Kalif is everything his adoptive family wanted him not to be: treacherous, conniving, and coldhearted. As much as he wishes to please them, he can't deny who and what he is destined to be. The hot-tempered young man is indeed his father's son. While off his meds, Kalif discovers the circumstances surrounding the brutal murder of his birth parents. In a matter of seconds, he totally snaps, ignoring the possible consequences. His rage and thirst for power increases. Deep off into the zone, Kalif develops zero tolerance for nonsense. Quickly, he rises through the ranks of the Motor City crime underworld, proving to everyone, including himself, he deserved the hard-earned title of kingpin of Detroit. Views: 161
The murder is the messageWhat you don't see is what you get. When a sniper targets a blind man walking along the lagoon of the Cleveland Museum of Art, the bullet is a wake-up call aimed straight for Allie Harper and Tom Bennington, shattering their illusion that the Mondo Mega Jackpot Nightmare is over.On the day Allie—sassy, lonely, broke—met Tom—smart, hot, blind—he won $500 million trying to show a kid that gambling doesn't pay. Romance—and multiple murders—ensued, along with a new, opulent lifestyle that the couple had never dreamed possible. Then a ruthless man of formidable skills and resources hacked into the security system in their rented 9,000 square-foot lakeside mansion, and they learned just how far someone who begrudges their good fortune would go to destroy them. Now they know the past six months of peace and quiet were the calm before a rising storm of mayhem and revenge.The new game begins tonight. An old devil. A new... Views: 161
Award-winning author Sonali Dev launches a new series about the Rajes, an immigrant Indian family descended from royalty, who have built their lives in San Francisco...It is a truth universally acknowledged that only in an overachieving Indian American family can a genius daughter be considered a black sheep. Dr. Trisha Raje is San Francisco's most acclaimed neurosurgeon. But that's not enough for the Rajes, her influential immigrant family who's achieved power by making its own non-negotiable rules: Never trust an outsider Never do anything to jeopardize your brother's political aspirations And never, ever, defy your familyTrisha is guilty of breaking all three rules. But now she has a chance to redeem herself. So long as she doesn't repeat old mistakes.Up-and-coming chef DJ Caine has known people like Trisha before, people who judge him by his rough beginnings and place pedigree above character. He needs the lucrative job... Views: 161
The first novel based in the Kings of War universe
Over a decade after violating his ruthless orders from his superiors in the Basilean military, ex-legion captain Dionne emerges from hiding in the Mountains of Tarkis, leading a force of rebels against the dark forces of the Abyss. Desperate to clamp down on the popular rebel leader, the Basilean Duma dispatches a force to bring the former legion officer to justice. Leading the paladins of this force is Tancred, freshly promoted and harboring political ambitions of his own. Under the brutal leadership of Hugh, the commander of the force, Tancred must struggle to find the balance between obeying orders, following the path of righteousness, and advancing his own ambitions.
Assisting Tancred is Orion, a violent and dangerous paladin carrying a personal vendetta with Dionne; Constance, a tough and determined mercenary sharing a dark history with Hugh; Aestelle, a lone adventurer whose unique skills betray a mysterious past, and Valletto, a veteran legion mage thrown into the front line against his will.
Tancred and Orion must fight the rebels and their sympathizers whilst battling against the politics threatening to tear their force apart from within. They must do battle from the open plains of northern Basilea to the ancient caves below the Mountains of Tarkis, fighting all who cross their path as they give chase to a deadly and determined rebel. And all the while, the dark and deadly influence of the demonic forces of the Abyss continues to play its hand, manipulating events and people alike from afar… Views: 161
The first Capes Online superhero LitRPG novel.
In 2043, Capes Online is the biggest, most popular VRMMORPG in the world. With over one billion active players and counting, gamers can be brave Heroes or cunning Villains, their every choice determining their Alignment. Everyone wants to play this game and almost everyone does.
Except for 25-year-old police officer Nyle Maxwell, who can't log out. Killed in a car accident on his first day on the job, Nyle gets his mind uploaded to Capes
Online to save his life. But the one way mind-to-game upload process means Nyle can never return to his physical body in the real world. Nor is he allowed to contact his friends and family outside the game or else he risks deletion by the secretive government organization that put him in the game in the first place.
