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Welcome to Venom and Vows, where vampires don’t fall in love … they negotiate.
In the frostbitten land of Heedmoor, vampires don’t mingle with humans–they contract them. Each year, vampires bind themselves to a single human sanctum, trading vampire venom for blood in a perfectly polite, deeply unsettling arrangement. Elite young women compete in a week-long spectacle called Venom and Vows–a contest of charm, etiquette, and entertainment. It’s a tidy arrangement. Civil. Proper. And absolutely not meant for romance.
Enter Seraphina Halloway, who has no interest in attempting to be a lady–or in marrying the arrogant lord her father chose to settle his debts. What she does want is to save her family’s failing spinach farm. The prize money from a dangerous horse race, held at the end of Venom and Vows, could save her family, so she makes a reckless decision: to disguise herself, break every rule, and enter a world where discovery doesn’t mean disgrace … it means death for both herself and her beloved geminox–the very illegal to own crossbreed of horse and unicorn.
Complicating matters is Nash Everthorne–the most revered vampire in Heedmoor. Ancient, powerful, and devilishly handsome in a way that feels both illegal and deeply inconvenient, Nash is entirely unprepared for a human girl with sharp wit, sharper defiance, and absolutely no respect for vampire etiquette. Her defiance unsettles him. Her wit amuses him. Her very existence threatens everything he’s built.
One secret endangers Seraphina’s life, her family’s future, and the fragile laws that divide two worlds. When rebellion becomes forbidden love, someone will pay with blood. The only question is who survives.
She captured the shot that could change the world. But some secrets should stay buried in the Lowcountry sand.
When twenty-one-year-old photojournalist Kate Miller lands her dream internship at The Washington Post, she expects to chase headlines — not become one. But when she photographs the shocking assassination of an oil minister in Tehran, her images spark an international firestorm and win the paper a Pulitzer. For her own safety, Kate must remain anonymous.
Back in Washington, Kate’s instincts pull her into another story — this time, one wrapped in charm and danger. Her heart betrays her when she falls for Jim Rayford, a charismatic congressman from South Carolina with secrets of his own. Their romance takes her from the marble halls of D.C. to the windswept beaches of the Lowcountry, where power and passion collide.
But when a rising political star ascends to the Vice Presidency — and a shocking assassination rocks the White House — Kate’s camera may hold the only truth that can unravel a deadly conspiracy.
Fatal Exposure is a smart, atmospheric romantic thriller blending Washington intrigue with Southern heart — perfect for readers of Mary Alice Monroe, Sandra Brown, and Karen White.
“She believed timing was everything in photography— being in the right place at the right time put the President’s assassin squarely in her frame. From the inner sanctum of DC to the beaches of the low country, Bergwerf brings insider knowledge to a story where power, attraction, and timing collide!” – Mary Alice Monroe New York Times Bestselling Author of Where the Rivers Merge
Some things don’t break all at once, and some burdens aren’t lighter when they are shared.
Jessie has always been the steady one—the glue holding together a family stitched with love, loss, and second chances. But even glue has its limits, and the cracks are starting to show.
Paul, the man she loves, seems to be slipping further away. He’s fighting battles she can’t see, and for the first time, she isn’t sure if love—no matter how fierce—is enough to hold them together.
Jessie’s daughter Brittney looks like she has it all together. A business. A home. A romance. But as her boyfriend Harrison is forced to build a life somewhere else, she’s left standing still, wondering if fighting for a future is the same thing as moving forward.
Meanwhile, Paul’s daughter Julie is newly pregnant and determined to improve upon the life that launched her. When she uncovers something she never knew about the mother she misses deeply, she must decide what to hold onto and what to release.
In the small, seaside town of Surfside Beach, where family means everything and “practically” counts just as much as blood, the Oakley-Jameson women are learning that the past isn’t as settled as it seems and the future doesn’t wait for anyone to be ready.But if they can’t have perfect…
they’ll have to find a way to hold on to the best of them.
Two brothers on opposite sides of the law. Sometimes blood is shared. And Sometimes it’s spilled.
