Contemporary Gothic

Pyre wanted to kill her, but now he will do everything in his power to keep Finley alive. For most of his life, Pyre Veskovic, an alpha dragon prince, has been alone, with only the memories of his brutal past to keep him company. Although most women find him irresistible, Pyre isn’t interested in any kind of commitment. When he comes across Finley, a vampire stealing blood bags from a blood bank, he locks her in his basement, figuring she will have the information he requires to retrieve the Blood Stone. The powerful artifact can lead to mass destruction if it falls into the wrong hands, ...

Whose screams are keeping me awake? A nonsensical phone call from a powerful witch was the last thing I needed just before a work trip to tour my hotels. It’s bad enough that I’m not getting enough sleep. I’m a powerful vampire and pride myself on making sound business decisions. I should have listened more carefully when my assistant presented me with an opportunity I couldn’t refuse. I also should have refused. This deal is a mess, but I can’t stay away. I’m drawn there by something I don’t understand, and no matter how many times I try to walk away, I keep going back. How ...

A trolley car pulls into the station. Four minutes before, the inhabitants were seen boarding at the previous station. All are dead. And all of them are union. The year is 1919. The McNaughton Corporation is the pinnacle of American industry. They built airships that cross the seas. Guns that won the Great War. And above all, the city of Evesden. But something is rotten at the heart of Evesden. Caught between the union and the company, between the police and the victims, Hayes must find the truth behind the city before it kills him.

I was young and hopeful, and I made the worst decision of my life. But I was a Jagger, and a fox shifter, and I knew I could escape my plight if only I could find someone to help me. Trevor was the perfect one to get me out. A gentle dragon, unassuming, and he didn’t demand anything from me but to be a nanny. He would save me from my nightmare, whether he knew it or not. The plan was never to let it get this far, but I fell in love. I should have left when I had the chance, before my entire, awful betrayal blew up in everyone’s faces. There are two things I learned for sure: You can’t...

Private investigator Samantha Moon is working undercover for the Fullerton Police Department’s new top-secret Vampire Crimes Special Unit (VCSU). Children are disappearing right where they stand. When four local kids vanish into thin air, Sam suspects a registered sex offender of heinous crimes. But the deeper that Sam and her partner, Brent Cole, investigate, the more perplexing the mystery becomes. And when children begin disappearing internationally—and with the same modus operandi—Sam knows that a powerful paranormal enemy is behind the disappearances. In order to prevent more ...

I became alpha of the London dragon shifters when I was young. Too young, really… Even after centuries, I still don’t want the responsibility that comes with power. Maybe that’s why some claim I’m still a bit of a bad boy and a womanizer. An important artifact was stolen, and it’s up to me to get it back. My pack is depending on me to be a real leader. However, working with a criminal was never in my plan. She makes something inside of me unexpectedly stir. Those eyes. That voice. That BODY! How am I supposed to trust her? Also, how am I supposed to live without her? Books in this...

The immortals are facing a new challenge as the nightmares plaguing them turn into reality. Iver and Isabelle have enjoyed a short respite from attacks by the demon forces and business responsibilities in New York. Now, safely ensconced in Balmorton Castle in the Scottish Highlands, they turn their focus to the birth of their babies. A demon of massive proportions is coming. When Jax and Isabelle are captured, the immortals find themselves journeying on a path never traveled by demons or angels. Deep in the abyss, there is only one creature that exists, and they are about to meet. Will the ...

A collection of paintings has complicated Lord Rothvale’s life in ways he could never imagine. Actually, make that a beautiful art specialist from the University of London responsible for the complications in his life. He’s sure about one thing, though. Before Gabrielle Hargreave blew back into his sights on a stormy summer night, he never felt this good. She’s turned his world upside down, along with his wounded heart. But Gabrielle is sporting a wounded heart of her own, and she’s terrified of risking it again on someone like Ivan. Will he hurt her as others have done?

When a biker the size of a mountain, dressed in leather, shows up at her door, Sam isn’t sure what to expect. Her unexpected guest is the leader of the local BACA motorcycle club. He has a decade old kidnapping puzzle he needs help on. The mother swears she saw her daughter in a local amusement park and needs help. The man, Sledge, has devoted his life to helping abused kids... he also recognizes when he needs outside help. Upong hearing that Samantha Moon has a reputation for finding the missing, he’s hoping she can work her magic on a case long gone cold. Sam doesn’t hestitate to ...

Hannah Brown thought she had put the past behind her. But now it's coming to find her.... Hannah never dreamed she'd have a best friend like Ellen Brecht. Ellen is everything Hannah wants to be - beautiful, daring, glamorous and powerful. Growing up together in windswept Cornwall, life seems perfect. But their idyllic childhood is shattered by obsession, betrayal and, ultimately, a terrible tragedy.

