Julie Teston was in a hurry to join her extended family for a relaxing weekend at their home at River's Bend. Looking for a temporary escape from her hectic life, she knew she would find good food, good company, and mental and emotional rest there. But she didn't know she would also find fear, suspicion, and...murder. After a record period of heavy rain, the river exceeded flood stage and thirteen people are stranded together at River's Bend. No one expected that one of them would be murdered. Julie is a young housewife with courage, grit, and lots of curiosity. Join her as she figures out what happened and "whodunit". RIVER'S BEND is a riveting mystery novella. It is Hazel Davis Megahee's second book.
Timid but tough Sophia Chambers has finally found the perfect job for her strange ability. As a private detective's assistant, she trails and photographs people with ease, because she can make herself unseen. But when she stumbles into the arms of Dominic Berrett, she finds she no longer wants to hide.Though Dominic's stunning looks could easily make him a model, he's the farthest thing from it. As a warlock and captain in the Magus Corps, he's been deployed to bring Sophia into a witchcraft fold that she doesn't even know exists. Despite his five-hundred years as an immortal, he discovers something unexpectedly captivating in the beautiful but shy young woman.But when her deadly past catches up to her and an ancient enemy of witchcraft emerges, Sophia and Dominic's intense feelings for each other surface in ways that neither could have foreseen. As passion explodes and desires are unleashed, each will make choices from which there is no return.
Nicolette Erling is a survivor, hiding in plain sight. As she moves from city to city, disguised as a psychic in a traveling circus, her real Wiccan ability remains hidden-from everyone except Sebastian.Major Sebastian Corcoran of the Magus Corps has made Nicolette his private project. Though he's determined to bring the beautiful rogue into the safety of the Wiccan community, he's unprepared for the fiery passion that erupts between them. Desperate to remain on her own and unable to leave the brutality of her past behind, Nicolette can't let herself fall for Sebastian. When duty calls him back to the Corps, they must both learn a bitter truth. Love isn't fighting to hold on tightly, but finding the strength to let go.
Caitlin Monroe is used to taking care of herself, thank you very much. After witnessing the grisly death of her parents, she'll do anything to make sure that she and her sister are safe. But a witch with the rare and powerful gift of seeing the future can't stay under the radar forever. Although General Logan MacCulloch finds Caitlin dealing cards in a casino, her gift of prophecy is no match for his of luck. But as he gets to know her, he realizes they're both struggling with similar wounded pasts. Not only does he vow to bring her into the Wiccan fold, he can't help but want to make her his own.But a chance brush of their hands suddenly shows Caitlin their sensual and heated future. Confused and frightened, she can only think to run from him, straight into the waiting arms of his arch enemy.
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It's not that Amanda Kirkus doesn't want to be a witch. It's just that she sucks at it. Despite the classes, and spells, and practicing, there doesn't seem to be anything that she can really do. Though she'd resigned herself to keeping her day job as a hairdresser, everything changes when someone from her past reenters her life.Vincent Harcourt can hardly believe that the beautiful woman he's been monitoring was the girl he'd once known in high school. Though he's an immortal warlock now, all Amanda can see is that his black hair has gone completely white. Still struggling to get past the incident that gave him the silvery hair, Vincent is determined to nurture Amanda's untapped power.But when his nemesis arrives seeking to conclude unfinished business, Vincent must confront a past that he had thought to leave behind. As he and Amanda fall hopelessly in love, she becomes a pawn in a game bigger than any of them could have conceived.
Though novice witch Hailey Devereaux seems to have settled into her latest coven, she knows that it can't last. Tucked against the remote Alps of northern Italy, the Angioli coven is ill at ease with their newest member. Whispers and fearful glances follow her everywhere.But the arrival of a Magus Corps major ends all that. Kieran McCallen isn't afraid of her singular ability. Instead he's been sent to nurture and test it. Though Hailey's waif-like and delicate beauty are charming, her power is the stuff of legend.Each loners in their own way, Kieran glimpses Hailey's fiercely protective spirit when it comes to friends. For her part, Hailey dares to hope that she's found the person and place meant for her. But their bond is put to the test by danger and by duty, forcing each of them to impossible choices.
On the verge of starting a new life with the man she loves, novice witch Hailey Deveraux's world is yanked from underneath her. Without explanation, Major Kieran McCallen has abandoned her at the doorstep of a new coven. Though her heart and soul tell Hailey that he loved her too, it doesn't change the shattered spirit he leaves behind.Though Hailey must restart her life yet again, the remote Castle coven of Wyoming is different. From the smallest child to the most experienced Wiccan, they seem to embrace the strange gift that she brings, especially the enigmatic coven master, Piers Dayton.Though Piers already knew that Hailey would fit into his future plans for the coven, he had no idea how perfectly she would fill the jagged hole in his life. Though he begins slowly with the elfin and fragile Hailey, his need to dominate her unleashes desire in them both. But before she can truly learn the extent of her power, a vile evil breaches the coven's border.
As coven master Piers Dayton sits vigil, novice witch Hailey Deveraux lies still as death. Lost to him after being tainted with demon's blood, her spirit wanders in a nether world she can't escape. To Hailey her existence has become a solitary wander through an empty Castle coven. Memories tease her but never return. Doors open but lead nowhere.Though Piers refuses to give up hope and tries in vain to bring Major Kieran McCallen to Hailey's side, a different aid arrives. Stepping out of legend and time, Liona di Orsini appears at the Castle. With an elegant beauty and distant gaze that Piers has only seen in the oldest of Wiccans, Liona has come to witness the turning of history. Her prophetic visions have led her to the Castle, and now to Hailey's bed.As Liona weaves the telling of her tale with Hailey's own, she finds that she and the guileless, young beauty may share more than just great power. Brought together at a nexus beyond which Liona can't see, the pair forge a bond drawn from love, passion, and pleasure.
With the return of Major Kieran McCallen of the Magus Corps, life becomes complicated for novice witch Hailey Deveraux. Though she's still in love with the dark and brooding man, she's also in love with Piers Dayton, who couldn't be more different. As the coven master of the Castle coven, Piers has given her the protection, space, and love to become her own person.To her shock and dismay, Hailey learns that Kieran's return isn't just about her. He's on a mission, a dangerous one, for which her talents would be ideal. Though she can't deny him her help, his closed emotions and gruff manner hurt her more deeply than she can admit.But as the mission unfolds, her love for both Piers and Kieran can't be denied. Though coven master and Corps officer may not like one another, the one thing on which they can agree is Hailey. Emboldened by her time with Liona di Orsini, Hailey makes a request of her two lovers that takes even her breath away.
In the hellish world of the Shadow Walk Prison, novice witch Hailey Deveraux is running out of time. As her body languishes in the real world, her spirit searches a bizarre and changing landscape. Though she'd dearly like to leave, she won't without her two lovers.The dark and brooding Kieran McCallen and coven master Piers Dayton are missing. Cursed by a demon, they have been banished to endlessly wander the horrible realm. Using only her feelings to guide her, Hailey navigates the Shadow Walk Prison to find them. But what she discovers are two men caught up in terrors of the past. As Hailey is swept into their nightmares, her only fixed point is the love she feels for them. But as fears and demons assault them, the trio comes together and fractures apart. As time slips away, Hailey must ask herself one question: Is her love strong enough to bring them home?
