Antiheroes

Once a black ops assassin for the government known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak broke with the program and went deep underground, using his operational rules and skills to help the truly desperate with nowhere else to turn. When Luke Devine, one of the most powerful men in the world has a psychological crisis, Evan flies to the East Coast to meet Luke.

An evil has risen in the land, one that, if not dealt with, threatens to start a war which would include the gods themselves. To counter it, the realm must call on its greatest heroes, its most courageous adventurers. Unfortunately, those great heroes, those brave adventurers, are all busy - being dead mostly. So it is left to Dannen Ateran, known in his youth as the Bloody Butcher, but more recently as the passed-out drunk at the table in the corner, to lead his companions against an army of the dead.

Delve into darkness and blurred morality with AntiHeroes, a gritty substance abuse and crime novel by Ryan Leone (author of the bestselling, Wasting Talent). In the rotting sprawl of Los Angeles, Gunner, Mikey May, and Collin McFadden are tragically flawed souls entangled in a web of addiction, sex, and violence. Accused of killing his girlfriend, Mikey is sentenced to prison, becoming a pawn in a dangerous game orchestrated by a prison captain eager to publish Mikey's harrowing story—the Ballad of Mikey May. Their drug-fueled journey leads to horrific revelations about Mikey's past.

Once upon a time, Dr. Emily Nichols—the academic kind, not the physician kind—was an eco-crusader who was shot with water cannons, hunted by poachers, and chased by a bulldozer. Now? Action Emily lives in a bland condo with gray walls and teaches disengaged students at a university alongside a risk-allergic boyfriend, asking herself every day: How did I get here?

💀TRUE BLOOD. BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD. BLADE. If you crave brutal vampires, dangerous bonds and dark prophecy—you’re in the right world. 🔥 From NYT, USA TODAY, Amazon Top-15 and #1 Dark Fantasy Bestseller Marata Eros comes the second savage installment in the SIREN TRILOGY—where ancient bloodlines dictate fate and primal desire always wins. 💔 A Reaper’s Mission. A Bloodline Connection he Can’t Refuse. Brandon, a rare Reaper vampire, is hunting the last of his kind—females who share his lineage. When he finds her, she’s not what he expected… and too much to resist. ...

Amos Cooper-Hayes. Sinner. Dominant. Control-obsessed. Falling for his best friend’s sister. He should keep his distance. She should run. He told himself she was off-limits. His body didn’t listen. Innocence versus lust. Light versus darkness. Love versus obsession. Salvation versus vengeance. For Amos Cooper-Hayes, trust is sacred, and only a rare few have ever been worthy of it. His best friend is one of them. Haunted by a dark past, he carries the weight of his sins, and he knows a woman like Lilly has no place in his world. Most of her life was spent behind the walls of a Catholic ...

Playboy heir to an empire, Kit Kensington has it all: money, status, looks, power. As Kensington Consolidated’s newest employee (and future CEO), Kit arrives ready to exceed the high expectations that accompany his last name. However, when his new assistant turns out to be Collins Tate, he finds himself off-balance for the first time in his life.

After his father’s retirement, Elia Montalto took over organized crime in King’s Trace, Maine. His pragmatic nature makes him popular and allows him to strike alliances with government officials, which keeps prying eyes off his business. But even a town as small as theirs is not without risk or envy, and Elia has only ever really wanted one thing: Senator Harrison’s daughter.

As the years start running out, you often find that life has left you completely alone. This is what has happened to one military veteran who’s lived through many of history’s “flash points”. In order to inject some color into his final days, the former soldier signs a contract with a company that has developed a fully immersive virtual world. Project Alpha Rome is a multi-level city plagued by endless wars between humans and mutants. You can play as either species. The best argument in favor of living here is the firepower and the reflexes of your weapons.

Anti-Hero's Journey: The Zero With a Thousand Faces is “the most concise, entertaining, irreverent, and punk-rock set of pointing-out instructions ever seen.” (From the foreword by Dr. Mike Stone, MD) Joseph Campbell famously described the pattern imbedded in every good story, from ancient mythology to science fiction, as the Hero’s Journey, the Monomyth: “A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder; fabulous forces are encountered and a decisive victory is won; the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow ...

