James Tate
1) Kate
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"I never miss."
Riot Night changed my life.
Coming back to Shadow Grove turned it on its head.
I've been hunted, stabbed, stalked, tormented, and used. Hate fueled me, lies tore me apart, and in the end everything I thought I knew turned out to be fake.
Except... Riot Night also brought Archer, Kody, and Steele back into my life. No matter how much I've fought it, hated it, been lied to, or discovered the deceptions-I want them in my life.
No...
2) Timber
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Betrayed.
My best friend, my right hand, the man I trusted above all others. Zayden de Rosa declared his love for me and pursued me until he shattered the walls between us. Then the man who loved me proved to be a traitor. I never saw that coming.
Abandoned.
My fierce lover, he died to protect me. Let me kill him and erase him so he could move in the shadows. He's out there alone and he has no idea what's happened. All he'll know is that I'm not...
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"Madison Kate Danvers was murdered tonight." Those words changed my life, and not for the better. They were wrong, of course. I wasn't dead. But I was set up. After being charged with a string of offenses and made an example of by my political-minded father, I'm eventually released back into Shadow Grove with one thing on my mind. Hate. Someone is going to pay for derailing my carefully laid-out future. Someone is going to catch the full force of...
4) Heir
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A corrupt King. A murdered Queen. A missing Princess ... Found.
Once upon a time, The Royal Trials were a sacred ritual designed for a queen to select her king. But nothing is as it was in the kingdom of Tiech. Not since the brutal murder of beloved Queen Ophelia.
The town of Ironforge revealed important secrets, but it all came at an unbearable cost. The streets run red with the blood of innocents and Rybet's heart is heavy as she returns to Lakehaven.
Facing...
5) Seeker
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One quest. One crown. One shattered heart.
The Royal Trials were never meant to be easy, not even for an imposter like Rybet Waise. But nothing could have prepared her for the magical storms, mutated animals, and malicious gods standing in her way.
There is no time for tears. Mere hours after being bathed in Prince Alexander's blood, Rybet must embark on a quest. The second trial dictates she find a missing magical artefact-Queen Ophelia's crown.
Released...
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Three trials. Three weeks. Three Royal Princes.
It should have been an easy task, for a skilled mercenary like Rybet Waise. Simply break into the royal palace, and rescue her friend from the executioner's block. But when Rybet accidentally qualifies for the Trials, she finds herself with little choice but to see them through. A thin veil of etiquette, elegance, and glamour hides the true nature of the Trials. Behind closed doors, they are brutal...
7) 7th Circle
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Five years ago, I masterminded the infamous massacre of the Tri-State Timberwolves.
The streets outside the Wolves HQ ran red with the blood of the old guard, and not one of those members loyal to my father were spared mercy. Not a single one.
I let the media twist and distort the story. My new recruits eagerly proved themselves in spreading false news, in covering our tracks. To the general public, the Tri-State Timberwolves were extinct.
But...
8) Forgery
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Dreams. Goals. Plans.
You envision a dream, set a goal, and formulate a plan. I had diligently pursued all of these steps. I was on my way to obtaining my degree, engaging with breathtaking works of art, and unexpectedly falling into bed with my professor.
Yeah, that last bit wasn't part of the grand scheme, but even I had to admit that it wasn't an unwelcome deviation.
Ironically, despite my meticulous planning, attention to detail, and even despite...
9) Club 22
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They say to keep your enemies close and mine are all around me. At the heart of it are four dangerously gorgeous men. The man who wants to light my darkness and already paid the price for loving me. The man who can handle my power and loves every dark inch of me. The man who has been my closest companion and now threatens to upend our carefully balanced world in pursuit of me.
But the fourth man is probably the most terrifying. He wants to take the...
10) Anarchy
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Five years ago, I made a choice that I haven't regretted a day since. I protected the single most important person in my world, my little sister. I protected myself, and I seized control of the Tri-state Timberwolves.
Since then, I've wielded that power with an iron fist. Done whatever it took to take care of my people. Kept us out of the public eye and kept us safe.
Now a ghost from my past is threatening my position. Challenging me. Peddling their...
11) Heist
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Every four years, the criminal underworld engages in a game. The Game. The challenges range from the impossible to the deadly to the truly insane. Things that only a crazy person would tackle.
I've won the game five times. This time will be no different.
I'm at the top of my field now, the best of the world's thieves. There's nothing I can't steal, and this time, the game is all about theft, subterfuge, and sleight of hand. Starting with a legendary...
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Vault is a Madison Kate Novella but is intended to be read after the Hades series, as several events overlap and this story DOES contain multiple spoilers for the Hades series.
Please consult the recommended reading order for Shadow Grove World on my website if you are uncertain what order to read the books in. This novella is set on a timeline parallel to the events of Club 22 and Timber.
Once again. This story WILL spoil the Hades series for you...
13) Liar
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"Liar, liar, pants on fire."
The words scrawled on the back of my newest stalker mail makes my blood run cold. I have no idea if it's the lie I know, or one that I don't.
Since arriving back into Shadow Grove, I've been stalked, tormented, chased, and almost killed. I've been lied to, repeatedly, by people I was growing to trust.
Liar.
That word haunts me. Someone knows more about my life than I do. Someone is taunting me with answers and teasing...
14) Fake
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"You'll always be mine."
The latest taunt from my stalker reminded me I was nothing more than a possession to my father, to the Reapers, to Archer D'Ath. Even to Kody and Steele. Princess Danvers-the prize.
His wife.
Archer D'Ath's wife.
I hate them. They lied to me. Over and over again. I knew they were lying, and I hate myself for letting it happen. For believing in the fake relationships I want so desperately to be real.
Fake.
It's all f*cking...
15) Dead Drop
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All I've ever known is the Guild. They clothed me, fed me, raised me. They trained me. In return I became their perfect weapon, their loyal soldier, their deadly asset. For as long as I can remember, the Guild has been my life. Now, it's about to become my death.
Not everyone is cut out to be a mercenary. I've watched countless colleagues fail in their missions and pay the ultimate price. I've watched peers lose their minds with the weight of the...
16) Kill Order
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kill ordernounA document issued by the Circle allowing for the murder of a mercenary with no agency repercussions. A rarely wielded tool, a kill order brings the Circle's full wrath down on its target. Worthless, useless, waste of space. That's what my father liked to remind me on a daily basis. I was a stain on his pristine reputation. We both were, Moana and I. He taught us that we were less than nothing, we were an inconvenience. Slugs on the cabbage...
17) Honey Trap
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Those who have reached a certain level within the mercenary guild know that it's not merely a job. It isn't a hobby or a career or a fun pastime. It's a calling. A fucking honor.
Being in the Guild is our life … or death.
Not everyone is created equal, and not everyone is truly cut out for the work we do. It's not pretty, it's not glamorous, and it's sure as shit not moral or good. The weight of the sins we carry can become too much for some,...
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At age sixteen, James Tate Hill was diagnosed with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, a condition that left him legally blind. After high-school friends stopped calling and a disability counselor advised him to aim for Cs in his classes, he used his remaining blurry peripheral vision to pretend he could still see. Feigning eye contact, memorizing common routes, filling shelves with paperbacks he read via tape cassettes, he organized his life around...
20) Selected poems
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An award-winning gathering of exquisite poems by a celebrated poet.