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Shattered

Maria had to make a decision: continue living with her pain or give up her soul.

Maria paid the price, and while she received what was promised, her soul was now trapped in the mysterious pair’s home. Her soul must now escape and find a way to unite the two halves of herself … before it is too late.

Geist

A harmless gesture from a new acquaintance, Charlie receives a gift which she accepts without a second thought. Making a home for it, she soon begins to experience dark forces.

With the door open, evil seizes opportunity. As seemingly playful things start to plague Charlie, the games turn diabolical. Hoping she can put a stop to the activity, she soon realizes that this entity wants more than to just play.

Ship Fate

A quirky marine archeologist and a grumpy jaded fisherman are forced to spend the summer together.

Or drown trying…

Book of You & I

When the universe pushes them together under unfavorable circumstances, like lovers from the past and secret relationships, they try to stay apart. But their feelings are too strong to ignore, and they become swept up in a love like they’ve never felt before…until their true colors start to show.

Talon's Code

Late at night in the Oval Office, President Stanley Coles gets bad news. Dr. Walter Boldt, the brains behind a game-changing TOP SECRET space weapon, has likely defected. CIA believes Boldt is in Tehran, and with so much at stake, Coles covertly authorizes the Talons—a shadowy, illicit team of three men and one woman—to kidnap Boldt and bring him back. The Talons quietly gather where the law doesn’t allow—inside the super-secret National Security Agency.

Keys of the Dawn: Keys & Guardians

In the gripping third installment of the Keys & Guardians series, “Keys of the Dawn,” the stakes have never been higher.

Jacklyn Madison and Kyp Franklin, once heroes believed to have sacrificed everything to seal the Rifts, have defied the clutches of death. But with their miraculous return comes a new peril— the Rifts have reopened, more dangerous than ever before.

Ashes to Scales

A chance encounter with a bear while camping changes Jennifer Wright’s life forever. Now she dreams of turning into a dragon and living others lives. As she wrestles with going crazy and maintaining a normal college student persona, people are hunting her.

Teaching college is not the reason Petr moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. He is watching and waiting for…

Legend to Flames

This story is about survival…

And survival is on Jennifer Wright’s mind since she’s told no one her secret—she’s a dragon shifter. Maybe the last dragon on Earth. As an apex predator she knows the best way to kill anything is to get it alone, separated from others. When she recognizes the smell of hunger from another student who has eaten a dragon’s heart, she realizes she is on the menu. What she needs now is….

Cross Check Crush

Switch and Score

When a sibling switch goes awry, blackmail is the only way out.

Professional figure skater, Jude Forshtay, would do anything for his twin brother, Joel. But when Joel hurts himself, incurring an injury that could affect his future career plans, he asks the impossible of his twin: replace him on the Denver Dragons until Joel is able to play again.

Except Jude doesn’t do hockey anymore, and he certainly doesn’t want to lie for his brother…

Single Dad Center

Can two hearts reluctant to love find a future together?

It’s been two years since Archer Sullivan’s wife passed away, ripping his perfect life to shreds and leaving him a single father to their toddler girl. As captain of the Denver Dragons, he’s taken his grief and anger out on the puck, but with his daughter, Indigo, getting older, he wonders how he can raise her without a mother. When his nanny bails during a game, Archer finds help from an unlikely source: Veronica “Ronnie” Reynolds, the daughter of the team scout.

The Emerald Enchantress (The Vossen Sisters Saga Book 3)

A witch on the run from a powerful warlock.

A fallen angel desperate to free himself from an enchanted web.

Two enemies forced together on a deadly quest in the Scottish Highlands.

Driftwood Dreary

THE WOLFDEN left off with Stormy Spooner and her (very undead) boyfriend Phillip Deville finally enjoying a little r&r on their favorite beach in Jekyll Island. It seems like the danger has finally subsided and the two can be happy…until Stormy gets a phone call that turns her world upside down. Her estranged father’s house has burned to cinders, police suspect arson, and the elder Mr. Spooner has gone missing. Add to the trouble a pesky…

Knights: A King's High Novel

Rachel, a girl who followed the rules, needed to break them to let go of the memory of her first kiss with Levi. He won her heart at the age of thirteen but broke it when he moved away. Levi was captivating, gorgeous, charming, respectful, and had a promising future in basketball, and he was into her. Rachel knew that she had to let go of Levi and create new memories to move on from their bittersweet past.

