Molly Brooks is a telepathic vigilante with a few secrets and a mysterious past. Determined to make something of her bizarre powers, she devotes herself to saving those who need her most. One night, she's followed by a powerful being in a pickup truck, and her world will never be the same. Finding herself thrust into a world full of supernatural beings she could have only imagined, Molly learns how powerful she really is, and how much she stands to lose.

Telepath. Vigilante. Nightmare. The citizens of Detroit tell tales about the Angel. About how she stalks the streets at night, bringing evil to its knees. They pray her name. They whisper about those she's saved. And those she's destroyed. If only they knew the whole story. Molly Brooks has earned her reputation: an Angel to the humans she's saved, a nightmare to the supernaturals who cross her. She is the last and only line of defense between the innocents in her city and those who hunt them. She is feared. Loved. A legend in the making. But she's barely hanging on. She's lost too much, become something she fears. The things she doesn't know about her past threaten to destroy her as she tries to learn how to navigate the new world she's created for herself. Untangling the mysteries of her powers only reveals new dangers, more deadly than anything she could have imagined. Can she protect those she loves, those who have become her friends and family, from the nightmare of what she is? And what will it take to truly break her?

Vigilante. Telepath. Godslayer. The Angel. Molly Brooks has never been one to shy away from a fight, to hide from what needs to be done to protect the innocent. Even when it ends up costing her everything. Molly was beginning to have the type of life she'd only ever dreamed of: friends, family, rewarding work. Respect. Love. And her actions put her world, and every person she loved, in danger. So she did what she had to do: she protected her world from war. A war she caused, a war fought because of who she is, and what she is capable of. She never could have imagined that in doing so, she would be taken away from everything that mattered most to her. Lost in a hostile world, away from everyone and everything that ever mattered to her, Molly has to find a way to make peace, and then she has to find a way make her way back home. Assuming she can survive that long. When and if she gets there, will the world she loves still be the same? And the bigger question is: will she?

Each death she caused, each life she saved, was its own kind of prayer. Shanti Williams has been saved by the Angel (as Molly Brooks has been called by the citizens of Detroit) twice in her life: once at sixteen when the Angel rescued her from a life that would have been a living nightmare, and again when Shanti, as a new vampire, came to her begging for death. Instead, Shanti gained a home, a new family, and purpose. With the Angel gone, and no one knowing when she’ll be back, Shanti is adrift again, but this time, she’s determined to make a life for herself. A good one. A life to be proud of. Detroit’s supernatural community is at a crossroads, chaotic after the departure of the Angel. Amid the chaos, a few vampires are determined to do their part to keep the world safe. And they want Shanti to help. Torn between loyalty to her current team and the desire to learn more about herself, Shanti has to decide how best to use her talents. And her life only gets more complicated the night she saves a gorgeous mortal from certain death at the hands of a vampire. A mortal she can’t get out of her mind, no matter how hard she tries. If only she could use all of her renowned courage to let herself take a chance on happiness.

What do you do when your most dangerous foe is the one living inside you? When Molly Brooks fought her way back to Detroit after her trials in the Nether, she came back changed. The life she thought she had, the one thing that helped keep her sane, was gone. She feels wrong in her own skin, scared. And her powers… well. They’re just not working the way they’re supposed to. She doesn’t have a whole lot of time to wallow, though. With two angry spirit daemons hell-bent on punishing her and the city she loves for her deeds, as well as war brewing between Detroit’s supernaturals, and certain members of the pantheon looking for revenge, Molly has her hands full. But what she’s forced to face is nothing compared to the evil that lurks inside of her. As her world starts to spiral out of control, as war rages, Molly finds comfort in the last place she ever thought she would. And she comes to learn, after a life spent alone, what family really means. And how much she’s willing to risk to protect it. STRIFE is the fourth book in the HIDDEN series, an urban fantasy/paranormal romance series from author Colleen Vanderlinden.

Hephaestus. God of fire. God of blacksmiths. Reviled son of Zeus and former husband of the goddess of love. He's found his place in the mortal realm, working with his friend Molly and her team of supernaturals. And he's fine. He's good. There isn't a single thing he needs. Until the day a witchy waitress walks into his life. Can he get over a lifetime of rejection and the dangers of his own past and finally give happiness a chance? Or is he destined to spend his long life alone? \\This is a novella set in the Hidden world. It takes place after the events of Strife, Hidden Book Four.\\

Molly Brooks has faced every foe thrown at her: power-hungry gods, hateful spirits, plotting demons, and everything in between. She has been betrayed. Lied to. Tortured. Possessed. And she has fought her way back from the brink, time and time again. It all leads up to this. Two Titans, formerly imprisoned by Molly’s family, now walk the mortal realm. The vengeful ancient, Nether, finally freed from her prison, longs for revenge against those who decided her fate. And this time, Molly just might not be enough to fight them all, despite having everything to lose. This is the final installment in the Hidden urban fantasy series.

Eunomia. Right hand of the Angel. Guardian. The last of her kind, is now…. Death’s hunter. And the thing she most desperately needs to find is herself. For thousands of years, the Guardians collected the souls of the dead, bringing them before the God of Death for their final judgment. It all ended when Eunomia’s sisters, the other twelve Guardians, betrayed the God of Death and his daughter. In the blink of an eye, Eunomia’s reason for existing ceased to be. Now, Eunomia is the last of her kind, and she has no idea what to do with the rest of eternity. Everything changes the day her best friend, the new Goddess of Death, comes to her with a problem only Eunomia can solve: “We’re having a problem with lost souls. Find them, and bring them back to me.” Of course, nothing is ever as straightforward as it seems, and what at first appears to be nothing more than a simple soul collecting job turns into an around-the-world journey that challenges Eunomia at every turn. All she has to do is find twenty-seven lost souls, keep her friend sane, and solve a mystery… all while trying not to lose herself in the arms of a man thousands of years of experience tells her she should avoid.

