Sometimes even devils get bored ... a short horror story by David Wesley Hill. Not for the squeamish!"We called them Martians for they had no other name. When they bore down upon us in droves from on high, they offered no treatise, no declarations, and certainly no gentleman's agreement. Had they called out to us, we would have responded, would have bartered, bargained or surrendered. Instead, the only sounds uttered unto us were the clicking of multiplicitous claws, sinewy carapaces sucking and frothing as they slid together like fleshy armour, and the vague sound of chittering when they moved."1914. An alien invasion decimates London, forcing a pair of reluctant soldiers to lead a ragtag group of refugees out of the city and to safety through a country that they no longer recognise. Along the way, they encounter horrors of both a terrestrial and extra-terrestrial nature, encounters which bring about an end to everything that they've ever known. Equal parts action and philosophy, their story is not a celebration of war, nor of the soldiers themselves, rather it concerns that inner darkness that lies under the surface of all authority, and the resulting effect upon society when the true horror of humanity, unburdened by any sense of propriety, awakens in violent fashion.

Valmont Sharp is the world's biggest celebrity, a showman of extraordinary talent. His shows are always a spectacle to behold and no two are the same. He is America's greatest actor as his shows seem so real. Everyone knows they are fake, after all he is a Monster Hunter by trade and those creatures don't actually exist in our world. That would be crazy.Valmont Sharp is the world's biggest celebrity, a showman of extraordinary talent. His shows are always a spectacle to behold and no two are the same. He is America's greatest actor as his shows seem so real. Everyone knows they are fake, after all he is a Monster Hunter by trade and those creatures don't actually exist in our world. That would be crazy...Or so that what the world was lead to believe. Valmont Sharp's job has changed, his show which started off as pure fiction is now reality. He actually does hunt monsters and demons and he does his part to keep the real world in the dark. His show keeps humanity from accepting the dark side of their world. Valmont Sharp is the protector of a world that sees him as a simple show man. He is the biggest celebrity of one world and the worst enemy of another.To the dark side of the world he is hated. Other hunters hate him for making a mockery of their profession. For turning an honorable job into a side show attraction. The creatures of darkness hate him for upsetting the balance, Valmont is just too good at his job. For that he must die.Not only that, he must be made an example of. His whole bloodline has to be eliminated.Chris Sharp never for a second thought his Father's show was real.Chris knew his father was just a showman, he had been to his fathers earlier shows and he knows how they all work. Yet Chris will be the first to admit that three years ago the production values increased dramatically. They were always good but now they were amazing. Chris could almost swear that the beasts his father hunts are real. it was around that time that his father became detached from reality. So when Chris becomes the target of his father's enemies he is thrown head first into a world he never knew existed.

At first Lily Deslin feared Andrew Ramsey wanted to take her daughter away from her. Then she realized that it was she he wanted. But surrendering her heart to the enigmatic man meant risking the danger that stalked him--and sharing the pain of his astonishing gift.

A timeless novel of love and adventure set among the hot sands of an endless desert, here is the scintillating story of a fearless princess and a barbarian sheikh. From the Paperback edition.

Born with an insatiable hunger for pain and suffering, Vanessa and Zander Roth struggle to hide the truth of who they really are. Keeping their secrets becomes even harder when Ivy Guerra arrives and stirs their hunger into a frenzy. Will their need to feed on other’s agony turn them into villains, or can they somehow find a way to become the heroes of their own dark story?Vanessa and Zander Roth are good at lying. They have to be when they are hiding a deadly secret. Day after day, they struggle to rein in their uncontrollable hunger for pain and suffering in order to live normal lives. Things only get worse when Ivy Guerra appears with her pink-striped hair and secrets. The vicious hunger Ivy inspires is frightening, not to mention suspicious. Vanessa’s instincts are rarely wrong, so when they tell her that Ivy’s appearance is a sign of bad things to come, she listens. She becomes determined to expose Ivy’s secrets. Vanessa tries to warn her brother, but Zander is too enamored with Ivy to pay attention to her conspiracy theories. One of them is right about Ivy … but if they lose control of their hunger, it won’t matter who is right and who is wrong. One little slip, and they’ll all be dead.

