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Flung down a mountain and into adventure as he escapes his evil master, a young wizard takes on a quest that will force him to use all his powers and his magical sword to save the kingdom and the woman he loves, even at the cost of his own liberty. Wizards don't have friends. Beneban believed this, when he escaped the clutches of Ztavin, the dark sorcerer with whom he'd apprenticed. But as he str ...
Werewolves, Vamps, and Thieves!
Joe Mack and his friends head to Pittsburgh to deal with a surge of disappearances, all people with psychic abilities going missing under highly questionable supernatural circumstances. That’s enough to keep anyone hopping, but Joe can’t ignore the feeling that there’s something even bigger going on behind the scenes.
Joe, West, and Sarah Grace team up w ...
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USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Amy Vansant delivers fast-paced thrills and crackling wit in this crime fantasy series you won't be able to put down...
When Hollywood “fixer” Catriona spots a plaid ...Kilty As Hell Featured
"This series is getting better and better." - Amazon Reviewer
Catriona is having a strange year. First, she found a dazed Highlander on the Hollywood studio lot where she works as a fixer and now it seems she and that big hunk of haggis are supposed to save the world from corrupted time travelers bent on destroying humanity.
She doesn't remember ...
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Brandeis Clark has grown bored with spaceflight academy, so when the government offers her an assignment hunting interstellar pirates, she jumps at the chance. But Brandy’s home planet, Thurman, has never had a military and doesn’t know how to run one. Her training officer does little beyond yell and belittle. Her best friend has a mouse’s timidity, not good in a combat pilot. To top it off, one c ...
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Holographer David Leone has just turned forty, and he's been enjoying spicy memories of his first love, Lucille Muhr, who's now a famous actress. When the ghost image of a young girl shows up in a holographic portrait of a bride and groom, David sets out to invent a device to pre-screen space for holographic traces of the past that reveal what traumatized Lu in her childhood. Although funded ...
From the Mind of a Witch Featured
When ex-FBI agent Rebecca Marte considered the possible challenges of her new career as a private investigator, she never thought one of them would be to investigate a witch charged with killing a man during a coven ritual. The job should be easy as six icons of the St. Louis business community, the rest of the coven, had seen their High Priestess, Della Bergeron, standing over the body, covered i ...
A warrior fighting his destiny. A woman desperately seeking hers. And a magic portal that joins them both. Dál Cruinne is a world of warriors and mages, clan kings and sages. Asleep since the Dragon Wars of millennia past, the beasts have now awoken. Arlan, warrior son of the High King of the Sovereignty of Dál Gaedhle, is destined to be the war chief of his clan. But the cost is a future that ign ...
She Reigns Featured
The fulfillment of the prophecy is at hand. To claim the crown and restore peace, Attina must first defeat the tyrant king. But victory won't come easy. Known to be the most powerful of the Fae, King Henrik would sooner burn his kingdom to the ground than relinquish his throne. More than ever, Attina needs a strong team by her side. Unfortunately, allies will be hard to come by. James and Co ...
Necrosis Featured
Amidst the chaos and fear of an apocalyptic virus, a mother fights to protect her daughter from the rotting remains of society. Navigating a frightening new world where survival is paramount and trust is a gamble, infection is only a misstep away. Despite her doubts and imperfections, Amy’s love and resolve are without question. But are they enough? Can she shield her daughter from the violence an ...
Nowhere Too Far Featured
Over fifty years ago, Dr. Fred Carlson told the world that the possibility existed the Earth could be impacted by a pair of asteroids sometime in the future which may cause the complete destruction of all life on Earth. His warning was disputed and soon forgotten by all except a small group of people called the Watchers. Now that the time was drawing near, a plan to save humanity was developed. As ...
Scourge: A Darkhurst Novel, Book One Featured
In a city beset by monsters, three brothers must find out who is controlling the abominations. The city-state of Ravenwood is wealthy, powerful, and corrupt. Merchant princes and guild masters wager fortunes to outmaneuver League rivals for the king’s favor and advantageous trading terms. Lord Mayor Ellor Machison wields assassins, blood witches, and forbidden magic to ensure that his powerful pat ...
