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Crave is the second son of Exiled's first family. He surpassed the limits of mortal endurance and survived years of torture by Exiled's sworn enemy. He'd been isolated, chained in darkness, kept in filth, starved, taken to the point of death, only to be restored so that his tormentors could begin the cycle again. His family thought he was dead, but the woman who'd held his heart and his promise never gave up hope.

Charlie has been having nightmares. Eyes watching him in the night, claws on his chest, holding him down. His dreams have been haunted for years, ever since German bombs rained down on London, taking his father’s life, taking his city’s spirit, taking his beloved brother, Theo, off to war in France. Now Charlie is left to take care of his grandpa Fitz while his mother works, waiting for the day when Theo will come home. And with World War II nearly won, that day is almost here. Grandpa Fitz warns Charlie that soldiers sometimes come back missing a piece of themselves.

Charlotte used to dream of love. Now she only dreams of freedom and the boy she is convinced would never betray or abandon her. They lie. They all lie. Or do they? Within the white walls of Diamond Towers, Charlotte sees the post-apocalyptic realm known as the Heights in a new light. But she soon learns that underneath the gleam and sparkle of the city, a different sort of evil breathes. Sometimes hearing the truth only makes things worse.

Driving to an audition for a movie role on Sunset Ridge, a piglet leaps off a transport truck ahead of Dylan, and swerving to avoid hitting it, her car goes into a tailspin and the BMW behind her crashes into her car. They aren't harmed, but the poor injured piglet needs a vet. When the driver takes off his sunglasses, Dylan recognizes him as Hollywood movie star Mason Ellis!

Winner of the International Book Awards for Best Short Story Collection, The Gothic Shift is a beguiling collection of the macabre and supernatural from best-seller Brian David Bruns.

In order to save Keegan, Sparrow must marry Corporal Aaron Price and doom herself to a life of imprisonment—while swearing allegiance to the military superpower that wants every Anomaly dead. Her only hope is Aaron’s promise that they will escape the District together. But Sparrow’s hopes of freedom are shattered when she is forced to hunt down the most dangerous Anomaly of all: her father, Icarus. Meanwhile, torn between hope and heartbreak, Keegan is desperate to rescue Sparrow, but struggles to believe that she still loves him after turning coat to join their greatest enemy.

Dominated by her father’s rigid ways since a twist of fate stole her sight, Isabella uses the magic of Christmas to steal away for an adventure of her own when invited to join friends for the holidays. Oh, how she adores Christmastime!

Strengthen bonds with dragons? Check. Master new powers granted by dragons? Check. Figure out who the traitor to the kingdom is? Check. Defeat the evil king in a battle of wits? Check.

Conquering Passion introduces us to Rambaud, Antoine, and Hugh de Montbryce, brothers from a noble Norman family with a long and illustrious military history. The eldest brother, Ram de Montbryce, is an ambitious warrior, greedy for glory and power in the service of his friend, William the Conqueror. His heroism at the Battle of Hastings helps secure the Norman victory and earns him an earldom in newly conquered England.

One hundred and fifty years ago the world ended. Bombs fell, winter came, and the survivors fled underground in search of safety. Now they struggle to preserve what's left - sleeping by day, and battling fearsome vampiric fly-by-nights after sunset. Resources are scarce and security is scarcer in this fallout-poisoned world, but one subterranean clan of hardy souls clings to life - until their water supply goes catastrophically bad. Forced to seek a new life above, they leave their long-time home to caravan across the stricken planet's surface, where the light is toxic.

Never ask a shifter to choose between two mates. Newly matured shifter, Hannah Kagan has her sights set on saving a neighboring pack from a corrupt leader. All she has to do is convince Ethan Jager to mate her and take over the Tanner pack. A chance encounter with a handsome stranger makes her question everything, including her love for Ethan. Noah lost his mate decades ago. His secret relationship with fellow pack mate, Ethan, soothed the sting of her loss. Hannah, however, can either heal him once and for all...or rip his heart in half.

Sometimes taking a chance is the only choice. As the public face of Kagan Industries, Sean Reynolds has no interest in pack politics or leadership. But when the rightful next in line wolf shifter abandons the pack, the void becomes an opportunity of a lifetime - in his wolf's eyes, anyway. Not in Sean's eyes. But with the influence of the full moon revving up his primal drives, resisting the lure of power is draining. He needs a distraction. A night out among the humans gives him the diversion he needs...until a sultry blonde captures his attention.

The New Jersey home of the Black Swan knights is turned upside down when immortal teenage French-speaking vampires see a rerun of Animal House and try to reenact the movie while drunk on synthetic blood. Meanwhile, Stalkson Grey, the king of the Elk Mountain werewolves, has a serious problem. If he doesn't solve the mystery of why his tribe is birthing only male cubs, they could be facing extinction within a generation.

Eirik Baldurson — son of Baldur, God of Light — failed living as a Mortal. He lost the girl of his dreams and nearly got his friends killed. Now, he's gone to the underworld to meet the mother he's never known. Torn between his duty to her and the man he used to be, Eirik struggles to find himself, until a witch appears in his world. Feisty and stubborn, she is a reminder of everything good he left behind.

Best friends share everything. Even a true mate? Gwen Burnett is being hunted. Winner takes all. And the enthralling shifter who catches her and the charismatic male who rescues her want to claim their prize-her-for eternity. Vlad, a Royal shifter from the Winchester pack, should've claimed his true mate the day he met her. But persuading his best friend and the innocent human they've pursued for months to share everything will make his victory so much sweeter. Powerful. Demanding. Enticing. As leader of the Winchester pack, Xander gets what he wants.

Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's secretary of state, was the greatest spymaster the world had ever seen. But when he asked Dr. Dee to summon a demon the result was unexpected, especially for his orphaned niece Lucy. Sir Francis's duty as her guardian was to find Lucy a suitably aristocratic husband, not to let her fight demons and witchcraft for the Queen's Secret Service. But his - and Lucy's - duty to protect Queen and country from enemies both natural and supernatural kept getting in the way. And so did all those demons...

One playboy billionaire. One heartbroken heiress. One sham marriage. What could go wrong? That's what notorious playboy Silas Cecil-Coke thinks as he returns to England to persuade Molly O'Flaherty to marry him. Certainly, their brief fling last year ended in heartbreak (and a black eye), but matters are different now. Molly must marry to save her company, and Silas is determined that he'll be the man she chooses.

Silas Cecil-Coke is not a man who is easily dissuaded. So when Molly O'Flaherty leaves his bed without a word of goodbye, he is even more determined to save her from her enemies and claim her as his bride. But neither of them are prepared for the betrayals and tragedies that await them before they can even approach the altar...

For the six lucky scientists selected by the Destination Mars! corporation, a one-way ticket to Mars - in exchange for a lifetime of research - was an absolute no-brainer. The incredible opportunity was clearly worth even the most absurdly tedious screening process. Perhaps worth following the strange protocols in a nonsensical handbook written by an eccentric billionaire. Possibly even worth their constant surveillance, the video of which is carefully edited into a ratings-bonanza back on Earth. But it turns out that after a while, even scientists can get bored of science.

After their escape from Norveg, Agatha and Jaime return with their clan to the Isle of Skye to find that their enclave is now in the hands of the treacherous people of Raasay. They find tenuous shelter with another clan, but disaster soon strikes when the terrifying shadow creatures known as sgàilean escape their magical prison and wreak havoc across the island. Now Agatha and Jaime must call on old and new allies to fight this threat.