As a kingdom teeters on the brink of war, two witch hunters fight to stop a warlock before he unleashes an ancient evil.For centuries, the Argolian Order has protected the mortal vale from the dark forces of the Other Side. Now the barrier between worlds is breaking down, and two monks must survive a civil war before they can stop the wizard responsible.When Adelko is assigned to legendary exorcist and witch hunter Horskram, he expects an adventurous life. ...

One warlock has been slain, but the conspiracy of wizards he served is just getting started....As Adelko embarks on his training for journeyman at the Argolian Order's headquarters in Rima, Horskram and his superiors try to work out who is bent on reuniting the Headstone and plunging the Known World into war.Their revelations will take them back on the road again, this time to the exotic Pilgrim Kingdoms, where Urovian crusader lords live in uneasy peace wi...

As a mad warlock pursues the power to enslave kingdoms, two monks seek an unholy alliance with a sorceress to stop him....Witch hunters Horskram and Adelko have foiled a wizards' plot to conquer their homeland, but the mastermind remains at large. Now they face a race against time to find him, as he raises a superhuman army of Wadwos bent on conquest of the Free Kingdoms.Accompanied by five of the best swords in the land - and the feckless squire Vaskrian -...

A real account of Javier Soto’s journey of life in foster care. Javier was born in Spanish Harlem (1972) to a 16-year-old Puerto Rican mother and 24-year-old Black father during a period in America when this was considered taboo. Removed from his mother ‘s home along with his sisters due to a suspicious fire "allegedly" set by his mother, and with a father serving prison time, Javier and his two sisters enter foster care.Their first stop is the Catholic Home Bureau. Survival at all...

This memoir of a young woman's indomitable spirit to survive and prevail, against all odds, reveals her journey from homelessness to Harvard.Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes that she was put into a girls' home. At age fifteen, Liz found herself on the streets. She learned to scrape by, foraging for food and riding subways ...

"JOE" - One young child's story of sexual abuse.Of the several million species that inhabits planet Earth, none is more abusive to its offspring than Homo sapiens – Man.A report of child abuse is made every 10 seconds in the USA alone.Millions of children are abused every day somewhere in the world, both physically and sexually. No country or nationality is exempt, though some are worse than others.Incestuous abuse accounts for some one-third of reported fem...

What Endures is a story of powerful love. It is a story that will break your heart. Inspired by true events, it tells of the incredible bond between a mother and daughter, and with gut-wrenching poignancy reminds us of the little things that make life worth living.“Holdstock’s writing manages to be both heartbreakingly poetic and densely detailed … sad passages, ghostlike recollections, written almost from the vantage point of the present, establish the book as a great wor...

This is a STANDALONE dark(ish) erotic romance set in the Cordova Empire series (no cheating-HEA-no cliffhanger)RamonIn my family, there’s an old story going back generations about love at first sight. I used to think it was a fairytale, until I met my sweet Joy. The more I got to know her, the more I wanted her. But the world of the cartels is a dangerous place, so I watched her from afar, wishing things were different and I could claim he...

Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile conducted interviews with hundreds of mothers while researching their best-selling book I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids. It didn't take long before these moms began to reveal their Dirty Little Secrets—surprising, thought-provoking, guilty confessions they hadn't told anyone else. Cringe-worthy moments ("I bit my daughter's finger trying to steal a bite of her cookie.") meet real insights ("I love my kids but I didn't always. It took time t...

On the edge of the Chicago medical district, the Harrison School for Exceptional Youth looks like a castle in a snow globe. Janina has been there since she was ten years old, and now she's fourteen. She feels so safe inside its walls that she's afraid to leave. Devante's parents bring him there after a tragedy leaves him depressed and suicidal. Even though he's in a different place, he can't escape the memories that come flooding back when he least expects them. Dr. Gail Thomas comes to wo...

The Secret History meets Sharp Objects in this stunning debut about murder and glamour set in the ambiguous and claustrophobic world of an exclusive New England prep school.Death sets the plot in motion: the murder of Nica Baker, beautiful, wild, enigmatic, and only sixteen. The crime is solved, and quickly—a lonely classmate, unrequited love, a suicide note confession—but memory and instinct won’t allow Nica’s older sister, Grace, to accept the case as closed.

‘Sweet, romantic, perfectly formed coffee break reads. I loved them.’ – Best-selling author, Carmel HarringtonEvery Happily Ever After began with a Once Upon a Time…It takes a lot to distract Jade from her books. But from the moment she spots Marwan browsing the shelves, she can't concentrate on anything else…A gorgeously romantic short story, part of The Meet Cute series.