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Graphic novelist Willow Tate is a Visualizer, able to draw images of beings from the realm of Faerie-possibly "drawing" them from their world to ours in the process. First came a ten-foot-tall red troll who followed her from Manhattan to the small town of Paumanok Harbor in the Hamptons. Willow realized then that many of her relatives and their neighbors possessed a whole range of psychic talents-truth-knowing, scrying, weaving wishes, picking lucky numbers, etc. And all of them seemed privy to everything that happened in her life. So when magic and mayhem return to Paumanok Harbor, of course Willy is called upon to rescue the little town. Three magical mares are searching the Long Island village for a missing colt, and their distress is causing sleepless nights, bad tempers, and dangerous brawls among the gifted but peculiar residents. The Department of Unexplained Events sends Willow some help, a world-famous, horse-whisperer. Texan Ty Farraday seems more interested in whispering in her ear, though, than in rescuing the kidnapped colt whose terror only Willy can feel. Enlisting Paumanok Harbor's uniquely talented residents in the search, Willy still has to struggle with snakes, drug dealers, tourists, hidden caves, a mad scientist-and the almost overwhelming distraction of that sexy cowboy. "Willow is a fabulous lead protagonist... The story line is fast-paced...the audience will stay up late reading this thriller... Celia Jerome has written a charming Long Island satirical urban fantasy." -SFRevue

Miss Gwynneth Dunlevvy, the unassuming owner of a beloved bookstore, leads a life of quiet simplicity. Her world, filled with the magic of words and the comfort of books, hides a secret-her remarkable beauty, veiled behind a carefully curated guise of plainness. Unknown to many, Gwynneth finds solace and freedom in her passionate correspondence with a distant pen pal, the notorious and charming Baron Stuart Langley. Known for his libertine ways, Stuart remains blissfully unaware of the true identity of the woman behind the enchanting letters. However, her tranquility is shattered when Stuart decides to visit the village, eager to meet the mysterious author who has captured his imagination. As Gwynneth's carefully constructed world begins to unravel, she faces a dilemma: reveal her true self to the man who has unwittingly stolen her heart, or maintain her disguise and risk losing the connection they've forged. Set against the backdrop of a picturesque village, this tale of hidden beauty, unexpected love, and the power of words weaves a story that is both heartwarming and thrilling. Will Gwynneth's masquerade withstand the scrutiny of the Baron, or will the truth set them both free?

Willow Tate is a graphic novelist who earns just enough money at her craft to keep he rent-controlled Manhattan apartment and still put food in the refrigerator. Then she decides to write about a troll who's a superhero - and one suddenly appears, causing mayhem in Manhattan. The odd thing is that nobody except Willow can actually see the stony red giant.Willy thinks she's going crazy just like her grandmother did, until she meets handsome, sophisticated, and oh-so-British Agent Grant from the Department of Unexplained Events. According to him, Willy has managed to break ages-old cosmic laws that could destroy the world as we know it. Now she has to help him save the planet, rescue a little boy, and find a murdering kidnapper who wants to use the power of a small village in the Hamptons to become master of the universe.Along the way, Willy discovers that trolls don't deserve their bad reputation, that she's not the only person in the town of Paumanok Harbor with special talents, and that magic and true love really do exist.

Peter Cory has traversed Isis and become a 10th level WWyhr Läaq, but R'gGnrök is still coming and H. Sapiens, Earth humanity, is still acting like a spoiled two-year-old with nukes as its toys and murder as its preferred method of conflict resolution. Before humanity can be trusted with the tools that it desperately needs to fight R'gGnrök, it's going to need some Sp¿cial Education.

Archangel Blues is the senses-shattering conclusion to the award-winning Hellflower Trilogy. In our latest exciting installment, Captain Butterflies-are-Free Peace Sincere, her underage homicidal sidekick Baijon Stardust, and the not-quite stowaway and part-time spy Berathia Notevan, flee the deep-space station called Toystore instants before it is destroyed. With her ship's navicomp blanked, Butterfly's only choice is to rely on Archive--the copy of an Old Fed Library that is currently eating her brain--for the good numbers to fly Ghost Dance to safety. Archive's idea of a safe space is the Capitol of the Old Federation, and things go downhill from there, because on jump later, Buttefly and Ziggy find themselves in Thronespace, listening to the Prince-Elect of the Phoenix Empire making them an offer they can't refuse.

In this YA novel, Holland shows us a raging San Francisco during the beginning of the 1849 Gold Rush. Many different types of people are flocking to California. Preachers, con men, miners, Mormons, army deserters, and Native Americans are trying to start over. Here are Frances Hardhardt, an escaped slave whose goal is to never be controlled again as she has been controlled; Daisy, a gorgeous singer who is Hardhart's protegee and tool; and Mitya, an Aleut Indian with a troubled past whose talent as a builder creates the central locale of the book, the Shining Light Saloon. That location becomes the glue that binds people and story together in a multicultural drama.

