The incarceration rate in the United States is the highest of any developed nation, with a prison population of approximately 2.3 million in 2016. Over 700,000 prisoners are released each year, and most face significant educational, economic, and social disadvantages. In After Prison, sociologist David Harding and criminologist Heather Harris provide a comprehensive account of young men’s experiences of reentry and reintegration in the era of mass incarceration. They focus on the ...

PI by day, reluctant witch by necessity—Beatrix has a case to crack and a legacy to reclaim.I walked away from my magic, my past, and the home I was born to protect. For the last decade, I’ve been scraping by as a PI in the non-magical world, solving human problems and ignoring the legacy that should have been mine. My magic is barely worth mentioning—unless you count my menial ability to sense emotions, which is about as useful as a chocolate teapot....

Witchlight Cove: where the coffee’s strong, the magic is unpredictable and the bodies keep piling up.Witchlight Cove was meant to be a fresh start. Instead, I’ve stumbled upon a long-lost grandfather and discovered that my best friend has been keeping a huge secret. As if that weren’t enough, the Eternal Flame – the town’s most important magical artefact and the very one I’m supposed to be guarding – has vanished.And now a body has turned up, compl...

Magic is in my blood, but trouble is in my bones.I thought tracking down an Eternal Flame would be the hardest part of this trip. Turns out, I was wrong. Between a hidden magical village, a smug lake monster, and a high priestess who may or may not hold the key to fixing my mistakes, I’m starting to think I should have stayed in bed.But I don’t have that luxury. My magic is growing stronger by the day, but it’s volatile, and if I don’t get a grip, ...

Murder has crashed the party, so justice won’t wait for an invitation.Champagne, caviar… and a corpse. This high-society party wasn’t meant to end in murder. When my brother calls me to investigate the brutal stabbing of a female ogre at the charity ball of the season, the glittering magical elite quickly become a sea of suspects.Everyone who’s anyone was there, but glamour has given way to something far darker. Someone’s playing a deadly game, and the stakes couldn’t be hi...

In a town of magic and monsters, the smallest mystery can spark the biggest trouble.Life in Witchlight Cove should finally be settling down. The Eternal Flame burns bright again, my PI business is growing, and for once the magical town I was born to protect isn’t in crisis.Of course, things aren’t all roses and puppies. My best friend Maddie is struggling with the powerful magic at Witchlight’s heart, and I’m starting to worry the Flame might be af...

Witchlight Cove: where the coffee’s strong, the magic’s unpredictable, and the bodies keep piling up.Witchlight Cove was supposed to be a fresh start. Instead, I’ve discovered a long-lost grandfather, my best friend’s hiding a massive secret, and the Eternal Flame has disappeared—only the most important magical artefact in town. Oh, and to top it all off, a body just turned up, complete with vampire bite marks.I’d love to say I’ve got everything un...

Power. Revenge. Destiny. The Queen of Werewolves is ready to claim them all.My best friend’s wedding was cancelled and she was arrested. With some smoke and mirrors we got her back, but an emergency called me home before I could get my revenge for her maltreatment.Jimmy Rain, vile alpha werewolf and power-hungry coward, thought he could attack my stronghold while I was distracted. Big mistake: knowing that Jess is safe, now I’m gunning for him. No ...

Ding dong, the bells are ringing. You are cordially invited to the wedding of Jinx and Emory.Unfortunately, so are the Connection. A shocking arrest throws the guests into disarray and threatens my happily ever after. I think I can calm things down, but they quickly go from bad to worse when I’m hauled away bodily from my own wedding.Betrayed, alone and furious, I have plenty of time to plot my revenge. Whoever said revenge is a dish best served co...

A drowned dryad. Ritual markings. A killer who isn’t finished.They pulled her from the lake – young, beautiful, and very, very dead. As Chester’s only magical Detective Inspector, I get the cases the Common police can’t handle, and this one has Other Realm written all over it.When the medical examiner discovers runes carved into the corpse’s bones, I know we’re in for a bumpy ride. Elemental runes. First victim drowned. My gut says there’s more coming, and ...

When I find a powerful political figure dead in his home, I know the pressure is going to be on. His death was brutal, and anything but swift. The brass want answers yesterday, so it's going to take the combined might of Unit 13 to bring the killer to justice.In the meantime, things are heating up with Robbie Krieg, King of the Ogres, my fated mate, and general pain in my ass. He's been keeping secrets, and they may be inextricably linked to the corpse I've just found.And w...

I’m supposed to be meeting with Emory’s dragon Court and amazing them with my suave wit and shining intellect. Instead I’m on the trail of a kidnapper. Someone has stolen away a centaur teenager, Alfie, from a magical circus. The circus master has hired me and Gato to find out who took him – hopefully before Alfie swims with the fishes.The problem is, no one in the circus is who they say they are. The Other Circus is a front for a magical underground, helping those that want to lea...