Riley loves Henry. Henry loves Riley, but he's dating Callie.Riley Davis is mixed up in an emotional love triangle that she wants out of.Riley loves Henry. Henry loves Riley, but he's dating Callie.Riley Davis is mixed up in an emotional love triangle that she wants out of.But she can't help the way she feels about Henry Garner. She's obsessed. And she's convinced that her on the sly relationship with Henry is going to end badly.And Henry has a secret. A secret that could make or break one relationship. But which one will it be? His relationship with Callie? Or his romantic entanglement with Riley?

The critically ill daughter of the governor of California has been kidnapped. LAPD Detective Maddie Divine is assigned to find her before it’s too late. But this high-profile case comes with secrets on every side: cops, politicians, even the innocent. A Deadly Blessing is a lightning-paced story of suspense that will keep readers on edge from beginning to end.The daughter of the governor of California is kidnapped, and LAPD Detective Maddie Divine is under the gun to find the critically ill teen before time runs out. With Maddie's marriage hanging by a thread, she follows the trail from the glamorous governor’s mansion to the darkest heart of the city where gangs and organized prostitution thrive. She discovers her high-profile case comes with secrets on every side: cops, politicians, even the innocent. The only question is whether she can uncover the truth in time and whether or not her marriage can survive the investigation. Retired LAPD Officer Kathy Bennett tells a lightning-paced story of suspense that will keep readers on edge from beginning to end.Author's Note: This book contains mature situations and language A Deadly Blessing, is the first book in a series featuring LAPD Detective Maddie Divine and was selected by Barnes and Noble as one of their Best Nookbook Originals of 2012.

This is the second in a series of short stories based in the same world as the book series A Life in After World. Instead of telling the life story of one character, these stories tell the story of one day in the life of a person in After World.Dru’Ar is perfectly suited for life in the forest. His keen sense of smell alerts him to sources of food. His night vision helps him to see in the dark. And his fur not only keeps him warm but it’s mottled grey color makes it perfect for hiding in the shadows. Dru’Ar is a furry. His people have developed some animal like features that make them well suited for forest life. But Dru’Ar never felt comfortable in the forest. He likes the city. And so he has set out to make his life in Saint Ellwood.

Are you afraid of the monsters lurking in the shadows of your closet? What about the ones skulking nefariously under your bed? I bet you are. You should probably be more worried about the ones hiding in your head. So lock your doors, bar you windows, and pray to whatever god you choose. Because Here There be Monsters.Those twisted voices screaming in the back of your head, the ones urging you to slash that moron's tires when he won't get off your ass or the ones telling you to bleed your neighbor's dog dry when the little thing won't shut up at three AM, the ones you try so hard to silence and to ignore, are getting sick of you not paying attention. Oh, don't look so surprised; we all have those monsters within us. In the following collection of short stories and poetry, A. Mims lets some of her monsters loose. Her words are full of the darkness inside us all. So beware, because Here There be Monsters.

The time is right before the rapture and Crazy Lou talks to a white angel stamped on her bag. Driven to kill, her fate is yet to be decided in a world where insanity may be the merciful thing. A man, a woman and a child find her in the old mill just before she has passed over the brink of complete insanity.***Please rate the story***ThanksThe authorThe time is right before the rapture and Crazy Lou talks to a white angel stamped on her bag. Driven to kill, her fate is yet to be decided in a world where insanity may be the merciful thing. A man, a woman and a child find her in the old mill just before she has passed over the brink of complete insanity.***Please rate the story***Thanks

Is there a better way to live? Can we ever be free from the chains imposed by the powerful? Can we banish ideology once and for fall? In this short book I shake up the ideologies to see what falls out.The President of the United States stated that an experiment was going to be made by sending a person back to the year 1945. He was to remain there and observe but do nothing else. Was this a safe endeavor of mankind? Though the administration was assured no harm would be done, others were not so sure. If you want to know what happened when the experiment was tried, you'll find out in this story.

The car chase of all car chases. Jaden gets a hold of a 2019 Bugatti sports car from Dr. Chans father's car collection. Jaden uses his alien Nanodrones with the car to go against the US government's super computer called "Motherdrone". Motherdrone controls all predator and UAV drones in America.The car chase of all car chases. Jaden gets a hold of a 2019 Bugatti sports car from Dr. Chans father's car collection. Jaden uses his alien Nanodrones with the car to go against the US government's super computer called "Motherdrone". Motherdrone controls all predator and UAV drones in America.Vlane created a futuristic car chase that was never tried before.This car chase was inspired by Matrix 2 car chase, James bond movie car chases and Fast and furious car chases.Are you ready to go 300Mph?

