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The Cargo: A Shifter Space Opera

A forgotten hero desperate for work. A lost love reincarnated in a shapeshifting alien. What could possibly go wrong? An outer arm of the Milky Way, 2420. Cliff Crane is just trying to get by with nothing. Four hundred years after saving the human race during the Vampire Wars, the legendary werewolf finds himself far from Earth with only the ghost of his ex-lover as company. Taking a lucrative ...

Lost Wings

Who Guards the Angel?

Richard Eastman wasnt looking for redemption. He was content drowning his memories of the Gulf War, his dead brother, and a father whose love had always seemed unattainable. But when an angel whose wings have been sawn off arrives in his life, Captain Eastman makes a decision: 

Save the angel and return her wings or die trying.
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Awakenings

Eva and Zoe continue their journey to Larissa, Greece where they first met during the German Occupation of Greece in World War II. It's now 1950 and the journey back has revealed more than they anticipated. Eva not only has to deal with her wartime memories in the place that despised her and almost killed her, but she also has to contend with a woman from the past, Theresa Mitsos, the quiet, gentl ...

Hell of a Family Yule

Everyone dreams of the perfect holiday and Zoey is no exception.
Taking out her list she checks it twice.
Snow falling, √ check
The Yule fire burning brightly, √ check
Newborn babies with their sexy as sin daddy, √ check
Closest friends who should be brothers and sisters, √ check
Then who is at the door raising her hormonal hackles and ruining her perfect holiday?
...

AWAKENED

"Hooks you with a twist like M Night" RUBY All I have to do is save my friend, save my city, and save my soul. Piece of cake. VIKRAM She's hell bent on saving everyone, but I just want to protect her. Can they save their city while losing their hearts along the way For the first time in her life, Ruby Iyer knows exactly what she must do. Armed with the sword of her ancestors, a weapon most would k ...

Black Crow

Raising the dead is just the beginning. Selena is a necromancer but hiding her talent is priority one. She works in a small diner as a fry cook with her best friend, only raising the dead when the magic becomes too much and always in secret. But all that changes when someone starts leaving dead animals at her doorstep. She runs, leaving everything behind, but finds herself in a new world where mag ...

Dead Man Stalking

One year ago, Jerisse's husband died in the line of duty and his body was donated to science. In this case, it meant that the Kostak Institute would use chemicals to turn him into a vampire to fulfill a government contract for shock troops. She needs to know if the vampire is still her husband, or if he's a mindless revenant. Calling in a few favors, Jerisse gets a job at Kostak. As a former Maste ...

Forbidden Ties (Enemy’s Keeper Bk1)- Medieval Historical Fantasy and Love Story

FIVE STARS *****: A swirling mix of political intrigue, vivid action sequences, and lighthearted romance makes Forbidden Ties a delight for medieval fiction lovers. Author Kyrie Wang's tale of two people from opposing factions finding themselves forced to work together under extraordinary circumstances is captivating from start to finish. - Pikasho Deka for Readers’ Favorite Reviews ...

Afterdeath

Death is a country we see through the tiny keyhole of an immovable door. Raised by their grandmother after their parents’ death, Chloe and Olivia Borders are now in mourning for Rose. The Alzheimer’s that forced them to be split into separate foster homes has taken their last living family member. As a way to rekindle their friendship, the twins commit to a road trip— which spells their demise. No ...

Port City (An Alec Winters Series, Book 3)

An Alec Winters Series is a dark-fiction, vengeance-driven 4-book thriller series, beginning with Prelude, a behind-the-scenes look at Alec’s life as a New Orleans teen-jock. In Crescent City, Alec redeems the innocent and exterminates those responsible for their suffering. Now, Alec’s job takes him to Mobile, Alabama in Port City (An Alec Winters Series, Book 3). There, Alec hunts down and mercil ...

Frost (Midnight Ice Book One)

"A snarky, action-packed, and entertaining read!" - Betwixt the Pages

"I am in love with Pandora, she is badass!" - E.A. Walsh

"A story of teenage love, betrayal, double crossing and danger..." - Splashes Into Books

Even the hottest love can turn a girl cold-blooded...

Life's ...

