Chapters: Living Dead in Dallas, Dead to the World, Definitely Dead, Club Dead, Dead Until Dark, Dead as a Doornail, Dead and Gone, All Together Dead, From Dead to Worse, a Touch of Dead, Dead in the Family. Excerpt: A Touch of Dead A Touch of Dead is a collection of short stories from Charlaine Harris 's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries . This title was released on October 6th, 2009. This book only contains the short stories Harris has published in which Sookie Stackhouse is present. Stories References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at All Together Dead All Together Dead is the seventh book in Charlaine Harris 's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries . After being betrayed by her vampire love, Bill Compton, Sookie Stackhouse attends an all-important central U.S. Vampire Summit on the shores of Lake Michigan as a "human geiger counter" for Sophie-Anne Leclerq, Vampire Queen of Louisiana and who will be tried during the event for murdering her husband, King of Arkansas. The summit is a tense situation. The queen is in a precarious position, her power base weakened by hurricane damage to New Orleans. And there are some vamps who would like to finish what nature started. Sookie knows the queen is innocent, but she is hardly prepared for other shocking murders, not to mention protests by the Fellowship of the Sun, a right-wing anti-vampire movement. Sookie's bond with Eric Northman gets closer and she discovers Quinn 's past. Plot summary The summit, which has attracted undead power players from all over the central United States, is sure to be tense, due in no small part to the rampi...

    She's finally gotten enough courage and strength to leave the pack that has treated her like a slave for years. She doesnt really care what happens to her now, anything is better than the life she had been living. Just when she finds a pack that treats her the way she should be treated her old pack comes back to haunt her. And what's this about her new Alpha saying she's an Omega, and that Omegas have powers? This is all so hard to believe. To top it off she's found two mates in this new pack. But with her old pack coming after her will her new pack and mates be able to protect her?

    

    

    The dead old man. “Hurry or it will be too late…”In a bid to escape the stresses of city life, Brian Roy moves his family out into the country, a decision that will forever thrust him into the chilling world of ghosts…This digital box set contains all of the six thrilling supernatural novels in this best-selling series:Moving In: The utopia of a peaceful country oasis is brutally shattered when Brian discovers a dead body in the woods, and his home has been infiltrated by murderous ghosts. Perhaps this wasn’t the change he was looking for, but Brian prays that he’s up to the challenge.The Dunewalkers: William Engberg moves into a house by the shore to escape his tragic past. Unfortunately, he finds a legion of unwanted guests in his new home: ghosts. Determined to beat them, he enlists the help of ghost hunter Brian Roy, who is armed with a rare journal on how to vanquish the dead.Middlebury Sanitarium: Brian Roy leads a successful ghost hunting organization called The Leonidas Group, but he may have finally met his match against the evil spirits lurking in Middlebury Sanitarium. Encountering everything from a vengeful King, to lost souls still fighting WWI, Brian and his team have their hands full.The First Church: In his latest adventure, Brian Roy will fight the ghosts of headless Japanese soldiers wreaking havoc in a New Hampshire church. They have indiscriminately murdered and maimed everyone from children to police officers, and the ghosts’ thirst for vengeance is as insatiable as their thirst for saké.The Paupers’ Crypt: Brian Roy succumbs to the stress of his job, and gives himself a break by taking up work as a superintendent at Woods Cemetery. At first, he couldn’t be happier … until dead people rear their grisly heads and grasping hands, pulling him back into his old job of ghost hunting. The Academy: Brian’s exhaustion is deeper than ever before. But when he finds out his cousin Mitchell, the principal of the Academy, is running into some ghostly trouble, he races against time to stop them.

    But as daughter of the alpha, my role isn’t yet certain. My heart is set on becoming the beta, I want to show our kind that a female can be just as strong as any other wolf, without needing a mate to protect her. But when my father is called to help a neighboring pack, suddenly everything changes. I’m thrown into a world of intrigue, deadly plots, and a fight for power. As a female who never wanted or needed a mate, I now find myself torn between two males. One, the leader. The other, an untamed wolf. Either way, taking a mate requires submission, and it’s not in my nature to submit. But no matter how hard I try to fight it, it seems my fate has already been decided.

    Her mind raced trying to process all that had just taken place. She was a laid back Virginia girl and had never seen anyone get shot before, let alone die in front of her eyes. She couldn’t believe it. She had finally met a man she really liked and then all hell breaks loose. Her thoughts and prayers were with Frank, of course, but she couldn’t get the image of Emily killing Grigori out of her head. She assumed Emily was some kind of undercover cop or FBI agent, but she wasn’t sure and she desperately needed to know. Here she was riding in the back seat of a car with two people she barely knew, racing to a hospital in hopes that the man she had met today, the man she kissed just hours ago, would live to see another day. In Hidden Thrones, Book Three: Face to Face, activity in supernatural world continues to stir, as Senator Wellsenburg, guided by the dark council of Dante Adal, takes one step closer to the White House. Despite the fiery darts of the enemy Jack and Emily discover new depths of their love for each other, while Danielle becomes not only part of Frank’s life, but a big part of this unique band of warriors.