Spellmeet: Faerie Crossed Book 3 Featured
Faerie and the human world may have survived near-annihilation, but that doesn’t mean everything is flowers and singalongs for the residents of the now-combined lands. Humans are coming to terms with finding chunks of a realm they didn’t know existed dumped into their neighborhoods, plus the Fae Court is a bloody battleground for wannabe ruling families. Dropped in the middle of the chaos is Spell ...
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A 2023 Firebird Book Award Winner & Five-Star Reader's Favorite: A genetically engineered colony on a new world. A baby born different than everyone else. A mother who will do anything to save him. On planet Eamine, twenty-one-year-old Alina must protect her baby when Mandin is born with a remarkable DNA anomaly. The colony’s central corporation wants Mandin for an experimental treatment ...
Princess of Wind and Sea Featured
In 1773, the prince and princess travel across the globe on a series of secret missions, and run into unexpected danger. Aisling's magical abilities are increasing, but dark forces who seek to destroy her powers are hunting them. The prince must protect her at all costs, as they fight for survival and abiding love.
Jacqueline Carey, author of the Kushiel’s Legacy series, says "Shorn is a striking debut, filled with skilled world-building” and “complex psychological tension.” Kirkus Reviews calls SHORN a “grand-scale fantasy” with “remarkable depth” and characters that are “emotionally relatable and endearing.” Jhared Denaban, a cursed soldier, enters his country's service desperate to pay the generations-old ...
Circus grunt Charmer Fire wrangler Growing up within the grind of the enchanted Circus Faire, Crew’s unique talents have blossomed. Though, he’s been warned that the King of Hawkswing is determined to eradicate a certain species, and for his own sake Crew must keep his formidable gifts under wraps. Relations between interspecies caused an imbalance of power and now are strictly forbidden. Dolorans ...
Whispers in the dark. Vague clues. Deadly threats. As currents of unrest flow throughout the kingdom of Andrea, Raina Swiftmain holds knowledge that could save her people. But can she find the missing links and discover the location of the lost prince? Dare she trust a knight who claims to hold the answers she needs? Raina and her two unlikely companions face peril on every side as she seeks to fu ...
None can resist the ravages of time. Knowledge is lost. Memories fade. But some things must never be forgotten. Over 400 years ago, twelve great warriors united the beleaguered armies of men and scoured the war-torn lands of evil, pushing the enemy back into the underground pits and caverns from whence they came. To ensure their legacy, each of the Twelve founded fortress monasteries to impa ...
Roger and Gertrude Davis enjoy an idyllic existence in the small Appalachian town of Harper Pass. With vast landholdings, a successful business, and love for the family they’ve built, they’ve avoided the suffering The Great Depression has wrought on the area until it all comes crashing down on a sweltering summer day in 1932. With the twin daughters they dote on gone missing and ominous signs of f ...
Get ready for an electrifying odyssey across the cosmos in Adam Gaffen's "The Road to the Stars," where Kendra Cassidy emerges as the unstoppable force propelling humanity into the galactic unknown, no matter what obstacles stand in her way! Amidst a world on the brink of resource catastrophe, Kendra and her wife Aiyana are on the verge of realizing their lifelong dream—the completion of the fir ...
It's the year 2268 in the Kingdom of Canard. Jason has earned enough rewards to secure a beautiful girlfriend and lavish lifestyle. Until his unforgivable mistake. Now they’re trying to kill him. In a world where a person’s worth is measured by points and evil lurks around every corner, who will win the game of survival?
A collection of tales blending characters through a journey into the unknown. Colors of the Soul, six stories of heightened emotions, mixes the supernatural with dark themes, and a mysterious German shepherd as a guide. Each story stands on its own, but each will have you turning the page for more.
Elemental magic, souls doomed to eternal reincarnation, and an ancient cult with sinister devices. Phoenyx Blake has a dark secret, one she’s repressed since her father died in a mysterious house fire a decade ago. When she wakes in a dungeon with three strangers, she’s forced to face that secret, which isn’t easy seeing as she’s dreamt about her fellow prisoner, Sebastian, all her life. The four ...
