Showing results by narrator "Kathy Handrock" in All Categories

The Curran siblings set about crossing the country once more, this time with the objectives of helping their friends and learning more of their mother. With their identities no longer so private, every decision could have life-altering consequences.

I never wanted this life. My dreams were simple—love, and maybe college. But now I'm bound to Bobby, the Mafia King of Chicago. He both terrifies and captivates me. So why does every touch from him send my heart pounding like a war drum?

When Skye Temple buys an historic house in Salem, Massachusetts, the witch capital of the world, she ignites events that began centuries ago during the witch trials. Salem's bloody history unfolds with her discovery of ancestral diaries, the murders of local girls, and her attraction to Jerome Phips.

In the midst of an investigation into a spree of child murders, Private Investigator, Hank Dolan takes on a missing person's case that tests his limits. Hired by a Descendant, a goddess that woke up in a mortal body along with all the other gods and goddesses two years before, Hank is thrust into the mysterious and grisly. Meanwhile, the 'hybrid', Sadie Fuller, strives to stay hidden, from both the authorities and evil Descendant Set who hunts for her in the city.

It's been a while since Sadie Fuller has lived a normal life. Her obsessive compulsions make even daily life a constant struggle. Living in New Los Angeles doesn't help either. A haven for Descendants, gods and goddesses that suddenly woke up in mortal bodies, the city is ripe with the mysterious and macabre. But now Sadie is witness to a Descendant murder and thrown into an investigation that will test her in ways she could never have imagined. Soon, she herself becomes the hunted. Who is serially killing the Descendants and why do they want to kill her?

Once betrothed to a man who promised to circumcise her. Kara knew she had only one escape. She ran, stumbling into a world of pain and blood thirst she’d never known existed. A creature of the night turned her into something else. Not long after, she’s abandoned by her maker, leaving her with no answers and an uncontrollable hunger. She broke vampires' most sacred law—don’t kill humans.

The Curran siblings, joined by a new friend, travel south to San Francisco to learn more of their kind, and Bennett and Frank, believing themselves duty-bound, head east to offer their services to the Union Army. Recommended to fans of witchcraft, epic fantasy, or something a little different. No Artificial Intelligence technologies were utilized in the creating of this work.

In a distant past, the magician, Seabhac, fought a deadly battle on a cliff high above the raging sea. Hovering on the point of death, he managed a final thrust of magic and escaped to Avalon to pass the his knowledge to his apprentice, Ainevar. Driven to protect the endangered Druid magic, Ainevar fled Seabhac’s attacker and began a course of events that wind through history and take root in modern day Salem.

Darla didn't know why Marker gave her the necklace. He'd placed it around her neck and told her that when the baddest of the bad came, she'd was to show this to the guys who worked at the gas station by the highway. At seven, she'd never dreamed that she'd ever need its magic protection. But when the gunshots woke her in the middle of the night, and she saw her mother's body in the living room, Darla knew she had nowhere else to go.

Charlie's got a secret, something she's been hiding for over a decade. Something so deep and dark, it's like a shadow in her soul. But just when she thought she was safe, a mystery photo shows up, taking her back to the day she ran from her past. Was there someone watching her all those years ago?

Embark on Wingate's year-long trek across North America, facing winter's bite, the sun's scorch, deserts, mountains, and urban mazes—all on foot. Explore the highs of human connection and the lows of solitude, from benevolence to bone-chilling fear.

Private investigator and ex-Ranger Noah Sullivan arrives in Nashville to identify the victim of a 20-year-old kidnapping, one of a series of cases in a nation-wide investigation. He plans to locate the victim, hand off information to authorities, and move on. But Quinn Collier has other plans. How dare this handsome stranger ruin her life and not stick around for the fallout?

"Paul Vincenzio: Alpha Male–An Enemies to Lovers Mafia Romance—Chicago Mafia Vows, Book 3" is an enemies to lovers mafia romance that plunges listeners into the heart of Chicago's underworld through the eyes of Paul Vincenzio, the ruthless Boss of the Chicago Outfit. While Paul's hold on Chicago is jeopardized by a powerful and dangerous secret organization, his life, is further thrown off balance by Aisling, a college intern whose fiery temper matches her striking red hair.

I never wanted an arranged marriage, especially not to a man I loathe. But then I met someone—a man I thought I could love, only to discover he’s a monster with a soul darker than the one I'm being forced to marry.

It’s been forty years since, as a young bull yearning for his fated mate, Damian felt the pangs of love and loss in an instant. One moment, he is answering the call of his destined partner, only to have it cruelly snatched away, leaving him in a torment of anguish and solitude.

This tale begins in the year 1849, in a bedroom of a plantation house. A woman, the lady of the house, is in labor, and her unborn son, unbeknownst to all present but she, will be the first warlock gifted in the ways of the South to be born in over two hundred years. The child, Henry, along with his three older sisters—Josephine, Alma, and Marjorie—will, for reasons they will not learn of until several years after their mother’s murder, be considered by most of their kind as the four chosen to lead their people to a level of power and prosperity like the witches and warlocks have never known.

Royce McLeod couldn’t wait to get out of Tucson, Arzona and never come back. All she wanted was a life away from the desert and her M.C. family. But ten years later, her well planned and perfect life shatters. Calling off her upcoming wedding, losing a well-deserved promotion, and having to accept that her fiancé wasn’t actually the man she thought all were too much for this stubborn woman. With her tail tucked, Royce heads home to nurse her broken heart. While welcomed back, the only thing warm was the hot summer.

The Hotel Lamia chain is famous as a place to play and feed, and the Las Vegas location delivers on this delicious promise. Humans go to find cheap thrills on the edge of The Strip and vampires find no shortage of ways to satisfy their hunger. But for some, the bloodlust is overwhelming. Like Chaima, who exacted revenge on her attackers and was entombed in Morocco for eighty years. Now she's locked herself in the Hotel Lamia Las Vegas, battling her inner demons.

A successful career woman, at a juncture in her life, has finally attained the beautiful lifestyle, the security, all she had ever dreamt of during her trauma laden upbringing—only to realize she may have lost the only thing of worth. Fear, drama, trust, grief—and eventually, understanding and redemption dominate this novel-like memoir.

In the tight-knit community of Mystic Beach, social worker Dr. Clara Starr appears to have conquered her troubled past. But when the body of local waterman Bobby Ward washes ashore, Clara's darkest secret plunges her into the heart of a chilling mystery. As her clients become the prime suspects in Bobby's murder, Clara must unravel a web of deceit and betrayal.