The consequences of the Lewellen murder continue to plague the Preston sisters. Polly braves an ice storm to recover the bag of gold sovereigns she dropped from the airship and falls into the hands of desperate fugitives. Molly the factory girl is taken to the country estate of her employer Mr. Allenby, who is showing more than gentlemanly interest, and Dolly the wagtail follows with her lusty client Pascal Baudelaire in tow.Why are the mysterious and threatening Agents of the Quee...

Time is running out. Sara has conceived a faerie child and knows she needs a human husband. She encounters another contender, Gilbert Nutter. Though rich, Gilbert is nothing like his affable cousin. Sarah lets the bully sample her charms, but Gilbert has a surprise in store for him…What could be better than a free online magazine? Free stories in our free magazine, the Cheeky Changeling, featuring ENCOUNTERS -- short stories from Changeling authors. Check out Cheeky Changeling for ...

I go by the name of Lili Tu, and I amuse myself owning Club C, a BDSM club for vampires and werewolves. I'm an elemental, a force of nature, and Detective Michael Munroe won my jaded heart the moment I met him.Problem is he suspects me of murdering shape shifters. I could force him to love me, I have the power, but what is the value of that?Problem is he's a shifter himself, and a demon is out to kill him. Can he see past his suspicions, see me as someone he can love, someo...

A murder at a séance. In an age of rationalism and science, spiritualism has taken hold of the popular imagination. At the home of Lord and Lady Summerhayes, a séance ends in a horrific climax -- a man is drowned in ectoplasm! Impossible! But there’s nothing Elizabeth Hunter-Payne and her Investigation Bureau like better than to investigate an impossible mystery.Victor Drake was at the table and tried to save the hapless victim. His smoldering good looks and irresistible allure tak...

The Goddess of Love was angry. Above us, five hundred kilometer winds swept the jaundiced surface clean. We were safe, Todd and I, a hundred meters under the surface. We were happy and snug in our little habitat, insulated from the unbearably gusty heat above, and the pernicious bigotry and intolerance of distant Earth.We were the only living things on the planet’s surface -- overseers of a small army of robots. Our mission was to study geochemistry in preparation for the Company’s...

Elizabeth Hunter-Payne is convalescing after her brutal takedown of a ruthless killer. Troubled by nightmares and a nagging ghost of a memory, she is approached by Horatio Cumberland. He and his wife Fleur, the greatest scientist couple in the empire, hold radical ideas of sexual freedom. They report a stolen automaton, a highly sophisticated sex machine.Miss Clayton, the cool, prickly and experienced agent of the Queen, joins the Investigation Bureau and takes on the case. Her inv...

Anne Device, daughter of a prostitute turned spiritualist, has seen it all -- degradation, desperation, anger, pain, and sorrow. Unbroken by the rough and dirty streets of Whitechapel, Anne’s world revolves around her family -- her mother, sister, and brother.Enter the charismatic and attractive Lord Carlyle, a gentleman magician who sees in Anne the potential to move worlds. For the first time Anne experiences the magic of romantic love. A rags to riches story she’d only imagined ...

A Steam and Spells Steampunk AdventureLondon, 1861. In the fog shrouded streets, powerful magic stirs, and three tortured souls collide.More than ten years have passed since newlywed Lady Carlyle used magic to save her unborn children, and every day she dreads the return of her demonic husband.Linked by death, the gallant Captain Justin Quin and his troubled lover, Lady Julia Molyneux, are on the hunt for a killer. When their paths come together malignant forces of ...

Hell-bent on revenge for the death of her husband, Elizabeth takes the initiative and sets a daring trap for Vladimir, the Russian spy she suspects of the deed. Meanwhile, Peter Smythe, a handsome and dedicated correspondent, is investigating the disappearances of street people in the docklands of London.The discovery of a horribly mutilated body of one of the victims reminds Elizabeth of the horrendous acts perpetrated by the Whitechapel murderer known as the Collector. Elizabeth ...

Torn by grief and desire, Amelia Keystone faces temptation. A faerie invades her sleep, and for a price offers her the powers to save her fiancé, Lord Randolph Cressy, grievously wounded while saving Amelia’s life.Gravely ill and invalided, Randolph is unwilling to force her into a lifetime committed to his care and rescinds his offer of marriage. As a distraction from her broken heart, Amelia considers becoming an Agent of the Queen and bedding the handsome agent Charles Graves. C...

Australian security guard Gilly knows accidents can’t be tolerated, but her latest mishap results in her demotion -- to the Dog Squad. Too bad she’s deathly afraid of dogs.Jarrod, a dog handler, is instantly attracted to Gilly, but the last thing he needs is a distraction. He and his brother plan to steal the world’s largest opal statue, the Rakshasi -- the mythological goddess of shape shifters.Still, Gilly impresses Jarrod with her courage in overcoming her fears of Satan...

Soulmates? Or simply lovers? Selena and Nancy hope their paramours can see beneath the skin.Selena Whiteheart has her hands full. The malignant witch, Lady Neva, has kidnapped her lovers, Jacob McCleary and Captain Kit Colby. While keeping her Home Office handler, Harry Kincaid, satisfied in every way, Selena vows to rescue them, but first she must contend with a mesmerised assassin.Meanwhile Nancy Lea, envoy in human form of the goblin king, Mon Ilson, Emperor of Space, ha...