When science and secrets collide, where cures can kill, and the best intentions lead to deadly peril. Determined to avoid an arranged marriage, Lady Olivia stowed away inside a dirigible. Only to find herself imprisoned in a castle with no hope of rescue. So much for proving herself a worthy spy. Worse, survival hinges upon feigning marriage to the suspected double agent she was tailing—the handsome scientist Lord Rathsburn. A mad count has kidnapped Rathsburn’s sister, and demands as the price of her freedom Rathsburn’s greatest invention: a bone-hardening technology to transform the count’s guardsmen into invincible soldiers. Neither can trust the other. But their lives depend on working together: to keep their captors off-balance long enough to perfect Rathsburn’s technology, free his sister, escape the clutches of the count and—most of all—to keep this groundbreaking research out of enemy hands. The Silver Skull is a steampunk-infused gaslamp fantasy romance where a clever woman and a brilliant scientist are trapped together in a German castle, forced into a fake marriage and a single bed. With enemies-to-allies-to-lovers tension, mad science, and medical espionage swirling around them, romance, adventure, and danger spark at every turn. The Silver Skull is the second story in the Elemental Web Tales, although all books in the Elemental Web—Chronicles, Tales & Stories—can be enjoyed as standalones. This is a STEAMY read with a guaranteed happily ever after for women in STEM and the men who are their match. ELEMENTAL WEB CHRONICLES: The Golden Spider, The Silver Skull, The Iron Fin, Venomous Secrets, Icy Betrayals ELEMENTAL WEB TALES: A Trace of Copper, In Pursuit of Dragons, A Reflection of Shadows, A Snowflake at Midnight, A Ghost in Amber, A Whisper of Bone, Flight of the Scarab ELEMENTAL WEB STORIES: The Tin Rose, Kraken and Canals, Rust and Steam, Black Sand and Blood

"An author who knows the horror genre very well. Suspenseful and gripping right up to the chilling finale!" –William Jack Sibley, author of Here We Go Loop de Loop Crime reporter John Blackwood is looking for answers to the biggest story of all time-a mystery older than creation itself. But making this deadline won't be easy, especially if a murderous cult tied to Judas Iscariot and a trio of ravenous vampiric sisters can stop him It all begins with an ancient grimoire hidden centuries ago in the wilds of Spanish Texas by a secret order of Catholic warrior-priests to keep the tome's deadly secrets from falling into the wrong hands. Unearthed in modern times, the forces of evil will let nothing stand in their way to possess the book and restore an insane, renegade angel to power. As a new ice age borne of the dark arts threatens to engulf the planet, Blackwood is running out of time to save mankind from enslavement... or worse. Can a mere mortal outwit sinister beings beyond comprehension while preventing the apocalypse? Daughters Drear by Thomas Edwards is a bone-chilling tale of horror you won't be able to put down.

One sassy pyromaniac thief, three sexy-as-sin monsters, and a paranormal conspiracy of epic proportions. It was an ordinary job. Another night, another asshole collector of the supernatural. I free some poor little beasties from their cages, pocket a few trinkets to pay my bills, and burn the place down on my way out. Just call me the Robin Hood of monster emancipation. I didn’t count on three manly monsters following me home like lost puppies. Stunningly hot lost puppies, but still. Now I’ve got a seductively cheeky incubus, a sweetly enthusiastic demon, and a grimly stoic angel camped out in my kitchen. They’re determined to repay me for my help, and they won’t get out of my apartment until they’re satisfied we’re even. To be fair, they’ve got no place else to go. A covert band of hunters captured their boss, and the trail is ice-cold. I’ll lend a hand if it means I can send them packing… and when it looks like we’re up against the same creeps who murdered the person I loved most, you’d better believe I’m all in. Track down the baddies. Steal back the boss. Don’t get killed along the way. Oh, and maybe hook up with a monstrous hottie or two. Piece of cake. I’m so going to regret this. * Shadow Thief is the first book in a light-hearted urban fantasy series from bestselling author Eva Chase. If you love kickass heroines with sass to spare, drool-worthy monsters who have their own sense of morality, and steamy romances where the men know how to share, dive in now!*

