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Smart and sassy 1890s bookkeeper-turned-sleuth China Bohannon is a magnet for danger. Assigned to office duties in the Doyle & Howe detective agency, she lands smack in the middle of the detective’s latest murder case when a suspicious character tries to bribe her - and she takes the bribe! In an adventure that is destined to go downhill from there, China is thrown overboard from a steamboat into Coeur d’Alene Lake to drown. Escaping that, while hot on the trail of the murderer, she’s arrested on charges of prostitution in the wild mining town of Wallace, Idaho.

Linc, who once worked as a remote viewer for the federal government, now lives a low-key life running a new age bookstore and teaching psychic classes. Yet someone keeps trying to kill him or torment him to the point of killing himself. His ex-wife, a district attorney, begins a campaign against him for his alleged involvement with the murder of a police officer. The truth needs to be exposed by a neutral person, a lone policewoman. She decides to investigate and learn the truth, even at the risk of her own life.

After the events of Ava, a new story begins with Sophie Cross, her daughter. Much has changed in the world, the werewolves are now led by a king who is supposed to be her soulmate. All he wants to do is cause her pain by ignoring the bond and meeting others. Sophie must find her own path and decide whether to remain loyal or break the bonds that bind them together.

When Em’s parents bestow her hand to a coldhearted widower three times her age, she’s desperate. On the eve of her engagement, she escapes to the James River and stows away aboard an acquaintance’s rigger. Commander Miers Redding would never have dreamed of pirating in his naval days. However, partnering with the unsavory Captain Crawley is the only way to complete his dangerous mission. When a young lady sneaks aboard The Black Rose, his cover is nearly blown, but the quick-thinking commander saves their skins by pretending to be her husband.

In the second of the Hometown trilogy, ex-Afghanistan vet paramedic Frankie McGill and resident deputy Gabe Zantos are caught up in a case of arson. A house at the end of a country road has stood vacant for years; it's occupants mice and the stray raccoon or two. When the derelict house catches fire, the only reason the Hawkesford Fire Department responds is because of the danger to the dry wheat fields surrounding it. But then not only a gunshot victim, but a charred body is found inside the house, along with evidence of a meth cooking operation. Accident, or murder?

This thirty-first issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of five sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - each from a different featured master of speculative fiction. Tales from the Canyons of the Damned: No. 31 features "Fortune Cookies" by Hunter C. Eden; "That Time of Year" by D.K. Cassidy, "The Pairing Witch" by David Alan Jones, "Similar" by Holly Heisey, and "#Eddie_and_June" by Daniel Arthur Smith.

Prince is a roving reporter for The New York Telegram. It is 1905, and he is assigned to interview a powerful businessman in San Diego, California. A quick cross-country airship voyage is the last effortless thing he experiences on this trip. In San Diego, Prince encounters pirates, a beautiful Mexican woman, a famous fiction writer (L. Frank Baum), an infamous bandito (listen to find out), monstrous conquistador ghosts, murder, and so much more! Will Prince survive this adventure and make it back to New York City unscathed?

Chris is a young man brought up with three girls, and a girl is what he wishes he had been. The girls dress him as one of them, and he revels in the life that opens up for him. If you don't want to know what it is that men do when they're in bed with other men, you should not listen to this book - but Chris finds that girls, too, are not without their attractions. He falls in love with one, but she is denied to him; he falls in love with another and loses her, too.

The town of Lakeshore lets in no outsiders, so when Deirdre Hallsey sold Jacob Reilly's house to the Elktons, everyone was surprised. Deirdre kept her promise to Jacob by selling it to a family with children. However, an unfortunate accident left Katie Elkton dead on the basement floor. Her death was the catalyst that triggered the true evil that lived beneath the Reilly house. The house always seemed to have a sinister feel to it that could never be explained.

The small town of Lakeshore was always quiet until the tourist season hit in the winter. That was the only reason for media attention...until now. Ten-year-old Katie Elkton was a sweet child, in spite of the mental and physical abuse she suffered at the hands of her father. One fateful day, Katie was found dead at the bottom of the stairs in the basement with almost all of her bones broken. Her parents disappeared. Some said accident. Some cried foul play.

