Harper Blaine was your average small-time PI until she diedâfor two minutes. Now Harper is a Greywalker, treading the thin line between the living world and the paranormal realm. And sheâs discovering that her new abilities are landing her all sorts of âstrangeâ cases.
After being shot in the back and dyingâagainâHarper has lost many of her powers. Now, if the Greywalker dies one more time, she wonât be coming back. Harperâs only respite from the chaos is her work. But while conducting an investigation in the Olympic Peninsula, she sees a ghostly car accident and finds a victim who insists he was murdered, blaming the nearby picturesque community of Sunset Lakesâcalled âBlood Lakeâ by locals.
Harper soon learns that beneath the icy waters of the lake hides a terrible power and a host of hellish beingsâboth of which are held under the thrall of a sinister cabal that will use the darkest of arts to achieve their fiendish endsâŠ
When Link joined his best friend, Ethan Wate, on a quest through a mysterious network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, he knew the journey would be dangerous. But returning home to Gatlin, South Carolina was just the beginning...
Wounded during a climactic battle, Link discovers that tending his injuries won't be as simple as visiting a doctor and that healing his arm should be the least of his worries. For being bitten by a Supernatural does more than break the skin -- it changes a person, inside and out, turning Link into someone more and more like the dark creature who injured him.
In this never-before-seen short story by New York Times bestselling authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, listeners witness Link's heart-racing transformation. Dream Dark is set before the much-anticipated third Beautiful Creatures novel, Beautiful Chaos.
At Coral Tree Prep in Los Angeles, who your parents are can make or break you. Case in point:
As the son of Hollywood royalty, Derek Edwards is pretty much the prince of the schoolânot that he deigns to acknowledge many of his loyal subjects.
As the daughter of the new principal, Elise Benton isn't exactly on everyone's must-sit-next-to-at-lunch list.
When Elise's beautiful sister catches the eye of the prince's best friend, Elise gets to spend a lot of time with Derek, making her the envy of every girl on campus. Except she refuses to fall for any of his rare smiles and instead warms up to his enemy, the surprisingly charming social outcast Webster Grant.
But in this hilarious tale of fitting in and flirting, not all snubs are undeserved, not all celebrity brats are bratty, and pride and prejudice can get in the way of true love for only so long.
Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but one brother, and I loved him well. But those days are gone and what is left of them lies in my mother's tomb. Now I have many brothers, quick with knife and sword, and as evil as you please. We ride this broken empire and loot its corpse. They say these are violent times, the end of days when the dead roam and monsters haunt the night. All that's true enough, but there's something worse out there, in the dark. Much worse.
From being a privileged royal child, raised by a loving mother, Jorg Ancrath has become the Prince of Thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. The world is in chaos: violence is rife, nightmares everywhere. Jorg has the ability to master the living and the dead, but there is still one thing that puts a chill in him. Returning to his father's castle Jorg must confront horrors from his childhood and carve himself a future with all hands turned against him.
Mark Lawrence's debut novel tells a tale of blood and treachery, magic and brotherhood and paints a compelling and brutal, and sometimes beautiful, picture of an exceptional boy on his journey toward manhood and the throne.
A week after Blair Nightingaleâs husband, Larry, dies, she learns sheâs about to lose everything she owns due to a foolish mistake Larry made. In an instant, Blairâs life is transformed from rich, Silicon Valley trophy wife to poor, widowed single mom. Her only goal now is to provide for her daughter.
As Blair begins to pick up the pieces, GeorgeâLarryâs best friend and the man she truly resentsâseems to always be around. When Blair is overwhelmed by all the challenges she faces, she seeks comfort in baking rich, filled, three-layered cupcakes that her grandmother once taught her, and soon Blair's life is changed forever.
They're BACK! This summer, the original heroes in a half-shell make a triumphant return to comics! Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael reunite to bring their ninja aptitude and teenage attitude to IDW Publishing in this all-new, action-packed series.
Featuring a cast of familiar charactersâMaster Splinter, April O'Neill, Casey Jones, and moreâand true to the spirit of the original comics created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES are bigger and badder than ever, and ready to rock old and new fans alike!
