Fast Paced Fiction

NONSTOP ZOMBIE ACTION! A priest protecting a woman and her child. A police chief protecting himself. A death cult hunting their next sacrifice. The dead rising to collect revenge! Erik Handy, the author of Dead Pool and The Creeping City, brings you unrelenting terror at its best. Steamy jungles. Tons of bullets. The invincible undead. This book is a grindhouse movie in print form! Hell of the Dead is a new addition to the great horror legacies of George Romero and Robert Kirkman!

A fierce enemy that will stop at nothing. A woman who will risk everything. When Brianna, a tough-as-nails private investigator, goes on a blind date, she never expects it to lead straight into a dragon shifter's lair! Thrust into a world where mythical creatures roam the streets of Chicago, Brianna discovers the shocking truth about the missing women she's been hired to find—A pack of powerful dragon shifters has captured them. Brianna soon finds herself at the center of an ancient prophecy that could save them all... if she can escape the dragon-shifter’s clutches. As passion ignites ...

USA Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey A nuclear submarine cuts silently through the waters of the North Atlantic, commandeered by two-dozen armed terrorists. The target: New York City. Fighting for their lives aboard the hijacked submarine, Commander Darius McCann and Ship Superintendent Amy Russell have only one hope for survival. With the lives of millions at stake, they must play a dangerous game of cat and mouse where capture would mean certain death. On land, two NCIS investigators are working feverishly to learn the details of the hijacking in time to stop the ...

Private investigators Troy and Eva Winters are looking forward to a visit with their old college buddy, Joe, when he invites them over for a barbecue and to talk over details of a case. The night soon turns awkward when Joe’s neighbors are overheard in an argument, which suddenly turns deadly silent. When Troy completes the assignment and brings the evidence to Joe, his friend is nowhere to be found. Troy’s life is soon in danger when he begins a search and stumbles across the neighbor’s evil secret.

Trevon Harrison returns in the climactic ending of the Miami Nights series. He has to face the demanding life of fatherhood with two different baby mothers, LaToria, known as Kandi, and Jurnee. His life in front of the camera continues, dripping with lust and unexpected turmoil. Being an adult film star and a father of two toddlers pushes Trevon to the breaking point, while drama erupts between the mothers of his children as they secretly battle their jealousy toward each other. An issue from Trevon's past brings a downpour of problems that force him to react in ways that he never imagined ...

A former MI6 senior field officer, now a private contractor to the underworld, heads to Spain to investigate the gangland slaying of an important client, only to discover the dead man was the father who abandoned her as a young child. When an old-time British villain and his crew meet their end in a bloody shoot-out on the Costa del Sol, it's of little concern to most. After all, gangsters get killed. It's what happens in their line of work. Allegiances change. Men die. It's the way of things. However, when Mary Lawson a.k.a. 'The Accountant', a former MI6 agent turned independent ...

Nash Hall's dad is a criminal who just can't seem to go straight. He wants Nash to help him commit a robbery. A big one. The trouble is, Nash's mum is a cop. And the robbery is at Nash's school. But Dad owes a lot of money to some very dangerous people, and if Nash doesn't help him do the job, it could cost both their lives.

After the tragic death of her husband, Evelyn Marks returns to her childhood home of Harbor Point with her young son, desperate for a fresh start. But the peaceful coastal town she remembers is cloaked in secrets as thick as the fog that rolls in each night. When an anonymous letter suggests her husband’s death was no accident, Evelyn’s fragile world is shattered. Seeking answers, she turns to Thatcher Caldwell, the kind-hearted local pastor whose unwavering faith becomes her anchor. As they unravel the mystery, they uncover shocking truths about her late husband's involvement in a ...

Escaping danger with my daughter, Boston should have been our safest option. Instead, it opened a can of worms that very well could end us all. Finding my best friend's apartment ransacked was terrifying. Running into Liam McConnor, my ex and head of the Irish mafia, was worse. Unfortunately for me, the man who shattered my heart five years ago is now my only hope for survival. Desperation drives us into his safe house. Old flames ignite, new fears arise, but trust on both sides is tenuous. Especially when he discovers Caitlin, my four year old daughter, is his. Liam, my brother’s best ...

A fast-paced, thrilling mystery with non-stop action that teens and tweens will love! When Emily Dawson’s best friend Lila vanishes without a trace, she is drawn into the dark secrets of Project Red Veil, a mysterious experiment tied to Lila's father’s past. As Lila and Emily uncover the horrifying truth hidden beneath an abandoned research facility, they become the targets of Langford, a ruthless figure intent on keeping the project’s secrets buried.

