Crucible

"[Rollins] is what you might end up with if you tossed Michael Crichton and Dan Brown into a particle accelerator together." -New York Times Book Review Arriving home on Christmas Eve, Commander Gray Pierce discovers his house ransacked, his pregnant lover missing, and his best friend's wife, Kat, unconscious on the kitchen floor. With no shred of evidence to follow, his one hope to find the woman he loves and his unborn child is Kat, the only witness to what happened. But the injured woman is in a semi-comatose state and cannot speak-until a brilliant neurologist offers a radical approach to "unlock" her mind long enough to ask a few questions. What Pierce learns from Kat sets Sigma Force on a frantic quest for answers that are connected to mysteries reaching back to the Spanish Inquisition and to one of the most reviled and blood-soaked books in human history-a Medieval text known as the Malleus Maleficarum, the Hammer of Witches. What they uncover hidden deep in the past will reveal a frightening truth in the present and a future on the brink of annihilation, and force them to confront the ultimate question: What does it mean to have a soul? "When it comes to the blending of action, adventure, history, and science, there is no other author who does it better than Rollins." -Booklist

"[Rollins] is what you might end up with if you tossed Michael Crichton and Dan Brown into a particle accelerator together." -New York Times Book Review Arriving home on Christmas Eve, Commander Gray Pierce discovers his house ransacked, his pregnant lover missing, and his best friend's wife, Kat, unconscious on the kitchen floor. With no shred of evidence to follow, his one hope to find the woman he loves and his unborn child is Kat, the only witness to what happened. But the injured woman is in a semi-comatose state and cannot speak-until a brilliant neurologist offers a radical approach to "unlock" her mind long enough to ask a few questions. What Pierce learns from Kat sets Sigma Force on a frantic quest for answers that are connected to mysteries reaching back to the Spanish Inquisition and to one of the most reviled and blood-soaked books in human history-a Medieval text known as the Malleus Maleficarum, the Hammer of Witches. What they uncover hidden deep in the past will reveal a frightening truth in the present and a future on the brink of annihilation, and force them to confront the ultimate question: What does it mean to have a soul? "When it comes to the blending of action, adventure, history, and science, there is no other author who does it better than Rollins." -Booklist

From bestselling author B.B. Reid comes the first in a dark and steamy why choose romance series featuring America's sweetheart and three dangerous mountain men. America’s sweetheart has been cancelled. From teen star to international phenom to the biggest celebrity in the world, Aurelia George has suddenly found herself on the other side of adoration. The public thinks they hate her when they never really knew her. The saddest tragedy of all is that she doesn’t know herself. Done with the fame, glitz, and glam?the whole doe-eyed princess charade?Aurelia decides she’s taking back her life, even if it costs her everything. But her uncle has other plans. Shipped far away until the heat dies, Aurelia finds herself in the one place where her name means nothing. When a blizzard causes her plane to crash, she becomes stranded in the wilds of Northern Canada, a sole survivor with no one to turn to. No one except them: the misanthropic mountain men who’ve shut themselves away. It’s their cabin that Aurelia finds in the icy wilderness, and their obsession she ignites when they discover her sleeping in one of their beds. Thorin, Khalil, and Ezekiel (and all of his personalities) have only longed for one thing in nine long years...a woman to warm their beds. Surviving a plane crash, wolves, avalanches, frozen lakes, and a harsh winter with three feral men is nothing compared to Aurelia’s hardest trial of all: finding herself. Dive into this wicked retelling of Goldilocks – the first book in the dark and spicy Men of the Wilds series. Tropes Dark Fairy Tale Retelling Enemies to Lovers Why Choose Dark Romance Forced Proximity Reverse Harem R++ High Heat The Men of the Wilds Duet: Crucible Chrysalis

From bestselling author B.B. Reid comes the first in a dark and steamy why choose romance series featuring America's sweetheart and three dangerous mountain men. America’s sweetheart has been cancelled. From teen star to international phenom to the biggest celebrity in the world, Aurelia George has suddenly found herself on the other side of adoration. The public thinks they hate her when they never really knew her. The saddest tragedy of all is that she doesn’t know herself. Done with the fame, glitz, and glam?the whole doe-eyed princess charade?Aurelia decides she’s taking back her life, even if it costs her everything. But her uncle has other plans. Shipped far away until the heat dies, Aurelia finds herself in the one place where her name means nothing. When a blizzard causes her plane to crash, she becomes stranded in the wilds of Northern Canada, a sole survivor with no one to turn to. No one except them: the misanthropic mountain men who’ve shut themselves away. It’s their cabin that Aurelia finds in the icy wilderness, and their obsession she ignites when they discover her sleeping in one of their beds. Thorin, Khalil, and Ezekiel (and all of his personalities) have only longed for one thing in nine long years...a woman to warm their beds. Surviving a plane crash, wolves, avalanches, frozen lakes, and a harsh winter with three feral men is nothing compared to Aurelia’s hardest trial of all: finding herself. Dive into this wicked retelling of Goldilocks – the first book in the dark and spicy Men of the Wilds series. Tropes Dark Fairy Tale Retelling Enemies to Lovers Why Choose Dark Romance Forced Proximity Reverse Harem R++ High Heat The Men of the Wilds Duet: Crucible Chrysalis

Prince Zavrius has spent his life in the shadow of his family's power, fifth in line to a throne he will never claim. While his eldest brother Theo schemes and the court buzzes with whispers of war, Zavrius is tasked with proving his worth by demonstrating swordsmanship at a royal ceremony-a skill he sorely lacks. Enter Balen, a rising star in the Paladin Order, who stumbles upon Zavrius' struggles and offers to train him. Balen is everything Zavrius isn't: disciplined, unflinching, and steadfastly loyal to his duty. But as the two spend stolen hours together, a bond begins to form-one that defies their stations and the chaos brewing around them. Meanwhile, Zavrius' mother, Queen Arasne, hides a deadly illness, determined to maintain the fragile peace she's built. With nobles pushing for war and Theo's simmering hatred threatening to ignite, Zavrius finds himself drawn into the court's dangerous undercurrents. And through it all, his feelings for Balen deepen, even as he knows their love is doomed. Set five years before the events of Reforged, Crucible is a sweeping tale of passion and heartbreak, tracing the forbidden love that would one day shape the fate of a kingdom.

Prince Zavrius has spent his life in the shadow of his family's power, fifth in line to a throne he will never claim. While his eldest brother Theo schemes and the court buzzes with whispers of war, Zavrius is tasked with proving his worth by demonstrating swordsmanship at a royal ceremony-a skill he sorely lacks. Enter Balen, a rising star in the Paladin Order, who stumbles upon Zavrius' struggles and offers to train him. Balen is everything Zavrius isn't: disciplined, unflinching, and steadfastly loyal to his duty. But as the two spend stolen hours together, a bond begins to form-one that defies their stations and the chaos brewing around them. Meanwhile, Zavrius' mother, Queen Arasne, hides a deadly illness, determined to maintain the fragile peace she's built. With nobles pushing for war and Theo's simmering hatred threatening to ignite, Zavrius finds himself drawn into the court's dangerous undercurrents. And through it all, his feelings for Balen deepen, even as he knows their love is doomed. Set five years before the events of Reforged, Crucible is a sweeping tale of passion and heartbreak, tracing the forbidden love that would one day shape the fate of a kingdom.