A hidden son, a buried past, and a family willing to kill to keep their secrets. The Coffee Stain The downtown coffee shop hummed with the particular chaos of a Tuesday morning—office workers queued six deep, blenders whining over the…
A corporate tycoon must resurrect his reputation to protect the son a hidden system apocalypse revealed. The Unwaking Algorithm The rain fell in slick, greasy sheets over the financial district, washing the grime from glass towers that pierced the low-hanging…
Seven years ago, I escaped the mafia. Now my son’s father is my new bodyguard. Ghost at the Gate The rain had stopped, but the alley behind Petal & Stem still wept. Water slid down brick faces in crooked rivulets,…
She hid his son for eight years. Now the mafia king is back—and this time, he’s taking them both. The Price of a Name The drone of the espresso machine filled the small parlor of the Driftwood Café with a…
He owed her a life. She came to collect with a son he never knew. The Debt Collector The rain was a wet curtain over downtown Manhattan, each droplet a tiny hammer against the glass of Thorne Industries. Nadia Delacroix…
He thought he buried his past. Then he saw her hand holding their son’s. The Gold-Flickered Stranger The rain came down in sheets across downtown Seattle, turning the neon signs of Pioneer Square into bleeding watercolors. Nova Delacroix pressed her…
He left her to protect her. Six years later, a son he never knew brings the war to her door. The Boy Who Glowed The amber light of a dying October sun bled through the front windows of Caffeine &…
He buried his past. She raised their son. Now the pack is hunting them all. The Past Walks In The Blue Moon Café smelled of burnt espresso and cheap vanilla syrup, a combination that had long ago ceased to be…
A son he never knew. A woman he betrayed. A family he must rebuild from ashes. The Applicant The receptionist’s desk was unmanned. A dead fern slumped in a ceramic pot beside a ringing telephone that no one answered. Through…
A single father’s ruthless ascent to reclaim the family he lost. The Paper Crown The rain had stopped falling by the time Ethan Thorne reached the chain-link fence, but the air still carried that sting of wet garbage and diesel…