Sign Me Up: A Sweet Romantic Comedy (Kissing a Kent Brother Book 1)

What’s a girl to do when her co-worker bestie sends her mixed signals during a work crisis?

This past year has been one for the record books… With my Pops checking himself into a nursing home after his dementia diagnosis, and my boyfriend of seven months ditching me for his cat, my life has begun a downward trend.

JUST PLANE DEADLY

Dex Battle is aboard for only one reason—to protect his employer’s valuable cargo. He expects tonight’s flight to be another long and boring one with too much bad coffee, but a cold-blooded psychopath who calls himself Lancelot has recruited a cunning “fixer,” a dirty federal agent, and a ruthless assassin in a deadly plot to steal the cargo. And when the airliner suddenly disappears from radar, Dex is thrown into a terrifying world of hijack, sabotage, kidnap, and murder.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Lauren Emily Whalen & Lillah Lawson

When Duff O’Brien moves to Hiawassee, Georgia after a traumatic experience in her Michigan hometown, she’s looking to finish high school with her head down and work at her beloved granny’s barbeque joint. Enter classmate Marian “Mac” Shepherd: ambitious, rough around the edges, and devoted to Duff immediately. The two best friends pick up instruments and along with their new pal, recently-disgraced golden girl Quincy Banks..

Lost In Magic (Book 1 of the In Magic Series)

She wasn’t ready to accept her magic…
but to love him she’d have to embrace it.

Meredith Williams had no idea that some people were born with something extra — magic — until she learns that she is one of those people. Twenty years after her mother bound her magic, she’s now expected to accept it when all she can see is the heartbreak it’s brought.

Truth In Magic (Book 2 of the In Magic Series)

She lived for the truth…
He had to lie to love her.

In a race against time, Jo Williams sets out on a quest to find an ancient magic book that holds the key to saving her brother’s life. When clues don’t add up and lies are uncovered Jo uses seeks the truth, no matter the cost.

 

Found In Magic (Book 3 of the In Magic Series)

She’ll do anything to right the wrongs of her past…
He’ll do anything to keep her safe, even if it means standing in her way.

Morgana Smith was rescued after spending twenty years in captivity. Her magic is weak, and she doesn’t know who she is or if or if she has a family.

 

Courage In Magic (Book 4 of the In Magic Series)

She’s a psychologist new to her magic and looking to help, but she has a secret magic specialty she’s not sure is a gift or a curse.

He was destroyed by a tragic event and now wants to be left alone – to live as a recluse and forget the past.

Fate has other plans for Rowena and Connor, ones that will rock the foundations they’ve built their lives on.

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The Perfect Shot: Camden Grove Series Book 1

A little bit of city, a little more small town, and a whole lot of heart.

Jex Radcliffe is hyperfocused on his career, especially after the fiery breakup with his conceited ex-fiancé. The camera prototype he’s designed could be his chance to eke out a future without having to rely on his rich father. He just needs the perfect model to help secure a developer for his product. When a woman from his online photography forum starts asking around about a mentor, he wonders if a weekend business arrangement could open a door of opportunity he needs. Or could it be a disaster in the making?

Secrets, Lies, and Deadly Ties

She’s the temptation he never wanted. He’s the distraction she’s always needed.

Charli Cross met Death… and survived.

After Charli barely escaped a house fire, the day her parents vanished, she and her aunt moved to Ruby Falls—a private island where they could find safety.

It’s been five years since that fateful night, and although her life is far from what she expected, she’s content.

Reed Jameson is the newest detective in the Ruby Falls PD. He’s faced his share of tragedies and came out stronger. But what happens when he falls for the woman being hunted?

Moonlight Stranger: Fae of Falls River

Desperate to save her sister from the hands of a cruel villain, Val finds herself pulled into a world of magic alongside a tempting fae who pushes every one of her buttons. Can they rescue Kat in time?

Letters to Jaelynn: A True Story of Friendship, Loss, and Healing

On March 20, 2018, Great Mills High School in Maryland suffered a tragedy that shocked the entire
town. Seventeen-year-old…

When Forever Comes

A decade of prayers reunited them.
Only a miracle can keep them together.

Olivia Swann…

A Drop in Forever: The Honey Legacy

Two star-crossed hearts share a connection that’s over a hundred years in the making…

Merrick Forrester doesn’t do relationships. Not anymore.

After enduring multiple heartbreaks, he’s convinced that everything beautiful eventually starts to rot.

