Forget a white Christmas in Houston. Poet, chef and amateur sleuth Neil Marshall sees a blue, blue Yuletide heading straight at him. And as if his holiday funk and the hectic seasonal demands aren't enough, Neil's grandfather, who bears an uncanny resemblance to old St. Nick, decides to make an unexpected visit. Soon, however, Neil learns that Grandpa's normal holiday cheer is closer to holiday fear as the elder Marshall is on the lam from a murder charge back in Colorado. It's up to Neil ...

While congressional candidate Chip Gunn sweet-talks power brokers at his Houston fund-raiser, all hell breaks loose for catering chef Neil Marshall. In the kitchen, Gunn's guard is stabbed, and Neil's assistant is found gripping a bloody knife, swearing she never used it.But when the victim vanishes, Neil and his friends become ensnared in a lethal mystery where innocence offers no protection . . . and where people in glass houses never throw stones, but shoot to kill. . . .

Thirteen never before seen YA short stories just in time for the holidays!Book 1: Twelve Days to Christmas by L.A. StarkeyBook 2: Christmas Seasoning by DB NielsenBook 3: Merry Chris Witch by CK DawnBook 4: Wrapped in the Past by Chess DesallsBook 5: Butterflies in the Snow by D.E.L. ConnorBook 6: The Darkest Night of the Year by Tim HemlinBook 7: Cold Hearth by Kelly HallBook 8: Code X by W.J. MayBook 9: Good Saint Nick by Lu...

Graduate student and part-time chef Neil Marshall only wants to go for an early morning run. Instead he witnesses the near-fatal shooting of legendary Houston private eye C.J. McDaniels, and he fears the gunmen can identify them. Before long, Neil finds himself in the eye of a hurricane, his quiet academic life ripped apart as he rides a swath of violence that cuts across a mansion in River Oaks to an eerily silent suburban home, from a secret hospital room to the bed of a fascinating woma...

END IN SIGHT is the 6th Book of USA TODAY Bestselling author, W.J. May's best selling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan.We're born, we live, we die.It's that simple.At least, it's supposed to be…When life couldn't get anymore confusing, fate steps in and throws a curveball.Rae Kerrigan should be ecstatic. She's found her mother and Devon has admit...

Twisted Together is the 8th Book of USA Today Bestselling author, W.J. May's, bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan.Put a big bird in a small cage, it will sing you a song... Patrick WatsonRae Kerrigan has been branded a traitor.Arrested with no idea why, Rae suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of the Privy Council and possibly for good. She's branded a traitor, just like her father.Forced to ...

Hidden Darkness is the 7th Book of USA TODAY bestselling author W.J. May's bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan.A race against time, a sprint across the world.The enemy has a new face now, Jonathon Cromfield. Except he's not really new, is he?Cromfield has a plan, one that includes Rae whether she likes it or not.Rae is terrified by the idea that she can't die. Everyone she'll ever know will move on without her and leave her all al...

What if courage was your only option?Having been forced into a new world, Kallie find herself surrounded by vampires. With her father being the victim of continued brutal attacks by his own kind, she's desperate for help.Liam, the city's top detective, and a Blue Blood refuses, the situation officially out of his hands and not his problem.A Red Blood vampire, Caleb, steps up and has sworn to protect her, but is ineffective at stopping the violence o...

The highly anticipated fifth book in the Chronicles of Kerrigan by USA Today bestselling author, W.J. May.In most fairytales, the princess has to find true love—choose her prince.But every now and again, there comes a princess who makes a different sort of choice…Now that the secret is out, Rae Kerrigan is determined to find her mother. No amount of convincing from Devon, or the Privy Council, is going to ...

Royal Tea is the fourth book in the bestselling series, Chronicles of Kerrigan series by USA Today bestselling author, W.J. May.What we try to hide about ourselves in life is often revealed in death—our nobility, our fears, but most of all our secrets.The Queen of England has requested the help of the Privy Council.Someone is trying to kill her son's fiancée. HRH the prince plans to marry a commoner, and his bride has a secret no but the Pr...

Rae of Light is the 12th Book of USA TODAY author W.J. May's bestselling series, The Chronicles of Kerrigan.Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely.It's time to face the music—except there is no music, just a low warning of a war that is to come. There are no other options but to confront Cromfield. No more running, no more hiding. Rae Kerrigan will be forced into an eternal life sentence if they do not stop him.Ex...

Everyone needs to be a hero at one point in their life.The small town of Elliot Lake will never be the same again. Six friends have become five and one is to blame, leaving the four remaining to pick up the pieces of their lives and try to carry one.While mourning the death of their friend, Rylee, and dealing with Kieran's betrayal, Zoe, Heidi, Brent, and Seth all go to Mexico with Zoe's father for their winter break. While there, they discover Zoe's father...