My name is Gwen Frost, and I go to Mythos Academy â a school of myths, magic and warrior whiz kids, where even the lowliest geek knows how to chop off somebody's head with a sword and Logan Quinn, the hottest Spartan guy in school, also happens to be the deadliest.
But lately, things have been weird, even for Mythos. First, mean girl Jasmine Ashton was murdered in the Library of Antiquities. Then, someone stole the Bowl of Tears, a magical artifact that can be used to bring about the second Chaos War. You know, death, destruction and lots of other bad, bad things. Freaky stuff like this goes on all the time at Mythos, but I'm determined to find out who killed Jasmine and why â especially since I should have been the one who died âŠ
R is having a no-life crisisâhe is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he is a little different from his fellow Dead. He may occasionally eat people, but heâd rather be riding abandoned airport escalators, listening to Sinatra in the cozy 747 he calls home, or collecting souvenirs from the ruins of civilization.
And then he meets a girl. First as his captive, then his reluctant guest, Julie is a blast of living color in Râs gray landscape, and something inside him begins to bloom. He doesn't want to eat this girlâalthough she looks deliciousâhe wants to protect her. But their unlikely bond will cause ripples they canât imagine, and their hopeless world wonât change without a fight.
Itâs been a hell of a day for Abby Barlow. In just a few hours, sheâs survived an explosion, watched her employer die, had a startling dream, and now she finds herself in a seedy Chicago hotel with the sexy, unearthly Dante, a vampire she both desires and fears.
For 341 years, Dante has stood as guardian to The Chalice, a mortal woman chosen to hold back the darkness. A terrible twist of fate has now made Abby that woman. Three hours ago, Dante would have used all his charms to seduce her. Now she is his to protect. And he will do so until his very death.
A terrifying plan has been set in motion, one that will plunge Dante and Abby into an epic battle between good and evil â and a desperate race to save their loveâŠ
Book 1 of a 4 book series
Stephan Coleman knows what his future holds as the president of a not-for-profit foundation and he knows what he wants out of life. All that changes when a simple lunch with his college friend, mentor, and fellow Dominant, Daren, leads him to buying a slave.
Thrust into a situation he never thought heâd be in, Stephan canât walk away. He is compelled to help this girl in the only way he knows how.
Brianna knows only one thing: she is a slave. She has nothing. She is nothing. Can Stephan help Brianna realize that she is much more than just a slave?
Can two worlds collide in dreams? Protecting her from the fallen was his duty. Falling in love was never part of his plan. Loving her was forbidden. Being with her was all that mattered, even if it meant he would be exiled for all eternity.
Claudia Emerson's life is about to change when her good friend, who coincidentally shares the same first and last name, dies in a tragic accident. Distraught at the loss of her friend, Claudia's dreams become tumultuous, and through them she mysteriously travels to another world called Crossroads. There, she unexpectedly meets Michael, a nephilim--half angel, half human. Now that she's been there, fallen and demons are after her, suspecting she must be special, and it is up to Michael and the other nephilim to protect her. Her dream becomes a nightmare as more secrets are revealed about who she really is, and the true identities of the people she loves most.
Sarah Nickerson is like any other career-driven supermom in Welmont, the affluent Boston suburb where she leads a hectic but charmed life with her husband Bob, faithful nanny, and three children - Lucy, Charlie, and nine-month-old Linus. Between recruiting the best and brightest minds as the vice president of human resources at Berkley Consulting; shuttling the kids to soccer, day care, and piano lessons; convincing her sonâs teacher that he may not, in fact, have ADD; and making it home in time for dinner, itâs a wonder this over-scheduled, over-achieving Harvard graduate has time to breathe. A self-confessed balloon about to burst, Sarah miraculously manages every minute of her life like an air traffic controller.
Until one fateful day, while driving to work and trying to make a phone call, she looks away from the road for one second too long. In the blink of an eye, all the rapidly moving parts of her jam-packed life come to a screeching halt. A traumatic brain injury completely erases the left side of her world, and for once, Sarah relinquishes control to those around her, including her formerly absent mother.
