A demon attack… Reeling from a personal tragedy and abandoned by all she loves, the world's newest demon huntress, Gin Crawford, sinks into a deep despair. She’s forced back to reality by news of a large number of people committing suicide, all on the same night. Suspecting demon involvement, Gin must work with her sexy but estranged mentor Aidan Smythe to track who, or what, is behind the deaths. Leads to a new discovery… As they come closer to finding the culprit, they realize their employer, the Agency, is hiding its own secret, one which threatens Gin's very existence. New discoveries reveal that even those dedicated to eradicating evil can be bought. Can Gin and Smythe forgive each other and work together or will they fall under the demon's thrall?
Stars—they're just like us! Except much, much worse. Rose Aslani is mid-bikini wax when her phone lights up with a notification: Famed scam artist Poppy Hastings will be released from prison today. It's been two years since Rose—a first-generation Middle Eastern American, functional trainwreck, and reporter for online journal The Shred—wrote the investigative article that exposed Poppy as a socialite grifter. Normally, one of her articles going viral would be cause for celebration, but the highly publicized trial that followed turned Poppy into the internet's favorite celebrity. And Rose has been reeling from the aftermath ever since. Although Poppy served her time for defrauding some of the richest, most powerful men in the world, Rose knows this is only the tip of the iceberg for Poppy's crimes. She just can't prove it yet... At least not without the help of a devilishly handsome FBI agent gone rogue. As Poppy's star rises as an influencer and pop-culture icon, Rose quickly descends into a downward spiral of guilt and obsession. Her article created Poppy's fame, so Rose needs to right her wrong by exposing Poppy for the monster that she is. But it's not going to be easy taking down the most famous girl in the world. Campy, satirical, and utterly hilarious, The Most Famous Girl in the World is both a scathing indictment of modern celebrity and a thrilling rollercoaster ride of unhinged hijinks that will keep you gasping at every turn of the page.
Stranded and alone on a bitterly cold night in the North Idaho mountains, Abigail Sandstone has few options. She is out of gas, has no cell phone service, and is facing a very long jog down a steep mountain road back to town. Then she spies lights across the canyon. Can this be her salvation? She climbs onto the opposite road and finds the headlights of a dark, idling limousine outlining three dangerous-looking thugs brutally torturing a defenseless woman. Abigail searches for a way to help and is stunned when the woman breaks free of her captors and flings a set of keys her way while fleeing toward the roadside brush. Shots ring out, the woman disappears from sight, and now Abigail is the new target. As the men chase her into the cold dark mountains, Abigail quickly discovers that they are no ordinary thugs. These men are expert trackers and trained killers. Without a gun or survival gear, she must use her self-defense training and knowledge of the forests to stay ahead of them. Tired and alone, she fights to outdistance herself from the killers. But is her desperate will to survive enough to get her back home to her family?
Assassins overrun Sprout and Serena’s flophouse hotel only to find Sprout has turned the building into a booby-trapped kill box of dirty bed sheets and polaroids. Surrounded by chaos, Serena discovers Sprout hasn’t come to New York City just to play dress-up…but to murder a man.
Nathaniel is an inmate locked away in a godforsaken prison submerged a mile beneath the ocean's surface without any idea of the day, week, or year. He has been abused, tortured, and left to rot with one of the cruelest prison directors he has ever met. But a man can only take so much before he decides he is done. He is certain he is no criminal, but he doesn't want to be a hero either. Nate wants freedom, and he is determined to get it one way or another. Alongside Raven, Grayson, Atlas, and others, Nate decides to escape The Gr�f. After he discerns that even the most secure prison has weaknesses, he begins formulating a strategy that will only be successful if the timing is perfect. But when he finally unfurls his plan, Nate discovers that freedom comes at a high cost. In this exciting thriller, an inmate locked in an underwater prison formulates an escape plan that leads him and others on a dangerous journey from hell into the unknown.
Between cultists, creeps, spies, mind-control rays, flying saucers and the LAPD, Bettie has had just about enough of everyone’s crap. Watch out, Hollywood. Now you’ve made her mad. David Avallone and Colton Worley continue to help Bettie work through her issues, in The Secret Diary of BETTIE PAGE, Chapter Three.
