With a price on her head and professional hitmen on her trail, Anita Blake--vampire killer, zombie reanimator, and expert on the supernatural--receives unexpected assistance from an alpha werewolf and a master vampire.

"Novelist Juniper Blossom has romance down to a science in her bestselling books. But she's not about to settle for just any man-a happy ending looks different for everyone, and she needs to find the guy whose idea of forever matches her own ... Divorce attorney Tomas Rivera is as proud of Juniper's authorial success as she is, but that doesn't mean he buys into her books' premise. His career is proof enough that true love is the real fairy tale-and...

Kate Meyr continues to be charmed by the beauty of Borna, Missouri. Now, after encouragement from her friends, Clark and Ellie, she decides to turn her home into a guesthouse which East Perry County desperately needs. Wanting to acknowledge Dr. Paulson and his wife, Josephine, whose spirit still haunts the home, she names her new business Josephine's Guest House. Kate also commissions a quilt to be made by her friend Ruth Ann to hang in the entry...

"Complicated and confusing romance continues for Josephine's Guest House proprietor Kate Meyr. John Baker--Kate's lakehouse neighbor, a writer, and wannabe lover--intrigues Kate with his research on quilts for a magazine article. In the process, she discovers unusual destinations for quilts, even in her own family. These stories are precious and everlasting. But not all is precious in Borna as Kate faces a fight for her life in her beloved home. Thanks...

"Ever since Callie - the Vatican's rookie monster hunter - killed a demon a few weeks ago, Kansas City's been eerily quiet. But she soon learns it's just the calm before the storm. Because werewolves begin abducting young women in Kansas City, and a new church opens its doors, pronouncing death to all idols, including these 'make-believe' monsters and wizards. But when one of their congregation is disemboweled by a monster on the steps of the church...

It seems every supernatural family in town is sick and tired of Nate and wants to put him in his place. The worst part is, all his friends seem to agree. With everyone else fighting to prevent war between the families, Nate takes two of his scariest friends on a walk down that famous path paved with good intentions-- to those eternal pits of despair-- so he can finally demand some real answers from his parents.

"Despite his recent victories, Nate Temple's problems are only just beginning. Although it had been necessary, killing the most infamous of the Norse gods has consequences, and no one knows petty vengeance like the Aesir. Especially with Odin's legendary spear mysteriously missing. But Nate has more important things to worry about than a pantheon of angry gods. Because the God of Mischief has been freed from his imprisonment, and so has his monstrosity...