The Hunt Continues A betrayer hides among the immortals of Detroit, a threat that could very well send not just the immortals, but the rest of the mortal realm into chaos. Violent souls have escaped their prison in the Nether, and the appearance of the undead, created by a rite long forgotten by most beings, only adds to the imminent danger. Eunomia, created for the sole purpose of hunting the souls of the dead, searches ceaselessly for those who have escaped her Queen, as well as those new creations, the undead, which only she and her New Guardians can capture. An old nemesis appears, and Eunomia’s trust is tested by those she once considered allies. When something precious is stolen, it sends the immortals into a turmoil unlike any they have ever experienced. A Guardian Learns to Live Amid all of it, Eunomia fights beside the man she knows she is coming to treasure more than anything else in her long existence. She begins to understand how much she risks in letting herself love, and she can only hope she is strong enough to keep him and everyone else she cares for safe. Each betrayal, each lost soul, drives her Queen closer to insanity, and the safety of the mortal world hangs in the balance. Somehow, Eunomia will have to be enough to keep it all from falling apart.

Fearless. Tireless. Unstoppable... Zealot. Death’s hunter and her New Guardians have been woefully incapable of ending the rise of the undead who now plague the world, their mindless, hungry ranks increasing faster than Eunomia can cut them down. Human governments grow weary of the immortals and the dangers they bring to the world. Desperation reigns, tempers flare, and the immortals find themselves on the brink of war from all sides. If only that was the worst of Eunomia’s problems. An evil still walks among them, one that continues to elude Eunomia and her hunters, and everything Eunomia, Molly, and the rest of the immortals have fought so hard to protect is crumbling… …along with E’s love life. Her trust shaken, her world falling apart, E finds herself pushing away everyone who has ever mattered to her in her quest to somehow save it all. Her single-minded devotion to her Queen and the world she loves threatens to destroy the life she was beginning to create for herself. And when an enemy is revealed, when the unthinkable happens, the world sees just how much of herself Eunomia is willing to sacrifice in order to save what she holds dear. Because sometimes, what the world needs… is a zealot.

Marriage between two demonic beings is bound to be a challenge, but Molly Brooks never expected to feel like she and her husband, Nain, would start drifting apart the way they have. Between her endless responsibilities in the Netherwoods and his role in Detroit’s supernatural community, they go days at a time with barely a chance to speak to each other. Add to that life with two challenging toddlers, family lurking around at every moment, and a castle full of imp guards, demons, and immortals, and it’s no wonder the magic seems a little… less magical. Their family and friends have been urging them to take a rest, but both stubbornly resist, bound to duty in ways neither of them expected. When Nain gets injured, they’re forced to face the fact that maybe it’s time for a break. And Molly knows exactly where to take her 300 year old husband… well, not where, exactly. But when. On a trip that enables them to not only reconnect with the city they love, but with each other as well, they discover that they have unresolved issues between them, and that there is so much more to making a relationship work than just wishing it. In this Hidden twist on a beloved O. Henry story, Molly and Nain will face off against gangsters, demons, and sometimes their own family, but in the end, they’ll discover just how much stronger they truly are when they’re together.

In the ten years since the end of the Undead Wars, Molly Brooks, goddess of death and protector of the Earthly realm, has achieved what no one would have thought possible: world peace. The Earth thrives under her protection, and her family and friends are finally safe from the enemies who have targeted her. But not all of Molly's battles are about her, and an ancient nemesis is ready to make his move on her world. With her mate and her closest allies at her side, Molly will face attacks from enemies both strange and well-known to her. This time around, the power of the gods just might not be enough.

He has spent his entire existence fighting the seduction of the Darkness, but it is nothing compared to what he feels when he looks at her. A woman who defies all limits... Ilsa Steele, taken captive by pirates at a young age, has grown to become one of the most infamous smugglers and thieves in all of Varalad, a woman whose reputation grows by the day, buoyed equally by both her ruthlessness and her charm. When she signs on for what she expects to be a rewarding smuggling job from a former associate, she knows it's the kind of job that will increase both her reputation and her fortune. Of course money isn’t her only concern. After a brutal attack nearly claims her life, a mysterious voice begins whispering to her, claiming impossible things. She’s either going mad, or her life is about to get much more complicated. A man at war with himself... Sebastian Orlov is a high priest of the Reverent, an army of warrior-priests who fight a never-ending battle to protect Valarad from the looming destruction of the Adversary, a hungry, evil presence that has already devoured countless worlds before theirs. Sebastian's faith, purity, and skill in battle, along with that of his Reverent Brothers and Sisters, are all that stand between life and Varalad's annihilation. But deep inside, Sebastian fears he is not the man he needs to be, that the darkness within him will prove to be not just his downfall, but the downfall of his entire world as well. Besieged on all sides, the Reverent decide that Sebastian needs protection. And when a ruthless thief and alleged murderess finds herself in trouble, they believe they may just have the solution to their someone just as twisted and violent as Sebastian's potential assassins. They have no idea just how important Ilsa will become, not just to Sebastian, but to their world as a whole. ( Faithless is a side story set in the Hidden universe. It technically takes place during and after the events of Godkiller. However, it can also be read as a standalone for those not familiar with the overall Hidden storyline.)