Held for ransom in a town made of dreams and memories, Burlie McLauren must take down Fisk Iping, the criminal witch that holds her and her family. He thinks a girl without a spark of magic is helpless. He's so painfully wrong.Held for ransom in a town made of dreams and memories, Burlie McLauren must take down Fisk Iping, the criminal witch that holds her and her family. He thinks a girl without a spark of magic is helpless. He's so painfully wrong. 'Souls by the Sea,' a fun ongoing paranormal fantasy series with an unexpected, but very effective, young heroine. The Great Recession has its hooks in the McLaurens but a new start in a new town comes with new problems. Souls by the Sea has a larger Dissimilar community than the family would like. Still, the monsters make for a great distraction. Until something, or someone, goes wrong. When that happens, Burlington 'Burlie' McLauren shows everyone what real strength looks like. 1 - 'Souls by the Sea'2 - 'Souls by the Sea: Without' - Burlie McLauren is the first victim of a dark force that sends normally decent townspeople running wild. No one, not even the strongest witch, is safe. And who's safe from that witch? Here's a hint...nobody! Burlie, without any power at all, must step up to save the town from itself. Without a prayer. 3 - 'Souls by the Sea: The Glorious Fourth' - Billions of lives are on the line as an insane, elemental threat targets the world...because of what Burlie McLauren did. What did she do? And how can she fight an Ultimate Power with no magic of her own? With the Earth doomed no matter who wins?4 - 'Souls by the Sea: The Visit' - COMING SOON

A young brother and sister discover a hidden world beneath the sand dunes, and are reluctant to leave.*****ATTENTION****THIS IS AN UN-EDITED/FINSIHED STORY*****VONBeneath the towering sand dunes that hug the coastline of Lake Michigan is a world that gives a young brother and sister the experience of a lifetime. The Sands of Singapore is a story based on a lost city under the shifting sands. Singapore, Michigan was a bustling lumber town in the early 1900's and was essential in helping to supply the lumber that was used to re-build Chicago after it's historic fire.After the lumber industry died, so did Singapore and it was only a matter of time before the sands were to bury the town and remove it from sight. the only images are those of found in local historical societies which show ghostly images of Singapore before time, wind and sand buried removed it from existence.Jeff and Amber are a brother and sister that discover a hidden world beneath the sand dunes which is home to many animals that help them to return to the surface, but not before they are taken to the lost city of Singapore which is abandoned, but is home to the squirrels, birds, butterflies, raccoons, skunks, chipmunks, ants, owls and others that show them a colorful feast for the senses with the candied tulips, licorice tasting grass, cotton candy flavored clouds, sweet smelling air and the one human that creates the environmental delicacies they encounter before returning to the surface.

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are widely considered the greatest of Russian science fiction masters, and their most famous work, Roadside Picnic, has enjoyed great popularity worldwide. Yet the novel that was their own favorite, and that readers worldwide have acclaimed as their magnum opus, has never before been published in English. The Doomed City was so politically risky that the Strugatsky brothers kept its existence a complete secret even from their best friends for sixteen years after its completion in 1972. It was only published in Russia in the late 1980s, the last of their works to see publication. It was translated into a host of major European languages, and now appears in English in a major new translation by acclaimed translator Andrew Bromfield.The Doomed City is set in an experimental city bordered by an abyss on one side and an impossibly high wall on the other. Its sole inhabitants are people who were plucked from Earth's history and left to govern themselves under conditions established by Mentors whose purpose seems inscrutable. Andrei Voronin, a young astronomer plucked from Leningrad in the 1950s, is a diehard believer in the Experiment, even though he's now a garbage collector. And as increasingly nightmarish scenarios begin to affect the city, he rises through the political hierarchy, with devastating effect."

Award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson delivers a thoughtful and powerful examination of cultures and the people who shape them. How might human history be different if 14th-century Europe was utterly wiped out by plague, and Islamic and Buddhist societies emerged as the world's dominant religious and political forces? The Years of Rice and Salt considers this question through the stories of individuals who experience and influence various crucial periods in the seven centuries that follow. The credible alternate history that Robinson constructs becomes the framework for a tapestry of ideas about philosophy, science, theology, and politics. At the heart of the story are fundamental questions: what is the purpose of life and death? Are we eternal? Do our choices matter? The particular achievement of this book is that it weaves these threads into a story that is both intellectually and emotionally engaging. This is a highly recommended, challenging, and ambitious work. --Roz Genessee

Opar...the Atlantean colony in the heart of Tarzan's Africa. Opar...in the words of Edgar Rice Burroughs, a hidden city of "gold and silver, ivory and apes, and peacocks." Opar...is the starting point of this fabulous novel of twelve thousand years past, when Africa had in inland sea and a high civilization bloomed along its forgotten shores, when lost empires flew their time-vanished banners, and deeds of daring were commonplace.

