When he sees strange individuals coming, but never leaving his neighbor’s house, he begins to suspect that something nefarious is going on. Now that he saw a small child walk in but never walk out, he and his wife Clara need to figure out what is going on. They will stop at nothing to rescue the innocent boy that is trapped inside before it’s too late. Short story: 10,000 words

    One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles.There are good reasons Peru is off-limits to Magnus Bane. Follow Magnus’s Peruvian escapades as he drags his fellow warlocks Ragnor Fell and Catarina Loss into trouble, learns several instruments (which he plays shockingly), dances (which he does shockingly), and disgraces his host nation by doing something unspeakable to the Nazca Lines.This standalone e-only short story illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality populates the pages of the #1 New York Times bestselling series, The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices series. This story in The Bane Chronicles, What Really Happened in Peru, is written by Sarah Rees Brennan and Cassandra Clare.

    By the time you finish book 4 you'll be begging for more!No cliffhangers, no cheating, and plenty of steam, this is the collection you do NOT want to miss!BOOK 1: Tempted BodyguardI shouldn’t want Celine …She’s vulnerable,pregnant by a vampire,and hunted by everyone, including my own clan.The difference is, I was sent to bring her here and keep her safe.Everyone else?The other shifters want to kill her, and the vampires …well, everyone knows that vamps can’t be trusted.But spending time with her, keeping her and her new baby safe, getting to know her and win her trust …I can’t help my growing feelings.Even though I know she’s strictly off limits.But despite her growing trust in me, she’s still wary of our Alpha’s intentions.Can I assure her that she’s safe with me no matter what?Or will her persistent distrust drive her out of my arms …and into danger?BOOK 2: Detective JackA killer’s on the loose …And help comes from the most unlikely source.Kit is the outside contact for the hidden ragtag shifter clan who’s sheltering my friend.When flashes of memories I can’t quite grasp filter into my mind, I seek her out, knowing she can fill in the blanks.With her network of information and access, she knows more than the average human.More than the average shifter, for that matter.With one foot in both worlds, I need all my wits about me to make sense of what’s happening.And Kit gets roped into helping me get to the bottom of a string of murders rocking the city.But with my attraction to her clouding my judgment, will I be able to crack the case?Or will giving in mean giving up everything?BOOK 3: Dark MagicSplitting my loyalties ...My first duty has always been to my clanuntil I got tangled up with her.I have no business getting involved with Leila.For one thing, she’s my Alpha’s sister.For another, she’s spoiled and flighty—everything I don’t want in a woman.But for reasons I can’t explain even to myself,I’m drawn to her.But where she goes, trouble follows close behind, and I find myself caught between flouting her brother’s commands and helping her heal an injured friendNow I’m faced with an impossible choice ...Betray my Alpha and keep the woman I love?Or turn her in and risk losing her forever?BOOK 4: Tiger's MateForbidden fruit tastes the sweetest …Which must be why I want Ahn, despite the fact that I’m supposed to bring her to marry my Alpha and secure an alliance to keep our pack safe.Her delicate beauty doesn’t hurt.Neither does her fierce strength and fighting ability, meaning she watches my back as much as I watch hers.If anyone knows how dangerous our journey is, it’s me. On my last mission, I was injured, maimed, and almost didn’t make it back alive.Bringing Ahn back is my chance to prove myself. So I can’t give in to my attraction to her, no matter how much I want to. Or how much she wants to.But fighting side by side bonds us, and attraction grows into something … more.Until only one question remains—Will I betray my pack?Or myself?

    It's three hundred and fifty years since the famous witch's leap happened in the North Yorkshire town. Riverside Walk is swarming with eager tourists, wanting to pay tribute to the legendary Blaise St Clair. It's also Christmas Eve, and the family has gathered to celebrate an eventful year, and to look forward to even better times ahead. But a shock event changes everything, bringing a whole lot of trouble to the door of Castle Lodge. For something big is happening in Castle Clair. Strangers are arriving, a prophecy is unfolding, a mystery is deepening, a reckoning is coming ... and someone's getting rather too fond of Mrs Greenwood's baking. The past is colliding with the present, and the future is in jeopardy. No wonder the High Council of Witches is a bit miffed. Will the St Clairs have enough strength, courage ~ and chocolate fudge cake ~ to see them through? Or is this the end of the world as they know it?