Without the ability to even floss her own teeth, she struggles to find answers about her past and her uncertain future. Now, as she wills herself to regain her independence and heal, Sarah must learn that her real destiny - her new, true life - may in fact lie far from the world of conference calls and spreadsheets. And that a happiness and peace greater than all the success in the world is close within reach, if only she slows down long enough to notice.
Number Sixâwhen John meets her in I Am Number Four, sheâs strong, powerful, and ready to fight. But who is she? Where has she been living? How has she been training? When did she develop her legacies? And how does she know so much about the Mogadorians?
In I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Sixâs Legacy, discover the story behind Six. Before Paradise, Ohio, before John Smith, Six was traveling through West Texas with her cĂȘpan, Katarina. What happened there would change Six foreverâŠ
Every flame begins with a spark.
Blackwood Academy was supposed to be a fresh start for Ashline Wilde. A secluded boarding school deep in the heart of California's redwood forests, three thousand miles from her old lifeâit sounded like the new beginning she needed after an act of unspeakable violence left a girl in her hometown dead.
But Blackwood is far from the peaceful haven Ashline was searching for.
Because terrifying, supernatural beasts roam the forests around campus.
Because the murderer from Ashline's hometownâher own sisterâhas followed her across the country.
Because a group of reincarnated gods and goddesses has been mysteriously summoned to Blackwood... and Ashline's one of them.
Calla Tor wakes up in the lair of the Searchers, her sworn enemy, and she's certain her days are numbered. But then the Searchers make her an offerâone that gives her the chance to destroy her former masters and save the packâand the manâshe left behind. Is Ren worth the price of her freedom? And will Shay stand by her side no matter what? Now in control of her own destiny, Calla must decide which battles are worth fighting and how many trials true love can endure and still survive.
From the creators of Fireproof comes an inspiring new story about everyday heroes who long to be the kinds of dads that make a lifelong impact on their children.
As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners willingly stand up to the worst the world can offer. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood.
While they consistently give their best on the job, good enough seems to be all they can muster as dads. But they're quickly discovering that their standard is missing the mark. They know that God desires to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, but their children are beginning to drift farther and farther away from them.
Will they be able to find a way to serve and protect those who are most dear to them? When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering.
Can a newfound urgency help these dads draw closer to God... and to their children?
He comes to her more dead than alive, a towering black-clad stranger riddled with bullets and rapidly losing blood. As she struggles to save him, veterinarian Tess Culver is unaware that the man calling himself Dante is no man at all, but one of the Breed, vampire warriors engaged in a desperate battle. In a single erotically charged moment Tess is plunged into his worldâa shifting, shadowed place where bands of Rogue vampires stalk the night, cutting a swath of terror.
Haunted by visions of a dark future, Dante lives and fights like there is no tomorrow. Tess is a complication he does not needâbut now, with his brethren under attack, he must shield Tess from a growing threat that includes Dante himself. For with one reckless, irresistible kiss, she has become an inextricable part of his underworld realmâŠand his touch awakens her to hidden gifts, desires, and hungers she never knew she possessed. Bonded by blood, Dante and Tess must work together to thwart deadly enemies, even as they discover a passion that transcends the boundaries of life itselfâŠ.
Where thereâs Hope, thereâs troubleâŠ
The Alchemistâs Secret introduces the daring hero Ben Hope, a former elite SAS soldier haunted by a tragedy from his past. He now dedicates his life to rescuing kidnapped children. But when Ben is recruited to locate an ancient manuscript that could save a dying child, he embarks on the deadliest quest of his life.
The document is rumored to contain the formula for the elixir of life, discovered by the brilliant alchemist Fulcanelli decades before. However, it soon becomes evident that others are seeking this most precious of treasures for far more nefarious purposes.
Teaming up with the attractive American scientist Dr. Roberta Ryder, Ben is led on a wild and dangerous trail from Paris to the ancient Cathar strongholds of the Languedoc, where an astonishing secret has lain hidden for centuries...
