Sunshine Saliente was a carefree girl, happily adventuring into imagination with her stuffed rabbit, seeking make-believe treasure and hiding from storybook monsters, until the day she met a stranger.That stranger was Death.Fortunately, he was an old family friend.Fear & Sunshine sends Sunshine spiraling into a world of the unknown as she learns of the legacy she left behind and a world she could never imagine that must be saved. Come along for the ride as this litt...

Even on a hot summer night, there can be chills around a campfire. For Ollie Carothers and his fellow campers, the goal was simple – have the best time ever.In the glow of the fire, stories are told, one camper to another. But are they just stories? What snapped the branch? Is that just a shadow? What lurks under the surface of the swimming hole?Could it really be …Monsters?Monsters Around the Campfire is collection of five short stories all brought together ...

Before her journey to the world of Darksmith Manor, Sunshine Saliente had plenty of adventures with her stuffed rabbit, Bunny. Lost Tomorrow brings our dear little heiress of madness to a post-apocalyptic wonderland where the few survivors will do anything to make sure she has the best time of her life, whether she wants to or not.This middle-grade illustrated novel takes place a little while before Fear & Sunshine: Book One of the Darksmith Family Legacy and while you can read it ...

Having found her place in the Darksmith legacy, Sunshine Saliente is now in the business of mad science. Though she would be more than happy to be spending her time watching clouds drift by and daydreaming of her happy days of living in a treehouse, there’s work to do. The doors of Darksmith Manor have reopened and its first customer has arrived.There are, however, those who would like nothing more than to see the monster-making family come to an end, once and for all.

For generations, the Darksmith family has constructed, concocted, or otherwise created the minions of the world’s most wicked foes. Be they armies of undead warriors or hordes of the most vicious beasts, they all know Darksmith Manor as their birthplace. But one creature, born by the sum of all fears, wanted more than to serve any master.After declaring himself as the rightful heir as the maker of monsters, the creature known as Fear soon found that the Duke & Duchess of Darksmith ...

The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Walmart and magic is a fairytale–and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny…Cerise Mar and her unruly clan are cash poor but land rich, claiming a large swathe of the Mire, the Edge swamplands between the state of Louisiana and the Weird. When her parents vanish, her clan’s long-time rivals are suspect n...

Gothic fantasy meets vampire fiction in this debut novel from Kristen Painter -- full of politics, intrigue, and blood.Born into a life of secrets and service, Chrysabelle's body bears the telltale marks of a comarré -- a special race of humans bred to feed vampire nobility. When her patron is murdered, she becomes the prime suspect, which sends her running into the mortal world. . .and into the arms of Malkolm, an outcast vampire cursed to kill every being from who...

It's a dangerous time for Daniel X in this heart-pounding novel from the world’s #1 bestselling author—and when he's cast in an evil director's TV show, he must fight to stay alive.Daniel X thought he'd seen it all in his dangerous days of hunting outlaws—but there's no business like show business, and Number Five on his list of deadly targets is the most appalling criminal yet. An intergalactic reality television producer has orchestrated the extermination of mill...

Violent murders occur in Paradise City as counterfeit comarré are systematically hunted. As war erupts at home, Malkolm and Chrysabelle head to New Orleans to recover the Ring of Sorrows. Forced to make a life and death decision, Chrysabelle will realize that her relationship to Malkolm may have fatal consequences.Samhain approaches, bringing with it the final melding of the mortal and othernatural worlds. No one knows just how much power the night holds. . .

Featuring short stories from Jim Butcher, Seanan McGuire, Kevin J. Anderson, and Rob Thurman, this dark and gritty “must-read anthology for UF fans”(RT Book Reviews) proves that nothing is as simple as black and white, light and dark, good and evil...In #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher’s Cold Case, Molly Carpenter—Harry Dresden’s apprentice-turned-Winter Lady—must collect a tribute from a remote Fae colony and discovers th...

From a USA Today– bestselling author, an urban fantasy romance about a woman's fight to escape her enslavement to a vampire society.In this "unique" vampire series ( Publishers Weekly), Chrysabelle was born a comarré, a slave to vampires who feed on her powerful blood . But after nearly dying at the hands of the Aurelian, Chrysabelle finds new determination to move beyond life as a comarré. That is until the Kuba...

THE PAIN AND the Great One are going places! In these new stories the kids are on the go—the Pain needs a trip to the emergency room; the family goes to the mall and not everyone stays together; the kids visit a county fair and want to ride the Super Slide; and a beach outing includes a boogie board. Lots more action and adventure for the dynamic duo who never stay still.