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Carrying souls to heaven is no longer news to Laney, but finding a way out of the desperate bargain she struck with Shadowbringer Cas is bad news—on a daily basis. While she is still figuring out her relationship with Leon, the darkness of Cas’ claim gradually pulls her under. As Laney and Leon desperately search for a way out of Laney’s bargain, Gran’s old stories finally shed some light into the mysteries she left behind. Laney must face that she can run from Cas all she wants, but there will be a day when she belongs to him. Not even Leon can change that.

When 17-year-old Laney Dawson’s grandmother dies, the supernatural world she spent her life refusing turns out to be terrifyingly real. And now it's after her. Once she's manifested as a Lightbringer, she's commanded to serve her true purpose: taking souls to heaven and making sure they get there safely. But that makes the inexperienced high school senior a target for an ambitious Shadowbringer who wants her soul as a trophy. Seems the afterlife is anything but simple, and there are some creatures out there willing to bargain for souls, even after we die.

Once she was a noblewoman. Now she is a palace servant. Ashlin never pictured herself scrubbing floors. But with the family savings depleted and her stepmother crippled by grief, Ashlin selflessly takes a job at the royal palace. She can pursue her dreams of becoming a seamstress someday in the future. However, as she forms an unlikely friendship with the prince, she learns that the future may not be so certain. Wielders of a powerful magic threaten their small coastal kingdom, and Prince Onric does not believe that their defenses will hold.

Adeline Rodriguez left her violent past behind to start over in Verona Bay. Now, a successful co-owner in a local pet grooming business, she’s made a life for herself in this idyllic community, and she has real friends. Thanks to her past, the only thing she hasn’t mastered yet is a real relationship. And when circumstances lead her to finally let her guard down with the sexy Mac Collins, he completely ghosts her. Her first instinct is to close herself off again, but she decides to confront him instead - and that fateful decision puts her directly in the crosshairs of a killer.

The fugitive slave Ghu has ended the assassin Ahjvar's century-long possession by a murderous and hungry ghost, but at great cost. Heir of the dying gods of Nabban, he is drawn back to the empire he fled as a boy, journeying east on the caravan road with Ahjvar at his side.

Possessed by a ghost who feeds on death, the undying assassin Ahjvar the Leopard has been captured by the Lady of Marakand, enslaved by necromancy to be captain of her Red Masks. His shield-bearer Ghu, a former slave with an uncanny ability to free the captive dead, follows Ahjvar into the war-torn lands of the Duina Catairna to release him, even if that means destroying what is left of Ahj's tormented soul.

In the final showdown of the Wings trilogy, Claire has to choose between temptation and destiny, and has to learn that there is more to her family history than she could have ever imagined....

It’s Christmas time, and the entire Thornton clan is spending the holidays in a cabin deep in the Washington woods. What could go wrong with twelve adults, four kids, and a dog all staying together in one big cabin? Only the most chaotic - and memorable - Christmas ever!

Rory Waring has lost everything. All that is left is the fight, and he is going to take it to the Memnons. But on his way, he must brave the dangers of a lost city and face monsters out of myth as the world falls apart around him. Jude Vatcher is desperate to conceal his Memnon connections and make his way safely to his son’s ship. But the battlecruiser Kestrel has mysteriously gone off-course, taking Jude and the Camp Maddux marines with her. With suspicion threatening to tear the ship apart, can the brilliant scientist find the way home before he is exposed?

Elementary school teacher Patience had her whole summer planned out, and it included margaritas and a lot of time at the beach. But when she agrees to a temporary nanny position as a favor to a friend, the last thing she expected was to butt heads with - or be attracted to - Brodie MacArthur, her employer’s sexy head of security. But that doesn’t stop her from wanting him.

Detective Carson Irish follows the rules. But somehow, he’s fallen for a sexy PI who likes to break all of them. When she gets in over her head, he’ll do anything and everything to keep her safe. But she refuses to stay on the sidelines, safe and protected. And when her life is threatened, he won’t hesitate to stand between her and the man who wants her dead.

Refocused and determined, Nelle plans to snatch the spell book and escape Roseward Isle, once and for all. But when a powerful magic storm blows in - bringing with it a small castaway of mysterious origins - Nelle and Soran are obliged to lie low inside the lighthouse until it passes. Trapped in close quarters, they cannot hide from their deepening attraction.

I used his body to forget the pain...until the line we drew was buried under muddied water. I used to believe in three things: that true love only existed once, heartbreak couldn’t kill you, and everything happened for a reason. But if that were true, I never would have watched Daniel McCray get married to another woman, have a beautiful baby girl, and pass away before my very eyes.

Sheltered her entire life, Jubilee Thornton yearns to spread her wings and fly after a childhood marked by illness. Her first goal? To attract the attention of the handsome schoolteacher she’s had a crush on for years - Heath DiMarco. One fateful night, Jubilee throws caution to the wind and kisses Heath - until he pushes her away and tells her they can never be together.

At 17, Lizzie Thornton left her hometown of Fair Haven to pursue her musical dreams — and to run from Trent Younger, the boy who broke her heart. Now a successful singer, Lizzie returns to Fair Haven nine years later. When she runs into Trent at her brother’s wedding, she discovers he’s no longer the shy boy she left behind. He’s a sexy, confident man who knows what he wants — and what he wants is her.

Sent back to Earth, Christy bides her time plotting to go back to the Empty World. She has the means; she just needs to round up as many friends as she can and convince them to go with her. All is not right in the Empty World, and Doug and Mike may not be able to defend the pyramid by themselves. The Ancients have managed to steal the crystal protecting the massive power source contained inside the pyramid. Christy and her friends must track down and restore the crystal or the released black hole won't just destroy the Empty World...the whole universe will be in danger!

Lost technology might let him walk again, but he'll need lost friends to help him get home. Cory delves into the empty world all on his own with just a computer-generated guardian for an ally. He knows that if he's ever going to walk again, he needs to unlock the forgotten secrets of medical technology advanced enough to heal him. Meanwhile, the search party looking for Cory has troubles of its own. Lost in an underground city, Christy and the others have to keep one step ahead of the ancients who are hunting them as they try to track down Cory.

With the ever-faithful Trevor in tow, Christy defies her mother’s wishes and ventures back to the Empty World. Her father and Detective Lockhart have been missing for months, and she’s determined to bring them home safely. But trouble-maker Cory has his own reasons for wanting to go back, and he bullies Christy and Trevor into taking him along. The search takes them to a mysterious underground city, abandoned by an ancient race.

Christy’s parents forbid her from returning through the portal, but her grandfather is still stranded in the Empty World. When Danny and Brad accidentally take a trip into the portal, Christy finds the excuse she needs to disobey her parents and go after them. Unfortunately for Christy, she's stuck with Cory for a traveling companion. Thus begins another journey through the Empty World, looking for the people they've lost and for a way back home.

Contains books three and four of Reset, a thrilling natural-disaster survival series: Drowned and Swamp.