Soul Survivor

When sibling rivalry spills over into the land of mortals, the mortals lose. Great evil, spawn of the underworld, is poised to sweep all life from the planet, and only the twins can stop it. Jealousy, love, hatred and magic battle for the ultimate control of the souls of the world. Only one will be left standing, and if it is the wrong one, how will the world survive? This is the prequel to the AW ...

Spirit Hunger

Supernatural creatures on the prowl. Adi has to stop the hallucinations before they get her expelled. But when her dreams start coming true, she's desperate to find answers before she loses her sanity. Honi is the last of the spirit walkers, able to traverse the human and spirit world. He searches for an apprentice, desperate to train another so the secrets of his people are preserved. He has swor ...

The Vampire Wants a Wife

Running a dating agency can be a killer... Shelley Linley is sick of trolls. Yet another prankster has applied to her dating agency. This one says he's a vampire and he wants Shelley to help him find a wife. Meeting him for a second interview against all her better judgement, Shelley discovers that he has no clue about women. A shame because he's super-hot, amusing, and has a lot of single ...

Soul Sacrifice

The underworld writhes. Terror unleashed. Souls enslaved. The Spirit Shields with memories returned are plunged into a conflict older than mankind. The pending battle pits family against spirit and flesh. The godlings face off for ultimate control of the souls of the dead, each with their own agenda, for there is no love lost between these siblings. Helga, goddess of the underworld, tightens her h ...

Magic Unleashed (Delphine Rising Book 2)

Just when Abby and her family think things are finally turning around, Delphine has the last laugh—literally. With enemies new and old coming out of the woodwork, it’s hard to know who’s friend or foe. Abby and Liz become trapped in a merry-go-round of illusions while Delphine becomes stronger. Abby, along with her family and friends, must find and secure the talisman before it’s too late. Witches ...

Fly By Night

Sarah Bennett is a real estate agent by day and a masked crime fighter at night. She’s her neighborhood’s watch on steroids and has been doing her best at keeping the streets of New Athens City a danger free zone. As a former lab rat injected with the Castor variant, it’s literally in her DNA that she has a perfect mate out there, created by the now defunct Aethor Corporation. Nick Cross is tir ...

The Reluctant Mage, Book 1 of the Demon of Beringale Series

A reluctant hero emerges to battle an ancient evil. Three thousand years ago, the demon Helsa escaped the underworld after a soul heist gone wrong. He soon disappeared. Now he’s back and hunting for the soul of a mage. After Beringale’s finest mage, Shedek Zorah, is kicked out of the Magic Guild, he finds a young Karle Adair unconscious and surrounded by armed orcs. Evidence suggests Karle used ra ...

Dark Winter: Crescent Moon (Dark Winter Trilogy, #2)

Demons. Witches. Devils. Friends, or Foes? Find out who survives in Dark Winter 2 The terror rises and then some in Dark Winter: Crescent Moon Romilly protected the Mirror of Souls and won a decisive victory over the demons of Gorswood. She believes her job is done, and prepares to leave her hometown. The demon within her, however, stays ”" and leaves Romilly no chance to find happiness, pea ...

Dark Wine at Midnight

A seductive spy. A powerful vampire. A deadly assassin after them both...

When a rogue vampire group emerges from the shadows to enslave mortals, Dr. Cerissa Patel is the only one with an inside track to stop them.

The catch - she must go undercover in a vampire-controlled town where an assassin is on the loose and everyone is a suspect, including herself.

W ...

The Devil Pulls the Strings

The Devil Pulls the Strings, described as The Librarians meet The Magicians is a 76,000-word epic fantasy adventure set in modern-day Wentzville, MO, New York City, and 1813 Genoa, Italy, where time travel, twisted history, Slavic mythology, secret societies, Paganini’s music and one haunted hero collide.

Paganini born in 1782, was the world's first Rockstar of his day, known as the wor ...

Memory and Malice: A Badlands MM Psychic Detective Romance Novella

Psychic medium Simon Kincaide and his fiancé, homicide detective Vic D’Amato, planned a relaxing Christmas and New Year’s at Caynham Castle. But when Simon encounters a man possessed by a malicious ghost, he fears that a spirit with an ancient grudge intends to disrupt the holiday festivities. Can Simon and Vic prevent a disaster and protect the Earl, or will a ghost from the past destroy the ch ...

