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The once-mighty Maurian Empire is crumbling before an unstoppable enemy, and Fleet Commander Mog is fighting to hold their last outpost. As the mysterious Ta'Krell press their assault on Sledgim's gates, only a miracle can save the Maurians from extinction. Light-years away, humans have spread throughout the solar system and are forging ahead towards the stars. When the International Space Force's secret starship propulsion program goes wrong, Morgan Greenfield, a teenage rally-car racer from Arizona, is flung into deep space.

Lurielle didn't dream of her wedding as a little girl. Now the orc of her dreams is telling her he's going to build her a bridal fire they can see from space. It doesn't help that the engagement has gripped the entire town, and as Khash catches the fever, all Lurielle wants to do is elope. At least she can count on her friends to help her . . . at least, she thinks she can.

Besides dealing with his teenage assistant, Moth (being enticed by her mafia family to join the business), Quirk's nemesis Beatrix Potter has reappeared. The nonbinary assassin reveals an unprecedented power grab by Joshua Simister. The Old Man, aka TOM, aka Quirk's ex-father-in-law plots to snatch control of all interstellar travel from the UN. The struggle for power puts the lives of Quirk's ex-wife (committed to an asylum), his son (an electronic being), and Moth's family under threat. Can the dysfunctional duo prevent this calamity?

When the Pied Piper returns to Hamelin, he takes more than the town's gold—he takes their children. As a consequences of a broken promise, they must unravel the Piper’s dark secrets before it’s too late. The Piper's Promise is a chilling short story that retells the classic legend with a haunting twist.

Tauch auch du tief ab, in eine von der wogenden Macht der See beherrschte, bildstarke Nordische High-Fantasy Welt. Ein winziges Schwert, ein unbesiegbarer Seedrache und ein junger Fischer, der auszieht, eine entführte Königstochter zu retten. Ein unbezwingbarer Gegner aus der Vergangenheit. Eine gefährliche Reise in einer phantastischen Welt, in der die Gefahren nicht nur im Nebel an der Oberfläche der See lauern, sondern auch darunter: in den dunklen Tiefen und Abgründen des Meeres. Mymengard ist eine von sieben auf unserer Erde verborgenen germanischen und keltischen Welten.

Mit Angel zusammen das langweiligste Pärchen New Yorks zu werden, das ist Hannes' Vorsatz. Nach einem turbulenten Jahr voller Höhen und Tiefen freuen sich die beiden Männer auf entspannte Feiertage, um ihre Liebe endlich zu genießen. Allerdings wird Heiligabend – trotz festlicher Girlande und leckerem Truthahn – weit un(be)sinnlicher als geplant und auch der Weihnachtsmorgen hält eine Bescherung der etwas anderen Art bereit. Ganz zu schweigen davon, dass Silvester noch bevorsteht.

Das Opfer ist diesmal der Gärtner ... Agatha hat sich verliebt - schon wieder! Diesmal ist es der hiesige Gärtner, George Marston, auf den sie ein Auge geworfen hat. Doch die Konkurrenz um seine Aufmerksamkeit ist groß. Mit ihrer schamlosen Entschlossenheit ist Agatha allerdings bereit, alles zu tun, um den Mann zu bekommen. Sie stürzt sich sogar in Unkosten und unterstützt einen Wohltätigkeitsball in der Stadt - nur um mit George tanzen zu können.

Agatha non ce la fa proprio a smettere di correre dietro agli uomini. Questa volta prende una cotta per George, un ex soldato particolarmente aitante che si propone come giardiniere e tuttofare. Ma non è l’unica donna di Carsely ad avergli messo gli occhi addosso; anzi, la concorrenza è agguerrita. Una sera, però, Agatha fa un’atroce scoperta: George è stato ucciso e gettato in una compostiera. La sorella di George assolda Agatha per scoprire l’assassino, che però non si accontenterà di una sola vittima...

