While riding the Black in the Everglades one day, Alec meets a man astride a ghostly gray mare. Alec’s fascination with the man turns to fear as he realizes the man is dangerously close to insanity. Soon Alec and the Black are caught up in a deadly chase through the depths of the Everglades, where a misstep could be fatal. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The highly anticipated sequel to Dinner with a Vampire Autumn Rose has the chance to save the world she loves. But how much will she have to sacrifice to achieve it? In Autumn Rose, book two of her breathtaking series, Abigail Gibbs draws us even further into the dangerous and romantic world of the Dark Heroines.

Annette runs away from her finishing school but learns more than she bargained for in the real world beyond; the fierce and melancholy Rosa is torn between two Polish brothers; Peter is obsessed by an indecipherable ancient script. This is a story of a group of people under a spell, and the centre of it all is the mysterious Mischa Fox, the enchanter.

When Bonk witnesses two musk oxen bulls fighting over their cows, he wonders if their technique would work with cavewomen.She must save the world. He must help her....Yin is the Savior of the ages. A young woman chosen to protect the world on its final day. A fighter, a sorcerer, a loner. She lives in the mountains, away from the prying eyes of the Kingdom and under the watchful protection of her guardian, Castor.No one knows she’s the Savior, and she must keep it that way.Then the army comes. With them is the handsome but cold Captain Yang. He takes Yin and Castor back to the capital, where she’s drafted into the army. If she can’t hold onto her secret and keep herself safe, she’ll die, and the world will die with her.Captain Yang has never met a woman like her. Impetuous, powerful, and determined, she’s too much to handle. But the army need her. Especially with war on the horizon. She has a secret though, one he’s determined to reveal. Yet time is against him, and he must fight to find out the truth before it’s too late.….Yin and Yang is a four-part fantasy adventure, subtly blended with sci-fi and romance.

Following on from BattleAxe and Enchanter, Starman concludes the Axis trilogy with an unexpected and startling climax. Axis and his army are forced to march north as Gorgrael breaks through Jervois Landing and invades Tencendor with ice and terror.

This is Hugo-Award-winning author C.J. Cherryh's Del Rey debut--the story of Rusalka, the ghost of a murdered girl still seeking to exist by drawing the energy of life from all nearby living things, and the attempt to bring her back to life by her father Ulamets, and Pyetr, the young man who loved her.

Get out your platinum Montblanc pens, Chloe satchels, and cashmere cardigans: it's a brand new year on the Upper East Side and the notorious Carlyle triplets are taking on Manhattan by storm. It's going to be another wild and wicked year, and I'll be there to whisper all the juicy secrets...You know you love me, Gossip Girl www.gossipgirl.net

A thirty-foot tall ghost, a faceless rapist and a hag who exists for no other reason than to witness torment. Two scientists are lured into a landscape of supernatural chaos where they encounter the legendary Big Grey Man of Ben Macdui, are pursued by a psychotic stalker and unearth secrets unheard of in this age of mankind.A thirty-foot tall ghost, a faceless rapist and a hag who exists for no other reason than to witness torment. ‘There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.’Adam Forrester is a London scientist with a very unprofessional secret; he is a victim of Old Hag syndrome, a cruel and humiliating visitation he has endured since a child. Having lost hope his torment will ever leave, Adam undertakes an expedition to the Scottish Highlands, entering the realm of the legendary Fear Liath Mòr, a giant spectre known for terrifying climbers on Ben Macdui. His task is to learn more on the dark side of the spirit world, desperate to manufacture a scenario of chaos that might break the hold his abusers have over him. But is his arrival on the cold and perilous heights of Britain’s most remote national park really his idea, why is his American colleague Becky involved, and what does it all have to do with M Theory?

What do an inquisitive intern named Jonathon Farquarson, the planet Mars, Jellyfish, a covert catering company named Obscurity Sandwich, a movie named Red Cape Man, a Universe-Interpreter, Baffin Island, Antarctica, Reptiles, Clones, Robots and Dead Interns named Melvin all have in common? In the world of Dr. Leafhead, everything is possible. A novel in three parts, by Zack Mitchell.Jackson never thought buying a yacht could be so dangerous. A deadly attack at sea leaves Jackson wet and bewildered, fighting for his life.

Look out. The aliens are coming…and they're positively wacky.As an acclaimed gossip columnist for the cheapest of rags, Soapie makes a living out of injuring reputations and ruining lives. The internal deadness that it has left her with is only an asset in her work. However, when a mysterious figure offers her a new career spreading disinformation for the United States government, Soapie begins questioning her own ethics and doing battle for the freedom of humanity.

