Sebastian Rousseau is a grumpy, hot as hell fire pilot who is too damn good with his hands. It’s the perfect combination. But unfortunately for me, he’s also my ex-boyfriend’s dad. A chance meeting brought us together and a missed connection has kept us apart. One year later, a stroke of fate has us living under the same roof—which makes everything between us downright messy. Because even after all this time, he’s still the man I think about when I fall asleep. The one I can’t get over no matter how hard I try. He’s working on mending a fragile relationship with his son and we both know acting on these urges would be the ultimate betrayal. But I see the heat in his eyes. That look of need that never fails to send a shiver down my spine. The mutual longing is borderline unbearable and the simmering heat between us is downright palpable. We both know there are rules when it comes to situations like this. But then again…following the rules never has been my strong suit.

* Please read the content warnings in the front matter.*The Violent Hours is the first book in a very dark paranormal romance series. This novel contains descriptive graphic content and other topics that can be triggering. It is not intended for anyone under 18 years of age. Depiction is not authorial endorsement.KayleeI've been running, but not anymore. I have questions, and I'm coming for the truth, to know more about what I am and what it means.He is more than a celebrity crush. He is my obsession. A vampire king hidden in plain sight. Not once had I considered that the object of my secret fantasies would just stroll into my real life and elicit such dark desires. How can I escape from someone who feels tethered to me, body, mind, and soul, making me question everything? He scares me but helps me to fight my fears; he is the epitome of danger but is my safe haven. One thing I am sure of is he will bring about my reckoning with my revival. He is a monster, but I want to make him mine, and I might just die trying. EinarI've spent most of my existence searching for meaning, conquering kingdoms, feeding and fighting, but never really feeling until something sparked to life inside of me almost twenty-three years ago.I remember the first day I felt a pull to a place unknown. It was a foreign thing to feel anything other than hunger, unfamiliar and exciting.When I followed it, I found myself drawn to the island of Jersey, and seven months later, I felt the first punch of air into lungs that hadn't breathed that way in over twelve hundred years.I didn't know then that it was her who drew me here, that it was her first screaming lungful of air that gave me newfound breath, her heart that gave mine a beat, and her soul's entrance into our world, that sparked a flame in my own. She might not yet know it, but she is fated to be mine, not only a hidden from the dark underworld from which she belongs, but also from those who believe that she might be the one destined to rule it all.Dual, first person POVs.Fated matesForced proximityVampires, Shifters, Werewolves and more

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People don’t just disappear without a trace.... Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold. Now, 11 years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they’ll find.... In this smart and chilling thriller, master of suspense and New York Times best-selling author Mary Kubica takes domestic secrets to a whole new level, showing that some people will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.

People don’t just disappear without a trace.... Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold. Now, 11 years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they’ll find.... In this smart and chilling thriller, master of suspense and New York Times best-selling author Mary Kubica takes domestic secrets to a whole new level, showing that some people will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.