“Then it’s settled.” The leader gestured to the group of warrior orcs in the room, “pick one to be the boy’s father.”I sat on the floor with my son, Max. He crawled into my lap as I whispered. “One of them is going to … keep taking care of you. Can you tell me who the nice one is?”The orcs in the room snorted with disbelief and laughter.Max pointed to one with a shaved head and extensive tattoos.“That one?” I asked. “Are you sure?”He nodded before hi...

“You cannot live on the food we have for you. That leaves me three choices. Let you continue to starve, slowly dying. Or put you out of your misery, and save the resources of feeding you for someone who has a chance to live.” The orc gave me a long, calculating look before he continued, “Or I can find you someone who is willing to spend his personal resources to care for a defective human.”My name is Wilhemina Jensen. I am one of the few people who survived when aliens first made c...

Sarah Williams lay dying on the pavement. She was dying right in the stronghold of a local werewolf pack. The Bellmont Boys made the decision to try to infect her with the virus causing lycanthropy. It wasn’t an easy decision, most people don’t survive the infection. Werewolves are required to hide their existence. They are 0.02% of the population the rest of the world never hears about. It isn’t easy to roll a new person into a pack, especially not when so few women are converted....

A few years ago, there was an invasion.Hordes of tall, grey aliens with tusks arrived in spaceships the size of cities. Before the news channels went dark, humans named the creatures orcs.The human armies fought and failed. War crimes were committed on both sides. Eventually, when food supplies failed, society collapsed and the government was overthrown. Humans turned on each other. Nowhere was safe. The orcs rounded up the survivors and locked them away in...

My name is Wilhemina Jensen. I am one of the few people who survived when aliens first made contact."You cannot live on the food we have for you. That leaves me three choices: Let you continue to starve, slowly dying. Or put you out of your misery, and save the resources of feeding you for someone who has a chance to live." The orc gave me a long, calculating look before he continued, "Or I can find you someone who is willing to spend his personal resources to care...

“An intricate thriller that begins with a missing girl and ends up in unexpected territory” from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell (RT Book Reviews, 4 stars).A schoolgirl found it on a nature hike. A severed human foot wearing pink nail polish. A gruesome but invaluable clue that leads forensic pathologist Birdy Waterman down a much darker trail—to a dangerous psychopath whose powers of persuasion seem to have no end...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A superior crime novel.”—The Washington PostWATCH WILL TRENT ON ABCAnsley Park is one of Atlanta’s most upscale neighborhoods—but in one gleaming mansion, in a teenager’s lavish bedroom, a girl has been savagely murdered. And in the hallway, her mother stands amid shattered glass, having killed her daughter’s attacker with her bare hands. Detective Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigat...

After losing her job and being left by her rock musician husband, Rose Okanese, a single mother of two feisty girls, resolves to claim some self-respect. She decides the fastest way to do that is to run the reserve’s annual marathon, but her training is sidetracked when she must do battle with an ancient demon. With a cast of unusual characters, Dawn Dumont weaves a tale of motherly love, friendship, lustful longing, wihtikow lore, and Rez humour that keeps the hoopla going until the race ...

Their love is a long shot…Aspiring writer Kellie Dalton needs to impress her friend, a bestselling author. If she’s successful, she has a chance to save her bookstore for underprivileged kids. When Kellie’s rear-ended by a sexy-as-sin biker on the way to Vegas, she finally sees the opportunity she’s been hoping for. All she has to do is convince the hot biker to play “fake boyfriend” for a week. It’s just a matter of playing her cards right…Quinn Anderson doesn’t k...

Mickey's Revenge is the fourth book about the Taylor family by crime writer Sandra Prior, following Dangerous, Diamond Geezer & Mickey's War. Set in London's East End gangland underworld.The unthinkable has happened; Mickey ‘Dangerous’ Taylor is dead. The unbeatable, notorious East End gangland boss is gone; cut down in his prime, in the most disrespectful way possible – strangled and stabbed on a filthy toilet floor at his local pub. And as the family gather to bury him, only one ...

New York Times bestselling author Carla Cassidy brings her riveting Men of Wolf Creek series to a thrilling climax.Maybe it's just her imagination, but Sheri Marcoli's convinced she's being watched. With the disappearance of her aunt still unsolved, Detective Jimmy Carmani's not taking any chances. But sticking close to the vulnerable beauty isn't just a job. For the first time in his life, Jimmy's discovering feelings he thought himself incapable of....

TO SAVE A CHILDIn the dark of night, Quinn Robertson is on the run with her little niece, desperate to bring the child to her biological father. All Quinn knows from her scared sister is that the girl is in terrible danger. And when a security and rescue specialist intercepts Quinn and claims he's there to help her, she isn't sure who to trust. According to Malone Henderson, Quinn's niece was stolen as a baby from her real father-the very man Quinn is trying to reach. As Quinn work...