Detective Thomas Millcrowe must choose what's more important -- his love of the law, or the greater good?THE PSYCHIC PROTECTOR RETURNS WITH A BRAND NEW TALE!Established as the city's favorite member of the Detroit Police Department, Thomas Millcrowe takes great pride in his work. Even X - his superhero alter ego - has just as much renown under his belt, making Detroit known for being the home for two of the greatest heroes the city has ever known, despite not knowing they are indeed one in the same.So when a dark figure from both Thomas and X's past suddenly returns, all the more trouble begins to brew.With the return of such an individual that has impacted both his professional and super-heroic life, his new partner Alyssa Zeno steadily growing suspicious of his secret, and a scheme that could mean the end of the very city, Thomas Millcrowe is forced to make a conscious-conflicting decision. Will he protect and serve by the law he has sworn to uphold as a police officer, or give in to the freedom his alter ego provides in order to preserve the greater good?

ChiarOscuro is an online fantasy series being published at https://chiaroscuroseries.wordpress.com/. In an alternate world where humanity is just discovering it's full potential after being setback five millenia ago, the darkness that once threatened humanity has returned and now a select few in this world, whether willingly or unwillingly, will play a role in keeping humanity's flame burning.ChiarOscuro Episode Two The Winds (Words 5,734)The City of Lemekia, right on the Eastern border of Aludin, faces the tides of war of an old enemy. The city is evacuating with only a few citizens left as tensions rise and soldiers start to strengthen the city. Meanwhile a small group embark on a small mission...SERIESChiarOscuro is an ongoing online fantasy series being published at https://chiaroscuroseries.wordpress.com/. Taking place in an alternate world where humanity is just discovering it's full potential after nearly being brought to extinction five millenia ago, the darkness that once threatened humanity has returned, seemingly with the intention to finish what they failed to do 5,000 years ago.ChiarOscuro is made up of 'Books' each one containing an Episode (these normally span a week or two) and a chapter is released throughout the duration of an episode. The official site will be the first place to find the newly released chapters at first, as well as extra pieces that delve deeper into the lore, world and characters of ChiarOscuro and once the Episode has concluded, it will be shortly be available as a single 'Book' to read in full.So follow a small select few in this time where the world's and humanity's certain is uncertain and travel with them to meet many different cultures, people, beliefs, customs through deserts, mountains, the city of nine walls and even the parts of the world the human eye cannot see...SERIES SUMMARYTaking place in a world where at the dawn of human civilisation, a catastrophe struck nearly bringing humanity to extinction and close to forever changing the world as we know it.They called them Demons, twisted, ruthless creatures with no seemingly other drive than to conquer all those weaker than them as they were the strongest and fittest and Earth seemed close to falling into the hands of these strange beings, who came to our world with no warning and legends speak of skies literally tearing open as Demons invaded our world.However, humanity as it always seems to do, fought back and though most of the people living at that time were forever lost, the Demons were defeated, the remaining leaving this world or scattered as they fled the humans only hours before they had been slaughtering mercilessly.It’s been 5,000 years since those events, though many dismiss the tale as legend and humanity has only recently started picking up again, there have been some strange reports recently across Aludin and with the mysterious Decabia to the east, the era of peace may soon be coming to the end and new heroes will have to answer the call to defend humanity’s flame once again, as they did so 5,000 years ago.

Sofie Rousseau, defender of the environment and resident superhuman. With powers over plastic, she tracked down dark dealings of Denmark's richest by the noses of their credit cards, but Savage Steel had other plans. Sofie will push herself to her limits in order to defeat her new foe, a messenger from Savage Steel with powers of his own.Emmella is an anxious girl. She worries about the things most of us ignore or take for granted. She believes she can see things very few people can, experience events and causal relations before they even occur. Her mother is patient with her, trying to empathize and manage Em's anxiety. She assumes her daughter will grow out of this phase; but what she's about to realize is that maybe there's much more to Emmella's perceptions than just mere anxiety. And maybe it's time she start taking Emmella's observations a little more seriously.

Editors everywhere take note. Be nice to your writers. They don't always take criticism well.When a student in a writing class is snubbed by her tutor, who also happens to be the editor of the edgy magazine which keeps rejecting her stories, she takes it very personally. She wants him to see the real her, so it's time to rewrite some of the rules...Timo's training is going well with the Nym at Sha'Klairon, but that doesn't mean he isn't happy to see an old familiar face: Rivan has come to call, bearing news of the coming revolution for the Grove's Cabal. But their evening of catching up is high-jacked when the Nym gathered in the commons realise he's been taken to see what lies beneath the infamous ruined city of Galairel. The revolution creeps ever closer in this, the second instalment of 'To Walk the Path'.

