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Seven Pets for Seven Witches
Annabel Chase - 2018
The pets in these cozy paranormal short stories are stirring up nothing but fun—and maybe a dash of trouble—for the witches in their lives. Visit these seven magical worlds in new stories created exclusively for the anthology. Stories include: One Witch's Trash Panda Is Another Witch's Treasure by Annabel Chase A Wedding For A Rat by Amy Boyles Witch Mocha Morsel by H.Y. Hanna Broom Mates by Morgana Best Hazel Raises the Stakes by M.Z. Andrews Harkin and the Snake's Servant by Molly Milligan Spellbook & Spies by Gina LaManna
Witch Hunt
Annie Bellet - 2012
Azyrin, a half Winter-orc shaman and his human swordswoman bride, Makha. Drake, the charming, swashbuckling rogue. The fireball-slinging pixie-goblin, Rahiel, and her mini-unicorn, Bill. These are the Gryphonpike Companions.Arriving in Strongwater Barrow, the Companions find the town riddled with plague and death. Ending the curse and saving the survivors means going into the swamps where monsters lurk and witches wait. Sounds like exactly their kind of day.
A Roaring Fire
Kim Faulks - 2016
Honor. Love.What happens when those three collide?Who will be left standing?Who will be left heartbroken?Twelve books! Twelve sexy Dragons!Which Dragon is your sign?Book 1 Marcus - Taurus - Out now!Book 2 Victor - Aquarius - Out now!Book 3 Evander - Cancer - Out now!Book 4 Zadoc - Aries - up nextThere's more to come... get ready in 2017 for...Book 5 Michael - VirgoBook 6 Lucas - SagittariusBook 7 Bastian - PiscesBook 8 Isaiah - LeoBook 9 Orlando - GeminiBook 10 North - CapricornBook 11 Byron - LibraBook 12 Xael - Scorpio
The Unorthodox Engineers
Colin Kapp - 1979
Contents:The Railways Up on Cannis (1959)The Subways of Tazoo (1964)The Pen and the Dark (1966)Getaway from Getawehi (1969)The Black Hole of Negrav (1975)
Steelheart
William C. Dietz - 1998
A battle against an alien race who hold all technology to be the ultimate evil. Human, alien, and android alike struggle against them. But to win, they must unite. And to unite, they need a leader...
Electricity and Magnetism
Elisha Gray - 2010
You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
The Monster Men
Edgar Rice Burroughs - 1913
Professor Maxon performs secret experiments to make a "perfect race" of humans, finally succeeding with "Number Thirteen."
Kiss of Venom
Jennifer Estep - 2013
Owen Grayson is still wracked with guilt over the end of his love affair with Gin Blanco, and there aren’t enough gin and tonics in all of Ashland to ease his heartache. But when Gin happens to show up at the same nightclub, he isn’t the only one hoping to get her alone. Some shadowy figures will do anything to take down the Spider, Gin’s assassin alter ego, and Owen will do anything to protect her. This could be the way to win her back, or at least give her a night off from fighting for her life—if Owen can survive...
Legacy of the Witch
Maggie Shayne - 2012
Amarrah knew she had been there with them…and now their legacy, along with an ancient box that once belonged to them, lies in her hands.Charged with keeping the box safe, Amarrah is heartbroken when it is stolen from her while she moves to America. Years later, she is shocked to see it on TV and is determined to get it back. Tracking the artifact leads her to Sergeant Harrison Brockson, a handsome soldier who stirs memories of a man she knew centuries ago in ancient Babylon. Is Harrison the key to finding the box—or could he be her destiny?Prequel novella to Maggie Shayne’s exciting trilogy, "The Portal"
The Shell Collector
Christopher Golden - 2005
He's a part-time lobsterman and full-time painter who sells his art at galleries in Rockport and Newburyport. Between the two jobs he makes enough money to get by, living in an in-law apartment in the family home owned by his brother Jim. Jim runs Feehan & Sons Funeral Home, a business started by their grandfather in 1921.All in all, despite the tension with his brother, and despite the grumbling of his friends, whose business has suffered because of a lengthy red tide and a spectacularly bad overall fishing season, Richie enjoys his life very much. He's content, and believes that's pretty much all a man can ask from his life.That is, until a horrible mystery begins to unfold in Gloucester.Out lobstering, Richie sees something nightmarish in the surf one day, catches a bare glimpse of it beneath the surface. He doesn't dare speak of it for fear of what others might say-he doesn't want to become the town crazy. But he's having a hard time sleeping at night, and several days later, while out hauling in his traps for the winter, Richie finds one of them stuck on something. When he finally hauls it up, there's a corpse attached, a corpse that has been eaten at by sea creatures, including something large . . . the corpse of Greta Wagner, a woman who had been waked at Feehan & Sons two weeks earlier and buried a couple of days later.Someone stole her corpse from the ground.And her grave won't be the only one disturbed.
Marriage by Contract Part 2
Sandra Steffen - 2014
And now that Bethany's proposed a marriage of convenience to Tony, Christopher may have an instant family.Tony's having second thoughts about the wedding since Bethany confessed her secret. It shouldn't make a difference—their marriage is supposed to be temporary anyway. But he's finding it harder to imagine a future without her. What dreams must he give up to make the marriage work?The story concludes in Marriage by Contract Part 3.
Icefire
Patty Jansen - 2012
He can turn animals into ghosts by cutting out their hearts. He knows it's magic and not allowed and has to stay hidden if he is ever become an Eagle Knight.Then a stranger arrives in town. He is the sorcerer Tandor and he claims that he can help Isandor become a Knight, in return for a gruesome task: to bring him the heart of the Queen.
Spells and Spooks
K.E. O'Connor - 2020
Where nothing is quite what it seems.I’m back in the last place I want to be. A place where my magic went rogue, and people died. Witch Haven should be a haven, but I messed that up big time.I have no friends to help me. No family left. And not even a witch’s familiar to keep me on the right path.Magic used to flow through me, but now I’m a lone witch, drained of power and hoping I can sneak into Witch Haven, clear up the mess my stepmom left behind, and get out alive.If the villagers find out I’m here, I’ll be hunted down. If the Magic Council catch me using anything more powerful than a light spell, I’ll go back to jail. And if my guilt doesn’t choke me, the gnomes will.So yeah. Home sweet home never felt so unwelcoming.***Welcome to a new cozy witch paranormal mystery series, full of magic and puzzles to solve. Meet failed witch, Indigo Ash, as she struggles to get over her past and stay alive, along with a cast of quirky, fun characters who will entertain you throughout this book.Books in this series:Spells and SpooksHexes and HauntsCurses and Corpses
They're Made Out of Meat
Terry Bisson - 1991
Here’s the correct version, as published in Omni, 1990." -- Terry Bisson
The Planet Savers
Marion Zimmer Bradley - 1958
The Planet Savers, the first Darkover novel, introduces the reader to the now legendary world of Cottman IV. The Winds of Darkover, also an early novel in the series, reveals the awesome and terrifying powers of the infamous Sharra Matrix.