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Benny has completed the XIA course that will let her work with the agents she became close to while hunting a serial killer. It will take effect the moment they are cleared of demonic influence. Nothing like knowing that your blood is despised to make a girl feel wanted.After a night on the town with Freddy, Benny runs into the agents, and they are not only hogging her favorite taco joint, but they are interested in her social status. She is about to say yes to whatever they can come up with when she gets a call from her house, and the night goes downhill from there.

Thanks to a jealous divine, whenever Chase Butler comes anywhere near Miriah, she turns into a chameleon. While her hopes of having a happily-ever-after with Mr. Right are dashed, she’s determined to have the next best thing: a perfect Christmas. Finding a puppy for her son, dodging the unwanted attention of her divine fling of an ex, and keeping on top of a holiday charity drive for local pet shelters sure is complicated when prone to transforming into a 12-inch lizard with a severe allergy to snowbanks.

Freddy was born to take the mantle of hellhound, but she wasn’t fond of the idea. Wearing the responsibility to atone for the work of a homicidal ancestor, Freddy is the 11th generation tied to the victim’s family, and being bonded to a mage halfway around the world is tiring. At a moment’s notice, Freddy can be yanked from an event or her own bed and pulled across the world to act as the mage’s familiar.

Eva continues to self-destruct, and Rosa faces the very real possibility of losing the woman she loves. Does Eva have the inner strength to turn her life around once and for all, or will the circumstances she faces conspire against her? As Vincenti secrets are revealed, and honest conversations take place about the past, will Lauren and Anna grow closer? And who is Carine Delfosse?

The universe holds various immutable constants: death, gravity, taxes...and the Wright family road trip. Every summer, Dad plans a vacation-by-car somewhere across the country. Lameness has increased each year, but Sarah blames that on growing older. She thought dying might get her out of going, but her father’s not about to let something that trivial put an end to the tradition. Of course, as a vampire, Sarah can’t seem to go anywhere without attracting the weird...and the deadly.

Lauren Vincenti comes from wealth. Her family has owned their famous vineyard in Corsica for generations, and they have a personal reputation to protect. Married to Rachel, she lives and works in London as a lawyer. That is, until her father commits suicide, and she is required to play her part in the family business. Anna is an up-and-coming artist, following in her highly successful mother's footsteps. Her chance meeting with the seductive Vincenti, and their spontaneous dinner together, changes her life forever.

In a flash of agony, Adrea knew her Aunt Neadra was dead. Waking in hospital was strange enough, but having her coloring changed to that of her dead relative was a little hard to take. Adrea called the authorities to let them know her aunt had been murdered and made the three-hour trip to get to her aunt’s home. Shockingly, things get out of control from there. She is arrested, questioned, and released back to Ritual Space, where she has to seal the breach in the wards with her own blood.

Being raised as the Cursed One does things to a person. It changes your relationships and makes you a very paranoid young woman. This is how Sophy ends up in her fourth decade, looking 18 and having no love life. The Mage Guild provides her with a liaison so that she can stop calling to rummage through their archives, and the voice in the machines around her becomes an admirable partner, such as he is. He files a request with her to assist him in his own personal journey, and it takes her into the Guild Hall to face a mage who wants her as a trophy.

For the past six years, Quinn has looked forward to the day when she would finally have her revenge against the vampire who slaughtered her family. What she never expected is for that vampire to walk into Clint’s bar and unleash terror and death on her small desert town. With more people dying every day, Quinn realizes she must delve deeper into her power than she’s ever wanted or dared to before if she's going to save her loved ones.

A mage, a destiny, and a surprising pedigree. It is hard to juggle new discoveries with a dragon on her tail. Minerva enjoys her life as a master mage. She creates spells that no one has seen before and enjoys her family and friends. She will do anything for them, and she has. Her side job is to act as an intermediary between extranatural races, and that is what she is doing the day that she walks into the dragon’s den. Running from the dragon makes her confront her origins, and things get even more complicated from there.

