Dead Reckoning Novel Novels & Stories

Emily Parker has lived her entire life in the shadow of Marcus Kane — the man who stole her mother, tortured her, and claimed her as his own. Escaping him cost her everything. Surviving him left scars too deep to count. When fate ties her to Rhett Maddox, ruthless president of the Vipers MC, Emily finds something she thought she'd lost forever: safety. Love. A chance at a family. But safety is a fragile thing, and Marcus Kane has returned to take back what he believes is his. As war ignites between the Serpents and the Vipers, Emily is forced to confront every nightmare she's tried to bury. Rhett will bleed to protect her. Ghost — the Vipers' most haunted enforcer — will uncover truths that change everything Emily thought she knew about her past. And when the dust clears, Emily will stand face-to-face with Marcus Kane one last time. But vengeance is never simple. It costs blood, brothers, and more than Emily ever thought she had left to give. This is a story of survival and scars. Of love found in the ashes. Of family forged in fire. And of one woman who refuses to belong to anyone but herself. By the time the final bullet falls, Emily Parker will no longer be the girl Marcus Kane broke. She'll be the woman who ends him.

There had been a war in the Golden Sun pack and her parents had died trying to save a stranger, mateless and wolfless Melissa was left alone to suffer until the Blue Moon pack rescued her and made her a worker in the pack to be able to cope with the loss while stories of who wiped her pack clean tangled with the famous lycan king's ruthlessness. She suffered some more when rumors started to spread about her statelessness and selflessness and she was bullied for it for a very long time. She was turning 20 on the same night that there was a moon alignment, although she was excited to meet her mate, she still endured the sufferings that went alongside the rumors until she started to get a sense that her mate was near. She had just experienced the most humiliating rejection, unable to take the taunting anymore, she lashes out and runs into the woods to escape judgment. What she wasn't expecting was to run into the arms of drunk rogue wolves who wanted nothing but trouble. Fighting to survive and nearly losing the battle, she is saved by a handsome stranger who turns out to be her second mate, and as the moon rose in all of its glory, they had a fiery night of passion and by morning he was gone. What happens when Melissa is accused of being a slut and then finds out that she was pregnant and what happens when her stranger comes to save her but this time brings knowledge of who he was. An enemy. Her mate. How does she escape the same fate her parents had? She had a responsibility now and that was to take care of her new family and nothing was going to get in the way.

I was the Luna of Moonridge Pack. The smartest wolf they had. Every battle we won, every strategy that made us powerful, that was me. My brain, my plans, my ideas. But nobody knew. My mate, Alpha Kael, he took everything I created and told everyone it was his. He treated me like dirt. Had a girlfriend everyone knew about. Hurt me when nobody was looking. For six whole years I survived this. The mate bond made it impossible to leave. Or so I thought. Then his girlfriend got pregnant. With the baby I could never give him. That was it. I was done. I planned to run away in two weeks. But three days before I could escape, she lost the baby. Somebody poisoned her. And now everyone thinks I did it. They locked me in the dungeons. In three days they are going to kill me for murder. My own dad is not even sure I am innocent. The whole pack hates me. All the evidence says I am guilty. Except I did not do it. Somebody set me up. Somebody wants me dead. They think I am weak. They think I will just give up and die. They are so, so wrong. My name is Aria Silvercrest and I have survived six years of pure hell. I am not dying now. Not like this. Not without fighting back with everything I have. This is my story. And it is just getting started.

In the heart of the werewolf world, Estella Erylis once stood as the pride of her esteemed family, destined to wed the alpha's son, Carlos Vesper. Yet, betrayal tore her world apart on what should have been her happiest day. Carlos's cruel accusation shattered Estella's dreams, branding her a traitor and casting her out into the cold embrace of exile Alone and with the child in her womb, Estella vows to rise from the ashes of her shattered life, fueled by a thirst for vengeance against those who wronged her. Armed with her unparalleled skills in medicine, she forges a path of power and strength. But fate has other plans in store as the biological father of her child emerges from the shadows. Ariston Lycaon, alpha of the Vesper Pack's fiercest rival, stands before Estella- a man whose presence ignites a dangerous spark of forbidden desire and threatens to unravel her carefully laid plans. In a world where trust is a luxury and betrayal lurks in every shadow, Estella must tread carefully to protect her newfound family and unlock the secrets that will lead her to redemption- or damnation.

