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To most, Princess Katya Nar Umbriel is a rogue and a layabout; she parties, she hunts, and she breaks women's hearts. But when the festival lights go down and the palace slumbers, Katya chases traitors to the crown and protects the kingdom's greatest secret: The royal Umbriels are part Fiend. When Katya thwarts an attempt to expose the king's monstrous side, she uncovers a plot to let the Fiends out to play.

Treeka can’t tell friend from foe. As New York lies in battle-ravaged ruin, the desperate cyborg struggles to evade murderous hordes of humans infected by a maniacal doctor’s neurotoxin. And though an elite group of assassins invites her to join their underground institution, the severely injured fugitive refuses to accept the role of a paid killer.

Anchorage, Alaska. A place where people don't care if someone goes missing. A place where Leia Walker tries her hardest to hide from the world, wanting a normal life without anxiety and OCD.

Kaia Sorano is a police officer in the dangerous and gang dominated streets of Chicago. She thinks she's prepared for anything, but when she responds to a bloody domestic violence call, only to find her high school sweetheart is the victim, she knows she has to find a way to help.

Belinda was given the chance to represent her people on Earth after Jessica had crossed over to Belinda's world. Her mission was to collect as much information about Jessica's world as possible, and so her adventure begins. This story is graphic in nature and is intended for adults only. All characters depicted are 18 or older.

At R.K. Legal & Associates, office hours are between 10 to six, pranks happen after hours, and evidence of all shenanigans are removed before doors open to clients.

Upon discovering the unawakened are a primary source of sustenance for dae without a bonded human, Alexa must come to terms with her status as Rob’s lover and provider. To complicate matters, Kenneth and his dae are convinced she belongs only to them. Unless she can rise up from her station and become a player in the games the dae play, she will remain a pawn and a victim.

This treatise deals with the practice of alchemy in medicine, and the use of antimony and lead in particular. Roger Bacon provides the recipe for processing antimony to make the famous red oil of the philosophers. In Bacon’s opinion, this elixir was efficacious against a wide array of afflictions like fever, plague, gout, and leprosy.

The great mystic Theophrastus Paracelsus (1493-1541) highlighted the medicinal aspects of the alchemical art. Considered one of his most prominent works, The Aurora of the Philosophers (a.k.a. ‘Monarchia’) deals with the ancient history of magic as practiced in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Persia. It also contains instructions for practical experiments on subjects like the philosopher’s stone, tinctures and transmutation.

When I saw his death coming, I figured saving his life would be a piece of cake. Unfortunately, Sal Langstrode seems to be the most murderable man in all of New York. Friends, family, employees, and business partners, it seems everyone has an axe to grind with him. I can hardly blame them; I’ve met the man once and the encounter left me wondering if I shouldn’t let fate take its course. But my prescience doesn’t care about his personality. Langstrode and his latest project are tied to the imminent attack on New York City. If I can’t save his life, we’ll all share his fate.

In a kingdom where spring has not bloomed for ten years, Andromeda, ex-princess and newly awakened witch, follows a mysterious glimmering road toward the peak of a mountain. She is on a quest to find love; more specifically, to find Talen, the female bodyguard who stole her heart two years before. But Andromeda soon learns that Talen has come to the mountain in pursuit of a quest of her own. She has sworn she will kill the dragon who lives on the mountain’s peak, and if she fails, she will pay with her life.

The ad was intriguing. The money was an incentive. Consent was promised. The only risk - was playing with her mind. What would you risk to experience a whole different world?

Humanity is not alone. Supernatural beings are hiding among us. The Psi have remained secluded from humans for far too long, and there's a faction that is conspiring to break the veil and use their powers to take their rightful place among humans - as our rulers and conquerors.

Atlas Devereaux is intent on removing her loved ones from harm’s way. Still on the run from a scorned obsessive capable of heinous acts, she feels the consequences of her past are fast closing in. But strapped for cash, she’s forced to return to the one place she never wanted to be again...and prepare for a painful lecture from the scholar she once called Master.

It’s the spring of 1947, and Canada, as part of the British Commonwealth, has been at war with the German Third Reich for seven and a half years. A lot has changed in that time, not the least of which a whole bunch of technological changes brought about by the rifts that were opened by the America’s atomic bombs. Now, Sergeant Alexandra "Alex" Mackenzie and the crew of the walker Winnie face their greatest challenge so far: breaking in a new British lieutenant as their commanding officer.

A sinister wizard. A mysterious teacher. A kingdom on the brink of collapse. In the ancient kingdom of Havenglade, a brutal enemy is ravaging the countryside making his way closer to Gradur Castle. An aging king seeks protection from a council of loyal wizards. A peasant girl finds herself at the center of it all after bonding with a magical crystal and absorbing its magical essence. After losing her parents, Laurena was given the chance of a lifetime to study wizardry under the mysterious and renowned teacher Unai.

I came to Mesa Palms for a fresh start after my divorce. Needing the serenity and calm of the desert, I spend my afternoons as a DJ rocking the city. It might not be the most glamorous job, but I love the no-frills life and answering only to my cat. That is, until one day, England’s biggest God of Nu Rock walks in like he owns the place, and my boss forces me to interview the arrogant jerk on-air.

Her sister's bachelorette party is the highlight of a miserable year for Alexis Chambers, but once her bridesmaid's dress is packed away, she's back to coping with her life as a once popular athlete and violinist turned loner and the focus of her parents' disappointment. She isn't expecting much from her freshman year of college until she finds herself sharing a class with Treasure, the gorgeous stripper from her sister's party.

Working as a mall elf is Chloe Mitchell’s worst nightmare, but when her best friend calls in a favor, she’s forced to face her claustrophobia—of the Santa variety—head on. Unbeknownst to her, Santa Claus has her in his sights, and he’s determined to make sure she finally has the happy holidays he believes she deserves.

I don’t ask for much, and I know for sure I didn’t ask to communicate with cats. But when I agree to cat-sit my best friend’s cats, that’s exactly what I get for my trouble—well, that and a baffling murder mystery to solve. Now my next-door neighbor is dead under mysterious circumstances, the talking cat is giving me orders, and my cat is missing, and somehow both are connected. It’s up to me to figure out how and why and solve the murder in a town full of potential suspects.