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Previously published as Savage Moon by Malin, Shari (AUTHOR). In the humid heart of Georgia, peace between vampires and shifters hangs by a thread. Tatum Locke, the neutral enforcer of the fragile faction treaty, faces ritualistic murders carving ancient swamp runes into treaty signatories. Drained bodies whisper of an entity stirring beneath the Okefenokee Swamp, hungry for blood sacrifice. Joined by seductive vampire Valerian Croft and fierce shifter Gideon Nash, Tatum's darkened triad plunges into the misty depths. Political betrayals erupt as accusations fly—coven treachery or pride ...

In the humid heart of Georgia, peace between vampires and shifters hangs by a thread. Tatum Locke, the neutral enforcer of the fragile faction treaty, faces ritualistic murders carving ancient swamp runes into treaty signatories. Drained bodies whisper of an entity stirring beneath the Okefenokee Swamp, hungry for blood sacrifice. Joined by seductive vampire Valerian Croft and fierce shifter Gideon Nash, Tatum's darkened triad plunges into the misty depths. Political betrayals erupt as accusations fly—coven treachery or pride sabotage? A Cajun swamp-witch unveils shadow magic bypassing ...

Three questions. Two lethal protectors. One dangerous obsession. I’m Tatum Locke, and I talk to corpses for a living. As a freelance Grave-Speaker in central Georgia, my rules are simple: ask the murder victim three questions, collect my consulting fee from the local police, and go back to my motorhome and my completely silent Chihuahua. It’s not a glamorous life, but it’s mine. At least, it was. When a routine consulting gig in the Ocmulgee bogs goes sideways, I end up infected with a lethal, mutating Chimera venom. The only way to survive the necrotic magic burning through my veins?...

The crown is heavy, the throne is a 36-foot RV, and the subjects are getting restless. Tatum Locke has gone from a mortal trauma cleaner to the Sovereign of Georgia, but ruling is a bloodier business than cleaning. With a Master Vampire and an Alpha Panther at her side, she has declared her borders independent from the High Council. But in the supernatural world, a new crown is just a target. While Tatum struggles with the crushing weight of her title, a rebellion is brewing in the shadows of the South. Elias Vance, a charismatic werewolf traditionalist, refuses to bow to a feline Alpha. In...

Welcome to Oakhaven, where the grass is always green, the property values are fiercely protected, and the Homeowners Association has just authorized lethal force. Becca Sterling is a vampire with simple goals: keep her seventeen-year-old daughter out of trouble, feed her carnivorous houseplant, and maintain her Top-Rated Seller status by moving her massive death piles of vintage clothing online. But when Arthur Pendelton, Oakhaven’s tyrannical HOA President, hires The Obsidian Watch to enforce neighborhood compliance, Becca’s peaceful suburban cover is blown. The Watch isn't your ...

Summer has officially hit Oakhaven, bringing triple-digit Georgia heatwaves and an absolute boom in vintage swimwear sales. Becca Sterling, vampire and Top-Rated online reseller, is ready to survive the season the only way she knows how: nocturnal scheduling and avoiding the sun at all costs. To help her beat the heat, her monster-hunting boyfriend Dan Miller builds a backyard pool, complete with a custom purple coffin float and a strict "No Biting, No Sun" rule policy. But Miller’s attempt to save a few bucks by sourcing a secondhand water pump from a shady 2000 Fleetwood Bounder ...

BE YOUR OWN BOSS. LOSE YOUR OWN SOUL. In the manicured, monster-filled town of Oakhaven, the Tupperware party is dead. It has been replaced by something much more sinister: AuraGlow. Becca Sterling—vampire mom, HOA survivor, and highly successful online reseller of mildly cursed vintage clothing—knows a scam when she sees one. But the rest of the neighborhood PTA is completely under the spell of AuraGlow’s essential oils and wellness supplements. Leading the charge is Serena Vance, a "Diamond-Tier" seller with perfect hair, a suspiciously hypnotic sales pitch, and a diet that consists...

Cleaning up murder scenes is messy. Accidentally waking the dead is a death sentence. Tatum Locke is a pragmatic trauma cleaner in Macon, Georgia, just trying to pay her rent and ignore the chronic migraines she gets around graveyards. But when a gruesome job in the sweltering Ocmulgee bogs exposes her to a blood-soaked floorboard, her latent Grave-Speaker magic violently rips open. Suddenly, she's a walking lightning rod for the dead—and a feral, starving poltergeist has just anchored itself to her soul. Enter Gideon Nash. He's massive, blistering hot, and the newly ascended Alpha of the...

The High Council has arrived. And they brought the executioner. Tatum Locke survived the Chimera venom. She survived the Vampire Prince of Atlanta. She even survived forging a volatile, supernatural triad bond with Gideon Nash, the feral Alpha of the panther shifters, and Valerian Croft, Savannah’s icy Master Vampire. But surviving the High Council’s Inquisition might be the thing that finally puts her in the ground. When High Inquisitor Silas Thorne drops a massive suppression ward over Georgia, his orders are clear: evaluate the Grave-Speaker anomaly, and if she cannot be controlled, ...

The cameras are rolling. The romance is fake. But the feelings are dangerously unscripted. Mina Hart is one disaster away from being blacklisted in Hollywood. As the production coordinator for The Final Rose, she’s used to putting out fires, but when the show’s star walks off set mid-season, she’s facing an inferno. The network demands a replacement immediately, or the show—and Mina’s career—is over. Enter Caleb Stone. He’s the gruff, reclusive owner of the Stone Creek Ranch where they’re filming. He despises the production, the lights, and the intrusion, but he’s drowning...

