This action-packed epic fantasy tells the remarkable adventures of an orphan boy with incredible powers who grows up in the Dark Ages during a brutal world war fought with non-magical wands that shoot fireballs and enable flight, resulting in massive air battles. Mature content makes it unsuitable for little kids. It's more Game of Thrones than Harry Potter.Andi Hampton and her two friends treat themselves to a getaway at a Wyoming guest ranch. It would be their last summer together before college, and Andi's well planned life begins. When she meets ranch wrangler Jake Walker, she begins to wonder if she can pencil in a little bit of love.A short prequel to Alanna's book Retreat Also includes the first chapter of Retreat at the end of the file.

Kay may pretend to be emotionless, but he continues working feverishly to protect those dearest to him. Though he puts his neck on the line for everyone, he hardly trusts anyone. Professors want Kay to discover the Cavern of Youth, his “family” hopes that he'll open up to them, and a gorgeous but clumsy gladiator begs him to love her. With so many people pulling Kay in various directions, he's strKay has a new life and identity, but he can't stop thinking about the past. The longer he's away from his abusive mother and Helios, the more he obsesses over them. In order to kill the woman that pitted him against Spencer, Kay re-enrolls at Colt Academy and watches his brother's every move.Upon his return, Kay befriends a beautiful warrior that may have the hots for him. Unable to trust her intentions, he keeps his distance like he does with everyone else. Yet, his dark heart leads him back to Angie. Like his plan for Spencer to fight Helios, Kay develops a scheme to strengthen the gladiator princess. And this time, he's willing to put his life on the line.Dennis convinces Kay to change his appearance, but it comes at a cost; he becomes half the man he once was. Without his power, Kay must use his intuition to sneak out of deadly situations. There's a parade of obstacles in his way, including his own fate, which many people know about, but he knows very little. The Barcode Series:- Legend of Apollo (Book 1)- Cavern of Youth (Book 2)

Cassey's life is crazy enough. The last thing she needs is some cocky rich boy trying to destroy her business. Normally immune to these vultures, she finds this brazen hottie especially difficult to refuse.Cassey's life is crazy enough. The last thing she needs is some cocky rich boy trying to destroy her business. Normally immune to these vultures, she finds this brazen hottie especially difficult to refuse. Out to close the deal of a lifetime, Luke won't take no for an answer, and the intoxicating beauty standing in his way isn't going to go down easily. He'll need more than business savvy to close this deal.

‎Ireti Akinwunmi loves her boyfriend a lot, and she is sure he loves her, too. But when his affection leaves her with more tears than she bargained for,  she wonders if what they have is truly love. Will her tears ever dry?It’s 1813. Napoleon’s army needs to retreat from Spain and return to France, but the main pass across the jagged peaks of the Pyrenees is within easy reach of the British forces.In his search for an alternative escape route, Alaine Bellanger discovers more than just an ancient mountain trail. High up, in a cleft between two peaks, he finds something very strange indeed — and someone even stranger. But who can he tell? And who would believe him?

When you are alone and hurt, it is comforting to know that someone really cares.Night Kings:Humans own the day and yet it’s the supernatural that lay claim to the night. Vampires, the oldest of night’s children, have at last found a home in Salem and it’s a home they’re unwilling to part from. Their mortal enemies, the werewolves, lurk not just in the vast forests that surround the city, but inside the very fabric of the community. Salem has always been able to weather the storm that brew between both factions, but they’re about to learn that they aren’t the only creatures that go bump in the night.The Lady in Red:The city of Salem has long held dark secrets within its ancient walls. Those secrets emerge into the daylight when the death of a reaper puts a whole city under the microscope. No one is going to be safe when the search heats up and forces vampires, werewolves, and witches alike to come out of hiding and take a side in the war to come.Please Note: Night Kings is a YA collection of episodic short stories based in the city of Salem. It is not intended to be read as a novel and should be noted before purchase that a single episode won’t take longer than a few hours to complete.Warning: This eBook contains graphic imagery and coarse language.

Young Joshua Hildebrand tries to recover his memory after a serious illness, only to find himself in the middle of a conspiracy of small town witches. A series of deaths brings him closer to the truth about his own dark gifts.The Spark That Ignites The Flame.Seventeen years ago an entire generation of aliens were sent to Earth in order to save their home planet and integrate into the human population. Now, those aliens are being hunted.Amery Jones is finally allowed to go to camp for the summer. With her best friend Lola by her side, she is expecting awesome times ahead.Unfortunately, Lochie, her charming mortal enemy and the only guy who can get under her skin, seems to have made it his mission to annoy her for the entire summer.When one of the campers goes missing, Amery finds herself teamed up with Lochie in the search mission. Now, more than ever, her alien status has to remain a secret.Also in the Project Integrate Series:Ignite (Short Prequel)UniteDivideConquerSoarRiseBroken

In The Last of the Wine, two young Athenians, Alexias and Lysis, compete in the palaestra, journey to the Olympic games, fight in the wars against Sparta, and study under Socrates. As their relationship develops, Renault expertly conveys Greek culture, showing the impact of this supreme philosopher whose influence spans epochs.

