Katie H.

Being a warrior for the King’s Guard, I’d been trained to handle the most lethal situations. But after waking up and realizing there’s only five days left before the Snow Moon, I tasked myself with a mission which could truly end me—gifting my mate with a present for Flaik Luna. Other than a couple of rounds with an evil being, what do you buy a Fire Caster who wants for nothing but happiness? With help from some friends, the Snow Moon festival of Love will either be a success or a disaster.

Magic always comes with a price. This is the lesson Alex Hendricks, a young practitioner, learns when she is forced to confront a terrifying entity set on claiming her soul for his own. Secrets from her past are revealed, and she must decide whether to meet the entity's demands or sacrifice herself, allowing him to end her life and condemn her to eternal torment. This short tale follows Alex on her journey over the course of two days time as she battles supernatural forces and comes into her own power. But, will it be enough to save her life and retain command of her own soul?

Her ruse uncovered, Jane finds herself in exile from the home and family she found aboard Sneaky Lass. What little money she had now gone, Jane’s options are to find a livelihood or starve. Helmed by a notoriously mad captain, the lethal crew of Deceit is leaving their mark across Trinity’s many brothels. Left with no other options, Jane joins ranks, but it is not long before she learns there is no honor among these thieves and murderers. Jane finds her position aboard Deceit to be more captive than crew.

Winnie: What actions do you take when the enemy captures your best friend? You kill anyone who gets in the way. We found the facility where Luka is being held captive, and it appears to be impenetrable. They have astonishing security techniques and state-of-the-art equipment. Good thing I'm the best hacker around. Even a fortress can't keep me out.

Trauma nurse Aly Cappellucci doesn’t need any more kinks. She likes the one she’s landed on just fine. To her, nothing could top the masked men she follows online. Unless one of those men was shirtless, heavily tattooed, and waiting for her in her bedroom. She dreams about being hunted by one in particular, of him chasing her down and doing deliciously dark things to her willing body. She never could have guessed that by sending one drunken text, those dreams would become her new reality.

Avery Watson moved to Denver to escape her controlling mother. Sure, it's not easy, and she has to budget every penny, but for the first time, she’s content. Then she meets Hunter Coleman. This powerful, mysterious man isn’t the sort that small, freckled, awkward women like Avery usually attract. His intense eyes follow her every move. She should be worried, but he makes her feel safe. Yet Hunter is even more dangerous than he seems...and he’s not a man at all. He’s everything Avery should fear—everything she desires. And he’ll stop at nothing to make her his lifemate.

Everyone knows that Halloween is the one night of the year when monsters, ghouls, and nightmarish creatures of all types can walk freely among us. Caution is needed. But for Evie, caution is the last thing on her mind when she follows a masked stranger into the woods after he saves her from a gruesome fate.

Looking for adventure, I followed a hunch. It got me kidnapped and taken aboard a ghost ship with a kraken for a captain. How could I have guessed magic was real? Or that I was born to wield it? Will these fated mates find their way to happily ever after? Or will secrets force them apart?

Flying no colors and desperate for crew, Sneaky Lass is a damaged brig in no position to look too closely at any volunteers, no matter how ill-suited to sea life they may be. After a series of decisions Jane can’t turn back from, she commits one final act of desperation; she dons stolen boots, shorn hair, and the name Dixon Ables to take up with the crew of Sneaky Lass. Now, she finds herself in a position where she must keep up her boyish disguise or be thrown into the briny deep.

Estrella's life wasn't exactly going to plan: divorced, childless, and halfway to forty. But she was getting by. She had her work, her brother, and if she got lonely there were several friends in her nightstand happy to help out. Then she woke up on an alien ship. Suddenly, "just getting by" took on a whole new meaning. Determined not to be victims, Estrella, her brother, and the other prisoners must band together to fight for their freedom, and a chance to return home.