Saturday morning's are meant for sleeping in, but a body found in La Jolla Cove changes all of that.And you thought your day at work was bad!When her partner calls her early Saturday morning to report a body in La Jolla Cove, rescue diver Kristin Castaño's only worry is losing sleep. Once she's in the water all that changes.

Meet Meredith Kriesmas, forensic accountant who sharpens numbers the way killers sharpen knives—Chicago's very own Grim Reaper of the business world. Whole divisions close in her wake, and her clients pay handsomely for it. But ten minutes into a three-day weekend, Merri craves a new job to sink her teeth into.A call from an old friend saves Merri's sanity. Can she visit the winter wonderland at Cozy TV studios—known for its heart-warming holiday movies—and take a look at the books? Horror movie mill Slasher Corp just bought the studio—and Cozy might not make it to the final credits.Merri must dodge the mistletoe, dismember the finances, and disappear before dawn—all while avoiding the Cozy Curse, where no one gets off set single.No problem there. For Merri, business always comes first. At least, until she meets hot horror hipster CEO Seth Morana, and uncovers the secret he hides...A sensual stand-alone paranormal romance for...

Andrea desperately needs someone willing to cosplay The Polar Terror, Yukon's only home-grown supervillain - or super anything, for that matter.What she gets? Just a bit more than she expected...

Nine teeny-tiny escape hatches from reality. A chance to run away, to explore the distant stars, to conquer death and save the world. A better future is out there. Let Escape be yours.

After his home planet is destroyed Jeff Koenig is given the thankless task of settling a newly terraformed planet, a job that would be much easier of pessimistic Dr. Bella Lawson wasn't predicting the imminent destruction of the planet.The new colony will be out of contact with the rest of humanity for only seventy days, and by Day 1, everything has gone wrong.After alien ships have invaded the human territories, destroying planets and sending the survivors fleeing to Earth, the Terran government orders the refugees to settle a new planet. One that has just been terraformed.Jeff Koenig, one of the few survivors from the Delious system, leads a team of scientists to the planet Dauphin to rebuild his life. They have 70 days until the ship returns with the first wave of colonists, but from Day 1 everything goes wrong.As the days count down, the colonists watch the skies and pray that the Hurluk won't find them, or Earth, before they are rescued.Published in M-BRANE #5 May of 2009

Zuli Yalsmon's family barely ranks as Regarded after the assault that exiled her sister. For her marriage week, Zuli must accept whoever deigns to appear. Unless something changes drastically in the next three days, Zuli's entire future? Worth exactly three shiny river rocks on an overly plain ring.A rags-to-riches romance in a lush new sci fi world, perfect for fans of whip-smart main characters with hidden identities and secrets aplenty.

Del hates Christmas. As a child, she spent too many Decembers on the streets after her parents abandoned her. As an adult, the enforced family focus, the clients who see the holidays as an excuse to get gropey, and the mistletoe her well-meaning colleague Maureen hung over her work desk just seals the deal: December sucks.If only it could stay Halloween for a couple of months instead. Del loves the excuse to slay monsters, the spooky atmosphere—and of course, the werewolves. Because everyone knows werewolves make the best lovers... Pity they're not real.When Maureen conjures up a list of eligible bachelors for the holidays and insists Del take her pick, Del does the only reasonable thing: she lies. And when nosy office Grinch Rafael Kane asks who the lucky fellow is, Del announces it to the whole office: she's getting a dog.So now, the first item on Del's holiday to-do list? Find a dog. Fast. Because if she doesn't, nothing will protect her from Maureen's list of Miam

Iris Muhly of international TV hit Shattered arrives home on a freezing December night to find her agent in the process of moving a Jpop star into her apartment. Devastating. How can she convince the fans voting on the outcome of the show to keep her character alive? A vote of confidence from, say, Max Kang, hotter-than-hot lead villain in the cast of Shattered wouldn't hurt...

A brand new Time & Shadows Mystery!Agent Samantha Rose has already died once...and knows the exact date she'll die again.Having taken down a terrorist organization bent on traveling through time to overthrow the government, Sam figured she was done dealing with the unbelievable. Finally out of backwater Alabama, she's the senior agent in a Florida district, and her life is back on track.Until a scientist is found dead. And then an eco-terrorist. And then a clone of herself...again.As the pieces start to fall together, they paint a picture that seems to defy everything they know about time and physics. But the bodies are all too real, and by partnering up with Agent MacKenzie once more, they might just figure out what's going on. And when.

The thrilling, time-bending conclusion to the Time & Shadow series!Samantha Rose and Linsey MacKenzie have established an idyllic life of married bliss in Australia, away from the Commonwealth Bureau of Investigation, away from mysterious corpses, and—most of all—away from Dr. Emir's multiverse machine.But Sam is a detective at heart, and even on the other side of the world, she can't help wonder if a series of unsolved killings she reads about are related—not just to each other, but to the only unsolved case of her short career. She knows Jane Doe's true name, but Sam never discovered who killed the woman found in an empty Alabama field in spring of 2069. She doesn't even know which version of herself she buried under a plain headstone. When Mac suddenly disappears, Sam realizes she is going to once more be caught up in a silent war she still doesn't fully understand. Every step she takes to save Mac puts the...

It's Chicago vs. The Super Villains: America's Second City will never know what hit it. Bootleggers, drug dealers, crooked cops, and dirty politicians... Chicago has always had a reputation for indulging in the finer vices of life. That’s why Doctor Charm’s favorite daughter found America’s second city so appealing—criminals are never boring. As second in command for the powerful Subrosa Security

Choosing between good and evil has never been this much fun.

A super villain at the top of his game must choose between the world he wants and the woman he loves.