The Mind is John Fitzgeraldâs third poetry collection, continuing and expanding on his insight into the myriad aspects of human emotion.
The poems are philosophical; emotions are set against the âobjectiveâ consciousness of the mind. The result is a deep exploration of what it means to be human.
Reflects on the events in our lives that take place even while we are reaching for light in a dark world.
When "Perfect" Parker Fadley starts drinking at school and failing her classes, all of St. Peter's High goes on alert. How has the cheerleading captain, girlfriend of the most popular guy in school, consummate teacher's pet, and future valedictorian fallen so far from grace?
Parker doesn't want to talk about it. She'd just like to be left alone, to disappear, to be ignored. But her parents have placed her on suicide watch and her counselors are demanding the truth. Worse, there's a nice guy falling in love with her and he's making her feel things again when she'd really rather not be feeling anything at all.
Nobody would have guessed she'd turn out like this. But nobody knows the truth. Something horrible has happened, and it just might be her fault.
Have you ever fallen asleep during math class? Are you easily distracted while listening to your English teacher? Do you find yourself completely uninterested in geography? Well, it may not be your fault.
The janitors at Welcher Elementary know a secret, and it's draining all the smarts out of the kids. Twelve-year-old Spencer Zumbro, with the help of his classmate Daisy "Gullible" Gates, must fight with and against a secret, janitorial society that wields wizard-like powers.
Who can Spencer and Daisy trust and how will they protect their school and possibly the world?
Janitors is book 1 in a new children's fantasy series by debut novelist Tyler Whitesides. You'll never look at a mop the same way again.
On the eve of graduating from her posh New England academy, seventeen-year-old Halsey Rookmaaker receives a disturbing package in the mail, from Rome, Italy. She drops everythingâher school, her friends, her futureâand sets off, to find the only one who can help her get to the bottom of her past, and to the secrets of what happened to her parents.
Kinsey and Maximilian Rookmaaker were two powerful magical beings... until somebody killed them. Now Halsey wants to know why.
With her is Ballard, an attractive teenage boy with problems of his own. Together, they must decipher an ancient magic text and prevent an evil necromancer from taking over the world.
Life is never easy when you're an unfledged teenage witch. In Volume One of The Diaries, Halsey Rookmaaker must come face to face with her past and with a dark stranger, who may be out for her blood.
The dead plot against the living, the darkness closes in on Keyhouse, and a woman is shattered beyond repair, in the third storyline of the Locke & Key series!
Dodge continues his relentless quest to find the key to the black door and raises an army of shadows to wipe out anyone who might get in his way. Surrounded and outnumbered, the Locke children find themselves fighting a desperate battle, all alone, in a world where the night itself has become their enemy.
Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's Locke & Key unwinds into its fourth volume in Keys to the Kingdom. With more keys making themselves known, and the depths of the Locke family's mystery ever-expanding, Dodge's desperation to end his shadowy quest drives the inhabitants of Keyhouse ever closer to a revealing conclusion.
The Locke children have grown accustomed to the myriad magical keys discovered within their ancestral family home of Keyhouse. They have also grown accustomed to tragedy. What they may not be prepared for is just how closely danger stalks their every move as Lucas "Dodge" Caravaggio, alias Zack Wells, continues his relentless quest for the key to the black door.
New keys and old specters join the story as innocence is lost and determination is forged in this collection of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom.
An innocent man is about to be executed.
Only a guilty man can save him.
In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, Travis Boyette abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donté Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row.
Now nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; DontĂ© is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do whatâs right and confess. But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that theyâre about to execute an innocent man?
Based on a true story: A Spanish sea captain rescues four German castaways during a treacherous storm in 1940. He doesnât know who they are or where they came from, but one of them gives him a mysterious gold-and-diamond emblem before disembarking. Decades later, the captainâs son receives a substantial offer for it and is told an astounding story behind the object: it holds the key to Paul Reinerâs lifelong quest.
