Jen Frederick's Woodlands Series on Sale!!!

Unrequited (book 5) now LIVE on Amazon!

New Release by Romance Author Laramie Briscoe

The newest installment in Laramie Briscoe's biker romance series is now available at Amazon.

Book Summary

Sister
Lone survivor
Scared, but tough

Christine Stone has lived through a lot since the day she was born. Her older brother left her without a backwards glance, leaving her with parents who wanted to use her to better themselves in their cult-like religious sect.

Days after legally becoming an adult, she’s given to an older man for an arranged marriage that will change her life forever. Escape is the only way her life can be saved. When she succeeds and sets out to make a new life for herself, she meets Travis Steel — communications and security officer for the Heaven Hill MC.

Loner
Protector of secrets
Level-headed and steady

Travis Steele has been on the periphery of the Heaven Hill MC for a long time. Quiet, he takes his job seriously. He is the protector of the group, in charge with keeping family and friends safe.

When one meeting with the sister of his friend turns into more, he struggles with where to draw the line. She needs a friend, and Travis prides himself in being what other people need, often sacrificing himself for others. As he discovers the life that Christine has been forced to live, it opens up old wounds, new wounds, and secrets that everyone thought long buried.

Turning a chance meeting into love is hard, especially when everyone has a dirty little secret.

New Release from Romance Author Chantal Fernando

Spin My Love by Chantal Fernando is now available at Amazon. Get your copy of the standalone romance today.

Book Summary
World renowned DJ Tane Miller returns to his hometown after leaving when he was eighteen and never looking back. When he runs into his beloved childhood friend Giselle, his life takes a turn he could never have anticipated.

 Giselle Reece has been in love with Tane ever since she can remember. After learning her lesson the hard way, she realizes that Tane isn’t the man she once thought he was. When he re-enters her life, desperate to make amends, Giselle needs to decide whether she can let down her guard and forgive the man she once adored, or is it time to finally let go?

Tane must now fight for what he wants, even though he isn’t sure he deserves it. The only question is, will it be enough? Or is it too late for him to redeem himself?

 **This is a stand alone novel**

New Romance by Debut Author Stella Hunter

The Strong One is the first release by a hot new indie author. Hurry up and grab Stella Hunter's debut romance for free on Amazon.

Book Summary
David Nobel has lusted over his sister’s friend Megan Scott since high school. Back then, she rejected the advances of the scrawny boy that he was. Now, he is a popular personal trainer and self-defense coach, which he credits to all the time spent in the gym after that fateful rejection. When David finds a scared, scarred Megan hiding out from her brutal ex-husband at his sister’s house, he must find a way to convince her just how strong she truly is—before his sister, Bethany, and her family get caught in the crossfire.

As David teaches Megan self-defense, his long-forgotten feelings return in force. The long sessions of close contact teach them both how to trust again. As Megan slowly takes back her life, David is left wondering if she’ll find any room in it for him.

With Megan’s ex-husband stalking her every move, David must show her that love is not a weakness, it is what makes her strong.

New Release by Romance Author Laramie Briscoe

New release by Laramie Briscoe is now available at Amazon and Kobo. Get your copy of One Day at A Time today.

Book Summary

****Rockin' Country 1.5****
Celebrity Couple.

Perfect in the public eye; imperfect in private.

Perfectly imperfect for each other.

Reaper and Harmony are finally off the road and ready to just be Garrett and Hannah. Excitement turns into fear when they start to learn more about each other. Gone is the glitz and glamour of hotel rooms and living on the road.

Now it’s real-life, and they have to learn how to deal with one another on a day-to-day basis.

Will they be able to withstand the pressure, or will they fold under the weight of the public machine?

 They know the only thing they can do is take it one day at a time.

New Release by Romance Author Amity Cross

Undeniable: Unexpected#4 by Amity Cross is now available at Amazon.

Book Summary

Undeniable is a companion novella to the Unexpected Trilogy and can be read as a stand alone.

One part. One story. One Undeniable connection.

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Joe Fox is a floater. He's a coaster on the coffee table of life.

He rides the wave spread by the juggernaut of rock 'n' roll outfit, Affliction, claiming what he wants and sticking to his limits. On the outside he is the calm inside the hurricane. Underneath the surface he's struggling against his own brewing category five.

