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Ginger Mallowan embodies everything the 1980s stand for, from big hair to power suits to "Material Girl"...until her son disappears during a beach walk one night. That's the moment girls don't want to have fun anymore, and the moment she starts hunting for answers. Now Ginger's hair is a bit flatter, her power suits packed into the attic, and her dance steps to Madonna lack the energy of better days. She hasn't found—or forgotten—her missing son, and she's only survived the grief thanks to her neighbor and keeper of secrets, Tara Christie.

These seventeen tales take listeners into the uniquely twisted mind of “one of Canada’s most promising new horror writers” (Publishers Weekly). From a live necrophilia show starring reanimated corpses to a confrontation between a security guard and inhuman squatters, from who can be found at an all-night laundromat to what lies in wait at the bottom of the sea, from undead addictions to all-consuming obsessions, Kissing Carrion is “a journey through some of the most beautifully rendered visions of darkness and death to be published this past year." 

The Hathaway sisters might have grown up apart, but when they agree to move to Jasper Creek, Oregon, to revitalize their grandfather’s farm, it seems a straightforward decision. Until they meet their neighborhood cowboys… Sweet-natured Teddy has never met a man worth taking a risk on, until now. Tomboy Joey has more affinity with farm equipment than men, until a brooding cowboy changes her mind. Prickly baker Georgie can’t resist the temptation of the most forbidden cowboy of all, and sparks fly between ceramicist Elliot and the grumpy single-dad rancher next door.

Sunshine, island music, and fabulous food - what else can a witch ask for? That is, until a Valkyrie's best friend is murdered during an Enchanted Coast Luau.

Convinced his sister’s death wasn’t an accident, private investigator Sergio Ross is determined to catch her killer. But with all the clues hinting at a connection to another unsolved murder, he has to join forces with Helen Pike - a woman linked to both deaths - to find the truth. Can they follow the cold trail to get justice...before they become the next victims?

He's the best bad decision I ever made. It was only one night. A business trip. City lights and passion. Intense. Impossible. He's my boss. Too bad I can't forget the night we spent together in Paris. It's hard enough on my own, dealing with my needy sister and pretending I don't have feelings for Toby. We acted like it never happened. Until I told him about my crazy ex. The one who's coming after me. Speaking of crazy, my hot, delectable boss has the craziest idea. A fake marriage. To him. He'll pretend to be my husband and protect me from my ex.

Vampires aren't just night-crawling creatures who wear too much eyeliner. Ask Josie Wixx, disabled vampire and pet boutique owner. All she wants to do is run her adorable shop in the hidden vampire town of Arteria Falls, Colorado and snuggle her Scottish Terrier, until her best customer is murdered in her friend’s bakery.

Destiny's been trying to hunt down a thief for a couple of weeks, but up 'til now, it's been all small potatoes—sometimes literally. Since she's certain it's a local and suspects there's a method to the thievery, she's tried to keep it on the down-low in order to flush the petty criminal out.

Sage Weston and Jacob Phillips met as children at Little Kitty Orphanage. They had the type of friendship that could weather any storm, and they vowed that they would always be there for each other. And then Jacob was adopted, and everything changed. At first, the letters were fast and furious, but then they stopped, and Sage was left all alone. Four years later, Sage and Jacob bump into each other at a college party. Sparks fly, daggers are drawn, and Sage wants nothing to do with Jacob or the bevy of women that seem to follow him everywhere he goes.

Ranger Nick Greyson was a werewolf on heat. When he caught the scent of 20-year-old Sarah Benson he knew he had caught the scent of his fated mate. After all, the nose never lies. However, Sarah's scent made Nick so wild with desire that he did the one thing he knew he should have never done. He bit her. And now young Sarah is set to also become a werewolf on heat....

