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Fran Tarantino once believed her mother’s ghost watched over her. But the truth is much darker. Her haunting protector was never her mother—it was Daedrian, a seductive and ruthless spirit bound to the women of her bloodline for generations.

On a dark New England night, Cassie Stevens startles awake–something’s in the room with her. Something she can’t see or hear, but feels in the icy air, and the weight of unseen eyes watching her from the darkness. Ever since surviving a near-death experience in a crash, Cassie’s been haunted by this malevolent presence. She sees brief flashes of it from the corner of her eye and in the subtle stir of shadows in dark corners. It’s coming for her, invading her mind and thoughts with dark, grotesque horrors and madness

Frances Tarantino has felt her mother’s spirit by her side ever since the woman’s tragic death. Fran’s mother sends beautiful ladybugs to land on her dress whenever she feels lonely or afraid. The little red and orange jewels always bring a smile to the girl’s face. And on those rare occasions when Fran misbehaves, her mother disciplines her. As Fran falls in love for the first time, she learns how dangerous a parent’s discipline can be.

Scarlett DeHaven leaves Nashville behind for a new beginning in the Shenandoah Valley without memories of drug addiction and rehab. But after purchasing an abandoned house with a disturbing past in the hopes of transforming it into a luxury bed-and-breakfast, she experiences visions and voices. Strangers appear, bearing cryptic warnings. And a tunnel is discovered underneath the house - one that was historically used for a local cult’s rituals.

Claire Vogel is a recently divorced mother of four girls and a successful counselor living in a planned and prestigious community. She knows all her neighbors, and they know her. But Claire has a secret. To cope with hidden, deep-rooted pain, she often participates in risky, reckless behavior.

A woman trapped by her own fears inherits a house haunted by a legacy of darkness and a history of ritual sacrifices. A violent attack that happened nearly a decade ago has left 27-year-old Avery Tullinger barely able to walk outside. Following her estranged father’s death, she inherits Whickering Place, a historic mansion in Asheville, North Carolina, currently occupied by two tenants. Soon after moving in, Avery learns that her father’s life in the house was consumed by the supernatural...and the activity appears to be starting again.

Kalina is a nobody, an orphan whose only remarkable trait is the silver hair she is forced to hide. But when she overhears that she might be a child of the Valdir, a silver-haired race of dragon riders that disappeared 16 years ago, she chooses to leave her old life behind and venture into the unknown to discover who she is and where the dragons disappeared to.

For five years, life is strenuous for Kansas Moore as she travels with her team and saves more people from the clutches of the revolutionists. On the downtime, they construct and enlist for their own cause. When the general assigns her to search for Mago, she turns to the team, and what they find overturns everything they've learned so far. In this dramatic conclusion of The Famished Trilogy, things are not what they seem, and comfortable living is far from reach.

Hope Hendriks thought she had hit rock bottom when her husband took his own life, leaving her broke and homeless. Hoping for a fresh start, she takes a new job in Tennessee, moving into a run-down rental property in a lake community. Still mourning the loss of a man she seemingly never knew, Hope is confronted by a host of alarming and inexplicable occurrences that suggest her deceased husband may still be with her.

After months of searching for his missing wife, ex-priest-turned-demonologist Hunter Massabrook gets a call that Laura has turned up in a New Orleans hospital. But the woman barely looks like his wife, and she’s going by a different name. Worse, she’s obsessed with another man and memories of a life she’s lived in a place called Nocturne House. As Laura relays the story of her disappearance and the people responsible, she also reveals her connection to a dangerous cult, a group of modern-day vampires.

Marina is a mute and sickly orphan, who has no memories of who she was before being washed ashore. The only leads to her past are her special resilience to the cold and the unknown charming man in her recurring dreams. When ships go missing and rumors of a sea curse spread, the king recruits a crew of commoners to investigate. Marina realizes the prince, Dominic, shows an uncanny resemblance to the man in her dreams. He might be the only one who knows about her past. She needs to talk to him and joining the crew might be the only way, if she qualifies.

Marriage or war. There are no other options. Kalina has her throne, finally, and her people have their long-sought-after peace. But that peace is short-lived, when an old enemy resurfaces, threatening everything she has fought so hard to attain. Trapped in a foreign court, surrounded by enemies, Kalina must decide the fate of her people as well as her own future before it’s too late. Love is at stake, lives will be lost. This is the stunning conclusion to the Valdir Chronicles, full to the brim with adventure, intrigue, and, of course, dragons.

The King is dead. Long live the Queen. The Valdir stand on the brink of war with Ethea, and Kalina is the heir to both thrones. Suddenly thrust into the role of Queen, and navigating a war, she is forced to choose whether this is the fate she wants for herself. When the responsibility and pressure becomes too much, will Kalina break and run, leaving her people under the rule of another? Or will she step up and become the Queen they deserve?

Love doesn’t always conquer all. Cherise Stanchon is the princess heir of Ethea, a country embroiled in a century-long war. Her betrothed is a prince of the Valdir, a race of dragon riders. But when loss and war threaten to come between them, Cherise must choose between her duty to her country and her heart.

Would you sacrifice your humanity to live free from pain and suffering? Conservationist Anja Lapin always stood firm against her father’s profiteering. But in her wildest dreams, she never guessed his tech company would stumble on an algorithm enabling humans to digitize their bodies and secure artificial immortality. Before Anja can stage a protest, terrorists take out the research team, along with her father. Billions adopt the new technology in record time, lured by an eternity free from pain and filled with pleasure - even if it means losing a few pieces of their identity.

It’s time to begin training the students, and teachers from the New Hope Academy who survived the crash of the Cairo to fight like colonial rangers. They have just two months to get ready before the lake and river in their mountain valley freezes and the deadly demon wolves come down to eat them, and the aliens may come before that.

The Rift have begun their invasion of the New Hope colony. They've shot down the 850-ft long transport Cairo which crashed in a mountain valley with CDR Rick Cassidy, GSGT Molly Pickford, and 50 female students from the New Hope Academy. The aliens have taken Southport and set their sights on their next target, New Cancun, as thousands of refugees pour into the western settlements.

Magic versus science. Wyst versus Etruria. The solution: A royal wedding to join the two warring lands. The Lady Emrys Bruma arrives at court, but not for the ceremony. Her task is to find the secret behind an old family disgrace. She becomes entangled with the crown prince, his future bride and his best friend. Soon it is difficult to determine where her loyalties lie. And who can be trusted. With spies, assassination attempts and the age-old superstition against magic, Emrys walks a fine line between two worlds. But nothing is as it seems. Especially the Lady Emrys Bruma.