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  Retribution. There are three things a Wolf holds sacred—his mate, his pups, and his pack. Threaten any one of them and you’d better be checking your six. Threaten all three? Just remember—secrets, lies, and betrayals demand payback and the Wolves are ready to hunt.

  Warning: Wolves don’t hold a grudge, they get even.

  Also set in the Moonstruck world

  Nightriders Motorcycle Club

  Welcome to the darkest side of the Moonstruck world. Not every Wolf walks the straight and narrow like the Wolves of the 69th. Gritty, earthy, and violent, rogue Wolves run on the criminal side of society. Gun running, strip clubs, bounty hunters, the Nightriders live their lives in the outlaw 1%. There’s sex, violence, and violent sex, and sometimes, a Wolf smacks up against the woman destined to turn him moonstruck…

  Night Shift

  (Book 1)

  Everybody knows you don’t mess with a big, bad Wolf. Well, everyone except Samantha Prescott…

  He’s Easy…

  Elijah “Easy” Cross works the night shift for the Nightriders MC, collecting pay-offs, protection money, and “policing” their properties. “Live to ride, ride to live” takes on a whole new meaning when members of a rival MC—the Hell Dogs— shoot him and give chase with the intent to kill. Easy ends up on the front porch of a single mom hiding deadly secrets from the same people after him. When she’s brutally murdered by the Hell Dogs, he feels responsible and promises to protect her two kids. Easy and his Nightrider brothers might ride on the far side of the law but hell, yeah their honor is worth dying for, and a promise is a promise.

  And she’s not…

  Samantha “Sam” Prescott only wants two things from the Nightriders—her niece and nephew. It’s bad enough her twin got involved with an outlaw motorcycle gang—and was murdered—but now Sam is desperate to extricate herself and the kids. To do that, she has to escape Easy, the sexy biker with boy-next-door dimples and killer instincts. It’s that whole killer thing she must keep in mind when the moonstruck Wolf is determined to make her his mate. Her instincts scream, “RUN!” Her hormones want to get down and dirty with the man who turns her boneless with a kiss.

  When Sam is kidnapped and tortured by the Hell Dogs, Easy must decide to either keep his promise to ride through the fires of hell to find her or let her go for good, even if it kills him.

  Warning: Lots of down and dirty sex, extreme violence—including against women—of the blood and guts kind, alpha MC members, and a moonstruck Wolf shifter with dimples. This is the dark side of the Moonstruck world where sex is rough, death is brutal, and laws don’t mean jack.

  ****

  The Exciting, Award-winning Urban Fantasy Series:

  The Penumbra Papers

  Cases from the Shadow’s Edge

  Penumbra: Etymology: New Latin, from Latin paene almost + umbra shadow

  These "Cases from the Shadow's Edge" explore the forces of light and dark as they dance through shadows humans barely glimpsed prior to the Big Rip. Since then, all manner of preternatural magicks intermingle with humans in ways mysterious, magical and, in some cases, criminal. Much to humanity's surprise, there really are monsters under the bed and the things that go bump in the night are bigger and scarier than anyone ever imagined.

  Vampires. Ghouls. Faeries. Ghosts. Werewolves. Creatures of legend and nightmares. Overnight, reality took on a whole new meaning. The world’s best and brightest from every discipline—physics, theology, anthropology, chemistry, to name only a few—all tried to explain the rip in the cosmic curtain. Sade Marquis has her own theory. The monsters have been here all along, flying just under the radar of normal perception. They’ve been masquerading as mundanes—their term for humans. Of course, Sade knows the truth of the matter. She was raised by a master vampire and her pet “dog” shifted into a boy the night of her twelfth birthday. Sade’s very good at keeping secrets. She has a lot of them.

  This is where Special Agent Sade Marquis enters the mix. A human FBI agent with an X-Files mentality, Sade's been handpicked to fill a new slot within the Bureau—Preternatural Liaison Officer with the MAGIC Unit. The Magical Activity, Grievances, and Inhuman Crimes unit is in charge of investigations involving magicks. It's her job to deal with all the monsters, and she’s very, very good at her job. That makes the magicks very, very afraid of her. As they should be…

  That Ol’ Black Magic

  Penumbra Papers #0.5

  Along with her FBI partner—and werewolf best friend—Caleb Jones, Sade is sent to New Orleans to investigate the murders of several high-ranking magicks. The Big Easy is neutral territory so Sade must find and arrest the culprit before war breaks out between the Realms. Things look up when the gargoyle Sentinel, Roman, a permanent fixture in Sade’s childhood, arrives to keep the peace. Maybe.

  The investigation is hampered by Sade’s faerie nemesis, Ariel—the King’s Seducer. Oh, and then there’s the new dragon in town, Nikolas Constantine. Sade can’t decide whether to arrest his ass or admire it.

  When guilt and innocence come to play in the French Quarter, it’ll take Sade’s brand of crazy to sort it all out.

  THAT OL’ BLACK MAGIC: WINNER 2014 INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL AWARDS SHORT PARANORMAL NOVEL

  Season Of The Witch

  Penumbra Papers #1

  Sade Marquis. Her best friend turns furry. Her godfather is a master vampire. Her mother was once the mistress of Oberon, King of the Faerie Court.

