The monster has a name, Jude Ophion. He and his network have been exposed, and the takedown begins. The RamseyTesano group embarks on a plan that will require them to rely on more than their cunning abilities. Success will require Jude Ophion's natural sons. Darwin Rush, the youngest of the elusive trafficker's scions, has wanted to see his father's ruin since he was old enough to form an opinion of the man's depravity.But Darwin has more on his plate than cutting the head from his...

It was supposed to be an expose alleging sexual harassment at one of the world's most prestigious pharmaceuticals companies. For all intents and purposes, it was. Reporter Jericah Dowling could never have known the firestorm her work would unleash. Had she known the fallout would include the death of an innocent young woman, she may've backed off. She may have were it not for Grimm Ophion and his team of… fixers

"Nica...look, I don't want to treat you like that, alright? Like a one-night stand. What right do I have to upset your world that way?""Gib," exasperation hugged her voice and she found his honor as wonderful as she did infuriating. "Why does it matter if we both want it?" A warning bell tripped in the back of her mind and signaled that her boldness could come back to haunt her. She'd fret over that later. She'd had about all she could stand of relying on herself to douse flames of...

Motivated by desperation, Etienne Shaw and her three friends make a decision one night that will shape their destinies and haunt their futures. For Etienne, it was the night she believes she became a monster. Whether the monster was simply conjured in a moment of terror or had been brewing inside her for years, was a question with the power to incapacitate her. Then, she meets Mercuri Nikolaides, a man with the power… to intoxicate her.For Mercuri and his friends, the desperate act...

The opinions of others had never much mattered to LuCarolyn Young. Then she met Rutger Eliades. Rough, brooding and undeniable, captivation was a given emotion with arousal hot on its heels. Lu had a past, though-one that defined her-one Rutger already knew way too much about. Anything beyond one night of no-strings sex, was out of the question and she very much wanted more than one night.Rutger Eliades was absolutely not a man to be toyed with, underestimated or tolerant of a woma...

Princess Holland knew what men saw when they looked at her. She knew they couldn't see what lay beneath the beauty they favored. Something had died inside her long before the night that changed her life forever.The rage and sinister creativity that once ruled Slayte Miltiades was favored by those who had created him. That favor set him apart from the men he loved like brothers and connected him with the monsters he came to loathe. Those monsters moved among cultured circles, gained...

Berrill ‘Bear’ Clayton is an accomplished beauty encased in steel. Her toughness isn’t an act, but it isn’t ‘all her’ either. She distances herself from love and intimacy, clinging to the Alpha Girl persona she believes enables her to forget the times she was too weak to save the people she loved. Though her looks contradict it, she’s felt incapable and…owned her entire life. It’s just her luck to fall for a guy who seems set on owning everything he sees.For Pope Apostolou, ‘owners...

A fast-talking businessman is felled by a frying pan: “Soul food and sassy characters…a feast that will satisfy the appetites of readers.”—Library JournalWelcome to Mahalia’s Sweet Tea—the finest soul food restaurant in Prince George’s County, Maryland. In between preparing her famous cornbread and mashed potatoes so creamy “they’ll make you want to slap your Momma,” owner Halia Watkins is about to dip her spoon into a grisly mystery ....

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine"s Home for Peculiar Children , an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine"s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob...

“Nuclear hot action in and out of the bedroom along with lots of juicy backstabbing . . . Steamy-hot passion” from the New York Times–bestselling author (Library Journal).Blake Crystal is at the top of her game, professionally, financially, and personally. At fifty, she has four wonderful, grown daughters—not to mention a new younger lover who takes her in breathtaking directions—in and out of the bedroom . . .On the surface, Alexis Crysta...

HerBlaine didn't understand the true meaning of lonely until she spent her first Christmas away from her husband. She was never one to believe in love at first sight. Then she met Elliott while he was on leave from the Army. From that moment on, they loved fiercely, and never wasted a day. She knew that deployment was a very real possibility… one that scared her to death.HimWhen the orders are handed down, he has to go, leaving his ...

I’ll kill to protect her. And then I’ll make her mine.MarcusThey always called me crazy. Sociopath. A monster without a conscience.I always thought they were right. I've never backed down from anything, and the only thing that has ever soothed the monster in my chest was killing.Then she walked into my life. The woman who seduced me so she could sell my secrets to my enemy.I should have killed her, but when I lo...