Forget what you think you know.Forget the fairy tales and lore of old.Vampires are real.And for the past seventy years, they’ve walked openly among us.They’re bigger and stronger than humans, with black eyes, horns, and powers that shouldn’t be possible.Volik is one of these vampires.Living in the small town of Hemlock Hills, he spends his days locked in his office at Stalden University. Wasting time. Waiting.Until N...

I have a nice life—living in my hometown and owning the coffee shop I've worked at since I was 16.It's comfortable on paper, but I'm tired of doing everything by myself. Tired of being in charge of every decision in my life. I want someone to lean on, someone to spend time with, sit with, hug. And I really don't want to go to my best friend's wedding alone.So, I signed up for a dating app and agreed to meet with the first guy that messaged me. Now here I am...

CassieHow to make the handsome, brooding man across the street notice me?Step one: Deliver baked goods to his front porch, even though he never answers his door and always returns the containers when I'm not home.Step two: Slowly lose my mind as a whole year passes without ever running into him, no matter how hard I try.Step three: Have my boudoir photos accidentally delivered to his mailbox instead of mine. Have him open the package. Then h...

PaytonRunning away from home at 17 wasn't easy. Let's face it, though, nothing before or in the ten years since has ever been easy for me. And I'm doing okay—sorta. I just need to keep scraping by, living under the radar. Staying out of people's way, off people's minds.When a man walks through my open patio door, stepping boldly into my home and my life, I should be scared, frightened, terrified.I must be more broken than I realized because I'm none...

BethIt started with tragedy. And secrets.Hidden truths that refused to stay buried have come out to chase me. Now I'm on the run, living under a blanket of constant fear, pretending to be someone I'm not. And if I'm not really me, how am I supposed to know what's real?AngeloWatch the girl.It was supposed to be a simple assignment. But, like everything else in this family, there's nothing simple about it. Not my task....

There are a few things that life doesn't prepare you for.Like what to do when a super-hot guy catches you sneaking around in his basement, or what to do when a mysterious package shows up with tickets to a hockey game (because, apparently, he's a professional athlete). Nor how to handle it when you get to the game and realize he's freaking famous, since half of the 20,000 people in the stands are wearing his jersey.I thought I was a well-adjusted ...

I'm so sick of watching the world spin by, of letting people think I'm plain and boring, too afraid to just be myself.Then I see him *—*John.He's strength, and fury, and unapologetic. He's everything I want. And everything I wish I was.He won't want me, but that doesn't matter. The sight of him is all the inspiration I need to finally shatter this glass house I've built around myself.Only he does want me. And when our worlds collide, details...

Okay, so my bad for assuming the guy I was going on a date with wasn't married.And my bad for taking him to a friend's house for dinner, only to find out my friend is also friends with his wife. Because, in fact, he is married. And she happens to be at my friend's house because her husband was "busy working."Confused? So am I.Unsurprisingly, my date's wife is super angry about finding out that her husband is a cheating asshole. Gi...

ValWhen I was nine, I went to my first funeral. Along with accepting my father's death, I had to accept new and awful truths I wasn't prepared for.When I was nineteen, I went to my mother's funeral. We weren't close, but with her gone, I became more alone than ever before.Sure, I have a half-brother who runs The Alliance. And yeah, he's given me his protection—in the form of a bodyguard and chauffeur. But I don't have anyone that really knows me. No...

ElouiseI fell in love with Beckett when I was 7. He broke my heart when I was 15. When I was 18, I promised myself I'd forget about him. And I did. For a dozen years.But now he's back home. Here. In Darling Lake. And I don't know if I should give in to the temptation swirling between us or run the other way.BeckettShe had a crush on me when she was a kid. But she was my brother's best friend's little sister. I didn't see her...

I should have run the other way.Paid my tab and gone back to my room. But he was there. And he was…everything. I figured, what's the harm in letting passion rule my decisions for one night? So what if he looks like the Devil in a suit? I'd be leaving in the morning, flying home to my pleasant but predictable life. I'd never see him again.Except I do. In the last place I expected. And now everything I've worked so hard for is in jeopardy.We can't sto...

My trip to Mexico for my cousin's wedding was only supposed to be a few days of obligation and oceanside.I wasn't expecting Luke. Wasn't expecting the hot hockey player, with the smirks and the tattoos, who kept bumping into me. And I certainly wasn't expecting to spend a night on the beach, under the stars, underneath him.It was magical, but I thought it would end there. Instead, we exchanged numbers and stayed in touch.So when Luke invited me to w...