"We are not alone. They may act like you, look like you, but trust me they are not Tirtuagans. They are taking over the world. You have to believe me the president is one of them, look at the way he talks."When facing the most difficult challenge that life can throw at us, can we come together as a family or will we fall apart? It is an everyday battle that Savya and her family, ever since that fateful day when her mother was diagnosed with cancer. It didn't seem fair or reasonable that her mother had to suffer when everybody else just went about their lives unhindered. But, it is what it is and it is time to understand the true meaning of family.

If that creature enters the earth he will destroy everything except water because are allergic to water (except the water ghosts.) Will Maureen, Luke and Abigale, the three friends, be able to capture the powerful demon in time?This story is about a seventeen year old girl Abigale who has planned for a road trip with her friends Luke and Maureen. She is really excited for this trip and Luke drives the car. They decide that they would go to the corn maze first. They are on their way to the corn maze when they see a sudden end of the road. This was really surprising for the three friends. They get out of the car to explore the surroundings and solve the mystery of the sudden end of the road. They see a small hut and go in there and see a man. That man tells the three friends that he is the governor of the mystic world. First the three friends did not believe the man but then they did because a simple man could not make a sudden end to the road. The governor tells the three friends that it is their mission to save the earth along with the mystic world. He told them that like humans some ghosts are good and some are bad. The worst ghost of the mystic world is the DEMON WITH YELLOW EYES and they have to capture him. If three friends won’t be able to capture the demon in time the demon will find the biggest Diamond of the universe from the coal mines and enter the earth (because the portal to Earth is made of different stones including the diamond. there are only two of the diamonds. The governor has one of it and the has not been found yet). If that creature enters the earth he will destroy everything except water because are allergic to water (except the water ghosts.) Will Maureen, Luke and Abigale, the three friends, be able to capture the powerful demon in time?

A masterfully told tale of passion, jealousy, heroism and betrayal set in the gruesome trenches of World War I. It is September 1919: twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a package of letters to the sister of Will Bancroft, the man he fought alongside during the Great War. But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He can no longer keep a secret and has finally found the courage to unburden himself of it. As Tristan recounts the horrific details of what to him became a senseless war, he also speaks of his friendship with Will--from their first meeting on the training grounds at Aldershot to their farewell in the trenches of northern France. The intensity of their bond brought Tristan happiness and self-discovery as well as confusion and unbearable pain. The Absolutist is a masterful tale of passion, jealousy, heroism, and betrayal set in one of the most gruesome trenches of France during World War I. This novel will keep readers on the edge of their seats until its most extraordinary and unexpected conclusion, and will stay with them long after they've turned the last page.

Set at a small, affluent liberal-arts college in New England at the height of the Reagan 80s, The Rules of Attraction is a startlingly funny, kaleidoscopic novel about three students with no plans for the future--or even the present--who become entangled in a curious romantic triangle. Bret Easton Ellis trains his incisive gaze on the kids at self-consciously bohemian Camden College and treats their sexual posturings and agonies with a mixture of acrid hilarity and compassion while exposing the moral vacuum at the center of their lives. Lauren changes boyfriends every time she changes majors and still pines for Victor who split for Europe months ago and she might or might not be writing anonymous love letter to ambivalent, hard-drinking Sean, a hopeless romantic who only has eyes for Lauren, even if he ends up in bed with half the campus, and Paul, Lauren's ex, forthrightly bisexual and whose passion masks a shrewd pragmatism. They waste time getting wasted, race from Thirsty Thursday Happy Hours to Dressed To Get Screwed parties to drinks at The Edge of the World or The Graveyard. The Rules of Attraction is a poignant, hilarious take on the death of romance.