Midnight Rider: Fae of Falls River

“Stormie Black’s debut novel is nothing short of amazing with its fast-paced storytelling and wonderfully sassy heroine. If you love brooding heroes and mysterious magic, this book is for you.” – Annah Conwell, author of The Love Audit.

“Midnight Rider is a wild ride full of intriguing characters, with a fantasy world that will leave you hungry for more!” – Maegan Simpson, author of Stone Heart.

Thank You for Loving Me

One year ago, Maggie Montgomery’s life crashed down around her. Her hope for a future and family died with her husband, lost at sea in a shipwreck. Caught in the constant pull of grief, Maggie finds herself isolated and withdrawn instead of bubbly and full of life. The creative spark that fueled her art has gone dark. The only solace Maggie finds is in her new puppy, Jovi, and their walks on the beach.

 

The King's Cursebreaker (The Vossen Sisters Saga Book 2)

Two sisters. Two worlds. Two deadly bargains.

Taken by the Winter King…

Elizabeth Vossen really should’ve thought things through. To save her sister, she made a deal with the ruthless, ice-cold Unseelie King to break his wintry curse. What’s worse? The moment his freezing fingers wrap around her wrist, she’s whisked to the faerie realm – and her witch magic goes dry.

Fuel and Fire: A Keys and Guardians Prequel

When Ray isn’t fighting interdimensional monsters as a super-powered member of the Order of the Key, he searches for people to help in the world beyond the Order. His girlfriend, Lavinia, mocks him for it, reminding where his priorities should lie. On one of his outings, he stumbles upon a raging fire, which he quickly discovers was started by someone with a special ability of her own.

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Chasing Picasso: The True Story of a Daytime Heist on Art Hill

In Chasing Picasso: A True Story of A Daytime Heist on Art Hill, the author unveils the mysterious history and disappearance of a small Picasso painting from the Saint Louis Art Museum in 1973. The 1906 Rose Period oil painting has not been seen since it disappeared in a clandestine daytime theft under the watch of museum guards. The painting and the heist would have been forgotten altogether if it weren’t perhaps for one curious author, C. Joan Baker. A quest she hopes ends with the Picasso, nicknamed Nude, returning to the Saint Louis Art Museum.

HER DATE WITH THE DEMON

Workaholic life coach Avery has absolutely zero time for romance. Then she meets Zane. Rockstar good looks, a bad boy attitude, and a dark secret: he’s on a mission to tempt innocent souls down the wrong path. But when she makes him question everything about his immortal existence, sparks fly. Suddenly the question becomes: Who’s really tempting who? Her Date with the Demon is a stand-alone novella set in the Feel-Good Urban Fantasy universe. This is the story of Avery and Zane, who also reappear in other books in the series. The ONLY way to get this book is to click the button above (not available on Amazon or anywhere else). Enjoy!

The Things We Couldn't Save

Clarke and Katie have been best friends since elementary school, sharing sleepovers, pizza bagel recipes, and their jobs at a failing ice cream shop. But Katie’s new relationship with Nick, a street racer from a rival high school, leaves Clarke behind. She fills the Katie-shaped hole in her life with Nick’s best friend and fellow racer, Zayne.

Foxy Roxy the Italian Greyhound

Roxy, better known online as Foxy Roxy, was a spunky little Italian Greyhound who stole the hearts of dog lovers all over the world. She had a huge personality and an extensive wardrobe to match. Through her beautiful photos and fun adventures, she amassed thousands of Facebook fans from around the world.

 

Trip the Light Fantastic

Nothing heals a broken heart like an enticing new dance partner.

Eighteen-year-old freshman Chelsea DesRosiers is ready to reinvent herself. After an abysmal breakup with her cheating ex, Chelsea vows to step out of her comfort zone. 

 

Staying in Tune: A Memoir of Living with Bipolar

At twenty-two, I was a young professional, a recent engineering graduate with a job at Texas Instruments. Three months later, after an unplanned, whirlwind trip to California, with who I thought was the love of my life, I landed at Fuller Memorial Hospital where I was diagnosed with bipolar.

So Long, Bobby

Three generations of women face hardship and upheaval in the decades we wistfully remember – times of political upheaval, heartfelt music, and steadfast dreams. It is a story about how inherited trauma can break down whole families, how addiction can destroy, how not living your truth can sink you in despair…but how hope can always carry you back into the light.