The High Road

"A new take on urban fantasy... an action-packed adventure that will have you on the edge of your seat." - bestselling author Nat Russo The sky was never the limit. Enter a world of gangs, vigilantes, and magic that's powerful enough to kill. Mark has never been the survivor his friend Angie is, but when he rescues a mysterious belt from the flames, it's a decision that changes his life for good. ...

In the Shadows

Terra is a testy 17-year-old thrown into a secret world and told she is to act and look like an elf. She has no plans to do anything but be a teen, fall in love, suffer heartbreak, pick herself up and get the most out of her senior year. When her father dies none of that is an option. She has to leave her home and best friend Noah to live with an aunt she's never heard of. Clyde, her ferret is all ...

Hide from the Light

When is it government overreach, and when is it something more sinister? Palaha is willing to go along with forced confessions and mandated antibiotics, but her husband Maksim is critical of the government interference. When their little girl begins to have visions, the family realizes that resistance may be futile. Hide From the Light is a 5,000-word short story set in modern-day Belarus during M ...

The First Book of Demons (The Book of Demons Saga 1)

Falling into a world filled with demons wasn’t exactly what Alexandra needed in her life. The only family she’d ever known was killed and, unbeknownst to her, a target was placed squarely on her back. All she wanted to do was mourn her loss and get on with the rest of her life. She certainly didn’t want to meet a demon prince and fall hopelessly in love with him. She also didn’t want to discover t ...

Immortal Killers

When Nathan gains his immortality, he learns that living forever is hard. Being immortal throws him into a world of government spies, crime syndicate couriers, and elite assassins. A world in which mankind is second class. A world where one has all eternity to master anything. And Nathan’s not the only one. But he wants nothing to do with such a dangerous world. He wants to help people, not des ...

Where Liberty Lies

Award-winning adventure. A family escapes their restrictive lives in the ruined town of Athenia, crossing a mountain range to discover a land of promise. Having picked up a couple of unexpected companions for their journey, they eventually stumble across the city states of Taliphia. Is their quest for a life of freedom and happiness about to be realised? Despite all the trappings of a superior civ ...

Crescent City (An Alec Winters Series, Book 2)

Some see Alec Winters as a breathtaking, amazing angel, a savior. Others see him as a mind-blowing nightmare, the most terrifying demon their minds could ever conjure. Alec Winters roams the gritty streets of New Orleans as hero and protector of the innocent while he annihilates wicked evil-doers in this very dark-fiction, vengeance-driven 4-book thriller series. Get a behind-the-scenes look at si ...

BloodLaw

Former ADA Alastair Maddox pursues Prohibition Chicago’s most dangerous monsters after witnessing the deaths of his parents and grandparents as a boy. When a former colleague in Chicago PD comes to ask Alastair for help, he comes face to face with the mysterious Alexandra DeLane. But something’s off. DeLane is way too calm and her eyes are the color of blood. After she escapes, Alastair goes on th ...

Inheritance: A Deadly Curiosities Supernatural Mystery Adventure

Stolen magic. Infernal creatures. A cursed heir to a warlock dynasty. Supernatural suspense. Caribbean ghosts terrorize Charleston and rack up a body count. Then Beckford Pendlewood, the heir to a powerful family of dark warlocks, shows up raving about a bound demon locked in a lost box and begs sanctuary. Cassidy Kincaide can read the history of objects by touching them. She and her allies us ...

Curse Breaker: Darkens

God's never had a warrior quite like Jerlo on his side. That's probably a good thing since a body and a book are unaccounted for. Both formerly belonged to a vanquished demon, but neither were found when the dust cleared. The question of what happened to them prods Jerlo to seek out the one person he swore he'd never speak to—a man everyone thinks is long dead. Jerlo’s relentless quest leads to th ...

