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Queen of the Underworld I never asked to be Queen. In fact, I never even knew I was a witch until a little while ago. Now I’m struggling to lead the creatures of the Underworld while uncovering secrets about my own identity that could change everything. When I’m suddenly kidnapped by the mysterious Lurker elder and taken to their hidden compound, I discover a shocking truth—I have a twin sister, and we share blood with the very enemies I’ve sworn to fight. As I navigate this dangerous new reality, I must confront questions about who I truly am and where my loyalties should lie. With...

After I purposely botch my leader’s attack on Jolie, I find myself returned to my old life, a life I thought I’d wanted. But the adage, “be careful what you wish for, because you might get it” will take on new meaning once I find myself playing hostage to my own people.

Trapped Between Two Worlds Death was just the beginning of my problems. After a ridiculous car accident killed me, I found myself alive again but working as a Soul Retriever for Afterlife Enterprises. Think supernatural bounty hunter with a magical sword and an obnoxious guardian angel named Bill who's more interested in fast food than fulfilling his heavenly duties. My latest assignment has landed me in serious trouble. When I touched that cursed crown, I unwittingly became possessed by Persephone – a vindictive spirit who has completely taken over my body. Now I'm trapped in a dreamlike...

Fairy and law enforcement agent, Dulcie O'Neil, finds her life is pretty boring at the moment. Her hunky boyfriend and boss, Knight Vander, is busy setting up the new world order in the Netherworld and hasn’t been around much. Consequently, Dulcie is put in charge of Headquarters for the ANC (Association for Netherworld Creatures). Unfortunately for her, she doesn’t have a whole lot to keep her occupied. Well, that is, until Jax Rochefort storms into Headquarters and her life.

A JOURNEY THROUGH DARKNESS SINJIN: I never thought I would become a father. After six centuries of existence as a Master Vampire, I had resigned myself to a solitary life filled with blood, battle, and the occasional tryst. Then Bryn happened—my tempest, my hellion—and somehow, impossibly, we conceived a child together. But nothing comes easily in our world. Our baby was stolen from Bryn's womb by the Fir Darrig, a malevolent Fae trickster exiled to the fringes of Faery. Now, as dreams of my blood-soaked past haunt my nights, I am faced with my greatest challenge yet: am I worthy of ...

Trapped Between Two Worlds, Two Time Periods, and Two Men I never asked to become a ghost hunter. But when my great Aunt Myra left me her beautiful Greek Revival mansion in New Orleans, I got more than just antique furniture and creaky floorboards. Right, I got Drake Montague - a handsome, charming, and very dead policeman from the early 1900s who now lives inside my head. Just as I was settling into my new life with Drake's ghostly presence and a blossoming relationship with Ryan, my sexy contractor, another supernatural mystery lands in my lap. This one? A dying woman and her desperate ...

When you’re Queen of the Underworld, love triangles are deadly and secrets have teeth... My life as Queen of the Underworld is complicated enough—ruling over witches, warlocks, vampires and other supernatural creatures requires a steady hand and nerves of steel. But now I’m facing my greatest challenge yet. The Lurkers, mysterious half-vampire creatures, are growing stronger by the day. They’ve abducted twenty vampires from my kingdom, and worse, they’ve infiltrated my dreams, claiming I’m one of them. Me? A Lurker? Impossible... right? As if that weren’t enough, I’m still ...

A Tempting Vampire and a Destiny I Never Asked For Until recently, my biggest worry was keeping my small tarot card reading shop afloat. But when the most handsome man I’ve ever seen—Sinjin Sinclair—shows up with a flat tire and a devastating smile, my ordinary life takes a turn into the extraordinary. Here’s the thing: Sinjin isn’t just a gorgeous Brit with a Ferrari and houses in three countries. He’s a six-hundred-year-old vampire who claims to be my sworn protector. Right. According to him, I’m a powerful witch with abilities beyond my imagination, and I’m somehow ...

While the undead wage a brutal civil war, I only have one thing on my mind: protecting my true love, Jolie Wilkins, the savvy and spirited witch whose powers have made her the toast—and target—of the new Underworld order.

Things in Windy Ridge are never calm, but they seem to just be getting worse. Like they say, when it rains, it pours. When kids in town start disappearing during a couple of football games, I can’t tell if whatever’s come for them did so by air or underground. That’s the raining part. And what about the pouring part? Well… Alton’s still trying to make a ‘relationship’ with me, Dean’s in all kinds of a bad mood, Sicily and Mason keep making cow eyes at each other, And Karen freaking Dooley is still as much a thorn in my side as she ever was. I’m thinking it’s about time I...

