Dark Thriller

Humanity needs help, and they need it fast. Following a particularly devastating loss, Liam learns that the All-Kind have found a suitable candidate species to become humanity’s allies: a species called the Sulti. This might seem like a stroke of luck, except the Sulti have fought the Deathbringers before, and there is no love lost between them. But they’re going to have to put all that behind them. Because the Sulti Empire, which spans thousands of populated worlds, is where the Ferox have chosen to mount a full-scale invasion.

Fear, the darkest of evils, and love, the strongest of emotions, have come together to whip up a horrific potion of love & fear. This compilation of stories is not about sweet dreams vs nightmares. Horrifying though they might be, it is about the paranormal, which is experienced by some as a reality; the sort of world where a logical explanation doesn’t exist; there is no reprieve from the tempest of the worst of your imaginations. Fear is the oldest of most primate emotions, which plays upon the person more from within the mind than by external forces. The worst of fears is the fear of ...

Deep in the primeval rainforest of Washington state's Olympic Peninsula, the skeletal remains of a murdered man are discovered. And a strange, unsettling tale begins to unfold, for forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver determines that the murder weapon was a primitive bone spear of a type not seen for the last 10,000 years. And whoever - or whatever - hurled it did so with seemingly superhuman force. Bigfoot "sightings" immediately crop up, but Gideon is not buying them.

At the altar, Zarayah can’t help but wonder if she’s making a terrible mistake… Keeping her husband-to-be’s secrets from her family wasn’t the first gut-wrenching decision she had to make. Choosing to go through with the wedding after learning what Zaire has done leaves Zarayah with a bad taste in her mouth. But surely it’s too late to call things off when they’re standing at the altar together… right? Backing out would embarrass her family—and herself. So she goes through with the marriage and things go from bad to worse. Their honeymoon cruise is a disaster and her ...

When her friend disappears, and the cops seem uninterested in following up the case, a glamorous young woman starts her own investigation. With the help of an autistic child and her ex-lover, she digs deeper into the missing woman's affairs - especially her job as a criminal defense attorney.

Matt Evans is in deep trouble. After taking a loan he should never have taken, his debt to local thug, Jeff Holden, has spiraled out of control. Just when it seems that time has run out, Jeff offers an alternative deal. Matt is to assist a scientist with his secret experiments to clear the debt. Despite his attempts to see the deal through, Matt soon realizes he’s trapped in a nightmare. The scientist has a dark agenda and a twisted mind that become more apparent with every visit to the underground lab. With his sanity on the line and possibly his life, Matt must escape at any cost, but ...

🏆 Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince, Serpent & Dove, and Zodiac Academy! 🏆 ☠️ Dark magic. Deadly secrets. And a supernatural academy where everyone wants me dead. ☠️ One moment, I’m human. The next, I wake up in Nightveil Academy—a school for vampires, werewolves, and dark fae. They say I belong here. That I’m a vampire hybrid. But I don’t trust them. My memories are shattered. My past is a lie. And someone at this Academy wants me dead. 💔 The Boys of Nightveil Want to Claim Me. Lucien—the vampire heir who says we were bonded in another life. Kai—the werewolf...

In the years since the Xyletian Empire took everything away from him, omega Drey Dredesere has only ever wanted revenge against those responsible. When two rebel soldiers rescue him from his hotel prison, Drey realizes he may finally have a chance. Alphas Paz and Hendricks are on a mission to hunt down an enemy from their past, and like Drey, their emotional scars have kept them from ever knowing the warmth of a mate's love. Paz and Hendricks allow Drey to join them on their journey, but when he goes deep into heat for the two soldiers, the omega must confront the traumas that prevent him ...

Renée Ballard is working the night beat again and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours only to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin. Ballard kicks him out but then checks into the case herself, and it brings a deep tug of empathy and anger. Bosch is investigating the death of 15-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway on the streets of Hollywood who was brutally murdered and her body left in a dumpster like so much trash. Now, Ballard joins forces with Bosch.

Terror stalks the streets of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana. A suspected murderer is free on a technicality, and the cop accused of planting evidence against him is ordered off the case. But Detective Nick Fourcade refuses to walk away. He’s stepped over the line before. This case threatens to push him over the edge. He’s not the only one. Deputy Annie Broussard found the woman’s mutilated body. She still hears the phantom echoes of dying screams. She wants justice.