In a small Western Queensland town, a reserved young woman receives a note from one of her vanished brothers - a note that makes question her memories of their disappearance and her father’s departure. A beguiling story that proves that Gothic delights and uncanny family horror can live - and even thrive - under a burning sun, Flyaway introduces listeners to Bettina Scott, whose search for the truth throws her into tales of eerie dogs, vanished schools, cursed monsters, and enchanted bottles.

Secrets. Ramsey Cain has lived a life of self-imposed exile in his gothic mansion. Shadows of doubt, lingering accusations and mystery have followed him since the night his wife died in their home.But the truth was even stranger than the rumors. Lies. Landis Delaney was a woman living a lie. But to keep everything she had worked so hard to build,she would do anything, face anyone, event a mysterious, sexy man who may have gotten away with murder. Revenge. To find the truth and save their growing passion, these two will have to face a man bent on revenge, no matter who he has to sacrifice.

Is he my protector or my hunter? The world is my oyster. And now someone wants a piece of that. My stalker first made contact with seemingly harmless emails, but each new contact is increasingly terrifying. Now, my life is headed into a downward spiral. All I know is that the arrival of Hudson Fowler opened the floodgates of uncertainty I’d never known. Can I trust him? Truth and reality become foreign concepts as I try to untangle the confusion between my new life and old. Because I’m a Lycan now—whether I believe in them or not. And Hudson is my mate—no matter how hard I try to ...

After a whirlwind romance, a young woman returns to the opulent, secluded Long Island mansion of her new fiancé, Max Winter - a wealthy politician and recent widower - and a life of luxury she’s never known. But all is not as it appears at the Asherley estate. The house is steeped in the memory of Max’s beautiful first wife, Rebekah, who haunts the young woman’s imagination and feeds her uncertainties, while his very alive teenage daughter, Dani, makes her life a living hell.

Only a vampire can solve these crimes—an undead private eye named Samantha Moon. Private investigator Sam Moon is working undercover for the Fullerton Police Department’s new top-secret Vampire Crimes Special Unit (VCSU). With the increasing number of supernatural-type crimes in and around Orange County, Detective Sherbet needs Samantha’s special talents to help solve and prosecute the real and growing threats to the citizens of Fullerton. Sam’s first case for the VCSU threatens to expose her life as a vampire. When a 200-year-old mummified corpse turns up on the grounds of an ...

A stand-alone dragon shifter romance about a powerful dragon prince are in pursuit of his lifelong mate. Water Dragon Coral is in a desperate situation. Her ex-boyfriend ran off with a wanted criminal’s money and now Coral must come up with the cash or risk being killed. In desperate situations, people commit desperate crimes, and Coral sets her eyes on robbing Kai, a drop dead gorgeous man who harbors dark secrets. She chose the wrong target and now danger lurks around every corner. If you like raw emotions, royal dragon-shifter romances, insta-love, steamy romantic encounters, and page-...

Struggling art gallery owner, Liz Ashton, is doing everything she can to stay afloat. When wealthy businessman, Damon St. Claire, asks her to become his submissive, she recoils at his offer of an 'arrangement' but is curious and, craving more of how he makes her feel, she submits. Liz pushes her boundaries, seeking ultimate pleasure, and becomes stronger as the result of their arrangement. Damon introduces her to a whole new world, where money is no object and pleasure awaits her… along with pain. Damon fights against his rising feelings, trying to convince himself that his lifestyle and ...

As of late, Samantha Moon has been feeling the evil influence of the demoness living inside her more and more. The idea of succumbing to the spirit's depravities isn’t something she’s ready to grapple with—and it isn’t something she can allow either. On a late night flight over Monterey, CA, Sam is attacked by an unidentified ball of light and disappears; indeed, her friends, Allison, Veronica, and Julia Agrippina are unable to locate her. It isn’t until a normally silent person begins talking that all three begin to get very worried. Empress Dowager Tzu-Hsi has encountered the ...

Only a vampire can solve these crimes–a vampire private eye named Samantha Moon... Samantha Moon leaves the VCSU and the United States to pursue the evil inside a cursed castle that has marked her daughter for something sinister. Samantha Moon and Brent Cole prepare for their next case where shadows of the past merge with the present, and ancient mysteries threaten her family. It’s not the castle that stirs Sam’s soul. It’s the sinister mark etched upon her daughter’s flesh that sends her on the hunt for the disappearing castle. Brent delves deeper into the depths of his newfound ...

Lilliana I’m tired of the same old thing. My job as a marketing executive leaves me unfulfilled and yearning for something more. Leave it to my bestie to push me into a dating app. I’m not very optimistic, but then I’m matched with a mysterious stranger named Dash… He promises me a world of ecstasy beyond my wildest dreams, and maybe—just maybe—he’s someone I can explore my darkest desires with. Our connection is instant, and everything seems perfect. At first. Then, a darker side of Dash begins to surface—a jealous, obsessive, possessive, dominant side. A side that says ...