When Lou Parker retired from the New York Police Department, he thought his days hunting murderers were over. When the escapist world he’d then created for himself is shattered by the murder of his son, who had followed in his father’s footsteps and joined the New York Police Department, Lou comes out of retirement to wreak vengeance on the person responsible for his son’s death. Hot on the trail, he reluctantly falls in love with his dead son’s girlfriend and their volatile relationship threatens not only to hamper the case, but their own deadly battle for survival as well.

In Patricia Potter’s high-octane romantic thriller, a young woman discovers she is not only the daughter of a notorious crime boss but a person of interest to a steely FBI agent Clutching her babies, a mother flees through the streets of Boston, desperate to escape the monster she married. Thirty-four years later, two men enter Samantha Carroll’s Colorado art gallery, and her safe, secure world explodes. Now Sam is en route back to Boston to meet her twin brother, Nick, and Paul Merritta, the crime boss whose blood runs through her veins. Merritta is dying, and he wants to clear up some unfinished business with his daughter. Nathan McLean won’t rest until he brings down Merritta and his entire family. For the determined FBI agent, it’s also personal—payback for what Merritta did to his own loved ones. But there’s a wild card in the stacked deck—Samantha Carroll. Now Sam’s on the FBI’s radar, and she’s falling for the one man who could destroy her newfound family. But Nathan isn’t the only danger. There’s someone else out there too—someone who wants her dead.

When Sameera was told by Vinay Chandra Asarava, a very rich young man belonging to Asarava Estates, accosted by him in a marriage that she has to marry him to save herself from an evil power, she just did not believe him at all. She considered the dreams in which he was saving her from an evil power and his family priest’s saying to him that he only could save her from that evil power and the marriage between them both was important to his family also as just rubbish! But when her friend Neeraja, her family members and her aunt Mallika also saw that evil power ‘a twisted shadow of a human being with hunched back and buffalo head’ and her family members were being subjected to odd experiences by that evil power, she believed some paranormal involvement in her life and has become ready to marry Vinay Chadra Asarava even though he was a womanizer and she has full negative feeling on hm. What the beautiful and nineteen years old girl Sameera has undergone from the moment of her belief that there was paranormal involvement in her life and came to the decision to marry the womanizer Vinay Chandra Asarava to save herself and her family from that evil power is the main story of ‘Twisted Shadow’, A Paranormal Romantic Thriller.

Something wicked is moving in the shadows of London… In the underground world of glitzy illegal auctions, fast cars, and stolen magical artifacts, John “Dom” Domenici knows he’s out of his depth. But he needs the job at Kempthorne & Co like he needs to breathe. The alternative—going back to the organized crime gangs of London’s East End—is unthinkable. So when Alexander Kempthorne, boss of Kempthorne & Co Artifact Retrieval Agency, wants him on a special case to track down an illegal artifact dealer, Dom can’t say no. It shouldn’t matter that Kempthorne’s world is full of deadly secrets. It shouldn’t matter that the billionaire is sexy as sin, and it really shouldn’t matter how there’s an American agent stalking Dom, an American who knows more than he should about Dom’s case, including the real reason Alexander Kempthorne hired Dom. The only thing that really matters to Dom is solving the case and finding the artifact dealer. Because there are worse things in London than a conflicted billionaire and a trigger-happy American. Something wicked is stalking London’s streets, and if Dom doesn’t stop it, its shadows will rise and consume them all. *** Twisted Pretty Things is the first book in the all-new Shadows of London MM urban fantasy series. Action, mystery, and gay romance combine in this fast-paced adventure from the author who brought you the award-winning Silk & Steel series and the best-selling Prince's Assassin series. Please note the Shadows of London series is set in London and the characters are all British (so is the author). Although the series has been edited in US English for the US market, to include US spelling and grammar, many English slang words and spelling remain as part of the character of the work.

"Within these pages you will find the beautifully weird side-by-side with terrifying nightmares, horrifying folklore, and hellish futures. Nineteen unique and haunting tales ..."--Amazon.com

Mercenary. Survivor. Queen. Casia Greythorne's world has shattered. Reeling from a devastating loss and the revelation of an identity she's not sure she wants, she also must master the strange magic awakening within her. But now she must lead her friends through cursed lands and the dwellings of gods, away from the crumbling empire and the king-emperor who clutches the crown with ever-bloodier hands. Knowing the true threat may be someone she came dangerously close to falling for... Elander Revenmar thought he knew who he was. He had a mission, a god he was content to serve. Then came a woman he should have stayed away from; whose life he never should have saved. Because salvation comes with a cost. And some debts must be paid in blood.

