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Evergreen Academy was supposed to be my fresh start…and Somerset University my second chance. All I wanted was normal. Normal classes. Normal professors. Normal sorority. I wanted the Somerset Sallys to be like every other Greek house. I wanted the pretty, fun, sweet sisters to be genuine. I wanted the smile of their enigmatic leader not to conceal a secret. And I wanted the story they told me to be true. I should have known that was too much to ask.

I’m Staff Sergeant Michaels, the leader of Steel Corps. We’re the best America has to offer and we’ve been dealt a heavy blow. I’m fighting to recover; struggling to be the leader my men expect me to be - need me to be. It’s been five days. Five days since my men rescued me from that basement in Mexico. My body is healing and I’m stronger than ever - eager to go to Russia and end this terror haunting me. Secrets burden our team like lead weights around our necks. We must strip them free and bind ourselves together anew.

Tessa’s ill-fated date with a “hotep” (you’ll see what I mean) seems to have a positive twist when she meets “her” hot bartender - Phil Tremblay. Phil is right for her in all the wrong ways and the last guy on earth she should end up with. He’s tattooed and foul-mouthed and can use his hands and tongue to push her to the edge of glory.

The explosive conclusion to The Last Vocari series is here. Follow Rose as she takes her place among the monsters she once hunted to fight her greatest battle yet.

This Bratty Queen needs to be tamed... I’m the bad twin, the loud one, the one dancing on the tables while my critics condemn me. My family rarely knows where I am, much less what kind of trouble I’m starting, which has left me a lonely shell that I fill with my antics. My sister is my polar opposite in every way. Quiet and in the shadows—she has everyone convinced she’s the good twin, but I know better.

My kingdom is in ruins, and I have to find my way back to my throne and my people. To take back control of the night court, I need my men by my side. All three of them, though they're not exactly on board...yet. The crown of shadows doesn't care for love, only blood. Love...is dangerous.

I sent her away, humiliated her, made her think I wanted nothing from her. That was the biggest lie I'd ever told. Because what I wanted was everything from her. I was the villain. The bad guy. And she'd be mine.

As a frantic search for missing student Avery Jennings begins, everyone is hiding something—Avery’s family and friends, the resort’s staff, and its wealthy guests. It’s up to FBI Special Agent Victoria Heslin to dig deeper. Motivated by her own mother’s abduction years ago, she’s determined not to let Avery become another missing person statistic. The Mexican authorities aren’t cooperating, and Victoria realizes she’s up against something more powerful than she imagined.

Caterina Alfera. My enemy. My obsession. My queen. I have left it all on the line for Caterina Alfera. She holds the keys to everything I have ever wanted. But would she do the unthinkable for me - the right thing?

Dmitri, a high-end thief, is flying cross-country for a lucrative job, when the woman destined to be his mate is seated next to him. Her scent drives him to the edge, but he manages to control himself on the flight by the skin on his teeth and fate - by way of the flight being diverted because of a terrible storm.

I’m going through a bit of a rough patch. I lost my job, got kicked out of my apartment, and now I sleep under an overpass. If that wasn’t bad enough, my psychic sister is plagued with visions of my death. The last thing I needed was Sole “Sunny” Bellisario crashing through my tent. Someone tried to kill the heir to the notorious Merchant crime family, and he’ll change my life if I help him find out who. This is just a business arrangement. I will not be seduced by that wicked grin, reckless lust for destruction, or how quickly he cuts down anyone who crosses me.

We come from high society, but the grooming process starts in high school. And we always recruit in the dark. As a result, our messes are rarely clean and never brought to light. Money's not an issue, and usually, neither are our members. Until one decides to betray us. Let this be a lesson to our initiates: Never choose love over loyalty.

Maxwell "Maxie" Oliver wasn’t looking for trouble. She would have rather remained oblivious. Now that she has information she doesn’t want, a missing coworker, and a scandal on the horizon, Maxie doesn’t think she can remain quiet. But being a whistleblower comes at a high price, and Maxie isn’t willing to risk her life.

The Brotherhood has us in their sights. The attacks are coming from everywhere and nowhere from a seemingly invisible enemy. When we discover how the Brotherhood manages to stay five steps ahead, it’s up to me to find and stop the traitor. But it requires me to revisit a place I swore I’d never go: my past. The battle for the city we love is heating up. The Brotherhood challenges the Merchants’ right to rule, and Genny and the Savage Princes don’t give a f--k. Cinco is theirs and they’ll fight to the death to protect it. And me…well, I just might be their secret weapon.

Callie: I always thought at Briarcliff Academy, Chase Stone was the ultimate ruler. He had the followers. The brutal upbringing. The supplicants. I’m the nobody he tortured, then loved, then ignored. Until I became the somebody of the Virtues. Now, Chase will tell you my exiling is for my own good and that he wants to shield me. He’s wrong. Chase wants to protect his legacy as badly as I want to tear his societies down. Our happy ending has turned into star-crossed lovers. So be it. Let my reign begin. Chase: Then let my sabotage begin, too.

Becoming virtuous demands a sinful price. Our role at Briarcliff has a deeper consequence than the nightly rituals and cloaked costumes the Nobles are so fond of. We’re barely visible, peripheral shadows who hold the deadliest keys. And we’re done being a secret society’s dirty little secret. A note to Callie Ryan, Briarcliff’s most scandalous student: To maintain our power, our history must stay hidden. Do not, under any circumstances, uncover it and put it in the hands of Chase Stone, no matter how much his handsome, heartbreaking face begs you to trust him.

Decades ago, three men started a war.... Today, I win it. I had a plan. Step one: Steal the ledger. Step two: Take over Cinco City. Simple, right? Nowhere in there was I supposed to fall in love with the men who knocked my plan off course. Saint, Cash, Brutal, and Mercer are everything to me. A fact I should not have let slip. A battle rages, and only the last man standing claims victory.

Rejection. That's what I get for trying to save a girl who obviously doesn't want saving. Paying off her father's debt so she can stop taking off her clothes for other people? That was a no brainer. Obviously, I hoped she'd fall victim to my irresistible charm. My selflessness. But no. I've offended her independent spirit, and instead of falling for me, she's doing everything she can to avoid me. I should forget all about Ellie Masters, but I'm a sucker for her sassy smile and that fiery, luscious mouth.

Wait for your invitation...Callie. A lesson I’ve learned since enrolling at Briarcliff Academy: If you don’t join forces with their elite society, you will be ruined. I didn’t join. I rebelled. They couldn’t break me how they wanted. And now, they’re after me for what I know. Worse, they're ordering Chase, the boy who helped me uncover their terrible sins, to exact their revenge. He won’t, because he cares about me. We’ve been together in this from the beginning, despite the edicts he was raised on and the society he was groomed to follow.

The town of Bedlam was born of rioters, revolt, pain, and murder. Over a hundred years later, nothing has changed. A shadow clings to our lives. Stalking, watching, waiting, taunting, and killing. And when it struck, I wasn't ready. I have to play their game now. Catch them, kill them, before Ruckus Royale or they'll claim another sacrifice. The trouble is a new band of outlaws are in charge, and Arsenio, Cairo, Jacques, Legend, and Roan don't take well to people ruining their fun.