A pair of unlikely investigators walk a dangerous path into the past, uncovering secrets best left alone in this dark, fantasy thriller.The fate of empire is to crumble from within.A heinous murder in a small village reveals a terrible truth. Sorcery, once thought dead in Enhover, is not. Evidence of an occult ritual and human sacrifice proves that dark power has been called upon again. Twisting threads of clues lead across the known world to the end of a vast empire, and then, the trail returns home.Duke Oliver Wellesley, son of the king, cartographer, and adventurer, has better things to do than investigate a murder in a sleepy fishing hamlet. For Crown and Company, though, he goes where he’s told. As the investigation leads to deeper and darker places, he’ll be forced to confront the horrific spectres rising from the shadows of his past. When faced with the truth, will he sacrifice what is necessary to survive?Samantha serves a Church that claims to no longer need her skills. She’s apprenticed to a priest-assassin that no one knows. Driven by a mad prophecy, her mentor has prepared her for a battle with ultimate darkness, except, sorcery is dead. When all is at stake, can she call upon an arcane craft the rest of the world has forgotten?The fate of empire is to crumble from within. Do not ask when, ask who.

    More than 200 rare and interesting facts about space, stars, and planets!

    

    Witches say what you put out into the world comes back threefold, and that's exactly what Hattie is hoping for when an old enemy comes back to town.Hattie has to decide if he's a friend or still a foe as she embarks on ensuring justice is served on a lingering murder investigation. Can Dante La Croix help Hattie finally bring the killer to justice or will he use his voodoo to drive her out of town?If that wasn't enough, Hattie and Harper are trying to prove a local author is being framed for the murder of a rival. Two authors, similar names, same city - there's more than just a simple coincidence at play. Harper is developing her psychometry ability more and more each day. It might be just the skill needed to catch a killer when even the cops can't figure it out.If you like charming characters, a hint of romance and an entertaining cozy mystery with a fun paranormal twist, you'll love Rule of Three. Read Book 3 in the Hattie & Harper Magical Mystery Series. While this is a standalone mystery, it does contain spoilers for Saints & Sinners Ball Book #1 in the series.

    From REMINGTON KANE, the author of Johnny RevengeCALIBER DETECTIVE AGENCY BOX SET - Books 1-3Featuring: 
Caliber Detective Agency - Generations - Book 1Caliber Detective Agency - Temptation - Book 2
Caliber Detective Agency - A Ransom Pain In Blood - Book 3

    They didn’t believe in ghosts…but they would.Named for the row of weeping willows that lined the driveway,Willow Terrace was the most well-known house in the county. With its sweeping views, wraparound porches, and fourteen rooms it was the kind of place that was coveted. Built in the mid-nineteenth century, it was also one of the old houses in town. Stained windows, intricate wood carvings, and a winding staircase straight out of the movies– So why had it been empty for so long? The Sanders family had been watching the house for most of their lives. As a teenager, Piper had sworn she would own the house one day. When their small business began taking off, they finally had the chance to buy Willow Terrace and begin fixing up the sad, neglected place.They’d brushed off those rumors and stories they’d heard, tales of ghostly figures that appeared in windows, cries in the middle of the night, objects that flew across rooms... Ghosts weren’t real, right?Piper and Larry were about to take a journey into the world of the supernatural–a journey they’d never forget. They’d soon learn they weren’t the only ones living in their new house.And that their unearthly visitors might not be happy for the intrusion. Secret passageways, underground tunnels, an invisible child, demonic rituals, and a town’s haunting mystery…had they bitten off more than they could chew? Now the Sanders' family faced a difficult choice: make a run for it or stay and fight for the house they'd invested everything in. Based on a true story.

    For adult readers.Marcie has never heard of such a thing as a contract to become a substitute wife and it’s even more shocking coming from the real wife of her attorney boss. It’s very simple. She needs to care all her boss’s needs at work. Some of those needs are pretty kinky. It also involves being shared with the boss’s partner. Marcie should say no. But she doesn’t.

