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, ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Benny has lived her life in the shadows, avoiding the public eye. Her life as a recipe blogger pays the bills and lets her socialise, but she is about to get the assignment of a lifetime.Her boss orders her into a one-week ride-along with agents of the XIA, the eXtranormal Investigation Agency. It is the anniversary of the agency, and they need to improve their exposure with the general public.Against her objections, she is paired with a standard set of agents—a vampire, a sh...

Hazel has tried just to follow the family path and do what was asked of her. Her work in the financial industry has her pegged as an analyst and a notary for the company contracts. She has one secret she holds for herself, which is a small matter that gives her a reason to keep going.A summons, a curse, and a blue-skinned elf tangle themselves into the worst day ever. She runs to a friend to get help with the curse, and her friend has to go to higher magic, the elf clan leader. He j...

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...

Cabree has been writing code for Z-Tech and then Z-Corp since they were up and running. It's her programming that makes the weapons, vehicles, and medical marvels work. She runs the security algorithms and has come to a conclusion. After participating in a glorious wedding, she looked around and didn't see anyone who saw her. She wanted to be seen, and she wanted to be warm. Cruise, it would be.Cabree spends a few days in the sun before getting an invitation to a casino. It was the...

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...

After dealing with an assaulted escort, Keska tries to offer her an option that isn't her day job. She was the original escort when they tried to work the bugs out of the system. Her activation is to invent, and the mask design was her original idea.Dealing with trying to entertain Jienne is one thing, but finding out that her relationship with Nelith is now official sends Keska spinning. Add that to her daughter and ex-patron coming back into town, and she is fighting to organize ...

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...