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Following a narrow escape from the secret world of warring shapeshifters, Ellie St. James works at building a new life under an assumed identity - until Carter Ballis, head of security for mob boss and shifter leader Sean Costas, reenters her life, bringing the perils of his job with him. This time, it’s not just Ellie’s life at stake, but Carter’s too, as Sean’s rivals close in on them both. Far outmatched, Ellie refuses to crumble when it comes to protecting those around her. In the gravest danger she’s faced, even the Talos himself may not be able to reach her in time.

Determined to make his ranch profitable, bitter rancher Eben MacCallister, desperately in need of money, is shocked to discover that the fortune he inherited from his late sister is actually four mischievous children who, along with his ex-girlfriend Maggie, teach him about love and family.

Madeline had it all. A handsome, successful husband. A coveted spot near the top of Santa Barbara’s elite social pyramid. A country-club lifestyle with every luxury money could buy. If only she knew how quickly she’d lose everything. Madeline wakes up naked in a five-star hotel with no memory of how she got there. At home, her husband is threatening to file for divorce. Someone sent him a series of incriminating pictures from last night, all featuring Madeline…in bed with a man she doesn’t recognize.

In the woods of North Carolina, it awaits, ready to unleash a shocking plan of revenge. Soon, the victims will understand what it is to be helpless and alone. They will wish for mercy, but there will be none. Because actions have consequences, and someone must always pay.

Ireland Jacobson is desperately trying to survive the death of her fiancé, one day at a time, one breath at a time, while working for her cold, controlling mother. When a shocking secret about Ireland's father comes to light, she makes an impromptu trip to find answers. But rather than finding answers, Ireland stirs up painful complications with the man's current family. Ireland returns home and attempts to resume life as it was before.

Elizabeth Bennet’s first day at Darcy Holdings was turning out to be everything she'd imagined - that is, until she met her new boss William Darcy. True, he’s hotter than Hades, but he's also rude, abrupt, and stares at her as though she’s committed some grievous sin. If only she could avoid him...but her friends’ not-so-brilliant ideas keep throwing them together.

Being a pilot is all Reece has ever wanted to do. After graduating from the Naval Academy, he went on to have a distinguished military career before joining the family business. He took over the top spot at Diamond Jet Service when his father decided he’d rather spend his days on the golf course than run a billion-dollar charter company. The only area in his life where he lags behind the curve is finding a soulmate. His sister loves to tell him that he’s good at everything except love. He didn’t believe it until he was introduced to his stepbrother’s girlfriend.

2005. The greatest natural disaster in American history is fast approaching New Orleans. Friend, family, stranger, and foe alike will meet their fates as a killer named Katrina tries to drown the Gulf Coast. Who will live and who will not? The survivors must pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. Can the kindness of strangers make up for the bureaucratic bumbling of government officials? Will those left in the Crescent City ever find normalcy again?

In this enchanted family saga, Kate is a neuroscientist who reveres logic and order, unless she’s sleeping with her married lab director and then logic goes out the window. So does Kate’s orderly life in Manhattan after she takes the fall for their affair and Kate’s mother presses her to accept responsibility for her nephew, Teague, an orchid child who hears voices and talks to trees but rarely people. To salvage her career, Kate agrees to conduct a study in West Ireland.

Briony’s last boyfriend was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Jumping off the dating merry-go-round was a no-brainer. That decision sent shock waves through her nearest and dearest. She doesn’t expect them to understand. They’ve never walked in her shoes. They don’t know how stressful dating is when there’s a monkey on your back. It’s never been a matter of if the ax will fall but when and what form it’ll take. A girl can handle only so much rejection before she stops believing there’s a happily ever after in her future.

When a dismembered body is discovered in a suitcase, seasoned detective Kimberly Hall is determined to catch the killer. However, she soon finds herself in a web of untrustworthy witnesses, countless suspects, and tampered evidence. Once she untangles who committed the crime, things will only get harder for her team. Just as they narrow their sights on their lead suspect, Detective Hall's rookie partner makes a deadly mistake.

