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Shadow Dreams
Teri Barnett - 2010
The disappearances are portent to the re-emergence of the ancient priestess cult of Eitel, one known for stealing souls to gain immortality. Bethany M'Doro is a Healer and a Knower, assisting diggers on an archeological site by connecting artifacts and their owners. But even with her psychic abilities, she never envisioned the kidnapping of her own daughter, Sarah. Connor Jessup never forgave himself for letting his wife Elizabeth leave him so easily. He turned his back on his Nevada town, and on himself. When Bethany's latest excavation places the remains of Elizabeth at the center of the cult of Eitel, she knows she must travel to the Earth plane and seek Connor's help. Arriving in shadow form, she first meets Connor in his dreams. He believes she's an angel and gladly goes with her back to Paran. Once there, he comes to understand Bethany's true nature, and finds himself drawn into the search for her missing daughter and the connection to his wife. Now they must unravel the dark secrets behind the ancient cult and find Sarah before she's lost forever. As their quest unfolds, they discover an even deeper unexpected journey -- one filled with sorrow, loss, and redemption.
The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
Imogen Hermes Gowar - 2018
He has sold Jonah’s ship for what appears to be a mermaid.As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels, everyone wants to see Mr Hancock’s marvel. Its arrival spins him out of his ordinary existence and through the doors of high society, where he meets Angelica Neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes on... and a courtesan of great accomplishment. This meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new course.What will be the cost of their ambitions? And will they be able to escape the legendary destructive power a mermaid is said to possess?
Supernatural Chronicles: The New Orleans Collection
Kristie CookS.T. Bende - 2016
Love drives each supernatural race to fight for the delicate balance we each take for granted. But a forewarning has been delivered: evil is encroaching.Ten paranormal races have no choice but to join a pivotal hunt to save their kind. Each must find one relic that has the power to stop an unnatural evil. A relic that is lost behind time and circumstance.Hearts will be broken; love and loyalties will be tested. Never has more been on the line - their immortality and who they will share it with has been threatened. Will they be able to sacrifice it all? Or will the magic at the heart of New Orleans be forever shadowed?Skinwalkers, werewolves, vampires, dragons, succubi, witches, necromancers, cupids, gods, and shifters, hot alpha males and kick-butt heroines...this exciting series has them all. Ten original novellas written by bestselling authors Lila Felix, Kristie Cook, Brenda Pandos, Delphina Henley, Julia Crane, Jamie Magee, Morgan Wylie, Kallie Ross, S.T. Bende, and Rebecca Ethington. Come join them for the hunt and discover hidden treasures inside.
Torrent Witches Cozy Mysteries Complete Box Set (Books 1 - 10)
Tess Lake - 2019
Butter Witch (Torrent Witches Book 1) The International Butter Festival has come to town! When Harlow Torrent, part-time journalist and full-time Slip witch stumbles upon a dead body, frozen and drained of blood, she's pulled into a murder mystery. Someone has murdered one of the Butter Festival competitors. Was it Zero Bend, punk sculptor extraordinaire with a history of violence? Perhaps Fusion Swan, a sleazy agent playing the publicity game when his clients meet their untimely end. Between trying to run her struggling online newspaper, dealing with her highly caffeinated cousins Molly and Luce, fending off three meddling witch mothers who will do anything to get their daughters married off (including drugging food with magic potions) and great Aunt Cass who appears to be running an underground laboratory of some kind, Harlow barely has time to breathe, let alone solve a murder. Romance certainly isn't on the cards either but the hot scruffy guy new to town seems to have other ideas... Treasure Witch (Torrent Witches Book 2) Harlow Torrent, part-time journalist and full-time Slip Witch is pulled into a murder mystery when the skeletons of a man and a girl are uncovered on Truer Island. Seeing visions of the past that are all too real and ghosts who are becoming more solid by the day, Harlow is trying to keep her online newspaper running, dealing with her meddling witch family and working out what to do about the very handsome Jack Bishop being back in town. But Harlow might be out of her depth when the murderer sets their sights