There are worse things than being exiled to suburban Long Island, and Caswel Esmar is experiencing most of them. Just because he violated rules about unauthorized contact with humans, the Elder Council stripped him of knighthood, deprived him of magic and transformed him into a human teenage girl. If only that were the sum total of his problems.When Caswel Esmar violates his sacred oath as an Alfaran Knight of Whiteleaf by exploiting powerless humans, the Council of Elders imposes a harsh punishment. Now he must live as one of these hapless mortals until he learns humility, self-control…and how to wear a bra.Caswel is transformed into a human high school girl for fifty moons. In this form, he must pass classes, overcome snotty seniors, and convince the Elders he’s suffered enough by playing the martyr at every opportunity. Little does he realize that an old flame is stalking him, and hell hath no fury like an Alfaran sorceress scorned. When her jealous attacks result in another student being injured, Cass must reclaim the role of knight, this time in a pleated skirt instead of shining armor.

In the the third book in the Curiosity House series, you will find: - A nefarious spy within Dumfrey’s Dime Museum - A very unfortunate flea circus - An evil plot to destroy New York - A beautiful and mysterious tattooed lady The extraordinary orphans Sam, Pippa, Thomas, and Max have just started to recover from their capture and subsequent escape from the evil Nicholas Rattigan. But the children’s lives don’t stay quiet for long. A slew of bank robberies is terrorizing the city. And when General Farnum, the ringmaster of the museum’s immensely popular flea circus, is charged with murder, the search for the real killer uncovers a plot much bigger than any individual crime—a plot that can only be the work of Nicholas Rattigan.

From Bree Despain, the fan-favorite author of The Dark Divine trilogy, comes her highly anticipated second young adult series: a contemporary adventure inspired by the Greek myth of Persephone and Hades. Haden Lord, the disgraced prince of the Underrealm, has been sent to the mortal world for six months in order to convince Daphne Raines to return with him to the land of the dead. The best way to do this, Haden is told, is to get Daphne to fall in love with him. But getting a teenage girl to fall in love with you isn't easy, especially when Haden's life and more depends on the success of his quest. Little does he know that the tenuous peace between the Greek god of the Underrealm and the Greek god of the Sky is breaking and war is imminent. If Haden succeeds, his honor and standing will be restored in the royal court, and Daphne will be sacrificed to save us all. The complication he didn't see coming: he's the one who falls in love. Now Haden must choose to either fulfill his sacred duty or to follow his heart and find a way to rewrite his and Daphne's destinies. Previously released in hardcover (978-1-60684-247-8) and electronic book format (978-1-60684-406-9)

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British intelligence wants her spying skills, a vampiric warlock wants to steal her powers. The Master Wizards who trained her want her dead...The Nazis have unleashed occult forces throughout Europe and the Allies are forced to recruit and employ wizards to counter their attacks. Among them is battle weary spy, Isabella George, an alchemist trained by the Gray Tower.British intelligence wants her spying skills, a vampiric warlock wants to steal her powers. The Master Wizards who trained her want her dead...The Nazis have unleashed occult forces throughout Europe and the Allies are forced to recruit and employ wizards to counter their attacks. Among them is the battle weary spy, Isabella George, a Gray Tower dropout trained in Alchemy. Longing for retirement and a life of peace, she accepts one final job-extract a deadly warlock from Nazi occupied France and prevent him from unleashing an alchemical weapon that will devour the continent.But France is crawling with the Cruenti, vampiric warlocks who feed off other wizards. When things don't go according to plan, one Cruenti sets his deadly eyes on her.Betrayal is everywhere. Even some of her closest allies cannot be fully trusted. Worse still, she finds, she can't even trust herself. She becomes a woman torn between her charismatic spy lover who offers her what she desires most, and one of her closest confidants, whose soft seductive eyes hold deadly secrets about her past, and the Gray Tower itself.Plans within plans. Plots versus counter plots. Heists gone wrong, sword-wielding Catholic priests, and the greatest manipulation of history that has ever been seen, is just a taste of what Isabella George is in for, in her final mission.

