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Matthew and the Stone


Bob Blanton - 2019
    He is exceptionally bright and advanced in school so must deal with being over a year younger than the other students in his junior class. He tries to figure out how to fit in with the ultra-wealthy friends he makes during a class trip to France. Then he discovers a stone with strange powers one day while practicing his martial arts forms. He has to figure out how to use those powers and to what purpose. This is the first book of a new series that follows Matthew as he becomes entangled in a number of cases that he helps to solve.

Mage's Burden


Whit McClendon - 2014
    But now, the evil sorcerer Mordak has broken free, and the time for battle has come once more.Brunar, a noble Mage, turns to the magick of six powerful and ancient weapons, the Jidaan. Using the power of these mystical spears, Brunar finds those Chosen to fight as Guardians of Talwynn, but only five of the six accept their destiny. Gart, a farmer with scars on his face and his soul, angrily refuses the call of the Jidaan. Nevertheless, Brunar plunges forward, teaching his new students the ways of magick and combat.Afire with insanity, Mordak makes an unholy bargain with a Daemon-God. Filled with unfathomable power, he unleashes his hideous army of creatures and undead soldiers across the land. When Mordak’s forces murder Gart’s family, Gart sets out alone, swearing revenge.As war erupts in Talwynn, Brunar prays that his teachings will be enough to save the Guardians. . .and the Realm.

Dagger of Bone


R.K. Thorne - 2019
    Sure, he hasn't inherited a single drop of his mother's legendary magic. And yes, the clan refuses to waste time teaching him. But his mother died so that he could live. He’s not giving up without a fight. Lara of the Bone Clan isn’t one to give up easily either. So when her clan—and her father—demand that she set aside her dreams and marry the cruel and power-hungry heir to the Dagger of Bone? She’ll do anything to escape that fate. Even take a chance on the famous orphan everyone knows has no magic. Even befriend a dragon. Lara thinks Nyalin is arrogant. He thinks she’s rude. The dragon has other opinions. But if they want to embrace lives of greatness, they’ll have to learn to work together. And unravel some dangerous secrets along the way. But they have more enemies than they know. Enemies who won't stop until the empire itself lies in smoldering ruins. A fantasy adventure set in an epic, sweeping universe, DAGGER OF BONE is the first novel in the Legends of the Clanblades trilogy. For lovers of spunky dragons, sword and sorcery with a dash of romance, and the occasional baked goods, you’ll explore a world of deep secrets, political intrigue, and extraordinary magic.

Broken Realms


D.W. Moneypenny - 2014
    That's about to change.After a jetliner plunges into the Columbia River near Portland, Oregon, everyone survives. So why do crash investigators have a hangar full of bodies, one for each passenger except Mara? Before the plane goes down, she glimpses a new reality, one with scales and snouts, fangs and gills. She sees a boy running down the aisle carrying a ball of blue light, chased by a girl who could be her clone. By trying to help, she unwittingly unleashes dozens of creatures on an unsuspecting world and sparks a series of events that threatens her life, her family and everything she believes. To save them, she has to embrace a power she cannot comprehend.

Enlightened


Samantha Britt - 2017
    Little did we know, our ancestors were right…Darcie Abernathy leads an unusual life. At seventeen, she spent the past two years living abroad while her father studied ancient cultures throughout the Mediterranean. Monotonous days filled with dusty libraries made her count the days until she returned to Maine.Finally back at her childhood home, Darcie is eager to reconnect with friends and prepare for her future. Normalcy ends the moment she runs in to them… The Immortals.Mistaken as the soulmate of an immortal, Darcie is taken from her home and thrown into a world of intrigue and rebellion. Forced to remain under the protection of her abductors or risk being killed by their enemies, Darcie learns of mythical beings and centuries old conflicts while the rest of the mortal world is left in the dark.Immortals may be real, but they are not at all what the ancients described.

Dark Moonlighting


Scott Haworth - 2013
    In a typical week he works as a police officer, lawyer and doctor and still finds time to murder someone and drink their blood. He used to feel guilty about the killings, but now he restricts himself to only eating the worst members of society. Few people in Starside, Illinois seem to care about the untimely deaths of spam e-mailers, pushy Jehovah Witnesses and politicians. However, the barriers between Nick's three secret lives start to crumble when a mysterious man from his past arrives in town seeking revenge. Nick must move quickly to prevent the three women in his life, and the authorities who are hunting him, from discovering his terrible secret.Dark Moonlighting is the first book in the humorous series. It explores four of the biggest clichés in popular culture, and it pokes fun at a number of popular television shows including Law & Order, Bones and House. It also takes a more realistic and amusing approach to the vampire cliché. For example, the average human has the equivalent of five Big Gulps worth of blood in their body. Nick takes twenty minutes to kill someone and, like the vampire bat, must immediately urinate afterwards.

