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What do you get when you mix a novice wizard, a reckless warrior, a sharp-tongued thief, & a saintly cleric? Swords, sorcery, & sarcasm.Glolindir thought he knew all about magic until he came face to face with his very f...
What do you get when you mix a novice wizard, a reckless warrior, a sharp-tongued thief, & a saintly cleric? Swords, sorcery, & sarcasm.Glolindir thought he knew all about magic until he came face to face with his very first monster. He only survived thanks to his new friends: a gallant warrior as talented as he is reckless, a mysterious halfling whose knives are nearly as sharp as his tongue, and a saintly gnome whose very touch can heal.Unfortunately, that was just the beginning of their troubles. Strange things have been happening around the little town of Ravenford. Before they know it, they are up to their necks in monsters and worse.From eerie ruins to underground caves to a ghostly forest devoid of life, they encounter the forces of darkness. Can they overcome their faults and work together to save the town, or will they die trying?Enter a world of magic and adventure in this fun tale of heroes in the making. Perfect for fans of Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons.
Hayley's on the run from a stalker who's determined to make her pay.When she saves the life of the local wolf pack's Alpha, exposing her new location in the process, Cooper decides he has to make her his.His to possess,...
Hayley's on the run from a stalker who's determined to make her pay.When she saves the life of the local wolf pack's Alpha, exposing her new location in the process, Cooper decides he has to make her his.His to possess, his to love, his to protect.He's waited a long time to find his mate. He's not going to let her go. She risked her cover and her life to save his, he's willing to do anything to keep her safe.Will Hayley be able to accept this whole new paranormal world of wolf shifters and fated mates that she never knew existed, or will her past catch up to her and ruin it all? This is Book 1 of the paranormal werewolf romance series, Wolf Shifters of Grey Ridge.Book 2, The Alpha's Inferno, is available to order now!
An Apple Books Classic edition.
You’ve seen the iconic 1939 movie, but do you know about the talking field mice, the Winkies, and the Witch of the North that appear in the original book? L. Frank Baum’s beloved classic -...
An Apple Books Classic edition.
You’ve seen the iconic 1939 movie, but do you know about the talking field mice, the Winkies, and the Witch of the North that appear in the original book? L. Frank Baum’s beloved classic - the first title in the Oz series - is more complex and intricate than the movie, but just as colorful and fun. The story features a large cast of enchanting characters and a thrilling heroic quest.
Upon the book’s release in 1900, Baum wrote, “It aspires to be a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heart-aches and nightmares are left out.” Mission accomplished. Readers of all ages immediately fell in love with the story, demanding sequels, and Baum obliged, penning more than a dozen installments before his death in 1919.
USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORS Megan Linski and Alicia Rades spellbind readers within a paranormal fantasy prison where supernaturals go to the dark side and villains become the heroes.
Bronze Medal Winner in the Readers'...
USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORS Megan Linski and Alicia Rades spellbind readers within a paranormal fantasy prison where supernaturals go to the dark side and villains become the heroes.
Bronze Medal Winner in the Readers' Favorite International Book Awards!
Love is even more dangerous behind bars.
Ava-Marie
My name is Ava-Marie, and I love living on the dark side.
Getting into trouble is kind of my thing, but one night, I take revenge too far. I’m sentenced to a reform school for magical delinquents... though really, it’s a prison.
As the only supernatural who can control both fire and water, I’m already a target. To make matters worse, I literally share a soul with Charlie, a sexy inmate from the wrong side of the tracks. Surviving at the Institute is almost as risky as falling in love.
But there’s a way out. The Warden is offering a pardon for the team who wins the Darke Games— a sick, twisted competition where more prisoners come out dead than alive.
They think I'm the bad guy. I'm about to show them just how much of a villain I can be.
Charlie
I shouldn’t be at the Institute. I’m in here because of her— the girl who claims to own half my soul.
After losing my sight, I grew up as an orphan, banished from magical society. I learned enough on the streets to survive the gangs and fight clubs inside the prison. But nothing could prepare me for the Darke Games.
Ava-Marie is my worst enemy, but if we’re going to break out of here, we’ll have to get along. Yet the more I let Ava in, the more I want her. I can’t let my desire for her get in the way of my one chance at escape.
Except it already has. There’s a dark power inside of Ava that terrifies me...
And none of us will be prepared when it unleashes.