on her! Hidden Witch (Torrent Witches Book 3) Harlow Torrent, part-time journalist and full-time Slip Witch is hot on the trail of an arsonist. But who is behind the deadly fires? Someone working for their own evil ends or a fire spirit acting according to its nature? Or perhaps a magical power hidden away? Between dealing with sleazy real estate developers intent on getting their hands on Torrent Mansion, a teenage Slip Witch who just might be the Queen of Sarcasm, a talking magical cat who smells like lavender, and an AWOL potential future boyfriend, Harlow would love nothing more than a peaceful Summer. But when an special arson investigator arrives in town with his sights set on Harlow, she has to fight to clear her name! Fabulous Witch (Torrent Witches Book 4) Harlow Torrent, part-time journalist and full-time Slip Witch has a new job working on the set of Bella Bing’s latest movie, filming in Harlot Bay. It’s meant to be a change of pace but when the lead actor, Mattias Matterhorn, dies on his first day on set, Harlow is pulled into a dangerous plot. A saboteur is on set and they’ll do anything to shut the film down... including murder. With the ghost of Mattias demanding she find his murderer, her witchy cousins Molly and Luce tracking down a thief and her Aunt Cass getting into hot and spicy trouble, Harlow has her plate full. It doesn’t help one bit when she Slips and starts a magical storm... Holiday Witch (Torrent Witches Book 5) Harlow Torrent, part-time journalist and full-time Slip Witch wants nothing more than to take a holiday from witchy things... but when a series of thefts around Harlot Bay turn deadly, she’s drawn into solving a murder mystery. Between murderous teenagers, a secret buried in the past, Hattie Stern on the warpath, Christmas approaching and Aunt Cass suffering a very froggy problem, Harlow is doing everything she can to enjoy her holiday but th
Awaken
G.R. Thomas - 2015
The gift she possessed was just a hint of something far beyond her wildest imagination.Sophia will be pulled, kicking and screaming, into an unseen, ancient world that challenges all that she thought to be true of herself, her family and the origins of humanity.Original sin, forbidden love and her life in constant danger.Will Sophia survive this dark twist of fate?Will the devil be her saviour?Will an Angel be her downfall?
Fire of the Sea
Lyndsay Johnson - 2014
Like the dagger she has worn since childhood, eighteen-year-old Aeva is all three of these things. But there is something else that this mermaid and her prized weapon share – they are both hunted.Hidden within the caves off Iceland’s dark shore, Aeva waits to take her place as the next ruler of the Mermaids. But when Aeva uses her potent and alluring song to save a drowning human, she disrupts a delicate balance. Realizing she has unexpectedly bound herself to Gunnar, Aeva is torn between duty and love.Aeva severs one life to begin another, and soon finds herself not only rejected by the sea, but also stalked by an old enemy. As the worlds of myth and man intertwine, Aeva will challenge fate to protect her own sacred relic and the man she loves.But legend and lies cast an intricate net. With time and safety quickly unraveling for Aeva and Gunnar, there is only one clear course: Find and defeat Delphine before she can shift again.
Hood: An Urban Erotic Tale
Noire - 2007
Because your real enemies ain't aiming at your back. They lunging straight for your heart.”Lamont "Hood" Mason is a fearless nineteen-year-old gangsta who was born and raised in the projects of Brooklyn, New York. He was an abandoned child who roamed the cold city streets and fought hard for survival. The only thing constant in his young life was the safety of a Brownsville barbershop owned by a father figure called Fat Daddy. The barbershop is where Hood comes of age, but cutting hair isn't the only thing Fat Daddy has going on. His daughter, Egypt, is the love of Hood's young life, and the one person whose dreams of a stable future can lead him off the grimy urban corners and out of the hustling life. But when Fat Daddy gets caught slippin’ and crosses paths with Xanbar, a notoriously brutal drug kingpin, his vices threaten to bring death down on the family Hood loves. In an effort to protect his own, Hood and his best friend and hustling partner, Dreko, take to the streets on a bloody mission that doesn't go exactly as planned. Hood returns to find his world turned upside down by a wave of sex, violence, and betrayal. No longer the starving kid on the street, he's now a man seeking vengeance and retribution, and he might be forced to choose between bending or breaking as he picks up the shattered pieces of his life, one by one.