A devoted stay-at-home wife, Giselle Harrison, became pregnant a month after waking up in a hotel room with a total stranger. Unsure of who was responsible, she received an unexpected divorce request from her husband, Xavier Sheffield, who had discovered her intimacy with the stranger. He kicked her out, and she subsequently gave birth to a set of twins. Five years later, their paths crossed at his multi-billion-dolar company. This encounter rekindled feelings between them, but Xavier decided to make her his personal assistant, turning her life into a living hell.

When the earthquake hit, I found myself buried under the rubble, barely clinging to life. My wife, Meghan Hudson, charges into the collapsing office building without hesitation. However, the person she rescues is Gerald Parker, the new technical specialist at my company. Even as she hurries away with the rescue team, she doesn't spare me a single glance. Severely crushed and bleeding heavily, I'm rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery. Yet, Meghan pours all her care and attention into Gerald, who barely has a scratch on him. In the end, I'm completely disheartened and pull out the divorce papers. Meghan goes berserk and tears them to shreds, thinking I'll give in like I always did. What she doesn't know is that this time, I'm truly exhausted.

She trusted him with the end of the world. He left her for dead in it. When the zombie apocalypse hits, Maya Rodriguez already knows who she's going to survive with — and who she's going to survive for. What she doesn't know is that her boyfriend has other plans. Ones that don't include her. Abandoned, alone, and furious in a world that has just ended, Maya finds herself with an unlikely companion: LUS, a rogue AI life coach who is equal parts infuriating and inexplicably useful, and who may know more about how the outbreak started than he's letting on. Surviving the apocalypse turns out to be the easy part. Because the world Maya's navigating isn't just full of the undead. It's full of engineered soldiers — wolves in human skin, built by the same government programme that unleashed the virus. It's full of men who want to protect her, want to use her, want to earn her, and want to be forgiven by her. And it's full of one specific slow burn she has categorically refused to name. She's not the woman she was before the world ended. She's considerably more dangerous. ***A post-apocalyptic romance about survival, betrayal, rogue AI, and the specific problem of falling in love when everything is already on fire.

At the Brooke family’s grand 25th anniversary, Nina Brooke’s life changed in one reckless night. She gave herself to a stranger only to discover he was her stepsister fiancé. To protect their names, Ethan Voss and Nina buried the truth. But secrets don’t stay buried. Weeks later, a pregnancy test exposed the lie Nina thought she could hide. Clara made sure the entire family knew–humiliating Nina for carrying a child out of wedlock. But what no one expected? The child in Nina’s womb wasn’t just anyone’s. He belonged to Ethan Voss—the man promised to her sister. Now the question isn’t how far Nina will fall… It’s what happens when the truth explodes.

In a world where everything is about loyalty, two young werewolves from warring packs must risk it all for a forbidden romance. It would be all too easy to go down the path of the hate to love trope, especially as Luca, the heir to the Lunari pack and Aria daughter of the Umbra alpha have been sworn to hate each other. But when their paths inadvertently collide, their passion ignites a spark that threatens to either destroy or redeem their family’s legacy. Will their love hold the keys to peace or spark sport of war?

Seraphina Blackwood thought she was safe in her quiet cabin, but her world just exploded in green fire. An ancient evil has woken up, and the protective walls around Sera are melting. In a moment of pure pain, Sera lets out a mental howl so loud it hits Kaelen Thorne the Alpha who broke her heart three years ago like a physical blow. Miles away, Kaelen and his tracker, Silas, are slammed to their knees by the force of her scream. The old pack bond they all once shared has snapped back to life, pulling them both straight into a nightmare. To stay alive, Sera and Kaelen are forced into a forbidden Life-Tether. Now, they are the only ones physically bound together. They feel every ragged breath and every skip of the heart. While Silas can feel the ripples of the pack bond, he is not part of this soul-bind. He is forced to watch their intimacy from the outside, feeling like a ghost in their connection. With a "Wild Hunt" of monsters at their heels, they must decide what will kill them first: the ancient predator hunting them, or the heat of a bond that refuses to stay broken.