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The Villain Institute is the first book in the Prison for Supernatural Offenders series. A new adult college paranormal enemies-to-lovers dark romance, this supernatural prison ignites fiery passions and secret adventures. Learn why readers are calling Charlie their next book boyfriend, and Ava a villain to root for!
"Sass, spells, and smolder fans of the genre will crave... their use of voice is devilishly effective in driving both plot and people." - The BookLife Prize by Publishers Weekly
"There’s plenty to adore in this truly epic fantasy adventure that readers are sure to lose themselves in... I highly recommend The Villain Institute as an unmissable read." - K.C. Finn, Readers' Favorite ★★★★★
“Because both Ava-Marie and Charlie have a disability, this story is really one of a kind… Linski and Rades have a great imagination” - Boekensteeg ★★★★★
“This was 100% action and magic packed-- and a little bit dangerous. Be ready for a non-stop read that deals with drama and hard emotions.” - Smada’s Book Smack, Vine Voice ★★★★★
Break out of the Institute and order today!
This series takes place in the Hidden Legends Universe, along with the Academy of Magical Creatures series, the University of Sorcery series, and the College of Witchcraft series. The Hidden Legends universe features college-aged protagonists attending magical academies, dual points-of-view, disabled and diverse main characters, and steamy, empowering romances. Each series stands on its own and can be read in any order.
This is a full-length novel over 400 pages. Recommended reading age 18+
3 Creepy Paranormal Stories, perfect for Halloween!Best Selling Authors: W.J. May, Chrissy Peebles, and Kristen Middleton bring you werewolves, zombies, witches, and vampires! BOOK I: Seventh Mark, part 1 of the Hid...
3 Creepy Paranormal Stories, perfect for Halloween!Best Selling Authors: W.J. May, Chrissy Peebles, and Kristen Middleton bring you werewolves, zombies, witches, and vampires! BOOK I: Seventh Mark, part 1 of the Hidden Secrets Saga. BOOK II: The Zombie Chronicles, part 1 of the Apocalypse Infection Unleased Series. BOOK III: Enchanting Secrets, part 1 of the Witches of Bayport Series.
"Pretty Little Liars" meets "The Mortal Instruments""I want her. I crave her. I love her. And that is the reason we will all die..."I'm a proud bookworm who is jealous of the heroines she reads about. They're always brim...
"Pretty Little Liars" meets "The Mortal Instruments""I want her. I crave her. I love her. And that is the reason we will all die..."I'm a proud bookworm who is jealous of the heroines she reads about. They're always brimming with courage and going on adventures. The most courageous thing I've done is drink milk two days past it's expiration date. Nothing new or exciting ever happens to me. I play it safe at every turn and live a spectacularly unremarkable life. Until…I was attacked by a hoard of Demons and rescued by the Japanese twins from my history class. They confess to being part of a six-member team of Angels; sent to earth to find me. Wait, what? It turns out, they are here to get me to reveal a secret; one I don't even realize I'm keeping. If the Demons learn the secret before the Angels, they'll use that knowledge to bring hell on earth.The twins present me to the team leader-- Marcus Cane. Marcus is stubborn and bossy. He's also ridiculously hot. I forget how to breathe when he's near and feel panic when he's away. But we could never be together. He's the most powerful Angel on earth and I'm, well…me.Also, he has a girlfriend. She's stunning, intelligent and quick to kill. That should have been enough to make us stay away from each other, it wasn't…This dark YA paranormal romance is perfect for lovers of Twilight, Fallen, and Immortal Instruments! Please note: This series was perviously published as "Guardians"
Danny and her crew learn that humans may not be alone in the galaxy.
Thirty years ago, Danny and her crew on the Supreme Lythion were instrumental in the defeat of the sentient array, the crumbling of the Empire and the...
Danny and her crew learn that humans may not be alone in the galaxy.
Thirty years ago, Danny and her crew on the Supreme Lythion were instrumental in the defeat of the sentient array, the crumbling of the Empire and the development of crescent ships.
Now wildcat crescent ships are opening up the known galaxy, finding more worlds to be settled and new resources. When the wildcat ship Ige Ibas goes dark and silent, Dalton comes to Danny for help, because his son, Mace, is on that ship. Despite their history, Danny agrees to try to find Mace.
