On your 21st birthday, you discover your mate. But not for me. My mate abandoned me. The bond is there, but it is broken. So why do I feel this way for someone else? Why am I drawn to him and his pack? What has my mother not told me?

British business mogul Rikkard Ambrose has departed London to face his arch-rival in a deadly game of espionage and intrigue at the Royal Court of France, leaving his lady love behind to knit socks and twiddle her thumbs. Left behind alone? That is not something Lilly Linton is willing to put up with! Determined to show her boss who's boss, she embarks on her most dangerous adventure yet, armed with the most powerful weapon of all: love-and, just in case, her trusted revolver. The 5th volume of Robert Thier's award-winning Storm and Silence series.

Edward is finally home. After all the danger he had been in the last few weeks, it feels good to just relax with his friends. There has been no further communication from Orion, which troubles him. On the way home from an AP class, Millie gets intercepted and receives a strange package that has no visible opening, along with a warning note on it telling her that "he" is coming. Before she can figure out who "he" is, something happens that changes her world once again. Alex, always the carefree slob, accepts a "free" new gaming console which is much more sinister than it seems. Before he knows it, he's sent into the unknown, with barely any way to defend himself. Finding themselves in a harsh, new environment, Edward, Millie, and Alex have to rely on their friends to be able to take even one step, for a single mistake might be their end, and they must learn how to adapt fast, or they will never make it home.

"Eight birds flown From the four directions they fly. Just where they will land is unknown. Their meeting seems impossible." Four couples run from their homes. Gavin and Kendra are flying from the oppression of Gavin's town. Darius and Darcy are flying from Darius's father. Dhaka has kidnapped his cousin, Cassie, and they are flying from pursuit. Dalton and Julia are flying from Julia's overbearing mother. Will they make it? Well, I can't tell you that here.

Family - the most important thing in the world, right? If it's your own, maybe. But if it's the family of the incredibly powerful, incredibly alluring businessman with whom you've been conducting a secret office affair, and they don't yet know about the affair, things are a little bit different. Life is about to get real for Lilly Linton. All those stolen moments behind closed doors, those secret kisses and whispered words are about to catch up with her. As she and her boss, business-magnate Rikkard Ambrose, travel north to his parents' palatial estate, she is about to discover whether she has the strength to step out of the shadows and change her fate forever. Volume four of the award-winning "Storm and Silence" series.

Edward is just as normal as you can get. He goes to school, has friends, plays video games, and is occasionally bullied. One day, after a strange man shows up at his school talking about how Edward and his three friends have powers, his whole world gets turned upside down. He finds out that somehow, he and his friends have a bigger part to play in the world than they thought.