     Erastus. An unimaginable nightmare. A searing hot world, covered with cracked, burning deserts and sweltering jungles. A hostile planet far from Earth, it was the most hellish place men have ever tried to survive. Called Gehenna by the condemned men sent to fight there, it forged the few who survived its murderous battles into the strongest soldiers in history. Jake Taylor is one of those men, a young New Hampshire farmer and an unlikely soldier. But mankind was fighting the alien Tegeri and their bio-mechanical cyborg soldiers, and UN Central needed men…men to go to war on hostile worlds like Erastus. Jake wasn’t given a choice, not a real one. He found himself torn from home and family, conscripted for life and shipped to Erastus to take his place in the battle lines, never to return. In this alien hell, Taylor and his cybernetically-enhanced comrades fight their never-ending war against the servants of the Tegeri, the manufactured soldiers they call simply, the Machines. Jake survives battle after battle, rising steadily through the ranks, giving all to the desperate fight to save Earth. But endless combat in hell carries a cost, and Taylor can feel himself losing what little is left of his spirit, his humanity. When he finally discovers a terrible secret…that everything he’d believed, all he’d fought for his entire life, was nothing but a monstrous lie, he must decide who is the real enemy, and how far he is willing to go to right a horrific wrong. And if he does what he must to prevail against overwhelming odds and win the final victory, will he be able to control the growing madness inside…or will he be become the very thing he has sworn to destroy? This collection includes the entire Portal Wars trilogy (3 complete novels): Gehenna Dawn The Ten Thousand Homefront

    Sure, she may not have wanted Emma when she and her husband adopted her years ago, but she loves her now, and that’s what matters, right?But when Emma is missing and Marianne fears she might be dead, she turns on the other person who never wanted to adopt her in the first place — her older daughter, Mia. In her mind, Mia hurting Emma is the only thing that makes sense, but then why can’t the police find proof?Everything seems clear to Marianne.Mia once lost Emma at the mall.She turned her back on her little sister in the woods.It’s obvious to Marianne that Mia’s the reason Emma is missing now.As the police search for Emma and Marianne draws closer to her best friend and away from her daughter, she becomes more and more suspicious of what could really have happened. Mia uncovers secret after secret about her family, but it isn’t until she learns the whole truth that she’ll be able to put all the pieces together.You can only push a person so far before the monster in them comes out.

    

     US Marshal John Whicher has his own reasons for finding her – and proving her innocence. But where there's smoke is there always fire? Can anything stand in the path of a wildburn? The WHICHER SERIES can be read in any order Praise for The Whicher Series 'A fast-moving, tension filled manhunt...hooks the reader, brilliantly rendered.' Raven Crime Reads 'Having spent time as a USAF Air Policeman riding with Tom Green County Sheriff and the Texas Highway Patrol makes the book more real...' Stevie-Joe, Amazon Reviews 'Powerful, smart, action-packed...'  B. Case, Amazon Top-5OO Reviews 'Relentless...'  murdermayhemandmore 'A classic series in the making... I found the first book in the series compulsive reading. This one is even more compulsive.'   Amazon Reviews           'I've spent decades as a wilderness guide in the southwest, the author brings the badlands to life. One of the best mysteries I've read in years.' RJ Garn, Amazon Reviews, NM 'Captures the very essence of the southwest. Can't wait for the next one.' D.Waite, Amazon Reviews 'Fighting for lives that count, because they all count...' DJ Ryan, Amazon Reviews

    Winton Chevalier has lightning wits and surprising tenacity. He’s not a cop, but comes from a family of lawmen, and possesses a mind that’s as limber with evidence analysis as it is with a cutting joke. In many ways he’d be the perfect man for the job — but he has physical limitations and no experience investigating a kidnapping. Nevertheless, his dying father’s last wish propels him headlong into a sinister world where men kill for nothing. If he and his brother are to survive, Winton must harness old wounds and his indomitable will. In a world of shadows, he must cast the longest shadow of them all.

