Years pass and her sisters worry that she'll become an old crone like so many other witches. They've made it their personal mission to help her find her next true love. But Eve wants none of that. Instead, she throws herself into her potions shop, Witch's Brew, determined to work and not focus on her shattered love life.That is, until the day she sees him. Cian is gorgeous and mysterious, frightening Eve by the desires he brings out in her—a passion that rivals even the love she'd felt for her husband. But Cian isn't what he seems. He's fae, but more than that, he's the grim reaper of legend and his mission means her death. She shouldn't have seen him. His kind moves in stealth, but the moment her golden eyes meet his, he knows his world will never be the same. He'll defy his orders and his Queen to keep her. Will Eve want what he offers when she discovers the truth? 90,000 words.

    In Harborsmouth, where many of the residents are bloodsucking vampires or monstrous fae, the combination may prove deadly.Ivy Granger, psychic private investigator, returns to the streets of Harborsmouth in this addition to the bestselling urban fantasy series. Holidays are Hell, a point driven home when a certain demon attorney returns with information regarding a series of bloody murders. Five Harborsmouth residents have been killed and every victim has one thing in common—they are fae. Whoever is killing faeries must be stopped, but they only leave one clue behind—a piece of mistletoe floating in a pool of the victim's blood.The holidays just got interesting. Too bad this case may drive Ivy mad before the New Year. Heck, she'll be lucky to survive Christmas.Blood and Mistletoe is an Ivy Granger series novella.

    NOTE: This story has been re-released in the Dark Bites anthology.Celebrity necromancer Jaime Vegas is headlining a sold-out séance tour, but behind the scenes, a disgruntled ghost has a bone to pick, in Kelley Armstrong's The Ungrateful Dead.Plus tales guaranteed to get under your skin - in a good way - from:* Janet Berliner* Don D'Ammassa* Nancy Holder* Nancy Kilpatrick* J. A. Konrath* F. Paul Wilson* Joe R. Lansdale* Will Ludwigsen* Sharyn McCrumb* Mark Onspaugh* Mike Resnick* Steven Savile* D. L. Snell* Eric James Stone* Jeff Strand* Lucien Soulban* Matt Venne* Christopher WelchSo let the blood flow and laughter reign - because when it comes to facing our deepest, darkest fears, a little humor goes a long way!

    Fallen angels in the form of vampires are infecting humans one by one, creating an army fit for Armageddon. Of the few who survive the infection, one stands alone above all others…For one year, Jesse Burke has been suppressing the beast within, driven by vengeance to destroy the vampiric fallen angels terrorizing New Orleans. But a war of biblical proportions is too much for one girl to handle, and she must turn to slayer Maddox deValois for training, though it threatens her fiercely-guarded independence. At the same time, the sinister demon Queen Amonate is doing everything in her power to lure Jesse into embracing the darkness inside her soul—a power play that will trap her in a deadly web of deception between the forces of good and evil…Before this war is over, everyone will learn that hell hath no fury like a woman possessed…

    But now he must take on a horde of unhappy zombies and an obnoxious teen vampire if he wants to win the hand of the one woman who can make him whole.Ysabelle is a woman with a past, and not a whole lot of future if a certain demon lord has his way. With zombies, demons, and a little thing like death standing in her way, will she find happiness in the man who’s seen more darkness than she can imagine?

    She's brash. She's inked. She has a bad habit of dying... a lot.She's also a Rogue with a demon on her tail and not much backup. This witch has a bone to pick.I was burned at the stake at fourteen...I was drowned in a lake when I was twenty-four...At twenty-seven, I was stoned in a public square...I have died a hundred times in a hundred different ways, usually at the hands of the humans I've tried to save. But when a pregnant young woman finds her way into my tattoo shop with a demon on her tail, things go from bad to worse. Being a centuries-old witch isn't going to help me - nothing will. This time I might just die in a way that sticks... Permanently.The Rogue Ethereal Complete Series contains all six books in this thrilling urban fantasy series.