"Wonderful . . . J. V. Jones is a striking writer." So says Robert Jordan, the author of The Wheel of Time epic fantasy series. And Jones lives up to that praise in the highly charged epic adventure of Ash March and Raif Sevrance, two outcasts whose fate are entwined by ancient prophecies and need, in the cold, dark world that threatens to be torn asunder by a war to end all wars. Isolated by their birthrights, they are but two who fight the dreaded Endlords, and their strength and courage will be needed if the world is to be saved from darkness." Raif, wrongly accused and cut off from his clan by the treachery of their new headsman, has a talent for killing that is part of his curse and his burden. But he bears another burden of greater weight. Ash is a sacred warrior to the Sull, an ancient race whose numbers have declined. Raised as a foundling, never knowing her true history, she must learn to accept the terrible gifts of her heritage. But as Ash learns more of her greater fate, Raif's task looms dark and desperate, for he must journey through the nightmare realm of the Want, a place where even the Sull now fear to tread. For deep within the Want is the Fortress of Grey Ice, and there he must heal the breach in the Blindwall that already threatens the world. Should he fail, not even Ash's powers can save them. . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

In Patricia Potter’s seductive and chilling novel of romantic suspense, a young woman trying to prove that she and an heiress were switched at birth steps into a privileged world where a killer is watching and waiting to silence her forever Kira Douglas’s mother, Katy, will die unless she receives a new kidney. Kira is the likely donor candidate . . . until blood tests reveal that she isn’t Katy’s biological daughter. If she isn’t Kira Douglas, then who is she? And how can she save her mother? The only answer is to find Katy’s true daughter by birth. Kira’s search leads to Leigh Howard, an heiress to a $50 million trust fund, and her formidable protector, Max Payton, a charismatic attorney who doesn’t trust Kira or her theory that she and Leigh were accidentally switched at birth. When Kira’s life is threatened, it becomes clear that someone doesn’t want the truth to come out or allow Kira to lay claim to the legendary Westerfield fortune. Now Max is torn between his loyalty to Leigh and his powerful desire for the woman who has upset their privileged world. But he may be too late to stop a legacy of hate and greed that was set in motion decades ago—and is about to come full circle.

A thrilling new fantasy series full of magic and betrayal—from Evelyn Skye, New York Times bestselling author of the Crown’s Game series. Sora can move as silently as a ghost and hurl throwing stars with lethal accuracy. Her gemina, Daemon, can win any physical fight blindfolded and with an arm tied around his back. They are apprentice warriors of the Society of Taigas—marked by the gods to be trained in magic and the fighting arts to protect the kingdom of Kichona. As their graduation approaches, Sora and Daemon look forward to proving themselves worthy of belonging in the elite group—but in a kingdom free of violence since the Blood Rift Rebellion many years ago, it’s been difficult to make their mark. So when Sora and Daemon encounter a strange camp of mysterious soldiers while on a standard scouting mission, they decide the only thing to do to help their kingdom is to infiltrate the group. Taking this risk will change Sora’s life forever—and lead her on a mission of deception that may fool everyone she’s ever loved. Love, spies, and adventure abound as Sora and Daemon unravel a complex web of magic and secrets that might tear them—and the entire kingdom—apart forever.

A chilling darkness is spreading, turning the very shadows of the world into killers. Caleb Draven has already lost everything to the mysterious plague—his family, his peace, and his hope. Now, as society crumbles, he watches in horror as the shadows of ordinary people twist into malevolent beings, hungry for blood. But when Caleb’s shadow starts to rebel, he realizes there’s something far worse at play. Joined by Selene Thorn, a determined scholar, and Marcus Hale, a reluctant skeptic, Caleb embarks on a desperate journey to uncover the truth behind the curse. Their search leads them to an ancient war between humans and shadow-dwellers—and the revelation of a long-buried secret that could save or destroy them all. As the shadows close in, Caleb must confront not only the deadly beings hunting them but also the darkness within himself. The final battle will demand the ultimate sacrifice. Will he face the truth, or will he succumb to the shadows? The Plague of Shadows is a gripping dark fantasy horror novel filled with eerie tension, complex characters, and relentless suspense. Fans of Stephen King and atmospheric, psychological horror will find themselves captivated by this story of survival, sacrifice, and the terrifying forces lurking just beyond the light.