Amanda M. Lee

Scout Randall is on the verge of getting information about her past. Patience has never been one of her virtues, though. As she's waiting for her source to get settled, a new problem arises ... and it has fangs.When she was a kid, a chance encounter in a park left Scout questioning the existence of monsters. Now, one of those potential monsters is back ... and he's taken up residence in Hawthorne Hollow. He isn't alone either.Vampires are on the prowl and it's up to the Spell's Angels to figure out what they want and eradicate them through any means necessary. That's easier said than done, though.Scout can't shake the feeling that something bigger than the obvious is happening, and when her boyfriend's close friend is infected, she realizes she has to increase her efforts if she wants to save as many people as possible.One vampire is deadly. A nest, though? That can be catastrophic. In this particular case, the head vampire trying to infiltrate Hawthorne Hollow has a plan ... and it involves turning as many people as possible.It's a race against time. Scout has to keep those closest to her safe while expanding her search for answers. In the end, she might get more than she bargained for on both fronts ... if she can survive long enough to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Avery Shaw likes to win. Unfortunately, her single-minded focus on being declared victor tends to get her into trouble. That's never more true than when she decides to take on her archnemesis Tad Ludington.With an election coming up, Avery is ready to let her freak flag fly in an attempt to get Tad to show his true colors on television ... thus sabotaging his chance at getting into office. That backfires when, after a truly epic meltdown, Tad is shot and left for dead in his own home.Sheriff Jake Farrell knows Avery isn't guilty but his belief doesn't matter when the case is taken away from him and given to the Michigan State Police. The incoming investigator zeroes in on Avery almost instantly ... and makes her life a living hell.In addition to Tad, who is fighting for his life in the hospital, Avery also has to grapple with Eliot's former employee Fawn, a woman who won't stop flapping her lips about Avery's probable guilt ... all because she holds a grudge and finally has a platform to express it.Avery is in a bind. She's been banned from covering Tad's attack and the election, and she's being called a "suspect" on every television station in the state. If she wants to clear her name, she's going to need help.There's little more she loathes than asking for help. She has no choice this time.Avery has always attracted weirdos. This go-around, those weirdos are going to come to her defense. It's going to take a motley band of colorful characters to save Macomb County's favorite intrepid reporter.Will they be up for the challenge?

Hadley Hunter is feeling on top of the world.She's embracing her new home on Moonstone Bay and coming into her own as a witch. Her boyfriend Galen Blackwood, who happens to be sheriff, is even involving her in his investigations.Unfortunately, the peace on Moonstone Bay is about to be threatened.A local millionaire and a one-hit-wonder songstress are hosting the Skyclad Festival, a paranormal beach extravaganza that features a bevy of famous faces in paranormal circles ... and those who want to hobnob with them. There's only one little problem ... .One of the local influencers, a woman whose only job is to rave about things on the internet, ends up dead. Then, in short order, the organizer himself goes missing. That means Galen is on the case ... and Hadley insists on serving as his sidekick.There are a lot of witches on the island. The question is: Is magic to blame for murder or is something more insidious happening?It's going to take everyone working together to find the correct answers - and keep each other safe - as the problem on the beach deteriorates.Someone has murder on the mind and Hadley is determined to find the culprit. All she has to do is survive long enough to uncover a mystery that has roots in a past long since forgotten ... well, and not step on the wrong witchy toes.The odds of doing both seem long but where there's a witch, there's a way.