After surviving ancient booby traps, deadly puzzles, and torture-happy imperial marines, cryptanalyst Tikaya Komitopis can’t wait to return home, even if that means explaining to her family how she came to love Fleet Admiral Rias Starcrest, the empire’s most notorious commander and the man responsible for the decimation of her people during the war. Tikaya and Rias believe they’ll have several calm weeks at sea to mull over the problem of irate citizens and horrified parents, but the ship they board is on the run. The captain has acquired a mysterious stolen artifact… and the owners want it back. When he learns of Tikaya’s background, he urges her to decode its secrets, implying her life—and everyone else’s—might be forfeit if she fails. Engima is a 15,000-word short story set after the events in Encrypted.

There is big and evil magic upon the face of the Earth, and history has consequently been changed. The Germans have won World War II; America is a nuclear wasteland; and worst of all the breakfast menu at The Wife's Legs Café in Brentford is serving bratwurst rather than the proper British sausage. When the world is all wrong and it needs setting right, the only hope left is Hugo Rune, a man who offers the world his genius and asks only that his expenses be covered. Hugo, also known as the hokus bloke, the Lad Himself, and the Retromancer, sets out to rewrite history the way it should be, with the aid of his faithful acolyte and companion Rizla. Together they return to war-torn London to solve the 12 cosmic conundrums based upon Hugo's personal tarot deck, each mystery leading them closer to a final terrifying confrontation. They must match their wits against beautiful spies, advanced alien technology, killer robots, and death rays; do battle with an ancient god; and come face to face once more with Hugo Rune's arch-enemy, the sinister Count Otto Black.

View our feature on Ann Aguirre’s Hell Fire.The second in the thrilling national bestselling series As a handler, Corine Solomon can touch any object and know its history. It's too bad she can't seem to forget her own. With her ex-boyfriend Chance in tow-lending his own supernatural brand of luck-Corine journeys back home to Kilmer, Georgia, in order to discover the truth behind her mother's death and the origins of "gift". But while trying to uncover the secrets in her past, Corine and Chance find that something is rotten in the state of Georgia. Inside Kilmer's borders there are signs of a dark curse affecting the town and all its residents-and it can only be satisfied with death...

 Master of the damned There could be no doubt that the one called Damien was the master of shadows, the greatest of his accursed kind. But now his ancient mantle of mystic power was threatened by a terrible weakness--a fatal passion for a woman of mortal flesh and blood. . . Suspicion had first drawn Shannon Mallory into the darkness, in search of the truth behind the legends that swirled around this man--if man he was. But it was not suspicion that kept her there, or even fear--it was pure, stunning desire. . . For centuries, loneliness has haunted them from dusk till dawn. Yet now, from out of the darkness, shines the light of eternal life. . . eternal love.

~New Vampire Romance~ Four part Novella seriesRose Peterson and Dalton Clark, had an electrifying first date, there was kisses, icy fingers and cold words. Hunger burned through his red eyes and he gave into his desire. Rose was paralyzed by his touch, but what happened next? Is this the start of a beautiful relationship or is it a tragedy waiting to happen? Find out in, Forever Yours – Part two, over 17,000 words The Thrilling new Novella series from the author of 'Three Thousand Miles Series, Deila Longford ‘Her blood is his greatest desire!’

Perri is an artist w/an odd sketchbook full of awkward childhood sketches--a spectacled princess, a candy loving troll, & a graceless fairy--for there's no better way to hide from bullying than to create a world of your own. At 19, Peregrine leaves her home & her sketches behind. But what happens when something goes wrong in Awkward, leaving her trapped w/the bully she thought to leave behind?If you are looking for a happy book about beautiful people, this is the wrong story. If you are looking for a narrative without emotion, without regrets, and without mistakes, this is definitely the wrong story. This is by no means an uncomplicated tale about uncomplicated people. It is by no means sweet or light. This story is ugly. This story is complicated.This story is emotional.This story is tragic.In short, this story is about being awkward. Peregrine Storke is an artist with an odd sketchbook full of pictures she’s drawn since she was a child. It is a book full of strange sketches and awkward characters, for there is no better way to hide from bullying and life than to create a world of your own. With a stroke of her pencil, she has given life to a spectacled princess, a freckle-nosed king, a candy loving troll, a two-horned unicorn, and a graceless fairy. At nineteen, Peregrine leaves her home, her sketchbook, and awkwardness behind. But what happens when something goes wrong in the world of Awkward? Trapped inside of her complex realm with the bully she thought to leave behind, Peregrine discovers there is nothing worse than falling for your own villain.

