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Sarah Quinlee needed a change. She sublet a tiny Manhattan apartment, took a new job, and rekindled her passion for sketching. But after accidentally stumbling on a murder victim outside the church next to her workplace, change proved far riskier than she'd anticipated, even for the crime-ridden 1970s. Sarah is quickly pulled into a tangle of neighborhood secrets involving an enigmatic homeless woman, a menacing street punk, a quirky assortment of locals, and coworkers with a past. Her perceptive sketches of them raise some serious questions-and some serious danger. Unable to resist playing sleuth, despite the profound concern of a very attractive police detective, Sarah is soon up against a killer desperate to hide the crime at all costs.

On Rightside/Wrongside, women are in charge and men live behind the Border Fence. Their only interactions are for sex, which women control with rigid laws. Mothers raise daughters, and fathers know nothing of them. Women send sons across the Fence and never know if they live or die. Rightside President Alanna Olaffson and her countrywomen believe female empowerment is good and necessary, right up to the time it goes frighteningly wrong. Jessie, pregnant with a boy, meets Tenosha, who recently sent her son across the Fence. Unwilling to accept Rightside's laws, they hatch a plan that grows beyond their control. Smuggling, sabotage, kidnapping, and civil war force a cataclysmic face-to-face confrontation.

Blake Allen loves her life as the owner of a successful coffee shop, right up until the new reporter in town stirs up trouble and her dormant libido. Then she's poisoned and her perfect life flips upside-down. War correspondent turned small-town reporter, Henry Kiel is excited to be working on a story that could save his floundering career. But when his investigation uncovers a plot to harm Blake, his focus turns to protecting her instead of his job. Forced to work together, they must uncover who is targeting Blake, before she becomes the unwilling sacrifice of an evil Satanic cult.

Can they hold onto the heartbreak of the past when he's protecting her from a killer 24/7? After museum curator Laura Rossiter witnesses a murder, she runs for her life, finally landing in a Maine resort where she feels safe. Until bad-boy Cole Stratton rides his Harley back into her life... Now a DARK officer, Cole has a mission-protect Laura, the golden girl he's never forgotten, and flush out a killer. As the danger increases, so does the tension between the ex-lovers. Cole still believes she's out of his league... and that she's hiding secrets she intends never to reveal. Together 24/7, they can't deny the passion reigniting between them. But as the painful memories of their past assail them and a killer closes in, they must find a way to trust each other-before their future is extinguished forever.

Fiona Seymour's cruel father has pledged her to a man she despises. She plots an escape, but at the bank, finds her small inheritance has been stolen. Upset, she hurries away, trips, falls, and is rescued by a stranger. Philip Laughton, recovering from a near-fatal shipwreck, needs rest and quiet, but his superior insists on a last secret assignment, to discover who among the ton is supplying funds to the French. But a lovely woman falls at his feet, and he takes her up in his hackney. Philip shields a thankful Fiona from her pushy fiancé, while covertly searching for traitors, and the two worlds collide. How can Fiona trust this beguiling sailor when she discovers his lies? How can Philip bear to reveal Fiona's connection to the traitors?

Margaret is her brothers' dependent. With her sister-in-law expecting another child and her younger brother soon to marry, Margaret will lose her home. When her former suitor offers her work as a governess, she accepts, despite misgivings. Unable to marry his first love, Alasdair abandoned his home for a disappointing military career. When his dying brother begs him to return, he agrees. He must protect his brother, the children, and the estate from his brother's wife and her greedy family. While on his brother's business, Alasdair meets his old sweetheart. Can love flare up again despite family chaos and fifteen years' separation?

Olivia Osborne left the FBI to escape the monsters, but when her friend Sergeant Mark Austin calls, she can't say no. She and Mark are bound by the loss of someone they both cared about. The monsters stole him. Now she is standing in a blood-soaked field sifting through the echoes of death all while the thin veil between this world and the other beckons her. "Come closer." Olivia is torn between darkness and light. Life and death. Good and evil. There is nowhere she can run where the monsters won't follow. With a bloodthirsty killer in their midst, Olivia is back in the hunt. This evil is a familiar one, and she knows it won't stop until someone stops it. That someone is her.

