As far as first dates go, you can't go wrong with a moonlit trip to the crematory.MarshallI've lived a carefully cultivated life on a quiet suburban cul-de-sac. My anonymity and meticulous routine are all by design. No one knows of the monster that lurks inside me, this insatiable urge to commit murder, that thrives just beneath my pastel sweater vests and buttoned-up demeanor.No one, that is, until my tiny menace of a neighbor come...

Noah AsherCoach. That's who I am. The strong, levelheaded, always-dependable coach.But then my wife left me. And my daughter—well, according to the town—she ran off and left me too. Now, I'm branded with scandal. My reputation is at stake, and I have to play by the rules if I want to keep my job.Then along comes Chance Leighton—a rule breaker with a scandal of his own. And worse, he's not from here. He's a Big Bend Bear.I need to keep my hea...

They say you should love thy neighbor, but I don't think they meant it the way I want to love mine.Miles "Rooster" JohnsonAs a young single dad with a teaching job, I haven't had much opportunity to date. My son is my entire world, and though I would love to have a partner and someone to count on, the passing years have shown that it's just not in the cards for me. So when the gorgeous lumberjack of a man—the same man that I've had a massiv...

Does Cupid have a nice list? Never mind. Forget it. I'm breaking up with Valentine's Day.It started innocently enough with a harmless inquiry about a cute guy at a coffee shop. The goal was to get back into the romance game. The search turned into a social media frenzy. #DesperatelySeekingDane was not available. Talk about a buzzkill.Just when I thought things couldn't become more dramatic, a TV production company reached out to me as a last-minute contesta...

What do you do when a cocky alpha werewolf picks you to be his mate?Sebastian's first instinct is to run for the hills. His second is to wish that Viggo had asked him on a date like a normal person. He would have said yes in a heartbeat.But this is what he signed up for. He took the cash from the werewolf mating program, knowing that he was risking his freedom, and now the consequences of that decision have come back to bite him in the ass.Literally...

Maybe he's fast enough to catch you. Maybe you want him to.JeffreyReturning to my hometown, to normalcy, after all I've been through feels strange, to say the least. Returning to the friends and family who have all moved on with their lives while I'm still trapped with demons of my past haunting me is the worst kind of torment.I'm safe now. Lydia, the woman who stole me when I was just nine years old, is in prison. I'm free. But I d...

EzraBloodied and broken, I clawed my way out of hell at twelve years old. I left a corpse behind and took with me only trauma. I'm twenty-three now, and it's no surprise I'm haunting the streets on the wrong side of the river, stealing to survive and provide for the one person who has ever cared for me. Only, my seamless thefts have started drawing the wrong kind of attention. Threatened into the dangerous task of breaking into Sinro Enterprises, a multi-billion-do...

DominoThey say I'm a monster. Cold. Unfeeling. A man born to rule with bloodstained hands. They're not wrong. I don't feel guilt when I kill—only euphoria. There's nothing like the rush of holding someone's life in my hands, knowing I control the exact moment it ends. Life is weak. Fragile. Death is the only truth.Then I met Remi Cain. Quiet. Obsessed with the beauty of death, just like me. The second I see him, I want him. Not just his body, but his darkne...

Callum HayesThe first time I witnessed death was my mother's when I was eight years old. It devastated me. The second was at sixteen when I stumbled on my stepfather's body after he was brutally murdered. That one screwed me up in a different way.Since then, I've kept my shadows at bay, my secrets locked up tight. That is, until Stone Wakefield joins my college hockey team.Five years ago, he saw something I meant to take to my grave. He saw me weak,...

Travis WyattAll I've ever wanted is to go to college and get out of Kensley. That small town is all I've ever known. I want to be free to be myself, not stifled by small minds in the football-loving town where I grew up.Then I blew my one and only chance.Now, I'm just stuck. Stuck in small-town life with the same small-town people I've always known. Stuck where I don't want to be. Constantly on the defense and hiding secrets about myself. To never b...

The only thing Maddy knows for certain is that he died.I died. And I came here. To a place they call Two. They say one out of three people who die come here. Berlin is here. She’s seven. She forgot to take her insulin. Darrel is here. He drowned. Dr. Raleigh is here. He’s the head counselor at the Two Adjustment Facility (TAF) I’m at. He died in an avalanche. Perry Whitcomb is here. I connected with him on Deadbook, Two’s version of Facebook. He was on my soccer te...

A lonely man, a lonely monster, what could go wrong?Ellis Clearwater: There's an honesty in the turning of the earth, in the turning of the seasons, and I've always preferred its quiet, steadfast company over that of other people. Left alone with an inherited cottage and my beloved pup Rotho to look after, my days are largely given to tending the garden, save for periodic errands in town.My town's annual "sacrifice" to the "monster in the woods" is the stuf...