From the author of "Dancergirl" comes the story of a high-school news reporter who investigates a secret society at her school after a student lands in the hospital under OstrangeO circumstances.
Amber Ryann is the #1 ranked player in the online battle game Blaze Auras. Behind the keyboard, Amber is very extroverted with a snarky attitude; however, when out in public, she is very introverted and suffers from a severe case of social anxiety. One day, she encounters a player by the name of Khaine that shows just how complacent she has become. She develops a rivalry with Khaine but what happens when the two of them meet in real life?
DEATH BY DECEIT Josiah Reynolds and a friend discover a dead body. Why does this always happen to Josiah? The dead man was a reporter. Police believe his death is due to a botched robbery, but Josiah begins snooping. Detective Drake tells Josiah to back off, so Josiah’s forensic psychiatrist boyfriend hires her to help him investigate. Now Josiah has access to all case reports and they support her theory, but no one listens. Josiah decides to find evidence proving her theory. She begins a dangerous game of seeking truth in the Bluegrass— world of wealth, privilege, and now murder! DEATH BY MAGIC At a fundraiser for retired Thoroughbred horses Josiah meets Rudy Lee. He says a fortune teller predicted he will murder Josiah. then be killed himself. Josiah tells Rudy the fortune is nonsense but can’t shake the notion the fortune teller may be right. Then someone does try to kill her! Josiah searches for the truth in the “dark and bloody” ground of Kentucky where secrets are held tight to one’s heart DEATH BY SHOCK Josiah. Shaneika, and her sweet cousin Heather, are on an archaeology dig at Ft. Boonesborough where Daniel Boone led pioneers to the frontier and meet the Dane twins, society women who rub them the wrong way. Heather is entranced by the sisters until she catches one of them plotting to murder her identical twin. But which twin is planning a murder? Heather can’t tell them apart. She asks Josiah for help Josiah can’t prevent a murder but soon discovers Heather is not so sweet and may have a motive for lying about the Dane sisters. Josiah does some digging and learns others on the excavation also have motives for murder. Josiah seeks truth in a land that hides its secrets well. Kentucky is not called the “dark and bloody ground” for nothing. DEATH BY CHANCE Halloween is right around the corner when Lady Elsmere throws a Civil War ball. Josiah enters the party’s corn maze to find her dog, Baby, and discovers Baby standing over a fallen scarecrow. But is it a real scarecrow? Josiah doesn’t have time to find out. Someone dressed as the Grim Reaper bolts from the shadows, swinging a scythe at her. Our heroine picks up her skirts and flees crying, “Murder in the corn maze!” DEATH BY POISON Josiah Reynolds hitches her American Paint Horse to a pony cart when horse whisperer Velvet Maddox hurries over. Pointing a crooked finger at Josiah she announces that Josiah can’t participate in the Shawnee Trace Horse Parade. “I see death standing next to your horse. Beware.” Miss Velvet is never wrong about such things but Josiah plunges ahead. Surely this time Velvet is mistaken. No one can see death. The parade proceeds but spectators surge ahead and surround the horses, spooking them. Josiah’s horse rears up and the pony cart runs over something. Josiah stops her horse and peers beneath her cart. A leg protrudes from underneath the cart. Josiah realizes Miss Velvet was correct. Death was hovering near her horse. DEATH BY GREED Josiah works in her bee yard when a commotion comes from a horse pasture. She rushes toward the uproar and discovers an enraged Texas Longhorn bull. The beast is snorting and pawing the turf, and threatening a prized Thoroughbred. Calming the bull is no small task and in the end, Josiah has a busted fence and a barn door ripped off its hinges. Josiah confronts the bull’s owner only to discover him dead, lying in a pool of his own blood. Police assume the bull is responsible for the man’s death. Josiah has her doubts. She’s convinced foul play is involved and works to save the Longhorn from being “put down.” Will she solve the murder and save the Longhorn?
