Books published by BHC Press

Mediator Ayala Storme kills demons by night and handles PR by day. She avoids Mediator luncheons and a fellow Mediator who's been trying to get in her pants for years. She does her job. She keeps her sword clean and her body count high. But when a rash of disappearances leads her to discover that Nashville's hellkin are spawning a new race of monster on human hosts, Ayala will be the first line of defense against these day-walking killers.That is, until one of them saves her life.Dodging the Mediators and the demons alike, Ayala's new knowledge of the hybrids' free will challenges everything she's ever known about her job. Racing the clock and trying to outrun her comrades and enemies alike, she's not sure who will catch her first…

Journalist Brenda Contay Doesn't Look for Trouble-But It Keeps Finding Her...When she said "yes" too often in college, she became "the anything goes girl." Pretty soon her sex life figured in locker-room graffiti.But when Brenda Contay makes it big on local TV as WDIG's Lightning Rod reporter, everything seems to be turning around for her. Except succeeding in tabloid TV because your butt looks good in Levis isn't much different from Anything Goes.That's why Brenda quits television to learn the truth behind an old lover's death. Vince Soublik drowned recently, off a tiny island in the Pacific. But All-state swimmers like Vince don't just drown.When she gets to the island, Brenda learns that Vince's death was collateral damage in a scandal of global proportions. And since it involves one of the ten richest men in America, Brenda's chance of living to break the story is next to zero.But you never can tell about The Anything Goes Girl: she just hates to lose.

At the Knowing One's wishes, Nolyn Lirai is thrust into the overwhelming responsibility of being the Forentan mage council's second. Kiya na'Citali is a young mystic and a spiritwalker with the ability to cross the threshold of life and death at will.Now Nolyn and Kiya must work together and face the shadows that swallowed the lost city of Andar before an evil can revive age-old hatreds and destroy everything they hold dear.

The students of Almek's true test begins as they learn to embrace the power and knowledge of the Guardians of Time. But their sacred haven is not the sanctuary it used to be... The tight-knit group of friends discovers a curse born during the war between the warriors and mages that, if not stopped, threatens to destroy not only them, but all hope for healing the Timeless One.

Antonio DeLuca knows exactly what he wants in life.Lucia Bonavera knows exactly what she doesn't.Destiny has something completely different in mind for each of them.Betrothed at birth but never having met, pragmatic inkeeper, Lucia, and sexy architect, Antonio, consider their grandfathers' thirty-year-old marriage pact a meaningless relic. Neither had any interest in meeting the other, but when Antonio travels to the States on holiday, his grandfather blackmails him into visiting Lucia at her family's winery in the Virginia foothills. When he does, their mutual disinterest is replaced by an unexpected, yet undeniable attraction.When Antonio makes a decision that keeps him in the States indefinitely, Lucia decides she's tired of always playing things safe, and follows her heart, straight into Antonio's welcoming arms. But Antonio has a secret, one that impacts Lucia as much as him. A secret that could destroy her trust in him forever.

Still reeling from an ancient war, the world has begun showing signs of unraveling. To save their world, a select group of the most gifted elite must form an alliance and find a solution before it is too late. But, can these historically incompatible members of the remaining nations cooperate despite their ancestral biases and distrust? Or will shadows consume them before they can succeed?

HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PROTECT YOUR CHANCE FOR HAPPINESS?Journalist Brenda Contay seems to have it all: a Pulitzer Prize, plenty of money and lots of friends. Just one thing is missing: a relationship that counts.That seems about to change when lawyer friend Marion Ross invites Brenda to go fishing in northern Minnesota. But they won't be roughing it: they'll be staying on a big, comfy houseboat. Charlie Schmidt has a cabin nearby, and before long, Brenda is thinking a lot about Charlie's gracefulness and good looks.But two other men have followed the women. Louis Rohmer knew Marion in college, and has an Internet scheme to steal everything she's worth. Jerry Lomak is much more dangerous: Marion's legal skills destroyed him in court. He's headed for prison, but Lomak has no intention of doing time, or of letting a woman lawyer get away with her "crimes."It's a beautiful place, northern Minnesota. Cold, clear, unblemished. But none of it will count when Brenda Contay must choose between losing her chance for happiness, or committing a terrible crime.