Vampire Louis Forbes is a loner, content to survive without ties, without a family, or the burden of another's life on his shoulders. But when the Kaius haunt asks him to prepare vampire outposts for evacuation into the sanctuary city of Denver, Louis reluctantly pushes aside his solitary ways to work alongside a partner. The youngest of his haunt, Jonathan Minks has lived a life of indulgence and camaraderie. A thrill-seeker prone to wanderlust, he jumps at the opportunity to assist the powerful Kaius haunt and joins Louis's mission. His curiosity about his partner morphs into desire as they travel the highways on his motorcycle, saving their species and dodging their enemies in a race against time. But when tragedy strikes in their society where bloodlines are everything and loners are discarded, Louis and Jonathan are forced to decide what family is and whether it's worth fighting for.

Dragons rule the world. Princess Morgan Talbot of Esterhaven knows one rules her. Rownar, the most powerful dragon of all, forced a magical bond with her at a tender age. He intends to corrupt her soul, then consume her body. Now of age, Morgan knows she must take back her life and defeat Rownar, and all his kind. Connor O'Malley is the greatest dragon slayer alive. He spends one memorable night with Morgan, never thinking to see her again. Until he does. He is deeply shaken to learn the woman he fell for is a princess and determined to conquer Rownar herself. When Connor offers to train her, Morgan reluctantly accepts. Now an epic battle will begin, for a princess's life, her soul, her kingdom, and the world.

The Annual Christkindl Market is underway in the mountain town of Spruce Ridge, Colorado. With all the festivities, Delaney Morran hopes for a romantic holiday with her new boyfriend, Sheriff Ephraim Lopez. As for the sheriff, his only wish is to make Delaney's Christmas the best ever. But when Delaney and Ephraim look for the perfect tree, Delaney finds the body of a homicide victim in the tree lot, pushing all thoughts of a cozy Christmas from her mind. How can she buy a Christmas tree after discovering a body under the boughs? And will her best friend's coffee kiosk be a success with the threat of a murderer on the loose? In addition to being known as the high-heeled tow truck driver, Delaney is becoming a pretty good amateur sleuth, so in between taking care of tows, Delaney sets about to solve the crime.

What if there was another person inside you waiting to get out? What if he was your big brother? Beeker Beacham knows how that feels. He still lives in his big brother's shadow even though Deek the football phenom has been dead 30 years. When Beeker witnesses a player die because a football official messed up, he can't let it go. He fires off warnings to the worst of the worst-retire or regret it-then waits for those fools to drop out of the game. But nobody quits, nobody retires, they just call Security. And Security calls former NFL sensation Ben Leit. Ben knows threats happen all the time, but when one of those 'worst officials' is killed right in front of him, well, that's a game-changer.

Anita Goodman and Patrick O'Leary have weathered the trials from six months ago, and are ready to waltz off into the sunset. He's fine, she's fine, everything is perfectly fine. Right? After an injury sidelines Patrick, he and Anita find themselves center stage in a sinister drug plot. When he believes he witnesses the murder of their neighbor, a series of events spirals out of control, revealing the cracks not only in their relationship, but in their families and beloved small town. With the help of Deputy John Flaherty and a teenaged murderino, they must unveil uncomfortable truths, all while facing family secrets that could never stay buried. As their foundation crumbles around them, endangering their lives and loved ones, can their relationship survive?

On a school camping trip, fifth graders experiment with a dangerous new hallucinogen and die in a horrific accident, their deaths shattering the quiet town. Assistant Superintendent Ken Parks, hoping to redeem a fatal mistake from his past, grasps the opportunity to conduct the district investigation of how students are getting the drugs. Almost before he begins, the cops make a stunning arrest. But Parks battles on, convinced the real pusher is still out there, poisoning more kids until he receives an anonymous threat: if he continues, those close to him will pay. Is Parks willing to risk those he loves for a chance at redemption?

Robin Prescott is determined to convince her sister to leave her abusive husband. Robin has it all planned out. The last thing she expects to witness is her sister's murder at the hand of her brother-in-law. Survival instinct kicks in, urging Robin to grab her nephew and make a run for it. Her brother-in-law is a powerful attorney and has his fingers in every department in the city, including the cops. There's only one person she can trust to help her, and fortunately, he doesn't hold grudges. He might not hold a grudge, but Zander Craig has never let go of his feelings for Robin. Now that she's back in his life, he'll do anything and use every resource at Guardian Security to protect her and discover evidence to prove her innocence. But it's only a matter of time before her brother-in-law locates her...and silences the only witness to his crime.

