Someone's hopes. Another's dreams.Welcome to Linden Falls, a quaint Vermont town where friends, family, and guests put their trust in the local lore and branches of the Wishing Tree to bring their hopes to life. Enjoy the introduction of Linden Falls and a peek into the lives of its residents and guests in this free prologue novella, then join six bestselling authors as they bring you six heartwarming stories of love, loss, and the hopes of turning of turning lost dreams into second chances. Don’t miss a Wishing Tree book! Book 1: The Wishing Tree – prequel/prologue book Book 2: I Wish.. by Amanda ProwseBook 3: Wish You Were Here by Kay Bratt Book 4: Wish Again by Tammy L. Grace Book 5: Workout Wishes & Valentine Kisses by Barbara Hinske Book 6: A Parade of Wishes by Camille Di MaioBook 7: Careful What You Wish by Ashley Farley

    Charles knows just what to do with the scared feline. If only her love life were as easy to deal with as her love for familiars.Vampire Brody Carmichael hasn’t been living in Sable Cove long, but he likes the quietness of the small, seaside town. A transplant from a big city, he’s enjoying the laid-back attitude of the townsfolk and trying to figure out how to get to know the gorgeous witch Delaney. When a warlock tries to abduct an abandoned familiar and it appears that Delaney’s life is in jeopardy, Brody will stop at nothing to protect her and get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding the kitten.Will Delaney get an opportunity to find out what Brody looks like underneath the uniform, or will her life be snuffed out before she even has a chance to discover what it’s like to kiss a man with fangs?

    From his cloaked ship the Dragan Warlord watches them walk straight into a trap — but when he sees there are females among their numbers, his throat tightens with anger.Females should be protected. Treasured. Worshiped.Especially one as beautiful as her. The one with the red-hair and the green eyes. Her human physique — so different from what he is used to, so soft and curvy — awakens strange, new feelings inside the powerful warrior.Forbidden feelings.The Emperor forbids taking a non-Dragan as a pleasure-mate.And yet, this human female needs Kai’s protection… and Kai needs her touch more than he’s ever needed anything in his life.Can the alien general truly risk everything for this human female?

    by those not yet too frightened to speak of them.Their empire has terrorized the galaxy for more than 2,000 years. If you'd rather listen to it as an audiobook, keep scrollingWarnings! Reading the first chapters with the 'Look inside' feature can lead to addictive behavior. Go ahead... we dare you.Parts of this story contain graphic adult situations.This book now also contains the Symbiont Wars Novelette Portal of Choice ... no charge!If you are still reading this instead of hitting "Look Inside" It must be because you are probably thinking ... I wish this was available in an audiobook.Well, it is. I just don't link to it on the page above because I don't make any money from audio (in the currently available business model). But if that's all you have time for I understand. You can find it on my author page ... and you can feel free to use the revolving library that is audible. Here is the link to it for your convenience. amazon.com/gp/product/B07HJGR9KF/ (You may need to cut and paste)

    Not only did I have to clean up the blood, but disposing of his body made me late to meet my friends for drinks. A nagging little detail kept bugging me, though. As he died, he said he was hired by my mother’s family—people I hadn’t seen for more than a decade. Then I discovered that assassins had made attempts on my brother and sister as well. As much as I didn’t want to, I decided I should find out who wanted us dead, and put a stop to it. Talk about stepping out of the pan into the fire…

    It isn't easy being a half-breed, but she is determined to slide through life unnoticed by either group. When the warlock leaders team up with humans to force paranormal registration, Ema believes she must choose between her two unwanted worlds. An unexpected companion shows her not all emotions are bad, and power has its benefits.

    A handful of Messengers brave the night between the increasingly isolated populace behind protective wards. Arlen Bales will search anywhere, dare anything, to save the world. Maybe Abban, a merchant in the Great Bazaar of Krasia who purports to sell anything, has the answer.

