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At long last former Knight Commander Cade Williams has defeated the adversary, but his victory has come at a terrible cost. His wife, Gabrielle, is no more. His reputation lies in tatters, his trust in others broken. His closest friends and allies are now at risk from the very order they pledged their lives to maintain. If it could go wrong, it has. Unable to bear the reality of what he has done, all Cade wants to do is find a deep hole and pull it in after him. Let the world go on without him, for all he loves is lost, and he sees no reason to continue.

Old ways and new clash in head-on confrontation: When journeyman hit man Ray Dylan agrees to look in on Sami Bloom, former mistress of a deceased Canadian crime financier, he realizes he must keep his profession a secret. What he doesn’t realize is how difficult that is now that he has fallen for this warm-hearted beauty. While he struggles with the idea of confiding to her about his secret past, Dylan learns that Sami Bloom has some secrets of her own - and her secrets reach into the upper echelons of the very organization he works for.

Lou Prophet is in mixed company these days. He doesn’t mind being close to his pretty pistol-packing partner, Louisa Bonaventure. Known as the Vengeance Queen, she has his back — and dare he say it, part of his heart. But accompanying the vile outlaw Blanco Metalious back to Nugget Town to see him hang isn’t exactly Lou’s idea of a good time.

When private investigator Thomas Kaine takes on what should’ve been a routine case, he finds himself drawn into something far stranger—a tangle of secrets, shadows, whispers that stretch back farther than he imagined, and danger lurking in every shadow. With Lana Drexler at his side and danger rising from every direction, Kaine begins to suspect the truth isn’t just hidden… it was designed to stay that way.

For Barrett Cavanaugh, being a hero is inescapable. He just can't help himself. Barrett, Rowena and their friends head to Peru to document the excavation of El Valle de las Lagrimas, a village buried in the rain forest for nearly a thousand years. When a black cat saunters through the encampment, the local diggers consider it bad luck and the bringer of espiritus malignos. The practical Americans respect the locals beliefs, but put no stock in their superstitions. They soon learn that perhaps the little black gato isn't as innocent as he seems.

Jasper’s new duties keep him busy, as he trains a new deputy and deals with the usual small-town mischief. When Poppie surprises him with her return to the island, he’s excited to share the Fourth of July celebration with her. The locals come out in force with crafts, homemade goods, food booths, and a beer tent featuring locally made hard cider. After the two rival ball teams play, it’s time for fireworks on the beach.

A Whisperer Among The Graves - After countless ages of predation, an undying ghoul has a chance at humanity. Doors Best Left Closed - Sometimes insanity is preferable when the horror is real. Ruins Beyond In The Dark - A group of college friends are invited to take part in forbidden horror of gods both ancient and of the future. Highway Through Hell: Farty Town - The Poet Laureate of the gutter and the Father of Heroic Fantasy make an odd couple on their road through Hell.

The night of Jasper and Poppie’s reunion ends with a first kiss, a black eye, and a new family member. After ten months apart, Poppie returns for Lewis’s wedding, arriving on the island in time for St. Patrick’s Day. On Gracie Island, any holiday that involves drinking is a big hit. But just like the weather off the coast of Maine, Jasper and Poppie’s budding relationship is a bit unpredictable. The emotional mix of sunshine, fog, and rain keeps them both on their toes as they try to stay on course. As Lewis’ wedding day approaches, stubbornness and hurt feelings threaten to ruin the day.

It’s one thing to wake up in New Mexico and not remember how you got there or why you were there. It’s quite another to realize you also have no idea who you are. It was the face of an angel that saved him from panicking. A guardian angel, that is, in the form of a nurse named Ember. She was a light in a very dark tunnel and she decided to call him John Sherlock.

Direct To Video: A young college student, haunted by his past, hunts down a barely remembered schlock film maker he long idolized for a class project, only to discover horrific truths intertwined with his own history. The Ballerina Tattoo: An outlaw in Washington territory risks revealing his darkest secret while planning on waylaying a hired gunman. Assignment At Wilbur: Accompanied by a legendary gunfighter, a young reporter is sent to discount an unbelievable story in Washington state's rural frontier, only to learn how real the terror is. Highway Through Hell: I Am Not Your Mugwump!