In Hub, a city of treachery and deceit, Gelsey, a pixie, is one of the best thieves around. When a smash and grab assignment turns into a job interview with a powerful dragon, Gelsey finds herself a part of a crew including five more of the best criminals Hub has to offer. Her crew includes Silai, a con artist with a deadly secret. Kelthar, a mage who’s bent on self-destruction. Aikila, a smuggle ...
When Brand & Desmet airlift occult valuables out of Havana during the 1898 naval conflict with Spain, they get far more than they expected. A shipwreck with experimental tech and magical relics sparks a race to retrieve the goods—and the winner might turn the tide of the war and the balance of power. Jake Desmet, Rick Brand, Nicki LeClercq, quirky inventor Adam Farber, and agents from the Depar ...
A Five-Star Reader's Favorite! After her brother takes his own life, Wrenn Jodh’s life unravels. With nothing left of him but a pair of journals she can’t bear to read, Wrenn retreats to the stability of her job as an aid worker for Kohath’s refugees. On the way, she finds herself thrown together with Caed, a steely-eyed security officer with a sketchy past, a gift for languages, and a talent ...
For Sage, fitting in with her new classmates is a matter of life or death. Literally. Dragged out of hiding after her parents are killed, Sage is forced to enroll in the Institution. There, she’ll learn to be a model citizen of Eprah. But model citizens are murderers. And when everyone is granted autonomy to be judge, jury, and executioner, it’s far too easy to wind up dead. To stay alive, Sage wi ...
I used to be a hero. Then I grew up.
I’m Kieran Thorne, the world’s only living half-fae. The gig comes with a few perks—immortality, magic I can’t control, fae assassins constantly on my heels. And the chance to protect the good and the powerless against those who are neither.
For hundreds of years, that’s what I did. Until I got tired of the humans I saved repaying me by ...
What if the demon to slay was your own? Raelyn Witt’s life has imploded. Holding tight to devastating secrets, she’s spent a year putting the pieces back together. But when her brother falls victim to a baffling and deadly illness, and desperate for a cure, she puts everything else aside. In her frenzy to find answers, she discovers Alnok, a recently uncovered civilization in the fifth dimension. ...
Heaven’s security is threatened after an Ancient makes the ultimate sacrifice, thrusting Ellie further into a magical journey of self-discovery. Unbeknownst to her, God continues to challe ...
*This is General-Literary fiction and Magical Realism or Science Fiction. Death parts us all. A magical real quest to find home in a place no one can see. When a combat cameraman falls into a coma, the military takes advantage of his state by implanting new technology into his brain—technology that captures and records his thoughts. But when he wakes up two decades later, he’s left to grapple with ...
The city-state of Ravenwood is wealthy, powerful, and corrupt. Merchant Princes and Guild Masters wager fortunes to outmaneuver League rivals for the king’s favor and the best trading terms. Ambitious and ruthless leaders use betrayal and assassination to gain their ends. Blood magic conjures monsters to further the goals of the ruling class, and the price of stolen power is paid for by the deaths ...
Ora Stone's memories were erased for her protection. She is a witch, hidden in the human realm, hidden from the others of her kind, protected by ancient magic.
On her first day of college, she loses her amulet, releasing her long-dormant powers. Purely by accident, she performs a levitation spell, an action that breaks the Concealment Code and summons Protectors from Conjuragic to ...
In the aftermath of the Great War, the land of Nostraterra lies in ruins. While the Elves, Dwarves and Men rebuild their kingdoms, a sinister plan has been set in motion: the assassination of Alfrahil, Crown Prince of Eldora. As fire rains down within the city walls, young prince Alfrahil rides for his life and escapes. Braving unforeseen dangers, he is determined to unmask the conspirators and di ...
He’s been stranded beyond the stars for years. When he buys himself a down-and-out squad, he crash-lands into a whole galaxy of trouble… Lone human Wil Calder is bored out of his freakin’ mind. So when he gets word of a couple of criminals being hauled to a penal colony, he figures he’s got a sweet deal to offer: Join his crew and he’ll help clear their names. But he quickly finds he’s bought a bl ...
Paulie Galamb is the hapless hero of this story, no matter if he likes it or not. The unattractive, unassuming divorcee was good at his job as a taste-tester of lab-grown meats - until his body turned against him. All Paulie ever wanted was to live his boring life inside the We-Store storage facility. Now, that dream is tossed out of the window, after a simple dental procedure takes a turn for the ...
