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A reckoning is coming... Dante Heller is an elite vampire soldier brought in from the field to help strengthen the DuCane Coven against the dangers that Master DuCane knows are coming. Bad omens travel on the wind, and everyone can feel them. Dante is one of the best and is ready to do anything that his Master asks of him until a man is brought in and roughed up to the coven detention cells. Something isn’t right about this. Dante can feel something awakening, being called to deep inside himself. The man, Skye Winters is supposed to be a terror, a great villain from Ezra’s (The ...

The Black Prince, Edward is one of the most feared vampires to have ever lived. He’s gone by many names, but all tell the story of his dark and fearsome ways. He’s an ancient vampire who cut his teeth in the chaos of medieval warfare. A tragedy sent him into the blackest of magic and power, searching for vengeance at any cost. But even the darkest of creatures sometimes seek redemption and the Black Prince has walked a lonely path the last few hundred years searching for the man he lost the day he embraced the darkness and Fate has rewarded his perseverance. Fate is giving him a forever...

Something dark has taken hold in Pittsburgh. The Hadden Coven has been displaced, a hex cast on the Hadden Center, and evil is seeping into every part of the city. Master Nikolas Hadden needs a plan to beat back the rising tide of Evil and reclaim his city. He needs a Charmer, but the last Charmer was seen in the Middle Ages and another has not risen since. Some even wonder if the Charmers ever existed at all. What can the Hadden Coven do when their salvation relies on a myth? Fate always finds a way. Evan McCormick comes from a family of magics, a family of Kindred in Toronto, Ontario. ...

Even in the darkest places, light will find a way in… Joel Penny is living in a nightmare. A one-night stand turned into a never-ending horror working at a strip club run by a disreputable bear clan. The only thing worse than the bears were the patrons at the club, the absolute worst of the Chicago paranormal scene. Joel wishes he could return to his normal life, but no one is looking for him. There is no one coming to save him. Master Conall Rose is spoiling for a fight. The bear clan on the south side has gotten out of control, and it’s making all the paranormal groups look bad. ...

Eamon Coles won command of the Salida Wolf Pack in a bloody fight to the death, and since then, he has been working to bring unity back to his chaotic and fractured community. Used to seeing him as an Enforcer, the transition to Alpha hasn’t been easy for all in the Pack. Eamon has tried to listen and be conciliatory where he can, but the lack of unity and loyalty is starting to wear thin. When Alpha Coles receives word that the sheriff’s deputies have brought in a vampire they accosted, a very powerful vampire from the Denver Coven, Eamon is prepared for the worst. The last thing his ...

Dive into a world where a runaway healer's past threatens his future, and a vampire finds his destiny in the most unlikely of places. An Unwanted Gift, a Dangerous Past Nineteen-year-old Conrad Lowe is a genuine healer, but his parasitic family believes it's a scam to be exploited for cash. Drained physically and emotionally, Conrad makes a desperate run for freedom, guided by a mysterious pull to a small town in Michigan. But his gift exposes him in a public act of healing, attracting the attention of powerful beings and an even more dangerous adversary beyond human comprehension. A ...

Tanner Fenn moved to town for a new start. His new start didn’t go as planned, as he found himself in an uncomfortable situation with his roommate, Salem. Tanner’s luck goes from bad to worse when he unwittingly witnesses the illegal conduct of an underground organization. Tanner’s life is now in danger. Lucky for him, Fate is never far away, and his soon-to-be forever love can keep him safe if only Tanner opens his heart and gives love another chance. Zeke Montgomery, tiger shifter and surveillance specialist at Club Zephyr, notices something suspicious in the back lot after hours. A...

Even when it seems impossible, Fate will always find a path forward. Dakota Winters is a Detective Lieutenant with the Tribal Police on his Native reservation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. When police downstate gives a Tribal family the runaround in the search for a missing young man, Eric, Dakota takes on the case and heads into the unknown. The more he digs into this case, the farther he gets into a world he’s only heard about in hushed whispers. With a shaman’s magic as his protection, he heads to Mt. Pleasant, land of the Nightwalkers, determined to follow this case wherever it ...

Kallan Temple was new in Cincinnati and looking for a fresh start. His cousin Mac convinced him that this was the place to start again. Having spent his entire life in Dickinson, North Dakota, Kallan was ready for something new. Mac mentioned a friend Kallan would hit it off with, but after a particularly ill-timed snub, Kallan was fairly sure Noa was the last person in Cincinnati he ever wanted to date. Little does he know that Fate has other plans, and the man he considers ill-mannered and mean will become his protector and forever love. Noa Benson is a bear shifter and runs the door at ...

A whole new world awaits you at The Blood Rose… Dean Simon hates his life. He’s stuck in a dead-end job, working for the living nightmare of bosses. When he finds out they are ready to hang him out to dry for their mistake, he lets his friend talk him into taking a bit of walk on the wild side. When he enters The Blood Rose nightclub and bar he is taken aback by the atmosphere of darkness and lust. This isn’t the kind of place Dean would usually find himself, but something keeps drawing him in, deeper and closer. When the sexy man behind the bar beckons him in, he’s powerless to ...