Attorney Alistair Burke has landed his first major client: a shapeshifter accused of a murder he did not commit. If that wasn't bad enough, while keeping the existence of magical beings a secret, Alistair finds himself entangled in a slaver's plot to capture and kill local supernaturals to use their power for necromantic magic. When his friends go missing, Alistair knows it's up to him to save them. This would be so much easier if he were anything but a mundane human, but he will not allow his friends to die...

Gideon Sable specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't usually be stolen. But these days the legendary master thief is officially retired from the caper game. Now, instead of pulling off elaborate heists with his crew of supernatural specialists, he runs a magical shop in the heart of London with his partner Annie Anybody. Still, he can't resist occasionally going out in the night to steal things when Annie's not looking. For old times' sake—and for the joy of the con.

Following the murderous events of Serpent of Heaven, Lizbeth Rose is awaiting the arrival of her sister Felicia and her husband’s younger brother Eli in Texoma. Both needed to leave the seat of the Holy Russian Empire in San Diego after Felicia’s burgeoning wizardly power in death magic became the reason for kidnapping and assassination attempts from her mother’s family of high-powered wizards in Mexico.

It's the moment Kieran and Lexi have been preparing for. The Magical Summit. Ready or not, they will take their assembled team into the belly of the beast. The stakes couldn't be higher. If the powers that be don't approve of Kieran, he will not earn the official title of the Demigod of San Francisco. The real danger concerns Lexi, however. With Kieran away in meetings, she must brave the treacherous halls of the Summit with just her crew and her wards, fighting for social placement and status, open to attack from all angles.

Jack, a 26-year-old New Yorker, unwittingly becomes the key player in a deadly game of shadows. His ordinary train ride home takes a harrowing turn when the last surviving architect of the Bitcoin decentralized network hands him a mysterious piece of paper, moments before meeting a brutal demise. What seemed like random words on the paper unveiled a chilling secret—access to a cold storage crypto wallet. Teaming up with his girlfriend, Olivia, they breach the account, exposing a staggering fortune in Bitcoin.

As he gathers his friends and family to make sure they’re safe from the impeding storm, Jasper hopes his very pregnant wife, Poppie, doesn’t go into labor. After last-minute preparations are made to secure the town against the high wind and the rising water, most of the islanders gather at the old Ice House building, while Jasper, his family, and their friends, hunker down in the basement of the sheriff’s department.

From the Bluegrass pastures of Kentucky to the big time racetracks the Sport of Kings reigned . Then when greed and avarice raised its ugly head, it ushered in the Sport of Knaves. Some are knaves by nature--Some are knaves by choice--Some are driven to knavery by circumstance. Their belles prettier, their bourbon smoother, their tobacco sharper, and of course their horses faster, so said the planters of western Kentucky who considered themselves the patricians of the South.

Most consumers agree their service experiences with hospitals, clinics, and physicians fall well short of their service experiences with hotels, resorts, and restaurants. So, what would their experiences be like if healthcare providers served them the same way hospitality providers do? Given that both industries share many common service touchpoints, one wonders whether healthcare service providers could adopt principles of hospitality to enhance the patient experience. The insights shared in this book reveal the answer: yes!

The story of Echoes of the Forgotten was born from a fascination with places that hold more than they reveal. I have always been drawn to the idea that a house or a stretch of land can carry the weight of its history—untold stories lingering in the air, waiting to be uncovered. Pine Drive and the Duck Pond became the perfect backdrop for a tale about the unseen connections between the past and the present, where a seemingly abandoned house holds dark secrets tied to the land itself.

J.T. never quite got over the painful breakup with his ex-girlfriend, Joey. So finding out she moved in next door leaves him with mixed feelings. Joey has moved back to Castle Springs after a six-year absence to renovate the old Bradford place and turn it into a Bed and Breakfast. When she bought the place, she had no idea J.T. O’Connell was building his new home on the adjacent property. But the deal is done and there’s no going back on it now.