When Affliction goes on a long awaited hiatus, he finds himself alone in more ways than one. What's a man to do when he's got plenty to forget and all the time in the world to do it in?

Crash into someone beautiful and wild, that's what.

Someone so wild that they might be able to calm the storm within and awaken something undeniable...

WARNING: This book is an Erotic Romance. That means a LOT of descriptive sex and F-bombs.

It's approx. 120 print pages long.

One part. No cliffhangers.

Due to popular reader demand... Unbearable #5 (Sasha's story) is coming in July...

New Release by Romance Author Emilia Winters

Electric is the newest sizzler by Emilia Winters. Get it at Amazon today!

Book Summary

Release week price: $2.99! Price returns to $3.99 on June 7th!

He made her feel electric. Like volts of energy fizzled through her veins, racing, constantly stimulating. It was intoxicating and thrilling. And for the first time in her life, she felt truly alive.

Luke Branford.

Notorious womanizer.

Shameless flirt.

Heir to his family’s multi-million dollar business.

His motto? No love, no relationships. Just pure, carnal sex…no strings-attached.

When prim and efficient Kate Kennedy is hired on as Luke's temporary assistant, her no-nonsense attitude and blatant dismissal of his advances sparks a challenge he simply can’t resist. But Luke has demons of his own and a tragedy that happened years ago continues to haunt him. Once lines are crossed and rules are broken, will past secrets keep them apart…or bind them closer together?

New Release by S.N. Garza

Bound by S.N. Garza is now available at Amazon. Get your copy of the romance today.


Book Summary
Courtland spent his childhood watching his mother turn tricks and bow to her abusive pimp. It taught him a lot about relationships and how never to get involved in one. When he meets sweet Adelaide, his life is forever changed. Her gentle personality has his thinking maybe his vow to never commit is misplaced. Until she disappears out of his life.

Adelaide knew the only way to escape the darkness she’s lived her life in, is to go back to the one place that’s haunted her dreams. Home. Reuniting with Courtland is the last thing on her mind until she becomes helpless to his every kiss. Hopeless to his ever touch. And no matter how far she tries to run, her heart is irrevocably bound to him.

New Release by Romance Author Sera Bright

Sera Bright has released her first novel. See Through Me is available now at Amazon.

**Special Release Price for One Week Only $0.99**

Book Summary
There’s only one person I want to see when I finally return home. But I know he won’t be waiting for me. It’s the reason I feel safe enough to come back.
 
I’m so wrong.

Ash Townsend isn’t the same quiet boy from next door. He’s tall, dark, and demanding answers. He wants me, but he doesn’t trust me. Who can blame him? When his own family tried to break him down, he still sheltered me in this town full of liars. And I repaid it by leaving him behind without a word.

Because I’ll do anything to protect him. I have the scars on my wrist to prove it.

First in a 2-part series. Contains strong language, descriptive sexual situations, and mature themes. This novel is not intended for readers under the age of 18.

New Release from YA Author Aurora Smith

Check out Nightmare's Daughter at Amazon. The book is the first in a new series by Aurora Smith.

Book Summary

Justin Prevot is the pretty boy in school, the elusive type that no one gets but everyone loves to look at. Maya Justice is trying desperately to escape the reputation of her famous father. But when Justin shows up at Camp Neverwhere, a camp exclusively for the children of mythical creatures, Maya gets sucked into a fairy tale world she didn’t even think existed.

FREE Urban Fantasy by Trevor Tomlin

Check out this first book in a new urban fantasy series. Reflection is now FREE at Amazon.

Summary

Reflection - an Urban Fantasy story of second sight.
For a young college graduate living near the heart of a major city, Ben Clawson’s life is less than eventful, short of fulfilling, until the day he discovers a mirror in an abandoned building through which he can see his own future.

As Ben begins using the supernatural mirror to his advantage and pieces of what’s to come are revealed, he soon realizes the inherent problem with peering into the future - satisfaction can never truly be had.

Wealth, power and respect become his, but at the cost of turning into something difficult to look at in the mirror. A girlfriend named Sera, who he's recently fallen for, as well as old friends and virtues are lost as he frequents the source of his visions more often. Ultimately, Ben must choose between an unscrupulous, material lifestyle and the people he truly cares about in his life.