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He needs me to play the role of fake fiancée to appease his family of tentacle-tailed cops. I'll keep up the charade as long as I need if it means being reunited with Abraxas and Rurik. It shouldn't be too hard, right? To play pretend…My life force is now inextricably tied to handsome, gun-totin' Officer Hyt. But do you know what happens if my new in-laws find out that I'm mated to three different males? Intergalactic war, that's what.

They thought the Enemy was the worst of their foes. They were wrong.

Agatha Raisin's private detective agency is working flat out on a series of burglaries which take a violent turn when a friend of Agatha's is murdered during a raid on his antiques shop. Although determined to nail the villains, Agatha still makes time to help Sir Charles Fraith prepare to stage a massive, hugely glamorous event in the grounds of his ancestral home, Barfield House.

All Hamish Macbeth wants is a quiet life in his peaceful home in the Highland village of Lochdubh. But when his newly-assigned constable arrives, he presents Hamish with a surprise and a secret. Getting to the bottom of the secret becomes the least of Hamish’s problems when he meets a family who have a score to settle with a sinister man who has mysteriously gone missing. Discovering a murdered woman’s body puts further pressure on Hamish, especially when it becomes clear that the murdered woman and the missing man are linked.

Violet “Vy” Finch is a vampire cursed, for the very blood she needs is poison to her. Suffering unquenchable hunger and shunned for being of mixed lineage, Vy searches desperately for her mother who disappeared over a decade ago—the one person who may be able to heal her. Unfortunately, a great sorceress prophesies that Vy will only get what she wants if Petra Malkovitch willingly works with her to find a magical relic with the power to change everything.

Once again, HellBound Books Publishing brings you an outstanding collection of horror, dark, slippery things, and supernatural terror - all from the very best up and coming minds in the genre.

Die Erfüllung von Alias Schicksal steht kurz bevor. Doch wenn sie glaubte, dass sie damit an ihrem Ziel angekommen ist, hat sie sich getäuscht. Der sich anbahnende Umbruch ruft in den Rängen der Magier von Altra nicht nur Ränkeschmiede, sondern auch uralte Allianzen auf den Plan. Ist Alia stark genug, um sich all dem entgegenzustellen? Und welche Opfer muss sie bringen, damit sich die Prophezeiung erfüllt?

Imagine that every aspect of your daily life has been overseen by one of the many Aspects of Nature. Now, imagine that, when you die, one of the Aspects of Nature chose you to record the living. Abby George is new to the Afterlife. She and her mentor, Gregory Peel, visit the living and record their dreams for the Aspect of Dreams. As Gregory is showing her around her new plane of existence, and what it takes to be a Dream Recorder, the unthinkable happens. Gregory and Abby are pulled into the Dreamscape with no idea how they got there or how to get out.

A young sailor in bootcamp unexpectedly meets a young woman as he goes off to war. Their brief encounter in the per-electronic age was the inspiration for a lifelong relationship set in the backdrop of the World War II and the US Naval Campaign in the Pacific. Submarines and sailors came and went during this thirty month assignment. A few funny moments happened during the war. The Letters written from Pearl Harbor gives a quick look into the effects of the war, on the home front and in the battlegrounds.

All Catherine wanted was a happy ever after. Swept off her feet by a charming lawyer, she learned not all fairy tales have a happy ending. Sometimes death is the only escape. Someone knows what you did...Revenge is coming.

Hello again, I'm Eve Wakefield, and I refuse to accept that I'm in love with an intergalactic moth prince. No. I don't care how handsome he is, I don't want to marry him. I don't care if his parents have a sentient spaceship capable of eating entire planets. Love is earned, not swindled by pheromones. I'm now trapped on a ship with an adorable cyborg bodyguard, a golden toilet, and relationship issues. There's the prince I'm supposed to marry, the forest beast I fell in love with, and the never-wears-clothes police officer with tentacles.