Michael "River" CorbettHas been in a locked psych unit and heavily drugged since the murder of his pregnant wife. He can't remember what truly happened that night, only waking on the ground outside his burning house, his clothes reeking of gas, an empty can beside him. Found not guilty by reason of insanity, he's been locked up ever since. But now someone is trying to kill him, so he has to break out of the mental ward.A hunted fugitive, all River...

Reclusive novelist Aaron Westhaven accepts Olivia Dupree's invitation to speak at a local fund-raising event, but the day he's due to arrive, she gets a call summoning her to the bedside of an unidentified gunshot survivor whose sole possession is her business card. Could this man be the novelist Olivia has grown to think of as a soul mate--or is he in Shadow Falls to kill her?

A CORRUPT LEADER… Thirteen little girls are sired by a power-hungry king with delusions of grandeur. His actions are guided by self-serving prophets who crave power of their own. Thirteen little girls are trained to fight, to kill, until only one remains. The survivor will be used as a tool by those in authority, a puppet of her father and his soothsayers. A STEP TOO FAR… But when the boy she loves is torn brutally from her life, Puabi will...

A lapsed Wiccan, Indira Simon doesn't believe in magic anymore. But when strange dreams of being sacrificed to an ancient Babylonian god have her waking up with real rope burns on her wrists, she's forced to acknowledge that she may have been too hasty in her rejection of the unknown. Then she meets mysterious and handsome Father Thomas. Emerging from the secrecy of an obscure Gnostic sect, he arrives with stories of a demon, a trio of warrior witches--and...

DANCERS IN THE DARK by Charlaine Harris

Dancer Layla Rue Le May's childhood prepared her to handle just about anything, including her aloof partner, Sean McClendon, a three-hundred-year-old vampire. But when she acquires a stalker, Layla Rue is surprised to find that Sean is the only one she can trust.

HER BEST ENEMY by Maggie Shayne

Kiley Brigham refuses to believe there's a ghost in her house, but when an unseen hand leaves

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-- New York Times A scientist enters the steamy bayou to find a new species of animal and soon finds herself tempted by a legendary creature straight out of her most sensual nightmare...   “The Night Owl” by -- New York Times All’s fair in the war between desire and resistance when a lady cop pulls over a speeder—and finds an immortal lover who is determined to seduce her into accepting her own passionate destiny...

-- Previously published in Hot Blooded