Mortui vivos docent. The dead teach the living.After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her and leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me.Four years later, I received an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest, most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it's rumored to be haunted by the s...

Nothing prepares you for finding your sister’s lifeless body covered in blood.But when the police arrest her ex, a man I know is innocent, I can’t sit by and do nothing.Not when I’ve been secretly in love with him for years.Heath may not want my help, but I won’t take no for an answer.To catch a killer, I’m forced to take a job at Saint View Prison. Maximum security. The place they send the worst of the worst.But it’s not ju...

Vane, one of Peter Pan's Lost Boys, has finally given in to Winnie Darling and she's enjoying every minute of it.This bonus scene takes place before Chapter 30 opens in The Dark One: book 2 of the Vicious Lost Boy Series. If you haven't read The Dark One, please be aware there will be spoilers.Content warnings can be found at https://www.nikkistcrowe.com/content-warnings

*Duet Narration*I wasn’t human, not completely. A Lycan—a centuries-old wolflike creature that was feared by all, stronger than anything on the planet, and who was only ever after one thing. My mate.For over 300 years, I had one purpose in life. Find her, the one female born to be mine. My female who’d cause the Linking Instinct—that supernatural connection that told me she was mine and I hers—to finally take root and make me whole.And for hundreds ...

From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Pike comes a standalone, single-mother, friends to lovers, feel-good romance.Goodbye Montana.It’s me, not you. I’m getting out. Moving on. Specifically? To Paris where the apartment I inherited is waiting for me. I’ve pretty much perfected the art of being single and nothing is going to keep me here. Especially not a gorgeous single-mom of two that I have no business thinking about.In all humility,Van...

*Duet Narration*I’d never felt like I was missing anything in my life, not until my only friend left to start a journey to find out her own history. It had been clear in the ugliest way that I relied on her company too much over the years.I needed to make my own path, create my own story.But then one video call changed my entire life, and I was thrown into a new world where creatures that had only ever been in fiction and movies were now very much ...

Somehow, I've landed myself a do-over and this time, we aren't screwing it up. This time, I don't want her all to myself. This time, we're going to share.MiaThe second the Boston Bruins star forward steps out of the villa bathroom, looking like a god in nothing but a low-slung towel… I should turn around and beg for a different room.When his tall, dark, and broody teammate walks in offering to share the villa… I should run.A...

When two worlds collide, can anything survive the Echo?The apocalypse begins at two o'clock on a sunny Wednesday afternoon. Strange music emanates from the sky, mesmerizing everyone and luring us outside. Then the sky splits open, and terror rains down on the earth. Monsters rampage, ripping apart any living thing they see while powers beyond comprehension destroy my city.I'm a librarian, not a warrior. But now I must find a way to survive and stop...

A cursed kingdom.A Fire Singer seeking vengeance.And a prince who is not what he seems…Under the silks of her circus troupe’s tent, Elyria Solaris dances with fire. She disguises her gift as showmanship, but longs for answers about why she has a power no one else possesses.Somewhere in the city of never-ending night, Prince Cal is looking for the girl who burns the brightest. Only she can stop the horror inf...

Will Murphy spends his down time doing subversive cross-stitch, crafting saucy baked goods for the romance book club he attends with his Nana, and desperately trying to hide the fact that he's been in love with Vanessa Woodbridge for, well, ever. For years, he's been content to wear the best friend label. But suddenly it's starting to chafe, right when Vanessa needs a trusted friend more than ever.Vanessa Woodbridge wants to be a hedge witch more than anything, but her chances of b...

*Duet Narration*The moment I found her, my fated mate—the only good and right thing in my dark, hollow life—she was taken from me by my enemies. She was gone, ripped from my arms, a feeling more painful than if my heart had been torn from my chest.I changed that day. I didn’t see myself as Odhran, loyal soldier to the king of the Scottish Lycans, any longer. I became scarred, emotionless, and soulless. And over the decades, I became stronger, more deadly. ...

Nolan Payne, wide receiver for the Camden Knights, isn't looking for anything serious.His focus is on football and convincing his sister and her roommates that his moving in was a good idea.Hadley Foster is facing the toughest challenge of her college career: public speaking. It's her kryptonite but a requirement for her future role with her family's company, so she's intent on overcoming her fear. And public speaking just so happens to be her new roommate'...