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The City of Blood should be a safe haven for vampire kind, but it doesn't look that way from where I'm standing. Strict curfews, mandatory check-ins, and the constant threat of being executed, it's almost as dangerous for vampires to live here as it is to be human. And I want to bring the regime down. One wrong step, and lives will be lost...including my own. Drop of Blood is book one of the City of Blood series, a gritty vampire urban fantasy with a slow burn romantic sub-plot.

The Rebellion is over, and the members executed. But I'm still alive...for now. I did the one thing I wasn't supposed to, putting myself and others in danger. Now, it's just me and the illegally turned vampire living in my one bedroom apartment against the world. Unless we can persuade Catherine to help.

Searching for answers is the main thing on Tabitha’s mind. But when an exchange of black market magic goes wrong, she finds herself entangled with a member of the High Council. With her mate by her side, Tabitha finally finds what she’s looking for, only to discover it could change the balance of power in necromancer society...and not for the better.

Vampires have become weak, and I'm one of the only people who sees it. Now, I just have to prove it. I'll rule with an iron fist and sharpened fangs. I will usher in a new era. Welcome to the City of Blood, where I'm going to make every vampire's paradise.

If I don't act soon, then Oscar is going to pay the price that should be mine. The more time passes, the more certain I am that the City of Blood has to fall. And I'm going to be the one to make it happen. But I can't do it alone. Before I can begin, I have to pull off the most daring rescue mission ever. Only then can I start planning how to make the mayor pay.

A young girl dies mysteriously from what can only be explained as a rare illness. Her younger sister finds a diary in her room that has never been written in. Day by day the book reveals a new writing that urges the young girl to investigate the death. From encounters to the writings, there is a story to be heard, a mystery to be solved.

The first book, The Rose Diary, is a roller-coaster of suspense, and this one will take you on an even wilder ride. In book one, we learn that Jacky's sister, Sandra, has been murdered by poison. A series of paranormal experiences lead to the arrest of someone Jacky has never really been fond of. But is that the real murderer? This exciting second book takes you through twist after twist and keeps you guessing. A ghost story, murder mystery, and courtroom drama, this audiobook is fantastically fun.

Cutie Grackle is used to being different—she lives alone on a mountain with her feeble-minded uncle, and when she’s not sucking pebbles to trick her stomach into feeling full, she’s chatting with a weathered garden gnome for company. But having a flock of ravens follow you is more than just different. Cutie worries the birds are connected to the curse Uncle Horace tends to mutter about. And she’s right. The ravens present her with a fortune from a cookie, and when she touches it, she’s pulled into a vision from her family’s past.

Can a woman with no faith in men learn to trust the half-Cheyenne trail guide determined to protect her? Young Irish widow Bry Brennan doesn’t want another husband to break her spirit. When she and her brother Con join a wagon train headed to Montana Territory, Bry ignores her fascination with Nick Laramie, the handsome trail guide.

Can a young widow hide her secret shame from the Irish preacher bent on helping her survive? In an Idaho Territory boom town, America Liberty Reed overhears circuit preacher Shane Hayes try to persuade a hotel owner to close his saloon on Sunday. Shane lands facedown in the mud for his trouble, and there’s talk of shooting him. America intervenes and finds herself in an unexpectedly personal conversation with the blue-eyed preacher. Certain she has angered God in the past, she shies away from Shane.

The American Dream introduces the youth of America to their country’s exceptional history and regain pride in their American heritage in an immersive adventure story. In this striking adventure for listeners of all ages, Kaitlyn O’Connor, along with her friend Sam and their history teacher Robert Bacon, set out to travel back in time to rescue Kaitlyn's sister Kirsten O'Connor and fight a ruthless enemy in another century to defeat those determined to destroy their beloved America.

Author Seven N Blue is the winner of the Paris Book Festival award. Another blackout night. Myla drank too much again. Panic sets in as scattered memories from the evening surface. The Persian guy, the Junkie girl. Instantly, she knows something is wrong. What had she done last night?

Peter (2 Peter 3:11) asks us to consider what kind of people we ought to be in light of the fact that the Lord will return for His people at any time, that this world as we know it will then disappear, and that we need to be prepared every day for this anticipated event. This book delves into those things the Lord expects us to be doing and ways we are to prepare. There are four emphases: loving, readied, holy, and growing. Each chapter ends with prayer and includes a “Reflect" section with probing questions.

Mermaids, mermen, treacherous villagers, and a Nix: these are some of the exciting things in store for you with the latest Natashiah Jansen story entitled Pearl Port Singer. You’ll be taken on a dive into the magical world of merpeople...If you love humorous stories, you will love Pearl Port Singer.

Our protagonist, Victoria, is a successful businesswoman. She has a history of mental illness, but that's behind her now, despite what her distant husband might say. What starts out as a normal day at the office is turned upside down by the appearance of a mysterious figure that only Victoria can see. It soon becomes clear that this being, whatever it is, is following her. As Victoria tries to make the creature go away, her demons begin to creep up on her again.

Her father left them when she was just five. Now in her early 20's Lucy knew better than to concentrate on her academics alone. She did every menial job she could lay her hands upon so as to support herself and (hopefully) relieve the burden on her mother...She was glad when her friend, Julia, introduced her to freelancing on Upwork. She gets hooked up again with a client for whom she previously wrote a romance novel...It wasn't long before Lucy discovered she had fallen into the hands of an organized network of human traffickers.

After she’s shot in the line of duty, Detective Carolina McKay returns to her hometown hoping to rebuild her life and conquer her demons. But before she can even unpack, a college student is found dead in a ditch. The crime scene looks familiar. Too familiar. Has the madman who terrorized Carolina’s childhood, reemerged? Or is a new killer copying those old murders?

To catch the perfect killer, she must become the perfect victim. After discovering that her estranged sister is missing, Carolina McKay heads to Pittsburgh where she stumbles into an FBI investigation. The same time her sister, Scarlet, vanished, so did $300,000. And Scarlet is the prime suspect.

Detective Carolina McKay survived a serial killer and saved the town she used to call home. Now she finds herself more alone than ever...until a stranger knocks on her door.

Jenna Sutton is nothing like Buffy—the iconic vampire slayer of TV fame. She’s the antithesis of a cheerleader. She’s not peppy. And she sucks at gymnastics. She has nothing in common with the fictional Buffy, other than being blonde and in high school. Oh, and occasionally she kills vampires for a living, as well as other things that go bump in the night.