    Starting over for her is the only thing on her mind to escape her pain. Halo steps out on a whim and moves into an old renovated home that she purchased online. Just because you tear something down and rebuild doesn’t mean you take away all that was hidden there, to begin with. The day of her move in Halo meets Hallen Tricks and he offers a helping hand as a neighborly gesture. Hallen has a bad boy past and is well known in the city but due to his sudden interest in Halo, he keeps things under wraps. As Halo gets settled strange things start to happen around the house. Halo confides in her neighbors and discovers her home was a scene of a brutal murder. Halo starts to dig for information on her home and what she uncovers leaves her speechless. Have you ever loved so deeply it changed you? Have you ever loved so deeply it tricked you? Have you ever loved so deeply it even made you delusional? Halo goes on a wild ride with Tricks and show him the true definition of ride or die.

    On the surface Drago appeared to be like most small rural towns.But it was not.The village had a most unsavory history. Unexplained disappearances, sudden deaths.People just vanished, never to be found.

    He inhaled my scent deeply and kissed the mark he gave me. I shuddered as he lightly nipped it. "Danny, you are mine and only mine, you understand?"Daniella Saunders had a pretty rough life. After being heartbroken and betrayed by both her father and her boyfriend, Danny moves to a small town to find the comfort of her mother. Everything is not what it seems and soon, Danny finds herself in the middle of a world she didn't even knew existed outside of fiction novels and movies. Not only does the town seem bizarre, but her senses heighten, her temper is out of control, and her hunger amplify. Throw in an arrogant, selfish, sexy, possessive player who didn't even want her in the first place, her life just seamlessly attract madness. Especially with those creepy threats coming from a "Silver Bullet", she can't keep still.

    The savage killing of two New York City policemen leads two detectives, a man and a woman bound together by a strange, tough passion, to hunt down the wolfen, called werewolves in former days.

    It’s Halloween in Abbott Cove, and Grandma Grant is keen to win the pumpkin pie competition. In fact she’s so eager to win, Harper suspects her grandmother may have used magic to enhance her entry. Already concerned and on the lookout for odd signs of magic, Harper’s stress levels shoot through the roof when someone is poisoned during the competition. Fearing her grandmother may be the number one suspect, Harper gets to work, determined to solve the mystery of the poisoned pumpkin pie. Note: this is a 15,000 word short set in the Harper Grant universe. This story was first published in the Witch or Treat Anthology.

    But only one kind sits at the top of the food chain, and these boys leave the pups and cubs in their dust. If they aren’t soaring through the sky, they’re melting hearts with their molten eyes or turning their enemies into piles of ash. Enter the dragon. As the ultimate apex predator, they aren’t afraid of a fight when it comes to protecting their mates. But what happens when dragon brothers fall for the same girl, or ancient prophecies threaten to destroy everything they love? These shifters might wield the power of gods, but their human hearts are dangerously fragile. Book 1 - Dragon Mate’s Secret Baby Audra comes to him battered and bruised…Neil gives her his home, body, and soul…But even a safe harbor can’t stop the storm to come. Book 2 - Dragon’s Virgin Mate When Trent sees Sienna, his world splits apart.The girl is sassy, beautiful, courageous…And she’s betrothed to his older brother. Book 3 - Alpha Dragon’s Second Chance Nik is the strong, kind protector she’s always longed for.Freya is the sister of his mortal enemy.They’ve finally found The One…but they only have a single night. Book 4 - Dragon Shifter Redemption An unstoppable prophecy that ends in death…A girl denied the truth, her entire life.Stephen’s falling for Calypso, but his first love is destined to be his last. Get ready for steamy encounters and epic loves that soar sky high. Things get hot—blistering hot—as these dragon-shifters fall in love and lust and go to war to protect what’s theirs. Each breath-taking novel is a standalone, but the series is best read in order. Warning: Adults Only

    ​Something dark and evil dwells in the basement. It roams the house, surrounds and traps you; then feed on your fears and flesh. No child is safe from what lives…in The Basement.

     The World of the Gateway: Boxset 3 (The Gateway Trackers Books 3-4) includes Awakening of the Seer and Portraits of the Forsaken, the second two books in E.E. Holmes’ captivating follow-up paranormal series that obsessed readers have described as “unputdownable” and “spellbinding”. If you love paranormal fiction at its spookiest, with plenty of action and suspense, along with a tough and independent heroine you’ll want to stand up and cheer for, you will fall in love with this best-selling series… but proceed with caution: you’ll be up all night reading! Awakening of the Seer: She can already see the dead...but is she starting to see the future? Spurred by the injustices that nearly destroyed their family, Jess and Hannah Ballard are preparing to win back a seat on the powerful Durupinen Council. The odds are stacked against them, but that’s never stopped them before. But as Hannah faces the harsh realities of political intrigue, Jess must face a frightening new reality of her own. Portraits of the Forsaken: Something sinister is drawing restless spirits to a tiny old museum, luring them with a promise of salvation it cannot deliver upon. Meanwhile, Durupinen are being brutally attacked, and their gifts are being twisted with a Casting too terrible to comprehend. Can Jess discover the connection between the two mysteries before she—or someone she loves—becomes the next victim?