Elwood and 234 travel to the Republic of Gyros to witness an economic collapse and the meltdown of a well-established and ancient society.This is a fictional version of a true story. Jon the protagonist goes from being an innocent teenager into a fully fledged criminal mastermind. This novella set in Kenya, in Eastern Africa ... does this mean that Jon's motivation for committing a crime was poverty or was it being a victim of a jilted heart? The story incorporates a glimpse into the mysterious 'black market'. Jon actually robs a bank just to prove a point or is it to cope with something? This mystery crime thriller set in the most basic English will always keep you in suspense and surprise without compromising entertaining you. However the story is all about the 'law of attraction'. Be the judge.

From Bill Russo, the author of The Creature From the Bridgewater Triangle, comes new tales from the 200 square mile area that is sometimes called 'America's Bermuda Triangle'. This time the stories are fiction - and yet these yarns come from a place where 'real' and 'unreal' collide and exist in an uneasy truce in the same space.From Bill Russo, the author of The Creature From the Bridgewater Triangle, comes new tales from the 200 square mile area that is sometimes called 'America's Bermuda Triangle'. This time the stories are fiction - and yet these yarns come from a place where 'real' and 'unreal' collide and exist in an uneasy truce in the same space. Four young friends gather at a summer camp near the eerie Hockomock Swamp. They spin a few campfire yarns. The oldest of the group tells a story that could be called The Cold Fingers of Death. His narrative is derided by his companions so he offers them a far darker scenario when he relates the bizarre life of Jimmy Catfish of the devilish body of disparate waters called Codfresh Lake. As the last hushed words of the story fade away, more firewood is piled on the campfire and an unforeseen event ratchets the mood of the friends from jocular to tense as they contemplate a new horror - a reanimated warrior from a hundred years ago who wears a string of scalps around his neck and head - some of which are fresh with blood from the newly dead.

A thrilling story about love, friendship and parenting. The young and beautiful Roslyn, entangled in love suddenly finds herself on the edge as her parents failures manifests in her life. Can true love save her from sinking? Find out in this thriller.Moonless night is a touching story that highlights the general experiences of youths and the exceptional events that make or mar their future. It began with beautiful scenes from an Island and gradually evolved to reflect different ways of life of both parents and youths, exemplified by the lives of Roslyn,Lola, Sarah (The gentle girl) and Matthew (The poor boy). The emotion and suspense gradually build up in intensity as the the world is about falling at the feet of Roslyn, the daughter of a corrupt, rich politician who believes money can buy everything. Things fall apart as her relationship with a man whose occupation she didn't know puts the family in deep trouble. As events draw near to an emotional and touching climax, Roslyn discovers the beautiful life she had missed.

The moon wanes overhead as Vincent leads Leila and their small group onward towards answers. The trail finds them in a dark wilderness at the edge of a haunting lake. A thick fog forces them into a company of a strange man who leads them to his home on the waterfront. Strange visions and flitting shadows haunt Leila as Vincent feels there’s something not quite right about their host and the fog that surrounds them. Dark secrets wait for their reveal as Leila learns that her role as a proxy can bring terrible consequences. The Luna Proxy series is an episodic serial where each book contains a conclusive story within an over-arching tale.

The entire Highland Moon series in one complete package! The Scottish Highlands blow a changing wind over Muira, a young woman and the newest servant at Castle Campbell. Her work leads her down many of the shadowed passages of the aging keep, and she hears rumors about the laird’s dead son, the handsome Tristan. The dark night leads her astray and she travels down the forbidden north wing passage to a deliciously sensual surprise, and her future.

Joseph Penn is a Werewolf who has come to New York City to celebrate his sister’s birthday. Having been turned against his will years earlier in a violent attack, he spends as little time as possible away from his secluded home. Sitting in the bar, waiting for his sister, he’s shocked when he receives an unexpected text from his old friend, Madame Evangeline, the owner of the exclusive dating service, 1Night Stand, telling him he’s being set up with a woman in that very bar. Kaylee Post has lost her boyfriend, her job, and her self-confidence. Intending to celebrate her friend’s birthday at the Manhattan restaurant, she never expects instead to have a one-night stand with a wolf who will change her life in ways she can’t yet imagine.

2011 Retailers Choice Award winner!The first in an epic two-book saga by beloved author Francine Rivers, this sweeping story explores the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters over several generations. Near the turn of the 20th century, fiery Marta leaves Switzerland determined to find life on her own terms. Her journey takes her through Europe and finally lands her with children and husband in tow in the central valley of California. Marta's experiences convince her that only the strong survive. Hildie, Marta's oldest daughter, has a heart to serve others, and her calling as a nurse gives her independence, if not the respect of her mother. Amid the drama of WWII, Hildie marries and begins a family of her own. She wants her daughter never to doubt her love--but the challenges of life conspire against her vow. Each woman is forced to confront her faulty but well-meaning desire to help her daughter find her God-given place in the world.