Sometimes, some things are beyond your control... While staying at a secluded Airbnb, the easygoing Edoardo Fallini discovers that his eccentric host is not who she seems to be. Soon bodies start to pile up--and to Edoardo's horror, the blood of each death is on his hands.

A stunning woman. A secret cabal of torture. Can she survive long enough to escape? Avril Gillios keeps herself in top physical condition. Her marathon running and healthy lifestyle unexpectedly connected her to an ancient sex trafficking ring. Little does she know she's about to be purchased... As the head of the powerful Consortium, Sir exudes power, confidence, and male charm. When he purchases Avril for his own secret pleasures, he shivers at the thought of orchestrating her delicious screams. Handcuffed to Sir's dark desires, Avril's only chance for survival depends on thoroughly ...

If it knocks four times -- don’t answer. When Liam inherits his late uncle’s remote hunting cabin deep in the Ridge 9 backwoods, he expects quiet isolation — not claw marks on trees, not torn-up trail cams, and certainly not a journal filled with paranoid ramblings about "four knocks" in the night. But the deeper Liam digs into his uncle’s final days, the more disturbing the entries become — detailing a presence that circles the cabin, leaves no tracks, and never comes in… unless you open the door. Now snowed in, with no way to contact the outside world, Liam finds himself alone...

The seal on the spell that’s been keeping my Fae side in check is due to break tonight at midnight… And I’m set to marry a man I don’t really know, and what I do know of him, I don’t particularly like. All because some stupid prophecy (from before I was even born) proclaimed as much. Talk about a crappy deal… With my Fae powers set to take over and the threat of becoming the Queen of the Winter Court becoming all too real, I find myself stuck at the bar of the Half-Moon Grill in a full-blown pity party. In walks Maverick, a bounty hunter who occasionally works for me and who’s...

DI Nathaniel Caslin has earned the freedom to run his case load as he sees fit, bypassing the hierarchical constraints with his specialist unit. Little does he know a deadly adversary is walking the streets of York. One who will push the team to their psychological limits. Reluctantly agreeing to a joint investigation alongside a detective from the Drug Squad, Caslin is perplexed by the multiple homicides of a number of addicts. Poisoned by their own supply with no apparent motive, the killings appear gang related.

She married for money. She plotted for more. But the insurance policy had other ideas... Chantel Fletcher’s specialty is husbands. Her problem is cash. When her third husband turns out to be worth $2.5 million dead, she makes the leap from trophy wife to cold-blooded conspirator. With a mountain of debt and a dangerous past catching up to her, Chantel enlists her teenage daughter and a dim-witted ex-con to help pull the trigger on the perfect murder. But this is St. Isidore—a town that chews up second chances and spits out twisted endings. And when the cops come knocking, Chantel ...

Get hours of reading pleasure, pulsating action, and a hero who just won't be stopped BLOOD FEUD When the British government needs a problem to disappear, they call Stirling Hunt. But when his own family is murdered, he has nothing left to lose… Stirling Hunt is a ghost. A deniable black-ops asset. A man who doesn’t exist. But when his family is the target of a brutal assassin, the world’s deadliest operative is given one last chance for revenge. Hunted by shadowy forces and running out of time to untangle a devious web of betrayal and decades of deceit, Hunt will stop at nothing to ...

Fearful Rock and Other Precarious Locales is the third volume of Night Shade Books' five volume "Selected Stories of Manly Wade Wellman." This volume is made up of eight novella length stories. It includes Wellman's "Judge Pursivant" and "Sergeant Jaeger" stories, as well as a lost classic from Strange Stories (1939).

Another Standout Thriller From Christopher Murphy! "Phenomenal! This read is an uncontested highlight of the year. Murphy has a knack for making you care about his characters, along with putting them in intense situations that make his books impossible to put down. This crackling extension to The Other Side of the Mirror is further proof that Murphy is shaping up to be an author you do not want to miss." - Sam S. Highly Recommend! "Another page turner from Author Christopher Murphy! Compelling story and characters from start to finish that will keep you guessing until the end." -Khalil E. ...

Twelve years ago, Sarah Baker was abducted by the Watt Lake Killer and sexually assaulted for months before managing to escape. The killer was caught, but Sarah lost everything: her marriage, her child, and the life she loved.

Struggling with PTSD, Sarah changes her name to Olivia West and finds sanctuary working on Broken Bar Ranch. But as her scars finally begin to heal, a cop involved with her horrific case remains convinced the Watt Lake Killer is still out there.