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NightShade Forensic FBI Files: Vol 2 (Books 5-7)
A.J. Scudiere - 2021
Vol 2 - Books 5, 6, and 7 Salvage - A Shadow Files Novel Former marine turned Private Investigator, Walter Reed, has been given yet another strange and amazing opportunity: to become an agent with the FBI’s NightShade division. Though confident her training will make Quantico a cake walk—even with only one leg—Walter is discovering her shot at a new career has disaster written all over it. Her first hurdle? Walter doesn’t graduate training if her new partner GJ Janson doesn’t graduate, too… After previously being arrested by the FBI, GJ Janson hopes to redeem herself with the chance to become an agent. Unfortunately, her snooping around her grandfather’s laboratory reveals he’s been hiding strange skeletons—with strikingly similar anomalies to those she notices in her friend Donovan. When a weekend visit to her grandfather’s lab yields a fresh body, GJ goes into investigation mode. But the body is that of a fellow NightShade agent, and Walter and GJ quickly realize that nothing in NightShade is what it seems—not the case, the other agents, nor even their job descriptions. Only one thing is clear: the killer is coming after them next. And they suspect it’s someone GJ knows. Garden of Bone FBI Agent Eleri Eames was there the day her sister disappeared at eight years old. However, Eleri is the only one who knows that her sister is already dead and has been for quite some time. When a skeleton is unearthed in New Orleans, Eleri is convinced it belongs to Emmaline. The age and ancestry of the remains are a match, and there’s something telling Eleri that New Orleans is the place where her sister lived and died. As Eleri hunts for answers, demons—old and new—begin following her. The Lobomau have been entering the city in ever-increasing numbers, and that might just have something to do with the Dauphine sisters and their long family history of witchcraft and voodoo. Eleri desperately needs her partner Donovan on this case with her, but can he risk his own job to help her? Eleri’s ancestry may have imbued her with some powers, but compared to her own great-grandmother and the Dauphines, she’s untrained and untested at best. When the bones turn out not to belong to her sister, Eleri has to ask how a case so similar to Emmaline’s even exists…and is it an arrow pointed to her own twisted family history? The Camelot Gambit Can Eleri and Donovan outsmart a killer who leaves no evidence behind or even a discernable cause of death? How will they track down someone who is more intelligent than both of them together? Curie, Nebraska was designed as a research haven for the ultra-intelligent. In fact, applicants must pass a rigorous IQ test before they can call the strange town home. Nearly every resident—including several child geniuses—is suspect and no one is safe. Going undercover as the new neighbors leaves the agents struggling to find even the most basic clues. Eleri and Donovan can barely maintain their false identities against their overly-curious and stunningly intelligent new friends, let alone solve a murder. Can they figure it out before the next body turns up? Or has the killer already found them… “She’s in the top five of my best writers list.
Queen of the Lycan: The Crown (Mackenzie Grey Book 10)
Karina Espinosa - 2021
With my arrival to Scotland and my coronation right around the corner, I’d never been more nervous than I am now. Known for having enemies, I didn’t realize becoming Queen would garner even more. I’m not the only one after the throne and the battle for the crown might cost me my life. The Summits on one side and the Council on the other, it’s a fight to stay on top and protect the lunas from a man’s world. But I’ve never been one to back down, especially when it comes to the lunas. The Summits and Council are in for a rude awakening when I shake things up and turn their worlds upside down. On top of all that, there’s an evil lurking in the forest and it’s after one thing—me. With my mating ceremony coming up, I don’t know how I’m going to survive it all. The goal is the crown, but can I keep it?
Soul Stone Mage Complete Collection Boxed Set
Sarah Noffke - 2019
On the other side of the Dark Forest resides the Land of Terran. The humans of Terran treat those from Virgo as second-class citizens, disgracing and trapping them at every turn. After centuries of tension, a silent war is finally brewing, and the timing couldn’t be worse for Princess Azure. This young witch will soon be crowned queen of the Kingdom of Virgo.
In the Dark Forest, a powerful potion-maker has been murdered. He was the key to ending the war.
Charmsgood was the only wizard who could stop a deadly virus that suddenly plagues Virgo. He also could have fixed the devastation the people from Terran had done to the forest. Now he is gone.
Azure must protect her people. Mend the Dark Forest. Create alliances with savage beasts. No biggie, right?
This complete digital box set contains seven exciting and enchanting adventures.
