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New witch and midwife Cassie Strega helped a human mother through the tumultuous birth of the queen of the demons, and now Cassie and the baby have been kidnapped by one of the demon princes fighting each other to lay claim to their new queen. Cassie hopes she can appeal to the human side of the child in order to save humanity, but as the child feeds upon her soul, Cassie must also battle the four demon-prince-uncles who intend for the infant to fulfill her dark destiny.

The world teeters on the brink of a fated apocalypse and time is running out. The Fae have one chance to save the earth from the demons that seek to possess its inhabitants . . . but there is no promise of victory when three prophecies foretell three outcomes—all with separate victors. Worse, Cassie is without Orion, who has fallen prey to a scheming demon prince and transformed into her most deadly foe. Racing against the clock to fulfill the only prophecy that will keep them alive, she must find a spell that will bring the young queens into their full power before war is upon them.

I thought death would be a one-way trip. I was wrong. After a botched assassination attempt, I took a bullet to the heart. That should have put me down for good, but the vampire lord who hired me for the job tied my soul to an Aztec demon. Now I’m stranded on an island full of rabid wolves, my only companion the trigger-happy ex-boyfriend who shot me. The supernatural community thinks I’m a traitor, and my own sister thinks I’m a murderer. Our only chance is to ally with the wolves.

Known as the Iron Pirate, Darius has been sailing the treacherous seas for a decade now. It might be time to settle down before the monsters he's been fending off finally get their tentacles on him. But any plans for a quiet retirement walk the plank when he discovers Princess Shereen has stowed away aboard his ship. A pretty princess with a price on her head. A woman who has only one dangerous choice if she wants to be free. If Shereen can prove she inherited her father's power, she might just survive. Problem is, what's a pirate to do when she asks him to be her king?

Detective Carson Irish follows the rules. But somehow, he’s fallen for a sexy PI who likes to break all of them. When she gets in over her head, he’ll do anything and everything to keep her safe. But she refuses to stay on the sidelines, safe and protected. And when her life is threatened, he won’t hesitate to stand between her and the man who wants her dead.

Sheltered her entire life, Jubilee Thornton yearns to spread her wings and fly after a childhood marked by illness. Her first goal? To attract the attention of the handsome schoolteacher she’s had a crush on for years - Heath DiMarco. One fateful night, Jubilee throws caution to the wind and kisses Heath - until he pushes her away and tells her they can never be together.

With magical powers to complement her formidable sword skills, Riley Trident heads to Sidnie with the fates of her best friend and an entire kingdom in her hands. The practice of magic thrives in Sidnie, but Hemmons' capabilities are far beyond those of even its most accomplished citizens. He shuts down their schools and opens his own, training warrior mages in round the clock shifts to achieve his ultimate goal: Sacking New Perth and conquering the nation.

At 17, Lizzie Thornton left her hometown of Fair Haven to pursue her musical dreams — and to run from Trent Younger, the boy who broke her heart. Now a successful singer, Lizzie returns to Fair Haven nine years later. When she runs into Trent at her brother’s wedding, she discovers he’s no longer the shy boy she left behind. He’s a sexy, confident man who knows what he wants — and what he wants is her.

Will these two enemies fall in love after they're forced to say I do? As the head chef of a bustling restaurant, Jocelyn Gray must stay focused. With her family relying on her, she can't afford to get distracted. She especially can't let the arrogant dreamboat Luke Wright, the man she's hated for a decade, distract her. But desperate and cash-strapped, Jocelyn soon considers a shocking proposal from her worst enemy. The oldest son of the wealthy Wright family, Luke has big plans to use his family's riches for good.

When even the gods are dying, the hope of the world may lie in its most feared enemies. A new god proclaimed as the All-Holy has arisen in the west and leads an army eastward, devouring the gods and goddesses of the lands between, forcibly converting their folk and binding their souls to himself. The very fabric of the world appears threatened by forces beyond the understanding of scholars and wizards alike.