In Ice Wolf, a hunter stumbles upon a naked body. When Ellie and her deputy retrieve the frozen corpse, he's got a silver dagger in his chest but no ID. It's Ellie's first homicide case in Hope and she aims to solve it. But even stranger things happen and this murder investigation will be anything but routine. Ellie doesn't want to believe the forensic evidence, but there's something creepy about the John Doe victim. There's no way that she'd walk away from this case, but maybe she should run.

All of London is abuzz about the newest scandal: Poison Pen Letters. These letters, written anonymously, are plaguing the upper classes and include highly personal and damning information that could ruin numerous reputations. And guess who happens to be investigating them? The highly irritable Inspector Grant Stirling. Just as ornery and difficult as he’s always been, it seems I can’t stop crossing paths with the cantankerous man. When my closest friend, Lady Caroline Ashmore, receives her own detestable letter with allegations that are too lewd for respectable eyes, I decide to get involved.

Master Nicolo, a man also known as ‘The Terrible,’ lives up to his title and then some. As confidante, closest friend and protector to Prince Balduin, a man who would be king of the large and estimable Woodfall Gath, Nicolo is nearly untouchable. Throw in the fact that the man can fight like no other and seems to have a preternatural knowledge for detecting those who want to kill him, he’s a formidable foe and then some. But Nicolo didn’t always live such a favored life.

DEAD HANDSOME: A GHOST, A CURSE, AND A CHANCE AT LOVE I thought I had problems before—a house full of spirits, a voodoo zombie curse slowly turning me into a mindless servant, and my complicated feelings for my contractor ex-boyfriend. But when a century-old ghost suddenly comes back to life in someone else's body? That's when things get truly haunting. Now I'm racing against time to recover a stolen magical artifact while fighting off a witch who throws snakes instead of shade. If I can't break the zombie curse that's slowly consuming me and retrieve the ancient Ouroboros necklace, I ...

I’m so excited to be headed to the Academy of Enchantment, where I’ll be a transfer student for the following year. Except, I'll never make it. When a shadow demon boards my train, I’m overcome by his power, and I blackout. And when I wake up? I’m in a place called Dread. And yes, Dread is as wonderful as the name implies.

RACING AGAINST TIME, FACING IMPOSSIBLE ODDS—THE FATE OF EVERYTHING RESTS IN OUR HANDS I've got a problem. Well, several problems. First, we're desperately searching for the Seven Demon Princes' crowns to forge the Blade of Purification—the only weapon that can stop the Forsaken from breaking free and unleashing hell on earth. Second, we've just pulled off a daring rescue mission, breaking my aunt Annice out of Fletcher's prison. Now Alaire, the master of the Underground City, is out for blood—my blood. Third, I'm developing powers I barely understand and can't control. Worse yet, ...

Twice Bound: A Burning Choice I've spent my entire life training to be a warrior. Fighting is the only thing I'm good at - or at least it was until I discovered there might be more to me than just combat skills and anger. As sister to the Queen, I've finally found a place to belong at Kinloch Kirk. But just when I start feeling safe, our kingdom faces an imminent attack from Luce - the ruthless Elemental leader who raised me and trained me to be a killing machine. To make matters worse, I'm caught between two powerful men who've awakened feelings I never knew I could have. Sinjin Sinclair, ...

DEATH, DECEPTION, AND A SEXY GHOST ROOMMATE When an elderly man named Peter MacGregor asks me to investigate his wife's decades-old murder, I'm reluctant but curious. My strange ability to connect with the spirit world makes me uniquely qualified for the job—though sharing my body with the ghost of Drake Montague (a charming but opinionated former police officer) complicates things considerably. What starts as a simple investigation quickly spirals into danger when I discover Peter's connection to a powerful voodoo priestess named Guarda. As I slip into a terrifying vision of the past, I ...

From two-time New York Times Bestselling Author, HP Mallory, comes AGE GAP ROMANCE, a steamy professor-student romance! NIKKI This year, college is the school of hard knocks and I seem to be the perfect example of why Mars and Venus can’t play nice with each other. Dumped by my longtime boyfriend, I’m not exactly having the greatest year of my life. But thanks to The Femme Fatale Handbook, a handwritten notebook I found buried in the annals of the library, things are about to change. I’m taking the notebook’s advice about how to become the ultimate seductress and I’m running with ...

Spirited Affairs and Shocking Revelations I thought I had enough paranormal problems on my plate—a house haunted by a flirtatious French ghost, a teenage sensitive under my wing, and a strange doll that moves on its own. But now I'm dealing with a mysteriously appearing dog, stolen artifacts, and waking up in my backyard feeling like death warmed over. When my boyfriend Ryan and I visit The Old Absinthe House for answers about a string of supernatural thefts, I end up drinking something I shouldn't and blacking out. On waking up in my garden with mud on my feet and no memory of how I got ...