It’s my first leading role and my co-star’s name is Daddy. I’ve dreamed of being an actress since I was a little girl, but I haven’t landed a single part that would help pay the bills. So, my gambling-addict father sells me to high-roller Dietrich Belotti to act as his daughter for the weekend. But when my pretend daddy with the sexy, salt and pepper hair hits me with those ice blue eyes and calls me baby? I ignore the red flags flying over his head and dive headfirst into my starring role. When we are forced to share a room for the night, Dietrich wants to play pretend in a lot of ...

The worst thing about a man being led to his execution—aside from the whole impending death bit—was that he immediately tried to figure out what choice had brought him there. Which Dannen thought was ridiculous. The one possible comfort a man could have, when faced with his own death, was that things simply could not get any worse. The problem, of course, was that things could always get worse.

"TRUE BLOOD meets BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD, anyone?" 🔥PLOW, Book 6 of the spellbinding Druid Series, delivers dark paranormal romance and suspense with heart-stopping twists, written by New York Times, USA TODAY, and #1 Dark Fantasy bestseller Marata Eros. Prepare to be enthralled by a gritty tale of passion, loyalty, and survival in a world where nothing is as it seems🔥 What Readers are Saying: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A Phenomenal Dark Story..." ~ PurpleHaze ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Yet again Marata delivers a deliciously dark, deep, and riveting story..." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Consistently fantastic......

Heroes hate him. Villains want to be him. Tired of nice guy heroes? Want to tear the flesh from the bones of your enemies? Plunder their riches and return home to celebrate with your loyal band of warrior women? If that's you, indulge yourself in a guilt-free trip to the dark side. After a great battle, Cain awakens to find himself in a new world, the modern age of man. All traces of his former kingdom are gone. Of his personal guard, only one, the majestic elf-queen Pride, remains. This soft world seems ripe for the taking, and Cain wastes no time in making it his own. But Cain quickly ...

You look so peaceful in your sleep. You’re my obsession, my salvation and my destruction as I will be yours. You’re the reason I breathe, the reason I kill. I love you so much that I’ll kill everyone who has ever hurt you, anyone who will ever touch you again, darling. I used to think villains only existed in books. That was before I married one. Before the bruises. The excuses. The way I learned to hide the truth between sentences. And before the notes started appearing. I call him Butterfly Man. The stalker who exists in the spaces between my breaths, the corners of my vision, the ...

Set in Spain this box set will give you excitement, suspense, romance and heat! In Too Deep (Book 1): The Virgin and the Gangster. It was supposed to be three weeks of fun in the sun. Can the Spanish God she meets be too good to be true? Ibiza was supposed to be the holiday of a lifetime but it turned out so much more than that for Elsa, especially as she met Xander there - the dark and dangerous beautiful man. She discovers that there is more to him than meets the eye. One by one, secrets come to light about the man she is falling for. The chemistry they have together is electric. But is ...

She’s the only female warrior in a world ruled by men. Enemies stalk her. Fate binds her. And love was never part of the mission. 🔥 BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD meets BLADE & UNDERWORLD 🔥 A Dark Fantasy Sci-Fi Antihero Romance by New York Times, USA TODAY and Amazon Top-15 Bestseller Tamara Rose Blodgett. 💎 Save 50% vs individual purchase!💎 Step into a heart-pounding world of supernatural warriors, forbidden love, and dangerous destinies with the complete Reflective Saga — 1,000 pages of dark romance, brutal action, and slow-burn tension. Perfect for fans of gritty fantasy, ...

Charlotte has always been a good girl. But being good is getting boring. She’s not just stuck in a rut - she’s buried in it up to her chin. The only company she has in bed is the back catalogue of Netflix and falling in love feels like the stuff of fairy tales. So when she stumbles across a popular podcast, Sorry Not Sorry, which challenges women to embrace their inner bad girl, she jumps at the chance to shake things up.

She was promised to a ruthless don. He took her anyway. Wedding bells. Cold hands. A voice at my ear: “Walk.” Luciano Moretti. The Saint. Devil in a three-piece. My enemy’s consigliere. He steals me from the altar and lights a war. I was meant to be a bargaining chip. Now I’m running with the man who’s watched me from the shadows. He’s older. Untouchable. Obsessed. And this time… he won’t let go.*Saint of Envy is a dark, steamy standalone romance. It's perfect for readers who crave possessive antiheroes, stolen brides, surprise pregnancies, and love that breaks every rule. ...

As the eldest son of Austin’s most prominent preacher, I’ve lived my life on the virtuous side. No scandals. Flawless image. Clean reputation. That’s the way it must be if I’m going to take his place someday. But everything changes when I find out my father is a VIP member of a local kink club.