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Their touch still burns my skin. The memory of their lips as vivid as a summer squall...when darkness swallows me. Hands over my mouth. I’m taken by a coven of deadly Vampires. Ones who will seek revenge on those I love. But they aren’t the only beasts at my door.

The Sinful are my enemy. But are they also my protectors? And I can’t get them out of my head… Or the things they want to do with me. My past is dragged to the surface… But it’s a past I don’t know. Someone else’s memories invade me. The answers lie in the half-truths Arkyn whispers. I’ll take care of you, Arkyn whispers as he kisses me.

Tasha Deavers has dedicated her life to helping people prepare for the worst disasters. But when an EMP strike shuts down the country’s power grid, she’ll face her deadliest crisis on an unimaginable scale. With New York City in chaos, Tasha must brave the road to reach her grandfather’s homestead in Kentucky before the EMP claims her life.

During the coldest winter on record, an EMP sends American back into the Stone Age. Jack and his family find sanctuary in their cabin in a small, remote town hidden deep in the forest. Little does Jack know the blizzard will be the least of his problems.

When an EMP cripples the nation's power grid, lawlessness erupts across the country. Fighting against the chaos, Detective Mike Thorton must rescue his family from the city and bring them to his sister's cabin in the mountains.

Can what has been lost be rebuilt? Lori and her daughter Avah fight to answer that question as they trek across what remains of the United States after a devastating EMP attack. Together with her new family, Lori must contend with armed bandits and roaming gangs who challenge her at every turn.

In the rugged isolation of Montana, city-boy turned rancher Vince is confronted by a chilling legacy: wrathful spirits of the unjustly killed disrupting his new life on Valentine Ranch. The cruel twist? He's the sole individual capable of perceiving these ethereal figures. Tasked with untangling his family's dark mysteries, Vince must guide these tormented souls to peace before they unleash their fury, obliterating everything he's come to cherish. In this high-stakes race against time, every secret unveiled could tip the balance between tranquility and destruction.

On yet another pointless errand for her boss, Rory runs into the handsome, Dr. Camden. Despite knowing it might get her in trouble, Rory can’t resist falling for Cam’s refreshing honesty and easy-going attitude. But Cam’s got a sticky past, and before Rory falls for him, she has to find out the truth. Not only does she discover it, she uncovers a scary secret he’s been hiding that proves his life is not only in danger but that also puts her heart in jeopardy of breaking.

The Storm Ketchum Tales are short stories that are set in the world of the Storm Ketchum Adventures series of island mystery novels. The tales can be heard along with, or independently of, the Adventures. This volume contains all six previously published short tales, plus a previously unpublished tale titled "Route 101".

Culinary queen Angie Amalfi has put aside her gourmet utensils to concentrate on planning her upcoming wedding to San Francisco homicide detective Paavo Smith. What could possibly go wrong? Instead of the answer to her heart's dreams, she scrambles to deal with wedding planners with bizarre ideas, wedding dresses that don't flatter, squabbling relatives with hurt feelings, a long-suffering groom, and worries over where she and Paavo will live after the wedding. But all of that pales when Angie finds the perfect house for them, except for one little problem - the house may be haunted.

Ronnie Dark is having a bad day. Facing rock bottom after losing his job, a sudden divorce, and eviction from his home, he hatches a desperate plan for revenge on his ex-wife. Ronnie intends to take his own life and leave his rotting, stinking corpse behind for her to discover as a final gift. Meanwhile, the home's former inhabitant Patrick Dermotty, the infamous Balloon Boy Killer, has escaped from the institution holding him.

The honed point of the blade kissed the bottom of my chin. My breath stilled as I stared into my own fate…at the hands of this hunter. He was a beast. A monster. A Hexer. 

King Vavilion wanted to use me. King Kamoril wanted to own me. But that was nothing compared to the lies my Hexers kept from me. Lies that changed my world. My heart might be breaking, but I now have hope. I am not alone. I'm one of three. Three sisters, descendants of the most dangerous Witch who ever lived. 

The people living aboard the massive starship Ascension have no knowledge of the universe outside the hull of their home. For generations they've lived out their simple lives with no records of where they've come from or where they are headed. The Earth, home of their ancestors, has been washed away with the passage of time. In the bowels of the ship lies the chapel, a room filled with mysterious chambers holding sleeping men and women who the passengers have deemed as gods.

Few things are more terrifying than living in total darkness, but Charlie may have found something worse. On the verge of total blindness, she discovers that life as she knows it is a lie, and that lie entangles everyone she loves. Charlie's mother, Nina, is holding her life and family together with a fraying ribbon. She is walking the line of functional depression, terrified to admit she’d trade every bit of her beautiful life for the truth. Marie has everything she needs—supportive family, friends, and a career she loves.

Misery meets Cabin in the Woods and Fifty Shades in an erotic horror thriller that'll blow your socks off! Gerald Grimes, failed writer, needs a miracle to salvage his writing career and save him from becoming the next assistant night manager at the local CrapMart. "Canny Danny" Jackson is a fugitive serial killer with delusions of supernatural grandeur who wants to ensure that history records his unique legacy. He abducts Gerald and seduces him into chronicling the saga of Canny Danny and his otherworldly harem of cannibalistic sex slaves.

Dulcie "Deuce" Meadows lives in a trailer with her boyfriend, Jack in a small town in Utah. She met him after he returned from the war. They had gone to school together, they crossed paths, but they both were quiet and distant. He has some PTSD and to work out his anxiety he creates sculptures from scrap metal. Hands seldom idle, he puts his strength in all he does.

Hate rules our world. Hiding behind the face of a king. And now, he’s come for me. He wants answers I don’t have. Answers that lie in the whispers of the past. Only three Hexers stand in his way, and they’ll do it for love.

Jasmine is adjusting to the reality of being a dragon-shifter. She's training to embrace the destiny imposed on her by the gods. But something is brewing. Doom is just beyond the horizon. It's apocalyptic in nature. Could it be Jasmine's mate's intrusive mother, Lady Hel, the Norse goddess of death, or might it be more than just her scheming? When Erich disappears, Jasmine is forced to travel back in time to 1799, France, where Lady Hel's maniacal brother, Fenrir, the wolf-like monster awaits. Fenrir's more than dangerous. He's pure destruction.

Isabel remembers nothing before the prince rode into her forest to take her back to the castle. Nothing about who she is supposed to be, or the powers she is supposed to have. Prince Rokan needs Isabel to be his Shifter. And he needs her loyalty - because without it, she may be his greatest threat. Isabel knows that her prince is lying to her, but she can't help wanting to protect him from the dangers and intrigues of the court - until a deadly truth shatters the bond between them. Now Isabel faces a choice that threatens her loyalty, her heart - and everything she thought she knew.