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Alexander Southerland knew Cindy Shipper for only the briefest of days, but his memory of the alluring femme fatale has haunted his dreams ever since. Now Cindy’s literal ghost has come rapping on his bedroom window, seeking the reasons behind her brutal demise. The mystery of Cindy’s death seems obvious to Southerland, but the working-class P.I. quickly learns a valuable lesson: when it comes to sudden death, nothing is ever simple.

The daughter of a Taiwanese father and white mother, Vi Liu has never quite fit into her Midwestern college town. Now at twenty-three, after getting dumped and dropping out of college, Vi works as a front desk attendant at a hotel where she refills cucumber water samovars and fends off overtures of friendship from her bubbly blond coworker, Rachel. But when Vi decides to accompany Rachel to a local drag show, her life changes forever. In the alley outside the bar, next to a trash can, is a blob with beady black eyes.

I'm the worst. Seriously. Ask anyone and they'll tell you, "Sylvie Orion is the world's worst witch." But being a supernatural bounty hunter requires more smarts than magic. When my latest client—a kleptomaniac werewolf—disappears, I'm on the hunt to drag him to justice. It should be a simple track ‘em and cuff ‘em operation, something I've done a hundred times before. Instead, I somehow acquire an unwanted vampire sidekick, wake up in a ditch, and piss off half of shifter nation.

LE MALEDIZIONI SONO FATTE PER ESSERE SPEZZATE. Una maledizione può essere molte cose. Per gli Everly tutto è iniziato con la polvere di stelle. C’è un prezzo da pagare per sopravvivere, Violet Everly. È solo questione di decidere quale. Per secoli, gli Everly hanno visto i migliori e più brillanti membri della loro famiglia scomparire, presi come il prezzo da pagare per un crimine che nessuno ricorda, per uno scopo che nessuno comprende. La loro aguzzina è una donna di nome Penelope, che non invecchia, non si ammala e non dimentica mai un torto.

UN AMORE MALEDETTO, SOSPESO FRA DUE MONDI. UN PRINCIPE DISPOSTO A TUTTO PER SALVARE IL SUO REGNO IN PERICOLO. Lavinia vive da sola in una casa in rovina, mentre si destreggia tra lavori part time ed esperienze dolorose. Giunta allo stremo delle forze, un giorno decide di farla finita lanciandosi da un ponte. A salvarla, mentre precipita nelle acque gelide del fiume sottostante, è un giovane dai riccioli d'oro, Arthur. Il ragazzo sembra non avere un'identità né una famiglia, così Lavinia per sdebitarsi finisce per accoglierlo in casa propria.

Matthew stößt im Gefängnis an seine Grenzen. Während sein Bruder nun in Chicago lebt und dort seine Heilung vorantreibt, bekommt Matthew immer mehr Druck von der Gang. Doch eines Tages erhält er eine Nachricht von Bishop. Und alles scheint sich zu ändern. Rose lebt sich langsam in ihrer Welt ein. Sie erledigt ihre Aufgaben und sucht weiterhin nach der Balance zwischen den strengen Regeln der Seelenwächter und ihrem Moralempfinden. Als sie mit Alec eine erschreckende Entdeckung macht, steht sie erneut vor der Wahl zwischen ihrer Menschlichkeit und ihrer Magie. Doch keine Entscheidung bleibt ohne Folgen.

A heartwarming tale of terror in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. Meet Sarah and David. Once upon a time, they met and fell in love. But now they’re on the verge of divorce and going to couples’ counseling. On a routine trip to their counselor, they notice a few odd things: the lack of cars on the highway, the missing security guard, and the fact that their counselor, Dr. Kelly, is ripping out her previous client’s throat. Meet the zombies....

While Jason heads off to school, Dianne begins her new job, while William faces challenges at his current job. While already overwhelmed with the responsibility of raising a special needs child, William also fears his days of creating music are over. Meanwhile, on Imagination Street, Jason sees a distinct message of courage forming from the clouds.

When teenage neighbors Rick and Talia go hiking in the Arizona hills, they discover an exotic-looking egg, which contains an unusual hatchling.