Things get even worse when a villain known as Dark Kosmos takes over Capes Online not long after Nyle's arrival. Trapping all of the players in the game and cutting off all contact with the real world, Dark Kosmos targets Nyle for death.
Now Nyle must become a true superhero and save his fellow players from Dark Kosmos while adjusting to his new digital life. All of which would be much easier if he
didn't have a hyperactive sidekick overly fond of puns or if he even wanted to be here in the first place. Views: 161
Not your average girl next door...As Hollywood's hottest leading lady, Maggie Tate is a master of illusions—so much so that she's even managed to convince the world she's perfectly happy. But when her estranged aunt leaves her a run-down beach house in sleepy Long Shores, Oregon, she jumps at the chance to escape the bubble of her perfect life. What better place to lay low than the tiny coastal town where she used to spend her summers?But when Maggie arrives in Long Shores, nothing is quite like she remembered...including the boy next door.The unforgettable boy next door...Ian Summer was the first boy Maggie ever kissed, but he's all grown up now, with a daughter of his own. She knows she should keep her distance—no matter how rugged and manly he's turned out. With her disastrous relationship track record, she's sworn off men, but she's never been able to resist the emotionally unavailable ones.Ian isn't the ambitious musician he... Views: 161
When eighteen-year-old Lexi foresees the brutal murder of a young woman outside a club in downtown L.A., she is powerless to stop it.But then the girl's ghost appears, seeking vengeance, and Lexi is swept into a dangerous search that could put her directly in the path of a serial killer. From the author of Devils Unto Dust, this fast-paced and literary thriller will haunt fans of Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious and Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Lying. With a touch, Lexi can sense how and when someone will die. Some say it's a gift. But to Lexi it's a curse—one that keeps her friendless and alone. All that changes when Lexi foresees the violent death of a young woman, Jane, outside a club.Jane doesn't go to the afterlife quietly. Her ghost remains behind, determined to hunt down her murderer, and she needs Lexi's help. In life, Jane was everything Lexi is not—outgoing, happy, popular. But in death, all Jane wants is... Views: 161
'You say you want this,' Ivan breathed. I looked up at him, heat filling my body. 'You show me, say my name.' He'd seen the video--the video I forgot all about!'Ivan, I--''Nyet,' he hissed. 'No excuses. You belong to Alexei. I cannot have you, Julie.''Ivan, please--''You cannot do this thing you say today,' Ivan said, and there was a thread of pleading under the rasp in his voice. 'You cannot give this to anyone but Alexei.''I already have,' I said, defiantly staring up at him. 'I gave it to you. You just haven't claimed it yet...'Julie's father worked for the Russian mafia for years. When he finally betrays them, a bodyguard is sent to keep his daughter "safe," as living leverage. Julie knows her dead-beat dad isn't coming back, although his betrayal seems to have no bounds--and she finds herself desperate to gain the trust and attention of Ivan, the massive Russian bodyguard that now spends every waking day--and night--in her house. What would it take to break his resolve? And how can she possibly survive the possession she craves?Introducing the smoldering series The Bodyguard, starring Russian alphas and their fated mates, instalust and true love, angst, drama, and brutally hot sex. Forceful and forced, there's no one that escapes from The Bodyguard... Views: 161
A broken vase wasn't all this maid owed her masters.Piper needed a job. Any job would do. However, when the temp agency assigned her to clean the house of a bunch of snobby rich boys, she wasn't sure it was worth.Stuck in a job she had no choice but to keep, Piper ends up even more indebted to her employers when she breaks a priceless vase. Breaking a vase was the least of Piper's troubles because her employers have a secret.One that they are willing to kill to keep. Now, she'll be lucky to keep her job let alone live through it. Views: 161
Kit doesn't understand why his family has been uprooted to a remote coastal village in the North. Why did they leave so suddenly, and why has his Dad not joined them? At Askfeld Farm Guesthouse he meets an eclectic group of new neighbours and forms an unlikely friendship with Beth, who suffers from a chronic illness he does not understand. Kit learns that Beth, who cannot leave the guesthouse, is trying to draw a map from memory that shows all her favourite childhood haunts. Kit makes it his quest to help her remember by visiting places for her and hopes to solve the problems of the other guests along the way. But becoming a hero like the ones in his favourite books is trickier than it seems, especially when Kit has failed to grasp so much of what is happening around him... Can Kit work out that the person who really needs his help is much closer to home? Views: 161