The island of Niue, 1944. On this remote island, deep in the South Pacific, about 1,500 miles from its closest neighbor, it hardly feels like a war is on. Angelie, a 17-year-old Australian girl, is waiting out the war on the island, where warm tropical winds blow through her hair almost as gently as native islander Will Tongahai's eyes graze her body. But the arrival of an African archaeologist an ...
He will give up everything for love. As dark prince of the dark seas, Victor has everything. Everything except Ariana's love. Victor is Ursula's son, so he can't blame Ariana for not trusting him. He will do anything for her, but she is falling for a mortal prince. Can Ariana see that Victor's heart is true, or is it too late? With his mother, Ursula, against the sea king's daughter, will Victor's ...
When Corran, Rigan, and their friends became outlaw monster hunters and fled beyond the walls of Ravenwood City, they thought they had defeated the source of the abominations that killed so many of their friends and loved ones. But the more successful they become at destroying the creatures, the more they realize that greater evil is at work—larger and more terrifying than they ever imagined. T ...
ARE MONSTERS BORN OR ARE THEY CREATED? Once inseparable, their friendship shattered under the weight of envy, inviting an insidious darkness that lurked in the shadows. But what truly transpired between these brothers before their fates were forever intertwined? Brace yourself for a revelation that will leave you questioning everything, for there are always two sides to every tale. Step into ...
Aisling and Prince Drayaen return home to Ireland in time to celebrate the holidays. But their festivities are short-lived. New enemies are threatening their way of life. As dark forces swirl around them, Aisling and the prince must destroy their adversaries to protect each other and everything they love.
From Book 1: "A bright fantasy for readers who are tired of exaggerated violence and slippery morals." -- Kirkus Reviews
Lana can draw arcane powers from gemstones. When she started reading the folklore, it sounded farfetched. Maybe she should have closed the books right then and walked away, because special abilities are nothing but trouble. Someone always wants you to do som ...
ROBBED OF HER LIFE… …when 82-year-old Eula is stripped of her home and possessions by a scheming banker and her scoundrel son. Suddenly she is forced to begin a new life in a brutal assisted living facility. Feeling lost and broken, she soon learns that a vicious nurse is determined to make her life far worse than she could have ever imagined. But when Eula discovers that she owns an odd but real ...
"Your son’s invisible friend is not imaginary." Kate’s little boy has a new buddy, one even he can’t see. Can’t hear. Can’t feel. Yet, it’s feeding him information about the world. And about the future. He is using this thing, this undetectable entity, to advance at school. And to help Kate gamble. Despite her addiction.
But, for every morsel of knowledge, his friend demands a favor in ...
Orphan. Slave. Drug dealer. As a Demon-Owned human in an Afterworld that has Hell and Heaven on Earth, I’m the lowest a being can get. My life is one of drudgery, degradation—and mortal danger. And that's before I started dealing Angelescence. Unlike anything in existence, it's a drug only I can produce, and everyone would kill, or die for. With decommission and execution closing in, I’m desperate ...
When Riley’s secret friend, Eren, vanishes from the woods where he hides, Riley starts to think he imagined him. After all, what little boy would have fangs, a red, pointed tail like a devil, and no need for food? Over thirty years later, Riley is taken prisoner in the Fallen realm where angels and demons have been locked in a war for centuries. The demons keep humans and cambions as slaves ...
"Combination of The Hunger Games, The 100 and Divergent!" They said nothing could survive outside. They lied… Welcome to Echelon, a domed city that protects the survivors of a ravaged Earth. Here, the wealthy elite live in Sky, high above the poor dwellers of Dirt. And Dirt children known as Decimites are injected with nanobots, allowing them to survive in a world ravaged by toxins. Forced to gath ...
The fight to save my city has only just begun. It's time to sharpen the cat claws and unleash the spider fangs because this hybrid shifter is out to catch her prey.
I've already lost a close friend to the toxic memory-warping drug breaking the minds of everyone in the city. To make matters even worse, the criminal mastermind responsible for this poison has his eyes set on a new t ...