But the Ige Ibas has gone dark for a reason, and Danny’s investigation rouses the ire of a new enemy, one that emerges from beyond any worlds known to humans…
Galactic Thunder is the first book in the Iron Hammer space opera science fiction series by award-winning SF author Cameron Cooper. The Iron Hammer series is a spin off from the acclaimed Imperial Hammer series, and features many of the characters and situations from that series.
The Iron Hammer series:
1.0: Galactic Thunder
2.0: Stellar Storm
3.0: Planetary Parlay
4.0: Waxing War
5.0: Ruled Out
6.0: Stranger Stars
7.0: Federal Force
8.0: Redline Rebels
Space Opera Science Fiction Novel
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Praise for Galactic Thunder:
I found myself unable to just stop reading at just anyplace even at 2:00 a.m.
IT IS THAT GOOD and I'm really pleased to have found this author!!!
This one is rife with conflict and fall out from the Imperial Hammer series. And more parawolves!
This is the beginning of a series, so while it contains a full story arc (there isn't a cliff hanger) it is also building a larger arc and that last line is a dozy!
I highly recommend this book and to enrich your experience with the characters I would definitely read the Imperial Hammer series first.
Intriguing and in my opinion the best Danny book yet. This writer gets better and better with each new book.
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Cameron Cooper is the author of the Imperial Hammer series, an Amazon best-selling space opera series, among others.
Cameron tends to write space opera short stories and novels, but also roams across the science fiction landscape. Cameron was raised on a steady diet of Asimov, Heinlein, Herbert, McCaffrey, and others. Peter F. Hamilton, John Scalzi, Martha Wells and Cory Doctorow are contemporary heroes. An Australian Canadian, Cam lives near the Canadian Rockies.
INTRODUCING HONOR HARRINGTON
Having made him look a fool, she's been exiled to Basilisk Station in disgrace and set up for ruin by a superior who hates her.
Her demoralized crew blames her for their ship's humiliating po...
INTRODUCING HONOR HARRINGTON
Having made him look a fool, she's been exiled to Basilisk Station in disgrace and set up for ruin by a superior who hates her.
Her demoralized crew blames her for their ship's humiliating posting to an out-of-the-way picket station.
The aborigines of the system's only habitable planet are smoking homicide-inducing hallucinogens.
Parliament isn't sure it wants to keep the place; the major local industry is smuggling; the merchant cartels want her head; the star-conquering, so-called "Republic" of Haven is Up To Something; and Honor Harrington has a single, over-age light cruiser with an armament that doesn't work to police the entire star system.
But the people out to get her have made one mistake. They've made her mad.
At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
An 8-Book Dark Angels Completed Series.Duty. Honor. His brothers. That's all he has.Wounded in battle, Zander wakes in a daemon feeding ground, bound to a human female. The origins of the restraints are unknown and the w...
An 8-Book Dark Angels Completed Series.Duty. Honor. His brothers. That's all he has.Wounded in battle, Zander wakes in a daemon feeding ground, bound to a human female. The origins of the restraints are unknown and the woman, a risk for Otherworld exposure. In the midst of the violence of his world, and with relationships punishable by death, Austin tempts a part of him he fought to lock down his entire, miserable existence.Kidnapped and handcuffed to a dangerously sexy man, Austin is helpless to fight the attraction to her savior. The darkness of his world terrifies her, yet the rich timbre of his voice triggers a bizarre form of synesthesia. After a decade of being blind, what Austin sees when she's with Zander, threatens to destroy them both...The Watchers of the Gray Series by JL Madore, joins the gritty, dark paranormal romance traditions of JR Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, and IT Lucas.Devour this page-turner and join the secret world of the Watchers of the Gray!
For five hundred years the Gods have united the Three Nations in harmony.Now that balance has been shattered, and chaos threatens.A town burns and flames light the night sky. Hunted and alone, seventeen year old Eric fle...
For five hundred years the Gods have united the Three Nations in harmony.Now that balance has been shattered, and chaos threatens.A town burns and flames light the night sky. Hunted and alone, seventeen year old Eric flees through the wreckage. The mob grows closer, baying for the blood of their tormentor. Guilt weighs on his soul, but he cannot stop, cannot turn back. If he stops, they die. For two years he has carried this curse, bringing death and destruction wherever he goes. But now there is another searching for him – one who offers salvation. His name is Alastair, and he knows the true nature of the curse. Magic.Leap into an all new world of epic fantasy by New York Times Bestselling Author Aaron Hodges.