 

***Trevor Tomlin is the pen name for Jonathon Kane.

"Toxic Girl" by Chantal Fernando Now Available

Best selling romance author Chantal Fernando has released her new sexy novel. Get Toxic Girl at Amazon today.

Book Summary

Everyone has secrets.

Finally, I had a fresh start.

I knew no one.

I could be anyone, or so I thought.

I wanted to be invisible, to blend into the background.
But it turned out keeping my secret wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be.

Enter Grayson Mills.

When Grayson noticed me, so did everyone else.
He wanted me. Bad.

And what Grayson wanted, he usually got.

New Release from Laramie Briscoe

Check out the new romance by Laramie Briscoe. Only the Beginning is now available at Amazon.

 

Book Summary

****BOOK #1 IN THE ROCKIN' COUNTRY SERIES****
Princess of Country Music
America’s sweetheart
Survivor of the scrutiny that comes with it all

Hannah “Harmony” Stewart has lived most of her adult life in the spotlight. It hasn’t always been easy. One heartbreak almost ruined her. Some days it’s hard to keep a smile on her face and stay positive,but there are a lot of people counting on her to keep it together. Just when it seems like she’s at the pinnacle of her career, her life takes a turn. She meets a man who challenges everything she knows about herself and makes her question if the life she’s living is for her or for the Nashville machine.

Heavy Metal’s bad boy
Hair trigger temper
Struggling to deal with pressure of the industry

Garrett “Reaper” Thompson is tired. Touring and keeping up appearances with his band “Black Friday” is beginning to wear him out. He’s ready for a change, ready for something different. When he meets Hannah at an awards show, he knows that she’s the one, he knows that he can’t live without her.

The problem?

Their own insecurities, their fans, her ex-boyfriend, and the media themselves. Can they look past it all and come through on the other side? For their story – this is only the beginning.

"Moon Dance" by V.J. Chambers Is Now Available

Check out the new book by V.J. Chambers. Moon Dance is the third book in the Cole and Dana series and is now available at Amazon.

Book Summary
Dana Gray loves her husband and her two-year-old daughter, but her life is far from perfect. Domestic strain weighs down her marriage, and her role as a stay-at-home mom cuts her off the rest of the world. It's a thankless, never-ending job, and her only escape is shifting into a wolf and running beneath the trees and sky.

When Cole Randall is captured again, he leverages his knowledge about a threat to the werewolf community in exchange for a pardon. And he's got a plan to neutralize this threat. He and Dana will go undercover. She'll have to pretend to be his prisoner.

Dana knows that her draw to Cole is irrational and unwise. She knows that her life is far more stable without him in it. And she knows this plan of his is dangerous--not only to her safety, but to her relationship with her husband.

But she can't resist Cole.

She can never resist him.

*****

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Interview with author V.J. Chambers

V.J. Chambers is a prolific young indie author with over a dozen books already published. Her newest is the romance Out of Heaven’s Grasp. Let's learn more about Valerie and her writing...

Angie: How long have you been writing and when did you decide to indie publish? What was the biggest hurdle in going it alone?

 

Valerie: I’ve been writing forever. I’m one of those people who started writing as soon as she could make words. I think I wrote my first story at six years old, and it was about a hippo named Chubby.

 

I wrote as kid, I wrote as a preteen, I wrote Anne-Rice-esque vampire stories as a teenager… There was a brief period of time in college where I didn’t write at all. And then, after I graduated, I decided it was time to get serious, and I wrote my first complete novel when I was twenty-three. (It was terrible.) I wrote eight other books over the ensuing six years, shopped them around to agents and never even got a request for a partial. I started self-publishing in 2009, but primarily on my website. I would post two chapters a week of my book with a link at the end of each chapter to purchase the whole book.

 

Pretty much no one bought it. It took five more books and two more years before I started to make any real money self-publishing.

 

I guess I feel like all authors really go it alone, no matter whether you’re indie published or not. I don’t think it’s possible to really make it at this if you don’t have an irrational belief in your own greatness. So, I guess the biggest hurdle would be insecurity and doubt. Trying to keep believing in yourself when no one else does.