  When the Veil between the mortal and magical realms rips, FBI Special Agent Sade Marquis is in a unique position to head up the newly-formed MAGIC unit. She’s the only human who knows exactly what goes bump in the night. When things go to hell in a handbasket and there's magic in the air, Sade is the agent FBI Director George Bailey wants in the trenches. She's savvy, snarky, and sexy but she may have met her match when she's sent to Chicago to investigate the murder of a congressional aide.

  Is the vampire, Kristian St. John, guilty as sin? Once a Templar knight, Sinjen now teaches history at the University of Chicago. He must rely on Sade to clear his name and track the real culprit.

  Together, they unravel the clues to a mystery that began a thousand years before. If they don’t solve the murders of six young women, the whole world—human and magick—will suffer the evil consequences.

  SEASON OF THE WITCH: FINALIST 2014 INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL AWARDS LONG PARANORMAL NOVEL

  From Harlequin Desire: Red Dirt Royalty

  Cowgirl’s Don’t Cry

  The wealthiest of enemies may seduce the ranch right out from under her!

  Cassidy Morgan wasn't raised a crybaby. So when her father dies and leaves the family ranch vulnerable to takeover by an Okie gazillionaire with a grudge, she doesn't shed a tear—she fights back.

  But Chance Barron, the son of said gazillionaire, is a too-sexy adversary. In fact, it isn't until Cassidy falls head over heels for the sexy cowboy-hat-wearing attorney that she even finds out he's the enemy. Now she needs a plucky plan to save her birthright. But Chance has another trick up his sleeve, putting family loyalties—and passion—to the ultimate test.

  The Cowgirl’s Little Secret

  She's back at his ranch…with baby in tow.

  When nurse Jolie Davis comes home, she knows it's only a matter of time before she runs into Cord Barron—the Barrons own this town. In fact, it was their oil business rivalry with her father that caused her break up with Cord in the first place. But no amount of family meddling can deny the fact that she had his secret son. Now, four years later, as her ex is wheeled into the ER—while she's on duty!—it's time to come clean. Because it quickly becomes clear that Cord is determined to reclaim her…

  Also Coming in 2015/2016:

  The Full-length Moonstruck Novels

  Moonstruck: Lies

  Moonstruck: Betrayal

  Moonstruck: Retribution

  Nightriders Book #2

  Hard Target Book #2

  Moonstruck Christmas Novella

  Pen
umbra Papers

  The Devil’s Cut

  Acknowledgements

  Writing is the one profession where the voices in my head mean I’m only a little crazy when I talk back to them. I love my voices, even when they argue with me. Which they do. Way more than they should. Silly buggers.

  As always, many thanks to my readers, the Wild Warriors on my street team, friends, and family. Y’all are the reason I keep writing the stories in my head.

  I truly appreciate the help I receive from my critique partner Heidi, beta readers Siobhan and Patti, and cover artist Clary for the many “do-overs” until we get things right. I couldn’t write anything remotely military without the help and guidance of my wonderful husband, Greg aka Lawyer Guy. Last but definitely not least, I want to recognize my readers. Each email, Facebook comment, tweet, and visit to my website convinces me that I must be doing something right.

  One last caveat: Any and all mistakes are my own.

  About the Author

  Silver likes walking on the wild side and coffee. Okay. She loves coffee. LOTS of coffee. Warning: Her Muse, Iffy, runs with scissors and can be quite dangerous. An award-winning author, she's been a military officer's wife, mother, state appellate court marshal, airport rescue firefighter and forensic fire photographer, crime analyst, technical crime scene investigator, and writer of magic and mystery. Now retired from the "real world," she lives in Oklahoma and spends her days at the computer with two Newfoundland dogs, the cat who rules them all, and myriad characters all clamoring for attention. She writes dark urban fantasy thrillers, time travel romance, and sexy contemporary romance.

  To find out more about Silver and her books, visit her WEBSITE. She loves to connect with readers on Facebook and Twitter.

  BOOK LINKS:

  Titles by Silver James:

  Moonstruck:

  Blood Moon – Book 1

  Bad Moon – Book 2

  Hunter’s Moon – Book 3

  Wolf Moon – Book 4

  Bride’s Moon – Book 5

  Rogue Moon – Book 6

  Christmas Moon – A Moonstruck Novella (#7)

  Blue Moon – Book 8

  Moon Shot – Book 9

  A Moonstruck/Hard Target Crossover Novel

  Moonstruck: Secrets

  Nightriders MC

  Night Shift

  Penumbra Papers:

  That Ol’ Black Magic

  Season of the Witch

  Other Novella:

  Café Midnight

  From Harlequin Desire

  Red Dirt Royalty

  Cowgirls Don’t Cry

  The Cowgirl’s Little Secret

  From the Wild Rose Press:

  Faerie Fate

  Faerie Fire

  Faerie Fool

  Faerie Faith (Twelve Brides of Christmas) (novella)

  Faerie Reign

  (Digital boxed set containing the three full-length novels at a special price)

  Class of ’85 Reunion Series:

  Fairy Tales Can Come True

  Promises, Promises

  Dearly Beloved Series:

  Best Laid Plans