Naomi Bowes lost her innocence the night she followed her father into the woods. In freeing the girl trapped in the root cellar, Naomi revealed the horrible extent of her father's crimes and made him infamous. No matter how close she gets to happiness, she can't outrun the sins of Thomas David Bowes. Now a successful photographer living under the name Naomi Carson, she has found a place that calls to her, a rambling old house in need of repair, thousands...

Centering around three courageous women, who meet for the first time at a crossroads in their lives, this first installment in a new trilogy follows Stella as she casts aside her fears and finds a special love that she will do anything to protect.

Every seven years during the seventh month for seven days, Fox, Caleb, and Gage suffer madness, brought on by an innocent bonding ritual conducted at the Pagan Stone, which held a demon trapped for centuries. This year they have help in their battle by three women, Layla, Quinn, and Cybil, who are connected to the demon, just as they are connected to the force that trapped it

"It began on New Year's Eve. The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed--and more than half of the world's population was decimated. Where there had been order, there was now chaos. And as the power of science and technology receded, magic rose up in its place. Some of it is good, like the...

After being abandoned by her lover 12 years before, white witch Mia Devlin has developed a charming bookstore and cafe, a spectacular garden and a close circle of friends, all of whom share her involvement in the Craft. Only an age-old curse mars Mia's idyllic existence and threatens the future of the island itself. Then her former flame, Sam Logan himself a witch returns to the island, determined to win Mia back.

Television talk-show host Deanna Reynolds moves from Chicago to New York where she finds herself competing against her former mentor, Angela Perkins while finding romance with Finn Riley, Angela's former love interest.

Nightshade: "Colt Nightshade can't believe his luck: he's been partnered on a case with the stunningly beautiful lieutenant Althea Grayson. But Grayson works strictly by the book, and she has no use for Colt's easygoing, renegade style. The case itself is demanding enough, but thawing the heart of his standoffish partner just might be the toughest challenge Colt has ever faced."--Page [4] cover. Night smoke: "Sophisticated executive Natalie Fletcher...

Samantha Evans falls for handsome cowboy Jake Tanner against her better judgment; and Jillian Baron and Aaron Murdock are torn between the demands of a family feud and their own feelings for each other.

The Heart's Victory: "Once, Cynthia 'Foxy' Fox pursued racecar driver Lance Matthews, who dismissed her teenage attentions as a simple crush. Now a professional photographer, she is assigned to cover the racing circuit--and seeing him again thrills her even as she finds his dangerous career unnerving. Lance cannot believe the awkward girl he once knew has become a confident and desirable woman. And fate has given him the opportunity to discover who...