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LIAN THE HUNTER: Lian isn’t a happy puma. He’s a lethal Hunter who should be out fighting the enemy, not babysitting a human scholar. Still, he’ll do whatever necessary to rid the world of the evil goddess, Shakpi. And there’s the bonus of spending a few hours away from his family of Nurturers who have been smothering him with love. The last thing he expects is to discover a female who not only stirs his passions, but who calls to his cat on a primal level.

After fending off the Adjudicator attack, the Alliance learns that the enemy is preparing a final, exterminating push against the human systems and their allies, the Hroom Empire. To buy time while building their forces, the allies send Captain Jess Tolvern and her sometimes rival, the former pirate Catarina Vargus, in command of a fleet to raid and reconnoiter the aliens' own home worlds.

The game of kings and conquerors is not meant for a mage to play, much less a thief. Kaylin finds herself neck-deep in intrigues and dark dealings. Those she's getting used to. She was not ready to deal with the added complication of a young and impetuous king. Yet there is something even worse on the horizon, and no one seems willing to see it. On the way to getting people's head out of the sand, Kaylin's got plenty to worry about. Not the least of these concerns is keeping the city she cares about from being put to the sword.

Thief Kaylin is trying to keep her crew alive in Waypoint, the last bastion of civilization before the remains of a once-great half-elven city in the shadows of Ziammotienth. Many venture out to the ruins. Most do not return. Is Tolan's Doom just a legend, or is it much more? Adventure and intrigue swirl around Kaylin as she fights for her crew and gets into more trouble than she could ever have expected. Her world is changing, whether she wants it to or not.

T'Chezz is upping the effort with the war and unleashing an unbound demon on San Diego while Katie/Pandora and Calvin happen to be in town. However, to save Calvin, Katie is going to have to divulge more abilities that could get back to Korbin. With the special weapons taking a toll on his plans, T'Chezz finds out he isn't the only one who has new capabilities. So, he decides to increase the burn. Katie and Pandora are having to learn how to work together...and yet make sure that Korbin believes Katie isn't being taken on a ride by a demon with centuries of guile under her belt.

Smith Ramsey knows all about hard knocks. So when his newest client gets dumped by her boyfriend, he gets her an apartment in his complex. He tries to steer clear of her, having enough troubles of his own. He's got estranged brothers to deal with on top of learning his mother wasn't his mother. But he can't forget pretty Erin Briggs. And soon he's addicted to more than her cookies.

Angelica Morgan's head is full of her goddess power's previous incarnations. When they're not demanding she satisfy their cravings, they must help her uncover a plot that designed to disrupt all aspects of Angelica's life. As the past catches up to the present, will Ang ever get an uninterrupted date with Simon? Or will recent events...resurface? The banshees are acting strangely—more strangely than usual, anyway. Caught in a web of duplicity, Ang prepares for all-out war.

Sexy suit Blade was held captive and abused for decades. Benson Enterprises was desperate to use his superior blood to create super soldiers. But when he's finally rescued, he can't return to the Wildlands with the other prisoners. Not without the female he was forced to watch being impregnated. The female who has gone missing.

Kayden is obsessed with revenge after his parents disappeared when he was just a cub. Now the gorgeous Hunter has discovered the man responsible for betraying them - Joshua Ford - and it's time for payback. Beginning with the kidnapping of Joshua's daughter, Bianca. But the last thing he expects is to be confronted with the horrifying realization that Bianca is his mate. Will he put revenge before his chance for eternal happiness?

For too long, victims have been told to be quiet, to keep a secret, to be ashamed, to be blamed, and we now say, "No more." It is time to speak. It is time to form a chorus of voices that demand change. This anthology is a way to channel those experiences into something inspiring, moving, and encourages others to action.

Pandora believes that not supporting donuts is a good enough reason to label them evil. Angie's learning the saying "idle hands are the devils workshop” is twice as important if the hands are big and blue. Someone in hell is thinking of a takeover. With Lucifer out of the way, how would the demons play? Kick back for a fun, supernatural, action-packed adventure that will have you yelling for the good guys and laughing at the arguments between Katie and...her.

When Caitlin and her band of revolutionaries stumble upon a town under the spell of a strange, magical group, it's up to them to release the people and deliver revenge.

The team has to come to grips with a killer being allowed to live. The alien has to deal with the threat of paperwork. Will this effort to allow Juntto to redeem himself work? Or will Katie need to figure out how to kill him for good, when even the angels from above could only place him on ice before? Juntto is used to getting his way, but has he met his match with Angie? He wants to be Emperor of his own country. How can she convince him being an Emperor isn’t all it is cracked up to be? Pandora doesn’t play by the rules, nor will Katie.

A sensitive and two ghost hunters walk into a bar. The barman is silent and the barflies long dead. It sounds like the start of a joke, but it's not. An active haunt in a derelict biker bar on Route 66 is a dream come true for the PEEPs team, until it turns violent. Join Mia Cooper and the PEEPs team on an adventure from the cultural confines of Chicago's Field Museum down Route 66 to Lucky's Bar, where evil is always on tap.

There are changes happening around the world, and Hell isn't giving up, even as they go through a few changes there as well. One of the Leviathans has risen, and this time it doesn't walk around destroying property. No, it is much more insidious. Turner is asking for a roommate, and not one you can acquire in the Classifieds....

Dr. Keegan Wade is a highly successful trauma surgeon in New York City, but her career has left her feeling empty and anxious. In need of a break, she embarks on a journey across the country on a restored steam train. Along the way, she reunites with Willow Lord, a recent college graduate struggling to make ends meet. Despite their vastly different lives, Keegan and Willow share a deep connection that began many years ago as young girls.

It could be said that Terra Olson has achieved her dream of being an archeologist . . . if you were liberal with the exact details of her duty as Freya's chosen. Granted, she's hunting down magical treasures. Doing it at the behest of an eccentric curator and the goddess herself to prevent Freya's sacred belongings from falling into the wrong hands falls outside the job description she'd imagined.

Evan Griffith has done a lot in his life: a stint in the Marine Corps, as an overworked CPA, and investing in his family-owned moving company. But none of that holds a candle to helping people move. On an unforgettable job, he is involved in a female-on-female brawl, is taken by a teenage conman, and falls in love at first sight with a woman holding a knife. Yeah, his life has gone down the rabbit hole for sure.

Welcome back to Dallin, a charming little town that you’ll find nestled among hoodoos and red rock canyons. At 41, Dakota Dawson has left her old life behind to start anew in Dallin, not expecting to fall for Nikki, a straight woman with boyfriends, as she rolls into town. Immediately complicated by misperceptions, their budding relationship has an uphill climb when her ex-wife comes to Dallin, and Nikki's life is threatened.

At 33, Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Aki Williams, travels to a small town in Illinois to meet her biological sister, Jack Camdon. While there she meets Carsyn Lyndon, a 43-year-old professor of archaeology who has suffered from PTSD since the loss of her parents and wife in a tragic accident. Despite being kind-hearted and handsome, Carson hasn't been dating, and if she were to date, wouldn't date a younger woman, determined not to repeat her past mistake. But when she meets Aki, everything changes.