In the final installment to the trilogy begun with "Awaken, " Maddie returns home to make her final stand against Digital School, and uncovers deeply guarded secrets about her family an new truths about herself.

Valentine's Day is Abby's least favorite holiday. Mushy stuff like valentines, red hearts, and a school dance turn her into a Valentine's Scrooge. When Ross Brown, a perfectly nice guy in Abby's English class, invites her to the dance, Abby tries to set him up with her twin sister, Anna.

Detroit Homicide Detective Herbert Vale has a secret...Herbert Vale has been a homicide cop for a long time, and he has seen a lot. But what he has seen the most is bad people get away with bad things. But now he has a new partner, one that is helping Herbert bring those bad people to justice. In an unspeakable, horrifying,and quite messy way.Detroit Homicide Detective Herbert Vale has a secret...Herbert Vale has been a homicide cop for a long time, and he has seen a lot. But what he has seen the most is bad people get away with bad things. But now he has a new partner, one that is helping Herbert bring those bad people to justice. In an unspeakable, horrifying,and quite messy way.Tag along with Detective Herbert Vale in this new short story from Christopher Lee Cousino, author of the superhero novel HOMELESS and the ZOMBIE HERO series. Meet his secret partner, but just try not to look too appetizing when you do.

Thirteen-year-old Alice sets long- and short-term priorities for her life as she experiences the complexities of young love.

After being gone for ten years, Dylan Anderson returns to Woodborough for a friend’s wedding. Liv Hall wasn't particularly happy to see him.Eugene was only five years old when he burned his house down and nearly killed his mother. Fearing his powers were too volatile, his parents had the memories of his powers and their secret society of super humans erased.Ten years later, that secret is revealed when a classmate goes crazy and makes Eugene’s whole school see their own nightmares. His classmate is only the beginning. His best friend Willow can heal all wounds, his father can turn invisible, and his brother can make things explode. Before Eugene can come to terms with having unusual abilities, Willow is kidnapped.For thousands of years, Earth has been under siege by an alien named Isiro bent on enslaving the planet. Now, in need of a new host to carry his disembodied essence, Isiro has taken Willow. With no help from the Anyan’s Alliance and with powers he barely understands Eugene journeys across the States following her trail into the enemy base itself. He is determined to find her and find the answer to her kidnapping before she is turned into an alien host.

The sound of distant thunder ushers back memories of murder and redemption. Twenty years after the fact, Sam can no longer suppress the recollection of a night he had tried so hard to forget. Late Summer Thunder brings him back to the night of the storm, the night he witnessed a miracle.Denise Zen has been having dreams, seeing visions, instilling in her a sense of impending dread more than wonder.Her senses and gifts will prove to be right as usual, when she is contacted by a member of Rome’s Ninth Legion who, along with five fellow legionnaires, and the beings from another world who abducted them nearly 2000 years earlier, arrive to ask for her assistance in finding Coventina, the reincarnation of the woman Quintus left behind.Their search takes them on a dangerous and horrific, fast paced, action packed journey through Europe’s human trafficking sex slavery living hell to find Coventina and her cousin Anna, who were kidnapped upon arriving in Rome for a vacation.Denise and her friend Layla Martine will need to bring all their powers to bear before the journey is over, having to deal with sex traffickers, some of the most vile humans on the planet, and the six Roman legionnaires, who have their own ideas of, and methods for administering justice.

At a remote site in the Peruvian mountains, Jonathan Willington ceases to exist and Azul the most powerful wizard ever is reborn. What was once a simple life is no more as the former archeologist realizes his true identity and embraces destiny.After discovering an artifact in Egypt, Johnathan travels to the Gate of the gods in Peru and begins a journey that has waited 25,000 years. It is here, at a remote site in the Peruvian mountains, where Jonathan Willington ceases to exist and Azul the most powerful wizard ever is reborn. What was once a simple life is no more as the former archeologist realizes his true identity and embraces destiny. At the top of Azul’s monster list is an ancient shape shifting god. Now, in our modern day world, Azul discovers that prominent business professionals and politicians still serve the shapeshifter and are leaving a blood trail of misery and death. Humans are no longer the dominant species as they are hunted for food and sport. Even so, mankind is not alone in the fight against darkness and there is hope as the great wizard rises once again in their time of need.

Answering machines facilitate the relationship between guitarist Phil Gideon and writer Julia Penn, but more binding are the premature deaths of their famous parents. Stumbling through adulthood, Phil and Julia learn brutal truths about their families, shattering long-held myths. Becoming parents, they face ghosts from the past while chasing their artistic dreams.Budding guitarist Phil Gideon and fledgling novelist Julia Penn are bound by more than just their artistic endeavors. His father and her mother died before their children could remember them, and were famous for the talents their offspring have inherited. While Phil enjoys early success in the music business, Julia flounders while trying to write, but their private lives are more tumultuous, bringing Phil and Julia even closer, except within the bedroom.While answering machines keep the duo in touch, Phil can’t escape the parallels to his late father. Julia battles her maternal grandparents, who believe her dad caused their daughter’s death. Parenthood offers a measure of relief to Phil, but it strains Julia’s relationship with her long-time boyfriend Ray. Then an unexpected admission rocks everyone, leaving all uncertain about the future.

