Ben is going through a rough patch. He’s even turned to entering contests on social media, desperate for a little bit of money to get him back on his feet. He doesn’t win, but his old friend from high-school, Anthony, wins a big one worth one-hundred grand. There’s just one issue: Anthony entered the contest in Blake, his girlfriend’s name… and now she’s his ex-girlfriend. Back in high-school, everyone thought that Ben and Blake were brother and sister. So maybe Ben can help Anthony to accept that prize money and get a small piece of it.

Evie is trapped. Held captive by the vampiric Court of Night, she has experienced nothing but pain and terror for over a year. Treasured for her rare and delectable blood, Evie knows she will never see the outside of the dark estate that is her prison. She is fated to be forever ruined by cruel monsters. Her freedom is a concept lost.

Bella is a good writer, that much is certain, but she can’t help thinking there’s something missing from her prose. While she’s happy with her success, she can’t help the nagging feeling that things have gotten stale. After a series of bad encounters with question marks, exclamation points, and a particularly bad date with a comma, Bella is at a loss for how to proceed. Fortunately, at the end of the evening she crosses paths with a beautiful, unique punctuation mark – one she’s never seen before – and finds herself head over heels for this gorgeous lesbian em dash named Emily.

Every night at exactly midnight, Nate is overcome by an uncontrollable desire to dress and act like a girl. It lasts only an hour, leaving him confused and embarrassed as the compulsion suddenly vanishes. But when the next night arrives, the same inexplicable urge overtakes him again… and again… and again. Nate doesn’t know what’s happening to him, but he knows when it’s going to happen: between midnight and 1:00 AM. Each night, he’s at the mercy of those strange, unshakable desires.

Sean is left reeling by the discovery that his part-time maid and part-time girlfriend may, in fact, be an FBI informant. With few good options on the table and plenty of bad ones, he’s left on the precipice of an impossible decision regarding Dolly with nowhere to turn for the help. Like any responsible human, he decides it’s time for a vacation. Packing bags alongside the women who fondly tend to him, Sean departs for the Bahamas in search of information regarding his father’s secret shell company. His bodyguard, Ace, comes along with advice that he both needs to hear and ...