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First in a new series featuring paranormal investigators Ellen and Monty Drew. Ellen claims to possess a sixth sense, but Monty, a former PI, only believes what he can see. The Drews are summoned to a Southern California bible college after workers report hearing mysterious voices at night. When they encounter the unhappy ghost of a young girl, Monty's skepticism is shaken, but he resolves to help his wife free the trapped spirit.

In Ice Wolf, a hunter stumbles upon a naked body. When Ellie and her deputy retrieve the frozen corpse, he's got a silver dagger in his chest but no ID. It's Ellie's first homicide case in Hope and she aims to solve it. But even stranger things happen and this murder investigation will be anything but routine. Ellie doesn't want to believe the forensic evidence, but there's something creepy about the John Doe victim. There's no way that she'd walk away from this case, but maybe she should run.

Sherlock Holmes, legendary sleuth of Victorian London, is asked to authenticate the work of what appears to be a long-lost Shakespearean play. Alas, just as the famed detective is about to announce his conclusion, the manuscript is stolen. As Sherlock and his trusted sidekick, Dr. John Watson, begin to unravel the mystery of the missing play, their investigation leads them on a convoluted but logical path. But the closer they come to the missing play, the more their lives are endangered.

The Fourth Gate of the Underworld is a landscape of ice and death. The first three gates were no walk in the park, but when I arrive at Gate Four, I face all new horrors. Led by the infamous Fallen God, Chaena, Gate Four is a land of neverending winter, of ice and snow amid a blizzard that could put Minnesota weather to shame. As if the weather wasn’t bad enough, this level of the Underworld is also guarded by ice fae, whose touch is lethal and who seem like they really want to touch me. At least I have the hunky Adonis by my side—a man who has become my friend, my protector, and my ...

When Torsten disappears into Fyrcat’s flames, I can only wonder if I’ve just watched my boyfriend die… Overcome with worry, I do the only thing I do—I go into the flames after him. And that’s when I find myself stuck in a land of giants—bloodthirsty monsters that would kill me as soon as look at me. Luckily, I meet Dwarf, Brisingr, who not only helps me against the giants, but also helps me battle a pack of demons. Meanwhile, Torsten’s brother, the Viking Beserker, Skarde, is left behind with the witch, Fyrcat. And, shockingly, he can’t seem to help his attraction to her. ...

Two years ago, a woman is murdered in cold blood. Now a son she'd given up for adoption returns to claim his inheritance. To verify his claim, a DNA test is ordered. Except there's one problem. Her grave is empty. Spinoza is a private investigator who specializes in finding the missing. He's good at what he does. Damn good. But he's also a recovering alcoholic and a royal mess. Hired to find the missing body, Spinoza will follow a set of clues that leads him to the unthinkable, a world of nightmares and dreamscapes.

Quentin Arnbury is a Creator. He’s also the author of the popular Contest of Sovereignty series of fantasy novels. Like most true creators, his characters are real and exist in a parallel world designed and constructed by Arnbury himself. But when something dark appears in his fantasy land, a darkness not of his creation, Quentin is powerless to stop it. That is, until he remembers Samantha Moon... the daring vampire detective who saved him and other creators from the villainous Elizabeth and her horde of dark masters. Now Quentin Arnbury needs only to write Samantha Moon and her friends ...

Something stirs in the murk of the Volga River, something big, emerging at night to sow mayhem and death along the banks. And Since Solstice Winters is already stranded at ground zero, she agrees to help, even though coping with giant lizards is far from her skill set as an intrepid reporter for a paranormal tabloid. Yay for being the only elf in the world. After narrowly escaping the Ordo Sanguinem Aeternam, she winds up sharing a flat halfway across the world from home with the enigmatic Cristiano, an agent of the secretive organization she may have obligated herself to join.

Los Angeles County park ranger Jack Carter is about to discover that not all is as it seems in his tranquil life. Once responsible for patrolling the many public parks, in particular the popular Griffith Park with its famous observatory and zoo, Jack is about to discover that a whole new kind of animal roams his woods.

Los Angeles County park ranger, Jack Carter, is about to discover that not all is as it seems in his tranquil life. Once responsible for patrolling the many public parks, in particular the popular Griffith Park with its famous observatory and zoo, Jack is about to discover that a whole new kind of animal roams his woods.

