(Nocturnal Law Series) { ONC 2025 Shortlister }Magic and justice collide when witch lawyer Gwyneira Grimheart fights to save vampire Emrys Hawthorn's sorry fangs. Sanguine City is notorious for corrupt bat cops, human trafficking, highly addictive fairydust, and contract killings orchestrated by the bloodthirsty vampire mafia. But even these lowly criminals deserve a fair shot at trial and someone has to do it. Gwyneira defends the supernaturals that no other witch or sane mortal will go near, so when Emrys Hawthorn comes politely knocking at her law office's door in the middle of the night, she knows what she has to do. Vampires are dangerous beings, and Gwyneira knows the risks all too well, but if she's not careful, it won't just be her blood he takes. It might be her heart too. Lovely cover created by @-MilaSteele Genre: Paranormal Fantasy Thriller Current Word Count: 35,381

Vampires have Slayers. Werewolves have Trackers. Everything else has a Hunter. ____ A lot can happen in a year, Elise Bunting knows that all too well due to how much has occurred since her eighteenth birthday three years ago. Only now she's fought the demons of her past, avoided yet another war, gained some control over powers and is enjoying single life, there isn't anything happening anymore. In the year that's gone by, Elise is able to report that nothing has happened. At all. There is no more drama, being sacrificed, unwanted visitors from the gods of other realms and she has a whole tribe of people who accept her for who and what she is. In fact, everything is practically perfect in this Hunters world. Yet when her mothers latest attempt at a blind date sets her alarm bells ringing, could her year of peace and quiet be about to come to an end in such a way, that everything is about to change all over again? ___________________ Recommended reading order: Hunter: Blood Moon #1 Hunter: Begin Again #2 Hunter: Cursed #3 Hunter: Eclipse #4 Hunter: Gods & Monsters #5 (C) 2019 ellarose12

A hard body slammed into her, trapping her against the wall. He leaned into her, his lips almost touching her neck, whispering, "You're my captive now." ... Selene is a siren without a purpose, bored with killing and ruining the lives of human men, she longs for something new. Except she didn't intend for something new to come in the form of Raziel, a puritanical Redeemer who's tasked with bringing her to his leader and her death. To make matters worse he's devastatingly gorgeous and resistant to her only defence: her siren's song. Cover by @CloffeeSight *Updates on Friday nights 3rd place in The Glossy Awards (Paranormal)

Cherry blossom lipstick: check Smokey eyes: check Skinny jeans: check Dead kid in the mirror: check For sixteen year old Mattie Hathaway, this is her normal everyday routine. She's been able to see ghosts since her mother tried to murder her when she was five years old. No way does she want anyone to know she can talk to spooks. Being a foster kid is hard enough without being labeled a freak too. Normally, she just ignores the ghosts and they go away. There's a little glitch this time. The ghost she sees is her foster sister, Sally. Everyone thinks she's just another runaway. Mattie knows the truth, though-she's dead, murdered. Foster kids look out for each other and Mattie feels like she has to help Sally, but she can't do it alone. Against her better judgment, she teams up with a young police officer and together they set out to discover the truth of Sally's disappearance. Now the killer has set his sights on her. It becomes a race to see if she can find the truth before the serial killer finds her.

Elizabeth de Baptiste never stood out much in school, she was a wallflower who blended into the vines that decorated Peril High. Just like all other girls in school she crushed on the school athlete; Jack Isle, the small-town jock star. When Elizabeth one day stumbles into the Mythology section in the Library she finds a book per chance: the Grand Grimoire. Feeling drawn to the odd book she takes it home, finding that it contains spells, spells to make her get noticed by Jack Isle. She could've never prepared herself for the next unfolding of events. She might've just accidentally and jokingly sold her soul to the Devil, literally. And his son is going to collect it. Most disturbingly, everything seems to point to Lucian Black, the school's rumoured bad boy, to be the man to do the deed. Is Lucian going after Elizabeth? And what will she do? Will he steal her soul, or her heart?