S.K. Pryntz

St. Valentine University holds a dark secret… Vivian Valentine: Her dream is to be a journalist and with the enticing offer of the most prestigious program in the country, Vivvy jumps at the opportunity to transfer to St. Valentine, her history is the very blood of the building after all…but beneath the walls of the university holds a dark story. Fourteen women were sacrificed to power hungry men who built the school. Vivvy falls too far into conspiracy when a seemingly harmless charity event to buy a professor for Valentines day throws her right into the path of her very own distant relative; the Occults leader. Maddox: The leader of the Divine Valentine, Maddox has upheld a dark ritual every Valentine’s Day. All the descendants take turns to offer a sacrifice to their ancestors before them. It’s the perfect opportunity when not only another descendant comes to the university but one that is his very own powerful blood line. A charity allows him to lure her right into his grasp, but his little virgin sacrifice will not be so easy to catch. Will history repeat itself…or will the woman skilled in telling a story create her own narrative?

Asher When a reformed serial killer turns to the life of an assassin, he finds his new target is not the rich little princess she appears to be. Posing as a body guard to get close to her, the more he uncovers, the more intrigued he becomes. What will happen when he pulls free the last mask she hides behind ?Echo Being the daughter of a high security firms owner is taxing most days, and echo has to bide her time by getting her nails done, shopping the latest trends…and keeping her serrated golden dagger fresh with blood. Her past has set a path as an assassin to find the ones responsible for her mothers gruesome death. What will she do when a new nosy bodyguard is insistent on protecting her from the evil she is trying to extinguish? Can she keep her secret? One contract. Two killers. Target? Eachother. How far is the line between protection and task, and what will happen when the means to achieve the ultimate goal is connected to both of their painful pasts?

Eilizaveta (Ivy): In more ways than one Ivy has lived her entire life caged. She may have been rescued from her prison, but the monsters still haunt her dreams never being truly freed. Her body bares the marks left by her past; her mind is tormented with the echo of those never rescued. Ivy is on a mission to free those souls that were taken by destroying the ones who claimed them, but The Masks organization is not the only foe she faces. Her knight in shining armor and the undeniable allure she feels for him will be the biggest challenge. He too is looking for a monster to slay. He just doesn't realize that monster is her. Tormented by a past that has always led his future, Micah is always the diligent soldier, the perfect man for his job as a Detective. He has uncovered so many secrets and every day he gets closer to finding the target he's been tracking, closer to finally slaying the monster who has been ripping the city apart. Micah has found himself conflicted for the first time with his position. He wants to protect his little ghost from the past that haunts her. Ivy has a secret that Micah can't quite figure out. His allure and passion for her is blinding, and all he wants is to see her demons slayed. How can he protect someone that never stays in one place? How can he truly save a ghost? His job is to bring justice, her mission is to bring pain. What will happen when the reflections of the past and future collide? Will the love of the tortured souls be enough to free them both of their pain? Or will they both forever remain caged?

Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the sexiest killer of them all? Ember: As she struggles with a dark past, she has become the most vigilant serial killer Rochester New York has ever seen. Her determination to create her own justice in the world has made her blind to the other shadows who are stalking the night. Her biggest rival of all has now set his targeted focus on her. Lucius: His father is breathing down his neck to end the evasive little shadow known as Snow White. He has been studying her to find her weaknesses, but while he’s been trying to unveil the cracks in her foundations, he’s uncovered some of his own. Lucius has to make a decision to end the only rival who’s ever been a challenge for him or give in to his all consuming desire. With a particularly clever criminal analyst, and their enemies only a breaths distance away, can Ember and Lucius resist the game of dangerous temptations, or will the cracks they find in their own reflections cause them both to shatter?

When you hide behind a mask…you start to forget who is truly behind it...Fallon has fought to be free of the gilded cage her family has laid out for her. The expectations, unwritten rules, and grueling demands. With the tragic loss of her eldest brother, the weight of the family’s reputation and fortune has been placed solely on Fallon. The cost? Taking on the persona set out for her, and forgetting who she truly is. When the dangerous new professor appears in her life, she may just have found another way to ensure a way to hide behind her mask. Can she truly sacrifice the one man who sees her for her true self?His newfound freedom starts to feel as just another prison cell. The fake smiles, and upholding the expectations that have been set for him as the reformed, exonerated criminal becomes a full time job. When you add in his passion of being a professor, pharaoh has to figure out what is left of his past, and what will remain in his future. A sassy student digging into the wounds he’s tried so hard to bury has put more cracks in his plan to truly move forward. With her insistence to bring him down to save herself, can Pharaoh manage to save them both? Or will he become the true monster he’s been known as for years.With Loss, redemption, and the fear to leave their masks behind. Can Fallon and Pharaoh see that the truth? Or will the unseen enemy trick them to succumb to their temptations, and let the clock run out for good?

EZELLO: Being chosen for an undercover assignment at Hospital Twelve, she never expected to not be the only one looking into the missing patients. The triplets at the facility, also known as the Asylum Devils, have taken a particular interest in her. What will happen when the answer to the questions she seeks revolves around the past of the most dangerous of the brothers? GOLIATH: The new nosy patient of the asylum has a secret that Goliath is dead set on figuring out. The woman draws him in, excites him, and soon he finds himself drawn to more than just her mystery. With the murders at Hospital Twelve increasing, Goliath has to dig deep into a painful past, before his little lamb is slaughtered with the rest. With the clock ticking and the days piling up more bodies...Can they uncover the twisted truth, or will they become part of the tale?