The fight for their lives, their love, and the world begins! Sonora's love of the sea leads her to discover something in the depths of the oceans that shouldn't exist—a thriving city, centuries old. And Ian is completely unaware of who Sonora really is—a granddaughter of the most hated man of his people.
The one he has been tracking for decades.
The two come together to fight a ...
Kirkus review: People are mysteriously disappearing in Langston’s SF fantasy set in small-town Georgia. It’s 1981, and Granville high school senior Denver Stow, school yearbook photographer, is having a very bad day. His girlfriend has broken up with him—a circumstance that, to him, confirms that he’s a loser. He seeks refuge in the woods behind his home, and as he sits by a tree, a gentle, sof ...
In a city shattered by gravity, packs of feral children roam the streets, playing, fighting, stealing, and surviving. Magpie is odd even by feral standards, and the other kids taunt him and call him Goblin. Nothing makes him happier than talking to the crows that follow him and collecting his pretty rocks and rings, feathers and glasses and other shiny things. The bullies in his pack say he is use ...
Mae Lin Zhou has struggled to live up to her father’s expectations all her life. When her dying grandmother chooses her to carry the family’s ability to make luck, she thinks this is her chance. If she can learn to control her new power.
Whisked away to Kismet Academy, Mae Lin finds herself thrust into a world of djinn, leprechauns, and wishers. Everyone seems so confident in their gift ...
A fourteen-year-old bar owner, a cagey fugitive, and a badass monkey. When magical mayhem meets bloody brawls, can they survive the violent darkness?
Jack wouldn’t trade his brutal life for anything. Hardened by the merciless nature of war, he’s carved a dangerous niche running a post-apoc saloon frequented by cybernetically enhanced mercenaries. But the kid's cocky confidence gets sh ...
My Gran used to say, “There are times when the only way out is a lead pill.” These are stories when things got that bad. A Lead Pill is the second collection of short stories from a HARD PLACE. Stories of loneliness and betrayal, of false hope and shattered dreams, of gifts and regrets, of love and accidental kindness. Each story follows separate paths that lead to the understanding that sometimes ...
We are guarded by immortals when we dream.
Dream thieves watch over the unconscious wanderings of the human mind, plucking out the most dangerous dreams before they can take root and turn us into monsters. Malcolm Jones has been a dream thief since the dawn of time, but for once, he has failed. Sifting through the chaos in the mind of his latest target, he has left behind fragments of a ...
She can't tell anyone who named her. It would doom the galaxy. She can't let anyone know what she is. She would be banished for life. And yet she has so much to offer...and so much to discover still. The only one who understands her and stands beside her, is an outcast herself. And her only friend. She'll risk everything to let her join the human ranks as an equal. She'll stand beside her as no on ...
A Science Fiction & Fantasy Anthology_Vol.1
Blaze through exhilarating worlds in this groundbreaking collection of sci-fi and fantasy tales. Discover answers to strange–and bewildering–scenarios like: How do a scientist and a band of corporate superheroes escape an eternal time-loop? What does a "real" mermaid do when held captive by a spoiled, myopic prince? What d ...
From Book 1: For fans of Twilight and The Vampire Diaries comes a new addiction impossible to put down.
She's in love with her best friend. A family grudge could tear them apart. And a supernatural secret could get them killed…Robyn can't picture life without her childhood best friend Jayden. And now that theyre in high school in the sleepy town of Shadow Hills, shes hoping they ca ...
He has a secret, but when mine is exposed… his will look like child’s play. Two years ago, a hot werewolf stole my heart. It was bliss until he disappeared like a shadow in the night. I picked up the shattered pieces of my soul and opened an agency to use my tracker skills and help others find the love of their lives. Oh, the irony! Then Jake Knight returns, determined to drag me into a life of da ...
The Dark Age. The Earth has turned on humanity with earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and a new plague that kills the Roman Emperor himself. Barbarian invasions shatter civilizations. In this chaos, Javor comes of age in a poor, remote village. Try as he might, though, he never fits in with his own people. There is just something about him that keeps him apart from the others. When barbarian ...
