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Mercedes Midnight should be dead. Her year is up, her debt is owed, yet here she stands—alive, cursed, and crackling with demon magic she has no idea how to wield. Lucy Corvine, the devil’s broken daughter, clawed her way out of a contract that was never supposed to break. Now she’s something the underworld doesn’t have a name for. Something her father will tear the realm apart to find. When two angels crash into Ora City, the rules change overnight. One wants to watch the realms burn. One wants to save them. No one is safe.

A brutal triple murder. An abandoned psychiatric hospital. And a dark family secret. Fatal Return is the bloody opening to the Fatal psychological thriller series by Alex Hansen - an Audible Original. When her father suffers a heart attack, forensic psychologist Gillian moves back from New York to Rochester - much to the annoyance of her pubescent daughter Christina. The moving boxes are not even unpacked when the expert is already called to a crime scene: Sergeant Ryan Moore needs her support to solve a brutal triple murder in the woods of Devil's Bathtub.

There are too many secrets at Rayne-Moore, secrets I once turned a blind eye to because I wanted nothing to do with faculty gossip, nothing to do with the elite. But now that I can no longer stay blind, I'm going to let it, and watch it unravel. For her. Raven Monroe. Because it's too late. I've dived into the ocean for my Siren, fell for her song and I want her more than my next breath.

I think I always knew I was going to die young. Like I had this… silent, invisible clock ticking down to my final moments plastered above my head. Maybe that’s why I was so reckless, crazy. Why I sought after adventure. Why nothing scared me… Except, there was always this… feeling I couldn’t shake that something was in the darkest parts of every corner, under every bed, closet, or room, like a ghost watching me. Waiting to take me. My own, personal reaper. But it was always only during a lightning storm that I could see the outline of my reaper. No scythe.

Two enemies, one goal: steal each other's hearts. Scarlett Grey, disgraced assassin, is determined to get revenge. Quinn Adams, medic turned-poisoner for hire, is her deadliest rival. For years, they've stolen each other's clients, sabotaged each other's business, and occasionally… slept...

I have dreamed of him my entire life. But now that he is standing in front of me, he doesn’t want me. A night out with my sisters turned into the headache of a lifetime. Having been transported to another world, I survive the brutal elements with the help of an unlikely new friend. A friend I have seen before in my dreams. But she isn’t the only one. He is here too. My dream man. My Viking warrior who traveled with me through my dreams every night for as far back as I can remember. Whether he wants me or not, I need his help because my arrival to this world isn’t very dreamlike.

I was meant to live my life in silence, but with the help of my three men, I’ve been able to break free of my cage and fly. Though life is unbelievably quieter for us now in New York, there is still just one… soft… lingering lullaby faintly composing itself in the back of my mind.

Eleanor Calloway wakes on a riverbank without memory until a sheriff finds her and brings her to the safety of his home. Surrounded by his little daughter’s laughter, she slowly begins to piece together fragments of her past. As memories of her missing baby stir a deep longing, she wonders if the man who saved her might hold the key not only to her child but also to her heart. Sheriff Samuel Hawke has spent years protecting his town and raising his daughter alone after a brutal robbery stole his wife. When he finds Eleanor, something in her haunted eyes breaks through his walls. ...

Mercedes Midnight is a reaper in debt with exactly one year left before hell comes to collect. Lucy Corvine, the devil’s daughter and revered professor, is imprisoned by a contract she never agreed to. For nine long years, Midnight scoured graveyards and grimoires for a loophole, while Lucy wore a gilded smile and dreamed of revolt… Until a chance encounter sparks a pact neither of them can afford to break.

You'd think being abducted by aliens would be the worst thing that could happen to me. And you'd be wrong. Because now, the aliens are having ship trouble, and they've left their cargo of human women - including me - on an ice planet. And the only native inhabitant I've met? He's big, horned, blue, and really, really has a thing for me....

Ever wondered what kinks you were missing out on? Or the type of men who would pay good money to live out their fantasies on your body? Welcome to the Clarendon Golf Club, where members buy more than a round of golf, and staff serve more than a round of coffees —for the right price. Rosie thought she was just taking a job at an elite golf club to support her family —until she uncovered its naughty secret. Beneath the pristine greens lies an exclusive underground kink club, where the wealthy pay handsomely for their deepest desires. The unusual part? Staff members are invited to play for pay.

Octavia Beaumont, one of the original three vampires, is determined to run the city. Red, an expert hunter, is hell-bent on getting revenge on the vampire that turned her sister. When deadly trials for the heir of the city begin, Red and Octavia are forced to work together. Octavia wants a crown. Red wants blood. But there's only one first place. To win, they're going to have to trust each other. But teamwork is not easy when their past is filled with betrayal… A betrayal Red can't remember. Someone is lying. Someone has a secret. Everyone has a hidden agenda.

Is it really stalking if they know you're doing it… and play along? Beckett Crawling home with my tail between my legs after following my dream of moving cross-country to become a fancy culinary chef wasn't the worst thing to happen… Trusting the wrong person, losing everything, and having...

I've turned into a shell of myself after something happened to me, something I can't face. But when my father owes the Most Dangerous Man in New York, he only has one bargaining chip—Me. I can feel the safe haven I've built crashing down around me as I stand face to face with the leader of the criminal underground—my future husband. Now I must navigate this unwanted marriage of convenience while never revealing the truth about myself or my past.

Long before the waterboarding controversy exploded in the media, one CIA agent had already gone public. In a groundbreaking 2007 interview with ABC News, John Kiriakou called waterboarding torture - but admitted that it probably worked. This book, at once a confessional, an adventure story, and a chronicle of Kiriakou's life in the CIA, stands as an important, eloquent piece of testimony from a committed American patriot.

Book 3 in the action-packed urban fantasy trilogy, the Gemini Twins Legacy! Second year at Exemplar Hall is about to begin, and Dean Belmont and the Celestial Council have no idea what's coming for them. Jesse James Storme, social pariah and the guy bullied as Wyatt's undeserving Plus One twin brother is no more. After a hellish year, I'm free to be me—Jesse James Helm, proud daughter of John Helm, and legacy to Mercury House and my magi bloodline. Dean Belmont and the Branstons have messed up ideas about how to use Wyatt and me to get the power they crave, but they're delusional.

A poor village girl enters her villain era with the help of the resident evil tyrant... Everyone has their limit. Joslen just hit hers. Life has never been easy for a poor, uneducated village girl, especially one with a crooked back that has some villagers muttering she’s been cursed at birth...

After losing everything, Eliza Crowell answers a mail-order bride ad, seeking a fresh start in Redwillow Crossing. Yet the man who promised her security turns out to be a dangerous gambler. When Eliza refuses his marriage proposal, he threatens to ruin her unless she can repay the cost of her journey, leaving her with no choice but to accept a marriage of convenience with a rancher whose calm demeanor hides unexpected feelings she never saw coming. Samuel Whitaker has sworn off love, dedicating himself to his ranch after years of solitude following the tragic loss of his wife and child. A ...

Twelve humans are left stranded on a wintry alien planet. I'm one of them. Yay, me. In order to survive, we have to take on a symbiont that wants to rewire our bodies to live in this brutal place. I like to call it a cootie. And my cootie's a jerk, because it also thinks I'm the mate to the biggest, surliest alien of the group.

GCLS Goldie Award Winner for Best Contemporary Romance 2025 Savannah Grace is a huge star in Nashville. At least, she was. Her hit band Twice Struck topped the country music charts for almost a decade until her high-profile marriage to her bandmate and co-writer publicly exploded. Now she's...