Munich, 1919. After his family falls into disgrace, fifteen-year-old Paul dreams of the heroic father he never knew. But one night, seconds before committing suicide, Paulâs cousin reveals a terrible secret about his fatherâs death. This discovery turns Paulâs world upside down and leads him on a hunt in Nazi Germany to uncover the mystery surrounding his fatherâs death.
The Traitorâs Emblem is an epic novel spanning decades of family betrayal, impossible love, and the high price of vengeance. Set against the menacing streets of Depression-era Munich and the cruel rise of Nazism, GĂłmez-Juradoâs spellbinding thriller proves again that he is a master of narration.
In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balanceâbeset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.
Fleeing from Westeros with a price on his head, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But his newest allies in this quest are not the rag-tag band they seem, and at their heart lies one who could undo Daenerys's claim to Westeros forever.
Meanwhile, to the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stoneâa structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Nightâs Watch, will face his greatest challenge. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.
From all corners, bitter conflicts reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.
The fifth volume, part two of A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance.
In King's Landing, the Queen Regent, Cersei Lannister, awaits trial, abandoned by all those she trusted; while in the eastern city of Yunkai, her brother Tyrion has been sold as a slave. From the Wall, having left his wife and the Red Priestess Melisandre under the protection of Jon Snow, Stannis Baratheon marches south to confront the Boltons at Winterfell. But beyond the Wall, the wildling armies are massing for an assaultâŠ
On all sides, bitter conflicts are reigniting, played out by a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves. The tides of destiny will inevitably lead to the greatest dance of all.
The first in an enthralling new mini-series of novellas from the #1 bestselling authors of the House of Night, Dragonâs Oath tells the story behind the House of Nightâs formidable fencing instructor â the love that will transform him, and the promise that will haunt him.
In early 19th century England, long before heâs a professor at the Tulsa House of Night, Bryan Lankford is a troublesome yet talented human teen who thinks he can get away with anything⊠until his father, a wealthy nobleman, has finally had enough, and banishes him to America. When Bryan is Marked on the docks and given the choice between the London House of Night and the dragon-prowed ship to America, he chooses the Dragon â and a brand new fate.
Becoming a Fledgling may be exciting, but it opens a door to a dangerous world... In 1830âs St. Louis, the Gateway to the West, Dragon Lankford becomes a Sword Master, and soon realizes there are both frightening challenges and beautiful perks. Like Anastasia, the captivating young Professor of Spells and Rituals at the Tower Grove House of Night, who really should have nothing to do with a fledglingâŠ
But when a dark power threatens, Dragon is caught in its focus. Though his uncanny fighting skills make him a powerful fledgling, is he strong enough to ward off evil, while protecting Anastasia as well? Will his choices save herâor destroy them all?
The amazing, haunting Shiver trilogy is complete!
Shiver - Sam's not just a normal boy - he has a secret. During the summer, he walks and talks as a human, but when the cold comes, he runs with his pack as a wolf. Grace has spent years watching the wolves in the woods behind her house - but never dreamed that she would fall in love with one of them. Now that they've found each other, the clock ticks down on what could be Grace and Sam's only summer together.
Linger - Can Grace and Sam last? Each will have to fight to stay together - whether it means a reckoning with his werewolf past for Sam, or for Grace, facing a future that is less and less certain. Enter Cole, a new wolf who is wrestling with his own demons, embracing the life of a wolf while denying the ties of being human. For Grace, Sam, and Cole, life is harrowing and euphoric, enticing and alarming. As their world falls apart, love is what lingers. But can it be enough?
Set in rural southern Ohio and West Virginia, The Devil All the Time follows a cast of characters from the end of World War II to the 1960s.
Thereâs Willard Russell, a tormented veteran of the carnage in the South Pacific, who canât save his beautiful wife, Charlotte, from an agonizing death by cancer, no matter how much sacrificial blood he pours on his âprayer log.â
Thereâs Carl and Sandy Henderson, a husband-and-wife team of serial killers, who troll Americaâs highways searching for suitable models to photograph and exterminate.