A village blacksmith from the middle of nowhere, Thomas seeks adventure after surviving a plague that eradicated his homeland. Following his father’s advice and heading east, Thomas finds himself entwined in a surge of attacks by a thieves’ guild knows as Neydis. Similarly lost adventurers soon join him along the Queen's Road, and they set their sights on breaking through the grasp of Neydis and f ...
(5 stars) "Great books, kept my interest from page one. But now I have to wait for the next one (sad face). I love this series." -- Judith J, Amazon reader. The adventure continues in WIZARD SEARCH, The Magic of Larlion, Book 4. The war ends in victory for the young wizard Beneban and his friends, but dark magic lingers on. Under an evil compulsion, his mind befogged, Beneban disappears. Wandering ...
Detective Ava Maxwell is about to make the biggest bust of her career with the Oklahoma Arcane Police Department. She has a promising suspect on his way to custody and a sample of the dangerous drug circulating the Oklahoma City metro. All she needs now is the name and location of the sorcerer responsible for the manufacture and distribution of the drug. But when her suspect ends up dead only mome ...
Don’t look at me. Just don’t. My name’s Gorgiana. For decades, I’ve lived a happy, simple life, shelving books at Sunland University’s library in Florida. But my peace ended when I witnessed an assault, bringing back horrors from my past. Or course, I took care of him. His body’s no longer whole. But that revealed my location. I asked for help from my best friend, Cora, the goddess Persephone, and ...
After losing a hard fought battle, Suleima finds a new home in the wilderness outside a small town to heal her wounds and recover her Elemental magic. A small town which houses a werewolf pack. When that past begins to encroach on her new territory, she and her friends, new and old, must figure out a way to win this time. Will her dragon shifter best friend and the Alpha of the pack be enoug ...
Humanity doomed! Aliens in peril! An unemployed geek to save them all… Out-of-work cyber nerd Fitz needs a job. Frantic to make rent, the sudden appearance of a stunning redheaded woman in the plaza and a bizarre recruitment advertisement triggers his outrage. Confronting the promoter, he discovers he is the perfect candidate! They whisk him away to a steaming, tropical planet populated by free-sp ...
From Book 1: >The Amazon All-star Bestselling Author Willow Rose draws you into a place that you never want to leave! Death is only the beginning!Meghan is 16 when she dies.
She wakes up on a flying steamboat on her way to a school run by Angels in a white marble castle.
On the boat she meets Mick who has been dead for more than a hundred years but still looks ...
From Book 1: Have you ever made a mistake that keeps coming back to haunt you?On the run from her ex-boyfriends powerful criminal family, Sara Jones hides in Billings, Montana. But when people around her start dying from poisonous spider bites after she receives a mysterious package containing a hidden spider, she worries that the family has found her. Can she escape?
From its gut- ...
The world ended. Then things got tough. Shane Collins and Lucas Maddox are the last two US Marshals after a global cataclysm that destroyed most of modern civilization. They’re still on the job, fighting the good fight, although they’re no longer fully human and maybe not entirely sane. Witches and werewolves were not covered in their training as US Marshals. Then again, neither was the Apocalypse ...
Not so cute and cuddly! Not a cozy mystery! Not like any crime story you've read. Serena McKay, P.I., lives in a post-apocalyptic dystopian time where the rich get richer and the poor are homeless. Existence in August City is nightmarish at best and disastrously chilling at worst. Serena has suffered from devastating emotional and physical abuse but she continues to do her job in spite of it. Fans ...
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Friends since their orphanage childhood, Joel “Ridge” Breckinridge and Garrett “Rett” Kennard rose through the ranks of the Landrian army together, from teenaged conscripts to seasoned fighters. Together, they became the most feared team of assassins in Landria, surviving longer that most in their profession by virtue of excellent fighting skills, legendary bravado, peerless strategy, and an uncan ...
Stephen, a young, disembodied soul is sent to the earthly plane by his spiritual master. After his harrowing previous life in flesh, he is petrified. But it’s part of the plan. ‘Every soul must fall into flesh to learn and grow.’ The words of the master ring in his ears—there is no escaping his sojourn. Stephen is to be a walk-in, trading places with another soul. On earth, he finds himself in the ...