Releasing as a short-lengthed teaser to the forthcoming novel The Girl in the Moon, a new novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind. Wandering through the snowy woods in the mountains near her home, Angela Constantine stumbles upon a wolf feeding on the body of a murdered young woman. That discovery is only the start of her problems. Throw a blind evangelist and his mute sister into the mix, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind has concocted another irresistible cocktail of suspense, a tale where the difference between life and death dances on the edge of a razor-sharp blade. Trouble’s Child, a brand new novella set in the world of the highly-anticipated upcoming novel The Girl in the Moon, is the perfect introduction to Angela Constantine, Goodkind’s most memorable creation yet: beautiful, mysterious, and deadly.

In this spectacular one-hundred-page companion novella to the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series, learn how Loric hacker Lexa became the shadowy figure known as GUARD. A sequel to I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: The Navigator, this novella picks up with Lexa shortly after the Mogadorians raided her hideout and murdered her friend. Determined to get her revenge but knowing she can't take the Mogs head on, Lexa goes in search of a weapon that just might help her do some real damage: the spaceship the Garde flew to Earth. The only problem is it's under lock and key at a highly guarded base in Dulce, New Mexico. Lexa's quest to retrieve the ship and track down the Garde has her cross paths with an ally of Pittacus Lore, come under fire from both the FBI and the Mogs, and team up with a headstrong teenager from Paradise, Ohio, by the name of Mark James. To get her secret weapon, Lexa will do whatever it takes. But as the Mogadorians begin their invasion, will it be enough to help save the Garde—and the world?

It's the summer of 1942, and FBI agent Joe Lucas has come to Cuba at the behest of the Director to keep an eye on Ernest Hemingway in the Caribbean. Lucas thinks of it as a demotion-a babysitting job for a famous writer who has decided to play spy, assembling a team of misfits including an American millionaire, a twelve-year-old Cuban orphan, a Spanish jai alai champion and more in a would-be espionage ring Hemingway dubs the "Crook Factory." But when Hemingway uncovers a critical piece of intelligence that both threatens his life and endangers the political landscape, the fate of the free world and the life of one of its most preeminent writers lies in the hands of the FBI's most ruthless agent.

The man held her heart in his hand. He had for the past five years. Did he even have the smallest clue? ~ A Vampire’s Soft Embrace Do you love intense paranormal romance with strong characters battling impossible odds? How about alpha warriors who fall for worthy women? Then you will enjoy A VAMPIRE’S SOFT EMBRACE, A Paranormal Romance and the first novella of the Blood Rose Time Travel Series. Here’s a brief look at A VAMPIRE’S SOFT EMBRACE, A Paranormal Romance: She’s loved the vampire desperately for five long years, but guilt has kept his heart locked away… Will Devyn be able to overcome his guilt and be with Emily at long last… Devyn’s heart pounds for Emily. But he’s determined to keep her at arm’s length. From the time she first kissed him in the Broylbury coffee shop, Emily has been the one. But she’d also been engaged to his brother Kyle. Because of his guilt over Kyle’s death, Devyn can’t be with Emily. He doesn’t deserve her. When he discovers she’s a blood rose, when he craves her, when her wildflower blood calls to him, how can he stay away? Especially when an evil mastyr vampire arrives ready to do whatever he can to bond with her? Will Emily break through Devyn’s guilt, or will she be forced to bond with a vampire not of her own choosing in order to survive… Emily’s heart aches with longing. Devyn is the one. Though she was engaged to his brother, Kyle, somehow Devyn reached into her soul and grabbed on hard. When she learns she’s a blood rose and must take a vampire mate, she tries desperately to reach Devyn. But his guilt won’t let him love Emily in return. She must pick another. But how can she leave behind the man who completely stole her heart five long years ago? A VAMPIRE’S SOFT EMBRACE, A Paranormal Romance is a passionate, tender, standalone romance set in the Blood Rose Time Travel series and the world of the Nine Realms. About the Author: Caris Roane is the New York Times bestselling author of thirty-seven paranormal romances. She loves her desert garden, especially the birds and lizards who like to hang out. But she encourages the scorpions to inhabit elsewhere! Caris’s motto: Live the fang! Do you love giveaways? Caris offers lots of goodies to her newsletter subscribers. Be sure to sign up for her mailing list by going to her website homepage. Just copy and paste this link into your browser: http://bit.ly/1JCmHAK So, are you ready for some steamy vampire love? Just scroll back up and grab a copy of A VAMPIRE’S SOFT EMBRACE today!