In the quiet town of Maynard, North Carolina, Police Chief Clay Finley is used to handling small crimes and familiar faces. But when a local robbery turns personal, that order begins to collapse.
One of the masked suspects is his estranged brother, Tyson.
Before Clay can gather evidence, the case escalates. A wife disappears. A bank is robbed. What first looks like a string of unrelated crimes begins to feel deliberate—and deeply personal.
As Clay digs deeper, he uncovers disturbing links: a hidden weapons cache, a missing photograph, and two murders that might just suggest something far larger is unfolding beneath the surface of Maynard.
Then federal agents arrive.
Suddenly, Clay is no longer just solving a case—he’s questioning everything he thought he knew about his town, his department, and the people closest to him. In such a small town, the secrets run deep. Everyone seems to be hiding something..
With pressure mounting from every side, Clay must navigate loyalty, betrayal, and a town quietly coming apart—while racing to stop a killer who always seems one step ahead.But the deeper he goes, the clearer the truth becomes: And Clay Finley might not be ready to face the truth when he finds it.
Southern Fiction
Surfside Beach
Sometimes healing begins with the last thing you expect: A knock at the door.
Jessie Oakey thought she was heading into a peaceful new season of life. With her four children grown and freedom to pursue new dreams, she was ready to enjoy retirement alongside Randall, her husband of 35 years. But everything changes in an instant when Randall dies in a tragic accident, and Jessie is left to rebuild a life she no longer recognizes.
Amid her grief, Jessie finds unexpected comfort in Paul Jameson, a kind, familiar face who’s also recently widowed. As they navigate heartbreak side by side, their connection deepens into something neither of them anticipated. But is it too soon? Too complicated? Or could this unexpected chapter be exactly what they both need?
Set in the breezy, sun-soaked town of Surfside Beach, The Tentative Knock is the first in a heartfelt new series about life’s curveballs, second chances, and finding love and laughter even in the wake of loss.
With relatable characters, Gen-X nostalgia, and Southern coastal charm, Kelly Capriotti Burton’s debut will resonate with fans of Rachel Hanna, Kristy Woodson Harvey, and T.I. Lowe, and anyone who knows that life doesn’t always follow the script, but it can still lead somewhere beautiful.
Look how far she had fallen. Even her internal monologue was unrecognizable.
Julie Jameson once thought the answer to her grief was leaving her hometown on the South Carolina coast, working toward a new career, and refusing her role in a blended family. But months later, she’s only moved backwards, with no place to go except for the last place she wanted. Jobless, homeless, and still motherless, she shows up on her father’s doorstep, desperate for a life and a love that can never be hers.
Now she’s not only lost and resentful but forced to be housemates with someone she can never think of as her stepmom. She can’t run away again, but she does run… miles and miles on the streets of Surfside Beach, right into a new chance and new friends at the local running store.
Meanwhile, Julie’s dad Paul and his new wife Jessie navigate life as newlyweds, in their 60s, still grieving their own losses, and discovering what life looks like when you find love again.
Come back to Surfside with a family that’s growing… by numbers and in grace.
Firecrackers weren’t meant to sit in a box. They were meant to explode.
Brittney doesn’t know if she should be embarrassed or grateful. She has a job that pays bills, a family who loves her, and a best friend who is the best. But after a gut-wrenching betrayal and the loss of her dad in a tragic accident, she definitely feels stuck.
Nothing is wrong, but nothing feels right either.
Only when she finds herself uprooted from her single-wide haven does she start moving again, first into a ridiculous roommate situation, then – bless her heart – toward a brooding musician, who also happens to be her best friend’s estranged brother.
It’s a mess, but Brittney comes from complications made beautiful. Her mama, Jessie, is still navigating her new marriage — and that of her best friend Maggie, who storms into town like a hurricane, bringing her own romantic chaos with her.
Join the Oakley-Jameson family – and those who are practically family to them, who live, love, and learn the hard way in the beautiful oceanside South Carolina town of Surfside Beach.