The Secret of Excalibur (Excalibur Saga Book 1)

The world is changing . . . . . . and no one sees the danger. However, one man – accidentally imbued with extraordinary powers – could be the answer to it all. As visions compel him on a journey involving the legendary Excalibur and The Lady of the Lake, Arthur finds himself in England. The irresistible call brings him to the famous London Institute of Psychic Research, where he meets Rut ...

the CULL - Bloodstone

Two new enemies emerge as the relationship between Amy and the new Katie evolves in unexpected ways. Katie is searching for answers; a new ally may help in her quest. Amy finds herself taking on a powerful adversary without the help of her partner. An old nemesis returns in an unforeseen twist in this thrilling continuation of the CULL - Bloodline.

Kilts and Catnip

Magical danger lurks in the forest. But Greg Gillie, a handsome Scot with a mysterious past, protects the Shrouded Isle and the lands beyond from the mischievous, dangerous fae. A woman arrives disturbing the wee folk. When American widow, Becca Shaw and her two daughters arrive, Greg’s task becomes increasingly difficult. As each day passes, more fae steal away from the forest hill and menace the ...

The Space Between Worlds

In the blazing heat of Sumerian summer, a beautiful, pale stranger explores the marketplace of Ur, asking peculiar questions of the merchants and speaking in a strange accent. Wearing a woolen cloak over his animal skin tunic, this barbarian is from elsewhere and has unusual ideas. Bridget's curiosity leads her down an alluring and dangerous path. She is afraid to find out the answers she longs fo ...

Allergic to Mistletoe: Neighborlee, Ohio Book 10

FREE ON BARNES & NOBLE, iBooks and KOBO!

Christmas in Neighborlee means magic. This year more than ever. The Fae have come to visit. And hide. And seek true love. Lori is allergic to mistletoe, thanks to a traumatic encounter with Dickens. She comes to Neighborlee to hide from matchmaking relatives. Bethany just wants a quiet Chr ...

Croakies Dictum

Someone has taken fairy Queen Sindra and all the fae and locked them away. For their safe return, the villain is demanding the most powerful artifact in existence. Unfortunately, the artifact is in the protective custody of The Universe, which is the main governing body for all magic. It’s being protected by a powerful magician, a three-headed anti-mythological feline, and a guy named Dave. Don’t ...

the CULL - Blood Demon

Katie and the team take on an ancient preternatural threat that far exceeds their own abilities while seeking to prove one of them is not a murderer; Amy is assigned a case which lies squarely in Katie’s area of expertise but has to tackle it alone. A treacherous new conspiracy surfaces with deadly consequences.

Spawn of Lilith

Out of the spotlight, in the darker corners of the studio backlots, Hollywood hides a remarkable secret. Actor or actress, set designer, electrician, best boy, or grip—in la-la land, it pays not to be human. Vampires, succubae, trolls, elementals, goblins—studios hire anyone and anything that can take direction, be discreet, and not eat the extras. (The less you know about your agent, the better.) ...

The Mark of Fallen Flame

The balance between good and evil comes down to one girl. But is the darkness really so bad? Emma Duvall starts her senior year with one thing in mind: make Seattle, home. All her life her mother lived with one foot out the door, but no more. That is, until Emma discovers she has the power to turn terrifying creatures of the night to ash with a single touch. That one moment unveils a hidden world ...

Guardian Series-Books 1-4

Welcome to the thrilling Magical Beasts YA fantasy series. If you love fantasy thrillers with nonstop action, powerful heroines, quirky tough heroes, and a ton of magical beasts, you will love The Guardians.

Salazar: A Dystopian Fantasy Series (2121 Book 1)

Salazar, a descendent of Serena McKay, seems to be the only one who understands that his city, August City, faces apocalyptic annihilation while its wealthiest citizens are spirited away and to safety by spaceships.

Is there any hope?

•The wealthiest residents have fled.
•An unprecedented and unprovoked air raid shatters August City.
...

Witch'n

Two Time Award Winner First Place Winner of the 2020 Writer's Digest Self-Published E-Book Award for Fantasy 2021 Readers' Favorite Honorable Mention in the Fiction - Fantasy - General

It's all very well and good destroying the world, extinguishing any spark of hope, and ruling with an iron grip of fear and black magic. But nobody told the witch that running an administration of evil wo ...

Sleeper

A fresh new blend of dystopian urban fantasy, for fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent, or The Mortal Instruments. 16-year-old Daria Grayson is tired. Which doesn’t make sense. She’s taking her daily dose of miracle-drug Sendrax, just like everyone else. And she’s sleeping a full 45 minutes every single night, just like everyone else. So why is the rest of the world enjoying the most active and pro ...