He came to collect a bounty. He found a redemption he couldn’t afford. Body: Cassian "Cash" has two rules: never take a job personal, and never work on credit. As the most notorious bounty hunter in the territory, he’s saving every dollar for a quiet life where no one knows his name. So when railroad tycoon Prosper Beauregard offers a fortune to retrieve his runaway daughter, Cash takes the job without blinking. He expects a spoiled heiress partying in a luxury hotel. He finds Eulalie "Lollie" Beauregard in the mud of Silver Creek, armed with a cast-iron skillet and standing between a ...

SINK OR SWIM. PREFERABLY SWIM. Becca Sterling thought the hardest part of being a vampire mom was the sunlight. She was wrong. The hardest part is running for School Board President against a literal goddess. Life in Oakhaven has settled into a damp, humid routine. It's been raining for forty days, the high school plumbing is acting possessed, and the new swimming coach, Marina, is suspiciously perfect. She's gorgeous, she's charismatic, and she has the entire PTA obsessed with "hydration." Becca is the only one who notices that the town isn't just getting wet—it's getting weird. The ...

SUBURBIA SUCKS. LITERALLY. Becca Sterling is dead. Well, undead. She's a single mom, a vampire, and the proud new owner of a Victorian fixer-upper in the quiet, manicured town of Oakhaven. She doesn't want trouble; she just wants to raise her teenage daughter, Chloe, drink her O-negative coffee in peace, and maybe join the PTA without accidentally eating the president. But 404 Hemlock Terrace has a history. The previous owner was a necromancer with a hoarding problem and a penchant for dark magic, leaving Becca with a basement full of cursed objects and a carnivorous houseplant named ...

She ran away to find herself. He came back to remind her of her duty. Ten years ago, Princess Genevieve vanished into the night, leaving behind her crown, her kingdom, and the only boy she ever loved. Now known as "Holly," she’s built a quiet, happy life running a Christmas tree farm. But when a black town car rolls up her dirt driveway just days before Christmas, her past finally catches up with her. Captain Leo Sterling has spent a decade trying to redeem his honor. As the guard who "lost" the Princess, he was stripped of his rank and pride. Now, he has one final mission: bring Her ...

Eight seconds made him a legend. One fall made him a ghost. Weston Gentry was the King of the Dirt, a three-time world champion with the world at his feet and the roar of ten thousand fans in his ears. But a career-ending injury doesn’t care about trophies. Now, Wes is back in Oak Ridge, Georgia, with a shattered hip, an empty bank account, and a pride he can’t quite steer. He’s looking for a place to hide, but the small town he left behind has a long memory. Dr. Jovie Lane doesn't have time for fallen heroes. As the only vet in the county, she’s too busy saving livestock and ...

He swore to make the Pendeltons pay. He didn't plan on falling for one. Captain Declan Rourke has clawed his way from a starving stable boy to the most feared privateer in the Caribbean. He has wealth, power, and a burning hatred for the aristocratic family that ruined his life 14 years ago. When the youngest Pendelton daughter arrives in Nassau destitute and desperate, Rourke sees his chance for the ultimate revenge: he hires her as his scullery maid, intent on breaking the pampered princess. Miss Caroline Pendelton has lost everything to her brother's gambling and scandal. She has come to...

Hearts of the Heartland, Book 3 He’s the town’s favorite bartender. She’s a runaway with a dangerous secret. In Oak Ridge, the truth always tastes a little bittersweet. Beau Lane is the steady hand of Oak Ridge. As the co-owner of the local dive, The Copper Still, he’s spent years serving up drinks and listening to everyone else’s problems while keeping his own heart under lock and key. He’s the man everyone leans on, but he’s starting to wonder if there’s more to life than his sister’s success and his father’s legacy. Then Cassidy "Cass" Hart walks into his bar during a...

NO FILTER. NO MERCY. Becca Sterling has survived a vampire hunter and a flood apocalypse. She finally has her life in Oakhaven under control. Her lawn is dead, her houseplant is well-fed, and her relationship with Dan Miller is officially "complicated but good." Then the Bright family moves in across the street. Blake and Tiffany Bright are perfect. They are wealthy. They are beautiful. They are Influencers. They are also ancient Light Fae who feed on admiration and have decided that Oakhaven is their next renovation project. They don't use fangs; they use toxic positivity, beige paint, and...

Theodora Nash is more than an antique appraiser; she’s a psychometrist who can see, hear, and feel the entire dark history of any object she touches. She usually keeps her gift a secret, but when a seemingly priceless family heirloom arrives for appraisal, Theo's carefully maintained life shatters. The antique immediately floods her with a vision of a historical murder, followed by an immediate, terrifying problem: a palpable dark energy from the object is infecting the town, causing chaos and violence. Theo is racing against a ten-day clock, battling debilitating flu-like symptoms and ...

Divorced mother Sarah Burton and her teenage son, Neil, are looking for a fresh start. But their new life is quickly complicated by their next-door neighbors: widowed father Chuck Woods and his rebellious daughter, Jennie. Sarah’s strict, rule-based parenting clashes head-on with Chuck’s guilt-driven permissiveness. When a disastrous party forces them to co-parent their blended, four-person "family," they must find a way to navigate their conflicting styles. Their forced co-parenting leads to hilarious mishaps and a surprising connection as they discover that the best families are the ...