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No time to explain - they will see you, now run!" Learning that an expedition was studying a group of endangered terns, Jan joined the group with her father, to help him with his research and see if she could do anything to protect them. While at the nesting site on the cliffs, she finds a small silk bag in a cave, and so starts an adventure with many unexpected surprises. When she learns poachers have stolen many tern eggs, she is determined ...

Why should the sexy immortal guy always fall for the swooning teenage girl? In this reverse Beauty and the Beast retelling, Margaret has given up on life. In her late sixties, unlikeable, homeless, and unwanted, she has nothing left to lose when a mysterious, handsome young man offers to take her to his luxury apartment. Deciding it doesn't matter if the encounter might end in her death, she takes the chance, knowing she has nothing else to ...

Things have been peaceful at the Lucky Devil, but peace never lasts between technology and magic... It's been two months since Rune Leveau, aka Anna Masterson, survived the machinations of the Kodiak corporation. Chicago never sleeps, especially when the Masterson Files, the computer program with the impossible ability to cast spells, is still out there. The rest of the corporate overlords won't let that lie, and Rune is the key to that powe...

There will be no peace, not even for the people of Espar. The people have suffered long enough under the reign of squabbling princes. Prince Tohmas of Galanth has the perfect solution: supersede the Princes with a King. With the blessing of his Goddess Inac and the strength of the enchanted sword SoulBurner, he will be that King. While half of Espar pledges allegiance, the other half declares war. Tohmas' eyes turn to his greatest oppositi...

Would YOU abandon your destiny? Growing up on Lewis, Caitlin and Seraphine's lives are ordered and calculated. Immune children, they were created by the previous regime for the sole purpose of ensuring the survival of the human race. A virus has decimated the planet and their destiny weighs heavily. With only a few surviving communities left on earth, their role in re-settling the world is critical. But what if you reject the purpose your ...

The cybernetic revolution was inevitable. Too bad nothing else changed. For St. Augustina, a cyber-spy for hire, life is a series of endless nights in the heart of the Data Bowl, the digital city of corporate markets and submarkets. It was a place where anything could happen, but even so, she expected this to be a typical job ... even if it came from the mysterious Orange Lady. She was wrong. From fighting Neo-ninjas to singing in a loun...

At sixteen, Gerald Dupickle faces his worst fear ... college! Awkward and shy, Gerald desperately wants to be part of the popular crowd-something he couldn't accomplish in high school. He does his best to avoid the campus bullies, but after a brief run-in with the boys who wear black, he realizes things aren't always what they appear to be. After a ghostly encounter in the library, it's the boys who wear black that come to his rescue. Fang...

I had a psychotic break... At least that's what the doctors and the man claiming to be my husband tell me. But after spending a month in a mental health hospital, I'm left questioning everything. The memories of Emiliano Calvano and our time together fade with each passing day until one day ... they're gone. Was he ever real? Was it all in my imagination, a dark romance novel of my own making? Or is someone else writing the story? My heart...

Bridget's Senior Year Checklist includes: 1. Hook the new guy, Trip 2. Hang with newly discovered cousin, Cay aka the most popular boy at OCHS 3. Find missing weather controlling Amulet 4. Pass SATs 5. Save the world In her quiet Jersey Shore town, high school senior Bridget MacNamara just wants to get a date with the strikingly attractive new kid, Trip, but fate and her lineage have other ideas. Things get weird when the most popular guy ...

Remember, you can always find help at the Lucky Devil. Rune Leveau knew that better than anyone. She'd rebuilt her life at the Lucky Devil bar with her Aunt Maddie's help. Now, in her memory, Rune continues that legacy. But when it is time for the Devil to claim his due, Rune could lose it all as she is forced to defend her claim to the House of Magdalene, including the bar. With time ticking away, Rune and her partner, the cyber-spy St. B...

I can't be hunting - what do I say if someone asks why I have a gun? Tell them it is for protection from dangerous animals. What do I say we are doing in the woods? If anyone asks, we are on a rescue mission, looking for a friend who disappeared, Ike Monnihan - they do not need to know we are hunting a dragon. Didn't you make a promise to Knocker that you would not hunt again? Yeah, so what? Do you really want to break your promise to a dragon...

Join Taylor on his adventure to rescue nine endangered red wolves from extinction! Using the ability to communicate with animals granted to him after his first encounter with Ituria's Alliance, Taylor races to save the red wolves left in his land. He joins forces with Megan, a dragon temporarily turned human, to save Brandon, a young wolf caught in a poacher's trap. With Brandon freed, the poacher's are angry and hot on their trail. Taylor, hi...

How can she keep her secret safe from his charms? When a charming and deadly corporate cyber-spy, shows up on the doorstep of Rune Leveau's bar, he wants only one thing: For the secretive Finder of the Lucky Devil to use her magical talent to find a wanted criminal. This criminal is the key to something very special... she can lead him to a computer program rumored to do the impossible: cast magic spells. But Rune has a dangerous secret. S...

What happens beyond the end of time? In Munderworld, time has become meaningless. With the world of po gone, there isn't much for many to do beyond endure their existence. Though there is one person, a jester from a bygone age, who chooses to spend his time high in the mountains looking at the stars. He and his friend, a small and chatty imp called Fiddle, decide on some antics to pass the time and end up angering a celestial entity. After...

In this clever reimagining of a classic tale, it's up to Captain Hook to rescue his crew, escape the strange island, and stop that spoiled blood-thirsty brat Peter! "A masterpiece of horror, action, suspense, and high seas pirate ship battles." JOE DAVISON, _Stranger Things_ Considered a buffoon by fellow pirates, Captain James Hook is determined to avoid the gallows by leading his crew to an uncharted and mythical island. The deal was sup...

The competitive world of professional hockey can be cold, but this series brings the heat! New goaltender Riley Warren is determined to make her first season with the New York Blizzards perfect. As a young female hockey player, she knows she has to prove herself to the league if she wants to earn a permanent spot. Her plan is to break some records, but she may end up breaking some hearts instead. One of the only females in a male-dominated...

One night turns into two weeks when their worlds unexpectedly collide. Cecily Devereaux knows better than anyone that being the daughter of a billionaire can make it hard to trust people. Every relationship she's ever been in turned out to be nothing more than an attempt to get her father's money, and after a failed engagement, she vows to stay away from commitment. Shifting her focus to enjoying herself, she finds satisfaction in one night ...

London is doomed and Scotland may be their only chance for survival. If the vines and the Creeps didn't bring about London's ultimate destruction, Operation Inferno would. Within six days, thermo baric bombs will be dropping on the city, obliterating everything. Adam Blake has no choice but to lead the inhabitants of the Block out of the city and through a hostile world devoid of human life. Their only chance of safety lays over five hundred...

Acid trips, terrorists, and one hundred birthday candles. Icy baths, burning bodies, and everything in between. This thought provoking debut short story collection from Cathleen Davies pulls no punches. Expertly skewering readers' expectations on failing relationships, cabin fever, police violence, feminism, loss, and loyalty, each unique character tells a tale of the dissatisfied, the angst-laden, and the justifiably outraged. Elder members o...

Kay's life is about to get twisted. Kay is everything: successful, smart, and savvy. As the rising star in the business world, there is nothing she can't do... except take a vacation. In desperation for a break, Kay lets her sisters book her an "abduction vacation" for an entire month, complete with a sexy, masked stranger whisking her away to a dark and secret world of rest and pleasures. Only this stranger is more than he seems. He has h...