    2000+ pages of suspense-filled, gritty, post-apocalyptic fiction, filled with characters that leap off the page. The world has ended. A few have survived. This is their story. __________________________ Book 1: Finding a friend in the apocalypse isn't easy, and for Jake Martin, it's been damn-near impossible. Life has become an endless trek for canned food, shelter, and avoiding those who've turned to killing for anything all while trying not to become a killer himself. When Jake encounters Billy, an elderly wanderer on the highway to ruined Las Vegas, everything changes. Book 2: Jake, Billy, and the other survivors have come to settle in the mountains of Wyoming, fighting day in and out to establish a home for themselves in a near-empty world. Things are good at first—well, as good as they can be after the apocalypse. But they get worse when a new band of survivors migrates to the very same mountains, desperate for a place to settle. More people means more hungry mouths, which means more sacrifices, and more people to learn to trust. Book 3: Having been bolstered with supplies sufficient to carry them through the winter, the survivors of the Jackson commune must now hunker down and endure the bitter Wyoming winter. But as they flourish, hungry eyes are set upon them throughout the west. The leftovers of the US Military encamped in the last known surviving tent city, the Elysium Fields of Arizona, hear word of large number of survivors in Wyoming who have begun to rebuild civilization with plans for farming and real shelter. Book 4: Otto Warren's military force and the Wyoming Commune have come to a peaceful agreement. Jake will remain in charge alongside Warren's people, while Warren and his army seek more survivors throughout the Northwest. More strangers Jake isn't sure he can trust. Two factions and their opposing ideologies about how to rebuild the world will collide in Jackson, Wyoming. Two unstoppable forces. Only one can remain, if they don't all destroy each other first. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Fans of Bobby Adair, Hugh Howey, or A.G. Riddle will love the Commune Series. The action and tension are so realistic, you'll feel like you're walking the apocalypse yourself. Grab the entire series in this special-edition Box Set today!

    Heirs to the Silverblood Pack have lived a life most would envy. Pleasure. Recklessness. Now, a prophecy of destruction threatens their world. The bloodline must be preserved at ALL costs. The mates to the Silverblood Pack have already been chosen. The pack must preserve themselves, their mates, and their world. It's an impossible task. But, in a world of magic, nothing is off limits. This box set contains: Guarded by Vayne Mated by Garrus Rescued by Lathyr Protected by Aidan (Series Finale. Limited Time Release Exclusive to This Boxset) Story contains mature themes and language, and is intended for 18+ readers only.

    Contains language and actions some may deem offensive. Sexually explicit content. MFIn book 7.5 of the Katieran Prime Series: It has been over a month since one of the Morin transport ships went through the wormhole. Without the exact coordinates, it will take the Morins possibly months to locate Earth. Earth is not ready to face this kind of threat, so the leaders of the four nations of Earth, Katiera, Kiljor, and the Colonial Planet begin to make their plans in a joint effort to eliminate the threat once and for all.Along with the plans to handle the Morin threat, a celebration is being planned that will hopefully unit all four nations even more—the End of Year Celebration. Though the celebration is not what the Katieran males are used to, they would do anything to please their bond mates.Revisit Katiera and all the characters you have come to know and love. See where they are now and what is happening in their lives. Join in with their celebration. Find out what is next for the alliance of nations.Also as a special treat, the Katieran Culture Guide Book is included.

