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Quitting her stressful job with the head office and retreating to her family's branch of the business was supposed to take away from her stress. Instead, on her first night back on the job reaping souls and taking names, she's faced with a client whose soul won't tear from his body. Her ledger clearly says: reap Kyle Riley. But he's not dead. He's not alive, but he's not dead.

The mysterious village of Brell isn't found on any map and has the habit of fading in and out of the surrounding river mists. In spite of this, the ordinary villagers living there don''t like anything strange. Or anyone. Althea Morgan is odd and small and doesn't fit in. Growing up, she hopes to leave Brell behind. Perhaps even go to Moor, the capitol city, and study at the famous university there. But it isn't to be. One day, a dangerous stranger appears, and before she knows it, Thea has stumbled into the extraordinary world of Thornwold.

I'm sure you've heard of Calamity Jane, but this is not a novel about Calamity Jane. At least not the Jane you may have heard about. Calamity Jane is part of the legends of the Wild West, but long before she scouted with Custer or "Wild Bill" Hickok, she was a 15-year-old girl with a fiery temper. Violence and tragedy turn young Jane's world upside down and soon she finds herself riding with an alien gunslinger — the Green Man — through a landscape of revenge and betrayal.

Evolution Device is an entertaining mix of backstage drama and spiritual fantasy, imagining a quintessential 1970s rock 'n' roll success story from the not-quite-real perspective of an artistic muse who makes the music possible. Taking off from a fictionalized amalgam of Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, and Heart, mixed with a bit of Janis Joplin and a dash of the Jefferson Airplane, Lif Strand introduces an unusual (but refreshingly original) angle of Native American mythology into the more familiar behind-the-music elements.

Master Sword Bryan is an elite warrior on the prince of Shelkite’s council. When the realm is threatened by Ret, a powerful wizard-king, Bryan is ready to fight. But his plans are upended when he’s assigned not to the battlefield, but as the personal guardian of a young half-blood witch sent to aid Shelkite—Alexandra.

As a deadly poison threatens to end Selene’s divine existence, the Backside of Forty must shift their focus to a new and daring mission: harness the goddess’s immense power before it unleashes havoc upon the world. The perilous journey takes them to the far corners of the globe, beginning with a crucial visit to Gretna Green. Once they gather the knowledge of rare and elusive ingredients for a potent Godstone, the coven is off to Spain. But time is running out, and the goddess’s life isn’t the only one hanging in the balance.

I'm working with my ex to save my daughter. He's using his magic to get me back. The god of chaos is tired of my interference and orders his minions to kill me, but his plan fails and my daughter is abducted. I am forced to work with Caton and the council to find Rereck's stronghold and save Mina, while Caton makes various attempts to get me back into his bed. I'm sure his motives are political due to my business partnership with the most powerful demon alive. But in our efforts to find Mina, we discover a lost temple that once housed an artifact that Rereck can use to return.

The Book of the Gods led me to a pendant created by a dark witch from the past, but this cursed artifact boosts my magical powers and alters it in unforeseen ways. When the demon attacks in our town increase, Daryn suspects a traitor within the Darkwind council. He cuts ties with the governing body in Spirit Falls, and this derision leads to dire repercussions.

Eighteen-year-old orphan Harriet Thomson has resided with a distant cousin’s aristocratic household since the age of five, first as companion to Prudence, the youngest daughter of house, later as carer of Pru’s ailing father. When he dies, she has to make her own way in the world and finds work as companion to the elderly Countess Arden, who resides in the Dower House on the Hertfordshire estate of the dashingly handsome Duke of Fairbridge.

Assistant Cruise Director Millie Sanders' day is off to a shockingly bad start when her boss “volunteers” her to be his guinea pig for a stun gun self-defense class in front of her fellow shipmates. Loyal to a fault, she agrees but almost immediately regrets her decision. Meanwhile, several crewmembers have become violently ill and possibly on the verge of death after eating food prepared from the galley kitchen, operated by her best friend, Annette Delacroix.

Valentine is a man with two personalities. One of them is a tyrant and the other is missing. We’re both trapped in a stronghold of enemies, but the biggest threat to my life comes from Valentine. He’s feral and out of control, making me hunger for his bite. He’s awakening something in me that’s dark and decadent and utterly beguiling.

Forced into a political marriage with a man she terms “a half mad, half Viking”, Catherine Broussard is caught up in her father’s malice, her husband’s ambition, and the Norman conquest of Anglo-Saxon England.

August Monk has built her life on control—every deadline tracked, crisis managed, milestone marked. But at 47, with her company hemorrhaging money and her marriage fracturing, even perimenopause rejects her careful plans. On a family holiday, August is certain her joy will return and her marriage will repair. Instead, at Britain's oldest brewery, a sip of beer transports August to an alternate reality where she awakens naked in a field of pulsing red mushrooms.

With Viktor dead and the vampire council back in Europe, Celeste’s life is finally her own. After lying low for a while, she’s found the answer to her desires and decides to do a very human teenage action—go to college. Ravenwood University seems to be the perfect fit. Nestled in a secluded part of Mississippi and away from anyone who will know who she is, she settles in for what she hopes is a year of what she’s been denied her entire life—living.

They’ve been engaged since they were children, so he sees no need to woo her. She wants a love match and is determined to find an alternative suitor. Perhaps a Christmas trapped together in snowy London will change both their minds. Lord Comerford has returned from the navy to claim his title, but ton life appears shallow after active service and the woman he has been promised to since birth seems a frivolous child, only interested in parties and clothes.

A dark warlock. A final battle. A magical revelation. When our dark warlock proves impossible to find, we ask Aurora for help. But our investigation takes an unexpected turn when we are forced to deal with a cursed demon. As more members of our community are plagued with magical maladies, we realize the attacks are connected. And our newest foe has everything he needs to alter our world forever.

Join Grace on a breathtaking journey to Ireland—where ancient folklore, forbidden desire, and destiny collide. Grace and her cousin Kate arrive ready to chase adventure across the Emerald Isle. But everything changes the moment Grace meets a mysterious stranger on the flight—a man with storm-gray eyes and an aura of power that feels otherworldly. He has serious Thor energy, and no matter how hard she tries, she can’t shake the visions and dreams that follow their chance encounter. What Grace doesn’t know is that Oscar isn’t just any man.

Running off with her best friend's intended was not how she imagined securing the man of her dreams. Getting tangled in a web of espionage and mystery was also less than ideal.

He’s a carefree rake who wants a marriage of convenience. She’s an awkward spinster who doesn’t want to marry at all. Fate has other plans in store for them both. Laurence enjoys his dalliances with the married ladies of the ton, and thinks marriage is only a matter of convenience. He’s on the lookout for a practical woman accustomed to society. Frances is an odd and awkward young woman, more at home gathering shells on the beach than in the ballrooms of London, hoping to stay a spinster forever.

The dark pendant twists my magic and threatens the lives of my bonded hunter and his team, so I agree to take a sacred oath that will bind my soul with theirs forever. When demons continue to breach the gate and the magic that is protecting us falters, we learn the traitor in our midst is more powerful than we suspected with a connection to the king. These events lead us to a new prophecy, but the result could be the total annihilation of the human species.