Eighteen-year-old Annamaria Lyons has never left her small hometown of Harrison, Wyoming. She has lived with her aunt, Trinity, since her parents died when she was two years old. Trinity has been a wonderful guardian with one exception-she won't allow Annamaria out of the house after sunset. That is, until the night of senior prom. Annamaria's long-lost sister arrives, bringing with her a world full of hidden family secrets and the supernatural. Forced to flee her childhood home without a proper goodbye to her human life and first love, Annamaria immerses herself in the magical world. New friends and a new suitor challenge her original dreams for the future, and when she finds herself caught in the middle of a centuries-old conflict, Annamaria must decide to rise above it or give in to the darkness.

Hired by Lady Eleanor Woods to teach her brother sign language, Anna Leighton is startled to discover her pupil isn't a child, as she expected, but a young man approximately her own age. David Woods, 27th Baron Mayfield, has been deaf since the age of five. Now approaching his majority, he faces a competency hearing filed by a greedy cousin wanting his inheritance. The baron is a quick study, but unfortunately some of the things he wants to learn aren't on the usual curriculum. Even worse, Anna finds herself responding to his inexperienced advances. Is she betraying the trust of a naïve student placed in her care, or is David more knowledgeable than even his sister suspects?

Archodial Bragen is in trouble with the truth. A truth related to bones found in a cave on Apollis, a planet on the edge of the galaxy. This truth unravels everything Synthons know about the past, putting Bragen's life in jeopardy. With the help of an old mentor, zie begins a journey through time that takes zam from zas own dystopian otherworld to a time when children were more than fables. Avoiding lidscans and thought watchers, Bragen races back and forth through time, in the process finding a past that is never over.

When Jane Chasen visits her neighbor's penthouse to see a recently acquired Frida Kahlo self-portrait, Jane's assessment reveals it's a fake. The next morning, as Jane and her boyfriend Jesse walk along the bayou that winds through her condominium complex, they stumble over the dead body of the penthouse owner. Jesse, a police detective, disappears into his demanding job, and tensions rise with the discovery of a second body. When Jane herself is targeted, she realizes her own home is no longer safe. One of her friends and neighbors wants her dead.

Forbidden desires are his sins. The human he's charged with protecting is his penance. And falling in love may destroy him. Xcian craves what he cannot have: Sebastian Diaz. The one man who he's inexplicably drawn to. The one man who may inevitably destroy him. When Xcian kidnaps Sebastian at the behest of his brother, he knows it was a mistake to force the male into his world, where the war between the malice and the Nine has escalated. And as their sexual attraction turns to something more, Xcian must decide if he's willing to risk damnation for a chance at love.

Marni Legend has embarked on the most perilous journey of her life-a vacation with her sister. The women are like two peas in a pod, providing each pod came from a different mother ship. One day into their Florida adventure, Marni questions her choice of travel partner. Gloria strives to understand her carefree younger sibling while kayaking and snorkeling without chipping a nail. With nothing but eternity on his hands, Phil insists the sisters resolve the circumstances of his untimely demise. The wise-cracking spirit leads them on a trail filled with bartenders, bikers, and the promise of a hidden treasure. Her greatest challenge will either be enduring a week with Gloria or surviving the thugs searching for the stolen booty. Can Marni figure out who to trust, who to avoid, and who she'd most likely want to be trapped alone in an elevator with?

Like every member of his race, Third Prince Malachi longs to meet a potential mate, one of the rare individuals who is perfectly compatible with him. As a hunter for the race of tiger shifters known as Tseng Tse, it is his duty to hunt down supernatural threats. While hunting a fugitive of his own kind, Malachi meets Pepper, and immediately knows this incredible woman is his potential mate. Pepper is determined to live a quiet life, and that doesn't include a supernatural lawkeeper or the world he brings with him. The chemistry is off-the-charts, but it's the warmth and care that lies beneath Malachi's dangerous, mysterious exterior that wears away at her resolve to walk away. But when the very fugitive that Malachi is hunting fixates on Pepper as his next victim, Malachi must convince Pepper to accept him before it's too late.

Facing down an ancient evil, special agent Elizabeth St. John is outnumbered, outgunned, and outmatched. Local cop Kaeden Pike is the perfect choice to help her but letting him-or anyone-into her life and heart is the most difficult challenge she's ever faced. Kaeden has never found the one person who fit him, until now. But how can he convince Liz that they make the perfect pair, especially when the end of the world is coming? Someone has to gather the forces of good to win this fight, but when Liz accepts the role, she finds that being alone isn't a choice she has to make. Almost losing Kaeden to the evil who already took the only other person she's ever trusted convinces her to open her heart and let him in...where he belongs.

