Thousands of years ago, the Celestial Kingdom fought the Daemo of the Underworld for mastery over the world called Terra and won, unleashing such powerful spells that Terra itself became a virtual mana node. But now, Terra is healing, and with the mana the Celestials depend on drying up, they are growing desperate. In the Eastern Empire, whose Celestials have allied with the Daemo, a gladiator named Amazonia is given her freedom in exchange for becoming a Reaver Knight who must find a way ...

10,000 years ago, when a planet-killer asteroid threatened to destroy their world, the organic robotic servants of a race known as the Ancient Children, uploaded the consciousness of their creator species into their ships and set off to find a new home. Upon finding Earth and conducting experiments on abducted humans, the Servants decided human females to be a compatible species to their creators, while males were deemed irrelevant. Yet, the Ancient Children found males fascinating if frig...

An old friend has sent you a book he swears is true, about a young man born under a curse to become the avatar of an eldritch god, who will destroy mankind's civilization and slay its people. When cultists attempt to kidnap Jonathan Goldspear, he is forced to leave his comfortable Victorian life behind and join an expedition to last untamed land in the world. There, he will encounter eldritch horrors and betrayals, deep and bitter, yet also unexpected love and adventure, as he fights both ...

Bestselling author Melissa Ferguson invites you to curl up by the fire with two delightfully cozy holiday novellas that will fill your heart with festive joy.Dashing Through the SnowLeft heartbroken on the eve of a romantic getaway, Willow embarks solo on The Christmas Express--a two-week train ride full of sparkling lights, whimsical surprises, and unexpected connections. With the help of a charmingly grumpy conductor, a mischievous elf, and a glo...

In War Chess, a person playing a piece cannot just take another piece as in normal chess but must fight to take possession of the square, with the knights, rooks, bishops, and especially the King's Champion piece, all superior to the pawns. Yet occasionally, a pawn will unexpectedly defeat a far greater piece and upend all the carefully laid strategies of those playing the game.Jonathan Goldspear and Myste Bannon want nothing more than a normal life together. But when the Scottish ...

With the engagement of Jonathan and Myste finally settled, they are ready to begin their new life together, traveling to Londinium upon the newest and safest airship of the day, the Zephyr. But neither Xavier Redstone nor Henrietta Eaton-Young have forgotton Jon. Bombs have been planted somewhere in the airship, and unless Saul Sherlock and Jack Watson can decipher the clues, this flight of the Zephyr will be its last.

Truly, it is a terrible thing to be the Chosen OneWhen Myste is abducted by Edward Frankenstein and Professor Eaton-Young, she must once again call upon Practical Girl's help to save herself. But the Lord of the Night has plans for her and Jon as well, who is told to wait and become a member of the Explorer's Club or risk her death. Myste, in turn, must use both Terramagica and Aethyr to fulfill his goals, then find a way to balance her affinities for magic or risk madness...

A bundle of books #1 (GIRL ONE: MURDER), #2 (GIRL TWO: TAKEN), and #3 (GIRL THREE: TRAPPED) in Molly Black’s Maya Gray FBI Suspense Thriller series! This bundle offers books one, two, and three in one convenient file, with over 100,000 words of reading. 12 cold cases. 12 kidnapped women. One diabolical serial killer. In this bestselling suspense thriller, a brilliant FBI agent faces a deadly challenge: decipher the mystery before each one is murdered. FBI Special Agent Maya Gray, 39, has s...

A pirate, a pixie, and a plot to foil Peter Pan…James Hook never meant to become a pirate, and never dreamed that he would turn against best friend, Peter Pan. Every adventure and eternal youth awaited them… until a pixie exposes a shocking revelation. Tinkerbell’s information forces James into acknowledging that, far from being the benevolent hero he painted himself to be, Peter Pan was kidnapping innocent children.After accepting the traumatic loss of his hand and of the ...

Some princesses would rather be the villain than the damsel in distress.Desperate to rid his kingdom of a troublesome dragon, King Harrigan offers his daughter’s hand in marriage to any man who can slay the beast, but Rapunzel refuses to be pawned off. Deciding that a life of crime is preferable to wedding some power-hungry suitor, Rapunzel fakes her own kidnapping and joins forces with the cunning dragon plaguing her own kingdom.Together, they plot a grand scheme that woul...

Navigating treacherous seas is perilous, but navigating love is even more dangerous.When Elena’s merchant ship is attacked by ruthless pirates, she is torn from her life and imprisoned aboard the Kraken’s Revenge. Forced to serve the captain’s cruel daughters, Elena’s dream of escape fades like the distant shore. Survival means obeying orders without question, but the fire in her heart refuses to be extinguished.Everything changes when a new prisoner is thrown into the brig...

She was destined to hunt sirens to extinction… but can she complete her mission before one of them captures her heart?Trapped on an island nation and surrounded by bloodthirsty sirens, the starving people of Haven Harbor are losing hope. Treva, a Deaf blacksmith immune to the tempting call of the sirens lurking in the deep, steps into the perilous role of Siren Hunter. If she can rid the waters of enough sirens, her people could be free at last.Unbeknownst to her, another c...