For too long Hiro lived alone. With a curse that killed anyone whose name he learned he had a good reason for solitude. His life had become plain, but that was before a piece of paper threw his world out of balance. Now, the mystery of Hiroshima threatens to reveal itself as Hiro struggles to keep it hidden and keep safe a young girl desperate to befriend him.Hiroshima, Golden Messenger, is the first book in a collection of short stories. The adventure begins with an unfortunate meeting that forces Hiro to face his long forgotten past. The dark mystery is a torment to Hiro who wants nothing more than to forget his past completely and live a normal life. Things go amiss when a girl begins leaving him messages on a bench beneath a golden paperweight in the shape of a waving cat. Hiro was afraid to read the notes at first. If he learned the girl's name it would not be long before she died a terrible death. Such is the curse that forced Hiro into a life of solitude. However fate had decided time was no longer on his side.Hiro's past was catching up with him. All he had run away from was returning with a vengeance, but he was not the only point of attack. The note-leaving girl was now tangled in the madness as well and Hiro realizes her future had been thrust into his hands. His past and present collide and endanger not only Hiro, but Castroph City and the girl as well. He tries to hold on and fight for the life outside his dark secrets, but once evil seeps in it cannot be easily removed.

Legends come and legends go and sometimes, they return. When The Fat Man and his Dog return to the world, they are met with joy and confusion as well as worry over what their arrival foretells.When Rod and Marge Applewhite decide to expand their horizons by joining the Mahjong Club at the community centre, nothing can prepare them, or their new acquaintances, for the avalanche of social disgraces which follow!This fourth short story from Brian Parker looks at what can happen when a young woman with healthy cleavage and a low cut dress sits opposite a man who can't keep his focus on the job at hand!

A power-hungry demon. An experiment gone wrong. Sometimes surviving is all that matters.A power-hungry demon. An experiment gone wrong. Sometimes surviving is all that matters.The demon Azazel will stop at nothing to collect more souls, but his greed results in an abomination more powerful than he imagined: The Unnamed. Now he must survive their wrath or be permanently eliminated.Haedyn has always known she was different, and not just because she’s blind and an orphan. Her pale skin and deep red eyes make her an outcast. But when the orphanage is attacked, she discovers the truth – she’s the last Unnamed, an abomination marked for death. Now, she must find a way to survive in a world where she doesn’t belong.The Unnamed is a short story prequel to The Haedyn Chronicles. If you like your urban fantasy on the dark side and filled with edge-of-your-seat suspense, then you’ll love The Unnamed.Download The Unnamed and start reading The Haedyn Chronicles today!

Dr. Gilbert Zhen did not just want to visit death's door. He wanted to stick around for awhile.Life in the Stone Age was hard for Karg and his tribe. They couldn’t go into the lower forests because of the predators there and that meant they had to stay in the cold mountains where food was scarce. Then during a hunting trip Karg came across a hidden valley with all the food, water and wood they could ever want. And there were none of the dangers of the lower forests. He was planning to move his family to the valley when he witnessed a sun being born on the ground. It rose into the sky and became a roiling black cap on a growing black stem and reminded him of a mushroom. Karg didn’t realize it but the future of his people was about to change and not necessarily for the better. He’d found a Kthpok nuclear test range and the Kthpok had just discovered that humans were living in the mountains bordering their most sensitive facility.

A thief gets more than he bargained for when he decides to steal a ring from a dragon's hoard. Short story.He was created for only one person. She was never supposed to be the One.It is 1988, Clear Lake, Texas. Lilly Garcia is not looking forward to her senior year of high school. She is a shy, studious, band geek with a non-existent social life, who lives out her romantic fantasies through the fictional characters of her books. But all that changes when she issues a spur of the moment invitation to a strange, new student.Charlie isn't happy about returning to Earth and he resents having to attend high school to blend in. His father has been recruited for another mission to spy on the Earthans and make sure they have no idea of the existence of the Sentrian civilization. The Sentrian leaders are not only paranoid and disdainful of the Earthans, but also controlling and suspicious of their own people. Almost every aspect of a Sentrian's life is under the supervision of the State. Their religious beliefs are the one exception. Sentrians do not have free will, and all the people believe in the existence of God. Their belief that God chooses your soul mate is their most sacred law. While on Sentria, Charlie never found his chosen, and when he develops an attraction to an Earthan, he is torn. Should he ignore his feelings for Lilly, feelings he knows are wrong, or should he pursue a doomed relationship with the only person who has ever mattered to him?Lilly finds Charlie interesting. They have a lot in common, especially their love of books. She's falling for him, but there's something off about him, something she can't explain. When she becomes an involuntary witness to his supernatural abilities, Charlie is forced to admit he is not from her world. Lilly is fearful at first, but soon realizes she wants to be with Charlie no matter what.Unfortunately their happiness is threatened when a Sentrian from Charlie's past is put in a position of authority over him. Evelyn, a power-hungry elite, believes it is her duty to make sure all the Sentrian youth comply with their strict code of laws. Almost immediately she becomes suspicious of Charlie and his contact with the Earthan girl, Lilly. After tracking Charlie's movements, Evelyn's worst suspicions are confirmed. A relationship with an Earthan is considered blasphemy and Charlie must return to Sentria to go on trial for his moral crimes. This leads Charlie and Lilly to a desperate choice: accept the decision of the Sentrian rulers and never see each other again, or risk everything to stay together.

