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In the title story, "Dark Nocturne", D is hired to unlock the secret of a siren's song that is drawing men in their twenties to their deaths in the hills outside Anise Village. In "Notes on Imagined Autumn", D finds himself caught between two lovers during a ritualistic sacrifice in the village of Shirley's Door, but if D can't stop the sacrifice will all in the village be doomed? And in "Legend of the War Demons", two living weapons, genetically engineered creatures who are the last remnants of a war waged hundreds of years in the past, find that battle is not so easily forgotten.

When handsome town Sheriff Derrick Shelton meets Angelique Guillory and her young daughter at the Garrett ranch, he is immediately drawn to the woman who seems to desperately need a true family Christmas. Determined to erase the shadows from her eyes, he decides to give her the best holiday she's ever had. Angelique Guillory is a woman with a past, haunted by violence and searching for the family she never knew. When she and her little daughter find their way to the Garrett family and meet Derrick, she hopes to have finally found a safe haven.

After decades searching the globe for the undead monster who remade her in his image, Sonja Blue has found something resembling peace with the psychic detective Palmer and the unearthly child called Lethe, even though The Other—the demonic entity that shares her body—remains a constant threat to everyone she cares about. However, once she learns that Sir Morgan is behind a string of murders in New York City involving women who bear an uncanny resemblance to herself, Sonja abandons her self-made family for the Big Apple.

A reader gets sucked into the book she's reading and is trapped, unless she convinces the hero of the story to send her home. Just her luck - the book is unfinished, and its sexy hero is far more alpha male than she's prepared to handle. What Naia doesn't know: the story - and its hero - have been expecting her for quite some time, even though she has no idea what she's doing there. Naia must learn quickly how to navigate the dangerous, magical world of Black Moon Draw.

Handsome cowboy Tramp Hart left his home and friends over a year ago. He's finally back to make amends and take his place on the ranch. That is until he walks into the house he designed and finds a woman living there. He needs a plan to get her out so he can move in. Mail order bride Ilene Duffy traveled from New York City to Asherville, Texas only to find out her marriage contract was no longer valid. Rancher Cinders and his wife Shannon offer her an empty house on their land. Ilene has no intentions of getting married.

The exciting sequel to Dead Mech is a hell ride through Europe, Asia, and beyond as American ghost Heather Walton must save her family, her friends, and an all-important cargo. The world has survived the North American zombie apocalypse. But Americans struggle to maintain their place in a world where the powers-that-be no longer want them. They will stop at nothing to put an end to their standing and their very existence!

It's Christmas in Asherville, Texas, and Poor Boy finally comes home. He’s no longer the waif we grew to love; he is very much a man now. As the stage coach approaches his beloved town, he spots Sheriff Shane O’Conner riding off after a pair of bank robbers. Poor Boy, the new deputy, quickly finds a horse and races after them. One of the robbers is killed, and to his surprise, the other outlaw is a beautiful young woman.

Rescued from Indians, Cecily McGuinness suffers from horrendous nightmare; ones that have her running from her lodging into the woods. She'll never be normal again and most of the townspeople look at her with disdain. All she ever wanted was a family and a place to call home. Sheriff Shane O'Connor is tired of tracking Cecily down each time she takes flight. Finally he makes her an offer to keep his house and help turn it into a farm.

Meg O'Brien hoped never to lay eyes on the one man who broke her heart. To her dismay, Luke Kelly arrives at her ranch a much different and broken man. Can Meg ever forgive his callous treatment of her and help Luke become the man he used to be?

Banned from the wagon train, Samantha Foley wanders through the Colorado Mountains. An early winter storms arrives leaving her at its frozen mercy. Ruggedly handsome mountain man Patrick McCrery comes to her rescue. Patrick, half white and half Indian, he fits in neither world. He lives a solitary life as a trapper. He certainly does not want to get involved with the beautiful Samantha Foley.

Keegan Quinn watches the passengers disembark wondering where his mail order bride is. All he sees is a woman with a husband and child. Upon approaching the young woman, he discovers she is his bride, and she has a daughter she never mentioned. As they cross the street, the little girl screams for her daddy and points to the man who accompanied them on the stage.

Francesca and Sarah Hollister are learning the ropes as the newest members of the PBI (Paranormal Bureau of Investigation). When an attack leaves Devon on the mend, Frankie is sent in to help Jasmine and Fang on a case of human cannibalism in Florida. The team realizes the perpetrator isn't a wendigo and the PBI team offers to help find a cure.

Francesca and Sarah Hollister are going to learn very quickly that the monsters that go bump in the night are very real, and very... sexy? After a night of drunken mishaps the very human sisters find themselves in a tough situation that will change their lives forever. What they don't know is they have been groomed for this life since the day they were born. Each possess amazing skill sets that will give them the ability to adapt and survive the new supernatural world they've fallen into.

When Mycroft Holmes is murdered in London, it is up to retired shadow executive Smith to track down his killer—and stumble on the greatest conspiracy of his life. Strange forces are stirring into life around the globe, and in the shadow game of spies nothing is certain. Fresh from liberating a strange alien object in Abyssinia—which might just be the mythical Ark of the Covenant—young Lucy Westerna, Holmes' protégé, must follow her own path to the truth while, on the other side of the world, a young Harry Houdini must face his greatest feat of escape—death itself.

Cade Garrett's ordered life is upended when he gets the news that his sister and her husband have been killed in a plane crash. He's ready to step in and take care of their two young children, but he's thrown for a loop when the children's aunt is named guardian in the will and plans to take the children back to her home in Dallas. Sparks fly when he meets Jennifer LaChance, but Cade and Jenn must band together for the well-being of the children - and to determine who and what is behind the suspicious accident that took the lives of their parents.

Can five murderous women maintain their shell of innocence while vacationing in New Orleans? Will the audacious troublemakers rock The Big Easy or will trouble rock them first? Join Lindsey and her friends for another hilarious romp as they take New Orleans by storm...with only a few fatalities along the way.

Sheriff Tex Wilson has been protecting the town of Brimstone for quite some time now. He's been the town's sheriff even during its formative years, and he's developed quite a reputation as its tough law-enforcing sheriff. Because of his long tenure and dedication to his job, he's also developed a very unflattering nickname, at least for him. It's a nickname that's best not said to Sheriff Tex's face. They call him "Lonesome" Tex Wilson.

Victoria Nolan is on the run. She hightails it out of town on the next stagecoach, changes her name and settles into Lettie's Boarding House temporarily. Once that task has ended she needs to find a new job or leave, but she has come to appreciate Silver City. Samuel Flynn needs a new cook for his ranch and the lovely Tori fits the role. She is not only a good cook and hard worker, but she is so appreciative of life. He is drawn to her naive ways and finds himself seeking her out more often than he should.

Fianna Kelly is the tale of a young woman coming of age in a familiar era, but under attack by a very unfamiliar foe. In these five stories, set in Victorian times with a steampunk flair, she relates her encounters with the strange creatures called G.H.B.I.s or jeebees. The stories have a subtle sense of humor mixed with a decent amount of suspense plus contain over 70 diverse characters brought to life by the incomparable Julie Hoverson.

Snow and Cinder, operatives of an organization called The Kingdom, have been tasked with one of their most dangerous missions: find former teammate Alison Wonderland and bring her back alive.