Can you have a second chance at a first love?Nick Paine is just starting to return to normal after he told his wife he's gay and asked for a divorce. Despite a daughter he loves dearly and a job he believes in, part of him is stuck in the past. He's never forgotten the first love he let fade away fifteen years ago.Adam "Izz" Azzi has settled into a happy rhythm. His daughter is healthy, he's found a mosque that accepts him, and his work as a modern artist is gainin...

Leo and Elia are best friends who are more—but never acknowledge that reality to each other. What happens when, after twelve years apart, they meet again? It all starts with a tweet…(Originally published as part of the Crack the Darkest Sky Wide Open Anthology. Story One in the Ten Endings short story collection.)

Face to face, and rifle to rifle. The time and location change, but never the circumstance. Merq Grayson and Armise Darcan are enemies—and neither will be considered successful until the other is dead.Merq Grayson has known only war. He is a skilled Peacemaker, soldier, and sniper. And it is his destiny to right the wrong created by his grandfather six generations removed—the man who invented the sonicbullet.Armise Darcan is his enemy. A sniper and Dark Ops officer...

A relationship is the least of Merq's and Armise's concerns...With one bullet Merq Grayson set the wealthiest citizens of the world on a collision course with the poorest--those fighting for their freedom. As the Borders War reignites, the Revolution faces heavy losses. They scramble to maintain their advantage, to strike at the Opposition and crumble their power structure before they are able to rally.But Merq is in the midst of an internal battle that shakes him ...

He was built to be invincible.Merq and Armise return to the States after their mission to assassinate the remaining Committee members only to find the leadership of the Revolution isn’t as stable as they had thought.Outside forces come crashing down on a Revolution stronghold, leaving two of their soldiers gravely wounded. Merq’s history with his brothers in arms Simion and Neveed forces him into making decisions that will impact his future with the Revolution....

They were never meant to find peace.It’s been five years since Merq stood in front of Armise’s rifle, facing the truth that their relationship would inevitably end this way. Five years since he woke up to darkness but immediately knew Armise was at his side. Both of them are heavily scarred and battling a past they will never be able to fully outrun.But maybe, against all odds, they’ve finally found a measure of peace.Author note: Sanctuary consists of ...

Face to face, and rifle to rifle. The time and location change, but never the circumstance. Merq Grayson and Armise Darcan are enemies--and neither will be considered successful until the other is dead.The world is embroiled in a three hundred year war which has seen half of the world's population wiped out and the rise of five superpowers. Despite the hundreds of millions who have died, the Borders War has been nearly bloodless because of the sonicrifle--weaponized sound ...

Merq’s always known there’s only one way Armise and he can end.The Opposition is losing—both the war and the fight for citizen support—and the Revolution’s victory appears certain. Despite that success, Merq knows his leaders won’t let two of their greatest assets simply walk away. But with Armise fighting for his life, getting out becomes Merq’s primary objective.Almost two decades of selfishness can’t be alleviated with one right decision, and Merq is faced with ...

Whether Armise lived or died was never supposed to matter to Merq.As the fight for the kids of the jacquerie begins and the war between Opposition and Revolution heightens, Merq discovers that he may not have as much control over his actions as he thought he did. Further complicating their tangled relationship, Armise may be just as compromised.Desperate to learn the truth, Merq and Armise put themselves directly in the path of a powerful enemy. They’ve spent fifte...

Poe is about to learn death and time are fragile barriers. But only if he has the strength of will to let go.Poe passes through a graffiti-laden alley, his chin tucked into his chest, a scarf wrapped tightly over his mouth to keep out the cold. He has nowhere to go since Isaac's death, but something compels him out in the frigid Chicago winter. He steps out of the alley, off the curb, and...into sand. In summertime. Isaac told him it would happen but Poe doesn't care how i...

At fourteen, Nick Gautier thinks he knows everything about the world around him. Streetwise, tough, and savvy, his quick sarcasm is the stuff of legends. . .until the night when his best friends try to kill him. Saved by a mysterious warrior who has more fighting skills than Chuck Norris, the teenaged Nick is sucked into the realm of the Dark-Hunters: immortal vampire slayers who risk everything to save humanity.Nick quickly learns that the human world is only a ve...

Nick Gautier's day just keeps getting better and better.Yeah, he survived the zombie attacks, only to wake up and find himself enslaved to a world of shapeshifters and demons out to claim his soul.Being a teenager is no picnic either. His new principal thinks he's even more of a hoodlum than the last one, his coach is trying to recruit him to things he can't even mention, and the girl he's not seeing, but is, has secrets that terrify him.