Elle Takra, the heir to a throne in a far-off place known as the Second Land, finds her life in upheaval when she’s whisked away to this foreign fantasy land. After being attacked by those who would see her killed, Elle is rescued by a handsome fellow First Lander named Patch. Even though Patch awakens within Elle romantic feelings she doesn’t understand, she’s still promised to her intended, Simon, who became separated from her in the attack. And Elle is determined to find him. Unluckily for both Elle and Patch, they soon find themselves playing captive yet again, this time in a far ...

Fresh off his adventure beneath the Great Sphinx of Egypt, fourteen-year-old Lorton McCroy is itching for another quest. When his archaeologist uncle invites him to Nova Scotia to investigate the world-famous Oak Island Money Pit, Lorton can’t say no—even if it means delaying his first summer job. Armed with ancient maps, ground-penetrating radar scans, and a healthy dose of skepticism, Lorton joins his uncle and a gruff one-eyed guide to navigate the island’s dangerous maze of tunnels. But centuries of treasure hunters have left booby traps, collapses, and curses in their wake. And ...

The legend says Spirit Mountain kills anyone who dreams of it. Seventeen-year-old Beth didn't believe in local ghost stories when her dad moved them to a snowy, isolated town in the Northwest. She was too busy mourning her mom, hating her new school, and trying not to fall apart. But the dreams start anyway. A white mountain under moonlight. A black void at its summit. A whisper promising she has just seven nights left. As the countdown ticks, Beth learns she’s not alone. Logan, the boy at school with haunted eyes of his own, is dreaming it too. Together they uncover a decades-old murder,...

While backpacking, two teen friends come across a mysterious stranger who doesn’t seem to be of this world. Who he is will challenge everything the two friends believe about what’s real and what’s fantasy. And when a disaster threatens everyone, will the young stranger prove himself to be a hero? Or something else? In the end, a life-and-death decision must be made. But can one brave young man leave everything behind to save an entire world? What Readers are saying: “Imaginative work by a talented young author. Well-developed, imaginative and quite different from the other stories ...

Two teens, one cemetery, and an app from hell. Tommy and Billy are just a couple of average high school punks who are about to download a very unaverage app... An app that just might raise the dead. Click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE!

Samantha Moon returns in an all-new story! Whoever heard of a Leprechaun losing his pot of gold? As Sam digs deeper, she’s faced with the question: was the gold lost or was it stolen? Or maybe, just maybe, something else? The search is on for what might just prove to be Sam’s wildest case yet! Click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE!

Not wanting to pay any attention to my messy love life (I’ve got not one man vying for my attentions, but two!), I’m happy to put all my focus into my newest case… Hugo Williams, one of Morley-on-Avon’s residents and an employee at the antique shop, has gone missing. Or has he simply gone on vacation? By the fact that he packed a bag before he disappeared, it’s a little unclear. Yet his girlfriend, Fiona, swears there’s something rotten in the state of Denmark… Or England, as the case may be. After doing a little snooping (with the help of my ghostly friend, Petra), I’m ...

After solving the mystery of who killed the woman who previously owned my cottage, I’m hoping my life in the small and quaint English village of Morley-on-Avon will quiet down. But no such luck. And I’m not just talking about ghosts. I don’t know how it happened, but for someone who promised herself she’d avoid all romantic entanglements, I now have two men vying for my attention—the handsome and kindhearted blacksmith of Morley, Leo Tanner, and Morley’s own resident lothario playboy, Bastian Chambon. And there’s no dating one and keeping the other as a friend. So, for now, ...

They’re supposed to debunk ghost stories. Not star in them. Rebel Benjamin and Tyler Moody are teenage paranormal investigators for Legends Revealed, TV’s hottest new ghost-hunting show. They’re meant to disprove the supernatural, but the supernatural has other ideas. This time, the show’s taking them to Salem, Massachusetts. Their target? The legend of Gretchen Gilliam, the so-called “Enchantress” burned at the stake centuries ago. Old records tell conflicting stories: that she cursed her accusers before she died, that a twin appeared when the flames were extinguished, and that...

In a lonely bar in eastern Turkey, ex-National Geographic photojournalist Sam Ward is hired to find an eccentric professor who disappeared high atop Mount Ararat, fabled resting spot of Noah's Ark. Accompanied by the professor's beautiful daughter, archaeologist Faye Roberts, Sam soon stumbles upon a secret stronghold-a base of operation for unleashing hell on earth. Now running for their lives, Sam and company are about to come face-to-face with the greatest archaeological discovery of all time. . .