Agent 33 of the Psecret Psociety recounts a strange dream about someone who he has never met over rooftop beers in Charlotte. A 2200-word short story.Agent 33 of the Psecret Psociety recounts a strange dream about someone who he has never met (Ted Maize) over rooftop beers in Charlotte. But, was it really just a dream? Was it his dream? Did someone put a chip on his brain? What thoughts are really his? A 2200-word short story.

A high fantasy story about a housewife who goes on an adventure to find her lost neighbor and comes in contact with creatures and humans who turn her life topsy-turvy.A woman gets her kids off to school, cleans the house, and then sits down to read the next high fantasy book from her favorite author when a scream from next door interrupts her tranquility. She proceeds to investigate and realizes the neighbor's screaming is emanating from the forest behind her property. She ventures into the forest and finds more than the next door neighbor. This short story of high fantasy is the fifth installment of the author's Ten Random Sentences Series wherein the author crafts a short story that is based on and includes ten random sentences that were submitted by his readers during a contest on his Facebook page.

Erin Hunter's New York Times bestselling Seekers series continues in the fifth book in the Return to the Wild story arc. With its thrilling blend of action and suspense, this epic animal fantasy is perfect for fans of the #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series. Toklo, Kallik, Lusa, and Yakone are determined to reach Great Bear Lake in time for the Longest Day Gathering. Even Toklo, who has already claimed a new territory in the mountains, has promised to stay with them until Lusa has found a home of her own. But when Lusa is unexpectedly separated from the others, she must face her past—and make a decision about her future.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Three Dark Crowns series introduces readers to the Oracle Queen in this riveting prequel e-novella. Triplet queens born on the island of Fennbirn can be many things: Elementals. Poisoners. Naturalists. If an oracle queen is born, however, one with the gift of sight, she’s immediately drowned, extinguishing her chance at ever taking the throne. But that’s not how it always was. This cautionary practice started long ago, with Queen Elsabet—the legendary, and last, oracle queen—whose reign was tinged with blood and horror. Paranoid, ruthless, and utterly mad, Elsabet’s mistrust led to the senseless slaying of three entire houses of innocent people. At least, that’s the unchallenged tale carried down from generation to generation. But what really happened? Discover the true story behind the queen who, though born with the gift of sight, could not foresee her swift and sudden fall from power . . . until it was too late. Fans of the Three Dark Crowns series will be enthralled with Queen Elsabet’s genesis, riveted by her madness, and compelled by her tragic—and bloody—reign.

Alternate Cover Edition can be found here The end of "Aladdin of the Lamp" finds the cunning Aladdin ruler of a great kingdom. Now, many years have passed.... Life as the king of Agrabah is never boring, especially when the dashing Sinbad the Sailor requests a ship to save his kidnapped wife. Aladdin, never one to run from danger, agrees to help and accompanies Sinbad as they set sail to accumulate enough treasure to ransom the sailor's wife. Soon they run afoul of zombies, sirens, demons, nymphs, evil djinns, and a dastardly plot to take over his kingdom. But Aladdin has a few tricks up his sleeves...including one very magical lamp. From bestselling authors Piers Anthony (Xanth) and J.R. Rain (Vampire for Hire), Aladdin Sins Bad is the second in a fantastical series set in the enchanted world of the Arabian Nights.