Congressional chief of staff Dave O’Brien is salivating at the prospects for advancement in the wake of a tragic plane crash that has opened the way for his boss, Congressman Noah Sebring, to take over the powerful chair of the House Appropriations Committee. But Dave has a problem: he’s received a threatening e-mail accompanied by a photo of a young intern, bound and gagged.

The missing girl’s father, unhappy with Dave’s explanations about his daughter’s whereabouts, hires a reporter, Nick DaPrato, to go to Washington and “shake things up.” DaPrato has his own credibility issues, since his newspaper fired him for making up sources on an exposé of local corruption. As the battle for the chairmanship heats up, Dave tries to protect his job, while Nick struggles to keep the search for the intern on the front burner in this epic tale of duplicity and deceit in the nation’s capital.

Life on the competition circuit was fast-paced and exciting, but now Kellan is ready to settle down and stay in his own bed for longer than a week. Kellan thought he had it all figured out, except he didn’t figure in the sassy barista next door.

Molly saved every penny she had to buy the quirky coffee shop on the corner. Now her quiet little piece of heaven is being threatened by the grunting and yelling from the karate studio next door. Surely one doesn’t need to scream so much, right?

With Molly throwing down the gauntlet to quiet down or shut down, Kellan does the only thing he can do. Take off the sparring gloves, and show the barista just what Powerhouse Martial Arts is all about.

The town bad boy is back to clear his name

Firefighter Sean Marcus left Jupiter Point thirteen years ago in disgrace, but now he’s coming home to set the record straight. As the leader of the new Jupiter Point Hotshots wildfire crew, he’s out to prove he’s no longer the troubled boy who fled after a night of shocking violence. He’s returned for one reason only–and it’s not to fall in love. But that plan goes up in smoke the minute he sets eyes on Evie McGraw, all grown up and gorgeous.

The town sweetheart has a secret

Evie has never spoken about the night that changed her life. But she can’t escape it, especially now that her brother’s wild friend Sean is back. Rugged, sexy and impossible to ignore, he’s the only one who knows what truly happened. Evie gave up everything to protect her family, but now, she has to make a choice. Keep silent…or put her heart on the line and let Sean help heal the past?

Jenny’s sister is missing. And so is her secret.

Jenny Payne lives in the shadow of her sisters.After years of caring for her chronically ill mother, having put her own life on hold, Jenny feels invisible.

Late one night after a long shift at work, angry after an altercation with their boss, Jenny and her younger sister are involved in a hit-and-run.When Jenny comes to, her sister has mysteriously disappeared, and she has a vague recollection of a whispered secret. From her hospital bed, she pieces together her sister’s secret life and wonders if the hit-and-run was an accident, or a deliberate act?Returning home to her overbearing mother, unsure whether her younger sister is still alive, Jenny succumbs to debilitating depression.

My name’s Lyra Ridley, and I run headlong into supernatural danger for a living.

Of course, that’s not how I sold the job to my adoptive vampire dad. Or what I put on my dating profile for that matter. And I do have a wet-your-pants-level terrifying dragon partner rushing headlong into danger with me. But she, like my unusual magic, is frequently more hazard than help.

Despite all that, I love my job protecting the streets of post-magic-revolution Las Vegas—where humans and supernaturals live side-by-side, or are at least having a stab at it. So when I get suspended and some jackass takes my city hostage? Yeah, there’s going to be hell to pay.

Even if it means I have to team up with a mysterious supernatural I know nothing about—except that he has pointy ears, a rod up his backside, questionable priorities, and could kill me with his eyes closed.

Jacob Snow—elite soldier-turned-CIA agent, haunted by his tortured past—is one of the CIA’s greatest assets, and is dispatched when the stakes are highest. When an ancient Egyptian relic goes missing under mysterious circumstances, Jacob knows this is no run-of-the-mill robbery: the relic holds a secret—one that could destroy everything.

Jacob seeks out a mysterious and beautiful archeologist, whose brilliance is needed on the case. Together, they must partner to decode the archeological riddles and stop the terrorists before it is too late.

Yet as they race to recover the stolen artifact, they soon find themselves in the midst of a conspiracy bigger than anything they could have imagined—and time is quickly running out.