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Collected together for the first time, this omnibus brings new authors to the Alien universe. Across three epic novels, discover the origins of fan-favorite character PFC Jenette Vasquez and her family, fight extinction at the hands of Xenomorphs, and find the researchers of Pala Station courting disaster of … the Xenomorph kind.

Even before the doomed mission to Hadley’s Hope on LV-426, Jenette Vasquez had to fight to survive. Born to an immigrant family with a long military tradition, she looked up to the stars, but life pulled her back down to Earth—first into a street gang, then prison. The Colonial Marines proved to be Vasquez’s way out—a way that forced her to give up her twin children. Raised by Jenette’s sister, those children, Leticia and Ramon, had to discover their own ways to survive.

Ada wanted one thing in her life. She wanted to be loved, and she would do anything to feel that way. It’s already hard enough to be sixteen. It’s even harder when your home life is dysfunctional. Ada’s parents’ marriage is in shambles, but her dad was just diagnosed with an incurable illness. The fighting was more intense than ever before, and Ada wanted to be anywhere else but home. Her life seemed to change for the better when her crush, Greg, asked her on a date. She was out and about more and less affected by the chaos at home.

When Eden starts at a new school during her senior year, she has no idea how much her life is about to change. Until she meets Noah, who immediately draws her in with his summer sky eyes and the secrets he hides behind them. Their connection is as inexplicable as it is undeniable. It's a connection that has Eden running and Noah burning to know more about this shy, wounded girl. But it's also a connection that's destined to spark a prophecy that neither knew existed. A prophecy others are willing to kill for.

A divided were nation. A hidden fae heritage. Newly crowned prime alpha pair, Noah and Eden are preparing for the destiny they have been chosen for. When the final precept appears, three words etched in stone that change everything, they know their fated connection is about to be tested as never before. Because the need to conquer is exactly what the prophecy is asking for. As packs splinter, as the fae reveal their secrets, and as a new threat to the glade seems unstoppable, Noah and Eden are about to discover the prime prophecy is even bigger than they imagined.

If you could choose to be a god forever, would you do it? Every winter solstice, today’s Earthly descendants of Greek gods, nymphs, and muses must visit Mount Olympus to preserve their near-godly status. Until Dorothy’s mother refuses to go, sealing her fate and dying a human death shortly after. In retaliation, the gods release an ultimatum: return to the heavens as gods or live as humans on Earth. Everyone must now make a choice.

At 18, Ara’s life had only begun, yet her wildest imaginings could not have foreseen the journey that destiny had instore for her. A gift from a friend, a journal cracked, a forbidden love wrapped in secrets, a relic that told more than her mind could fathom; that was the beginning. Yet, when Ara receives a dream job, one she’d dared not hope for, and on the heels of a mysterious death, she finds herself questioning everything.

Their connection is binding, their love undeniable. However, Noah and Eden are about to discover that even a love prophesied through the ages must be founded on one thing. As Noah carries the secret he’s too afraid to share, Eden desperately wishes for a destiny that’s already come to pass. But as the Prime Prophecy reveals itself so does the greed for what it promises. As tensions between the packs grow, as the existence of Weres is threatened to be exposed…as Eden finally learns the truth about her inexplicable gift with animals, the two will face their greatest challenge.

When a man appears in flowing robes, telling Reign he’s the Keeper of the Grail, Reign knows the inevitable has happened—he’s lost his mind. Content to cruise down his road of self-destruction, he refuses to believe the prophecies of death and devastation. Arielle’s mom has been abducted. She soon learns her unassuming, scholarly mother dedicated her life to secretly researching the holy relic. Determined to find her before it’s too late, Arielle’s path crosses Reign’s. Their inexplicable draw to each other is a complicating factor neither of them want.

After living in the shadow of her parents for as long as she can remember, it’s time for Marigold Wilder to make her own choices. When her grandfather passes away, Mari is adamant about attending his funeral even with her parents dead set against it. She packs a bag and heads for Beaconfield, but the old maritime town isn’t the summer home she remembers.