    Fans of Harry Potter and Beautiful Creatures will love this series. Kat and Angie have just enrolled at Willow Woods Academy for Witches against their parent's wishes. They're thrown into a magical, mysterious world that is everything they dreamt it to be. However, when an ancient book falls into their laps, their worlds are turned upside down. 10 years ago, a rivalry between the covens of Willow Woods Academy and Morwood's School cost many their lives and cast a dark shadow over the academy. Now, Morwood's has opened again for the first time since the incident, and mysterious happenings are occurring - and they all seem to be surrounding Kat. School's never easy, and with her exams coming up, a stalker in the trees, and her family name shadowing doubt over what side she's on, the first year of school is more of an adventure than she had ever anticipated.

    In Sneeze for Danger, a killer is unmasked by unfortunate means, and in The Consolation Blonde, a misunderstanding turns a bestselling author to crime…‘Very smart and memorable . . . both stories are great reminders of a time when McDermid was sharpening her teeth on the crime fiction genre and the great writer she was to become . . . an excellent aperitif before the next McDermid novel’

    Fans of Young Adult Fiction will devour this latest work by Rice and beg for more.” --The Wanderer, A Literary Journal (regarding Rise of the Dragons) The #1 Bestselling series! A bundle of the first three books in Morgan Rice’s #1 Bestselling fantasy series KINGS AND SORCERERS (RISE OF THE DRAGONS, RISE OF THE VALIANT and THE WEIGHT OF HONOR). Here are three bestselling novels, all in one convenient file, which offer a great introduction to the KINGS AND SORCERERS series. Over 200,000 words of reading, all for an incredible price—a great deal, it also makes the perfect gift! KINGS AND SORCERERS tells the epic coming of age story of Kyra, 15, who dreams of becoming a famed warrior, like her father, though she is the only girl in a fort of boys. She struggles to understand her special skills and mysterious inner power, and comes to realize she is different than the others. But a secret is being kept from her about her birth and the prophecy surrounding her, leaving her only to wonder. When Kyra comes of age and her father tries to wed her off, she refuses and journeys out on her own, into a dangerous wood, where she encounters a wounded dragon—and ignites a series of events that will change the kingdom forever. With its strong atmosphere and complex characters, KINGS AND SORCERERS is a sweeping saga of knights and warriors, of kings and lords, of honor and valor, of magic, destiny, monsters and dragons. It is a story of love and broken hearts, of deception, ambition and betrayal. It is fantasy at its finest, inviting us into a world that will live with us forever, one that will appeal to all ages and genders. “If you thought that there was no reason left for living after the end of the Sorcerer’s Ring series, you were wrong. Morgan Rice has come up with what promises to be another brilliant series, immersing us in a fantasy of trolls and dragons, of valor, honor, courage, magic and faith in your destiny. Morgan has managed again to produce a strong set of characters that make us cheer for them on every page.…Recommended for the permanent library of all readers that love a well-written fantasy.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (regarding Rise of the Dragons) “[The novel] succeeds—right from the start…. A superior fantasy…It begins, as it should, with one protagonist's struggles and moves neatly into a wider circle of knights, dragons, magic and monsters, and destiny.…All the trappings of high fantasy are here, from soldiers and battles to confrontations with self….A recommended winner for any who enjoy epic fantasy writing fueled by powerful, believable young adult protagonists.” --Midwest Book Review, D. Donovan, eBook Reviewer (regarding Rise of the Dragons)

    government's special task force asks her to join the team they're sending to Germany. They're hoping to stir up those terrorists and make them scramble.   The team already has one witch plus a couple of werewolves.   Having Tracy along will provide them with some added firepower. When she asks her soulmate John if he's okay with going with her, he replies, "Germany?   Werewolves?  Maybe some terrorists?  What's not to like?"

    Winston, Ava’s semi-aware house, doesn’t like the fact that Olivia is there baking while Ava isn’t home.Hey, at least Ava can be sure she doesn’t need a security system.

    Everest? And just who is Jay Reynolds - the mysterious twenty-year-old tennis prodigy who appears out of nowhere to battle Rafael Nadal at the French Open and Roger Federer at Wimbledon and become the new hope of American tennis, possibly "the greatest of all time"? Award-winning mystery writer (Moses Wine series) and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter ("Enemies, A Love Story," "The Big Fix". "Bustin' Loose,"), Roger L. Simon answers these questions and more in THE GOAT, his first standalone novel in years. If you love sports, if you love life, if you'd like a second life, this book - funny, touching and sometimes scary, already talked about as the greatest novel about tennis ever written - is a page-turning, can't-put-down must. Called the greatest mystery writer of his generation by Ross Macdonald (Lew Archer) and Nicholas Meyer ("The Seven Percent Solution") Roger L. Simon has won or been nominated for multiple awards for his fiction by the Crime Writers of Great Britain and the Mystery Writers of America. As a screenwriter, he has received an Oscar nomination for his adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Enemies, A Love Story" and written for such stars as Richard Pryor, Richard Dreyfuss and Angelica Huston. Also a journalist and columnist, Simon has written for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Real Clear Politics, PJMedia, and City Journal, among many others. He appears frequently as a commentator on talk radio and cable TV. What others have said about Roger L. Simon's work: "The writing, as always in Moses Wine books, is sharp, amusing, and sophisticated."  New York Times Book Review "Simon’s new novel about Moses Wine tops his prize-winning The Big Fix and The Straight Man." Publisher's Weekly "Roger Simon writes with humor and real energy. Nobody around is better at caricature." San Jose Mercury News "... he can be genuinely funny and, at times, even sensitive and touching." Washington Post Book World "Simon is a brilliant, classy writer..." Cosmopolitan

