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Mars stands at a crossroads. It can accept the tyrannical rule of the United Space Corporation, or pay for its freedom in blood.After Ambrose Drake’s plan to free the red planet doesn’t deliver the results he’d desired, he still hopes he can liberate Mars with minimal violence—until a brutal act of USC aggression makes it USC will either subjugate Mars, or destroy it.With his forces pushed onto their heels, Ambrose has no choice. To save his home, he must go on the offensive. He must travel to Earth and dismantle USC, once and for all.But USC doesn’t plan on giving him the chance. As they pit their might against Mars, they send someone after a ruthless assassin known as the Patient Dragon.Now the clock is ticking. As Drake races to undermine the USC forces who oppose him, the Dragon grows closer with every step…Don’t miss this thrilling conclusion to the Tyrants of Mars, a science fiction trilogy full of action, mystery, and political intrigue.

Mars is home. Mars is love. Mars is death. That's what the locals say, and Ambrose Drake is starting to believe them. Following a gut-wrenching betrayal, Ambrose has switched allegiances, focusing his efforts on freeing his friends from Mars's corporate overlords. But with defenses crumbling around him, there's only one hope left: to enroll the aid of the rogue agent who launched the Martian revolution decades ago. Twenty-one years later, the forces behind the latest rebel uprising have been stopped, but as Drake settles into his new job in the counterterrorism task force, a new threat arrises: a mysterious ailment that's killing diplomats without leaving a trace. As his life unfolds in parallel, young Ambrose must learn what it takes to become a successful undercover operative, while the elder Ambrose chases a bioengineered disease that endangers all of Mars. But even if Ambrose stops the terrorist in his tracks, his own audacious plan to free Mars from its enslavers could tear the planet apart. Don't miss this electrifying sequel to Magnesium and Ice, a science fiction thriller full of mystery, subterfuge, and political intrigue.

R ookie police officer Penelope Phair fancies herself a tough cookie, but after a string of serial murders, even her nerves are frayed . It’s not as if her anxiety needed a boost. She’s crashing at a coworker’s place after a sudden breakup, pressure is ramping at work, and her mentor Detective Dean is becoming obsessed with finding the dreaded Tarot Card Killer. And he’s just struck again.Clues to TCK’s identity are few and far between. He’s shadowy, mysterious, and careful as can be. Only the cards he leaves behind cast any light on his motives.Lack of results raise tensions sky high, but they reach a fever pitch when the killer comes after Phair. If she’s to have any hope of surviving, she’ll have to put her trust—and her life—in the hands of her team. But that’s easier said than done when malice and rot lurk in wait…

There's no smell worse than charred human flesh. When officer Penelope Phair arrives to investigate a burnt body at a circus, she fears she might lose her lunch. Lucky for her, there's nothing but ash and bones left. The bad news? No one has any clue how they got there or who they belong to. Phair would've preferred an easier case to crack. She's feeling pressure from all sides: from her new mentor, the brilliant homicide detective Alton Dean; from her captain, who's scheming to take Dean down; and most importantly from herself, as she tries to prove she's worthy of Dean's trust. But there's no time for self-doubt, as murder isn't the only thing on the menu. As Phair uncovers a tangled web of abuse, blackmail, and identity theft, she's left wondering how deep the rabbit hole goes. Fire may have licked clean THE BURNT REMAINS, but it'll take more than that to cleanse the hearts of those involved. *** This is book #2 in the Penelope Phair supernatural mystery series. If you haven't yet read book #1, FAIR AND JUST, purchase and read it today!

After going toe-to-toe with a malevolent demon spirit and coming out on top, supernatural consultant Lexie Rodriguez figures she's due for a turn of good luck.If only.With her mentor Larry shutting her out, her friend Tank suffering from crippling depression, and the business on the verge of bankruptcy, it's up to Lexie to pull the Nyte Patrol up by its bootstraps, but it's hard to run a wizarding practice with only a couple weeks worth of magic under her belt.It's even harder to do it with a rival firm gunning for her business. Lexie knows she can handle corporate cutthroats, but can she keep it together when one of her own teammates goes rogue?

After alienating her friends, getting benched by her coach, and nearly decapitating a teammate with a bat, college softball player Lexie Rodriguez’s life feels like it can’t get any worse. Little does she know it’s about to get a whole lot weirder. When she answers an online help wanted ad, she never expects it to lead to the revelation that magic exists. She certainly never expects to experience it firsthand. But after teaming up with washed-up sorcerer Larry Stuttgart, sword master Dawn Blayde, werebear munitions expert Tank Johnson, and immortal zombie head-in-a-jar Bill, Lexie’s about to discover what life is like on the supernatural side. She’s about to join THE NYTE PATROL.***This is the first novel of the snarky urban fantasy series, the Nyte Patrol. Look for book two, Nyte Terrors, coming soon!

There's no smell quite like a decomposing corpse. When Detectives Daggers and Steele find a body washed ashore after two weeks at sea, they're only too happy to put it behind them, following the trail to a quaint, seaside village-but the town's idyllic exterior can't hide a rotten core. The victim was in a venomous marriage, the local police might be corrupt, and a pervasive legend lingers on the lips of every local. Daggers soon has his hands full, but it's a more personal issue keeping him up at night-a dark fault lingering within. With his relationship with Steele floating adrift, Daggers must figure out how to steer both the case and his troubles to safe harbor. The future is murky, like a frothy gray sea of LIQUID STEELE.

Werewolves. Vampires. Zombies. Detective Jake Daggers believes in them all. But when an aristocrat disappears from her home amid a tide of supernatural whispers, Daggers suspects money is more likely to blame. Until he realizes the woman vanished without a trace. Until his skin prickles with inexplicable fear. Until he spots the ghostly trace in the fog for himself. Now Daggers and his partner Steele are stuck at the woman's palatial estate, surrounded by people they can't trust, and Daggers is about to take the ride of his life, a mystical journey into a place between worlds. For Daggers to take his life back, he'll have to rip it free. He'll have to STEELE LIFE.

Detective Daggers hates pomp and circumstance, so imagine his surprise when a fancy evening out turns into the perfect night on the town-at least until a pair of assassins toss him out the window of his third story apartment. The scrapes and bruises he hobbles away with are bad enough, but Daggers checks into a brand new hell when the gang responsible goes after Steele. With his friends in jeopardy, old foes thirsting for his blood, and the city on the brink of chaos, Daggers faces a brutal choice. Either succumb to his fears, or harden himself against them. To save the ones he loves, he'll have to become a MAN OF STEELE. Don't miss this thrilling conclusion to the Daggers and Steele series!

The temperature outside is dropping like a stone, but for Detective Jake Daggers, things are finally heating up. He’s on solid ground with his partner, Steele, he’s overcome his personal demons, and his most recent homicide seems delightfully run-of-the-mill.Until someone from Daggers’ past rears his unwelcome head.Now secrets are being unearthed, like roots of a fallen tree—one that could be rotten to its core. And it’s Daggers doing the digging, without anyone to watch his back.A chill wind blows, and snowflakes are falling. They burn—like droplets of CRUCIBLE STEELE.