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After testifying against my father, I’m ready to shut the door on my past and begin my future with Hendrix. A storm rips through town, killing hundreds and injuring more, including Hendrix. He lingers in a coma for weeks before finally waking up. When he does, nothing is the same. As Hendrix and I struggle to reconnect, my father retaliates against me, forcing me into hiding. Every time I think I can claw my way out of the darkness, it sucks me back down. But my will to live is stronger than I think, and for the first time in my life, hope, love, and family dangle in front of me.

I never thought I’d be the proud owner of a quaint small-town bookstore, but life has a funny way of surprising us. With my virtual BFF’s encouragement to seize the day and follow my heart.

Carefree personal trainer Drake North is long on charm and short on connections that do more than skim the surface. His main ties are to his family and his best friend, so when his friend’s little sister moves to town, Drake promises to look out for her. But when he offers her his spare bedroom for a few nights, he might be getting in over his head.

I had it all—world tours with CB Rice, my songs on the radio, everything I ever dreamed of. Except now, it’s my turn to fulfill the requirements of a family trust I’d foolishly hoped wouldn’t involve me. If I don’t spend three hundred and sixty-five days straight in my hometown of Crested Butte, Colorado, my siblings and I will lose our inheritance along with our family legacy.

I have no business being auctioned off in a bachelor auction. I’ve loved, been loved, and lost my undeniable soulmate. Romance and love aren’t in the cards for an old man like me. However, when this family sets out to get something done, I’m compelled to help out. They’re all I’ve got. But when this auction kicks off, things change quickly for me. She’s not looking for a simple tryst. She wants more from her wicked bidding.

Incredibly smart and unbelievably stealthy, I take my name “Zeppelin” seriously. As a Brit who worked for the US NSA and NRO, I’m experienced and wise, with a penchant for technology. Traffickers can never get by me, and they never even see me coming. Teaming up with the young and assertive Verity is not my idea of a good time. But going undercover as her lovesick husband may be my worst nightmare. The last thing I want to do is pretend to like this chick. Let’s be honest, she’s not real happy with this make-believe coupling either. I may have heard her mumble “neanderthal” once or twice.

Lady Amelia is resigned to enjoying one last London Season before her family declares her hopeless and banishes her to the countryside. She doesn't expect to catch anyone's attention—and especially not that of a masked man intent on killing her.

What happens when the apocalypse is over; to love, strained and torn? How do you pick up the pieces, when life stabilises? It's a question our heroes must ask themselves, when they're no longer fighting off swarms of monsters, no longer struggling for Credits and Levels. Valentine's in the Apocalypse is set four years after the System Apocalypse has arrived, between books 5 and 6 of the System Apocalypse and features new characters. The story is set in Vancouver, BC.

Loner Cole North has always been the odd guy out. His IQ is sky-high, but he’s not so bright when it comes to people or relationships. Years ago, he spurned expectations, shunned his family’s business, and embraced a career in construction, instead. Now, he values his job above everything, in part because of his secret feelings for his boss Sierra.

Trinidad Jones is starting the festive season with sugary confections and a heaping scoop of worry as her shake shop enters its first Oregon winter. With snow abound and tourists trickling through, she'll do anything to keep her milkshake dreams afloat, even if it means catering a holiday steamboat party for some new arrivals in town. But when her good-for-nothing ex crashes through her shop's door claiming he's being charged with murder, things go sideways. 

It’s the only option, the only plan that’ll work. Infiltrate the enemy and take them down once and for all. I’m an RAF fighter pilot and M16 agent; sitting still is not who I am. But WASP has other plans. Plans to protect me, keep me safe. When I do what I want, it’s WASP who feels the sting. Code name: Jasper “Wasp” Theron.

Kaitlyn knows her new role as a vampire's victim is dodgy, but as an out of work actress, she needs the cash. She never thought it would leave her at the mercy of a real vampire…a vampire who thinks she's the tastiest of them all. She'll do anything to escape his cold lips alive, because being part of a blood-sucker's ongoing meal plan isn't high on her list of life goals.

Being a pencil pusher isn’t what I had in mind when I joined the FBI. So when I finally get a chance to prove myself, I won’t let anyone mess it up. Especially Harrison Everhart, my brother’s best friend and former Army Ranger. He’s quiet and lethal - but also incredibly loyal. Harrison doesn’t mind bending the law to get things done. He’ll do whatever it takes to do the right thing. And that may just mess up my big break. I know he’s willing to fight with me, but if I give him my heart will he fight for me as well?

They fight the good fight. They never back down. They come in quickly, quietly, and deadly. They’re K19 Allied Intelligence Team Two.

Rosa Reed attends a charity stock-car race in Santa Bonita and expects to have an exhilarating time shared with family and friends. That ends when a driver inexplicably crashes into a guard rail and dies. When local assistant medical examiner, Dr. Larry Rayburn, determines the death is suspicious, Rosa once again finds herself working with handsome Detective Miguel Belmonte in an awkward and uncomfortable alliance to solve the murder.

Nobody except Marcus batted an eye when I decided to escape L.A. for a temporary hiatus to Ireland. “Sometimes you have to press reboot,” I told myself. So here I am, visiting my mom on the Emerald Isle and loving every minute. However, of all the plans I had in my head, falling in love with an Irishman was not one of them. Especially one who presses all my buttons. All the wrong buttons.

As a newly promoted agent in the ultra-secretive Unit 23, I thought I’d seen it all. But when my mentor is abducted and Kima goes missing on my watch, my world turns upside down. Suddenly, I’m thrust into a high-stakes game of betrayal and revenge with the woman I secretly love at its center. I’ve spent months hiding my feelings for Kima, keeping her at arm’s length to protect us both. But as we unravel a web of lies that leads back to her supposedly dead stepfather, I realize I can’t lose her again. With danger closing in from all sides, I have to choose between my duty and my heart.

Eliza Prescott's father has a plan for her and her dragon magic. He wants to see her married to a titled gentleman who can advance their family fortunes. But Eliza has her own plan to show her father the folly of his ambitions: engage herself to the most obnoxious, dandified lord possible. Then, her father might free her to chart her own course. But when she stumbles upon a deadly secret about dragons, it threatens to throw her plans out of order and put her, her friends, and all of Britain in danger.

Rosa Reed's holiday with the Forester Family in Santa Bonita has turned into an extended stay, so she decides to make use of her Metropolitan Police training and sets up a private investigative business—just like her mother! But she finds she's not the only one who keeps business in the family, and when one of the members of the prestigious Gainer family is found dead in his bomb shelter, Rosa is invited to take on the case—much to Detective Miguel Belmonte's chagrin. If Rosa doesn't find the killer soon, the summer of '56 just might be her last...

I’m on my way up—up the Invincibles ladder, ready and willing to be named partner. But first, I need to take down the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, a brainwashed cult that will stop at nothing to get ahead, even hurt their own kin. And that doesn’t sit well with me. When I meet her, the daughter of the brotherhood, I know something is wrong, and dangerous. She’s in trouble and has nobody to turn to—until now.