Sixteen-year-old Sadie Foster wants nothing more than to live a normal life. Raised on a biological research base in The Great Bear Rainforest, she not only grew up alongside the native Spirit Bears but developed a deep love and protectiveness for them. When her father dies trying to save a beloved Spirit Bear cub from a poacher, Sadie’s left heartbroken and burdened with guilt.

Two years before, Madison Meyer’s best friend killed herself...or that’s what they all believed. The truth about Emma’s death was something only Emma and her killer knew. Now, Emma’s spirit has returned to try and show Maddie what really happened to her. Seventeen-year-old Madison’s life has just begun to go back to something that resembles normal for a genius level girl with a special proclivity for anything electronic.

Kaden Drake is the alpha of the pack that lives in Wolfin Falls, New Hampshire. He should be proud of that. Right? Nope. Being the alpha is supposed to mean being the boss. But in his case, it means that he’s protecting land that belongs to the Wolfin Empire. As long as the empress stays out of his way, Kaden is content to be a subject. When his mother is attacked by rogue wolves, Kaden discovers that the Wolfin Empire is in danger of collapsing. But an impending war is the least of his concerns.

These are the first three books and short stories in the ongoing Madison Meyer Series. It's the tale of how Madison Meyer became a paranormal investigator and the mysteries, monsters, friendships, heartbreaks, and romance she lives through in her career. A ghost story and murder mystery combined. A story from Spencer Ezra's past. A fantasy mystery where the villains are numerous and the heroes come in all shapes and sizes. Ian Gregory has a spooky Christmas when Maddie is missing. Ghosts. Murders. Urban legends. Serial killers. Family. This series has it all!

On a blustery and wet May day in Chicago, Dessi and Ky get transported to a tropical island where wicked pirates have turned the islanders into birds. Now it’s up to them to work together, defeat the pirates, locate a treasure, and find their way home again—with a little help from a magical crayon.

A battle for newfound power has begun, sparked by a drive for absolution that reaches as far back as the origins of man. A war that will wreak havoc in ways humanity has never seen before.

Madison Meyer has had a very difficult week. Their last cast still weighs heavily on her mind, but another case has come along, one that makes very little sense. When Dorothy Otto sees shadows move on their own and hears them whisper, she calls Erkens and Maddie in to investigate. But things are not as they appear. And something in the house wants them to leave. Can they figure out what’s going on before it’s too late? Can Maddie push aside all the trials and traumas in her life to focus on the mystery set before them? Can Ian use his gift to help?

In the few months that Madison Meyer has been a paranormal investigator, she's seen a lot. What she doesn't know is that she's about to face a case that will shake her to the core of her being. It looks like an ordinary murder, a brutal murder, but not paranormal. Maddie knows it is, though. She has to find a way to prove the innocence of a woman who believes herself to be guilty and save the lives of other women who are in danger because of the vengeful spirit of a serial killer.

Madison Meyer has come across her first case as a paranormal investigator. The trouble is, she's not sure if the girl who hired them is even telling the truth. Or she's not sure until she gets marked by the winged demon Hadley told them about. Their client is a 17-year-old girl who was sent to Hope House, a live-in counseling center. After hiring Maddie and Erkens to find her missing friend, Hadley also disappears. She's not the only girl to be unaccounted for in Pittsburgh either. The clock is ticking.

Kaden and Summer are determined to stay out of the war between the empress and the alpha trying to usurp her. However, the empress will use whatever means possible to secure her victory. Unfortunately for the alpha pair, the empress believes that they are the key to defeating the shifter conqueror. Meanwhile, Summer will stop at nothing to rescue her mother, who has been kidnapped by unsavory men. The problem? Kaden and Summer’s enemies know their weaknesses and desires. Will the alpha pair be able to keep everyone they love safe without being dragged into a shifter war?