From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Brotherhood"A love letter to the power of music, this thoughtful, humorous exploration of what constitutes living versus mere survival sees Chen (Light Years from Home) at the top of his game." —Publishers Weekly starred review"A strong emotional core carries Chen's (Light Years from Home, 2022) latest, which is ultimately about healing from old wounds and learning how to embrace life again after loss—even if you're dead." —BooklistBeing a vampire is far from glamorous...but it can be pretty punk rock.Everything you've heard about vampires is a lie. They can't fly. No murders allowed (the community hates that). And turning into a bat? Completely ridiculous. In fact, vampire life is really just a lot of blood bags and night jobs. For Louise Chao, it's also lonely, since she swore off family ages ago.At least she's gone to decades of punk rock...

We're known for our savagery.We run New York City. We control every inch of it and anyone that gets in our way is executed.I protect the people from con artists and thugs like the cartel. But I'm not a good guy. I loathe thinking of myself as a vigilante. And did I mention that my little sister tried to put me behind bars?When a young woman's car breaks down in the rain, I'm feeling overly generous.I recognize her, she's a nurse from Steele Concierge Medical, at least that's what she wants me to believe...I bring her into my compound to protect her during the storm.But she betrays me.Turns out that she's FBI, working undercover, and intends on destroying the Bratva from the inside.Now that I know the truth, who will protect her from me?BRUTAL BOSS is a steamy enemies to lovers Russian Mafia romance. It can be read as a standalone novel. The Bratva Brothers were previously introduced in Ruthless Vow (Mafia Marriages...

Earth holds bitter memories. When he looks to the stars for answers, will he rocket to victory or fly too close to the sun?Bill Barecraft is lost in the depths of grief. With his business success making him a target for extortion, he's devastated when a violent gang kidnaps his wife and children. And when his money can't stop the abductors from brutally executing his family, the heartbroken man channels his despair into an ambitious dream to populate other planets.Assembling some of the world's brilliant minds, he tries to heal through the excitement and challenge of conquering interstellar travel. But even as the team edges closer to leaving the solar system, their launch plans get derailed by a ruthless organization intent on destroying all hope.Will his vision be torn apart by vicious politics, or can they find peace in space?T.R.I.P. The Rhea Initiative Project is a slow-burn standalone science fiction thriller. If you like...

When Molly Madison, dog-wrangler extraordinaire, stumbles upon a murder in her new hometown, she must track down a killer to save the day. Ex-police officer and former P.I. Molly Madison is starting over. After the death of her husband, she and her golden retriever, Harlow, move cross-country to California. But as charming and peaceful as the beachside town seems, she soon learns its tranquil tides hold dark secrets.   On her first day in the new house, a large, slobbering Saint Berdoodle wanders in. Molly winds up taking on the responsibility of training Noodle since his owner is too busy to do the job. On one of their daily beachside walks, Noodle digs up a severed hand. Once Molly alerts the police and they run a background check on her, an incident from her past makes her an immediate suspect—after all, Noodle’s testimony to clear her name won’t hold much water in court.    To prove her innocence, Molly must...

"Powers like Bleach. Worlds like Supernatural. Vibes like Legendborn." Fifteen-year-old Maleek Warden was just a normal high school student—before he met a spirit being who could wield lightning. Maleek's next surprise was learning about the reality of a Spirit Realm. Then he learned about the war. And then about his responsibility to protect the world from demonic spirits. Fighting demonic spirits is a skill that Maleek and friends must learn quickly, for a dangerous threat (whose strange powers can warp the mind) grows quietly in the background. If Maleek is going to stop this adversary from stealing the sacred Seal housed within their city, thus plunging the entire region into an era of deep darkness, he needs the help of his friends. He needs to discover his powers. He needs to become AWAKE. Begin the journey on page 1...

Altum is a world of secrets. A place where celestial gods look over a world of magic built above the remnants of forgotten high technology. A world of fair-skinned Novare and purple-skinned, double-tailed Xol. A world of ogres and wizards, monsters and ancient fairies, where reality is a Fabric that can be folded by skilled sewers.At the centre of Altum is a great mountain range, and at its heart lies Zenidow, the mountain without peak, untouched by mortal hands for as long as the world has held life. Now, however, opposing forces are being drawn to it.On one side, Ogwold, a simple but virtuous ogre touched by the gods and immune to the poisonous sea. On the other, Zelor, an unstoppable Xol sorcerer in the grip of an insatiable evil presence from beyond the stars.While the Novare and Xol fight an increasingly desperate war of attrition, these two and their allies fight to claim, or protect, the secret Zenidow holds, the only...