    Okay, so what he actually bought was an afternoon of pet pampering—he doesn’t own a pet.Maybe he could pamper her instead? Or she could pamper his bear.One problem. He’s the bad guy, who came to town to destroy the animal local shelter, so he could build luxury houses on the land.Yes, he is the Christmas villain. But he intends to change. For Sian.Sian is done with men. Her soon-to-be-ex-husband, Peter, was a bully who never appreciated the wonderful family he was part of but won’t sign the divorce papers and hand over the money he owes her. To make things worse, he arrived in town to embarrass her at the charity auction she’d helped arrange.But then a Christmas miracle happened. Matthew Lewis, a billionaire property tycoon, paid a small fortune for an afternoon with her. Okay, so what he actually bought was an afternoon of pet pampering—but she knows he doesn’t have a pet.So maybe she could pamper him instead?Wait! Matthew is the bad guy in town. Sian has sworn off men for life. And she has two daughters who must come first.But he’s a bear shifter and they mate for life. Can she risk her heart on a man again?The Wolf Wants a WifeSimon always wanted a wife—and child.He just never expected them to arrive as one perfect package.Wolf shifter, Simon, thought his chances of finding his mate and raising a child were gone. But then he finds his pregnant mate and it seems as if fate has stepped in to fulfill his wish. All he needs to do is protect her from the father of her unborn baby, who is determined to rip the child away from its mother to raise as his own. Alone.Gemma’s life has fallen apart. No, that’s not quite accurate. Gemma’s life has been destroyed by the father of her child. She’s lost her job, had her bank accounts frozen, and been chased across the country by a man who wants her unborn child for himself.Not happening. Gemma will do whatever it takes to keep her child.When she winds up alone and broke in Bear Creek, she can’t believe her luck when a silver-haired wolf shifter tells her he is her mate. He promises to protect her and her child. But can she allow him to risk everything for her?Can they prevent Gemma’s baby being taken and get a Second Chance Christmas in Bear Creek?The Lion Loves a LadyCharlie has just met his mate. But will Lady Penelope Granger ever fall in love with a lion shifter who has made personal sacrifices for the sake of his best friend and her young child?He has nothing to offer Penny other than a small cabin in the mountains. And his eternal love.When Charlie’s best friend from high school arrives on his doorstep pregnant and alone, he takes her in without hesitation. Nearly eight years later, they still share his home and the welfare of her daughter. But things are about to change when Charlie meets his mate.The only problem is...she’s Mrs. Granger. That’s right, Charlie’s mate is married.Penny Granger is desperate to avoid a Christmas at home. Not because she doesn’t want to share the holiday season with her parents. No, she’s come to stay at The Catherine Hotel so she can lick her emotional wounds, and try to forget her husband, who married Penny for her money.She believes she’s done with men—Until she meets Charlie. There’s an instant spark between them. But when she discovers he’s at the hotel to pick up the mother of his child. Penny quickly realizes he’s just like her ex-husband, and she is not about to get her heart broken again.Can these two people overcome their misconceptions and find true love?

    Her mother tries to hold the family together, but her father buries himself in his work while her older brother and sister deal with the loss in their own self-destructive ways.Meanwhile, Pantera, whose last kidnapping case ended with a dead girl and no suspect, does everything possible to find Samantha before her case becomes just another cold case—or worse. “Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.” Shakespeare, The Tempest

     The day her kitchen ceiling collapses on top of her, Patty’s life unravels. Whether a sign from above or plain bad luck, she has no idea. But her brush with death shakes her to her core. With no boyfriend, no plans, and no where to stay, she leaves her condemned home and heads to California wine country to be near Cece, her best friend, confidant, and quintessential voice of reason. A few days in the quiet small town of Clearwater will give her the comfort she needs to contemplate one of life’s most enduring questions: "What now?” But instead of quiet and comfort, Patty is met with even more troubles—Cece suffers a crisis of her own, a new friend ropes her into a demanding situation, and an enticing yet complicated man has her spinning toward romantic disaster. However, it’s the mysterious arrival of her younger sister that pushes Patty to the brink and forces her to question everything she thought she knew about her siblings and about the family that rejected her. Now, faced with a monumental decision, Patty has no choice but to gamble on the one person she trusts the least —herself.