Fate will always heal sad eyes and a broken heart... Teo Wentworth has been hiding in plain sight. When everything went to hell at his home, Coven, Teo could only run and find a place where they wouldn’t come looking for him. Hiding among the homeless youth of Pittsburgh on Nik Hadden’s proverbial doorstep sounded perfect. They would be too scared to come for him here. Teo didn’t know that Fate had other plans and wouldn’t leave him alone in the dark. His fate-chosen beloved burst into his life like a cleansing fire, and nothing would ever be the same. Thayer, the Cyprian Knight, ...

Never get between a Vampire and his beloved. Seduction is in the blood. Victor Raum is the second in command of the Rose Coven of Vampires. He’s an elite warrior and a deadly creature. The Rose Coven lives on the dark side of society, skirting the rules and playing for keeps. They protect their own, by any means necessary. When Victor catches the scent of his beloved, he stops at nothing to track him down and bring him into the safety of the Rose Coven. Jaden Pearson is at the end of his rope. He’s being used, threatened, and blackmailed and he sees no escape in sight. Just as the ...

When the Rose Coven Vampires are through, there will be more than blood on the floor... Fane Madden, a coven enforcer, was tasked with visiting a competitor to the coven-owned club, The Blood Rose. The Falcon Nest was eating into their share of the scene, and Master Rose wanted to know exactly what had made customers flock to the new place. Master Rose didn’t tolerate competition. Fane expected to find the usual dark corners and blood on the floor, but he didn’t expect to find the blond beauty with gentle eyes behind the bar. He smelled like orchids, and he belonged to Fane. James ...

What lurks in the shadows may save you... Ian Mathews is just taking it one day at a time. He’s working a dead-end job, he’s got a vicious Uncle harping on him, and he’s just trying to get ahead. Working late-night janitorial at Chicago City Hall is a pretty quiet existence, and he likes it that way. Ian thinks this is just like every other night. Ian thinks he will do his shift and go home. What Ian doesn’t know is that tonight, his world will shift on its axis. A man will step into his life and save him in just about every way a person can be saved. A mysterious stranger will step...

Fate brings not only a forever love, but a forever guardian of both body and soul… Luke Harris came to the Blood Rose looking to forget, find something to take his mind off the mess his life has become. The Blood Rose is the kind of bar that one goes to get lost and feel something, but in the end Luke finds more than he bargained for. Attacked by a patron looking for bad time, he ends up rescued by the man who will soon become his forever. The man he saw across the bar will become his beloved, his life, and his guardian. Luke just needs to figure out how get out of his own way and let ...

Andy Burns was nothing like his brother. Billy was brash and rash, while Andy was reserved and conscientious of others. Andy didn’t like the way Billy ran the cougar pack, but he also wouldn’t betray his brother. They were all they had. No matter what, they were blood. Andy’s life shifts on its axis the night he meets Dallas, there in the middle of a bar brawl. He looked into those eyes, and his entire life was changed. He knew this would make everyone hate them, but his heart didn’t care. You can’t fight fate, and you can’t choose love. Dallas Grant is a vampire soldier and ...

Pittsburgh is teetering on the edge. Kannan Leith is new to the Hadden Coven. After an old adversary cast a Hex on the Hadden Center and left the Coven reeling, Master Nik Hadden put out the call. He needed new blood, new warriors committed to the cause, and ready to join the fight. Kannan is one of the many vampires and other paranormals who answered that call, ready to swear to Master Hadden and join the fight against the darkness. Kannan isn’t a young vampire and he’s seen some things, but he’s more than ready for a new start. He thought he was prepared for anything, but he found ...

The Hadden Coven will soon face it's greatest test... Enzo Blackstock has been through the ringer and is just looking for a little peace. After the disaster that was his old home coven, Enzo has settled into the Hadden Coven and carved out a little life for himself, and even some colleagues he can call friends. The old days still haunt him, but every day is easier than the last. After spending some time away from Pittsburgh, getting some distance from the mayhem and the magics, it felt good to be back in the heart of the Coven. While assisting with what should have been any easy assignment ...

By day Charlotte is a city of wealth and decorum. By night, the streets become a place of danger and darkness… Neal Shawn is simply in the wrong place, at the wrong time. At least, he thinks so as he races his car across the city away from the scene that confronted him at a local dry cleaner. He was there on an errand for his boss, Mrs. Reginald Ball, a Charlotte socialite. Neal saw something he shouldn’t and now he fears for his life. What Neal doesn’t yet understand is that his life will change forever this night. A man will enter his life, a man named Alistair Quinn, and will turn ...

"There was something about him that pushed beyond the normal and into the mystical it was a sense and a power that radiated off that amazing body. Lowell did not know him, but his heart and mind recognized him and opened to him as he approached the bed and ran his hand down the length of Lowell’s leg." Deep in the Rockies of Colorado – secrets abound, and feral creatures roam free. When the Alpha of the Salida Pack dies without an heir, a leadership crisis breaks out. Sean Brendon is in town to visit his friend Eamon Cole and walks into the middle of a storm. A pack without an Alpha is ...