The Night People were an urban myth, weren't they?A bunch of freaks and other deformed men and women who preferred their own company to that of the people who hated and reviled them. It was said they lived in the sewers beneath New York City, with all the snakes and alligators. People laughed at the idea that such a society could live, undetected, beneath the busiest metropolis in the world.But Larry Kent knew different. The Night People existed, all right, and they were friends of his.When multi-millionaire Gordon Pierson's daughter was kidnapped—apparently by the normally peaceful Night People—he hired Larry to find her and bring her home again.He dare not fail ... because if he did, Pierson promised to mobilize the National Guard and clean out the sewers with guns and flamethrowers.The fate of the Night People lay in Larry's hands.

MINERVAWhile I prefer simple magics, and hide my more deadly skills, I can defend myself. My gift, shield magic, makes me impervious to dark magic, so my coven sent me to determine what evil lurks inside the Kent coven in the town of Maidstone. I'm to stay with a trusted nonmagical apothecary who has petitioned for entry to the Witches of Windsor. Jonah Allen lives outside of Maidstone. I'll be safe at his home. I expect to find a bookish man bent over his concoctions, but instead, I find a hulking bear of a man who stimulates more than my intellect... JONAHThough born to a powerful witch, I have no practical magic. Forced from my birth coven, I use my knowledge of medicines in nature as an apothecary, but living among ordinary people is a foreign, lonely existence. I've heard the Windsor coven is more open-minded about membership, and I have nothing to lose by requesting admission. Windsor sends a powerful witch to stay with me while...

"Howard Blum writes history books that read like thrillers."—New York TimesA retired spy gets back into the game to solve a perplexing case—and reconcile with his daughter, a CIA officer who married into the very family that derailed his own CIA career—in this compulsive true-life tale of vindication and redemption, filled with drama, intrigue, and mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Goodnight, It's a real-life thriller whose stunning conclusion will make headline news. On a sunlit morning in September 1978, a sloop drifts aimlessly across the Chesapeake Bay. The cabin reveals signs of a struggle, and "classified" documents, live 9 mm cartridges, and a top-secret "burst" satellite communications transmitter are discovered aboard. But where is the boat's owner, former CIA officer John Paisley? One man may hold the key to finding out. Tennent "Pete" Bagley was once a rising star in...

A beautiful Cupid, a runaway arrow, and a love that defies the stars...Hannah is the number one Cupid on Archer Island six years running. She is beautiful, confident, and she never misses her mark. Ever. But on one fateful day, with her magical arrows drawn on two would-be office lovers, the unthinkable happens. Hannah misses her second mark, and she only has seventy-two hours to fix the mishap.Payson Martin's life is as unfulfilling as her job at a Las Vegas TV station. When a temp is suddenly assigned to her, she's not sure what to make of Hannah, the striking woman who seems more interested in pushing her toward her co-worker than doing her job.But the more time Hannah and Payson spend together, the more they begin to fall in love. Cupids are simply not allowed to fall for anyone, let alone someone meant for another. Loving Payson will mean giving up her duties and homeland, but is missing her mark the best mistake Hannah has ever made?

It's not only secrets that are buried by the water... A gripping crime thriller from bestseller master Nick LouthOn the tree-lined banks of Surrey's River Wey, a decaying corpse is dug up by workmen in the middle of an Anglo-Saxon burial site. His modern dental fillings show that this is no Dark Age corpse... DCI Craig Gillard is called in, but the body's condition makes identification difficult. One man, however, seems to fit the bill: Ozzy Blanchard, a contractor employed by the same water firm doing the digging who disappeared six months ago, his crashed company car found nearby.But then an X-ray of the corpse throws the investigation into turmoil. A shard of metal lodged in his neck turns out to be part of an Anglo-Saxon dagger unknown to archaeologists. Who wielded this mystery weapon and why? Does the answer lie in a murderous feud between two local families?The deeper Gillard digs, the more shocking truths he will uncover.A...