Thereâs the spider-handling preacher Roy and his crippled virtuoso-guitar-playing sidekick, Theodore, running from the law.
Caught in the middle of all this is Arvin Eugene Russell, Willard and Charlotteâs orphaned son, who grows up to be a good but also violent man in his own right.
When Fate Dictates is a full-length novel of approximately 90,000 words and is book one in the Highland Secret Series. The Scottish Highlands are well known for their mystical charms and tales of fantasy, yet very few have encountered the power of a Highland Stag, the magic of a Campbell crystal, or the enchantment of a sprig of heather. Indeed, even those who dwell within the shadows of these formidable mountains are often unaware of their charms.
In the early hours of February 13th, 1692, the sulfurous smell of a fired gun hung in the air of these mountains. Men, women, and children screamed in terror, withering against pain as they fell, bludgeoned to death by men of the army. The shameful scar of a dreadful and tragic event was etched upon the landscape of a beautiful and otherwise honorable place forever.
Awoken by the sickly, metallic copper stink of fresh blood and death, Corran MacDonald is forced to flee into blizzard-swept mountains. She mysteriously defies death only to come face to face with one of her enemies, Simon Campbell. With her family massacred and her village destroyed, Corran trusts the man when he offers to help her escape. But things aren't quite what they seem, and very soon their bid for freedom is thwarted by Simon's old enemy and fellow Red Coat, Angus.
A perilous journey of mystery, magic, and intrigue takes the couple through time to modern-day York, where a twist of fate leads them to a conflict that will shape the final destiny of all Highlanders.
Timber Marlow has lived her entire life as a cannibal within a cult called the Divinity of Feminine Reproach. By the time she is fifteen, she has already killed three men. Despite the bloody and violent nature of their deaths, Timber is hardly a murderer in the traditional sense.
She watches rituals where Divinity members are tied down and beheaded by their leader, Daddy Marlow. The Divinity keeps itself isolated from the Outside, which is the mainstream society beyond its invisible borders.
When the opportunity presents itself, Timber escapes into the Outside, bearing witness to some dark and unsettling truths about the world around her and the integral role she plays in it. But no matter how long she stays away, Timber finds out the past isn't as far away as she thinks it is.
In this debut novel, laced with scenes of horrific violence and uplifting humanity, Martin Lastrapes has written a one-of-a-kind story about love, friendship, sacrifice, and cannibalism.
Reborn as the Flame of Olympus, Emily has saved Olympus from destruction. The Olympic flame now burns strong, and peace has been restored. But not for long...
When the gruesome Nirads begin a new invasion, Emily and her friends become entangled in the conflict as old grudges are unearthed and new enemies are discovered. And all the while, Emily yearns for her father, still a prisoner of the sinister CRU, somewhere in New York.
Join Emily astride the magnificent winged-stallion, Pegasus, as she embarks on a new flight of adventure through worlds both old and new.
Elizabeth has a new job at an unusual library - a lending library of objects, not books. In a secret room in the basement lies the Grimm Collection. That's where the librarians lock away powerful items straight out of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales; seven-league boots, a table that produces a feast at the blink of an eye, Snow White's stepmother's sinister mirror that talks in riddles.
When the magical objects start to disappear, Elizabeth embarks on a dangerous quest to catch the thief before she can be accused of the crime or captured by the thief.
Polly Shulman has created a contemporary fantasy with a fascinating setting and premise, starring an ordinary girl whose after-school job is far from ordinary and leads to a world of excitement, romance and magical intrigue.
The Last Letter from Your Lover is a sophisticated, page-turning double love story spanning forty years, an unforgettable encounter for our times.
It is 1960. When Jennifer Stirling wakes up in the hospital, she can remember nothingânot the tragic car accident that put her there, not her husband, not even who she is. She feels like a stranger in her own life until she stumbles upon an impassioned letter, signed simply "B", asking her to leave her husband.
Years later, in 2003, a journalist named Ellie discovers the same enigmatic letter in a forgotten file in her newspaper's archives. She becomes obsessed by the story and hopeful that it can resurrect her faltering career. Perhaps if these lovers had a happy ending, she will find one to her own complicated love life, too.