Pandimora loves the faerie realm Aisywel, but she's a bit of a rebel; has little interest in faerie lore, loves to eavesdrop and hops portals into the earth realm against the advice of the high elders. All in all her independent spirit isn't going well in the faerie realm. What she knows about herself as a faerie will be sorely tested when she's kicked out of her beloved home.Drew Maddox is a rough Private Investigator who believes what his eyes can see and his senses feel. He has very little use for imagination and flights of fantasy annoy him, yet when a naked woman suddenly appears on the road in front of his truck it sends his brain tumbling and his life into a spiral of myth he can barely comprehend. Pandimora wears her name well, causing her own flurries of Pandemonium just by existing. Born to a mother rumored to have the madness in her, Pandimora is different than most fairies in the Realm of Aisywel. She has little regard for the incredible histories of her people, nor of the supposed rules. While not an outright rebel, she skirts the laws of Faerie propriety, but no more so than when she overhears a conversation her ears should never have found. A high elder, one of the strongest and most magical of her people has committed a crime – and now he knows that she has heard, and seen him. Pandimora has fled, but not before the elder, Lukais wraps his dark tentacles of power around her, poisoning her and barring the doors to her realm – forever. Hurt and grieving, Pandimora awakens on a snowy road – moments from being hit by Drew Maddox’s fast moving truck. Her senses muddled, her powers muffled and her entire sense of self shaken, Pandimora reaches out to Drew in desperation, finding in him the young boy she once danced with in a field. With cord of attachment fully realized between them, Faerie magic is at play, pulling them both deep into a mire of intrigue and deceit – one that sets this unlikely pair against an entire realm of mystical beings with their own rules, trials and meanings. “Find Me” is Book One in the new Faeries Lost Trilogy – an epic journey into the center of the unknown and the hearts of two souls that can never be.

Zombies.Nasty. Scary. Hungry.Never thought I'd become one.But, somehow, my brain didn't rot away and I maintained my human mind and will.Hi. I'm Alex Henry. And this is my story of how I went from being a human with no life to a zombie battling against the rising zombie onslaught. This is how it all began.THIS IS THE PREQUEL TO "THE HUMAN SIDE OF A ZOMBIE - THE STORY OF ALEX HENRY" AND "ONCE A ZOMBIE, ALWAYS A ZOMBIE - THE STORY OF ALEX HENRY."Zombies.Nasty. Scary. Hungry.Never thought I'd become one.But, somehow, my brain didn't rot away and I maintained my human mind and will.Hi. I'm Alex Henry. And this is my story of how I went from being a human with no life to a zombie battling against the rising zombie onslaught. This is how it all began.2014: Hey - writing this was a lot easier than living it. Let me know what you think. - Alex

For the first time together in one volume, the complete short story collection starring Sookie Stackhouse—with a new introduction from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the series, Charlaine Harris. For the first time together in one volume, here is the complete short story collection starring Louisiana’s favorite telepathic waitress, Sookie Stackhouse—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris. New fans can fill in the gaps in their Sookie lore while old friends can revisit some of their favorite moments and characters. From investigating the murder of a local fairy to learning that her cousin was a vampire, from remodeling her best friend’s house to attending a wedding with her shapeshifting boss, Sam, Sookie navigates the perils and pitfalls of the paranormal world. Belly up to the bar at Bon Temps’s favorite watering hole and hear stories that will make you wish Sookie never left, including... “Fairy Dust” “One Word Answer” “Dracula Night” “Lucky” “Gift Wrap” “Two Blondes” “If I Had a Hammer” “Small-Town Wedding” “Playing Possum” “In the Blue Hereafter” This definitive collection is the perfect binge read for people who like their stories with bite! **Review Praise for Charlaine Harris and her Sookie Stackhouse novels   “It’s the kind of book you look forward to reading before you go to bed, thinking you’re only going to read one chapter, and then you end up reading seven.”—Alan Ball, executive producer of True Blood “Vivid, subtle, and funny in her portrayal of southern life.”—Entertainment Weekly “Charlaine Harris has vividly imagined telepathic barmaid Sookie Stackhouse and her small-town Louisiana milieu where humans, vampires, shapeshifters, and other sentient critters live…Her mash-up of genres is delightful, taking elements from mysteries, horror stories, and romances.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “The series continues to be inventive and funny with an engaging, smart, and sexy heroine.”—The Denver Post “Blending action, romance, and comedy, Harris has created a fully functioning world so very close to our own, except, of course, for the vamps and other supernatural creatures.”—The Toronto Star About the Author Charlaine Harris is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas, fantasy/mystery series and the Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly, and Lily Bard mystery series. Her books have inspired HBO’s True Blood, NBC’s Midnight, Texas, and the Aurora Teagarden movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. She has lived in the South her entire life.