Against all odds, Ben the Bengal cat defeated the demon dragon and sent it back to the Seventh Dimension. Consequently, Ben's nemesis, the evil warlock Astravar, is ever so slightly miffed. A demon dragon was meant to take over the realm for Astravar, while the warlock stayed in a tower with a nice cup of tea and watched the conquest from afar. But it didn't quite work that way . . .

It's time for the grand opening of Hawkwood Hollow’s first haunted hotel, and Maura and her friends are ready for the first guests to embark on their ghost tour. When a guest inexplicably drops dead of an apparent heart attack, it at first seems like a freak accident. But the victim's widow thinks otherwise, and she's determined to make Maura and her friends face the consequences. At first, Maura thinks the angry widow has lost her mind, but it soon becomes clear that there's a murderer in the area… and they aren't human.

After going through the portal, Markus wants to get back home. This new realm is too dangerous. Different factions of this medieval world of furry, magic, and monsters are hunting for him and his human companions. An amphibious empire wants them as sex pets, while reptilian creatures want them served raw with a nice beer to wash down the human pancreas bits that get stuck in your teeth. All humor aside, they need to find the portal back to their world, but they need to survive this savage city of Reptos and treacherous Darkphibian swamp first.

US Army Captain Dale Morton is a magician soldier‚ a "craftsman." After a black-ops mission gone wrong, Dale is cursed by a Persian sorcerer and haunted by his good and evil ancestors. Major Michael Endicott, a Puritan craftsman, finds gruesome evidence that the evil Mortons, formerly led by the twins Roderick and Madeline, have returned, and that Dale might be one of them. In Tom Doyle's thrilling debut, American Craftsmen, SEAL Team Six meets ancient magic—with the fate of the United States hanging in the balance....

Rue and the crew of the Spotted Custard return from India with revelations that shake the foundations of England's scientific community. Queen Victoria is not amused, the vampires are tetchy, and something is wrong with the local werewolf pack. To top it all off, Rue's best friend, Primrose, keeps getting engaged to the most unacceptable military types. Rue has family problems as well. Her vampire father is angry, her werewolf father is crazy, and her obstreperous mother is both. Worst of all, Rue's beginning to suspect what they really are...is frightened.

On her 16th birthday, Caitlyn Brady discovers an oak box containing proof of a secret world. A world of druids who possess magical abilities—and she is one of them. Sent to a school where she can master her own blessing, she finds herself thrown into the role of a savior, one of only two druids in existence with an extra blessing (or a curse). Caitlyn realizes that everything she once knew also contained an omission of truth. A truth she would have to learn on her own while searching for a way to protect the druids from the power-hungry rogues.

In this touching Christmas tale, a Minnesota widower has a magical encounter with an enchanted snow man—and gets a last glimpse of the love of his life. Originally appeared in Cicada Magazine. Narrated by Scott William Carter.

Seventeen years after Child of Promise, families and friends reunite for another Te Rangimarie.

Damian Blake never stays in one place too long. But when he starts on his way to Phoenix, he wants nothing more than to hide who he truly is and find a place where he doesn't have to deal with monsters...at least for a short while. So, when a local business owner offers him a construction job in a small town in Arizona, he takes it. Little does he know, however, that this small town has big, terrifying secrets. Before long, Damian finds himself drawn into a bloodcurdling world of mysteries, lies, and intrigues.

Get ready for a journey of discovery as a forty-something heroine slams into a midlife crisis. After her husband leaves her, Naomi moves into her late grandmother's cottage and discovers a world of magic. Life becomes unpredictable—and exciting—especially with a supernatural mystery that only she can solve—if she survives.

After a car accident almost killed Breanna Perry, she gets a second chance at life. When Cormac O’Shea enters her hospital room and asks her, “Do you want to live?”, she says yes. However, she isn’t prepared for what that simple word will mean, or what she’s about to lose. No longer able to pretend she can have her old life back, Breanna is faced with leaving it all behind and accepting an immortal existence. Unfortunately, that existence comes with some challenging obstacles. Helping her rival, Amber Wright, navigate the superhero world is only one of her problems.