He could use a break. With his wife expecting and the undead rising, he’s not going to get one…Newly minted wizard and NYPD Detective Eddie Berman is burning the staff at both ends. Between his crime-fighting duties and the fast-approaching birth of his third child, he knows he’s staring down more sleepless nights. And when a drug bust exposes vampires attempting to fulfill a sinister prophecy, he’s in a race against time to stop them from raising the dead....

ATF Special Agent Cooper “Coop” Bellamy's rigid adherence to rules has left his relationship with his 11-year-old daughter in ashes. When Charleston's fire chief calls him to investigate a series of mysterious nuisance fires ravaging the city, Coop sees a chance to redeem himself as a father and catch a dangerous arsonist. But as the fires turn deadly, he finds himself torn between family and duty.Enter tenacious TV reporter Sydney Quinn, whose pursuit of justice for a man wrongly ...

Azra A.Z. Matthews is a business major at Blake University and part of Phi Rho fraternity.A.Z. was raised in the suburbs by a successful father and doting mother. His sister also attends Blake University and is premed. Once A.Z. ventures off to college, he discovers a world vastly different from the one he was raised in. A.Z. discovers a sense of freedom and the ability to do him without being under the scrutinizing eye of his parents. Even though he enjoys his fre...

Only one thing keeps me from turning this world into a nightmare... and that's the angel of a woman I've fallen in love with.Her purity and beauty are the only things that soothe my tortured soul.The world fears me. It doesn't matter if you're a human, orc, or dark elf—you shrink away in terror when I come into view.Only Moira can keep me at bay.I'll kill anyone or anything that tries to harm her. I'll rip them apart as they still breathe an...

No pity. Trust no one. Keep it moving.My name is Sheena May, and those are my rules. With secrets worth killing for, I'll do whatever it takes to avoid being caged again. That's why I can't stop running, even if it means I never find out why I have these powers.When fate drags me back into the magical world kicking and screaming, I'm torn between a demon I can't resist and a shifter who tells me we belong together. They promise me things I've never dared to...

Hi, my name's Lila, and I’m an alien. I have two husbands and two fiancés. I also won two more mates in a kickass battle for supremacy, and I may have been seduced and had a crazy, sexy swim with a merman when he sang to me. Oh, and did I mention I have just hatched three beautiful but slippery kraken babies?And that was just in the first month with the Galaxy Circus. That’s enough craziness for one lifetime, right?Wrong!I still have to go to a desert planet to find...

The story of a family facing our futureIt’s 2125 when a long-separated grandson suddenly arrives on his doorstep looking for answers. Max MacGyver retells their family story and secrets, revealing a century of challenges that they’ve faced. Journey to 2125 is one family’s touching story, across generations, of adventure, rivalry, loss, survival, and resilience.This is the story of a family facing our future. A small boy escapes war in Asia. A young woman flees catastrophe d...

A relentless bounty hunter. A reporter chasing the story of a lifetime. A warrior paying the price for every battle fought.These stories and more are featured in the third short story anthology for the System Apocalypse, continuing the saga of survival in a world transformed by the arrival of the System. Humanity has adapted to a new reality filled with Classes, magic and monsters, but the struggle for life, love and purpose never ends. This anthology brin...

He never believed nightmares were real. Until his search led him deep into the darkness…Joshua Bennet needs some answers. After growing up with impossible stories about the undead, the young African American journalist receives a large and unexpected inheritance after his father’s suspicious death. And so curious about his dad’s tall tales, he quits his hated newspaper job and sets off to unearth the terrifying truth.Seeking the mysterious gravedigger at th...

Returning from an injury, pro basketball player Salem “The Silencer” Jones is ready to resume being the best defender in the league. A league that now has an openly gay player—and not just any player but Salem’s long-time, secret crush—Arnaz Cade. He soon discovers that defending his shot with Arnaz, suddenly one of the most sought-after bachelors, might be his biggest challenge yet. Big challenges call for big plays, like shooting his shot at a nationally televised press conference.

Charleston’s top investigative TV reporter, Sydney Quinn, lives to expose the city’s darkest secrets. So when a former firefighter takes two paramedics hostage, she talks her way inside, offering to gather intel in exchange for a story that could boost her career.But when Sydney finds the body of her friend, a local insurance executive, at the scene, the scoop of a lifetime turns personal. The hostage-taker swears he’s been framed, pulling Sydney into a web of cybercrime, stolen id...

During the 1920’s the widow of a con artist falls upon hard time and decides to use the only inheritance her husband left, a scam to skim money from the government and organized crime. To her surprise it works. Eight decades later the consequences of her little secret hit the street throwing every person with a stake in urban life in a whirlwind of a war with law enforcement and themselves. At the same time Jasmine Malone, a ten year retiree, from organized crime rest and Relaxation comes ...