The inferno comes calling in this genre-bending epic of urban horror. Visceral, surreal, and darkly funny, I Live in Hell balances damnation with heart, humor, and a touch of absurdity. On his twenty-fifth birthday, Hector Ghouseau wakes up soaked in piss. That’s normal. His dreams of ravenous flies and swinging corpses? Not so much. Nightmares become reality when evil talking mice and giant sentient tongues show up to tell him that he's going to Hell—all thanks to a drunken bet between his dead father and a sadistic demon named "Bub." (Thanks, Dad.) To make matters worse, Bub recruits a knife-happy maniac to help stain the Chicago snow red. And when Hector's roommate and ex-girlfriend both get caught in the fallout, his only shot at saving them might be his own death. Between dive bars and work hangovers, Hector stumbles into a cosmic tug-of-war of absurd proportions and incomprehensible horror—where the rules don’t make sense, and God is hiding something big. Praise from Goodreads “ I Live in Hell by Mike Salinas is wild, weird, and honestly kind of genius.” “Fast-paced, character-driven horror that doesn’t pull its punches.” “The humor hits, the darkness hits, and somehow, it still makes you feel something real.” “For all its insanity, I Live in Hell is actually a pretty solid look at the impact of trauma.” “What did I just read, and why do I want more?” “For anyone who’s ever lived, wallowed, or loved in Chicago.” “Mike Salinas has that dog in him—even if that dog is a little deranged.”

A bloody vandalism, a grisly ritual murder and a growing string of sicknesses and disappearances begins to pull back the veil on an impossible growing horror… Veronica Belle, an average young woman with aspirations of becoming a horror writer has chosen the pastoral seaside town of Potter’s neck to inspire her… and yet things just don’t seem to be going anywhere… but that’s about to change. When Vince Drake, young, handsome, charming and successful world-famous vampire author strolls into Veronica’s life, her hopes for excitement quickly begin to spiral into a terrifying waking nightmare… Monsters are real and they thirst for an ancient mystery that promises ultimate power… an inevitable clash between the stalkers of the night and courageous an unlikely slayers… and it all hinges on an ally who will challenge everything you and Veronica Belle believe about vampires… including the most famous of them all! Vlad 3 Dracula, prince of Wallachia and defender of Christendom. Count Dracula, who inspired one of the greatest horror tales in history… are both alive in the same extraordinary man… a man who’s past holds the key to defeating a new and bloody evil … Potter’s neck lies at a critical bend in the river of time… and that river surges crimson in this new twist on an enduring legend!

Ninth House meets Mexican Gothic in a dark academia mystery where the cards are stacked against reason—and the price of knowledge is blood. Dahlia Blackburne is a failing bookstore owner and fake Tarot reader who relies on deduction—not magic—to cast her fortunes. So when a stranger calling himself the Meister offers triple her rate for a reading after closing, she can't afford to say no. But the Meister has a far more dangerous proposition: infiltrate Foresyth Conservatory, an elite occult arts graduate school, and investigate the alleged suicide of brilliant but troubled student and puzzle maker, Julian Earhardt. Desperate to care for her ailing mother after her father’s recent passing, Dahlia agrees to investigate Julian’s death. Inside Foresyth’s candlelit halls and ivy-choked towers, Dahlia finds the school’s ruthless academic Circle which include the alluring “Trees” Sequoia and Aspen who strive to create magickal art that threatens to transcend life itself. What Dahlia doesn’t know is that the other students are there to pay off their own form of debts, and her father’s history is more intertwined with the seductive currents of Foresyth than Dahlia could have imagined. As the line between performance and passion blurs, Dahlia must confront the truth about Julian, the Conservatory, and the most dangerous form of magic—the kind that isn’t taught but inherited. The cards at Foresyth have already been dealt. Now, all Dahlia has to do is play her hand . . . or be consumed by the game.