Angelica committed murder/suicide to end her troubles. What came next was worse than her tortured life. In purgatory, she is stalked by the one she killed with no way out. Until one day, something beyond her control changes. Crystal runs from her past to a new house, in a new town, in a nice neighborhood. She believes this will be the best new beginning for her little girl. Not long after moving, her daughter begins to act out of character and Crystal blames herself for the change. Only Angelica knows the truth; that these women should not be in her house. Now she must find a way to stop ...

Illustrated edition of book 1 in the award-winning Anna Kronberg series. A series of systematic murders. A killer the police don't seem to see. A brilliant woman with dark secrets. When a corpse surfaces in the city's waterworks, the Metropolitan Police fear a cholera outbreak. They summon bacteriologist Dr. Anton Kronberg, who spots something far more sinister hinting at the victim's excruciating end. The police lose interest when evidence of foul play seems too weak and far-fetched. To catch the killer, Kronberg is forced into an alliance with Sherlock Holmes. Their suspicions deepen when...

Billy is an ordinary boy from an ordinary family, but when something unusual happens to him, he becomes quite extraordinary. He finds that he has incredible abilities that take him on a journey all the way to the Olympic Games. The listener is on the edge of their seat, every step of the way, to find out what happens.

Lieutenant Ethan Hendricks’ greatest nightmare just also happened to be his grandfather’s newest business venture. Logan Hendricks is thrilled about his brand new detective agency’s first case, but things weren’t turning out the way they were supposed to, including the attempted murder of one of his brand new employees. But he figures their next case, which involves finding a missing sister, should go a lot smoother. How dangerous could it be? Ethan Hendricks wasn’t quite as confident about his grandfather’s new hobby, or that the supposedly straight-forward case of a missing ...

Ellen was just trying to help a stranger. That was how it started: giving a few minutes respite to a flustered young mother sitting opposite her on the train. A few minutes holding her baby while the mother makes an urgent call. The weight of the child in her arms making Ellen's heart ache for what she can never have. Five minutes pass. Ten. The train pulls into a station and Ellen is stunned to see the mother hurrying away down the platform without looking back.

The world is on the brink of economic collapse. Tom is an unhappily married journalist from London, seeking to advance his career. Sally is single, ambitious and independent, visiting from Australia. They're both chasing the same story. After several incidents rock the Royal National Bank to its core, its share price tumbles and world stock markets begin to ripple. International economic stability is at risk. Timing and diversity of the events makes it impossible for them to be coincidence or incompetence.

MARBELLA, 1985. A time of excess and greed. A place of corruption, betrayal, and violence. Former paratrooper, Eddie Lawson, had done many things in his life of which he was not proud. Still, the tormented Falklands war veteran had always kept the promise he had made to his devoted mother on her death bed - don't ever be a criminal. Estranged from his wife and daughter, and destitute, he hitchhikes his way to southern Spain to find the brother he has not seen for a decade. All he wants is to borrow some travel money so that he can join up with a mercenary unit in Africa. It's the closest he...

Big business might be ruthless, but Lucie Rizzo learned to take the heat from the best: Her mob boss father. Except instead of cooking the books, she’s mixing up her next moneymaking expansion. But her BFF-turned-partner isn’t sold on the idea. Ro is the creative genius - not to mention the boobs - of their operation, but Lucie has the discerning business palate. And this venture smells like sweet success. All they need is the right investor. French chef Antoine Durand made casseroles sexy again. His closely guarded secret recipe built a billion-dollar empire.

One devastating event, seven teens--their families dead--and a choice no one should have to make. Samson has a close, welcoming family and when he, and six others, are violently expelled from the Spaceship Victoria into deep space minutes before watching his home and his family explode, Samson has no idea how to cope. And that’s a problem. When the EV Victoria explodes, Kay gets scared. Scared because her father and step dad were dead; scared because she was locked in a tin can with six people she didn't know; scared because they had to make a choice--wait years for rescue or travel ...

Edison Rooker is determined to gain access to the magical world. Problem is, he doesn’t have magic. But he does have a plan: get a job as apprentice to powerful sorceress Antonia Hex. He also has an illegal Spell Binder device, which he must keep hidden from the Magical Consortium, at all costs. With his new job, Edison is given a new name – Rook – which he happily accepts. He’s less happy about working alongside Sun, the grumpy but annoyingly cute apprentice to Antonia’s big rival.