Best of
Paranormal-Urban-Fantasy

2009

Awakening / Spellbound


Cate Tiernan - 2009
    Betrayed by her first love, she is trying to come to grips with her Woodbane heritage and with Wicca?its thorn and its rose.

The Calling / Changeling


Cate Tiernan - 2009
    But in their search for answers, they find themselves in terrible danger.

Angels' Pawn


Nalini Singh - 2009
    It features the guild hunter, Ashwini, and the vampire, Janvier.

Love Beyond Time


Rebecca Royce - 2009
    But when fate thrusts Isabelle into his arms, he will have no choice but to become the man he was destined to be. That is, if he can battle his own demons first.Not willing to accept her heritage as an Outsider, Isabelle tries to hide from the truth. But when Kal’s life is on the line, she will have to step forward and embrace her powers or watch everything she has come to love disappear.

Werewolf Sanctuary


Eva Gordon - 2009
    The first in a series titled, The Wolf Maiden Chronicles, each depicts historical romances between alpha Males and their human wolf maidens.

A Modern Day Witch Hunt


Gina Kincade - 2009
    A man who resembles one of her fictional characters, an alpha male hero, randomly appears at her door offering her protection.Luca is an immortal Watcher from the River of Light. Sent to Earth to help Kamillia, whose true heritage has yet to be revealed to her, Luca is caught off guard by the fighting spirit of the woman and the way his human body betrays him while in her presence.When Kamillia is attacked, and all the lies she’s been told come to light, she and Luca are forced to join together. Despite numerous obstacles, they need to overcome the evil of many centuries blocking a portal under a mysterious church on the edge of town.On Halloween night, she will have to face her past—as in a past life—in a big way. Only then can she return to what is left of her life, with or without this stranger who has captured her heart but cannot share her future.***This is a heavily revised, extended, second edition of a previously published work. While the title remains the same, the authors, and publisher have changed.

The Ghost Downstairs


Molly Ringle - 2009
    But peace is not what she finds. She soon hears tales of ghosts haunting the house, and of two tragic deaths that took place in the 1930s. Unexplained events send her to ask questions of the handsome resident houseboy. Ren Schultz, a seemingly young live-in houseboy, tries to avoid his growing attraction to the new nurse. His secrets are too dangerous to share, no matter how lonely he has become. But Lina is persistent, and soon uncovers dark truths that no one else has dared to face. As their attraction grows, so does the intensity of the paranormal activity. Can their love survive the mysteries that lurk in the old sorority house?

The Lasting


Lynn Garcia Carmer - 2009
    Irisa Smith has one fear, walking under the moonlit sky. A witness to the savage murder of her parents, she has spent the last twelve years of her life neglected and alone. Compelled to return to the caves she once played in as a child, she discovers a living statue made of glistening black marble. Hauntingly beautiful, he represents her greatest nightmare and most illicit dreams. Only she has the power to release him from his eternal imprisonment, but to do so she must accept the power thrumming under her skin—one fueled by her worst terror: the night. He has yearned for her in the darkness. Antares is Gargoyle. Betrayed by one of his own, he was trapped in stone and left to die. Imprisoned in the shadows, she alone calls to him, her power and spirit a beacon in the dark. His destiny has always been, and always will be, Irisa. Her soft touch tempers the endless fury that fills him, and stirs a white hot desire in his veins. Together they must escape a crumbling mountain and flesh-eating Fiends. He must teach Irisa about her past, awakening the powers of her birthright as the last Mooncaller and his people’s only hope for survival. This novella will melt stone hearts! It contains ferocious Fiends and sizzling Gargoyles that will set your blood on fire! Intended for readers 18+.

Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider


Ellen C. Maze - 2009
    Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider is Book One of an eventual Six in the saga/series. Enjoy your trip down the rabbit hole!"MAZE'S STORYTELLING IS FAST AND FUN, overflowing with ideas and spiritual insight." Eric Wilson, Fireproof & Facing the GiantsVampires are fiction, but the Rakum are real.Author Beth Rider must die.When the young author's novel series hits number one, her fictitious plot puts her in the crosshairs of an ancient race of vampiric beings known as the Rakum.Spreading evil among mankind for thousands of years, the leadership of this bloodthirsty race now has a singular focus: catch Beth Rider. With her life in mortal jeopardy, she goes on the run, a rabbit desperate to escape the worst of predators. In the climactic melee, it is a race to the death, or if Beth has her way, a race to the life, of every Rakum who makes the choice.Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider is Book One of Six in the Rabbit Saga.Rabbit Legacy /Book TwoRabbit Redemption / Book ThreeAnomaly: Beyond the Rabbit / Book FourConundrum: The Lost Rabbit / Book FiveThe Vestige: The Final Chapter / Book SixThis novel contains PG-13-level Violence, Language, and Sexual Situations, and is written from a Biblical Worldview.Author's BioRaised on Bram Stoker and Stephen King, Ellen read Frank Peretti's "This Present Darkness" in 2000 and has never been the same. Now she takes the horror / paranormal / vampire genre directly into the heart of spiritual matters, pitting good against evil within the confines of biblical truth. With writing as her passion and her main hobby, Ellen lives in Alabama with her family and does NOT have holes in her neck.

Do Dandelions Roar


Kyrene - 2009
    Now John and Sam have gotten him back. But how will the three of them deal with the unexpected changes his trials in the time between have effected? And what does a goddess have to do with the whole thing?Word Count: 287,418 complete