    But Elllie’s problem is a very different kind of phenomenon...SHADOWIt ought to be attached to her; instead it has a life of its own. And her dark mirror image is a wild thing, willfully seducing the very man Ellie hoped could help.SCIENCECam has devoted his career to exploring the boundaries between this world and the Hereafter. But nothing could prepare him for the mischief and mayhem of a soul split in two.SURRENDERWho will give in first: the man struggling to unite two halves of one fascinating female; the shadow fighting for freedom to experience the thrill of every emotion; or the woman who is about to discover her own deepest desires?

    Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire.Amber Morgan is a rookie in The Elite, an organisation tasked with the elimination of rogue preternatural beings in King City. But she has a secret. She's a witch and only joined The Elite to settle a personal score.Her first case is supposed to be the routine investigation of a rogue vampire but it soon becomes clear that dark forces are at work, darker than anything the team has dealt with in the past.When an irritatingly sexy Hunter offers to help, Amber wants to say hell no! The last thing she needs is another distraction even if he is sin personified. But with the fate of a missing child at stake and a possible connection between the case and her past, how can she refuse?

     There are moments in life that define you—more often than not, they are born of tragedy. There are moments in life that eviscerate you—more often than not, that is the blade tragedy wields in an effort to kill your spirit. There are moments in life when everything you thought you knew is turned upside down. Try as you might, you can never right it. There are moments in life when everything you thought you’d have forever disappears, disintegrates right before your very eyes. My world is rearranging itself in the most horrific way. These are my moments. This is my hell. Trouble lies ahead. Be warned. Welcome back to Paragon. ***Celestra Forever After is a Celestra Series spinoff.*** From the NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author, Addison Moore—Cosmopolitan Magazine calls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun!" *The Celestra series has over a million copies in circulation and has been optioned for film by 20th Century Fox!*

    None of them, however, have anything on the handsome stranger who comes in one night and helps her fend off an armed robber. He looks the thief directly in the eye and without confrontation convinces him to turn around and walk out the door.Tegan has never seen anything like it, nor does she understand why he then lays those mesmerising eyes on her and tells her to forget they ever met. She shrugs it off as just another weird night shift encounter, until the following evening when her best friend produces free passes to a new club in the city. Tegan agrees to go and is pleasantly surprised by the tasteful, classy décor and oddly beautiful, intensely ethereal clientele. To her surprise, her mysterious stranger is sitting smack dab in the VIP section. What are the chances?!Tegan is struck by the coincidence of bumping into him again so soon, while he is furious that she remembers him when he insisted she forget their meeting. Tegan has no idea that she’s taken a misstep into a whole new world inhabited by vampires, slayers, dhampirs, witches and warlocks. All of whom display a wholly disconcerting interest in what makes her unique from the rest of the clueless humans who populate the city. On top of this, her handsome stranger keeps turning up at her work and seems intent on getting to know her a whole lot better.Nightfall is book one in L.H. Cosway’s Blood Magic Series. A previous, unedited version of this story was published under the title Tegan’s Blood.

