Shallow Veins

Franklin Butcher is a recently divorced, hard-drinking cop in a small town. What starts off as the simple disappearance of a local man grows into something larger when his own partner goes missing, drawing him into an unseen world of gods and monsters. Meanwhile, a new couple in town begins to learn the deadly secret hidden in their house.Book One of The Obscured, a Dark Urban Fantasy series.Franklin Butcher is a recently divorced, hard-drinking cop in a small town. What starts off as the simple disappearance of a local man grows into something larger when his own partner goes missing, drawing him into an unseen world of gods and monsters. Meanwhile, a new couple in town begins to learn the deadly secret hidden in their house.This is Book One of The Obscured, a bold new series about hidden worlds, the monsters they hold, and the heroes who are destined to save us.Description for The Obscured series:Imagine parallel worlds. Places filled with gods and monsters both large and small, creatures that would terrify the normal person. Imagine these creatures hate each other, and want nothing more than to destroy each other, to take over each others worlds until only one species remains on top.Now imagine the only way they can get to each other is through us.
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Pair of Knaves

A pair of ultra short stories, almost flash fiction, exploring the murky, ambiguous world of Kathryn Blake through the eyes of two of her associates.John Marchant and Pavel Tomeckova, first introduced in contemporary thriller Viennese Waltz, take centre stage to tell stories of their own.In Scorpion Dance John describes little job in which, for once, he upstages his flamboyant partner, whilst in Hook in the Heart Pavel has another opportunity to explain, as he once explained to Kathryn Blake, how a certain raw recruit first came to the attention of his arm of the service.
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Shadows: Terrifying and Thrilling Tales

From the bestselling, award-winning author of “Conduit” and “The Boys Club” comes a collection of six short stories designed to illicit chills and keep you up at night. Shadows takes readers on a thrill ride through tales of hospital rooms and haunted houses, while battling everything from serial killers to spirits. Shadows: A young women finds herself in the psych ward after a suicide attempt... and she's not alone. Reflection: After an amazing photo session with a client, a photographer experiences strange phenomena. Sold: A group of ghost hunters film a Halloween television special in the haunted home of a deceased serial killer. Flawless: The "perfect" man gives a woman a green diamond that may just have a sinister design. Cycle of Life: After the untimely death of her husband, Pearl Mackleburn decides to put his beloved cat to sleep. The First Step (co-authored with bestselling author, Marisa Oldham): Following a terrifying ordeal, Adele has wrapped herself up in the comfort of her own home for the past four years. Can one man bring her the courage she needs to take the first step into a new world?
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The Girl on Paper

What happens when fantasy is the only thing that seems real? Just a few months ago, Tom Boyd was a multi-million-selling author living in LA, in love with a world-famous pianist. But after a very public break-up he's shut himself away, suffering from total writer's block, with only drink and drugs for company. One night, a beautiful, naked stranger appears in Tom's house. She claims to be Billie, a character from his novels, who has fallen into the real world because of a printer's error in his latest book. Crazy as her story sounds, Tom comes to see that this must be the real Billie. And she wants to strike a deal with him: if he writes his next novel she can go back to the world of fiction; in return she will help him win back his beloved Aurore. What does he have to lose? Guillaume Musso's latest romantic bestseller is a story of friendship, love and the special place that books have in our lives.
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Unliving Love

What would you give up for love? Wesley gave the ultimate sacrifice to be with the one he loved. Now his long time estranged friend Mike, after having a horrifying paranormal experience while visiting his friends old house has begun to go through Wes's old journals for a better understanding of his decision and of the new world he has been thrust into.What would you give up for love? Wesley gave the ultimate sacrifice to be with the one he loved. Now his long time estranged friend Mike, after having a horrifying paranormal experience while visiting his friends old house has begun to go through Wes's old journals for a better understanding of his decision and of the new world he has been thrust into. Little did he know that while reading them he'd discover truths about his friend, his old home, and discover that not all is as it seems.
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Before Blue Twilight

I'd lived alone for so many centuries that I'd had enough, and so I'd decided to end it that night, and I prayed to whatever gods might exist that there was no such thing as the immortality of the soul, or that if there was, I had lost mine long ago. I had no desire to go on. Not then. Not in any form.
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The Prince's Bride (Part 2)

Book 2 of the The Prince's Bride duet.Odette Wyntor has a choice.Stay or Run.Royalty is not for the weak of heart.
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Top Shelf

Five derelicts on New York's waterfront clash in a slice of life social comparison.Five derelicts on New York's waterfront clash in a slice of life social comparison. Through five derelicts on New York's waterfront, man's humanity to his fellow man is compared, contrasted and tested. Neil and O'Looney are the barroom/bishop who brings booze and religion to sinners on the waterfront. Doc is the peace-maker and Conductor the faulted hero. Deacon, a symbol of all religions, remains in his cardboard box pulpit coming out only to fight, collect money or preach. And finally... Sharkey and Hoey, the predators.
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Fade Out

Without the evil vampire Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville, the resident vampires have made major concessions to the human population. With their newfound freedoms, Claire Danvers and her friends are almost starting to feel comfortable again… Now Claire can actually concentrate on her studies, and her friend Eve joins the local theatre company. But when one of Eve’s castmates goes missing after starting work on a short documentary, Eve suspects the worst. Claire and Eve soon realize that this film project, whose subject is the vampires themselves, is a whole lot bigger—and way more dangerous—than anyone suspected.
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The Best Friend

Toxic school mums, money worries, paranoia, and murder... The Best Friend is a chilling psychological thriller from the Bestselling Author of The Girl from the Sea. They say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer ... Wrong. Louisa's new best friend has it all - the house, the status, the money. But she's also hiding a dark secret. And as Louisa is drawn deeper into her friend's life, events take a chilling turn . . . "Sit on the edge of your seat and prepare for the ride!"
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