"You will never escape, Danielle. Never." The world is tainted. The world is shadowed. The world is cursed. A demon presides over everyone, ruling with power and fear. Every few months, the Games of Hell are held, twenty people culled from the masses to compete. Nineteen will die. The twentieth will want death. Join Danielle in her mission to escape the Games: leading the Competitors to hope. She is tested time and time again, tortured with memories and pain, but still preservers in her desperate attempt to escape. What happens when she finds love and friendship in the darkest of places? Will she find the escape she needs, or is she fated to fail? Under all the pressure, of the terrible things she must do to further her plans, will she break? Read to find out in Toys of a Dangerous Mind: winner of Undiscovered Thriller 2011

Sam is the most promising swordsman among this year’s crop of Paladin trainees...and knows it. Brash, cocky, and unbeatable with a sword (well, almost), Sam is the kingdom of Thule’s best hope against the violence wrought by demons. The only problem is that Sam is really Lady Samantha, daughter of the seventeenth Duke of Haywood, and if her father has his way, she’ll be marrying a Paladin, not becoming one. But Sam has never held much interest in playing damsel-in-distress, and so she rescues herself from a lifetime of boredom and matrimonial drudgery. Pity that Tristan Lyons, the Paladin assigned to train her, is none other than the hero of her childhood. He hasn’t recognized her as Lady Samantha--yet-- but if he does, he’ll take away her sword and send her packing. Sam is not the only trainee hiding secrets: Braeden is a half-demon with a dark past that might be unforgivable. Sam, Braeden and Tristan set out for the western coast, charged with rooting out an infestation of demons that has made the West unlivable. As they travel, they uncover a deep-seated corruption of power that threatens to derail everything they stand for. Rebellion stirs, led by a rival faction of warriors who tempt Sam to join them with an irresistible offer. A war between men is coming, and Sam must pick a side. Will saving the kingdom cost her life -- or just her heart? Reminiscent of Mulan, but with a medieval fantasy twist, Paladin is a tale of adventure, action, and romance.

Villahr is a tortured young Vici in a world overrun after a colossal Vampiric invasion. The earth has been completely reformatted and separated into two regions, one for the vampires and one for the humans, which is growing smaller day by day. By law it is forbidden for any of the Vampiric and Vicio species to interact, punishable by death, that is how it has always been. A group of trappers made up of highly skilled men and women decide to rise up and fight for their world, breaking the mortal-vamp complaisance, and start picking off the supernatural. After an important part of Villahr's life is taken from him as a result of this mutiny, Villahr is forced to go against his own nature and the very regulations he swore to follow at all costs to find the culprits and stop them. Follow him him on his journey as he seeks justice and vengeance with the number one source of his loathing as his only companion, and ends up finding more than he ever thought possible.