Nora Sparrow couldn't be more at home in Helicon, the whimsical land of the muses, where she belongs. She is in love with Sawyer Snow, and she's never been happier.

But Maddie Salt, their best friend, is hurt and angry about the newly formed relationship between Sawyer and Nora. She can't help but feel left out, and she wants nothing more to do with them.

Agler Thorn finds himself jealous of Nora's new romance. When he's given authority over the tweens in Helicon, he makes it his business to try to keep Sawyer and Nora apart.

A bewildering sickness is creeping over the land,...

A new year in Helicon, and Nora Sparrow is determined that this one will be a drama-free. She's intent on doing nothing but having fun, creating, and enjoying herself.

Unfortunately, drama strikes right away with an explosion at the Winter Ball. The assumed perpetrator is a muse named Lute Thundercloud, although he claims he didn't do it.

Sawyer Snow believes Lute. In fact, Sawyer can't stop thinking about Lute. He loves Nora, and he doesn't want to hurt her, but he is torn-shaken by this new attraction.

And before he can even quite come to grips with his feelings, he realizes...

Gritty. Provocative. Bloody. Blond.

from USA Today bestselling author V. J. Chambers

Ever since blond detective Ivy Stern got herself kicked off the police force, she's been slumming it as a private detective, mostly chasing cheating husbands. In some ways, it's better this way. She's free to do as she pleases, and there's no one throwing around phrases like "sex addiction" or "conduct unbecoming an officer." Ivy never figured her sex life was anyone's business anyway.

When a distraught brother shows up in her office, claiming his sister has been murdered, Ivy's all over the...

Germain isn't quite sure how she ends up sharing a blistering kiss with superhero Steel, but she has to admit she wants his sizzling, chiseled body. Steel's seven feet tall, carved from rippling muscles, and dizzyingly luscious. He also happens to shift back into Finnegan Flint, the billionaire head of the Sorrelco corporation, who's sort of, um, her boss.

Thing is, when Finn is Steel, he's out of control, and he's afraid he might break her. What's worse, getting close to her flips his Steel switch.

No matter what they both want, Finn insists that, from now on, they have to keep...

Owen Asher is back in Helicon, and Sawyer Snow doesn't like it.

Sawyer doesn't believe Nora Sparrow when she says that Owen deserves another chance. Owen's not a good person. He's manipulative and cruel, and there's no way he can be rehabilitated.

When Sawyer sees Nora kissing Owen, he's convinced beyond the shadow of a doubt that Owen has done something horrible to Nora to make her behave this way. Sawyer doesn't know what's happened, but he knows it can't be good.

With help of his friends, Sawyer will do whatever it takes to save Nora-to save all of Helicon-from whatever scheme...

Cade "Ripper" Davies

I don't do attachments. I don't do affection.

I do my job, and it's all I need. I'm a contract killer, and I'm a bad man.

But this girl, Shell, she's getting to me. She started out as a convenient hostage, a means to an end. But for some reason, I'm keeping her safe, even though it means turning against a man I once considered my best friend.

There's something about her, and not just that she's sexy as hell. I can't get her out of my head, and I can't let her go.

Shell Birch

The first thing I notice about Cade is that he's ridiculously attractive. The...