Ellie's search will rewrite history and help her see the truth about her own modern romance. A spellbinding, intoxicating love story with a knockout ending.
Tanner Layne and Raquel Merrick fell in love young, hard, and fast, and both of them knew a beautiful life they thought would be forever. Until Rocky left Layne, no explanation, no going back.
Layne escapes The âBurg only to come back years later because his ex-wife has hooked herself to the town jerk, and Layne needs to make sure his sons get raised right. Layne manages to avoid Rocky, but when Layne gets three bullets drilled into him while investigating a dirty cop, he canât do that because Rocky stops avoiding Layne.
They make a deal to work together to expose the dirty cop, but they have no idea the strength of their enduring attraction or the sheer evil at work in The âBurg.
As Tanner Layne and Raquel Merrick play their game and dance around the pull that draws them together, Layne has to discover the dark secrets buried so deep in Rockyâs heart she doesnât even know theyâre there. At the same time, he must untangle a sinister web of crime so abhorrent it has to be stopped... at all costs.
To do it, Layne has to enlist everyone, including his ex-CIA mentor, Rockyâs detective brother, the townâs unpredictable informant, and Layneâs two teenage sons, all the while stopping Rocky from doing something crazy and keeping their game secret so Layne won't get himself dead.
When Dana is invited to Faerie to be officially presented at the Seelie Court, itâs no easy decision. After all, everyone knows Titania, the Seelie Queen, wants her dead. But Titania claims not to be the one behind the death threats; and her son, Prince Henry, makes the decision a whole lot easier when he suggests Dana might be arrested for (supposedly) conspiring with her aunt Grace to usurp the Seelie throne. So she and her father better do as they're told...
The journey through Faerie is longâand treacherous. Dana thought it would be a good idea to have friends along, but her sort-of-boyfriend, Ethan, and her bodyguardâs son, Keane, just canât seem to get along, and Kimberâs crush on Keane isnât making things any easier. When a violent attack separates Dana from their caravan, the sexy Erlking saves her just in the nick of time... and makes it clear that he hasnât given up on making her his own.
Arriving at Titaniaâs beautiful palace should be a relief. But Dana is soon implicated in an assassination attempt against Titaniaâs granddaughter and is suddenly a fugitive, forced to leave her father behind as she and her friends flee for their lives. Will she be able to prove her innocence before the forces of the Seelie Courtâor, worse, the Erlkingâcatch up with her? And will she save her father before he pays the ultimate price in her stead?
G.D. Falksen's steampunk epic launches with Blood In The Skies. In 1908, the world ended in fire. Humanity, always bad at following orders, refused to die. Now, two hundred years later, what remains is divided between civilized order and lawless frontier. For the citizens of the Commonwealth, the brave pilots of the Air Force are all that stand between them and the dreaded pirate lords of the Badlands. For generations, the two forces have struggled back and forth in an endless cycle of invasion and reprisal. Now that is about to change, and flying ace Elizabeth Steele is about to find herself dragged into a web of intrigue aimed at the downfall of the civilized world. Nothing that a clever girl with a trusty aeroplane and a charming spy at her side can't handle.
Pulsing with the dark obsession of Radioheadâs song âCreep,â this taut thrillerâJennifer Hillierâs superb debutârockets from its seductive opening to a heartpounding climax not easily forgotten.
If he canât have her . . .
Dr. Sheila Tao is a professor of psychology, an expert in human behavior. When she began an affair with sexy, charming graduate student Ethan Wolfe, she knew she was playing with fire. Consumed by lust when they were together, riddled with guilt when they werenât, she knows the three-month fling with her teaching assistant has to end. After all, sheâs finally engaged to a kind and loving investment banker who adores her, and sheâs taking control of her life. But when she attempts to end the affair, Ethan Wolfe wonât let her walk away.
. . . no one else can.
