Checkmate

At twenty-seven years old, Katerina “KAYE” GRACE isn’t ready to die. As CHECKMATE, New Malcolm’s sweetheart superhero, her powers of energy manifestation and manipulation earned her fame, accolades, and powerful enemies—including CHARADE, whose touch contains both intoxicating pleasure and lethal control. When Checkmate is defeated Charade is the last person she expects to save her. What’s more, he offers her a chance at redemption. Now, a guest in Charade’s world, everything she fought and bled for is called into question and she’ll need to decide if the chance at the love she has always craved is worth the risk of being betrayed again.

ZANE MAXWELL is dead—at least he’s supposed to be. He lost everything the night his former partner murdered the woman he loved before his eyes. From those ashes Charade was born, and with him a darkness Zane struggles daily to control. A darkness that demands not only justice, but vengeance. Hunting a criminal in a city built on corruption was impossible with Checkmate in the way. His fierce adversary, whose fiery opposition makes his blood sing. New Malcolm made her their hero, someone even Zane admired, then broke her. Cut her pretty strings and fed her to the wolves. That alone would make him want to claim her, but when his former partner takes an interest in her she also becomes the key to his revenge.

With the city’s villains, including an assassin that never misses her mark, hot on their heels and a drug that gives users superpowers—and deadly side effects—spreading, time is running out. Together with a dysfunctional team of superheroes whose powers pack a heavenly punch, they’ll need to overcome the challenges of their storied history and their growing desire for one another if they want to stop an elusive kingpin before he puts an end to their interference forever.

TW: Consensual sexual content, angst, addiction, drugs, fire, poisoning, attempted murder, death, mind control, memory loss, and profanity.

House of Memories

This is Anne’s latest work in progress. More to come, but if you like family curses, paranormal communities, feuds that have spanned generations, and a desire so forbidden it will shake the foundations of the very town they battle over, this one’s for you.