Hampstead wakes with a clouded thought hanging from the precipice of his mind. It is unclear what it is. All he knows he must dig in his yard to find the answers.A group of men on a mission in the far reaches of space crash land on a savage planet, Earth. The only way their kind can survive here is to drink the blood of humans, which they take no pleasure in. On Earth they are known as "vampires". The youngest member of the group, Shae, encounters a teenage girl named Abigail, who challenges the group's loyalties to each other, endangers their survival, and steals Shae's heart.

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Although forbidden to read scrolls without permission, Catriona couldn’t help herself and approached the table. She glanced at the open door to the outside, looking for any sign of Sari. There was none.A Loss too Much to Endure. Magic wielded by experienced hands can sometimes lead to disappointment; in the hands of a novice, it can be devastating.Although forbidden to read scrolls without permission, Catriona couldn’t help herself and approached the table. She glanced at the open door to the outside, looking for any sign of Sari. There was none.A Loss too Much to Endure. Magic wielded by experienced hands can sometimes lead to disappointment; in the hands of a novice, it can be devastating.Destiny Governed their Lives is a short story that ties into the Castle Keepers series. Many of the characters who appear in it also appear in Shadows in the Stone and Scattered Stones.Follow Diane Lynn McGyver into the Land of Ath-o’Lea and live the fantasy.

A solitary man in a diner on the coast of Maine. A tall beautiful stranger. A whip. A bronze heart. Hawaii. The Northwest ... How far will he go to face the truth about himself? ... This is a story about borders: between father and son, between sex and love, between life and death.Oliver Muni Prescott is a late bloomer, short, calm, and strong with a passion for life that hasn't found expression. His father, whom Oliver has never met, is Japanese. His mother, Italian, left the relationship when she was pregnant. A few years later in the United States, she married Owl Prescott who raised Oliver as his stepson.One winter morning, Oliver enters Becky's Diner in Portland, Maine, and sits next to a table taken by two women and two young girls. He can't take his eyes off the taller of the two women. She is Francesca, mother of two adopted girls from South America and married to a local businessman. Her friend, Jackie, notices Oliver and remembers him.Oliver eventually becomes involved with Jackie who schools him in sexual behavior that he'd heard of but never experienced. It is the beginning of his journey to maturity in sex and in love. A journey that takes him to the west coast and to Hawaii in search of his father. A short relationship with another woman results in an unexpected pregnancy. Oliver is plunged into deeper waters when he marries and then becomes involved with a younger woman at the hospital where he is employed as a computer programmer.As his complicated life is about to explode, Oliver is faced with desperate choices that will determine his future.The author has said that one of his goals in the book was to present sexuality from a male perspective. The sexual scenes are sensitive and explicit, unusually honest. Sex and love have overlapping borders. Oliver's path to love begins on the sexual side. The book is a delight to read, literary and erotic. The characters are fun to listen to; the settings are believable and vivid; and the lessons learned are universal.

When Abbi goes trick or treating on Halloween, she discovers a mysterious house which held a secret she could never imagine.Earth! It loomed large before them but it shouldn't. With the crippled Romulus, they had no alternative but to land. The reception they got was unexpected. Was Akrins right and this was meant to be? Futures were intertwined and lives were about to change forever but only if they could survive. The human race faced annihilation and it was time to make a stand.

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“Things go right all the time, Hank. Just not for the right people.”Henry Ludlow is a man being crushed by the humdrum of modern life. His will is eroded as the world takes its toll on one little man.A depressing tale of a man's struggle against his life, 'Atlas, Broken', explores the burden of present-day strife.“Things go right all the time, Hank. Just not for the right people.”Henry Ludlow is a man being crushed by the humdrum of modern life. His will is eroded as the world takes its toll on one little man.Set in a typical Melbourne setting, Henry's story is an allegorical tale of depression and the struggle to live up to the expectations of his work, his marriage and family.

After the Florida State Legislature passes a bill called the Good Guy with Gun Bill mandating that armed security guards be placed in every school, there is yet another school shooting by a lone student who guns down seven Black students in a classroom. The shooter is shot by the newly hired guard and hailed as a hero. On the surface, it appears to be a simple case of “Good guy shoots the bad guyAfter the Florida State Legislature passes a bill called the Good Guy with Gun Bill mandating that armed security guards be placed in every school, there is yet another school shooting by a lone student who guns down seven Black students in a classroom. The shooter is shot by the newly hired guard and hailed as a hero. On the surface, it appears to be a simple case of “Good guy shoots the bad guy” until a local reporter starts investigating more closely into the shooting and the security guard. He discovers that all is not what it appears to be. The book also looks at some of the history of gun legislation and the surprising history NRA's stance on it.

Sixteen-year-old Camille and her guardian, Dr. Bennett, live a most unconventional life. They hunt werewolves. When Nathaniel Strider wanders into one of their full moon pursuits, Camille and Dr. Bennett believe they have found a specimen for their study. Beneath the irresistible exterior, Nathaniel is transforming. Camille now faces the prospect of destroying the boy who has stolen her heart.

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