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He destroyed everything I loved. So I made him mine forever. Elias Reed is the hunter organization's most lethal weapon—cold, efficient, and responsible for the massacre of Dorian Ashford's peaceful vampire coven. When Dorian captures the man who burned his family alive, death would be mercy. Instead, he chooses something far crueler: he turns Elias into the very thing he's spent a decade hunting. Bound by an unbreakable sire bond, they're forced into intimate closeness neither wants. Elias struggles with his new monstrous nature while Dorian battles guilt over his twisted act of revenge....

In the wasteland that was once civilization, survival means making impossible choices, and Wes has made more than his share. When the battle-scarred drifter arrives in New Haven, he's running from a past that won't stay buried and an enemy who won't forgive. All he wants is to disappear into the ruins of another broken city. But New Haven has its own problems, and information broker Robin needs a partner who can handle himself in a fight. What starts as a simple business arrangement becomes something deeper when they uncover a conspiracy that threatens everything the city has built. Someone...

When Gabriel Moreau's brother disappears with a half-million-dollar debt to the mob, Gabe offers the only thing he has of value—himself. Executive chef and owner of a small French bistro, Gabe has spent three years building his dream from nothing. But when dangerous men destroy his kitchen demanding payment for his brother's gambling debts, he finds himself standing face-to-face with Lucian Rossi—the youngest mob boss in the city, who accepts Gabe's offer to work off the debt as his personal chef. Lucian rules his criminal empire with cold precision and an iron fist. He doesn't do ...

Five years ago, Chris Hayes and Matty Rossi were everything to each other—until a record deal tore them apart and turned them into the emo scene's bitterest rivals. Now Chris fronts Scarred Saint, the mainstream success story with soaring vocals and MTV rotation. Matty leads Venom & Velvet, the scene's authentic hardcore darlings. They've spent half a decade trading barbs in interviews and carefully avoiding each other's tours. But when legendary musician Stephen Paglia is diagnosed with cancer, the two are forced to reunite for a charity single. Two weeks in a Los Angeles studio to write...

When a brutal territorial war threatens to destroy both their families, Yakuza lieutenant Ryo Asuka and Irish mob heir Justin Thomas are forced into an arranged marriage neither wants. What begins as a cold strategic alliance between enemies is undercut by something far more dangerous—genuine attraction. Ryo has clawed his way to power through violence and cunning since his father's assassination, trusting no one and showing no weakness. Justin has been deliberately sheltered from his family's darker activities, managing their legitimate businesses while staying clean of their crimes. ...

When a dying tattoo master's final wish forces together a gentle kindergarten teacher and Tokyo's most feared yakuza enforcer, the ancient art of tebori becomes a bridge between two impossible worlds. Riku Hayashi chose teaching over the family legacy of traditional tattoo artistry, building a quiet life of finger paints and butterfly lessons far from the yakuza clients who frequented his grandfather's studio. But when Master Hayashi begs him to complete an unfinished phoenix on the back of a dangerous man, Riku can't refuse his grandfather's dying wish. Shin Tanaka, the Yamamoto-kai's ...

Ten years ago, Ben Fudou vanished from Danny Rodriguez's life without explanation, leaving nothing but heartbreak and unanswered questions. Now Danny runs Safe Harbor, a struggling shelter for LGBTQ+ homeless youth in Chicago, pouring everything into kids the world threw away. When he spots Ben across a glittering charity gala—now a billionaire CEO—Danny wants nothing more than to escape. But Ben holds the key to saving Safe Harbor from eviction. His offer? He'll buy the building and secure the shelter's future, but only if Danny agrees to co-direct Ben's new foundation. It means ...

For eight hundred years, Dorian Ashford has been a prisoner of the sire bond—enslaved to the ancient vampire who turned him, unable to resist, unable to die, unable to be free. Kieran Vale has spent decades hunting his father's vampiric creations, trying to atone for the monster's legacy written into his dhampir blood. When he finally tracks down Dorian—his father's first and most prized creation—Kieran expects a fight to the death. He doesn't expect Dorian to surrender. "Finally," the vampire whispers. "I've been waiting for you." What begins as a mission of vengeance becomes ...

For thirty years, Cassian has protected his town from the corrupted forest's monsters—at the cost of every positive emotion he possessed. At seventeen, Cassian walked into the cursed woods and made a desperate bargain: his joy, his love, his hope—everything that made life worth living—in exchange for the power to keep his people safe. Now, decades later, he rules the town's underworld with cold precision, feeling only anger, fear, and emptiness. He's become as dangerous as the creatures he fights against. Then Kael arrives, bound to work off his brother's debt, and sees past the ...

When visiting scholar Evan Austen arrives at Oxford to study ancient manuscripts, he's drawn by more than academic curiosity—something in the city calls to him like a half-remembered dream. Dr. Arthur Byrne has walked Oxford's shadowed corridors for four centuries, hiding his vampiric nature behind a succession of false identities. But when he catches Evan's scent in the Bodleian Library, he recognizes the impossible: the soul of his lost love Alexandro, who died in Venice in 1623 during a failed immortality ritual. As Evan experiences vivid dreams of Renaissance Venice and discovers he ...

