Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos. With illustrations by Peter A. Worthy and color cover by James Oberschlake.

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    On a trip to the island, Joyce Parker's daughter falls in love with a beautiful but sinister doll. Soon after, she starts developing strange mannerisms that concerns Joyce. Her research into the doll's past reveals a dark history, and the curse of a lonely child spirit.

     Beck doesn’t know one night of passion with his stepsister produced a son, but he comes back home after selling his company for a cool billion, and he finds Millie visiting with a baby that she says is hers and some other man’s His first thought is rage that another man has touched her. He wasn’t the one that ran away from their taboo relationship after one hot night ... she was. But now when he looks at her baby boy, something doesn’t feel right. Millie thought she’d never come back home, and she was alright with that if it meant protecting her son. But she heard her mom and stepdad broke up, and she started thinking it might be safe to return. She wouldn’t have come home, if she’d known her stepbrother was there. But then she was caught, and she was horrible at pretending. Until she fell into back into bed with her stepbrother again ... unprotected. *New Cover

    Everything is on her terms in the boardroom and in the bedroom. Owning a successful marketing firm in Seattle has afforded her luxuries and independence. Though beautiful Wren may seem to have it all; success, money, power, and a quirky best friend, the one thing she doesn’t have--is love. But then Wren isn’t the type of woman who wants to find love…not until the day she walks into Greenlee Athletics that is. To add to matters, Wren has spent almost an entire lifetime trying to forget a tragic past and recently an undeniable presence that has thrown Wren's life for a loop.Talon Greenlee; thirty-nine years old, tall, dark and handsome…has secrets and pain from his past that have fueled his drive for success. As a result, his career is in high gear training professional athletes at his upscale Sports Training Facility. Talon is rich, mysterious and hot as hell and despite his dark past, Talon is the perfect man. The catch? He is unavailable until he rids himself of his flaky girlfriend April.Their attraction is unmistakable... but Wren is soon to find out, that attraction comes with a heavy price. Something she could never have foreseen.As Talon hires Wren Poe to market Greenlee Athletics new facility in San Francisco, can they continue to deny the sexual charge that exists between them. Can they keep it professional? Or, do they give in to the fire that has ignited the passion that lies between them. While they openly explore each other in the bedroom…they quickly discover their lives have already intersected in the past, unbeknownst to them, they share a past that made it inevitable that their paths would eventually cross. With fate in the driver’s seat, are either one ready to deal with the truths from their past and the long forgotten emotions and pain that they unwittingly share. Does this budding romance stand a chance? Torn between their past that drives them and their future that fuels their passion, join Wren and Talon on their journey in this three part series. This book is intended for mature audiences. Suggest 18+ due to some explicit language and sexual situations.Book One of a three part series.Book Two, Relentless Pursuit coming early September 2013.Book Three, The Trifecta

    Darcy thinks things can't get worse.Fitzwilliam Darcy undresses completely to swim at Netherfield Pond, but when he's finished, he finds that his clothes have been stolen. He tries to get back to the house without being discovered, only to meet Elizabeth Bennet, the woman of his dreams. What a nightmare.Darcy's Spotless Reputation is a Pride and Prejudice Variation novella, based on Jane Austen's most famous couple.EXCERPT:Elizabeth smiled briefly and looked away and Darcy hesitated, not wanting to overwhelm her with his admiration. But there was so much he wanted to tell her - he felt like a volcano.Don't be the Pompeii of love, he told himself.

    He subsequently notices her entering a local house of ill repute and is shocked when his mother later introduces the woman as her new paid companion. Adam agrees to keep her nightly activities a secret…on one condition: she must spend one wicked night with him. Florentina Grantley is both scandalized and intrigued at the prospect, but she worries that the dashing war hero will quickly discern her lack of experience. True, she's no innocent—but she's a widow, not a whore. Yet the stakes are too high and she dare not test Adam’s loyalties by explaining the true reason behind her alliance with the brothel's madam. Faced with problems of his own that threaten the future of his noble family, can Adam afford to follow his instincts and trust the woman who has stolen his heart…

    Sweat contains five sporty lesbian erotica stories that will make you perspire with desire.Caution: This title contains graphic language and sweaty lesbian sex and is suitable for adults only.

    So she's not happy about being sent to Louisiana on what appears to be a wild goose chase hinging on an elderly man's recollection of an event that occurred decades ago. Especially because her boss, FBI consultant Dr. Jeffrey Ailes, has paired her up with young, earnest rookie agent Nadine. After risking her life to help the Bureau catch the serial killer of the century, this is her reward?As she and Nadine clash about how to handle their strange assignment, Jessica must accept that, despite her best efforts, she's having trouble moving beyond her past as the rising star in a dysfunctional family of magicians. Raised in a world dedicated to deception, her refusal to accept things at face value is one of her strengths—but is it also a weakness that could cause her undoing?In this compelling short story from Andrew Mayne, master illusionist and the author of Angel Killer, we see a new side to Jessica Blackwood—and get an electrifying sneak peak at her next adventure, Name of the Devil.