    Thrust into danger against her will, she's soon embroiled in a complex web of intrigue, magic, and romance.Seven Wardens is a fantasy reverse harem series drenched in Scottish Mythology.This collection includes:1) From the Deeps2) Through the Storms (novella)3) Into the Mists4) Beneath the Earth5) Within the Flames

    Savannah knew better. She was there the day the man came to get Jade. The day he paid her father. That’s how she knew what was about to happen to her. Savannah tried to run back home. Her little sister needed her. Marco’s men found her and brought her back. That night Marco branded her with his initials so she wouldn’t forget who owned her. She didn’t think her life could get any worse, but she was wrong.Five Years later:Breaker only stopped at the roadside diner for a bite to eat. He was tired, and just coming off a government assignment, and maybe a little less cautious. While he ate, the woman slipped into his car and hid in the backseat. What he knew for certain: she was scared, she was beautiful, and she was a liar. He didn’t believe a word she told him about trying to get to New Orleans because her mother had been in a bad car wreck. But when two thugs catch up with them to return Savannah to their drug cartel boss, and attempt to kill him, he quickly ends the threat. Now he’s helping another stray, except this time it’s different. Breaker wants to wipe away the pain he sees lurking deep in her eyes. He wants to heal her wounds. But when the only way he can save her from the obsessed Marco is to take her deep into the Louisiana swamps where he grew up, can he face his own dark past? Branded: Savannah is the first book in a brand new series, Bound by Blood, from USA Today Bestselling Author Karen Kelley about three sisters: Jade, Savannah, and Rena and where life takes them. Watch for book two, Forgotten: Jade, and book three, Runaway: Rena. Three books, three sisters who will never forget the importance of the blood that runs through each of their veins, and the strong connection between them.

     One warrior, volatile and unpredictable Bannack is enraged by the existence of the other realm and the realization that none of them, not even their king, knew that it was there. Eagerly anticipating the arrival of his first child, Pyra finally agrees with Bannack, realizing that what he doesn't know about, he can't keep away from his baby. They go back to the mirror world to explore, thinking that the Klimnu created the space, but are stunned to discover that it is actually home to a gorgeous and mysterious creature named Loralia, the last of her kind. Bannack struggles from the moment he meets her, deeply torn by an internal conflict that threatens his very future. Will he stay back for Loralia or join the other warriors in leaving the compound and exploring Uoria for the first time to discover what else might populate their beloved planet? This book contains mature themes and language, only suitable for adults over the age of 18!

    First Officer Ryan Nelson accompanies the sickest patients to the planet's surface, where he is put under the supervision of Juo-ta-ri, an apprentice to one of the healers who is helping the crew. The two have barely begun to explore the chemistry between them when Ryan's body betrays him and he falls ill as well. Now it's a race against time to see if Juo can bring the fever down before Ryan's hallucinations kill him.Reprint: This novella was originally published in the Dreamspinner Press anthology Size Matters.Revisit Ryan and Juo in Hot Cargo by Nicki Bennett and Ariel Tachna.

    Time Thieves, Mind Raiders and Soul Stealers are in a battle of survival against the crime lords and secret government agencies hunting them for their abilities.Welcome to a world where these anomalies risk everything to survive...and risk it all to fall in love.Includes previously released novellas:Time Thief - Bay North wants revenge, no, she craves revenge. Hunted for her psychic ability to steal time and forced to watch her family die, all she wants is to make the crime lord who's taken everything from her pay. But now he's set the ultimate hunter on her trail and Bay will need all her skills just to survive the gray-eyed, hard-bodied man out to kill her.Mind Raider - Mara Ross takes crap from no one. Especially not the bastard crime boss who tortured her for her psychic ability to control minds. Now he's kidnapped another woman and Mara will do anything to save her--including joining forces with the most deadly, powerful man she knows.Soul Stealer - Schoolteacher Cate Hartmann was kidnapped and forced to use her psychic ability to kill. Now she's a killer with an addiction to stealing souls. She fights to recover but only one man calms the storm inside. A genius anomaly scientist--with a sexy, muscled body under his lab coat--a man she's too afraid to touch.Salvation - He was once a power-hungry crime lord and John Brown can never forget it. He's lost most of his memories--most of his soul--but no one trusts him...not even himself. Then his calm, boring existence is shattered when he wakes up chained in a secret underground lab. Tortured, experimented on, his only hope is a feminine voice in the darkness.