On the northern edge of Fairwell, beneath the ever-flowing clouds, lies a ruin known as Cairy Hollow... So begins this tale of a Halloween Ball and bitter revenge. A spiteful woman orders the destruction of an estate cottage that has become a shelter for forest life. In retaliation, two ravens and a demon spell a wretched scarecrow into a handsome rogue. Christened Adrian Bramwell, his mission is to seduce the woman's daughter Civette, with the goal of Nature's creatures taking over the estate mansion as their new sanctuary. Yet between the dawn and the dusk of his one day on earth, their creation begins to feel, to guess, and to suffer. Will Adrian cold-heartedly lure Civette away, or will he fall in love?

Two strangers on vacation. One intense attraction. No expectations, other than a night of mind-blowing passion. Five years later, broke and desperate, Cora finds herself living a double life as she works at a kinky gentlemen's club by night and as a PR specialist by day. A chance encounter at the club throws Cora into her mystery vacation man's path once again. But the only problem is... he doesn't remember her. And to top that, her man is none other than the CEO of Hayes & Meyer Media, James Hayes. Arrogant. Dominant. Mega rich. And, her new boss. But Cora isn't a quitter. And she will do anything to keep her job. She has to. She has people depending on her. All she has to do is stay away from James. Easy, right? If only she could ignore the tempting world of submission James has opened her eyes to...

Roxy Constantine is looking for a way to spend her winter down time. Her true love Nate Robicheaux has a suggestion: she can serve as his sous chef when he prepares a dinner party for possible investors. But when several guests become ill and the hostess herself dies after eating their food, Roxy and Nate could be in deep trouble. Now they need to find out what really happened, and who wanted their hostess dead, before their culinary reputations go down in flames and the murderer turns his attention to Roxy herself.

The untamed swamps of Louisiana provide refuge for Bethany Ann. Within this world, she comes to terms with her supernatural abilities and discovers her true power--the power she will need to defeat the Evil that preys on the innocent and wears many disguises. As she flees for her life, the ancient magic of the mysterious realm reveals a bad moon rising as a battle older than time itself simmers. Struggling with his own demons, Deputy Benjamin Sol is torn between a personal vendetta and his commitment to the law he has sworn to uphold. Wanting to use man-made law to bring the culprit to justice he finds that he must betray his friendship with Bethany Ann. The age-old way between Good and Evil, between right and wrong begins. Which one will win?

Treating her search for a husband as a research project, socially inept Dr. Wanda Walling creates a marriage matrix listing the qualities she wants in a husband. All candidates will be evaluated by how many boxes are ticked off. Then Wanda meets handsome Detective Jack Pendleton, who excites and delights her but doesn't meet any of her requirements, and he has a phobia about marriage. Jack is enthralled by Wanda and wants her any way he can get her. Even though he is appalled that she is hubby hunting, he still wants to bed her. Can he convince her to have a fling with him when he doesn't check off any boxes in the matrix? Will Wanda be diverted from her goal by a sexy detective?

The Fog Ladies are at it again, spunky senior sleuths and an overstressed young medical resident solving murders from their elegant apartment building in San Francisco. They join a senior dating group, and romantic intrigue soon turns to murder. Graham Parselle, lady killer extraordinaire, plunges off a cliff on a Senior Singles outing. Did one of his dates pitch him over? Or is Olivia Honeycut's new beau to blame?

Lark Braylin is summoned to the East Coast to take her rightful place with the family business and collect the inheritance she knew nothing about. When she confronts Greg Braylin, the adopted cousin running the company, memories of their sensual past overwhelm her. Greg's lifestyle is over. He has to share his home with a stranger holding a larger stake in the business and his future at her whim. He assumed Lark would be spiteful at minimum but accepts she is still the erotic ideal he now measures all females against. The battle over their respective futures may destroy everything or open a whole new world for both of them.

Tell knew the moment he saw her that she was the one. He offered Rags eternal love, children and a seat in his hammock. It was a match made in heaven. How could she say no? Even though things should have been perfect, each took wrong turns. Rags and Tell found themselves on a one-way street traveling the wrong direction. Their marriage collapsed in a sea of accusations and disappointment. Years later, they meet again, their memories as fresh as if it were yesterday. Instant physical attraction and emotional connection blindside them, leading them back to that perfect place.And then there's Joe.