He was assigned to protect him. He wasn't supposed to fall for him. When Julian Moretti becomes a pawn in his crime family's deadly game, he's placed under the protection of the one man everyone fears—Nikolai Raven, the cold, ruthless enforcer who's never failed an assignment. For twenty-eight days, Julian is Nikolai's prisoner in all but name. Controlled. Watched. Protected. Julian should hate him. This beautiful, lethal man who dictates his every move. Instead, he finds himself drawn to the humanity Nikolai hides beneath the perfectly tailored suits and dead-eyed stare. Through paint-...

Nick Castellano has spent eight years hunting the vampire who murdered his family, never knowing he's been watched—and protected—by a mysterious guardian in the shadows. That guardian is revealed to be Sebastian, a tormented vampire fledgling who was forced to participate in the Castellano family's massacre. But Sebastian isn't the only monster from Nick's past. Anthony, the ancient vampire sire who orchestrated that night of blood and flames, has returned to reclaim his beautiful, defiant creation. Centuries old and devastatingly charismatic, Anthony wields his dark magnetism like a ...

When ER doctor Timothy Morrison saves a mysterious patient with impossible wounds, he never expects the man to heal within hours—or to return with coffee and conversation that makes Timothy feel alive for the first time since his sister's death. James Anderson has walked the earth for two centuries, carrying the secret of his vampiric nature and the weight of his maker's murdered dream: a synthetic blood that could free vampires from the need to hunt. When Timothy is attacked by James's enemies and left dying, James faces an impossible choice—let the man he's falling for perish, or ...

Six years ago, Vincent Rossini died in an explosion—or so his family believes. In truth, he has lived as Vito Calabrese, enforcer for the very family that destroyed his life. But when Jake Morrison, the underboss who once betrayed him to save him, reveals the truth of his father’s deadly plans, Vincent has no choice but to rise from the ashes and reclaim his name. Returning to Boston means more than facing his brothers who mourned him—it means standing beside the man who broke his heart. Jake carries six years of guilt, six years of gathering evidence against his ruthless father, and ...

Finding the truth was supposed to set him free. Instead, it made him a prisoner. Forensic accountant Daniel Park is brilliant at uncovering financial crimes—which is exactly why the Russian bratva wants him. When he discovers evidence that threatens their operations, crime boss Dimitri Krylova gives him a choice: use his skills to find an internal thief, or watch his family suffer the consequences. Daniel's new reality comes with a shadow he can't escape: Mikhail Sokolov, a former Spetsnaz operative assigned to ensure his cooperation. Misha is everything Daniel should fear—dangerous, ...

A fake marriage. A desperate escape. A bond that becomes all too real. Marius Jacobson has six months until he can access his trust fund and escape his abusive family. But when they arrange his marriage to a notoriously cruel alpha, his timeline collapses. Desperate, he proposes a deal to Aubrey Spinner—the only alpha who's ever treated him with kindness: a fake marriage, a fabricated bond, and freedom at the end. Aubrey knows he owes Marius's family everything. But watching them sell their omega son to a monster is a debt he can't repay with silence. He agrees to the deception, expecting...

Six months on the run. One chance at freedom. A vampire who can walk in daylight. Jay Hurley is on the run from his vampire captor with nothing but a fake ID and three hundred dollars. Now he's tending bar at Nocturne, trying to rebuild a life from the shattered pieces of who he used to be. The enigmatic club owner is everything Jay's captor wasn't: patient, protective, impossibly gentle. And despite being a vampire himself, Giulio possesses a rare mutation that lets him walk in sunlight, bridging the gap between human and monster. As Jay learns to trust again, their careful friendship ...

When rock legend Dom Castellano holds auditions for his comeback tour, he expects a professional guitarist—not Ethan Rivera, a twenty-eight-year-old with a master's degree, devastating talent, and eyes that see right through every wall Dom has built. Five years sober and terrified of the stage, Dom knows this twelve-week tour is his last chance to prove he's more than a cautionary tale. What he doesn't expect is to fall for his guitarist—a man fourteen years younger who refuses to accept Dom's self-destruction as inevitable. Ethan didn't plan on falling in love with a damaged rock star ...

When a coffee-stained scholarship student collides with a brilliant doctoral candidate, their instant antipathy ignites more than just arguments—it awakens a four-century-old mystery. Dorian Blackwood has fought for everything—his scholarship to prestigious Thornfield University, his spot in the restoration program, his right to belong. The last thing he needs is Gabriel Rossi, with his perfect translations, Italian silk shirts, and insufferable assumption that money can buy expertise. Gabriel has spent his life hiding who he truly is behind family expectations and academic achievement....

Some secrets are buried so deep, even moonlight can't reach them. Ethan has spent five years perfecting the art of isolation. He works his corporate job, keeps his apartment sterile, and most importantly—he disappears for four days every month with excuses no one questions. It's safer that way. Lonelier, but safer. Then he meets Richard on a rooftop at 2 AM. Richard, the ER nurse from across the hall who works nights and can't sleep. Richard, with his terrible coffee and easy smile and dangerous curiosity about the things Ethan won't say. Richard, who doesn't know that the man he's ...