stellar results. Now the trio, proud owners of the Triple Threat Investigation Agency, have yet another multi-murder mystery to solve. Who set up their client, socialite-turned-trucker Buddy Feuer, to take the rap? And where is nutty Coco Person, who has been MIA since the murders went down? In their detecting travels, they meet up with former acquaintances, some of who may not be all that they seem.

Ken is everything Madisen wants. Declan is everything she swore off. What she doesn't know? They're the same man....Madisen Davies’ five-year plan doesn’t include rich men or relationships—she swore those off a long time ago. A career is all she needs, or so she thought until she meets charming and handsome Ken. Billionaire Declan Taggart is tired of conniving money-grubbing vultures disguised as beautiful women. While flying incognito as Ken, he meets beautiful and sassy Madi and thinks he’s finally found someone that sees him and not his money.

The summer before her senior year of high school, Rosalee fell in love with George. By the next summer, George had broken her heart, and Rosalee was sure she’d never see him again.

In the tight-knit community of Mystic Beach, social worker Dr. Clara Starr appears to have conquered her troubled past. But when the body of local waterman Bobby Ward washes ashore, Clara's darkest secret plunges her into the heart of a chilling mystery. As her clients become the prime suspects in Bobby's murder, Clara must unravel a web of deceit and betrayal.

Picking up where Part One left off, the trying journey across America progresses, and all of the characters continue to learn and grow as they travel the unseen path of destiny laid before them, in this exhilarating fantasy adventure tale interwoven with factual elements of 1860s America.

Larkyn wasn't looking for love. She was trying to heal herself. So when she meets Braylon Atlas (lead guitarist for the hottest new band), she had to run from her desires. Of course, it turns out to be harder than she realizes when he is doing everything to pull her in. Using every excuse in the book, Braylon works this small time writer into his world. He even goes so far as to use her own desires against her to get her to stop running away. But are his desires for her real? Or should she take her story and run?

Grace Summer lands herself in a melon load of trouble when she becomes torn between the boy of her dreams and the boy almost next door. As the newly crowned watermelon queen, she is thrust into the spotlight, meets the dreamy Warren Hartley, and continues trying to get over an accident that rocked her world. Mix in working with Beau Baron who Grace happens to fight with just about as much as breathing, and the metaphorical sparks fly. Like most things in life, Grace must learn to take the good with the bad.

Halloween in Salem. A time for seances, ghost walks, spooky tales, and dressing up like your favorite witch or goblin. People go about their day, unknowing that as the veil between worlds thins and spirits become more active, the ancient evil roils in rage. Trapped in the Netherworld by the druid Seabhac, the evil plots its escape and thirsts for revenge against those who locked it in the swirling mass of nothingness.

Wade Hamilton is an ex-Army Ranger and an accomplished tattoo artist. As a Guardian, he has learned the ancient craft of infusing his art with a bit of magic in rare instances. When Tori and her two college roommates, walk into his studio he senses there’s something unique about the pretty, shy, young woman. While working on her tat, Wade adds a touch of magic. After receiving a call from an old army buddy whose baby sister is critically injured in a hit and run, Wade wastes no time heading to Savannah, Georgia to lend his support.

Everyone feels stuck now and then, right? At least, that's what Kristen tells herself. The problem is that all her usual tricks for getting out of a funk aren't working. What she needs is a really big change, and as a single woman with a remote career, her options are wide open. So she decides to spend a year in the small town of Riverton where her dad recently relocated. The people in Riverton are warm and welcoming, and Kristen quickly finds herself a part of her new community in ways that she didn't expect.

Two epic short tales of love, lust, and cruel desires! Get lost in these amazing short stories about Vampire Ladies and their small journeys into immortality!