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My name is Cal Thorpe, and I am, impossibly, Death's heir. My first task as his apprentice is to rescue the other Grim Reapers who have been trapped by the Fisher King in a land beyond the dragons. First, though, I have to have dinner with my mother. When my mother, the last Knight, learns of my impending quest, she invites herself along so she can sort out her issues with the dragon. And somehow, my girlfriend, the djinn Neja, comes, too. Th...

I bound the void to save the world, and in doing so, opened up the gateway for the forgotten gods to return. I was named the Chosen One, Astraea, a Fallen Star. I was none of those things. I was a nameless goddess, formed by earth and by fire to do exactly what I did and bind the void. Because of me, though, the world I had grown to love was in peril from ancient and hungry gods. I needed an army, one willing to stand against primal forces ...

Just when I thought my day couldn't get worse, I am accidentally summoned in Death's place... My name is Cal Thorpe, and I am in the middle of learning to live a life after the return of my wayward soul. My emotions are a mess and I will start weeping at the sight of an empty bowl of popcorn. Then, my cousin Baz and I are accidentally summoned by a punk band who managed to get their hands on a recipe for summoning Death. Now, they want my hel...

Astraea woke to a world on fire. They told her she was the Chosen One. That she bore the legacy of a Fallen Star to push back the greedy void and the creatures that lived there. That it was her destiny. They told her she had influence and power, that people would listen when she spoke, that they would do as she asked. That royalty wanted to marry her and that the world would be at her feet. They told her that she had magic bright enough to ...

Kyle Livingston is in the northern town of Tallmadge to research magic for a book. Only, the lake monster that he came to see is a myth, and the only magic in the area is in the form of the local herbwoman, Cait Del Sol, and her mysterious granddaughter Mara, who seems to have a strange connection to the ocean. But when this useless research trip turns into something far more, will Livingston have what it takes to put aside his research and di...

If the world thought one of me was bad enough, try three... My name is Cal Thorpe, and I am on a quest to find my missing soul. Death gave me his still-beating heart as a beacon to help find his mother, Fate. She is apparently the only person who can find my wayward soul, but getting her to cooperate is proving to be more difficult than I anticipated. Namely, because my friends were kidnapped by unknown magical forces while helping me on my q...

My name is Bailey Duane, and I have the best-and strangest-job ever. I am a professional gofer, which means if you need someone to release chickens in an airport terminal to stop your beloved from getting on a plane, I'm your girl. Fetching drycleaning? Check. Game night buddy? Check. Giving everyone ridiculous nicknames? Double check. Only, when I get hired by a guy I call Fred and his stick-in-the-mud colleague Gawain to retrieve a documen...

Apparently, when I crash a party, I crash it in singular style...My name is Cal Thorpe, and I am a Grim Reaper. When I receive an invitation for the coronation of the new ruler for the former tribe of my assistant, Yolanda, I accept with the intention of showing them how wrong they were to throw her aside. Literally. Upon arrival, though, I am met with Yolanda's half-sister Katrina, a tiny griffin named Tempest, and the news that the new ruler...

Acting as relationship counselor for Life and Death was not in my job description. Then, I got sent back in time to fix the problems before their relationship fractured apart...My name is Cal Thorpe, and I work for Death as his marketing agent. Mediating between Death and Life's marriage was never in my job description. I did my best until we met up with Death's cousin, Time, at the theatre. Time decided I should try and fix the problems betwe...

Death has jury duty, so he's left me in charge of his pets.My name is Cal Thorpe, and after running to Life in some desperate attempt to prevent my becoming a Reaper, things have only gotten worse. While I'm trying to figure out how to come to terms with my abilities, Death has me petsitting his fur babies: two half-Fae dogs named Mischief and Mayhem, and a grimalkin Faerie cat named Shakespeare.When the dogs accidentally get out, I have to ve...

I met Death in the park. And then he offered me a job...My name is Cal Thorpe and I worked for the premier marketing firm as a marketing and public relations agent. Then, I met Death. He gave me two options: go back to the moment when I'd been shot or work for him as his marketing agent. Obviously, I took the job.The only thing is, working for Death was absolutely nothing like I expected. For one, my assistant is a rock troll named Yolanda who...

When Death hired me to be his marketing agent, I never thought I'd see my family again. Turns out, I was wrong... My name is Cal Thorpe, and I am a Reaper. After the debacle with the Fae, things slowed down enough for me to actually focus on my real job. Marketing. Only, right in the middle of a photoshoot for the best coffee ever, Life and Death appear and tell me that there's a problem with my cousin, Baz, and I need to go home immediately....

My name is Cal Thorpe. I can't die. And now I have to stand in for Death while he takes his vacation.After the disaster involving me, Al Capone, Chicago and The Taxman (don't ask), I am now experiencing phantom soul syndrome. My emotions are haywire and I have an obsession with coffee. Then, my boss Death informs me that he's going on vacation and I have to stand in for him.Almost as soon as he's gone, Life asks for my help collecting a soul. ...

My name is Cal Thorpe. Death lost my soul. Now I have to borrow a new one...After losing my soul, I won the temporary use of Al Capone's soul in a poker game. Then, I could finally get back to normal, doing things like my marketing job, planning Death's family reunion, and throwing a stuffed pepper into the face of The Taxman. As reparation, I-with Al Capone as a ride along-have to do a job for the Taxman as reparation.That job? Getting a Faer...

Dove Graves lives a quiet life, running the family cafe and keeping her head down. But when a world-famous movie director and his assistant appear in her cafe, practically begging her to star in the latest film, how can she say no? Stepping into the spotlight might reveal that her sad eys are anything but an act. Actor Weston Blackwood has topped too many charts to be working on a romance movie. But to repay a favour to his director friend, he...

Crow is a blacksmith apprentice without a master. A chance meeting on the side of the road leads Crow to Jek, the royal blacksmith, and everything changes. For the first time in a long time, Crow has a place to belong, and a friend in the form of Crown Prince Alexander. The two make an unlikely pair, a man destined for the throne and a slim youth happy to work with fire.There are secrets that Crow is hiding though, including a shadowed past th...

The Stormbringers are flying to war. But are they prepared for what the aftermath might bring? Ravenna has spent the last moons preparing her people for war, and now it is time to fly. She knows that this is right, but facing Davorin has consequences that not even she could predict. Reunited with Miska, with Lenore, Ravenna realises that things are not the same s they were in the time she was away, and they may never be again. Was bringing the...

The Stormbringers are flying to war. But are they prepared for what the aftermath might bring? Ravenna has spent the last moons preparing her people for war, and now it is time to fly. She knows that this is right, but facing Davorin has consequences that not even she could predict. Reunited with Miska, with Lenore, Ravenna realises that things are not the same s they were in the time she was away, and they may never be again. Was bringing the...

Sometimes, a second chance requires a little help… Gwen's life has gone downhill since she was an interpreter in the US army. She's lost her friends, her home, and she's on the streets just trying to survive. All that changes when she meets Walter Smythe, a wealthy philanthropist who offers her a chance to make a new life for herself as anything she wants. Gwen wants to be a cook. But what she didn't count on was the chef who would teach her. ...

War is inevitable. But who will win and who will fall depends on what happens next... Ravenna has returned to her people in order to save them from Davorin's impending attack. But what she did not understand is that training a society of peaceful sylphs into the warrior Stormbringers from their distant past will ask more of her than she knew. She must make amends with her sister, the new Chosen Queen. She must play games of politics and tactic...