His Love Inside Me : Fertile Brats 1 (Pregnancy Erotica)


Kimmy Welsh - 2017
    He's in a foul mood and decides to take it out on me in a very sexual way, claiming me in a bout of loving that sees him shoot deep inside me. I'm getting his whole load and there's nothing I can do about it!

Elseerian


Ben Hale - 2012
    On the brink of total victory, the black horde mysteriously vanished, leaving terrified survivors...and rumors. As the centuries passed, the holocaust faded into legend, and finally myth. But death is stalking heroes once more, and only a miracle will allow life to survive again..a miracle named Elseerian.

Darkness Falls


Paul Teague - 2014
     A twin who died in mysterious circumstances ... A family lured to a special place at a particular time ... And then the darkness falls. Separated from his family as the entire planet becomes surrounded by a deathly blackness, Dan Tracy must figure out what's going on below ground. The bunker is at the centre of a conspiracy to destroy the Earth - but there's something special about Dan and his twin that could stop the terrorists dead in their tracks. It's a race against time as the process of destruction has already begun ... Who will be left to hear Earth's final screams? The Secret Bunker: Darkness Falls is the first in a trilogy of books by author Paul Teague.

The Four Worlds of Bertie Cavendish


R.R. Haywood - 2021
    The Undead. A Town Called Discovery and The Worldship Humility.A virtual reality.A fleet of spaceships.A shimmering blue door.A virus unleased upon the planet.Four worlds that do not co-habit the same time and space.But things are never quite as they seem…*This book is intended for existing fans of the series, The Undead, Extracted, A Town Called Discovery and The Worldship Humility, and as such, it may not appeal to new readers who have not read those series.

The 11th Percent


T.H. Morris - 2014
    He is burnt out from all the office gossip, politics, and double talk, and he longs for his life to matter. Truth be told, Jonah wants anything besides the lame routine of coasting through his workday....only to psych himself up enough to do it all over again the next day. He only wishes that his life had some meaning.Amidst the combination of writer's block and society's expectations to have a "real" 9-5 job, Jonah gets his wish.His world is turned completely upside down one evening when his vision inexplicably turns blue for several moments. He then receives a warning from a spectral visitor that not only is he in danger, but everything in his life is about to change.Overnight, Jonah transforms from an overworked, underpaid accountant to the centerpiece of a spectral battle. Will he rise to the occasion? Can he accept that everything he knows about life and death is completely wrong? And, most importantly, will he be able to comprehend and harness the power of the mysterious 11th Percent?Follow Jonah's journey in this new breed of ghost story!

Mercenary


Jon Kiln - 2014
    And Ganry discovers that there is more at stake than his own survival.

Blood Cure


K.R. Willis - 2017
    She owns a classic car shop, hangs out with her two best friends, and goes clubbing on Friday nights. Her life is pretty typical for a twenty-two year old living in a world where supernaturals live out in the open. Except for one little thing...her blood. It alone has the ability to cure the virus that created supernaturals hundreds of years ago after the Great plague, and make them human again. She's accepted what it can do, and aside from her phobia of sharp, pointy needles, doesn't think about it too often. But then her blood goes missing from the local hospital, supernaturals start turning up dead with a strange anomaly in their system, and Keira is blamed. Vampires and werewolves suddenly hunt her at every turn, and not because they want the cure. As Keira fights to prove her innocence and track down whoever is responsible, she must come to terms with the staggering truth about her birthright, all while trying to protect the people she loves the most. Will she be able to prove her innocence before time runs out? Or will she lose everything she's worked so hard for...maybe even her life.

Shadows of the Gods


S.M. Schmitz - 2016
    When they trap Selena in an alleyway in New Orleans, she is ready to admit defeat. But an unfamiliar demigod rescues her, and the more she learns about Cameron, the more she discovers their common bonds may be the key to unraveling her own mysterious history. In the first book of The Unbreakable Sword series, Selena and Cameron must not only evade the New Pantheon, which is ruthlessly hunting the remaining gods and their descendants, but an angry Aztec god that wants Selena’s power to himself. And they will discover in the impending final battle of the gods, no one can be trusted.

Stuck In Magic: A Schooled In Magic spinoff


Christopher G. Nuttall - 2021
    Driving away, unsure where he was going, he fell through an interdimensional rift and found himself in a very different world, a city of magic and mystery and dangers beyond his comprehension, a land spinning out of control as innovations from the distant west unsettle the monarchy and challenge the position of the aristocrats and warlords that hold the kingdom in their grasp.Powerless and alone, with no way home, Elliot struggles to survive long enough to make a new life. But as war looms on the horizon, he finds himself forced to use his skills to make a name for himself, all too aware that the slightest slip will mean instant death - or worse.