China Bohannon may be a modern 1890s' career woman, but her uncle, Montgomery Howe, and his partner, Gratton Doyle haven't turned her loose on an investigative case of her own just yet. With her name newly added to the roster - though in small print - China is champing at the bit. China's friend Porter Anderson hires the agency saying his uncle has disappeared and a Johnny-come-lately timber baron claimed the family homestead. What's more, he has a bill of sale for it that Porter knows his uncle didn't sign. The problem is proving it - or so it would seem.

Stella genießt ihr Leben als Fast-Studentin; zumindest bis ein Mann direkt vor ihr vom Himmel fällt und ein großes Loch im Bürgersteig hinterlässt. Auf die offensichtliche Frage, wie er überhaupt in den Himmel gekommen ist, gibt es keine offensichtliche Antwort. Als der Verdacht aufkommt, Stella könnte etwas mit dem mysteriösen Ereignis zu tun haben, muss die Redaktion der Stranger Times ihre Unschuld beweisen - und herausfinden, was zum Teufel wirklich vor sich geht.

Your life may be a mess because of panic. In fact, it may have turned into a nightmare. Now all you can do is hope you can get through the day without a panic attack. What you may not realize is that it is possible to have a day without panic. And it can start now. Today is the day to take your life back and to kick panic to the curb. You’re ready to get over panic attacks. You’re waiting for your life to begin again. If that’s what you truly want, get ready. It’s time to put it into motion. I speak from experience because that’s what I did. I found a way to stop the panic. I hope...

Dunkle Kräfte sind am Werk - und The Stranger Times geht ihnen auf den Grund. Die Wochenzeitung ist Großbritanniens erste Adresse für Unerklärtes und Unerklärliches. Zumindest ist das ihre Eigenwerbung... Gleich in Hannah Willis' erster Arbeitswoche bei der Zeitung tritt eine Tragödie ein, und The Stranger Times ist gezwungen, tatsächlich investigativen Journalismus zu betreiben. Hannah und ihre Kollegen kommen zu einer schockierenden Erkenntnis: Einige der Geschichten, die sie zuvor selbst als Unsinn abgetan hatten, sind furchtbar real.

He looked like the kind of man even my mother would call smokin' hot. Eventually, she did. He felt like the kind of man who didn't just break the rules, but made new ones. He led and it was follow or get out of the way. Why did a billionaire with a voice like liquid silk and a face like a bad angel take a second look at a girl in no-name jeans, with a fifteen-dollar haircut and a beat up car she calls her "Eep" because the 'J' fell off long ago?

Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights, and defining your "purpose." It's time to go deep in search of truth! If you love reading imaginative short stories on hot topics that ...

These 15 original stories, donated by authors to help keep local theater alive, are fun, quirky, imaginative, and bold - the perfect way to tide over audiences until local stage curtains can once again rise! Each tale turns the spotlight on some unusual snapshot of life or imagination. Sit back, let us entertain you, and know that your purchase has made a big difference for local artists...while we all wait in the wings.

Luccia Camerlane is the Baron of Backshore’s enigmatic daughter...as well as Prince Geo’s secret mistress…until she learns of her disastrous betrothal to none other than his brother, Prince Dmitri. When Dmitri is abducted by the deranged King of Llewes, star-crossed lovers Geo and Lucie must set aside their woes and differences to rescue the Crown Prince from the formidable Wintersea fortress.

Best friends Nan and Irene want what all 16-year-old girls in their village want - to find true love and marry. Instead, they're going to have to defeat an evil wizard. When Irene and Nan's village is attacked by the army of the Secret Valley, the two girls are taken captive - destined to become "playthings" to the King. When they learn an evil wizard, known as the Black Lord, is the real power behind the Secret Valley, their only hope is to escape to Wizards' Keep and persuade the last remaining wizards to come out of retirement and help defeat the Black Lord.

A moment of tragedy. A season of uncertainty. An infinite eternity. Gary Dale embarks on a journey that will define his life, and the life hereafter. Emotional, touching, and funny, The Keysmith is an uplifting tale of discovery leading to one man's ultimate destiny.