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Eight years ago, Brynn Donovan watched her father kill her mother. He’s supposed to be in prison—but he’s escaped. And he’s coming for her. What should be an ordinary evening after work turns deadly when Brynn’s estranged father, Alan, ambushes her and forces her into his car. It’s the start of the road trip from hell: a cross-country trek to the Rocky Mountains and the remote shelter Alan built years ago to protect his family from the monsters living in his head—the ones he swears will erupt from the earth at any moment.

Maggie James is thirty-one, freshly dumped, and emotionally scorched. Losing her relationship also cost her the apartment and the business she built with her ex. Now she’s broke, unmoored, and answering a roommate ad from a total stranger. A stranger who turns out to be a neurodivergent werewolf with a detailed lease agreement… and a legally binding cuddle clause. Roman Velasquez likes quiet, structure, and his Good Plate. He’s used to living alone—until pack politics force his hand.

A pulse-pounding thriller about a woman who survived a horrifying abduction and has used her ordeal to help other women avoid the same fate, but when she’s invited on a cruise by her estranged sister to reconnect, she begins to realize that every corner of this ship hides terrifying secrets...

After vanishing without a trace seven years ago, a young girl is found… her body posed with eerie care, at the very spot she was taken, surrounded by flowers and stuffed toys. Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigator Kat Cromwell is faced with a new case that's as disturbing as it is perplexing. Is this the work of a lone abductor marking the end of a long game, or a darker mind, obsessed with the innocent years of a child?

Hidden abilities, haunting memories, and one confused girl. I’m a reaper. Death should come naturally to me, but it doesn’t. And the abilities I am able to conjure are forbidden by my kind. My parents try to hide my abilities, but when the elders assign my first target, they order my parents to stay back. Now I’m on my own, with no one to protect me, no idea what I’m doing, and no control over the powers I’m supposed to keep hidden. I should have known this would blow up in my face.

Aimlessly stumbling through the quiet seaside town of Dana Point in the early hours of the morning, a broken young woman desperately utters a few terrifying words, before collapsing into traumatized silence… "There are more." With no clear crime and a victim who can't speak, Orange County Sheriff's Department investigators Kat and Hugo aren't even sure they have a case to open. But with the weight of her own secrets on her shoulders, Kat is determined to peel back the layers and find out what happened to the poor girl lying in a hospital bed… where not everyone wants her to recover.

In the stillness of dawn, a young woman is found drowned with clinical cruelty in the waters off the quiet seaside town of Dana Point, California. Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigator Kat Cromwell and her veteran partner Hugo Fuentes are shocked, and soon confounded by the case. Uncovering far too many suspects, none of whom could have committed the crime, their search sends them hunting through cold cases… and wondering when the killer may strike again.

Now that her memory has been restored, Astrid knows exactly who she is. She is Princess Astrid of Oceali - no longer the Silent Princess. Her mother died, years ago, helping Astrid escape a life of misery in a facility. Her mother died because of her sister, Princess Vega. Astrid also knows exactly where she is. Not in her remarkable home on the Isle of the Never Mind, but she and her friends are being held captive in her old home, deep within the bowels of the palace.

A blind girl and a Haida boy struggle to survive after being shipwrecked on opposites sides of a desolate island on the West coast of British Columbia in the middle of winter.

Ryker and River's story unfolds from childhood to where our journey began. Two brothers born from violence, cleaving together in a bond of love strong enough to survive anything. But not anyone. Marina's vision finally unfolds, but she is unprepared for the cruelty her god has planned for her. The Fate discovers her life in entangled with the twins in a synchronicity that is devastating in its cruelty.

The Shadowalkers fight back against Hope’s new Regency and establish a new unified center of power. But Berinia’s fragile peace is tenuous. Ryker and Haven’s quest for a new life together is hindered by legends that have come to life, and no one is who they seem. Haven and Ryker are committed to building a life together, but scars from their separation run deep. The choices made in the past, if left unresolved, threaten to haunt their future. Their friends and family stand beside them and support their healing process, but an intriguing new acquaintance asks the impossible.

I’m a reaper. Death should come naturally to me, but it doesn’t. And the abilities I am able to conjure are forbidden by my kind. My parents try to hide my abilities, but when the elders assign my first target, they order my parents to stay back. Now I’m on my own, with no one to protect me, no idea what I’m doing, and no control over the powers I’m supposed to keep hidden.

Molly Casey has been living her life at full speed, but it's about to slow down. With terminal cancer, she has one goal—get her estranged sisters talking. Her plan hinges on getting them to agree to a do-over of the last road trip their family took before everything fell apart. So, she hides her prognosis and asks them to drive her back to Seattle.

College student, Kat Chambers, lived a charmed life that would rival any princess, until the night the man she planned to marry was murdered. In that moment, her beautiful dream turned into her worst nightmare, and her true love was gone so there was no one to wake her from the horror. Sixteen months later, a chance encounter with an intriguing stranger leads her to the discovery of a time machine.

Two sisters. One destined for the crown, one doomed to silence. Princess Astrid and Princess Vega are identical in every way - except one was born near perfect, the other “deficient”. Born mute. By age six, their fates are sealed. Vega will be the next queen. Astrid, the silent princess, will spend the rest of her days rotting away in a facility. It is a time when the planet has been ravaged by global warming. Famine and disease demand drastic measures to preserve resources that are already stretched paper thin.

In Dana Point, California, surf reports, sailing conditions, and real estate dominate the news… until the calm waters of this sleepy, seaside town are shattered when a woman's body washes up on the sand. Under the pressure of her first homicide case, new evidence surfacing in the supposed accidental death of her fiancé, and a seasoned partner who'd be happy to see her fail, Kat has more than enough on her plate… not to mention that troublesome problem she's been carefully hiding.

When her mirror twin goes missing, Casey is led to a deadly paradise where no one escapes… Casey and Nora are mirror twins; identical—sort of. Casey is right-handed, Nora is left-handed. Their moles sit on opposite cheeks. In terms of personality, they are also diametrically opposed. So, when her high-strung sister disappears after a fight with her husband, Casey shouldn't be as concerned as she is. Nora's done it before. Her husband seems nonplussed. But this time, things feel different. It's a twin thing; Casey knows it in her bones. Something is terribly wrong.

Astrid has returned to Oceali with only one thing on her mind: revenge. Her sister, Princess Vega, has taken everything from her, in a desperate pursuit of the crown. Astrid could not care less about the crown, but if it will make her sister miserable, she’d gladly take it from her. But at what cost? What else is Astrid willing to sacrifice to make her sister suffer? Her friends? Her life?

Unstable powers, a uncertain future, and one overwhelmed girl. Chaos doesn't even begin to explain my life. Now that the first two artifacts are a part of me the third haunts my dreams. It calls to me, overwhelming my senses. Between that, the council, the demon, and everything else, I did the only thing that I could think of, I took off. Hopefully, Charlie can forgive me for leaving without a word. Disappearing seemed like my best option, until the demon found me, forcing my hand.

Unexpected enemies, unlikely alliances, and one struggling reaper. The Earth crystal is missing, and I have no clue who took it. To make matters worse, the Council knows about my forbidden abilities. They still want my help to find the remaining artifacts, which means hey must be desperate...but for what? Now I’ve partnered up with Charlie, my deceased best friend’s brother. The only problem is that he blames me for his sister’s death. I just hope this isn’t one more thing that will blow up in my face. I’ve had enough of that the past month to last the rest of my life.