Hiding Haelo
T.M. Holladay - 2016
Real mermaids don't have fins. Summoning ocean currents at will and feeling the auras of those around her are Candeon capabilities completely wasted at high school. When the memory of an underwater battle surfaces in her dreams, Haelo realizes there is more to her story than she thought. And Dagger, the only other Candeon at school, might have the answers she needs. Haelo is about to discover that high school is poor preparation for the alarming future set out before her.
Blood in the Marsh
Ciana Stone - 2010
Lyra Seville is about to find out that little in her life is as she believed it to be. She's come home for the summer to St. Simon's island where she grew up. She plans on relaxing and coming to terms with the loss of someone close to her. But fate has other plans in mind for Lyra. Just as she has returned to the island, so has something old and evil. Something that once caused much blood to be spilled in the sandy soil and marsh. Lyra will discover that evil can present itself in a form that is too appealing - so attractive that it's hard to recognize its true nature. She'll face the biggest test of her life and make decisions that could cost her life. And if she's very lucky, she'll find the love she's dreamed of. And survive.
Lock & Key
Gordon Bonnet - 2013
Even more unexpected is the fact that the bullet doesn’t kill him—instead, it causes the rest of humanity to vanish. Darren’s attempted murder has caused a temporal paradox extending back over a thousand years, and now it’s up to him to repair the damage. Embarking on a mind-bending journey through time, Darren encounters Vikings, a depressed Norwegian silversmith, a cult that believes in salvation through pain, a beautiful Hebridean lass, and Archibald Fischer—the foul-mouthed, Kurt Cobain-worshiping Head Librarian of the Library of Timelines, where all of the possibilities that could ever happen are catalogued, tracked, and managed.
Wanton to the Death
Audrey Faye - 2016
None of them want the terrible destiny they share. In her day job, Holly Castas is a researcher who studies mythology, ducks the occasional catapult, and might have bubonic plague growing in her office fridge. At night she dons a princess frock and dodges wildly waving tinfoil swords, all in the name of telling a good story. It’s a satisfying life, and a happy one. Until the dreams come. Until she learns that she is all that stands between an ancient curse and stakes she can’t possibly believe.
Tourmaline
James Brogden - 2013
In our sleep we sail its seas and walk the streets of its cities like phantoms. Sometimes we dream too deeply and become trapped, invading their world with our nightmares and fantasies, and then it is the job of Berylin Hooper, an agent in the Department for Counter Subornation, to hunt down and expel those trapped souls who threaten the very reality of her world and the safety of her people. Sometimes we bring them back with us when we wake. Lost, confused, and possessed of powers which leak through from their home, these exiles are pursued by the mysterious Hegemony which seeks to enslave them. When a woman appears who exists in both worlds simultaneously, she must run for her life from enemies who will tear apart the boundaries of existence and plunge each into chaos in order to possess her abilities. And in a doldrum region of the Archipelago floats Stray, an island-sized raft inhabited by lost dreamers from our world. Here Bobby Jenkins awakens, with no memory of his former existence and determined to find his way home. But how can he return when the woman he loves refuses to leave, and how can he protect her from both Hooper and the Hegemony? Tourmaline is an adventure through love, death, and the dreaming space between.
The Blood Lottery
K.N. Lee - 2019
Ava works on the massive structure the elves use to keep them imprisoned. They say it is protection from the monsters on the other side--from an ancient force.As Ava reaches the age to enter the Blood Lottery, she knows there is a better fate awaiting.But, when she almost loses her life in a devastating accident, something awakens inside.A force--an ancient magic--she never knew existed, yet learns history and folklore have prophecized.With the help of a rogue rebel leader, an elvish royal, and a mysterious wisp from my darkest nightmares, she may save the humans from their oppressors.Or, be used as a weapon against them in an epic game.
Contains what was formerly known as Waking the Dark and Tempting the Fire.
The Things I Know Best
Lynne Hinton - 2001
Each Ivy woman has been blessed with the gift of Knowing, but it's eighteen-year-old Tessa and her unique powers that cause folks to raise their eyebrows. When Rev. Renfrow and his son, Sterling, roll into town with their Airstream trailer and special brand of faith, things will never be the same, as a tragic secret is uncovered and the Ivy women learn the true meaning of kinship and hope.