    Walking home late on a cold, December night after a Christmas party at work, Caitlin is suddenly and brutally attacked. Terrorised and frightened for her life she screams for help when suddenly a handsome stranger comes to her rescue and saves her. Thrown together under the most horrific of circumstances, Caitlin and her rescuer must learn to deal with the effects of the attack as well as their existing relationships and the problems that each of them faces.The bigger problem, however, is that they are starting to become attracted to one another too.

    We were best friends since as early as I could remember. We grew up together. We were next door neighbors. We shared each other's deepest secrets. When I was thirteen, we made a pact: if we were still single by the time we were 30, we'd marry each other. Today was my thirtieth birthday. I was single. I knew he was single too. But we were no longer best friends, and a part of me knew that he hated me. This is book one of a three book series. Books two and three will be full-length novels. Book Two: Promise to Keep Book Three: Promise of Forever ***New Adult Contemporary Romance **Mature Content** Recommended for 17+ due to mature language and adult situations.***

     Ellen Leonard is feeling both free and empty. Just out of a two-year relationship, she decides a trip to Ireland could be the perfect opportunity to shake off her lethargy and also reassert her independence. But as she settles in at a remote cottage in the Irish countryside and her days take on a comfortable routine, Ellen begins to discover that sometimes things that go bump don’t always do it just in the night. “Under the Hill” also features a sneak peek at two of Sheila’s newest books, Relatively Dead and Picked to Die. And watch for An Early Wake, the third book in the County Cork Mystery Series, coming in February! About the Author Sheila Connolly is an Anthony and Agatha Award–nominated author who writes the New York Times bestselling County Cork Mysteries, which draw heavily on her Irish ancestry and frequent trips to Ireland. She is also the author of the New York Times bestselling Museum Mysteries and Orchard Mysteries. In addition, she has published Once She Knew, a romantic suspense; Reunion with Death, a traditional mystery set in Tuscany; Relatively Dead, a paranormal romance and a New York Times bestseller; and Seeing the Dead, as well as a number of short stories. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and three cats.

    Things are going well, with her latest flower arrangements praised and Simmy content to lose herself in her work. But the peace she has found is shattered when, at the wedding of a millionaire's daughter, the bride's brother is found brutally murdered in the lake. As the florist of the wedding and one of the last people to talk to Mark Baxter alive, Simmy gradually becomes involved with the grief-ridden and angry relatives. All seem to have their fair share of secrets and scandals - an uncaring mother, a cheating father, and a husband twenty-five years older than his bride. When events take another sinister turn, Simmy becomes a prime witness and finds herself at the heart of a murder investigation. The chief suspects are the groom and his closely knit band of bachelor friends. They are all intimidating, volatile and secretive - but which one is a killer?

      Sebastian Rudd, rogue lawyer, defends people other lawyers won't go near. It's controversial and dangerous work, which is why Sebastian needs his bodyguard/assistant/sidekick: Partner. So if Sebastian is just about the most unpopular lawyer in town, why is Partner so loyal to him? How did they meet? And what's the real story of this man of few words who's as good with a gun as he is with the law? The surprising answers are all in PARTNERS, John Grisham's first exclusively digital short story.

    For fans of John D. MacDonald, Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane and Elmore Leonard. Goodey's Last Stand (Joe Goodey #1) - Hailed as “...the next best thing to finding a new and unsuspected Raymond Chandler phantasmagoria” (The New Yorker), this hard boiled mystery novel might be Joe Goodey’s last. After the San Francisco PD dismisses Joe Goodey from the force and runs him out of town for shooting the mayor’s cousin, the ex-detective's career prospects look bleak. But then a local exotic dancer turns up murdered—and more importantly, her secret journal of clients goes missing. The mayor himself extends Joe Goodey the offer: save the city's esteemed politicians from public embarrassment by retrieving the dancer's black book and Joe gets his badge back. But fail to deliver, and there are far worse fates than death for a down-and-out former cop. Not Sleeping, Just Dead (Joe Goodey #2) - She was rich, young and pretty—so why did Katie Pierce jump? Unless she didn’t. Former San Francisco detective turned private investigator Joe Goodey is broke and needs a case. When a wealthy man shows up at Goodey's local watering hole and cuts him a check on the spot to investigate his wealthy niece’s alleged suicide, Goodey immediately shuttles off to the scene of the crime: a mansion housing a local cult called The Institute. To find the killer and uncover the truth about Katie Pierce's death, Goodey must infiltrate The Institute's ranks. But as the investigation twists and turns through the mansion's labyrinthine halls, Goodey finds that the murderer might not even be the most dangerous person in the group. Fighting Back - When Harry Castor opens a bar to support his family, no sooner do the doors open than local gangster Charlie Rizzo waltzes right through them, demanding a cut of the action. With his entire life's savings invested in the bar, Harry Castor can’t afford to pay Rizzo protection. But Harry can’t afford not to, either. Out of options, Harry concocts a desperate plan to fight back against the vicious mobster. But as the stakes escalate and the men's duel becomes more violent, both Harry and Rizzo realize that their thirst for vengeance and retribution could cost them the one thing they swore to protect—their families.