'Deadly Nightshade' is a twisted tale of love between two characters wrecked with their own traumas in a town lined with red flags. It is a standalone novella inspired by characters from Tim Burton's classic—'The nightmare before Christmas'This book is NOT a retelling and has no affiliation to the original work, it is simply inspired by the characters. HER SOUL IS DARK AND DAMAGED. HIS IS A LITERAL NIGHTMARESold to a merciless mafia Kingpin, to clear her father’s debts Suzy...

Caleb Shepherd is one of the most powerful men in the city and also the most ruthless.He has everything he'll ever need... or so he thought. When he meets a ray of sunshine who begins lighting up the darkest places in his life, he has no idea her world is falling down all around her.She needs saving, but he's no prince. Then again, he wasn't a lot of things before she came along. Now, Caleb is finding he'll be and do whatever he must so that when the clock ...

When I agreed to interview Alexis, all I knew was that she was a recent college grad looking for some summer work.When she walks into my office, I'm struck by her beauty. There's no way I can have her living under my roof. She's pure temptation.There's just one problem… after being picky during my interviews, I now need someone to start next week. I have no choice but to hire her.I just need to keep my distance.It shouldn't be hard. Life has...

Legends are made, not born, and I carved mine on ice...They call me The Hitman. The NHL's dirtiest player. The ender of careers.On the ice, I'm unapologetically ruthless. Off the ice, I'm worse.All it takes is one pissed-off message from a stunningly beautiful fan after a brutal game and I'm knocked off balance.Suddenly, I'm stalking. Watching. Obsessed.Cassidy thinks she knows danger? She hasn't met me yet.Her ties to Roman ...

She's caught in my game... she just doesn't know it.For weeks, I've been watching her. Stalking her. Now, it's time to start playing with my beautiful little pawn.From the moment I first saw her from afar, I knew she would become my prized possession. I will gaslight her into thinking she is my obedient ward, trapped in the Victorian era.She is my unwilling captive, forced to play my sadistic game for her own survival. She will have no choice but to...

I took her to get revenge, but now I want so much more.Rory Kostalova was never part of the plan. Kidnapping the Russian mafia princess was a move for control, a way to gain the upper hand in a brutal war. She was meant to break, to bend to my will like everyone else.But Rory is different—strong, fiery, untouchable.What started as a way to get even turns into something darker, something neither of us can control. She stirs the chaos inside me, makes...

Here's a tip: don't mess with the demon girl who kills people for a living.The four self-proclaimed kings of Orchid Vale apparently never got that memo, and now my self-care retreat is about to become a bloodbath.This quaint village was supposed to be a break from my hectic life of death, gore, and high stakes "jobs"—that's code for supernatural murder—but I don't get a chance to enjoy even a fairground ride without the kings of Orchid Vale getting in my wa...

A high-heat small-town romance with suspense from author Clio Evans.You're next.I was in the wrong place at the wrong time—and that moment changed me forever. After walking in on a masked man murdering my neighbor, I went back to the one place I swore I'd never step foot in again. Citrus Cove.The sleepy town hasn't changed much, but the people have. Including my old high school bully, Cameron Harlow.He's the last person I want to see. He sho...

JillOne game of poker can ruin your life.It's a lesson my older brother refused to learn. Now, it's too late. After he lost big and disappeared, his debt came knocking down my door. Now, I'm forced to bartend at a nightclub to pay for his sins—and the new owner's out to steal my soul. Gage Lawless might own me, but that doesn't mean he gets to keep me.My brother is assumed dead, but that won't stop me. I'm going to find out what hap...

It all started with that night. The night I made my biggest mistake. The night I entered their world.The day I snuck into the infamous Devil's Ring Fight Club. I had followed my cousin Amelia, who turned out not to be quite as innocent as I first believed. In fact, it turned out she didn't live in the same world as I did¦Not at all. I knew this the moment I entered his kingdom. My world changed the moment he found me. He gave me a warning that night. He told me if ...

Ezra Knight is the biggest rockstar to ever walk the planet, but before he belonged to the world, he belonged to me.He was my brother's best friend, my soulmate and protector, and when their band—Demon's Curse—took off, so did he.He was like a roaring tornado, crashing through my world and sweeping me off my feet, and just when I had it all, I was abandoned. Left to fend for myself at the hands of a monster. For eight long years, I blamed him for everything...

It's not easy building a pack when your father forbids you from dating any of his New Haven Foxes hockey players. But Sloane Applegate is an Omega on a mission and her current target is none other than a surly Alpha defenseman who is supposed to be off-limits.It starts off simple, dating in secret, and making sure that her father doesn't find out she's being courted by one of his players. But things get a little more complicated when the team's mascot and new goalie also catch the ...