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Rayne Hawke is a Tikkunian, a mortal being with powers who walks through dimensions--the portals of time--righting the wrongs of history. But she is also a woman, and a prominent attorney by day--by night, she encounters the dark creatures, and some of them actually work at her firm! Little things, like taking down bank robbers are all in a day's work. And, the Bloodless Ones--the vampiric tribe that seeks to make her one of them. Her boss at the firm happens to be their leader. There's her rival for the promotion of Associate Partner, who would gouge out Rayne's eyes with her Manolos if ...

But why do we sleep? We sleep so we can see wonderful visions when we close our eyes. Why We Sleep reminds children that sleeping is good. It's where you go to dream and discover beauty that we can miss when our eyes are open. With an engaging, whimsical tone, Why We Sleep appeals to the imagination of all ages.

A FINE THING MURDER *Please Note: Some of the characters in A FINE THING MURDER may show (again) their hoary heads in BLOODPACT and TELL ME HOW YOU FEEL TODAY by Valda DeDieu. Malone fights off a serial rapist, and it's business as usual for the tough private investigator. Only later does she realize that he is more--much more...He is a rogue Black Ops whose attack on her is part of a very elaborate deep cover plot to expose an International terrorist. When Malone realizes that everything she has worked hard to build up--her business, her reputation, her relationships, even her very life --...

This 'Avengers of Children' BONUS BUNDLE holds two exciting reads: BLOODPACT and LONG PAST DEAD for less than the price of one: In BLOODPACT: Laird executes her daughter's murderer after he was released on a technicality; but now the hunter becomes the hunted as the police come after HER, determined to put together a case against her and put her away! But Laird has a long-ago secret that she and only one other person know. A BLOODPACT. SHARON from Texas, (Shay 777) said: "I could not put your book down, purchased all of them at once: all the bundles. It was so profound, so deep. I felt Iike...

Get close to A Woman Stalked! Two FULL novels for your reading pleasure. Get up close and personal.... A FINE THING MURDER: A female PI is the target of rogue Black Ops of an ultra-secret unit.... She has to outwit, out-think and out-flank him, using her own resources, while he has the full weight and authority of the United States government. But in this female, he has met his match. Because she, like he, thinks that-- as a solution, murder is a fine thing.... TELL ME HOW YOU FEEL TODAY: Heir to a family fortune, she left it behind, living off-the-grid, fleeing from her much older ...

She has been on the run from her own brother, who is ten years older , a pedophile, and in charge of the family fortune and her inheritance; but a meeting with his assassin has changed all that. She playing her brother's game is how she turns the tables on him… using his own loaded dice of treachery, and herself as the bait.... This is a longer, more erotic version of TELL ME HOW YOU FEEL TODAY.

Dax's assignment is not easy. He must determine if the wife of a dead CIA traitor knows her husband's secret, and if she's in on his betrayal of his country, he needs to find out exactly what she knows, and then, terminate her. Instead Dax finds himself strangely drawn to her, and ends up falling in love. And then, things get really complicated. Because her husband may not be dead, after all. And he is a trained killer -- a lethal, breathing weapon. Can Dax and Judy's love survive the walking shadow?

PLEASE NOTE: Jessica's story occurs parallel to her mother's in NOCTURNE* By Valda DeDieu. Jessica knows something is amiss. She's known her whole life. An oddity and out-of-sorts, she's often sensed her world to be a 'tilted reality. She has problems relating to others' and jokes that her parents are "pod people." She imagines that she is adopted and often sees the face of the *ideal woman--her mother--in her dreams. Out of the blue, she meets a perfect stranger who seems to have the answers, but now she sees an infinitely more sinister pattern emerging. She doesn't know who to turn to. ...

For eons, the ShadowMasters have ruled this world from beyond, where every illusion is stripped away, and the truth is revealed. Yet this world is seductive. CHOOSE, OR HAVE THE CHOICE MADE FOR YOU? THE SHADOWMASTER: A teenage boy is awakened one night from a dream, and taken to Shadwunvarse, the place where all realities are governed. It the home all elements and the anti-elements, of all life, substance and principles. It is where the very essence of opposing forces: Light and Dark, Good and Evil, clash, and it is also the home of--the ShadowMaster. He learns that, as ShadowMaster, this ...

Homicide Detective Prentiss Park is a good cop. She is a very good cop. So good in fact, that she always gets her man. When a series of murders mysteriously tied in to the Apocalypse--December 21, 2012--begins to take place in Miami Beach, she declares all out war on the criminals, with predictable results. But this time, whispers swirl around her, implicating her in the murders. Luckily she always has an alibi, but how long can her luck hold? With the help of a sinister stranger--a man she was sworn to kill--she begins to unfold a plot that takes her deep into the heart of the supernatural...

This BLOODPACT Bonus Edition contains Walking Shadow and Blue Men of the Desert, all in one volume. In BLOODPACT, Laird Rogan executes her daughter's murderer, not knowing the event is an eerie consequence to an action she had taken long ago to rescue her best friend from another predator. The police believe her responsible for the predator's demise and the hunter becomes the hunted. But her best friend is willing to die for her because of the long-ago secret between them: A Bloodpact. Decisions are not made at the moment of testing. They can be an accretion of who we are: our decisions, ...

Homicide Detective Prentiss Parks takes this case personally -- although each case is personal to her, this one hits home. As if the Native Americans had not been tortured enough by prior US Government administrations, someone was killing the members of Florida's Miccosukee tribe, mangling them almost beyond recognition. When the local FBI liaison is called in, he asks Detective Prentiss Park to take a look, thinking that there might be a connection to her recent spate of odd “Apocalypse 2012” serial murder cases. With the help of a sinister stranger--a man she was sworn to kill--...

For eons, the ShadowMasters have ruled Shadwunvarse, the realm of shadows, maintaining the balance of Light and Dark, keeping the earth from collapse -- into chaos. Now a new ShadowMaster has been chosen, and before his ascension the forces of evil will do their utmost to prevent his ascension... At this crucial time, the newest ShadowMaster is called upon to take up a quest; he must fight the forces attempting to upend the balance between good and evil here on earth, by entering the realm of shadows...and beginning his age of rule… There is only one problem: while his powers are slowly ...

Imagine someone taking away from you what's most precious -- and getting away with it. For love, Laird makes a decision that could destroy everything she has left. Her daughter was taken from her by a predator, and he goes free. That will not stand. Laird makes certain that he can never take another child again. And although the investigation threatens her marriage and everything she has worked for, there is a secret which protects Laird: A blood pact. BLOODPACT is about the choices we make and those that are made for us. It's about living up to our principles--or life is not worth living. ...

What do you do when your husband of 10 years is cheating on you, and you decide - well...he is not getting half! You bump him off, of course! Told from two different perspectives, the wife’s and the husband’s, Virtuous Woman vs. Cheating Man is a black-humor romp that takes you into the depths of the twisted id, inside the human heart, and causes you to emerge - a little dazed and confused, but still hopeful: That in all this craziness in this world, there might still be - true love.

Sardius Sardonyx is a cop on the edge. He is an on-the-verge-of-being-reformed alcoholic, a stoner, a man who wakes up every morning dreading the day. The ghost of every person who has ever been shot by his police gun comes back to haunt him - including an old girlfriend. Sometimes, they tell him secrets. Sometimes, they help him solve his cases. But mostly, they’re about raising hell.