It’s her first test and it might be her last. Soriya has worked her entire life to become the Greystone—protector of her city, Portents, against the growing shadows of myth and legend. All her efforts are in jeopardy when she is struck down by the destructive power of the Minotaur. Soriya must now find a new path. Only one thing is certain—she’s going to need help. Beth, a researcher with ...
After years of tension, war has finally come to the Union worlds. Hordes of rebels, seeking revenge for their lost worlds, ravage the Peripheral Zones. One of the leaders of the rebellion is Charon Antares, a strict and shrewd warrior. When another one of his braver mission ends in disaster, the rich and powerful sovereign plans to deprive him of his authority. To save his status, Antares agree ...
The ancient world reveres and dreads the fierce ha-mazaans. Now, an Oracle has prophesied their destruction. Heir to the Defender’s Throne in the city of Themiscyra, Cyra is eager to fulfill her role as protector of the ha-mazaan sisterhood. Instead, she is betrayed, kidnapped as war-bounty, and shipwrecked with a handful of warriors in a foreign, hostile land. As Cyra leads her people on a perilo ...
What magic does the library hold? Adopted at birth by a loving family of magic users, fifteen year old Ryn desperately wants to fit in, but the law is clear: only those with documented bloodlines use magic. If Ryn’s birth parents remain unknown, she will be denied the use of magic along with the knowledge and training those ancestors could provide. When Ryn receives an unexpected invitation ...
Penny Briggs is a perfectly ordinary woman. Until her life takes a left turn at Albuquerque… I thought my marriage would be a fairy tale. Instead, I’ve put a thousand miles between me and my broken dream, starting over with temp job in Albuquerque. Prop shopping for a TV production takes my mind off my troubles — until I buy an old pair of glasses no one on the set can wear. Curious, I look throug ...
There’s something magical about that sense of terror that grips you in the middle of sleep, when your heart pounds, you can’t catch your breath, and you know the monster is seconds away from grabbing you. While these pages occasionally record the odd hallucination or vision from beyond, you’ll find no dream sequences here. These nine stories are designed to induce nightmares. In “La Japonesa” by L ...
Buddy flick epic fantasy! The second in the Assassins of Landria series from the award-winning, bestselling author of Scourge: A Novel of Darkhurst and The Chronicles Of The Necromancer books! Wandering mystic Yefim Makary, known to his followers as the ‘Witch Lord’, disappeared before he could be accused of inciting dissent against King Kristoph. His supporters among the disenchanted aristocrats ...
Marked by magic, tested in blood and fire, King Hesleof is the ruler of Calibran, a bridge to his people and a bulwark against the wild chaos that once decimated his kingdom. Accompanied by his loyal sergeant-at-arms, the minotaur Ruric, Hesleof rides to meet the wise dragon Lyrroth the Benevolent, there to learn the true nature of a darkness which threatens to overwhelm everything he holds dear. ...
He’s been hunting my family since the 1600. Now he’s after me. Eighteen-year-old Lucy Owens is "that weird Owens girl" to the entire New England town she grew up in. She dreams of starting fresh at college in the fall, but prom night changes things. A mysterious threat forces her into hiding, and leaves her fighting for her life against an army of Gifted; a subset of humans with supernatural abili ...
No matter where the watch hands turn, she’d rather remain home. But with every time-traveling trekker’s life at stake, can she stop a deadly clock? Wilda Firestone survives off black coffee and white-hot sarcasm. And despite the colorful slew of characters filing through her time tourism costume shop, the retired First Nations Temporal Agent would prefer a quiet, more linear existence. So she’s le ...
Rule-breaking, unconventional assassins Joel “Ridge” Breckenridge and Garrett “Rett” Kennar are back, and the stakes have never been higher. The Witch Lord remains at large, orchestrating his plot against Landria’s throne from the shadows. Then tragedy strikes, the kingdom is in jeopardy, and Rett disappears. Framed for murder, Ridge flees with a bounty on his head, still intent on fighting the ...
Warnings echo through the woods…
Born with the mark of the scribe, Raela is bound to the prophetic book that directs her people underground to escape the invasion of their homeland. As the prophecy warns, this event signals a worsening doom on the horizon.
But the book that promises to sustain her life continues to divide her heart. Her fierce lover, Rebial, is ...