House of Enchanted: Just as the war with the humans is brewing, Azure is set to be crowned the new queen of Virgo. But on coronation day everything changes. Princess Azure isn’t who she thought she was and that’s a big freaking problem.Dark Forest: Azure suddenly finds herself a prisoner of Terran. She must escape and locate her mother’s soul stone. The virus that stole the queen’s magic is going after her very life, and the soul stone is her only hope.Mountain of Truth: Azure and her ragtag crew set off for the Mountain of Truth in hopes of locating Mage Lenore, the oldest witch alive. They soon learn the problem isn’t finding the old witch. It’s surviving each other on the mountain. Land of Terran: A betrayal sends Azure on yet another adventure. She must get back the Book of Branches in order to find the rogue dryads. They are the key to healing the Dark Forest.New Egypt: Queen Azure sets off on a world tour of Oriceran, thinking she’ll strengthen relations with neighboring kingdoms. On her first stop in New Egypt she finds something chilling.Lancothy: New Egypt is being overrun by vampires. Knowing her options are limited, Azure sets off for the kingdom of Lancothy, where bats are known to reside. She must get to them before the vampires do. Bats are deadly to magic.Virgo: With Lancothy in ruins, Azure and the gang help the wereanimals find new homes. Meanwhile, the vampires are planning a merciless attack on Virgo. Azure’s homecoming is marked by blood, tragedy and a great loss.
*NOTE: There’s cursing in this series because these witches and wizards are just rude like that. If cursing is a problem, then this might not be for you.
Rogue Ops
T.R. Cameron - 2021
Cutting edge technology, honed magical skills and artifact weapons gave them an advantage.But what happens when the Feds they trusted no longer trust them?Diana, Rath the troll, Cara, Bryant, and the rest of the team will have to turn to the allies they’ve made on their missions. Ruby Achera arrives from Magic City. Diana even reaches out to Nylotte, the Drow mentor. But is she far more than she seems?Can any of it be enough when the foundations you counted on have turned on you? Only time will tell if the skills Diana learned from her old mentors help her escape and then – fight back.For action, magic, snarky banter, martial arts, mystical creatures, and high intrigue, join Diana, Rath, and the rest on their new adventure!
Amorous Dragon’s Fated Match
Amelia Wilson - 2021
Dragon Shifter Romance.I tried to catch his eye for months, but he remained aloof…STEPHFor years we were friends.I helped him through his messy divorce…Watched him struggle with moving on…I was there when he got promoted to fire chief.It was like we were meant to be...Still he refused on account of being “professional.”What more could I even do to get his attention?Until a chance meeting at the store that led to dinner…And more…NOAHShe was just a friend.But God was she beautiful.I couldn’t have her—even though my heart told me she was mine.Employer-employee relationships were off limits.Until that night at her house…After that, she was all I could think about.Random meetings?I think not.Chance isn’t real—fates align....
Kill the Willing / Bury the Past But Shoot It First / Reload Faster / Dead In Plain Sight / Tomb Raiding PhD / Tomb Raider Emeritus
Martha Carr - 2020
Requires Life Insurance. Will be working with deadly magical artifacts and killers.
Kill The Willing:
Shay Carson had a wake up call when a hitman was sent after her. Her previous profession was getting a bit personal.
Then, life offered her a chance to disappear, and she did.
What's a girl to do with a very specific set of skills?
Take up Tomb Raiding!Behind every complicated woman is a story. For Shay, it happens to be a little complicated and she can't share with her new friends.
Better to lie to her friends, than have to kill more for knowing too much!
Bury The Past, But Shoot it First:
Magic is back on Earth and there’s money to be made.
It didn’t take long for Shay Carson to figure out that being a hitman isn’t good for a girl’s retirement plans. Time to fake her own death and get the hell out of town. Start over in L.A. with dream job number two – tomb raider in a world just coming to terms with magic. Just as dangerous a profession but the payoff’s bigger even if someone’s still shooting at her.
Good thing this girl has better aim and no problem pulling the trigger.
Reload Faster:
Killer for hire needs to retool her skill set. Find a new career with a little less risk.
Meet Shay Carson – Tomb Raider for hire. Good with weapons, works badly with others, can leave at a moment’s notice and not thrown by magic.
She’s already making a name for herself on the dark web. Rich people in search of treasure willing to pay to send someone else. Look out world…
Dead In Plain Sight:
Shay Carson's rep as a tomb raider grows, along with her list of new friends.
The former killer for hire has managed to figure out what a life looks like without killing off her inner circle. But a teenage elf may upend all of it.New adventures across France hunting for the lost scepter of Dagobert protected by dark magic or finding the answers to a broken piece of machinery that’s 300 million years old. Not your typical day job.
Shay is not your typical woman… just ask Brownstone.
Tomb Raiding PHD:
What do you do when someone threatens your man? If his name is Brownstone, you can take the easy way out and just tell him. He’ll take care of the rest.
But if you’re Shay Carson, archaeologist of magic and history, you take care of it, permanently. It’s her specialty.
In a surprising twist, Shay’s turned out to be teachable and is taking along Lily, a Gray Elf to help her settle the score, while Peyton, her IT specialist with a love of costumes and pizza has her back.
Tomb Raider Emeritus:
Shay Carson has a secret. Not all aliens are Oricerans.
Craved
Sara Thorn - 2020
But now that I’m here, I must either submit or die.My captor took me for his own, but his equally powerful brother will stop at nothing to steal me away. How can I escape when my choice of lover could change everything about their world? Or end it, once and for all.
