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I walk into the bar with my pack, and I scent her straight away. She’s lying behind the counter with blood trailing from an injury to her head. My desire to protect her stuns me almost as much as her beauty. But it’s the smell of her blood that stuns me the most—it’s something not quite human. When she wakes up, her fear tells me all I need to know. She definitely thinks she’s mortal. I choose to disagree.

Something is very fishy about the stories her brothers have been telling her lately. Her niece, a 19-year-old prodigy with a PhD in bioinformatics, has gotten engaged to a much older guy she met while working on some top-secret project, and if Gabi's older, overprotective brother's approval of the engagement wasn't suspicious enough, he also uprooted his family and moved to be closer to the couple.

Who is Uriel? Is he a lost descendant of the gods or just a gorgeous and charming human who has rocked Gabi’s world?

The thrilling next installment in the bestselling Children of the Gods series! As Aru and his team embark on a perilous mission, their past and present converge in a meeting that holds the key to their fate.

Pilot. Guard. Prisoner. All three are crashed in the Georgia woods, lost on a world where extraterrestrials are the stuff of science fiction. Blending into the human world is doable, if dangerous. But what if the locals are far from human themselves, with secrets of their own?

Cursed heroes. Dangerous secrets. And forbidden love.... Shifters, vampires, gargoyles, and witches. Who will you meet at Vamps tonight? Escape into a hot underground club, where the statues are so much more than stone. Discover the secrets behind the gargoyle statues in Cursed. Meet three shifter brothers who vex a vindictive witch - and face her wrath. Fall into forbidden attraction between a vampire and firefighter in Smolder. When Nike runs into her gym crush at an underground club, her reality and fantasy worlds collide.

Tracy isn't sure why she's drawn to a particular statue in the Goth club where she works. When her drunk ex threatens her after her shift, stone turns to flesh. Danton shifts to protect Tracy, the woman he has longed for. He only has 24 hours before he returns to stone. Can he convince her to spend it with him?

Never trust a stranger. That's what Victoria's parents had taught her. People will try to hurt you and take advantage of you if they can. Had she only listened to that advice, she might not have ended up in a puddle of her own blood, her eyes frozen open in terror, the dark brown of them faded and icy from death. To die once was a horrible thing, but a second death, even worse than the first, loomed just ahead. When an unlikely stranger comes to Victoria's aid, she can't figure out if he's a savior or a devil.

Damaged heroes, fated mates, and forbidden love.... Welcome to Vamps, where the statues are so much more than stone. Start the Underground Encounters series with Cursed, meeting the gargoyle shifters who guard at an underground club and appear throughout the series. Flings are supposed to be harmless fun, right? Wrong. Gargoyle shifter Lucan learns this the hard way when his latest conquest curses him with dark magic, forever trapping him - and his brothers - in stone.

Layla Black flees London, on the run from a master vampire. She reinvents herself as Angelica, the singer of an '80s metal cover band in Boston, but her past soon catches up to her. Devon St. Clair, bounty hunter extraordinaire, is in hot pursuit of a thieving vampire. Vampires, he hated them. Capturing Layla should be a satisfying gig that nets a nice profit. But Devon wasn’t counting on spitfire Layla being his target, distracting him from his mission. Besides, shape shifters and vampires didn’t mix. And more bloodsuckers are on their tail.

Lily won't consider a permanent relationship. That’s challenged when she meets Nico. He's a computer geek by day, and rock star by night. How could she resist such a combination? She can't. But no one would understand her furry little secret. It could be dangerous. Especially during the full moon. Yet, she might be the one in danger....

A guarded shifter. A nerd turned rock star. And a forbidden attraction that can't be ignored.... Lily won't consider a permanent relationship. When she meets the singer of a rock band at an underground nightclub, she's disarmed by his sensual voice and mischievous good looks. After an icy introduction, Lily warms up to Nico's charms. He's a computer geek by day, and rock star by night. How could she resist such a combination? She can't. But no one would understand her furry little secret. It could be dangerous. Especially during the full moon.

Maya Winters, a firefighter, heads out on Halloween to dance at her favorite club. A man with haunting eyes watches her from the back of the club. He's just her type - dark and brooding. She feels their connection, but thinks it's merely physical attraction. Despite being the new owner, Tristan Stone avoids people in the underground goth club due to his curse. But when he spots a woman dancing alone surrounded by an unusual glow, he must discover who she is and what gives her the radiating power. While they work together to understand their connection, passion ignites, leading to danger.

Danton breaks from his curse to protect Tracy, the woman he has longed for. He only has 24 hours before he returns to stone. Can he convince her to spend it with him?

Elementary school principal Adrienne Claireborne is used to giving orders, not taking them. She is ready for a relaxing summer, but first she has to deal with the overbearing Chance Breaux. He is obsessed with gaining control of River Oaks, a house she recently inherited. Not used to people telling him no, Chance sets out to make Adrienne change her mind about not only selling him the property, but allowing him to be a bigger part of her life.

Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel Carrick, Viscount Healeyfield returned home from the battlefields with nothing but his honor, his excellent eye-sight, and a crumbling abbey to his name. As luck would have it however, his wealthy mentor has a daughter of marriageable age that he'd like to see wed before he dies. Almost instantly, Nathaniel is quite smitten with the girl. She's lovely, enchanting and the most unique female of his acquaintance.

Heather is reluctant to help an unwanted guest solve a missing person's case until she realizes the missing 12-year-old girl and her share a shocking connection. Even with the help of the police and an estranged family member, Heather, who is fast becoming a regular psychic detective, soon finds herself traveling down a dark path filled with dangerous secrets and deadly turns. And in this seemingly unsolvable case, only one thing is certain: Heather finds herself in a dire situation with time running out...

After moving to a new town, Heather Reiner struggles to keep her psychic abilities a secret and establish a sense of normalcy...at least for her overprotective mother's sake. But when Heather starts having terrifying visions of a missing boy, she can't simply ignore them. This time she feels an inexplicable pull to solve the crime, and slowly begins to believe that her supernatural gifts could actually help others.

Mike is good at playing with two things - numbers and his guitar. People, not so much. So, when he stumbles upon two women having fun in the shadows at an underground club and a bouncer urges him to get one to safety, he's not sure how to respond. But, when he discovers she's been bitten and her neck is bleeding, something wakes inside of him. He's compelled to protect her.

Bethany is a witch, but unlike the other students at Wellmoore Institute for Gifted Young Ladies she's never shown even an ounce of power. She's considered an outcast, and is constantly the butt of pranks that would get anyone else suspended. After all, her mother is powerful magically and politically - and is usually stuck getting Bethany off the hook. All of that changes, though, on a yearly senior trip to Halewalker Academy for Leadership - an all-shifter school.