Hiss, Rattle and Bite

Pick a master and serve. Serve them well and die. Marigold wants to die the right way. She wants a transformative bite from her master. Vampires have it all: the statuesque look, the immortal life, and the power to enchant others. All she has is debt, a distracted boyfriend, and a desire to be more than human. When unwanted holiday gifts are exchanged between two master vampires, ...

Settling Dust

Detective Ava Maxwell is about to make the biggest bust of her career with the Oklahoma Arcane Police Department. She has a promising suspect on his way to custody and a sample of the dangerous drug circulating the Oklahoma City metro. All she needs now is the name and location of the sorcerer responsible for the manufacture and distribution of the drug. But when her suspect ends up dead only mome ...

Wolf's Bane

Secrets are my specialty. I’m Mai Fairchild --- fox shifter, sister’s keeper, and bane of the local werewolf pack. In a world where different is dangerous, my sister and I must pretend to be human at all costs. Too bad I just lost the job that lets me live under the radar while putting food on my sister's plate. Enter an enticing werewolf who offers enough cash to upgrade our diets from ramen nood ...

The Fourth Law of Kanaloa

"I broke the fourth law of Kanaloa. I made physical contact with a human." Running from her past, a jazz singer finds refuge on the island paradise surrounding Pearl Harbor, but her life is forever changed when Japanese fighters attack and a mysterious man emerges from the sea to save her life.

The Dravenridge Covenant

In Dravenridge, a small Upstate New York town, citizens enjoy many gifts from the town’s mysterious benefactor, Aurora Draven: state-of-the-art schools, no-interest business loans, college grants. These are just some of the advantages of living in Dravenridge. But a few inhabitants enjoy additional benefits from Aurora that give them substantial opportunities—power, wealth, status—though the cost ...

The Tegen Cave

"From its gut-grabbing prologue to its explosive conclusion… 'A blood-curdling adventure'." - Foreword Clarion Review

On the run from her old flame’s criminal family, Sara Jones hides in Billings, Montana, and finds a new boyfriend. But when people around her start dying from poisonous spider bites after she receives a mysterious package with a spider concealed inside, she worries that ...

The White Arrow

Bound to prophecy, his destiny balanced on an arrow’s tip. With the Bow of Hart in hand, Athson is hunted by his enemies. His mistakes haunt him as much as his past. Hastra the Withling reveals Eloch will send an arrow for the bow. Magdronu plots to thwart the prophecy as his trolls attack Auguron City. But when the arrow arrives, it is from an unexpected source and lands in unforeseen hands. Even ...

Warrior Hearts: Ice (An Urban Fantasy Shifter Romance)

She is born to be a hunter—but destined to become prey.

As one of the last females of her kind, Kitani's on the mating dinner plate of far too many to count. Despite the risk, she is determined to fulfill her warrior calling and join the effort to keep the shapeshifter world secret from humans.

One night she meets Cody, a gorgeous shapeshifter who crushes viciou ...

Dark Winter: Last Rites (Dark Winter Trilogy, #3)

The final chapter in the Dark Winter series. * * * What would you risk losing, in order to win? As the Crescent Moon set on that last day of winter, the residents of Gorswood realised that the horrors that had been contained in the woods for so long, had finally risen, and were coming for them. With the fate of Romilly, Beth, and Gorswood’s greatest ever witch uncertain, an age-old evil sens ...

ExtraOrdinary

Olessia is a girl like no other on Earth. Powerful and dangerous, she is on the run, desperate to escape the incredible fate that awaits her. Ryder is an everyday highschooler about to discover her world is nothing like she imagined. And those ghosts she sees? Not ghosts at all. A fast-paced scifi-fantasy adventure.

The Half-Demon Rogue: The Complete Trilogy

There's a storm coming to Texas. The supernatural kind. Half-demon Kalos Aeon lives by a simple code. Don't screw people who don't deserve it. Talk is cheaper than a fool's gold. And always deliver what you promise. It's why he's survived for 7,000 years. But saving the world from a Demon King he banished a millennium ago? Kalos sure as hell didn't promise anyone he'd handle that. Not that anyone ...