Magic isn't as good as beauty or wealth, but for Hala it's something to set her apart, even if her only ability is to summon animals—accidentally—at inconvenient times. Then one night she comes home to find a black-cloaked stranger holding her village under a terrible spell. Will she be able to finally use her magic when it really matters?The day the hill tiger attacks, young Hala realizes excitedly that she may have the gift. As time passes, however, she wonders what good it is: a power that manifests itself only in the ability to accidentally summon animals at inconvenient times. The local mage hasn't been able to teach her to control it, and she can't even reliably summon her own sheep. Then one day she returns home to find a black-cloaked stranger holding her village under a terrible spell. Alone, she must find a way to save her family, her friends, and the boy who has finally begun to notice her.You can enjoy this stand-alone short story by itself, or read it in conjunction with Far-Knowing, which takes place after the events in Chaos Rises.Get your copy today.

When Steadman agreed to investigate the disappearance of a young Mossad agent, he had no idea he would be drawn into a malevolent conspiracy of neo-Nazi cultists bent on unleashing an age-old unholy power on an unsuspecting world - power rising out of a demonic relic from man's dark primal past to threaten humanity with horror from beyond any nightmare... Remember with fear...

The stories in this collection of memorable children’s books will create moments of hilarious giggles and laughter. They will definitely tickle your funny bone. Rarely is so much fun found in ordinary simple stories.Wealthy, retired tycoon Charles Stanford is sneaking around behind his brother Winston's back with his wife when he finds out that Winston is terminal with cancer. Charles contacts a company that has had success fighting cancer by exchanging human and animal DNA. Instead of curing the cancer they create a chimera (animal/human hybrid) for Charles, in the form of a dog that carries much of his brother's DNA. This way Charles can still have a part of his brother that he really did love even though he cheated with his girlfriend. Things go wrong when the dog seems less like a new being and more like the reincarnation of his brother in an animal's body. This is a very real science. The University of Minnesota has dozens of pigs that produce human blood for a possible future method of producing blood for transfusions. Other companies have gotten fined for experimenting in DNA mixing that is unapproved.

The new Davron serial. READ the previous serial first! Davron and his friends took off from Spero, with the promise from the aliens that the war with Earth was over. But where to go now? The advanced ship The Romulus had the ability to go where no other Human ship could go. They had only one option but dare they take it? And if they do, what will they find? For Davron, the universe is not enough!The new Davron serial. READ the previous serial first! Patrick Davron and his friends took off from Spero, with the promise from the aliens that the war with Earth was over. But where to go now? The advanced ship The Romulus had the ability to go where no other Human ship could go. They had only one option to survive. Dare they take it? And if they do, what will they find? For Davron, the universe is not enough!

Cori is successfully putting the pieces of a broken life back together when an old nemesis returns to it. Cori craves warm comforts for her life and those she is trying to help. Seth’s reentry into her life is anything but warm and comfortable and she can only think that it is in his best interest that they remain adversaries. Can he change her mind or will she walk away and let the past win?Seth Reynolds the president of Beaches Toys finds a new toy that he must have for his company but runs into a problem when he finds the owner and creator of that toy is his former friend and classmate. Cori is successfully putting the pieces of a broken life back together when an old nemesis returns to it. Cori now creates warm comforts for her life and those she is trying to help. Seth’s reentry into her life is anything but warm and comfortable and she can only think that it is in his best interest that they remain adversaries. Can he change her mind or will she walk away and let the past win?

Maria Mur is a fourth-grader that has been bullied her whole life. One day, she gets invited to a party for the most popular girl in elementary! Then, she has to get the perfect gift! She decides to adopt three cats for the gift. Then, she has to find out: Will the cats help her,or make the whole situation worse?Valerie Prescott has been bullying Maria Mur her whole life. She just doesn't like Maria! Maria is sick of it! One day, she gets invited to Caroline, the fifth grade legend's, birthday party! This was her chance to show Valerie that she wasn't that lame! Se decided to get the perfect gift for Caroline-cats! But then, more problems arise! What does Valerie have to say about the party? What if Valerie is at the party too? What if something isn't normal about Maria's cats?

Tiny fairies.  Huge adventure.Being a babysitter isn’t much of a dream for the average girl, but Matilda Whipplethorn isn't average. She’s half a centimeter tall, invisible to the human eye, and hearing-impaired.Minutes into her first job humans appear in isolated Whipplethorn Manor. They tear her home right off the wall of Whipplethorn and Matilda’s afternoon babysitting job goes long term.~From USA Today Bestselling Author A.W. Hartoin~ Tiny fairies.  Huge adventure.Matilda Whipplethorn is about to get what she’s always wanted, and it’s a bad thing. Being a babysitter isn’t much of a dream for the average girl, but Matilda is anything but average.  She’s half a centimeter tall, invisible to the human eye, and hearing-impaired.  Her mother won’t let her forget any of that. So for Matilda, adventures are in short supply.  Finally agreeing to let Matilda take some responsibility, her mother gives her a list of emergency procedures for babysitting.  The only problem; humans aren’t on the list.  Minutes into her first job, watching her sister and an obnoxious neighbor, humans appear in isolated Whipplethorn Manor. They tear her home, the fireplace mantel, right off the wall of Whipplethorn and Matilda’s afternoon babysitting job goes long term.    When the mantel ends up on display in an antique mall, the security that Matilda always took for granted is gone.  She can lock the doors, but that doesn’t keep the kids in or spriggans and the fly-eating phalanx fairies out.  Matilda’s up for an adventure, if only she could hear it coming.