After passing with Carter through a fiery portal, Ellie finds herself stranded in a strange new world. There, cryptic messengers and signs point to Carter, the Talos, fulfilling prophecy as the Repairer of the Breach, and Ellie is tasked with a vital job: keeping him alive. At any cost. However, returning home is also paramount. Back in Fort Worth, an explosive showdown between Nosizwe and Sean Costas is brewing. Loyalties will be tested and sacrifices made. The fate of all shifters hangs in the balance.

With Ellie’s fate hanging in the balance after Nosizwe’s brutal attack, Carter is forced to make a life changing decision—the consequences of which threaten to tear Ellie and him apart. Permanently. However, teaming up again may be unavoidable. Nosizwe, convinced Carter as the Talos is the key to unlocking the Stones of Fire, throws everything she has at him, endangering not only Carter but Ellie as well. When the plots of a traitor allied with the shifter queen shove the two into an unescapable outcome, only the highest form of self-sacrifice can preserve Ellie’s life.

Georgia is forced to balance her mother's first visit with a murder investigation when a body is discovered at the ruin of the island's old lighthouse. Things are not as they seem, her friend Olive Henry's nightmares seemingly tied to a mysterious magic she can't seem to uncover. But when the past comes back to haunt them all, Georgia is forced to admit certain truths while dealing with the real reason the victim fell prey to homicide—before the death is the end of everything.

The body of a missing priest was discovered in a small boat floating in the Atlantic Ocean. The corpse was identified as that of Father Jim Chamberlain, a Navy chaplain and close friend of retired Navy Commander Mike Gerard. Gerard was appointed to investigate the circumstances of Chamberlain’s death. Days after his friend’s body was discovered, Gerard received a series of letters written by Chamberlain before his death. He was being pursued by the secretive and sinister satanic cult known as the Order of the Eighth Realm. He had found and taken the Order’s guidebook.

Georgia never intended to poke her nose into Sam Spencer's personal affairs, even if the attraction is mutual despite his reluctance to admit it. She even accepts a date with someone else to prove it. But when she's witness to the death of Sam's old partner, she uncovers things from her handyman's past he came home to Whitewitch Island to forget. Trouble is, he can no longer hide from the truth—a truth that makes him a prime suspect for murder.

Cass lives an enviable life: a successful career, two great kids, and a handsome husband. Then an email from her husband’s mistress, Emma, brings the façade of perfection crumbling around her, setting off a chain of events where buried secrets come back to haunt her.

Blair Bowman is the sleek, sharp, 35-year-old anchorwoman for a New Orleans TV station. Totally devoted to her career, she's never considered having a family - until she does a story on career women like herself who are creating a new baby boom. Then her long-buried feelings about children begin to surface. Blair is ready to have a child alone, until her sexy neighbor, 29-year-old Linc Langtry, offers to father the child and marry Blair, so her baby can be legitimate. Blair is sure she's not in love with Linc, but they arrange to marry and divorce in one year.

Now chief of the Whitewitch Island police department, if temporarily, Georgia is called on to intervene when a disturbance has her investigating at The Acropolis Hotel. Accusations fly about a missing girl her mother claims is dead, while the owner's nephew makes it clear he doesn't respect Georgia's authority or anyone else's for that matter. But when one of their number turns up dead alongside an older death that looks far too similar to be a coincidence, Georgia and Benny fall down a deep, dark rabbit hole of lies, deceit, double-crossing and homicide, among other criminal activities.

When retired Guild Artemis Inquisitor Georgia Drake's past comes back to haunt her, resulting in the disappearance of her mastiff, Benjamin, her choice to go after him is complicated by a murder that entangles her in local politics. Under scrutiny from an elite team, her magic blocked and with Harriet Quin asking for help, Georgia has to make a tough decision—throw caution to the wind and go after Benny or trust that he knows what he's doing . . .