It is not an easy task, for many dangers threaten the bridge builders, from nomad raiders to Free Magic sorcerers. Despite the danger, Morghan wants nothing more than to join the Bridge Company as a cadet. But the company takes only the best, the most skillful Charter mages, and trains them hard, for the night might come when only a single young cadet must hold the bridge against many foes. Will Morghan be that cadet?Also included in this collection are eighteen short stories that showcase Nix’s versatility as he adds a fantastical twist on an array of genres including science fiction, paranormal, realistic fiction, mystery, and adventure.

    Now we'll hear Raven's story and her time as a surrogate for the Countess of the Stone in this digital novella from Amy Ewing.When Raven is bought at the Auction, she knows immediately that things will not go well. And when she arrives at the Countess's palace, Raven quickly discovers that the Countess is much less interested in having a baby than experimenting with Raven's mind and body. Raven can only hope for an escape…and to see Violet again, all the while reminding herself that she is Raven Stirling, and she does matter.HarperTeen Impulse is a digital imprint focused on young adult short stories and novellas, with new releases the first Tuesday of each month.

     Chantelle Dubois is a Voodoo practitioner in New Orleans. When Tania, a friend of hers, asks for help getting rid of an unwanted pregnancy, Chanti knows she’s doing the wrong thing by helping. Her intuition is proved correct when she learns that the baby is the next in line to an Alpha werewolf. Life gets complicated when she agrees to help them convince Tania to keep the baby. Kody Talon is the brother to the Alpha werewolf in New Orleans. At the behest of his brother Marty, he follows Tania to a Voodoo shop. There he discovers the owner is actually his mate, and the woman who aided Tania in her horrible aim. Can these two natural born enemies become lovers? And will Chanti have the strength to save them all? Please note this is a re-release of 'Voodoo and Fate.' Newly edited and re-polished. ***This novella is a short, action packed read. A standalone book with a guaranteed happily ever after.***

    His mother is human and his father is a 925 year old Greek vampire. His life is completely turned upside down as he struggles with this knowledge and his emerging vampire nature. The truth behind the myths and legends of the vampire are revealed as Mortimer enters into a centuries old war of the Undead.

    "Just don't ship me off to another dimension." Not the typical thing you need to tell your best man when he's planning your bachelor party. But Jason Thayer isn't your typical groom. And Alastair Stone isn't your typical best man. When a mellow party-train journey to Lake Tahoe with some buddies turns into a surreal mind trip with no exit in sight, Jason will need to use all his wits to find his way out of the madness. Grab a drink and party on, Jason. You're in for the ride of your life. Boys' Night (Way) Out is a standalone novella in the world of the Alastair Stone Chronicles. It takes place following the events in the novel The Madness Below. Don't miss the rest of the series: Stone and a Hard Place The Forgotten The Threshold The Source Core of Stone Blood and Stone Heart of Stone Flesh and Stone The Infernal Heart The Other Side Path of Stone Necessary Sacrifices Game of Stone Steel and Stone Stone and Claw The Seventh Stone Gathering Storm House of Stone Circle of Stone The Madness Below and four standalone tales: Turn to Stone Shadows and Stone Devil's Bargain Stone for the Holidays

    She was a wild masochistic kitten and more than he bargained for.Thomas has reached his breaking point.Work, studies, lust for his sexy boss, his own kinky urges are driving him insane.He's sick of hiding.In walks Kat. Sassy, creative, submissive to the bone and a hot mess of epic proportions.The first girl who ever craved his punishing spanking, dominant touch and rough lovemaking.What happens when her life begins falling apart?Can Thomas put it back together with strict rules and iron discipline?Is he strong enough to save her from herself?Unorthodox Dom is 30,000 words erotic romance novella featuring hot, erotic action, a Dominant new to the lifestyle, a bratty submissive in need of a firm hand and a badass Dominatrix. Not a menage, no cheating. The story takes place four years prior the events in the Unorthodox Trilogy but it can be read as a standalone. Bonus material - Chapter 1 of Unorthodox Therapy

    If she knew who he was, she might act differently. But to her, Sid is just a reminder of a past she’d rather forget.Sid won’t leave Aspen alone, because she’s the one girl that might be able to help save him and the rest of the dragons.He hadn’t planned on falling love…

    Unfortunately, she’s going to find out that’s not quite enough…

    Losing the love of his life in college, caused him to be consumed by rage leading him on a path that made him a bear shifter. Years later after his rage is under control by his bear, all he is left with is sadness and the fear that he will never be able to love again. Scarlett Jones has bad luck when it comes to finding love. She always falls for the wrong guy. After another relationship ends in disappointment, she looks to her best friends to help boost her confidence. When Kurt and Scarlett are both dragged on vacation to the Bear Ridge Resort, the infamous matchmaking hotel, they both expect to hide out in their rooms and avoid participating in the events. Little do they know, that a chance meeting in the library will start a path for them to find their true mates.