The Accidental Kingslayer (The Vossen Sisters Saga Book 1)

Accidentally killing a faerie king on Halloween is the worst.

Bell Vossen believed that fateful night was a terrifying hallucination–until her twenty-first birthday when a vengeful faerie tracks her down. Now she’s the center of a dangerous supernatural world of angels, witches, faeries, shifters, and vampires.

A Realm of Ash and Shadow

Eighteen-year-old princess, Valeria Breault, is sure of three things. One, she was exiled from Empyrean because her father didn’t want the hassle of raising her. Two, her perfect realm would be better off without a mortal-raised smart-ass with a foul mouth and penchant for trouble. And three, neither of those things matter when a horde of demons crashes prom.

A Heartbeat Away From You

After a daredevil play on the baseball field leads to a four-minute long cardiac arrest, seventeen-year-old Ali Benton is lucky to be alive. Now she wants to make the most of her second chance—and she’s not going to let a pesky little pacemaker, or her helicopter dad, slow her down.

Beneath the Starlit Sea

Sorceress Illyse prefers to isolate herself from the age-old conflict between her coven and the humans of Sjökanten, but not at the expense of her own life. Captured by the king’s men, she is threatened with the ultimate demise for sorceresses—being forever imprisoned in ore—unless she manages to put an end to the gruesome murders of human citizens at the hands…

Unravel

Sixteen-year-old Marguerite knows her uncle doesn’t like her. True, she’s in line for the throne before him and he contends she’s too deaf to rule, but she’s known since he broke her hand to keep her from using sign language. Now, as the kingdom’s Bishop-Princep, Uncle Reichard has declared war on magic and Marguerite must hide the fact that she’s a witch.

 

Never Say Never

After she walks in on her mom doing the horizontal mambo with a man that’s decidedly not her dad, Brynn Stark swears to NEVER fall in love. One of her friends–Val– reveals her true identity–Aphrodite, goddess of love, and promises to show Brynn why she shouldn’t lose faith.

 

The Almost Queen

The Witch Needs Her Freedom.

Ellara Wist, one of the many witches that fought on the losing side of the war, has no intentions of returning to Outerland when it is finished and she has no intention of letting her fellow witches suffer either. So, during her sentencing for war crimes against the kingdom of Aulen, she boldly offers their new king a proposal…

The Skeleton Key (Keys and Guardians Book 2)

Kyp Franklin can’t move on. One year after his mother officially declared war against him, Kyp is still struggling to find his feet as the Order of the Key’s new leader. He’s far too concerned about tracking her down before she causes even more damage than she already has. In fact, that’s all he’s been doing. Until one day, after a particularly reckless mission, he returns to find a surprising visitor on his doorstep…

Playing Cupid: A Heartwarming Contemporary Debut

For the past five years, seventeen-year-old Megan Cooper has built a wall around her heart. Her mother’s passing left her family fractured, driving a wedge between her and her father, and it’s only gotten deeper with time. The solution: graduate high school early and get out of Dodge.

 

The Wolfden (Dead Rockstar Book 2)

If Stormy Spooner thought she’d hit rock bottom before, she was wrong.

Before she had fully healed from her bitter divorce, a chaotic turn of events left several people dead. Now, her reanimated boyfriend Phillip refuses to take her calls. Heartbroken and confused by her newfound powers, Stormy returns to work in an attempt to find her new normal.

A Feeling Like Home

Sixteen-year-old Paige Williams can’t stop self-sabotaging.

Not when her dad gets sick, not when her relationship implodes, not even when her parents send her to another-freaking-state for the summer to live with her sister. Paige just wants to have fun, spray paint a few walls, and block out everything stressful, including her growing concern that she might be sick as well. To make things worse, her parents threaten her with boarding school in the fall if she can’t prove she’s changed her bad habits.

Paige’s parents sign her up for a rebuilding project in Texas where her sister lives. Meanwhile, Paige reluctantly befriends her sister’s straight-laced teenage neighbor, Joey, who is a frequent guest. He’s so different from her, but Paige realizes that may not be a bad thing, especially since being around Joey curbs her urge to vandalize and ignore the rules. He even makes her forget about the debilitating stomach cramps she struggles to hide.

Mind Like a Diamond

Seventeen-year-old gymnast, Lisette Colbert, is skeptical of her criminal mother’s claim that they are descendants of pirate witches.