     The Slayer Academy will turn this nerdy bookworm into a badass Fae Slayer—if she can survive the spells, swords, and sadistic bullies. Megara’s journey into the exciting and perilous world of magic will test her skills and her loyalty. Danger, lies and love await at the Slayer Academy. Book 1 – The Legacy From nerdy bookworm to Fae Slayer in training. My life has always been meticulously planned, and blissfully free of surprises. I hate surprises. Discovering I come from a long line of Fae Slayers and must give up my position at a prestigious college to attend a Slayer Academy? Worst. Surprise. Ever. I’m a nerd. A bookworm. I slay with words, not swords. Fighting to stay at the top of the class is nothing compared to fighting to survive. If the deadly weapons and the mysteriously hot, but possibly evil guy don’t kill me, then six months without cell reception might. Book 2 – Fae Hunter From Fae Slayer to renegade rebel Slayer Academy 101—the Fae are evil. But I’ve glimpsed the true heart of a Fae prince. Fiore is kind, merciful and saved my life. Now he’s missing. Journeying to the Fae realm is treacherous, especially with Nyeer, the Fae prince who tried to kill me. But loathing soon turns to lust and Nyeer strips away my defenses—along with my clothes— until my heart’s in just as much danger as my life. Can I risk it all, betraying my own people to save three Fae princes? And will I lose them, too. Book 3 – Forbidden Love A rogue Slayer saved the Fae… but has she ignited a war? The Slayers have me trapped and tortured by a witch. But she can abracadabra me till my dying breath—I’ll never talk. Rescued by the Fae princes, my wounds heal, but my heart breaks. I can't choose between them. I won’t. When they agree to share me, my heart is full. My body sated. Until the Slayers attack. The Grizzled Forest blazes and amid the flames, Slayers and Fae battle to the death. The Slayers taught me everything I know about magic, and their power is immense… I just hope my love for the Fae is stronger than the Slayer’s hate. ***The Slayer Academy is the complete collection of College-age, Paranormal, Reverse Harem, Academy books. #whychoose romance at it's finest!

     This captivating anthology includes: Book 1 - Playing With Fire Book 2 - Marked By Fire Book 3 - Enchanted By Fire Book 4 - Tempted By Fire ON SALE FOR ONLY 99 CENTS THROUGH MAY 31! Dragons Of The Darkblood Secret Society is a series of four 30,000 word novellas with steamy shifter scenes intended for readers 18+. The Kindle edition includes additional bonuses for your reading pleasure.

    5,000 words (16 pages).For Bafion, there is no farther to fall. Once a banneret, officer, and gentleman, he is none of those things now. He is a swordsman who has slipped through the cracks of society and is eking out an existence as a thug for hire.Bafion is presented with the opportunity to reclaim some of what was lost to him, but to do so will mean facing part of his past that he would rather forget.The Swordsman of Tanosa is a swashbuckling fantasy short story set in the same world as the Society of the Sword trilogy.

     Serpentine is a perfect gift for every Pullman fan, new and old. 'Lyra Silvertongue, you're very welcome . . . Yes, I know your new name. Serafina Pekkala told me everything about your exploits' Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon have left the events of His Dark Materials far behind. In this snapshot of their forever-changed lives they return to the North to visit an old friend, where we will learn that things are not exactly as they seem . . . Illustrated throughout by Tom Duxbury, the perfect re-entry for fans of His Dark Materials and a wonderful companion to The Book of Dust.

    What she senses in her neighbor Nathan could be dangerous. Because he has a secret gift, too, and it's about to be let loose.Buying Trouble by Karen ChanceIn a New York auction house, a Lord of the Fey crosses paths with a fiery redheaded mage named Claire. But in this strange underground society, the rarity up for sale is Claire herself.Mona Lisa Betwining by SunnyAmong the children of the moon, Mona Lisa is of Mixed Blood- part Monere, part human, and destined to be alone. Then she meets a man who could be her salvation- or her downfall.