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The first in a brilliantly exciting new historical crime thriller series set at the time of Elizabeth I, from a No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author. Perfect for fans of Wolf Hall and the Shardlake series.

It isn't enough to keep the Finch family in Twin Falls, caged in by the conspiracy of cults and the elder gods they kill and dance for. The Twelve families want more. They want more power, more control, and to build a foothold for their legacies on Earth. When the Murphy family lost a young son to the Abrahamson family in the battle versus the alien god Knife Eyes they demanded justice, but the council said no. So in service to the ancient god Danu, they seek to usurp the very genetic line of Diggory Finch to amplify their control over the machinations of Twin Falls.

A brand new novella set in the engrossing world of The Demon Cycle from bestselling fantasy author Peter V. Brett. Humanity has been brought to the brink of extinction. Each night, the world is overrun by demons. Bloodthirsty creatures of nightmare that have been hunting the surface for over 300 years. A scant few hamlets and half-starved city-states are all that remain of a once proud civilization, and it is only by hiding behind wards, ancient symbols with the power to repel the demons, that they survive.

It had been almost a century and a half since I last encountered anyone from the Order of the Morning Dawn. They were religious fundamentalists with the dual goal of eliminating vampires and witches. Being both a vampire and a witch, I was the embodiment of everything the Order hates. Their first attempt to eliminate me failed. Thanks to the fact that my mentor in the craft was also a necromancer.

Alexandra Ascher isn't your usual private investigator. She lives on the fringes, making a living by doing odd jobs and aiding clients with problems that would raise eyebrows. Despite the unusual nature of her clients, as far as she knows she is simply a normal human. On the eve of her 21st birthday, her apartment is completely trashed. Tracking down the perpetrators leads her into a growing web of mysteries. Turning 21 adds a fresh wave of complications and a reveals a dark heritage that she would never have seen coming.

Annabelle Mulledy survived a Voodoo attack on her family as a child — but it left her possessed by the spirit of a nearly 200-year-old girl. This girl, however, came with strange abilities bestowed upon her in the afterlife. When Kalfu, an evil Loa, discovers Annabelle, he hopes to use her abilities to his advantage — to escape the spiritual realm and take a corporeal form. When Ogoun, the Loa of War, intervenes, he recruits Annabelle to join him as a student at the Voodoo Academy. Will Annabelle master the arts and fend off Kalfu’s spiritual assaults?

Derrick Stockton is in his mid-twenties, approaching three years sober, and working a stable job in Ohio. After surviving the seemingly random horrors of his childhood at the hands of a sinister neighbor, he believes he's finally moved on. All that changes when a brutal murder occurs in his home state of West Virginia. His name is written in blood at the crime scene, and the only evidence is a blurry surveillance video offering a glimpse of the killer, one he knows to be long dead.

In an icy, Victorianesque world, a harsh god rules, and He has one law: a life for a life. Konrad Savast is the Malykant: detective, judge and executioner in one. It's kill and be killed in Konrad's world, and his unhappy duty to mete out his Master's implacable justice. The body of an aristocrat lies in the mist-shrouded reaches of the Bone Forest. Her killer has signed their own death warrant, but first, Konrad must learn who could have wanted the delightful Lady Rostikova dead. With a pair of ghosts to assist him, Konrad will hunt stop at nothing to finally bring them down.

In a distant past, the magician, Seabhac, fought a deadly battle on a cliff high above the raging sea. Hovering on the point of death, he managed a final thrust of magic and escaped to Avalon to pass the his knowledge to his apprentice, Ainevar. Driven to protect the endangered Druid magic, Ainevar fled Seabhac’s attacker and began a course of events that wind through history and take root in modern day Salem.

Annabelle Mulledy survived Kalfu’s attack - one friend saved, another lost in Guinee. But now the vampires are on the rise. Most of them, she can handle without much trouble. But when an ancient, more powerful vampire confronts her - one who is uncomfortably familiar to her - and his apprentice joins her at the Voodoo Academy, she finds she has little choice. Help this vampire arrest and overpower death itself, or risk seeing her sister and parents irrevocably “turned” themselves.

Wild fire threatens Los Angeles again, but this time there is something unusual about the fires. Alex Ascher finds herself caught up in a power struggle between factions she barely knew existed. Danger lurks around every corner and at every tick of the clock. And then her mother shows up with an ominous warning that Alex has no choice but to ignore. Crossing an ancient evil like Mahlat is never a winning bet, but the alternative could be worse than death.

Alex and Blaire are freelance journalists and former romantic partners. When they learn that the rich and corrupted Gary Grayson might be involved with the disappearance of a young woman, it's a scoop that could make their careers—if they can only find proof. Breaking into Grayson's secluded mansion is not the safest idea, but they decide to take the chance. They think they understand the risks. They think they know what they're getting into. They're dead wrong.

„Louisiana!“, schrie Constance Mercier, als sie aus dem Traum erwachte. Eine verschlafen wirkende Asiatin, die neben ihr auf dem breiten Bett lag, schaute sie verwundert an. Es war Nicky, Constances Bettgespielin für diese Nacht. „Wow, hast du mich erschreckt! Was träumst du für einen Mist?“ Nicky deutete durch das Dachfenster der Loft-Wohnung. Im Hintergrund konnte man Hochhäuser bei Nacht erkennen.

Tucked away safely on the steep hillside of Locust Grove, high in the mountains above Snow Hill, Astrid and her little family are doing their best to make ordinary life a habit. But evil never sleeps and just as peace and hope are within her reach, once again she is targeted by the evil coven hell bent on claiming her life one way or another. Dark entities resurface threatening to destroy her and lay claim to her unborn child to become the newest host for their demonic goddess, Diabolis Elisabethe.

This is book two in the Swamp Series. Swamp Legacy is a cross-genre paranormal/horror/edgy romance novel. It continues on in a small Louisiana swamp town with a revisit into the lives of four young women who were childhood friends and a werewolf whose heart and life has been bruised and broken by them. Will he ever be able to lay his pain to rest? Murder, deceit, passion, and romance run high in the quiet of the moss-draped shadows of the moon.

Time corrodes truth. Over the centuries fact turns to myth. This is no truer than in a small county where stories surrounding Wakan Canyon have pushed their way to the surface. The death of a young girl triggers reporter Marshall Montgomery. The events surrounding her demise hit too close to home. But following the white rabbit down this hole means uncovering an ancient supernatural sect that would prefer to be left buried. Can Marshall trust his gut to break this story without losing his life?

Blending her successful life as CEO of Sybarite Fashion House with her unbidden discovery of being a member of long-hidden protectors of the Earth, Vesta struggles to deal with her newfound responsibility. Not to mention her supernatural gifts. And the cards are stacked against her when an ancient evil is determined to kill her and spread destruction across the world.

Vesta has just become confident of her newfound abilities within the tarot when a strange new world of alchemy confronts her. Peter has been kidnapped from Chartres Cathedral and her InSight failed to alert her. He is willing to die rather than reveal the formula for immortality. Now she must race to find him before he's murdered setting cataclysmic events into motion. Is the Red King her friend or foe? And what is the secret night chant of the violin's forest? Answers to both will steer her destiny and the fate of humanity.