Mystery
Mystery runs deep along the Grand Strand—deeper than the tides, older than the oaks, and darker than the summer storms that crash in without warning. Along the South Carolina coast, the marsh breathes secrets to life, and the riptide carries stories that linger just out of reach. Some half-remembered. Some half-believed.
In Riptide: Short Stories from the Grand Strand, four acclaimed authors—Kelly Capriotti Burton, Lisa Borne Graves, Maegwen Salley-Massie, and Caleb Wygal—offer a haunting mosaic of mystery, memory, and myth set amid the windswept beauty of the Grand Strand. Rooted in coastal folklore and enriched with new imaginings, these tales revisit familiar legends while breathing life into new ones. Blending the eerie with the elegiac, this collection explores the thin spaces between past and present, truth and legend, the living and the lost.
Some mysteries don’t need to be solved. Only witnessed.
Fantasy
The Emerald Queen Series
Book 1
For thousands of years, the seven kingdoms continued to be cursed, but the uninfected blood of Sealyn gives Elysium its final hope.
Jace, the outcast of the royal family of Stoltland, finds himself painfully in love with the queen of Elysium, Stoltland’s enemy. Can his love for the queen be true, or will his loyalty to his family ultimately lead him to betrayal?
Stoltland’s queen has given herself to the curse, resurrecting the dark powers of old. Sealyn and Jace will have to face this darkness and hope that Sealyn’s choices will awaken the ancient magic to save her people.
Book 2
…The journey for Len Nove begins.Elysium is still recovering from the bloody Battle of the Betrayals from the kingdom of Stoltland. Queen Sealyn unlocked access to the old magic, so all seven kingdoms are adjusting to the enchanting new world.
On the quest of breaking the curse for the kingdom of Len Nove, Queen Sealyn and recently crowned King Jace, encounter a new evil nemesis, and now, they and their friends have to battle for their lives.
Meanwhile, Princess Siany has to reign in her sister’s place over Elysium’s capital, Avondelle. She finds herself facing heartbreaking battles against Queen Corentine’s armies, including a terrifying dragon army.
Will Queen Sealyn break Len Nove’s curse in time?Can Avondelle defeat the dragon army?Who ends up unfortunately as Stotltland’s prisoners?
Book 3
After breaking the curse of Len Nove’s kingdom, Sealyn, Queen of Elysium, focuses on rescuing her comrades, whom Stoltlanders imprisoned, and breaking Shunal’s curse.
On the quest, Sealyn and Jace face many battles, receiving injuries that could lead to death. They find themselves having to trust rebels and pirates while facing new enemies, including themselves. From high-energy chases through markets to solving puzzles in mazes, Sealyn is forced to choose between her life and others.
A new chapter unfolds as Elysium embarks on a new mission, with Princess Siany assuming the role of the Luxen School of Magic’s Headmaster. Elysians are increasingly discovering their magical abilities, but a sinister force has already infiltrated their kingdom. This threat forces Elysians to forge unlikely alliances with former foes: Dragons and Mer People.
Who can they trust?
Will Sealyn give into the darkness?
And who is Jace’s father?
Book 4
With the curses of three kingdoms broken, Queen Sealyn embarks on an epic quest to the far-off and enigmatic realm of Glatania. There, her crew must forge alliances with rebels, confront evil royals, face enchanting magic, and try to unlock the secrets hidden within the land to lift the dark curse. Time is of the essence, for the sinister forces of the malevolent kingdom of Stoltland are eagerly waiting to invade.
The illustrious Luxen school of magic continues to guide its eager students in mastering the art of controlling magic, as the youthful Skarpin and his companions embark on enchanting adventures, learning spells and potions, and unveiling wondrous discoveries—some with the potential to reshape the very fabric of their world.
As the plans start with promise, the Glatanian quest plunges into chaos in a realm brimming with treachery and delicious treats laced with dark secrets. Will Queen Sealyn’s courageous crew conquer the perils, or will they succumb to a fate of death and anguish?
In these pages, prepare to travel back in time through Jace’s past, revealing the harrowing trials he faced as a young boy in Stoltland. Be warned: his story is drenched in sorrow and is not for the faint of heart.