 

Angie: In February 2014, you published Out of Heaven’s Grasp. Can you explain the idea behind the book? Where did the inspiration come from?

 

Valerie: Well, I guess I’ve been fascinated by polygamy ever since I saw the show Big Love. I’ve been reading and watching things about it ever since. I watched Escape from the Prophet, the short-lived TLC reality show, and picked up Flora Jessup’s autobiography, detailing how she got free of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, and then I just got sort of addicted to those kinds of autobiographies. I read Rebecca Musser’s, Carolyn Jessup’s, Elissa Wall’s, etc. And I just started thinking that these were dynamite stories, and that I wanted to write a story about escaping from a cult, and I wanted there to be a romantic element.

 

So, I made up my own polygamous religion. It draws heavily on the FLDS, but it also takes its cues from The Family International, the Amish, and my own experiences growing up in a fundamentalist religious sect (which was in no way polygamous).

 

Basically, the story is about a young couple who starts to fall in love, but—before they can really even get to know each other—are punished for interfering with “God’s” plan for them. He’s kicked out and she’s forced to marry an old man with three other wives. The story is about their separate struggles, and then about the two of them finding each other and getting free.

 

Angie: What is the story behind Abigail “Abby” London?

 

Valerie: Abby is an eighteen year old girl who wants to do the right thing. She wants to please her family and please the elders in her religion and ultimately to please God. So, she’s really conflicted about her feelings towards Jesse Wallace. She thinks that it’s wrong for her to be attracted to him, and she tries to fight that attraction, but it simply proves too strong for her.

 

Angie: How about Jesse Wallace?

 

Valerie: Jesse’s also eighteen. He’s not as well positioned in the community as Abby is. His father only has two wives, which means he’s not as favored by the elders (and they claim, by God). His father is also physically abusive to his children and his wives. Everyone in the community knows this, but no one does anything about it. So, Jesse knows that it’s really important that he follow the rules as closely as he can, because he risks his father’s rage, and he risks lowering his family even further out of favor. So, he really should stay away from Abby. But… he can’t resist her either.

 

Angie: You write in many genres. Can you tell us what draws you to your subjects?

 

Valerie: It seems as if all of my ideas come from television shows or books or movies. I always see things, and I think… “Oooh, if I were doing that, I would do it this way.” And then before I know it, I’ve got some crazy idea that barely resembles the thing that inspired it. But the genesis usually comes from some other form of entertainment.

 

Angie: How do you come up with the names for your characters?

 

Valerie: I use baby names books. Oh, and I usually search my hard drive to make sure I haven’t already named someone important that before.

 

Angie: Chicken or the egg question. Do you create a character and build around him/her? Or do you imagine a concept and create characters which fit the idea?

 

Valerie: Generally, the concept comes first. The characters, for me, anyway, fit the story and not the other way around.

 

Angie: How do you avoid writing a Mary Sue or Marty Stu when most writers can’t help falling desperately in love with their creations?

 

Valerie: Honestly, I think that Mary Sue concept is something best worried about if you’re writing fan fiction, which is where the idea first originated. Obviously, if you’re reading fan fiction, then you want to read about the characters in the show, not the author’s wish fulfillment fantasy of inserting herself into Star Trek or something.

 

In actuality, I’d say some of the most compelling characters are ones that make it easy for the reader to sort of graft themselves onto. We all want to be able to identify with the main character of a story and vicariously experience things through them. I’d say characters like Harry Potter, Bella Swan, Bilbo Baggins, and Luke Skywalker are all “Mary Sue/Marty Stus.” And that’s probably a good thing.

 

In my case, though, I tend to write really flawed characters, and that’s mostly because I feel flawed as a person. I like stories about imperfect people because I feel imperfect. And so I naturally write about people who drink too much or have too much sex or are compulsive liars or what have you. I haven’t actually been imperfect in all those ways, but I feel like I can easily identify with weaknesses in characters.

 

Angie: Do you use anything to inspire you while you’re writing? Music, visual aids, etc? Also have you found ideas come to you more freely in particular places or at certain times of the day?

 

Valerie: I do like to make specific playlists for certain books. I’ve also been known to procrastinate seek inspiration by making Pinterest boards.