But on Halloween night, Lisette will learn you don’t have to believe in magic for it to kill you.

Lured by a $10,000 prize, Lisette recruits her best friend Xavier and together they enter The 13th Realm of Hell-an escape-room style Haunted House run by a mysterious coven. Xavier has his reservations, especially after reading the fine print on the waiver to enter. Lisette is too focused on proving herself to consider the risks. With him or without him, she is determined to complete all thirteen realms. If she wins the prize money, she’ll avoid eviction from her beloved French Quarter apartment.

But the witches who run the show don’t write happy endings.

My Sam Johnson: A Biography for General Readers

This book is a biography of the the great man of letters of the eighteenth century, Samuel Johnson. And it has a special purpose: presenting the story of Sam’s life in a shorter form than any other researched biography, and conveying that story in a style that’s clear and accessible for any general reader.

During his productive life, Sam started by doing basic writing and editing for a magazine, but he went on to produce some major literary works: essays and poetry, biographies, an edition of the plays of Shakespeare with his own insightful comments, and of course the first modern dictionary of English. My Sam Johnson is yours as well, and one of the main goals is to explain Sam’s style in order to encourage you to read more of his writing.

Sam is a fascinating and complex man, and My Sam Johnson will introduce you to him for the first time or make you appreciate him even more.

Poison Forest

There has been a string of disappearances in the Triumvir of Corundum. Someone is stealing royal children, and Thedra’s childhood sweetheart Dette, the princess of a neighboring kingdom, is the latest to go missing. When Thedra suspects the sorcerer she blames for her mother’s death is behind Dette’s disappearance, she refuses to let him harm anyone else. She sets out with the help of a dashing soldier and a secretive servant girl to find and rescue Dette before it’s too late. Thedra would do anything to stop the disappearances and save her friend–even cross a cursed forest that brings her nightmares to life. But one of her companions is hiding something, and the forest seems to want her dead. To defeat the sorcerer’s twisted magic, she must face her worst fears and risk losing what she wants most: the freedom to love who she chooses.

Not Since You: A Secrets of River Hollow Novel

Sins and secrets are hard to keep hidden in a small town…
When Claudia Clark was involved in a tragic accident in high school, it set her on a devastating path toward heartbreak. For the past eight years, she’s carefully guarded her heart. With her business now thriving, she doesn’t have time for any unwanted distractions. She’s learned from her mistakes. But when the biggest one of all comes face to face with her again, she starts to question the belief she’s desperately clung to for so long.
Dorian Vance can’t get over his past—or the girl that it’s wrapped up in. So when a family emergency brings him back to the small town of River Hollow, he decides it’s time to accept the truth and confront the girl he left behind. Unfortunately for him, she’s dead set on making him pay for his sins.

Now With You: A Secrets of River Hollow Novella

She isn’t ready to dance with someone new and awaken the memory of her dead husband, but when the script gets flipped, she has to do just that.
Facing the prospect of an empty nest, feisty widow Priscilla Clark determines to stay busy by turning her beloved, old Victorian into a one-of-a-kind bed and breakfast. But when circumstances beyond her control bring a halt to her new business idea, she’s forced to accept help from an unlikely source.
As Priscilla’s tough exterior starts to crack in the face of her daunting predicament, her quirky friend’s attractive younger brother, Rex, inserts himself into her life, wreaking havoc on her heart in the process. No matter what, she’s determined to ignore the sparks that ignite between them.

Arms of the Ocean

Nineteen-year-old Tristaine lived a life of bitterness.

When her mother abandoned her family and her father began drinking, Tris discovered the only thing that truly brought her happiness: the sea.

 

Dead Rockstar

Stormy Spooner is at her wits’ end. Careening towards bitter after a nasty divorce, she sometimes wonders what her life is becoming. After unearthing a cryptic set of lines from a dusty album cover, Stormy tries the impossible: to resurrect Phillip Deville, enigmatic former frontman of the Bloomer Demons. Stormy’s love for her favorite dead rockstar knows no bounds…but it was all supposed to be a joke…

Magissa

After fourteen years in America, Chrysa Markou returns to her native village in the remote mountains of Greece an orphan. Crushed by grief and plagued by feelings of estrangement from her family, she feels like an alien in a new world. Nonetheless, she is hopeful for a fresh start.

Despite her best efforts to move forward, Chrysa finds herself beset by vicious gossip, family secrets, and a magical heritage that could derail the future her parents wanted for her…