Ethan has plans for Sheila, plans that involve posting a sex video that would surely get her fired and destroy her prestigious career. Plans to make her pay for rejecting him. As she attempts to counter his every threatening move without her colleagues or her fiancĂ© discovering her most intimate secrets, a shattering crime rocks Puget Sound State University: a female student, a star athlete, is found stabbed to death. Someone is raising the stakes of violence, sex, and blackmail . . . and before she knows it, Sheila is caught in a terrifying cat-and-mouse game with the lover she couldnât resistâwho is now the monster who wonât let her go.
From Ivy Rowe's birth on Blue Star Mountain, her life is full of passion and longing as she writes letters to family and friends. Ivy's talent as a budding writer is recognized early on, but just as she is about to realize her dream of going north to school, she is betrayed by her passionate nature.
Facing an unwed pregnancy and publicly admonished for her sins, Ivy marries a childhood friend who takes her back to the family homestead, where she bears several children and endures the endless toil of a farmer's wife. Through her trials, Ivy holds firm, knowing that her life will hold happiness one day.
Thor, the Norse god of thunder, is more than just a blowhard and a bullyâheâs ruined countless lives and killed scores of innocents. After centuries, Viking vampire Leif Helgarson is ready to get his vengeance, and heâs asked his friend Atticus OâSullivan, the last of the Druids, to help take down this Norse nightmare.
One survival strategy has worked for Atticus for more than two thousand years: stay away from the guy with the lightning bolts. But things are heating up in Atticusâs home base of Tempe, Arizona. Thereâs a vampire turf war brewing, and Russian demon hunters who call themselves the Hammers of God are running rampant.
Despite multiple warnings and portents of dire consequences, Atticus and Leif journey to the Norse plain of Asgard, where they team up with a werewolf, a sorcerer, and an army of frost giants for an epic showdown against vicious Valkyries, angry gods, and the hammer-wielding Thunder Thug himself.
At thirty-three, Sara Gallagher is finally happy. Her antique furniture restoration business is taking off, and sheâs engaged to a wonderful man. But thereâs one big question that still haunts her â who are her birth parents?
Sara is finally ready to find out. Her birth mother rejects herâagain. Then she discovers her biological father is an infamous killer whoâs been hunting women every summer for almost forty years.
Sara tries to come to terms with her horrifying parentage â and her fears that sheâs inherited more than his looks â with her therapist, Nadine, who we first met in Still Missing. But soon, Sara realizes the only thing worse than finding out your father is a killer is him finding out about you. Some questions are better left unanswered.
Never Knowing is a complex and compelling portrayal of one woman's quest to understand herself, her origins, and her family. That is, if she can survive...
Vampire Instinct is a thrilling addition to the Vampire Queen series, crafted by the talented Joey W. Hill. In this captivating tale, we meet Elisa, a devoted servant to the vampire mistress, Lady Daniela. Elisa's loyalty is unwavering, but she is faced with a shocking request: to destroy the untamed, undead children under her care.
Desperate for a solution, Elisa turns to Malachi, a Native American vampire renowned for his work in rehabilitating feline predators. As Malachi works to control the young vampires' wild impulses, he finds himself irresistibly drawn to Elisa. Together, they share a passion for the night that could seal their fates forever.
Join Elisa and Malachi in this dark fantasy filled with supernatural love, thrilling adventures, and encounters with mystical creatures. Will they overcome the challenges of their world, or will their instincts lead them to destruction?
Enter a paranormal world of dark magic, rituals, love bonds, and legends...
Fallen angel Cassandra wasn't supposed to fall in love with Dallas. It should've been just a bit of fun she couldn't resist. The bond they share could save her from her curse before she's forever bound to Hell. Trouble is, she's Lucifer's daughter and Dallas is mortal, and mortals don't survive in Cass's world.
When strange things start to happen in Hell, Cass knows she must protect Dallas at all costs because where Cass comes from, losing one's twin flame is a fate worse than death...
Will chaos-loving Cassandra find a way to sway her immortal family in time with a revengeful killer wreaking havoc in Hell in her quest to get the one thing half the paranormal world desires?