 

Time of day and/or place is totally irrelevant to me. But I do need to have my super awesome Kinesis Advantage keyboard if I’m going at it for a while, or it’s tough on my hands and wrists.

 

Angie: When an idea hits you, do you start writing immediately or plot it out first?

 

Valerie: Usually plot it out.

 

I think that I plot out books because I get scared that I’m not going to be able to figure out the whole story, make it long enough, unravel the plot, or a host of other things. Writing an outline soothes my fears. Sometimes, though, I don’t outline at all—or at least very little. Those are stories that I’m less afraid of, ones that tend to just flow right out of me.

 

Angie: When you read less-than-fawning reviews, how do you know when to use the critique to improve your future writing and when do you chalk up the criticism as different strokes for different folks?

 

Valerie: When they say something that I have already worried was a problem, then I know I was right and it is a problem.

 

Anything that has to do with being offended by the language or horrified by character’s actions, I ignore. (Actually, I think those reviews are funny.) Anything that speaks to the way the story is crafted, and does it in a way that provides some clue as to what’s wrong, I listen to. (Sometimes people just say, “This is stupid.” And there’s not much to discern from that, you know?)

 

Angie: I’ve read criticism from particular bloggers (Fangs for the Fantasy being one) about the lack of people of color and different sexual orientations in fiction. Do you take this lack of diversity into consideration when creating plots and characters?

 

Valerie: I have to admit I have trepidation about trying to write from the point of view of African American characters. It feels so… I don’t know, great-white-hope and condescending of me. What right do I have to think I can truly understand that struggle? That means, of course, that most of my black characters are in supporting roles, which creates another sort of issue of relegating people of color to the fringes or something, so it’s not great in any respect.

 

I do deal a lot with sexual orientation in my series The Helicon Muses. There’s a main character in that series who’s an androgyne. He’s biologically male, but doesn’t fully identify with either gender and thus struggles to determine whether or not he’s straight/gay/bisexual or anything. I also dream of writing some m/m romance, but I haven’t gotten to it yet.

 

Angie: Do word counts mean anything to you? Do you find your books top out at around the same lengths?

 

Valerie: Yes, I totally make goals and write to them. I sometimes come up short, but mostly I succeed at making the book the length I want it to be.

 

Angie: How big a deal is writer’s block for you and what do you do to shake it off?

 

Valerie: I think writer’s block stems from trying to make writing into work instead of play. The best way to shake it off is to throw out all the rules and give yourself permission to have fun.

 

Angie: What books did you enjoy most in 2013?

 

Valerie: Um, probably Gillian Flynn’s books. Especially Dark Places.

 

Angie: What trends do you hope die in 2014? Are there any you hope take off?

 

Valerie: I guess I really wish that trends themselves would die off. It would be cool if there weren’t this glut of same-old-same-old trailing in the wake of every hot new thing. 

 

Angie: What are you plans for 2014 as an indie writer?

 

Valerie: To rule the world, of course. J

*****

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New Release by Romance Author Emilia Winters

The final book in the The Rebound Series is now available. Check out Connections by Emilia Winters at Amazon today.

Book Summary

The steamy conclusion to The Rebound Series is finally here…

 

Olivia Ward’s world was turned upside down the moment the sensual and demanding Alex Matlock walked through the door of her cupcake shop. And now their once-casual fling has turned into much more than either ever expected. When it comes to the game of love, they’re finding that the rules are never clear, especially when Alex comes face to face with his painful past and drags Olivia right into the middle of it all. But when Olivia denies them both the very thing that brought them together, will their new love prove to be enough? Or will it bring them crashing down?

 

Connections is the third and final installment of The Rebound Series.

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New Release by Romance Author V.J. Chambers

Out of Heaven's Grasp by V.J. Chambers is now available on Amazon. Check out this intriguing standalone romance.

Book Summary

Abigail London has always trusted the elders in her strict polygamous community to decide who she would marry. After all, they've got a direct line to God, or so she's always been taught.

But when she is caught holding hands with Jesse Wallace, the elders bring down punishment swiftly and severely. They banish Jesse from the community, telling him never to return. They assign Abby to an older man, who already has three wives. They tell her that submitting to her new spiritual head will curb her willful nature.