" I fell in love. It was as simple as that. Even though I was just a child. Even though the decision was hard to make. What the skeleton, in front of me, said needed no second to think about. I boldly stepped into the middle of the road, as a flash of pink took my life. I had no doubts in my heart as I died. I was willing to die for love." A flash fiction about parallel worlds and death.Hop on over and join Brandon Bullfrog as he teaches the babies that bullfrogs aren't the only ones who can be born again.Brandon Bullfrog is part of the Kingdom Creatures series, teaching Biblical truths in an easy to understand manner.

“The Green Beans” is a series of middle grade novels featuring elements of adventure, mystery, science fiction, and the paranormal. Recommended for ages 9-13 (and anybody who is still young at heart).MIDDLE SCHOOL MAYHEM... Maria and Sara are bummed out. While their friends are off adventuring on Smuttynose Island, undoubtedly engaging in all kinds of escapades and shenanigans, the sisters are stuck at Hollow Oak Elementary for another routine day of school. Could anything, they wonder, be more boring? As the day begins to unfold before them, however, they quickly realize this day is anything but normal. A formidable presence has made itself known in the school, and increasingly strange happenings are occurring at an alarming rate. Their father, Chief Fresco, is determined to resolve the matter, but he isn’t nearly as well versed in the realms of supreme weirdness as his daughters are. When it comes to unparalleled oddities, the girls are the experts, not the lawman of Hollow Oak. It will take more than the chief's efforts to eliminate the school’s strange problems - it's going to take the entire Fresco Family. “The Green Beans” is a series of middle grade novels featuring elements of adventure, mystery, science fiction, and the paranormal. Recommended for ages 9-13 (and anybody who is still young at heart).

She sits in a jail cell. They say she killed her lover and fed his body to the crocodiles. She will tell no one what happened on that fateful last day they were seen together.She knows an awful secret but is determined to hide it forever. It is written in this man's diary but she has hidden that too.And there is a buried box which no one must find.The search, gets closer. She must stop themEnglish backpacker, Susan, is on trial for murder in Australia . The tabloids say she killed her lover, fed his body to crocodiles then hid the evidence.She refuses to say what happened. She is trapped within a jail cell and inside her mind in a place of guilt,horror and emptiness. Her only companion is a dark creature, a spirit of an ancient crocodile, which inhabits her dreams.Only one person knows and can help her. But he and his helicopter have vanished in the place that locals call The Empty Place. Only a few fragments of metal found washed out to sea indicate where he went. Everyone is convinced he has perished. Is there any way out for Susan. She is determined to plead guilty to protect her child from the deeds of the father. She refuses to reveal what occurred. She awaits conviction and sentencing, expecting to spend her life in jail. But the detective who discovered Susan's identity continues to seek the truth. He knows there must be another story to explain why. He must discover the past of this man she murdered to unlock the secret. The rest of officialdom just wants to lock this girl up and throw away the key.As time ticks away towards the trial, Susan's sanity is falling apart - guilt for what she has done, lonely depression at the prospect of years in prison without her child. She lost hope when the helicopter vanishes and lives inside herself in her own empty place. Yet she must still keep alive the fathers good legacy for the sake of the child.In her mind she sees an escape, she will return to her lover and his crocodile spirit - end it all and be free of this misery.Her friends and the detective suspect her suicide plans. They are desperate to help but powerless to protect her from herself. They must keep seeking truth. It is a race against time. Can the truth be uncovered before the trial ends.Susan is increasingly desperate too. She wants her escape, she must keep the truth hidden, the investigation is closing in. She must divert them. She has a plan, her own death will be the diversion and will bury the secret forever.

**From bestselling author and international sensation Paulo Coelho, a novel set in a small village about a young, poor barmaid whose wager with the devil leads to a spiritual transformation.** A stranger arrives at the remote village of Viscos, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil? In welcoming the mysterious foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated plot, which will forever mark their lives. A novel of temptation, *The Devil and Miss Prym *is a thought-provoking parable of a community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear—as it struggles with the choice between good and evil.

Return to the wild beauty of Scotland in *The Key,* a classic historical romance novel from *New York Times* bestselling author Lynsay Sands. Married to a barbaric laird in order to escape a worse fate, Iliana Wildwood is determined to remain a chaste wife...until her warrior husband plunders the marriage bed, awakening her to pleasures she's never known before! If you love the quirky, loveable heroines of Julie Garwood's historical romances, then you’re going to love award-winning author Lynsay Sands. Featuring Sands's trademark humor and sexy alpha hero, *The Key* is a sensual historical romance you won't want to miss!