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...

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...

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,...

I've never hated anyone as much as I hate him.The day my sister died, I told her best friend I never wanted to see him again, and I meant it. I lost her because of him. Everything I used to care about means nothing now because of him.It's all because of him.So when he shows up on my driveway two years later and tells me he's moving in with me for his freshman year of college, I kick his ass and tell him to disappear. For good this time.But I...

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...

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...

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...

It was never meant to be more than a dare: A party game. A dare. A single kiss.That's all it took to flip my world upside down. I've always classified myself as straight, and as far as I can tell, so has he.I didn't think one kiss would change that, but I was so wrong.Now, I can't stop thinking about him. In all the ways I shouldn't.My best friend. Aspen.His taste is branded in my memory, his touch seared in my skin.And I wan...

There's no good. No evil. No angels and demons. There's love and there's hate… and somewhere between the two, lust finds a way to thrive. It tips the scale. It burns everything to ash.Wren—CupidWe're created from birth to unite soulmates and stop the monsters that would tear them apart. We're trained to fight, to kill… and born without the ability to feel the thing we give. A cupid can't feel love. A cupid can't have a soulmate. And a cupid...

BlairI'd been waiting my whole life to run. When I uncovered hidden papers detailing my inheritance, I knew my time had come. I packed my trunk full of plant babies, black nail polish, and determination. With my demons in the rearview mirror and my trauma for company, I made my way to Elmwood. The remote Maine mountain town is home to my future, a potential love interest, and a lot of really weird, possibly deadly secrets.RichardUnt...

After my honorable discharge from the Marine Corps, it only made sense to put my skills to good use as a personal bodyguard.The contracts keep me moving and traveling, and the money is good. All I've ever wanted was to make sure my mother and sister were taken care of after my father passed away. So when Anthony Costello, the notorious mob boss and my dad's ex-employer, asked me to take on a special job for his family, I couldn't say no.But not even my six-...

I know this is wrong, but I can't help myself when it comes to him.My mom deserves to be happy after losing my dad to tragedy over a decade ago. But her blissful new relationship comes with a catch.His name is Emery, my new stepbrother, and he's the most infuriating, impulsive, chaotic, and strangely intriguing man I've ever met.I've managed to avoid him for a year but then on our way to our parents' cabin, we get lost alone in the snowy mountains o...