TW – fantasy environment, torture, mention of SA, mention of CA, blood consumption, caffeine abstention.Jennika was surprised to get an invitation to her sister's alpha's holiday event. When she gets there and is handed an apron, the reconciliation makes sense. She gets to work while reminding herself not to be stupid in the future.After the events of the night have concluded, Annika brings her a glass of pineapple juice and thanks her for her help. When the juice is down, ...

Heyval was at university when a catastrophic event took out a hall full of visiting dignitaries. She runs for the explosion and arrives just in time to save the last living person in the room... right after he dies.Necromancy is highly illegal at university, and using it is a death sentence. Heyval escapes ahead of the enforcers and makes her way to a nice, quiet city where she can blend in and just be herself with some limitations.After needing to use necromancy again, she...

Eudora was in a marriage of convenience, which became inconvenient when her husband brought a woman home, breaking the terms of their prenup. She follows the letter of their agreement and leaves everything behind, but now, his lawyer is stalking her, and she needs legal help.A coworker calls a lawyer who is willing to work for an exchange of services. He will unravel her divorce and the original marriage, and she will join him at society functions as his plus one to keep women at b...

Hellebore wants some time off from the singing, from being pressured to perform. When she takes off in the beginning of December, she is shocked to find her normal portal turning into a one-way trip into a prison.With her head a bloody mess, she is taken to the doctor who treats her wounds with a confident touch. She gets the briefing on the prison, but one tiny detail is left out. Their prison is a holding area for a Christmas detachment.All eight men are being held for cr...

Max has lived as the Abomination for five years and this week is her anniversary. Like all vampires, she has to return to the point at which she was turned and relive her original attack and transformation. Max is prepared, but there is a little errand she must run for Gregori before the big night.A panther shifter has asked for a bodyguard for his sister, and Max agrees to watch the woman as long as she can bring two friends.Raven Dexter and Hellebore arrive in time to hel...

Em was born to one side of her parents' marriages, and things didn't get better from there for quite some time. Handed over to act as a servant for her omega sister's pack, she spends days in terror and nights in pain.In hospital, a helpful associate from her past hires a lawyer, and he hires a private investigator and a forensic accountant. At that point, Em has everything she needs. She just needs to learn to trust it.Reuniting with her half-brother from her hospital bed ...

Nora was an excellent administrative assistant until the day a business associate of her boss made an aggressive pass. She tells her boss, and he tells her to thicken her skin, having heard the other male's version of the event. She can toughen up or quit. She chooses the option that will stop the pain of the dismissal.Sabin is shocked when he finds out she is leaving, and he's devastated when he learns that it is her last day. He had enjoyed having her next to him, breathing in her...

Hemma had been used to collect DNA from powerful actives. The Uraddan government had used the samples to make stronger actives that they could control. She hadn't had a choice, but her face was well-known by her targets.When she was seen out with her boss's child, things went downhill. Being on an island famous for alpha activity was stupid, but Keska and Sorooth were in the nest trying to make Kessie a sibling. Going to an island to hang out with friends was the perfect distractio...

Haley is on her second week of a file-sort contract. She’s cleared to work with military records and has been slogging through years of research on artifacts that are only referred to vaguely. She is looking through a file and finds a piece of jewellery in the file with a lot of notes. She grabs the file and the bracelet and slips down the servants’ stairs to hand them off to the researchers in the basement, and that is where things go wrong.The world is in danger. A rift of tempor...

The ladies of Redbird City are connecting in strange and wonderful ways. Hannah and Neekil are getting ready for a housewarming, while Jennel and Jennor are getting ready for a royal wedding with Day-ek and Reymark cheering them on.With Jennel's firebombed home a mess, Hannah looks for some contractors who can help fix it so she can put it back on the market. A specialist in stud and roof repair is suggested, so she gives the woman a call.A dark fae, Isocar has a special bo...

Estelle is a logistical expert, show her a problem and she can solve it. When she is drugged and enslaved, she looks for a way out, sending messages with every outgoing slave and hoping that one will get her plan to the Alliance in time. The escape is on, but she has been shackled to her breeding partner that very evening, linked by a chain they lead the escape until one partner goes on alone. Survivors are offered a place on an Oefric colony world. The shape shifters have a separate town ...

Sarah Marks made her living on archaeological digs for the Alliance. Going to the lost planet of Admar is an honor that puzzles her. Usually a more experienced Reader would be chosen. Her Terran heritage has been a hindrance to her until now, but that is about to change.Arriving on Admar, she finds that she has the magic touch, and that some of that magic is waiting to touch her back.Demetrius has been waiting over a thousand years for a human to arrive and wake him. He is extremely please...