Love at first sight. Fact or fairy tale? My name is Prince Joseph and despite the fact I should probably keep it to myself, this is my love story. It was a normal day. I decided to take a ride around the pasture with my brother when it happened. The most beautiful woman of my dreams stood in the center of my mother’s garden. A branch came out of nowhere and knocked me off my saddle. Not even my pr ...
He gave her a gift. Using it could bring her to madness. Ireland, 1795. Esme Doherty believes the best of everyone. Despite a drunken father, a bullying twin sister, and a failing farm, the impoverished girl refuses to allow her sunny demeanor to dim. But when her grandfather gives her a magical brooch that enables her to detect lies, she finds her idealism crashing towards a pit of despair. Wanti ...
United States, 2072 With the country under the threat of war, a group of time-traveling government agents devise a risky plan to keep their families safe. But transporting hundreds of years to the past and blending in may prove much more dangerous than they expected. Cyber Criminal Enforcement Agent Christine Stewart has been to the past before and thinks she knows what to expect. She couldn't be ...
An anthology featuring twenty new science fiction stories for Sci-Fi lovers written by fourteen authors in four countries. Members of the Science Fiction Novelists Facebook group, like the two professional editors, each has a deep love for science fiction. Prepare for adventurous wonder. Bits of terror Aliens Twisted reality Dystopian dust Whispers of fantasy, and Hard science. Gun play? Yes, ther ...
A ruthless outlaw determined to conquer her kingdom. A courageous stranger who saves her life. She never suspected they would be the same man… With the king bound in enchanted slumber, unrest spreads through the Seven Rivers. Outlaws ravage the land, destroying peaceful villages. Left alone to rule, Crown Princess Tahlea leads her army in defense of her people. When her efforts fail to capture the ...
When you ask a god for favors, be careful what you wish for. You just might get it. Josef Magarac was a brave man, a strong man, a hard-working immigrant who only wanted a better life for his family. Instead he got a bloodbath. From the bloody steel mill strikes of Pennsylvania rose a true man of steel, a steelworker transformed into something more by the power of the Old Gods. Now Joe Mack is in ...
A retired female cop…a sexy hero…an adorable dog…interdimensional travel…monsters galore… a recipe for pure unadulterated FUN!
Thrown into the abyss and captured by a devil, Zaki risks hell to escape. The daughter of the infamous corsair Captain Ngala and heir to his power, Zaki always understood the risks and danger paid for her freedom, but nothing can prepare her for what awaits in the halls of The Tide—home to the vilest of evils. Hunted by a creature bent on enslaving her to his whims and discovering the secret neede ...
MAGIC, MYSTERY, AND MAYHEM await you on every page of this exciting anthology bursting with new adventures and unforgettable characters. Visit an otherwise normal town dealing with a dragon infestation, think fast when the elves whisk you away from home, launch an investigation when you realize the boy next door isn’t what he seems, and tread carefully when telling your secrets to sinister diaries ...
Ladies don’t shame their families.
Ladies don’t confront Otherwordly threats.
Ladies certainly don’t admit some taint of the fae has touched their souls—unless they wish to find themselves confined to an Institution.
Gently-bred herbalist Jessa Caldwell is trying to be a lady. She conceals her true nature amongst her plants and her sketches—where sh ...
The return of the world's first Artificially Intelligent Private Investigator, Raymond 3000. Sentenced with other Andro-Americans to a concentration camp for alleged crimes against the state, Raymond is temporarily freed to help find who is behind a series of terrorist bombings targeting the city.
A brutal new Ice Age covers the Earth…
When an experiment to reverse climate change goes disastrously wrong, Jarred and his daughter Hope are forced to head south in search of warmth. This man-made eternal winter shows no signs of stopping, and with temperatures continuing to plummet, fears of a new ice age drive survivors into a panic.
Jarred and Hope don’t have the wilderness ...
“Stephen Colbert meets Stephen King” - Book Nerd’s Brain Candy Winner of the 2012 Laine Cunningham Award!
Withrow Surrett is more than just his neighborhood’s resident curmudgeon. He’s the self-declared vampire lord of North Carolina, a once-renowned painter, and he can make a mean batch of biscuits. After decades of pleasant solitude, Withrow finds himself on the board for his homeowne ...