After a messy divorce, Gwen Parker retreats to idyllic Hazel Island to start a new life. She has no time for relationships now, not when she has a bed and breakfast to run. No matter that her friend, the gruff and ruggedly handsome Jack Benson, makes her yearn for more. Yet Gwen knows that she's too broken from her first marriage to risk heartbreak a second time. Jack Benson prefers to live a solitary life. As a fisherman, he's well-aware that relationships, like the tides, come and go.

Students at Lissa’s witch academy are falling ill—clearly under the effects of Hyde, an illegal street drug. When another young woman’s mutilated body is found in an alley, I realize we’ve got a murderer on the loose. And I have a feeling the two cases are tied.… I’m just not sure how or why. As if that isn’t stress-inducing enough, the vampire council is in town, and that means I need Vlad’s protection. What I don’t need is his constant amorous attempts.

Running from demons isn’t exactly as Laney expected. After saving her Shadowbringer from his fate in Hell, Laney returns to a hot mess on Earth—and she’s at the center of it. With Adne seeking revenge, the Hunters out for blood, and the original Shadowbringer dangling Cas’ soul over both their heads, Laney soon realizes that she needs to take matters into her own hands. Thank God, there is Gladys, who still remembers how to perform a ritual needed, and Avery and Tyler, who fight their own little battle against wicked Luc.

As Laney struggles to keep her sanity with Cas’ whispers from the afterlife, she relies on her newfound friendship with Avery, the only person who misses him almost as much as she does. Little does Laney know that her knowledge about Shadowbringers isn’t even the tip of the iceberg. A whole new layer of trouble is waiting for her as she makes plans to find Cas and bring him back. But there is a new Shadowbringer in town—and if you thought Cas was bad, you haven’t met Luc.

Carrying souls to heaven is no longer news to Laney, but finding a way out of the desperate bargain she struck with Shadowbringer Cas is bad news—on a daily basis. While she is still figuring out her relationship with Leon, the darkness of Cas’ claim gradually pulls her under. As Laney and Leon desperately search for a way out of Laney’s bargain, Gran’s old stories finally shed some light into the mysteries she left behind. Laney must face that she can run from Cas all she wants, but there will be a day when she belongs to him. Not even Leon can change that.

Once she was a noblewoman. Now she is a palace servant. Ashlin never pictured herself scrubbing floors. But with the family savings depleted and her stepmother crippled by grief, Ashlin selflessly takes a job at the royal palace. She can pursue her dreams of becoming a seamstress someday in the future. However, as she forms an unlikely friendship with the prince, she learns that the future may not be so certain. Wielders of a powerful magic threaten their small coastal kingdom, and Prince Onric does not believe that their defenses will hold.

The fugitive slave Ghu has ended the assassin Ahjvar's century-long possession by a murderous and hungry ghost, but at great cost. Heir of the dying gods of Nabban, he is drawn back to the empire he fled as a boy, journeying east on the caravan road with Ahjvar at his side.

Possessed by a ghost who feeds on death, the undying assassin Ahjvar the Leopard has been captured by the Lady of Marakand, enslaved by necromancy to be captain of her Red Masks. His shield-bearer Ghu, a former slave with an uncanny ability to free the captive dead, follows Ahjvar into the war-torn lands of the Duina Catairna to release him, even if that means destroying what is left of Ahj's tormented soul.

Ever since Megan Miller arrived in stunning Lost Harbor, Alaska, she's been at odds with boat captain Lucas Holt. They're opposites in every way. She's a city girl, he's from an Alaska homestead. She runs nature tours, he's all about big-money charters. He's also arrogant, annoying and oh yeah, wildly attractive.

It’s Christmas time, and the entire Thornton clan is spending the holidays in a cabin deep in the Washington woods. What could go wrong with twelve adults, four kids, and a dog all staying together in one big cabin? Only the most chaotic - and memorable - Christmas ever!