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A murdered child. A small town. A cult lurking in the shadows...Vickie has always lived a quiet, ordinary life in an equally quiet and ordinary small town. Yet one fateful night a child turns up dead in the woods behind her house in a ritualistic slaughter...Vickie and her family are suddenly thrown into a national spotlight. But as the investigation unfolds, she begins to realize her family isn’t so ordinary after all. Evil is inching closer to those she holds dear and Vickie isn't sure who she can ultimately trust.

He had it all after he left Cook County to join a boy band, but fame and fortune could never fill the hole in Alex Hartman's heart caused by the girl he left behind. Melanie Goodwin's heart was broken when she discovered Alex had moved on, dating starlets she couldn't compete with. When he showed up on her porch thirteen years later, she slammed the door in his face.

Wait. What’s that? The ten-time champion of the fried peanut butter and banana sandwich eating contest just went facedown into a plate piled high with Elvis’s favorite fried treat and can’t be resuscitated? It looks like there’s another case for me and Elvis Purrsley after all.

Cascade Lorne is a brand-new witch at 50. Unlike most witches in the town of Crystal Springs, her crazy-powerful abilities are dangerous, and everyone in town knows it. So, when the town womanizer washes up dead in a bone-dry room, Cas is included on the list of most likely supernatural suspects.

Eighth grade started out as any typical school year for Genevieve "Vivvy" Benson and her friends Joanie and Ronnie. That was until the day Vivvy received a mysterious message on her computer warning her about new faces. Now all she needs to do is figure out if it was referring to the new art teacher, the new student, or something else entirely!

When Danni was younger she thought being a vampire could be kind of fun. You stay young forever, live in a castle, and play by your own rules. Then, she was turned into one, and while the eternally young part is true, there's no castle. Danni knows it's for her own good and all, since bad guys are always trying to kill her, the sun burns like hell, she still can't eat human food without becoming gravely ill, and she's not exactly your run-of-the-mill vampire, but a hybrid with all kinds of extra issues, but still. Is it too much to ask for a girl to have a cupcake?

Sure, Danni's sister is spoiled rotten and self-centered, but she couldn't let her die after she stumbled into an ambush meant for Danni and her hunky sire. To save her, Rider had to turn her...and he's not too happy about it.

A deadly endgame no one will see coming.... Cascade Lorne became a witch at 50. She built a new life for herself in Crystal Springs, full of friends, love, and family. But now, Cas must take a dangerous magical exam. The two most probable outcomes - death or be stripped of magic forever. Everyone is convinced she’ll fail...including Cas. As if that wasn’t enough for Cas to cope with, a high-ranking official is murdered under very suspicious circumstances. And the hot eye of blame lands on her boyfriend, Graham. The evidence mounts until even Cas isn’t sure of his innocence.

Someone or something is leaving gruesome death markers for the citizens of Crystal Springs. It’s the curse, the townspeople whisper. And to Cascade Lorne, brand new witch at 50, it sounds ridiculous. Until two days before the opening of her business, when she stumbles across a corpse wearing her face. The message is clear. She and other people in town have been marked for death - and payment will come due on All Hallows Eve. Has Crystal Springs’ troubled past unleashed a ghoul with a homicidal bag of tricks no one will be able to escape?

A deadly curse in the making...For Cascade Lorne, getting out of a messy marriage was supposed to be the ticket to starting over. On the brink of her big five-oh birthday, a special delivery transforms everything she knows and plunges Cascade into a bewitching world of unexpected delights, phenomenal power, and legendary creatures turned real. But before she has time to adjust, Cascade becomes the number one suspect in the murder of a powerful figure in this strange new world.

This collection of 29 short stories, poems, and essays will take your breath away, break your heart, and even inspire transformation in your life. Because there’s no time like the present to break out of your shell, spread your wings, and embrace your own metamorphosis.

All you need is a hand mirror, matches, a candle, and complete isolation… You’ve heard rumors this game has mixed results. Option one is to see your future spouse’s face. Option two is a much more sinister outcome. Option two is Bloody Mary. Now that you know your options, will you walk a staircase in the dark?

Professor Lily Shelley is frantic to find her wife, Penny, who vanished two weeks ago. No one else seems to be looking very hard, not the police or even Penny's family. As Lily refuses to give up hope, she continues searching for clues, even as she teaches English at Moraine University. In her search, she stumbles into a magical world: a college for wizards hidden in forgotten places at the university. Her favorite students come to her aid, helping her retrace Penny's steps to learn the secrets of the School of Applied Metaphysics in hopes of rescuing her wife.

I wasn't looking for trouble when I returned to Yesteryear for my great-aunt's funeral, but I certainly came to the right place. My first surprise was that I'd inherited Aunt Della's beloved cat, Elvis Purrsley. My second surprise was that she left Yesteryear to the cat... but only if her murder is solved within thirty days, which brings me to the third surprise: Aunt Della was murdered, or at least that's what she claimed in the video she left behind.

Dark clouds overhead may stir up whimsical twists. Collected for the first time since their initial publications, Darkness with a Chance of Whimsy presents 10 tales from the imagination of R.J. Sullivan. Thrills and chills await you, but you may also get blindsided by the absurd. This volume includes a pair of stories featuring Rebecca Burton, the mysterious investigator of R.J.'s acclaimed paranormal thriller series.

Attacked. Fired. Betrayed. And that was before I got hit by a bus. Worst. Day. Ever. Now I'm learning about the biological father I never knew and what his DNA means to me. I was given a pass on death, but to avoid a one-way ticket to hell, I have to do something very dangerous.

In this spin-off from the One Nation Under Zombies series, the deadly Z-1219 virus has struck Hollywood. Follow a motley crew of celebrities and those in the biz, ranging from bodyguards to producers, from reality TV stars to Grammy- and Oscar-winning superstars, as they struggle to survive the zombie apocalypse as the Hollywood Hills become infested with cloudy-eyed, rotting monsters far worse than any celebrity stalker.

Having thousands of followers is a good thing in Hollywood…unless they want to eat you. The infection rages on, spreading faster than a viral tweet as our ragtag group of celebrities struggle to find a way out.

A clock is counting down, but Waverly Windswept doesn’t know it…yet. She’s too busy coping with a breakup, figuring out her life, keeping a side eye on her hopefully redeemed sister, and collecting the clues to find a buried fortune that could make a snarky-witch rich.

After a failed bodyguarding assignment, the last thing Presley West wants is to save a damsel in distress, but the spunky woman he finds standing on the side of the interstate in the pouring rain brings out his protective instincts.