Blood Song: A Sanguinem Council Book
C.D. Gorri - 2021
The immortal Vampire Prince is renowned for his ability to acquire authentic, priceless antiques for his various private clientele. Alek’s reputation is everything, until he meets her.Carina Martin has a unique talent to find objects and to identify them by touch. She uses it for other people in order to eke out a meager living among other normals along the East Coast, but there is more to life than that, and she is dying for a piece of it.When someone robs Aleksei and passes off fakes in his name, he tracks Carina down and offers his patronage in exchange for the use of her abilities.But he is not prepared for his reaction to the beautiful normal. Can he resist the female, or will he be seduced by her blood song?
Twins For The Wolf (Paranormal Pregnancy Romance Book 1)
Ellie Valentina - 2018
Billionaire Val Dragomir was offering to help fulfil her lifelong dream of becoming a famous published author. But only if she agreed to help fulfil his dream of being a father. However, Val was more than a secretive billionaire. He was a werewolf. A werewolf with enemies. And if Hazel were to decide to have his baby. She would have her work cut out in more ways than one...
Tell Me a Secret
Chloe Garner - 2020
Tina's old life ended the day she discovered her parents, murdered.Her new life began the day she walked into Tell's office, looking for someone who could do something about it.Tina isn't sure if Tell is weird for a detective, or if detectives are just weird people, but he talks like he may be the one who can figure out who killed her parents and why, and Tina is willing to put up with a lot of weird to get answers.The answers that she's going to get aren't anything like what she would have expected, and she's about to find out that the world is a lot bigger, a lot darker, and a lot less scientific than she's spent her whole life believing.But.It's an awful lot more interesting, too.
Pour Some Magic on Me
Ty Burson - 2021
Of course, nicking what doesn’t belong to you is a whole lot easier when you possess a magic jewelry box with the power to make anything disappear.When a supernatural being with mysterious powers and suspect motives comes calling, however, it turns out Jen’s once dull, ordinary life is actually just window dressing—and that behind the curtain lies a whimsical world rife with wizards, wereskunks, and pot-smoking garden gnomes.In time and with the “aid” of her newfound acquaintance, Jen will find answers to questions she never thought to ask. Questions like “why can’t my mother talk about my father?” or “why is my rocker boyfriend never around when the full moon is out?” or “how suicidal do you have to be to rip off a wizard cabal on a dare?”The answer? Very.But then you know what they say...ask not what magic can do for you, but what you can do for magic.
Dragon Brother's Nanny
Sheena Silva - 2021
There’s no question about that.But things are complicated because she’s also my son’s nanny.His mother abandoned us, but she never saw me like Lila did.A gorgeous human. Innocent. And in trouble.Lila is my ex girlfriend but I don’t see her that way.She’s the woman my son cares about. The human I need to protect.She’s also the only one who knows the real me.Unfortunately, that brings her more danger than I’d like to admit.
But the question is… can I save her life and make her realize that she’s already a part of our family?
Midnite's Daughter
Rick Gualtieri - 2017
All Kisaki really wants is to belong *somewhere*, but there are few places half demons can safely call home. Raised in isolation within the celestial palace, she longs to escape and explore the strange planet below - Earth. So when an opportunity presents itself, she takes it, inadvertently stealing her mother’s greatest treasure in the process – the Blade of Heaven. Exploring a whole new world is terrifying enough, but hot on her heels is her so-called guardian, the tiger-spirit Shitoro. If he catches her, he'll drag her straight back home. She thinks it’s to punish her. But in actuality it’s to save her. She doesn’t know it yet, but there’s a very good reason Kisaki has been kept hidden away. Half-breeds such as her are not tolerated by the demon lords. If they find her, they’ll stop at nothing to take the blade and use it to erase Kisaki, her mother, and everyone she cares about from existence.
Vampire King
Zara Novak - 2021
Not only can I see and feel people’s emotions, I can use this information to look into their minds and find their deepest darkest secrets. Now they want me to interview someone new, a dangerous serial killer that has never broken.Until now.When I journey to Carcoza city I know the trip is a mistake. America’s new capital is a rough jewel in a desert of blood, a boiling pot of murder, sin, and far worse. My target is Lucas Vancino, an incredibly dangerous alpha vampire locked behind bars for the murder of thirty women.He claims he was set up, and after seeing past that roiling wave of lust raging through his vampire mind, I see something else too, something that worries me.I think I believe him, but it doesn’t really matter, it just so happens I picked the worst day of the year to enter this deadly prison.As a thousand rioting prisoners battle to the death all around us the dark alpha takes me and we escape into the depraved city of Carcoza, a fugitive vampire on the run with his hostage. Before long those fierce red eyes of his turn on me, and I find myself unable to look away…He wants me to submit. He wants me to obey. He says I’m his.The scariest thing?I’m starting to think he might be right.Publisher’s Note: Punished contains strong sexual scenes, submissive themes, and a powerful alpha vampire with a playful dark side. You have been warned.