After facing demons and murderers, their greatest task is in front of them - meeting the in-laws. With her binding to her partners, Benny feels safe and settled. She wants to start her career in the XIA and make a place in that organization. The past rears up and has other ideas. The binding has its own issues. Their group has to meet and greet each family they are attached to and try to gain approval for their union. A different technique is required for each species, and they have to be ready for anything. True love might win the day, but politics is a pain in the butt.

Elsinor has walked the Earth for thousands of years, but every few decades, she must start over. Waking up in agony with her organs slowly regenerating, she has coined a new phrase Prometheus Syndrome. With modern technology and magic available, this might be her one chance to learn who she is and who she has been in the past. The clock is ticking, and she is ready to defend herself. She is going to find her attacker and take the fight to him. Elsinor is tired of living for the moment before her life has to start over again.

Mina thought her questions would be answered once Violet woke. Instead, she learned Violet doesn’t know any more than she does about who’s behind the pack-member disappearances. However, there is something wrong with Violet. Her werewolf healing should have kicked in days ago, but it hasn't. Continuing the search for answers is the only option Mina sees. Too bad the alpha has given Eli and Mina a chaperone who's hell-bent on making sure their every move is one of caution.

The woods of Mina's hometown are no longer safe. Glenn has been abducted, and now, so has another from the pack. Guilt eats at Mina because the one missing should have been her. In fact, it was supposed to be. Determined to find the young werewolf taken in her place, Mina and Eli go on a hunt. They hope to find Glenn along the way, but instead discover the length they will go to ensure their own safety as well as the members of their pack.

Harold, the leader of the were-bear clan, and Lily’s marriage was the result of her father, the thief, picking the wrong pockets. She married him to keep the tenuous peace that had existed between humans and were-bears in their small town for years. Now, he’s been killed by a rival clan and as his human wife, she’s in deep...trouble. When Jeremy offers her protection because he doesn’t want to leave her in the cold, she accepts. But Jeremy isn't innocent, at all. Caught in the middle of another battle, no one, and nowhere, is safe.

Mina thought her questions would be answered once Violet woke. Instead, she learned Violet doesn't know any more than she does about who's behind the pack member disappearances. However, there is something wrong with Violet. Her werewolf healing should have kicked in days ago, but it hasn't. Continuing the search for answers is the only option Mina sees. Too bad the alpha has given Eli and Mina a chaperone who's hell-bent on making sure their every move is one of caution.

Can new hire Scott get the attention of the resident chef, Brianna? Brianna is so routine and methodical, will she ever fall for Scott’s bad-boy, playing-in-a-band, live-life-spontaneously personality? He is handsome, more than that, he is sexy, and he is a fellow foodie. You don’t find that every day, and Brianna knows it. She tries to guard her heart and her feelings from Scott, but will it do any good in the end? Does it ever?

Following the devastation of World War III, nuclear radiation has spawned magic, ranging from nuisance koppa oni plaguing the Golden Gate to masters of the elements. It falls to the FBI's supernatural quads and their supervisors to protect those who can't protect themselves.

Virginie sees her idol, Axel Night, shot dead at his concert and terrifying shadows feed on the audience. Only Axel could not die; he's a vampire. To save her from the shadows, he exposes himself. Now, he is hunted by the police and the Slayers, vampire killers who hunt vampires who break the secrecy of their existence. As his fans' lust turns to fear, the spiritual rooms that sustain Axel's life force begin to crumple. Except for Virginie's. Only she can sustain him now, and in her recurring dreams lie the answer to the evil's undoing.

Born to a family tainted by vampire blood, Zora has always felt the stigma of her family’s history. When history becomes vividly real as her great-great grandfather tracks her down and trades her for a blood debt owed to the local vampire king. After her ancestor hands her over, she finds a way to trade her particular skill set for room and board in the vampire court. Her first week goes well, until the king decides that she needs a warm body to relax with.