Lucifer's Emblem

A stolen relic. A false identity. An apocalypse in the making. Zuri knows she's next in line to rule Hell, until the theft of a priceless family relic throws her future into chaos. Now, to reclaim what's hers, she must infiltrate the prestigious Celestial Academy. Even if it means lying her way in. Miryam's famous Archangel father treats her like she doesn't exist, fueling her insecurity and self- ...

Escaping Home

United States, 2072 With the country under the threat of war, a group of time-traveling government agents devise a risky plan to keep their families safe. But transporting hundreds of years to the past and blending in may prove much more dangerous than they expected. Cyber Criminal Enforcement Agent Christine Stewart has been to the past before and thinks she knows what to expect. She couldn't be ...

Welcome to Mayhem, Baby

From an EPPIE Award-winning author: Claire escaped a Seattle killer and landed in an Otherworld of worse disasters, plus a guy. Well, there is always a guy, isn't there? Now he has left his world to follow her back to Seattle and the terror escalates. This is the second novel of eight in the MUDFLAT MAGIC SERIES. The first novel, Tyrant Trouble, is currently free.

Tessa

No one knows why certain people are blessed with a paranormal gift but Tessa's abilities despite her youth, are extraordinary. Her psychic capabilities and capacity to manipulate certain metals with the power of her mind, make the teenager a helpful resource to her father, the sheriff of Falcon Ridge. 

 Tessa's dog, Twaddle, her cat, Sheba, and a young boy from the wrong side ...

Witch Mirror

Reflections of a wicked witch. Bryce and I are trying to revive Alondra’s old metaphysical history class. We’re in college again, this time teaching. But it’s stressful under our former teacher’s shadow. Not only that, there’s a new demon-witch messing with my love life. So I’m going through that again. Well, at least this time I have Alondra’s magic to protect me. Actually, not only do I ha ...

The Monster Hunter

Stela Funar is a sixteen-year-old girl whose strange aunt and uncle force her to move constantly, and without explanation. To make matters worse—all things fantasy are strictly prohibited. But when the family is whisked back to Romania due to an unfortunate circumstance, Stela uncovers the truth about her family and dives into the world of the Hunters. However, Stela's unexpected arrival creates t ...

The Witch of the Prophecy

Having a choice and having a good choice are two very different things… The players of the prophecy are all in place. The vampire, the werewolf, and the witch. The fate of all paranormal beings hangs in the balance. Too bad Divina, the witch in question, wants nothing to do with any of it. She’s not about to let some ancient prophecy dictate who she’s going to love. She’ll be the master of her own ...

Cursed: Out of Ash and Flame

Dying every day sucks. As a phoenix, I’m no stranger to the cycle of death and rebirth, but there’s nothing normal about this curse. It sure does make bounty hunting a bit easier though. If I die on the job, I come back after just a few seconds good as new, something I’m definitely going to need now that I’ve taken on this new mark. Max is charming, smooth, and like all bounties, insistent on hi ...

The Court of Monsters: Sequel to The Monster Hunter

It’s only been one week since Stela killed the son of Dracula and uncovered her destiny as the heir of Van Helsing. Because of her newfound power, chaos begins to unravel the Romanian province. Disputes arise from foes and friends alike as the question hangs in the air… who is the rightful heir to the Romanian crown? However, Stela realizes that her troubles run far deeper when she is mysteriously ...

Dark Skies: Order of the Anakim

Time is running out on Elysa and The Order of the Anakim. A gathering gloom hangs heavy over their mystic realm as the demon hordes measure a final deathblow in their age-old struggle. Step by step, the demons murder, capture, and conjure their way to a realm unified by utter darkness. Their ruthless queen Ashtaroth, guided only by ambition and her voracious thirst for carnal pleasures, mastermind ...

Eden Rising

"The Earth died in less than a minute. Maybe that's an exaggeration. It's not like the planet ceased to exist altogether. It just seemed like it. Cities were reduced to rubble. Millions of people died that day. I've since been told that 95% of the Earth's human population was wiped out. I don't know if that's true—I mean, who can know that for sure? It's not like we still have any of the technolog ...

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