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Kala may have a talent for killing, but it won’t help her escape what she fears most. As the only contact between the isolated communities of her world, mysterious airships demand a youth in exchange for the goods that each community so desperately needs to survive. If you have to send someone away, you choose a misfit, and Kala has always been at the top of the list.

Alison Reilly works as a legal secretary by day, but she spends her nights banging away on her beautiful blue drum set. Office politics and ill-advised romances rule the halls at work, something Alison steers clear of until the firm hires Joan Stevens as a secretary.

Gaia wasn’t sure which is more burdensome–having no past or no end. As a newly minted goddess, she coaxes life from the dust of a desolate galaxy and protects it from the universe’s more capricious designs. It’s a rewarding existence but a lonely one. Her work is her sole passion for eons until the unthinkable happens–she falls in love with one of her creations, the handsome and principled Sigil.

From a scary board game to an evil robot costume to a creepy ice sculpture, listen to this terrifying collection of horror for the ultimate fright! Check out these teens who go on these adventures of terror.

Teacher Emma Whitstone, reserved and quiet, works with deaf children while yearning for a family of her own. Charles Strong Manning is an outgoing, self-assured attorney. They couldn’t be more different, but their incredible chemistry leads to love, marriage, and a family.

In the wake of immortality, innocence became prized most highly. The lives of four young women who could not be more different are connected by an irresistible gravity that draws them closer and closer, but to annihilation or consummation?

The Immortality Wars were supposed to be ancient history, but ironically or not, they refused to stay dead. This time, however, someone or something had declared war on immortality itself, and people were actually dying again. People were scared, and scared people do terrible things.

Brie Owen, a journalist who is haunted by the past, decided to leave Denton Falls behind her. After receiving a call from the killer wanting to play a game, Brie wonders if she will ever escape her dark past. Evil lurks in every shadow, leering at her attempted escape.

A seven-year-old elementary school girl woke up to a terrifying discovery. Her greatest fear of the darkness has come to life as a shadow in her closet comes to life, changing her life forever.

The Dark Is Coming was inspired by the author’s real-life fear of the darkness. Athena Reid wondered if the dark could be a creature or "monster" this is how she would imagine it to be. Athena understands that the only solution for darkness is light, which she represents in this story very vividly. It is also the belief of Athena that the light within each of us is also the solution to the darkness in this world.

Seventeen-year-old Rebecca Ashford and her younger sister, Errol, have finally found safe refuge at Crown Haven, a witch-led survivor colony in the post-demon-apocalypse world they live in. While Rebecca is happy to have a secure place to live, she’s plagued with guilt over her best friend, Fox, leaving. She knows he left because of how she reacted to learning that he was half demon, and it’s affecting her newfound witch powers.

Tiki Johnson had a perfect life, a wonderful career, and a loving boyfriend. Or so she thought. In an instant, everything changed. Her boyfriend left her for her boss, who decided that her services were no longer needed. Feeling as though she needs a break from life, she takes the family boat to the narrows for a camping trip. Alone. All she wants is a little time and space to re-group and plan her next steps. She never expected to meet a sexy stranger who offers her a distraction from her problems.

She survived domestic abuse, foster care, and a system that didn't care. Now Amanda is doing her best to give her daughter a better life than she ever had. Christmas Eve without her husband isn't the festive holiday she planned on, but she is making it the best one she can.

New York can be a dark place. In the aftermath of her village, Grace struggles to find her place in the world, haunted by having been unable to save her best friend, and navigating a world that is far more perilous than she ever thought possible. Rayne is at her side, but she’s hounded by her legacy. The Immortality Wars never truly ended, and while the Revolution has never been her cause, it’s not done with her yet.

Tayla Johnson doesn't have time for romance. She barely has time to stop and smell the roses. However, when her parents plan a big family reunion, she makes a promise to her mom and dad she will take two weeks off work and spend time with them and her two sisters. Something she hasn't done in years. She's ready for a little fun in her childhood home, but she's not prepared for the sexy next-door neighbor that won't take no for an answer. She doesn't want love or happily ever after. All she's ever known is work, career, and sheer determination.

Georgian Britain prepares for war with France. But a greater threat is stirring. It starts with a ball. News comes that a heroic Umbra has been murdered in the Other Realm. Shy young artist Arthur Tenebris wonders if his wilful Umbra, Amorrie, is involved. Earlier in the evening, she answered his summons, naked, injured, and drenched in blood.

As the ship's archivist, Anna stumbles across hints that the story they've been told about the fate of Earth was a fabrication. Tantalizing clues require unraveling that connect her to Ella Deveros, from six centuries before her time, and Mya Makade, another six before that. Love is the thread that binds them and promises salvation.

This is a story of a woman who becomes something much darker than she could ever have imagined when she meets two brothers who look human but are anything but.

Ella was reborn in a wash of light and all-consuming rage. Something terrible had happened to her, she knew with a certainty. Her sole purpose for continuing to exist in this material plane was to exact revenge. But on whom? Dylan had a gift for seeing things others couldn't. He never expected that to include the unspeakably beautiful Ella Deveros, dead a full year. Despite trying to kill him, she truly was a gift, he concluded.

The Square-Peg Leader Delusion navigates the intricate art of leadership, team-building and effective communication, emphasizing the difference between the role of a manager and the role of a leader. It takes readers through the different aspects of developing first our self-leadership, and subsequently the skill-set needed to lead others well; while building, optimizing and scaling a successful operation.