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Desperate for a final taste of freedom before marrying the stranger chosen by his parents, brooding Pace, Second Prince of the Cupids, sneaks into the human world with his friends. When they encounter dangerous, dark beings that should not exist, he’s left with more questions than answers.

Change is coming, one scale at a time. Raiden’s eyes were opened to the horrors that lay beyond the Sixth Realm. Now he is pushing for change for all the realms, for both human and dragonkind alike. The support Raiden hopes for doesn’t come, but the weight of what is happening isn’t something he can let go. With Egan at his side, Raiden finds the strength he needs and leaves his home once again. Only this time he doesn’t know if the crown will still be waiting for him when he returns. Whatever the cost, he is willing to see it through.

This collection of true paranormal pet stories will have the hair on the back of your neck standing on end. Hear accounts from owners who were certain their beloved animals came back from the other side. But don’t be fooled; these stories aren’t all happy reunions and love. Some are downright chilling and might make you glad your pet hasn’t come back for a visit.

Join the last vestiges of Humanity and their alien allies (the reptilian Thrynn, the insectoid Velox, and the plant-based Elowan) as they attempt to carve out their own territory in a sector of space filled with wondrous opportunity and deadly threats. Brave explorers seek out new worlds to colonize while merchants cruise from starport to starport, their holds laden with exotic goods. Not all in this futuristic setting have noble intent. For every prospector and trader attempting to make a difference, a dozen pirates, smugglers, and mobsters engage in all manner of criminal enterprise.

CERHA is a fabricant, and her job is simple: keep Annalise Fletcher safe, a role she performs dutifully and without fail, as she was designed to. Neither she nor her charge expected that this routine assignment could lead to love, but when feelings begin to bloom, neither see fit to stand in their way, and the two find themselves leading a shared life where both must walk a tightrope, precariously balancing between duty, and what domestic bliss is woven into the spaces remaining. For a time, they are as close to happy as they can manage.

Prince Pharun was marked by the gods at birth, yet he has lived his entire life in his younger brother's shadow. Despite becoming Crowned Priest, a right hand to the divine, his father only ever treated him with contempt. Now, the king is dead, and he has named his second son his successor. Pharun is prepared to fight tooth and claw for his birthright, even if that means destroying what little family he has left.

Running an inn on the coast, living next to the beautiful ocean, and entertaining guests sounds like a dream come true for the couple in love. Except once they open their business, odd things begin to happen. Nothing serious, nothing Rose can’t blow off.

A fast-paced memoir, set in a top-rated hotel in the Yucatan jungle of Mexico, the crazy year begins after the author heads to help her friends, Molly and Luis Felipe, the owners of the property. Out of work and a relationship, Julie is looking to reinvent herself. But the day after arrival, her friends take off and leave Julie to run the hotel, with no Spanish speaking ability, and even less knowledge of the hotel business. With a wild international cast of characters working for the hotel, and cut off from the world, Julie ricochets from one disturbing encounter to another.

Iria should have been a princess. Instead, she spent 27 years struggling to survive in the Wasteland beyond her kingdom's borders. Now, thanks to the love and bravery of her sister, Iria finally has the life she was born into. She never has to worry or struggle again. So why is she still unhappy? When her magic finds the source of the plague that has been killing witches, it becomes clear that Iria is the only person with a chance of stopping it.

Lanie’s a teenage girl running on bad luck and breaks. She spends more time with her earphones in than out, and spends most of her days dodging her pervy foster dad as well as the kids at school. She’s a total loner except for a homeless woman inhabiting the neighborhood park, and a certain Hummer-driving mystery boy. All she dreams of is finding her place in this world. She has no idea she belongs in another world entirely.

The Ancients of Faerie are awakening, and they don't like what they see. Imprisoned and cursed to eternal slumber in chains for centuries, Arthas, the Unseelie King of Faerie, returns to claim his realm back. The world has changed, and the thirst for vengeance is all consuming....

Zack Collins, age 16, barely settling into high school, faces his worst nightmare when a strange man at the local library gives him a typewriter. The man tells him that it will make all his dreams come true. Soon after obtaining it, all of his friends start dying in mysterious ways. The typewriter seemingly has a mind of its own, and it types messages to Zack. Is the typewriter killing people, or is there another force outside of his imagination that is causing the death of his friends and family? Who will be next?

Will is a young orphaned boy, going to live in the place that has given him nightmares for three years, ever since his parents died. Moving to a new state and attending a new school, he is put against the odds when things begin whispering his name, and the local boys at school reveal a deadly secret.

The small town of Wicker, Alabama has been taken over by a glamorous, fast-talking reverend with a charismatic smile as bright as his Rolex watch. This new reverend, who calls himself Blue, has declared himself a ‘modern day Lazarus’ and has set the whole town on fire with religious fervor. Yet, Dallas doesn’t trust him. There is something sinister about the new church and its cult-like following. And when Dallas, who has spent five years caring for his ailing grandfather, is suddenly thrust into the world behind the pulpit.

On a hot Southern morning, Jessie Livingston signed away his soul to a crossroads devil who made him an offer he could not refuse. Now Jessie’s voice is dropping, his chest is flattening, and there are hairs sprouting on his chin. He is becoming the man he always wanted to be seen as. Meanwhile, the only thing the devil, Bee, asks for in return is to come collect his due in Jessie’s bedroom every Sunday.

What was once Shrukian’s promised birthright is now an uncertain future. In the wake of his brother’s threats, he has been forced to flee the capital city and abandon his father’s crown. Allies may be hiding in the most unlikely of places, but the price for war is high, and war is what it will take to pry the crown from his brother’s claws.

Fear and loneliness are Sirain’s only reward for proving her claim to the throne of Helle. Suffering from a broken heart and burdened by guilt, her bleak future worsens when the Fates issue a kill order for her father. If she wants to save him, Sirain must endure opening old wounds and face the consequences of her choices.

The crown is a heavy burden, and Pharun is still fighting to keep his stolen throne. War with East Avralaen is imminent, but the war to keep peace in his own bedroom is far bloodier. There are those who claim to love him, and those who cannot even pretend, and their conspiracies grow thicker by the day.