    When he spoke and I heard his British accent, I'm pretty sure an ovary exploded. Then he knocked on my door with a bottle of wine and two glasses in hand before inviting himself inside. After my bad breakup, I wasn't ready to date. I hadn't even looked for a rebound, but there he was, practically gift wrapped. Too bad I wanted nothing more than a second chance with my ex. Will Montana. I loved saying her name. I'd been watching her for months before she ever noticed me. She was too hung up on that cad to pay me any attention. Despite how perfect for me she seemed, I thought I might have a chance with her. After all, I had a cute accent and since we lived on the same floor, geography was on my side. A month ago, I'd actually witnessed their break up at the restaurant where I bartended. So, I bided my time and waited for her to recover. I wasn't built to be a rebound. And while I was certain her ex would come crawling back, I knew once I'd had a taste of life with her, I could never let her go.

    Sick of his life and plagued by alcoholism, he makes the decision to divorce his wife, sell everything he owns and travel the world to try and find focus and rid himself of his addiction. Eventually arriving on the sun drenched shores of Australia and still plagued by his demons, he has spent all his savings and is facing the prospect of having to return to his old life. It is here that he meets two men with an outlandish story about a horde of sunken drug money in an area known as the Devil’s Triangle – Australia’s answer to its Bermuda namesake and said to be the lair of a terrifying monster of the deep. Offered a share of the fortune if he helps retrieve it, Tyler agrees to go with the men to the location, sceptical and thinking only of prolonging his journey of self discovery. He will learn, however, that this particular urban legend is real, and they encounter a giant of the seas, the previously thought to be extinct Megalodon which makes its home within the area of the Devil’s triangle. Barely escaping with their lives, the three men wash up on an isolated island – no more than a rocky outcrop with no vegetation, fresh water of food sources. As desperation to survive intensifies, horrifying decisions will be made that will illustrate how man is sometimes the most violent predator on earth and when left with no option will do anything, even the unthinkable, in order to survive.

    It’s an all-encompassing love that sweeps her off her feet but also leaves her dangling with nothing to hold onto. It’s thrilling, unlike anything she’s ever felt before, and she gives her whole heart to this marriage, to this willful, passionate man.Things change when she becomes a mother. It’s not just the two of them anymore, and as Esther gives a large piece of her heart to her daughter, Rosa, she starts to realize that maybe love shouldn’t be this hard. That she shouldn’t have to give up her whole self to be with him. That now that she’s a mother, she can’t.Set in the years leading up to The Woodlands, The Willful follows Esther, Rosa’s mother, as she navigates young motherhood, a marriage on the brink, and the hard decisions that come with living in a controlled world with an uncontrollable man.

    But when Dark Caster Ridley makes an appearance, the sometime bad girl can't resist picking a fight with her sometime boyfriend, Link. Angry and rebellious as ever, Ridley ends up alone in New York City and becomes entangled in the dangerous underground Caster club scene, where the stakes are high and losers pay the ultimate price.Where's a Linkubus when you need him?

    The Wide, Wide Sea is set in the past, at a time before the Spackle War, and we get a first look at the fishing village on the sea where some very important things happen at the end of Monsters of Men.Best read after The Ask and the Answer but before Monsters.(again, hints of things to come) - Patrick Ness

    As a Luxen, an alien life form on Earth, human girls are…well, fun. But since the Luxen have to keep their true identities a secret, falling for one would be insane.Dangerous. Tempting. Undeniable.Bethany can’t deny the immediate connection between her and Dawson. And even though boys aren’t a complication she wants, she can’t stay away from him. Still, whenever they lock eyes, she’s drawn in.Captivated. Lured. Loved.Dawson is keeping a secret that will change her existence...and put her life in jeopardy. But even he can’t stop risking everything for one human girl. Or from a fate that is as unavoidable as love itself.