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Looking back over the past few months, I never imagined I’d be standing here asking for forgiveness. Wanting her was never in the plans, but when your heart knows, you find yourself needing everything that is her. I made my way back home broken and lost, refusing to connect to my old life, to who I am. Afraid of what I might find, hating myself for hiding untold truths.

Rani, a slightly socially awkward astrophysicist, is in a celestial free-for-all of her own making. Somehow, she's released some constellations from the night sky and just before her long-awaited vacation to Greece. As creatures of myth and legend make their way into her dreams, all seems harmless. Then Ryan, a man with the pecs of a god and voice like molten chocolate, struts from her dream world into real life, and suddenly she's seeing stars.

After uncovering the truth behind the vampire pirate organization, the young gods and demigods make an uneasy alliance with the very vampires they once fought. Their mission: stop a dangerous smuggling operation before it ignites a global catastrophe. But first, they have to survive Pirate Academy. Under Delphine’s sharp eye and Hermes’s secret code, the trainees must master deception, infiltration, and the art of “cleaning” a ship without being caught. One mistake could mean exposure. Or worse. As tensions rise, so do unexpected feelings.

The attraction Suzanne feels toward Bill is intense when their paths cross again. Bill knows he'll never settle for another, but trusting Suzanne has it's risks.

A memoir turned into thrilling fiction; Moon in Bastet is based off of the life of author E. S. Danon. The story follows a fourteen-year-old girl named Eva, an orphan living in the Negev desert of Israel who is working as a custodian of Cirque Du Christianisme. Her life is controlled by a volatile drunk named Bella who favors a group of equally volatile teenage bullies, the Christian boys. Bullied, neglected, and alone–Eva’s only friends are an odd, thirteen-year-old Sephardic boy named Jack and a small cohort of Bedouin sister-wives.

The mission was simple: find the pirates. Instead, they found war. When Poseidon orders a crew of young gods aboard the Marcella II to track a mysterious pirate ship terrorizing the Mediterranean, it’s supposed to be a routine search-and-capture operation. But the Tarantula is no ordinary vessel. Before the gods can strike, they are ambushed, captured, and torn from everything they know. A Titan falls. A mortal friend is murdered. And the fragile balance between gods and vampires shatters overnight.

When vacationing college student Gabrielle Poirier finds herself in a haunted town, her chances of survival are questionable. Communicating with the local dead boy heightens the risk. When the keen deputy Rick Brady promises to keep Gabrielle safe, he never suspected he’d need to deal with his own ghosts, too. Their week together is passionate and dangerous, but like a ghost, will their romance vanish once the mystery is solved?

Lacey Willow isn't just a witch. She's a bad one. Any attempt to use magic tends to end in quirky ways, which is why she owns a magic shop where people purchase amusing parlor tricks. When her new shop neighbor turns out to be a PI, Lacy is unprepared for the shenanigans that are about to go down. Soon, she finds herself accused of stalking, snooping around a funeral parlor, and dealing with hexes while she tries to clear her name.

When Sailfish Trading and Shipping strikes back, the fragile alliance between young gods, demigods, and vampires shatters. Ships burn. Prisoners are discovered. And the Olympians themselves are divided over how far they’re willing to go to restore order. As sea battles erupt across the Mediterranean and Black Seas, former friends find themselves on opposite sides of a growing conflict. Some believe corruption can be controlled. Others believe it must be destroyed.