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They were left for dead in the frozen woods. They were found by a vampire who would burn the world down to keep them safe. Casey and Kyle Cork knew their stepfather, Brad, didn’t care about them, but they never imagined he—or their own mother—wanted them dead. Coerced into a "bonding" hunting trip in northern Michigan, the twins expect nothing more than boredom and bugs. But the trip is a cold-blooded setup. Drugged and abandoned in the freezing wilderness, the twins are left to succumb to the elements so their family can claim a hidden fortune. Bram Ferdinand, a two-hundred-year-old ...

A Story in the Bay Harbor Paranormal Universe: The Old Mission Peninsula Vampire Coven Hunter Rose was looking forward to getting away. The Cabot Wine Experience hosted by the Old Mission Winery and Indigo Hotel was the highlight of his year, no matter what his father and brother thought of non-California wineries. He had been under their thumbs his whole life, dictating every aspect of his life at the family winery, Rose Winery outside Sacramento, California. His father always found someway to undermine him and destabilize his life and Hunter was nearing the end of his rope. He was just ...

He was worthless to his family. To a Hellhound, he's everything. Theo Tuffin has always lived under the thumb of his brutal father and older brothers. Invisible, ridiculed, and constantly abused, he’s spent his twenty years chasing an approval he knows will never come. But when his family’s shady business deal goes explosively wrong, Theo finds himself battered, bloodied, and trapped in the office basement—the ultimate sacrificial lamb. Valerian Keller is a tortured soul, a powerful Hellhound who carries the scars of nearly a century spent in a pit beneath the fires of hell. He ...

Vampires always win when sex, blood, and money are at stake... Wyatt Grey needs something to change before he loses his mind. As the only son of Holden Grey, one of Eastport’s leading businessmen, you’d think Wyatt would have life made. He’s gone to the best business school, he’s made the necessary connections, but instead his father sticks him in a cubicle and won’t let him do more than open the mail. His coworkers see this and its open season on the boss’s “dumb” son. The more he gets brushed aside and tormented the more he just wants to cut the cord and find a new life ...

Nash Rhodes has never been in control of his own life. He’s had this “gift” since he could remember. He’s always been able to see and interact with the other side. Some of those spirits are good, but some are traumatizing, especially for a boy way too young to understand. His mother never cared about him and his stepfather only cared about how much money his gift could bring them, dragging him along to town after town for their traveling tent show. He’s tried to escape before, but this time feels different. He’s eighteen now and he has to go live his life before the shadows ...

Vampires are at the very heart of corporate power, ready to expand and be noticed. Corporate America will never be the same. Agincourt is moving in. Paul Masters doesn’t do things like this. He doesn’t go to bars just looking for someone to get under. After being unceremoniously dumped by his greedy ex-boyfriend Joshua, he decided to take a friend’s advice and paint the town red for once. Beneath its Corporate exterior, Charlotte is a city with plenty of fun to be found. What Paul doesn’t know is that this night will forever change the trajectory of his life. He’s about to meet ...

He's determined to save his company. He just met the immortal who's determined to claim his soul. Rhett Parks' construction company is on the brink of collapse, and the only thing that can save it is the biggest job of his career: restoring the legendary Blood Rose, a vampire-owned bar. Rhett needs to nail this project on time, on budget, and without distraction. But distraction arrives in the form of Damien Russo. Damien has been brought in by Master Rose as the new General Manager. He’s a centuries-old vampire known only as "The Liquidator" for his lethal efficiency. To Damien, Rhett is...

Evil is stirring once again. Sometimes the smallest creature can be the best weapon… Detective Rowen Dalhousie of the Pittsburgh Police Department has been assigned a strange case in a rough area of Pittsburgh known as ‘The Lowlands.’ Dalhousie is a young and talented homicide detective steadily climbing the ranks at the department and is known for being able to solve the cases others can’t. On the surface, a few missing people in the lowlands wouldn’t warrant someone of Dalhousie’s caliber, but something about this case feels off, and his Sergeant wants it solved pronto. None ...

When you’re a Master Vampire like Nik Hadden, trouble seems to follow wherever you go… Nikolas Hadden, Master of the Hadden Coven, wants to take his beloved, Walker Hall, on a luxury romantic getaway. After the trials and tribulations of the last few months, he wants to spend some time reconnecting with his beloved. Walker has been talking about this exclusive lodge in the mountains, and Nik is determined to give Walker the perfect vacation. What starts as a luxury getaway quickly dissolves into trouble and chaos. Surrounded by humans and far from Hadden Coven territory, Nik has to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Revised and Updated – The Wolves of Sparrow Ridge Enjoy the stories of The Sparrow Ridge Wolf Pack re-released in one book. Get ready to immerse yourself in two steamy gay werewolf romance stories about fated mates finding love and a new life in a small town. Omega Mine: Benjy and Victor After a lifetime of abuse and trauma at the hands of his former pack, Benjy, an Omega wolf, is on the run. He finds refuge in a new town, hoping to live a peaceful, anonymous life with his brother, far from any pack. But when a construction job brings a group of local wolves into his backyard, including ...

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 ...

Fate is unpredictable… Jake Kolly, a young and ambitious photographer, seeks the perfect sunset shot along the beautiful but secretive Bay Harbor. Unbeknownst to him, this picturesque landscape hides a hidden world—the territory of the powerful Bay Harbor Wolf Pack. When an unexpected and violent encounter with a rogue wolf leaves Jake injured and bewildered, he's saved by Hayes Castian, a formidable security guard and member of the Bay Harbor Wolves. In the chaos, Hayes discovers a truth that will irrevocably change both their lives: Jake is his fated mate. As Hayes navigates 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...

Mateo Wentworth, heir to the prestigious Wentworth Coven, was magically banished to an unknown hell by his own depraved father. For months, he endured unimaginable torment, enslaved and experimented on by dark forces intent on breaking his will. When a desperate clue leads Detective Rowen Dalhousie to his empty cage, hope sparks that Mateo might still be alive. Enter Pascal Lacrosse, a formidable vampire assassin with a rare Dark Fae and Mage heritage, whose unique senses are tuned to the most obscure dark arts. Despite never having met Mateo, Pascal feels an undeniable, visceral pull—a ...

He's a vampire enforcer. He's human. Fate decided they were meant to be, but a vicious shifter war might tear them apart. For Pike Santoro, a powerful enforcer in the elite Rose Coven, life is about loyalty and duty. His latest assignment—covering a vacancy at the Coven's popular nightclub, the Blood Rose—was meant to be an easy, low-stakes break from vampire politics. But peace is a myth when a pack of rogue shifters led by the ruthless Bagwell starts circling Rose territory, determined to expand their reach and bleed the Coven dry. Scott Jones is a human, a firefighter, devoted to his...

“Do you want me to be your daddy, sweet boy?” Autry Valentine had no idea what to expect when he let his friend drag him to the new leather/dom daddy bar in downtown Cincinnati. Its always been something that Autry was interested in, but he never had to guts to enter that world. What he finds is a world of decadent pleasure, domination, control, and the hottest daddy he’s ever laid eyes on, Cross Mercer – the owner of Club Zephyr. Can this man actually want someone like him? Can this be real? Autry is about to learn that there is a whole lot more to Cross Mercer than meets the eye. ...