BEAUTIFUL MONSTERS BOOK #1 RATED M 18+ {completed} _ You don't become the fiancé of one of the most powerful crime lords in the city without understanding exactly how gritty and depraved the world truly is... and how to thrive in the inferno. After five years spent under his controlling thumb, Daniela knows her position with a man like Vincent Stacatto is precarious, but as long as she plays by the rules of his "game", she's safe... Until she's taken by the devil. Kidnapped by a rival boss, Daniela becomes a pawn between two powerful forces, and just another casualty in a bloody game of chess. But to get to the top-and stay at the top-you have to fight dirty and hold nothing back, because the most dangerous piece on the board isn't the King. It's the Queen. {draft}

For the past four years Jana has been on her own—and don't get her wrong, she likes it that way. After fighting demons from the shadows, and closet werewolves in back alleys, one gets used to being alone. But when the past comes knocking, even she can’t escape the thorny arms of lies and fear that drag her back into a world of she barely remembers. The only things that can save Jana now, are an assembly of unlikely allies, a crapload of silver stakes—and spunk, of course.

"A good wolf should never leave her pack's territory. A good vampire never drinks werewolf blood. Too bad both of those rules were already broken." In an effort to escape a tragic past, Roxie’s aiming to leave her pack for good and set out into a world that’s always been off limits. If only her childhood friend, not to mention the future Alpha, wasn't standing in her way. But little does Roxie know that outside her pack territory, her blood is a prized commodity. One vampire is hot on her trail and ‘damaged’ or not, she has to keep him from draining not only her blood…but her heart as well. After all, pure Lycan blood is always the sweetest…

As a suffering epileptic with uncontrolled siezures, Miriam always knew she was different. For her, it's better to be invisible--but that all changes when He comes to town; a boy with murder in his eyes, and blood on his soul. He's different too. Maybe not even human... But there's a dark secret behind the truth of Miriam's siezures. Her days are numbered--and she doesn't even know it. Only one thing can save her. One person. It's too bad that the curse that could end up saving her life, could be the very thing that destroys it...

Raven's a rogue vampire just trying to stay under the radar and keep one step ahead of a dark past. But all her careful stealth goes out the window when she catches the eye of the one person who has the power to shatter everything she'd fought hard to protect. Daven's a shadowhunter. His job is to keep creatures like her in check--and he isn't really inclined to be nice about it. But, after a freak series of events, Raven finds herself tied to Daven in a way she can't even imagine. Even worse, there are rumors circling the realms about some kind of crazy prophecy...and her role in it. With Daven at her side, Raven might stand a chance at coming out of all of this alive... If they don't kill each other first.

“When you get bitten by a vampire, there are two choices; one is to become something undead--you know, the whole garlic-fearing, sun-loathing shebang. Or, two, become something…else. He gave me the second option.” Atticus is an intolerable jerk cursed to be alone for all eternity. Becky is his bubbly human sidekick with some demons all her own. Together, they hunt vampires. He does it out of some misplaced sense of revenge, and Becky’s life kind of depends on staking vamps through the heart—though, hopefully someone is there to keep her from 'accidentally' jabbing one of the pointy sticks in Atticus. Quick, what’s a six letter word for incompatibility?

Avery's a Demon hybrid just trying to stay hidden from the people who want her dead. Sage is a full-blooded vampire on a mission. In order to save his sister, all he has to do is break one of the most forbidden taboos of the shadowrealms. But will the cost be too great once he begins to know Avery as a person, rather than a means to an end? Or is the task of corruption just too great to resist?

It’s not easy being a teenage vampire slayer with an authority complex. Especially when you have an equally volatile, yet hunky, boss who seems to have it out for you. Not to mention being mistaken for a missing—presumed insane—vampire princess. Yep, Mary’s life is about to be turned upside down, as she becomes trapped between two ancient orders in a feud that stretches back thousands of years. Throw in a few instances of losing consciousness in odd places, writing cryptic notes to herself and coming back from the dead... Well, Mary's in for a whole new definition to the word "trouble." Not to mention boy problems—those are never fun.

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"Red coated his lips, vibrant against that ivory skin. He was the devil incarnate, dressed impeccably in Armani, and I had never seen a sight more terrifying." _________________ When diagnosed with a fatal illness at the age of twenty six, Eleanor Gray is resigned to her fate-at least until the enigmatic Dublin Helos appears and makes her an offer she knows she should refuse: Life or Death? With a decision as harmless as checking the wrong box on a mysterious questionnaire, Ellie is plunged into a dangerous world where souls are sold to the highest bidder and pleasure is fueled by pain. The rules of this new life are simple: submit everything-mind, body and soul. But the further Ellie falls under Dublin's control, the more she comes to realize that it's not just her sanity at stake, but her heart and a whole lot of blood too. [TO BE PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 28. SAMPLE CHAPTERS ONLY]