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Pie isn’t just a dessert, it’s a way of life. Pies, fillings, jams, jellies, honey, they’re all a part of my award-winning business, Firefly Kitchen. After being left behind, by everyone, I was determined to make it all on my own, and I have. I love what I do, I love what I’ve created, and I love who I’ve become. Yes, it’s small, but it’s mine, and nothing or no one can stop me now. Not even Bryan Brennen. He may have returned, but it won’t be long before he leaves. And regardless of how you slice it, some things can’t be forgotten, no matter how sweet the taste.

Teerah is the new Queen of Rain. A planet torn between technological advancements and the desire to live a Spartan existence. A warrior culture where the King is law. She is the first Queen and the battle for her throne is entwined with the battle for her heart. Step into the future and visit the past.

Munden Argos is of age to be claimed by the male that would become her captain and all she can think about is the one that sets her heart racing, King Farletz of the Sluagh. A Nightflyer, their relationship would be the largest taboo in their courts. That doesn’t stop the heart from wanting what the heart wants. Farletz, newly crowned King of the Sluagh, has his eyes and tentacles set on having the Princess of the Dank Courts, the woman that would be Queen of the Wild Hunt.

Amdris will do whatever it takes to become queen of the night society and protect her new family. She proved that during the holiday season when she killed her rivals without a second thought. Now the continuum will see that she will not stand idly by, but will they accept her as one of their own?

Queen Literia is at her limit. She’s been forged by war and doesn’t know how to live in peace. Her mind is chipping away at her, the darkness threatening to undo everything she fought so hard for. She has bled for Ularia, and she thought it’d be enough. But now, her country wants more than her blood. They want her dead.

Sixteen short story romances collected from season one of Dirty Little Podcast, a weekly podcast featuring some of your favorite authors and read by award-winning audiobook narrator Joshua Macrae and friends.

The competition over, Nymea Blut and her guard are back to real life, with a new objective. Queen Verity has decreed that Blutfeuer, Nymea’s family wineries and distilleries, branch out into the human realm, in order to bring more revenue into their new vision of Faerie. Nymea is ready and able, though she is going forward grudgingly. A woman set in her ways, Nymea isn’t interested in humanity or humans, only creating her infusions and living quietly with her rag tag guard. If this will help Faerie, then she is a team player, but opposition is on the horizon.

From book one: Once upon a time a princess was betrayed, and her kingdom was stolen from her. She hid her most precious object in the human world, a princess of the blood, in the hopes that the Sleeping Court would get a chance to take their rightful place as high court in the realm Faerie. Now, a new generation has come of age, and the crown must be passed. The reigning Queen’s daughter will claim the throne uncontested unless those that remember, and waited to awaken the wayward princess can ally with her.

Princess Verity is in the fight of her life, the help of her loyal and loving guard getting her through. Their power and their love bolstering her for each situation she must endure. Each trial a test to her physically and emotionally; she leans on her allies and family to navigate, in hopes of making it to the next. Faerie is helping her, giving her the tools to survive, but it also hinders and pushes her harder than she ever thought possible. But as she is, she is not strong enough. Her circle is not complete. And until it is, her bid for the throne is still miles away.

Darkness is gathering deep within the land of Vadiya as the Red Seed Cult perform twisted experiments on human flesh. Never has already tangled with the foul creatures and knows no-one else can stop them...but if he charges into enemy territory now, he will have to face old flame Sacha, who has promised to kill him should they meet again. Yet when he learns that she has been captured by the creatures he sets out with unlikely allies on a quest to uncover the truth behind the cult and hopefully save - and then survive - Sacha.

Bobby Ress is a cop with a simple life. He believes in making a difference. He loves his wife and his daughter. He has a place in the world. Then people start dying...a lot of them, in horrible ways. It's a case like no other. And step by gruesome step, the simple, true things Bobby knew to be right and good begin to make less and less sense. Because, Bobby is learning about pain.

When an innocent family is taken hostage in their home, no one is prepared for how fast it all goes terribly wrong. With the small community of Lawrence still reeling from shock, detectives Nick Cooper and Tobe White stand among the dead bodies knowing it's not over. Relief that the two young daughters have survived quickly turns to fear for their missing father, somehow impossibly vanishing from a house surrounded by police.

In the far south, a young girl goes missing, lost without trace in the wilderness beyond her remote family cottage. A year later, her father disappears in the exact same place. Then, nothing. At all. Eventually, the years grow over the grief. The decades wear away the questions and life flows past the forgotten tragedy. Until Finn moves into the abandoned home, looking for a fresh start.

Surviving the attack on the Sithen, Verity, Prince Aziz, and both their guards are shaken and on high alert. So when an emissary from High Court comes to invite Princess Verity to the monarchy competition weeks ahead of schedule, Verity knows that her timetable has been accelerated, and there isn’t much that she can do. But her guard, allies, and ladies-in-waiting are ready, and they will not let House Salim have a poor showing at court.

Rejoin Never as he searches for his father's legacy and the sister he hadn't known existed. In The Phoenix of Kiymako Never must navigate a secretive new culture ruled by warrior monks. Distrusted and hunted for his blood, he must forge new alliances while following the dark trail his father has left. If Never can survive, it will lead to both his long lost sister and - finally - the truth about his mysterious name.

Settled in with her main guard, Verity has been dazzled by Sithen life and the possibilities of what her world could be and will be when she wins the crown, but life is about to throw her some curveballs she never thought possible. Prince of the Lotus Courts, Aziz, is on his way to her Sithen, as well as the Salim household staff that has been scattered to the winds, and of course, the rest of her guard. Knowing this Princess Verity is both ready and excited to receive those that are winging to her aid. But with the sweets, come the sour.

Called by God to live by a faith that falls dangerously close to insanity, Noah begins a grand project that will consume him. Noah refuses to listen to reason and insists that his faith is real. His family doubts him, and he is ostracized from his city. One by one, those that he loves begin to understand and grow a faith of their own that will forever change their lives. As their world ends and a new world begins, so do their trials. Along with their new life at sea comes new adversity. Adversity that they had never imagined and new experiences that they would never forget.

Adventure? Check. Magic? Check. Sarcasm? You bet. Roguish Never is sure he has hunted down every relic and every clue possible on his quest to finally lift the curse on his blood and hopefully learn his true name. However, convincing the wealthy Lord Firmita to part with a map to the sunken city proves to be far more dangerous than he first imagined.

Driven toward the enemy-occupied Imperial City, Never’s doubts grow. Even with new knowledge about his powers, can he truly keep his friends safe in a war zone? Or, like too many times before, will he end up responsible for the deaths of those he should have protected? Never faces a bitter choice between finally winning the answers he has searched for all his life and stopping his brother once and for all. Worse, he knows that if he hesitates, Snow’s sinister vision for the world will come to pass.

At Snow's urging, Never climbs into the Folhan Mountains to search for the Altar of Stars, which he must reach by the new moon. Yet he cannot shake off his doubts. Will the answers he seeks even reside with the altar? Or is Snow manipulating him once more? Never soon finds that the mountains harbor their own threats, from avalanches and enemy troops to ancient creatures deep within abandoned mines and worse - pursuit from a vengeance-obsessed King.