Abby wants to please God by forgetting Jesse and doing as she's told. But she can't shake the feeling that this is somehow... wrong. And she's beginning to doubt the wisdom of the elders.

Separated, Jesse and Abby struggle alone--him to find his way in a secular world he doesn't understand, and her to accept her place and submit obediently. But eventually, they both realize they must embrace a more difficult struggle: to find each other again.

*****

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New Release from Romance Author Ember Casey

Her Wicked Heart is now available at Amazon for the temporary steal of .99. On March 2nd, the book's price changes to 3.99.

Indie romance author Ember Casey's first book, His Wicked Games, is currently free on Amazon. Check out the sexy series and its spinoff today.

Book Summary

(AUTHOR'S NOTE: This series is a spin-off of the HIS WICKED GAMES Series. While it's not absolutely necessary to read those books first, you'll probably enjoy this novel more if you do. And the first book--His Wicked Games--is currently FREE!)

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Once, Louisa "Lou" Cunningham had everything. Now, she has nothing to lose.

 

Her father's dead. Her family's fortune is gone. She's drifting, and she'd rather lose herself in the arms of her sexy program director (or anyone, really) than deal with the turmoil inside of her.

 

But even the wildest spirit can't run forever. Lou knows that in order to move on with her life, she has to go back. And that means returning to the estate she once called home--even if that estate is now a luxury tourist attraction called Huntington Manor.

 

At Huntington Manor, she's no longer Lou Cunningham. She's Addison Thomas, assistant to the hotel's General Manager. Infiltrating her old home might be one of her crazier schemes, but she's ready for the challenge. What she's not ready for is Ward, the sexy Casanova of a contractor who keeps stumbling across her path. As much as she'd love to forget about her issues in the depths of his azure blue eyes, she's here to heal, not fall back into bad habits. Even if he has the most delicious set of biceps she's ever seen. Even if he might be the only one who understands what she really needs...

 

*Recommended for readers 18+*

 

Approx. length = 71,000 words

 

*****

 

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Laramie Briscoe's New Romance Available

Check out the fourth installment in the Heaven Hill series by Amazon best selling romance author Laramie Briscoe. Worth the Battle is now available at Amazon and B&N.

Book Summary

Movie star running from her life.
Secret writer of erotic romance.
Trusts only Layne O’Connor of the Heaven Hill MC.

When Jessica Shea fears that her privacy is in danger, she takes the drastic step to leave her life behind and escape to the only person who’s never treated her like the movie star she is. He’s the one person who’s never sold a story to the tabloids and who knows the real Jessica, the one underneath the makeup and high-gloss shine of Hollywood.

 

Their friendship has stood the test of time. Now, someone has stolen private photos and writings from her home. Things that she doesn’t want the public at large to see. There’s only one place she knows she can go to be under the radar and lick her wounds.

 

That place is wherever Layne O’Connor is.

War Veteran.
Striving to live a normal life.
Member of the Heaven Hill MC.

 

Layne left a piece of himself in the war zone. Fighting PTSD and demons that he can’t explain has left him tired and changed from the man he was before he went overseas.

 

The only thing he feels like he excels at anymore is being a criminal, and he gladly does it for his brothers of the Heaven Hill MC. The only people who took him in when no one else knew what to make of his anger.

 

When Jessica arrives, however, she’s a trigger for everything he’s trying to forget. She makes him remember who he was before his life went to hell, she makes him want to get himself back. While working through those issues, he and Jessica are racing against an unknown enemy—someone who wants to destroy her reputation and take her sweetheart persona with it.

As they both work to trust each other and figure out just who her enemies are, they learn that love is never easy. They have to decide if the victory is worth the battle.

*****

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New Release by Dakota Shepherd

Scattered is now available at Amazon. Check out the third book in the Angelic Redemption series.


Book Summary
Micah is free from his demon prison and his armies amass on each coast. Guided by angels Camille and Xander, the hunters face horrors never experienced before.

A virus is unleashed on the human population. The mysterious children are collected by a powerful hunter hostile to Micah’s plans. Roman is slow to regain his powers while Lila embraces her new gifts. Joaquin struggles to put the Lord’s will before his own. Doubts and deaths leave the scattered hunters fighting for redemption.