Four hot Irishmen sitting in a leprechaun's bar . . . all staring at me like I'm his pot of gold. Oh yeah, I'm one lucky woman. But everything isn't rainbows and lucky charms with my four Irish treasures. Warwick may have helped me break the curse trapping Doran as the stone gargoyle, but the guys don't trust the leprechaun. At all. Worse, demons are pouring into our world unchecked despite the four treasures being reunited. I am their treasure keeper, the conduit that allows their magic to flow, but there are disturbing holes in my memory. Someone doesn't want me to remember . . .

New Orleans boasts big drinks and big fun. Now it has big love to offer too. Meet three amazing couples, in three different sets of circumstances. Start with Moxie and Gus, rival bar owners competing for the same prize. They’re not looking for love, but they might not have a choice. Meet Shay and Grady, co-workers forced to figure out a way to keep their jobs, even if it means working together. They have little in common, but their sparks are undeniable.

Daisy Reynolds is the darling of Salem. Everybody wants to book her infamous parties at the Hunter Hotel. She’s just that good. Jax Hunter is a man in a quandary. He just inherited the Hunter Hotel from a grandfather he barely knew. He knows nothing about hotel management, and he’s in over his head. Daisy and Jax don’t get off on the right foot. To save Jax’s grandfather’s legacy, though, they’re going to have to work together. It’s not just workplace animosity getting in their way, though. Hormones might be playing a fact as well.

I take on the sassy-mouthed heiress's case because she needs a good defense. She's being sued by her father's former business partner, who wants to destroy her. The odds in this small-town are stacked against her. I'll win because I'm the best, but also because I have so much on the line. Namely, proving to my gorgeous, spunky girl that she and her thick, curvy body belong to me. And I always take care of what is mine.

As a rookie DEA agent Zach takes a covert assignment in Billings, Montana. A chance encounter with a girl from his past threatens to blow his cover and puts her life in danger. Twelve years earlier, on the day before he deployed to Afghanistan, Zach Masters met Faith Gardner. They spent an unforgettable day together, and the memory of her helped him survive the dark nights of war and the battering of PTSD. After years of medical school, Faith’s boyfriend Brett returns to Montana as the new emergency room doctor.

A cat with a gold chip on his shoulder. A coin collector dead in the night. A mystery the killer wants buried. Now that Silver Circle Rescue is settled into Wardwell Manor, Ellie Rockwell and her daughter Evie are using the magical silver platter to help dozens of cats find perfect forever homes—one conversation at a time. The peace shatters when a mysterious woman abandons coin collector Harold Goldfinch's cat, Nugget, on the shelter's doorstep. The anxious calico insists the police have got it all wrong—Harold didn't die naturally. He was murdered.

Rowan Shaw thought she had life figured out until her mother died and dropped an unfortunate truth on her: The women in the Shaw family are cursed when it comes to love. Rowan didn’t believe the story until her dating life imploded in fantastic fashion. Seriously, who knew the cops were after so many random guys in Massachusetts? Now she’s off to New Orleans to end the curse…even though part of her is convinced it can’t possibly be real.

When a real murder spoils the opening of an old-fashioned murder-mystery theme park, Mrs. Pomolo and her partner, Iris, go along for the ride. All this intrigue, and right before Christmas!

Azealia’s life of self-imposed exile comes to an end when a clan of powerful vampires sets out to destroy her. She can’t fight them alone, so she turns to three of her closest allies. A wolf shifter, a bear shifter, and a dragon shifter come to her aid, but it will take more than their combined strength to defeat their enemies. It will take the most powerful magic in Bonfire Falls: love magic.

Ianthe keeps her freedom because her dynamic is a carefully guarded secret. Omegas are rare and highly prized, but they have no rights. An Omega is the property of whatever Alpha is strong enough to claim her. Ianthe toils in the slums, pretending to be Beta, so she can hide from a world that wants to make her a pet in a gilded cage. Legion, the Alpha and brutal cartel boss, believes her to be Beta. When he discovers her deception, nothing will stop him from claiming her.