    And there are times when toads and Chihuahuas seem abundant as black flies in the summer, the dragons are a little touchy, the Forest Trolls are in danger of extinction from teeny-boppers, the Gryphons need help conceiving and...the scientist are crunchy and good with ketchup...Brokenoggin FallsBefore-word (Bewitched, Bothered & BeVampyred) (2005) [ES] by Terese RaminThe Legend of Braugh-Naughton (2005) [POEM] by Jennifer St. GilesNaked Came the Vampyre (2005) [SF] by Terese RaminThe Harpy in the Clock Tower (2005) [SF] by Rachel CarringtonThe Witches of Brokenoggin & the Dead Who Love Them (2005) [SF] by Gena ShowalterCrunching Scientist, Hidden Dragon (2005) [SF] by Sophia NashHow to Seduce an Amnesiac Vampyre (2005) [SF] by Kathryn CaskieThe Loch's Stressed Dragon's Half-Sister (2005) [SF] by Elizabeth HolcombeFeed Your Head (2005) [SF] by Patricia RiceA Spell of C.R.A.F.T. (2005) [SF] by Vicki Lewis ThompsonNight Mares (2005) [SF] by MaryJanice DavidsonDancing in the Streak (2005) [SF] by Lynn WarrenX Marks the G-Spot (2005) [SF] by Shelly LaurenstonThe Toad Prince (2005) [SF] by Terese RaminA Dance Through the Garden of Good And Evil (2005) [SF] by Susan GrantThe Skeletons in the Closet (2005) [SF] by Annihilation Jones and LeroyA Dragon's Tale (2005) [SF] by Mary Jo PutneyLOF-T: ROGG 1 – Trolls Gone Wild (2005) [SF] by Linda WisdomPieces of Destiny (2005) [SF] by Michelle RowenLOF-T: RROGG 2 – Sam's Repentance (2005) [SF] by Judi McCoyDorothea's Wizard (2005) [SF] by Jennifer St. GilesSoulless from Seattle (2005) [SF] by Fiona MacLeod and Terese RaminEverybody Loves Dragons (2005) [ES] by Terey daly Ramin"Flaming, Hot, and Bothered" (2005) [SF] by Sophia NashThe Loch's Stressed Dragon's Half-Sister (2005) [SF] by Elizabeth HolcombeCandy Cox and the Big Bad (Were)Wolf (2005) [SF] by P. C. CastSuzi Stiletto: Recovering Demon Slayer (2005) [SF] by Alyssa Day [only as by Alesia Holliday ]

    Or does it? Laura is about to find out.With only five years left in servitude, Alec Munro must bow to his sire’s wishes to act as Laura’s guardian … or risk slavery forever. But getting Laura to willingly accept him is another matter.He has three days to win her over before she makes her choice.Torn between two worlds, Laura must decide to which world she belongs – human or vampire?But as a white-hot sizzling attraction grows between her and Alec, the choice becomes even harder.Can she survive long enough to make the right one?Or will her fate - and that of her family – be decided by another, unexpected source?Click NOW to find out.Enter the dark world of the Bloodgifted, the first book in an action-filled sexy paranormal romance that’ll have you laughing one moment and biting your fingernails in the next.

    

    When that man is an immortal nephilim, the misdeeds can really pile up. Lucas has paid for the crimes of his past for centuries, resisting any close relationship that might make his life even more difficult. Until Melena. Only she could begin to melt the ice shielding his heart, but then he was captured by his greatest enemies—angels.Now imprisoned in Purgatory, he’s awaiting trial for his latest crime and knows the verdict will not be in his favor. Lucas is resigned to the fact his life might be over, but fears without his protection Melena may not survive for long. She’s got her own enemies back in Alaska and her mortality makes her easy prey. Whatever happens to him, he must find a way to keep her safe. No matter the cost.

    the one that's been holed up in the Howard Mansion for the last four years. Why? No one knows the truth except for her family... a long line of witches charged with protecting the Demon Isle, currently led by four hundred year old vampire, William Wakefield. Another reason Melinda doesn't mind her self-inflicted imprisonment. She gets to spend more time with William, her crush for nearly all her life who's too hot for words. And now, so are her dreams.Dreams that have a tendency to come true. Although typically, they don't include the handsome vampire she's crushing on but rather horrifying visions of people about to die.But she cannot stay under self-inflicted house arrest forever! And if her brothers or William get their choice in the matter, Melinda will be out of the house partying with her friends on the beach, giving her affections to a human, not a vampire, and getting into her role as a witch.A role her eldest brother Charlie lives for, and a role her second brother Michael would rather live without. But when duty calls, usually from the local sheriff needing help with some tourist who's gotten themselves into trouble, life, fun and choice get set aside and duty takes over.Such is the case when the sheriff needs help solving a murder; one she fears is supernatural in nature. To assist her in the case, she calls upon the skills of Charlie, who's a little more than just a Howard Witch, and Michael, an empath and death reader.What Michael discovers from the reading however, could be more than any of them can deal with or accept. Worse yet, they fear what this discovery will do to Melinda, as it returns them all to the core of her self-imprisonment.Back to the lives she could not save...