University of Florida computer science professor (and closeted überhacker), Harold Butterfield, and his Corgi and best friend, HardDrive (a.k.a. Hardee), just met a new friend, Olivia Zoë Maria Anderson, a demon cosplayer, at a convention. On their way home, they're abducted by aliens and subjected to "the usual" mistreatment. In the process, Harold learns that it's the opinion of these aliens that Earth's Homo sapiens are likely to prove too much trouble in the future, and that the simplest way to avoid that trouble is simply to detonate our sun. They have a long history of detonating suns. Clearly it's up to Harold, Olivia, and Hardee to do something about that .

Guided and guarded by an angel, a young Spanish knight saves Paris from the Vikings during one of the darkest eras of Christendom--and turns out to be a girl.

It was through no fault of her own that Lady Louisa Darwen had spent most of her formative years in the harem of the Grand Seraglio at Constantinople, and from the moment young, unconventional Louisa enters London Society for her first Season, the genteel equilibrium of the higher classes begins to go seriously awry.Eastern-raised Louisa has her own ideas of what she wants--and finding a husband is not (so she thinks) among them. As the Season progresses, the confusions and misunderstandings increase, plots thicken, and well-laid schemes come to sinister fruition, as Louisa begins to realize that perhaps there are still a few things the Turkish harem didn't teach her--and the most unsuitable man might be exactly the husband she wants.

Sixteen year old Jenny Dolf hates being a girl. She resents the restrictions on her life, and she just feels wrong, and trapped, in her female's body. When the Revolution breaks out, she takes her father's musket and poses as a boy named Jack, to join George Washington's army on the heights of Long Island. From the first terrible losses, to the great victory at Trenton, in savage battles and long hard marches, Jack learns the value, and the cost, of freedom.

Somebody had nailed Moke Rahone to his Desk. . . .Moke Rahone'd been human, and someone had butchered him open. It was dainty-like. Real bodysnatcher work, done with something sharp-something that didn't burn like a pocket laser or chew up the meat like a vibro.And there was one other thing. It was sticking up out of Rahone's insides and it hadn't been part of his original manifest. It might tell me who killed him, and who might be interested in taking over the cargo I had for him.I pulled off my glove and yanked out the optional extra somebody'd left with Brother Rahone. What I got for my trouble was long and thin, pointed at one end and with feathers at the other. It was mostly red, but where it was dry it was a kind of blue animal bone with carving on it.I'd seen bone like that before. Hellflower work!I'd just shut the door on the inner room behind me when the outer door opened. The hellflower standing there wasn't Tiggy, but he looked real pleased to see me anyway."Ea, higna," the hellflower said. Then he went for his heat. . . .

When the Mongols sack Baghdad in the year 1258, the renegade Templar Knight Rikart al-Shah'b-Rikart the Ghost-escapes the city. He tries to save two others as well-the Arab boy Daud and Dinah, the teenage daughter of a Jewish scholar-but they are separated in the chaos. Rikart and Daud make their escape separately, but Dinah is captured by the Mongols. In the time that follows, as the Mongols continue to overwhelm Heart of the World-what a later age would call the Middle East-Rikart tries to persuade whichever Muslim or Christian leaders he encounters to unite against the invaders from the steppes. Eventually, he and Daud are reunited and together they liberate a captive Egyptian Mameluke leader whom they believe could lead the needed resistance. Dinah, meanwhile, has been taken into the household of the wife of Hulegu Khan, brother of the Mongol emperor and leader of the Mongol army. Over time, a love affair develops between her and Nikola, one of the great khan's sons. All of their lives will come back together at the great battle of Ain Jalut, where the Mamelukes and their allies make a desperate stand against the mighty forces from Central Asia who seek to conquer Heart of the World.

When Mike Jolson loses his wife to a drunk driver, he's devastated by her loss. When the driver gets away with it, his rage attracts the attention of powerful mystical beings. He makes a deal with forces he doesn't fully comprehend, and, in exchange for his revenge, becomes their servant in the mortal world. Mike can't remember what happens while he does their bidding, and loses chunks of time, forcing him to work alone in his home rehabbing business. Matters come to a head when strange things begin to happen in his "normal" life and his self-imposed isolation is challenged by new friends. Can he figure out what he's agreed to do, and for who, before what he doesn't know not only hurts him, but also spills over onto the new people in his life?

The year is 1846, and war is brewing between the United States and Mexico. Under the pretext of a scientific research expedition, Lt. John C. Fremont arrives in Sutter's Fort with Kit Carson, famous Indian Scout, and a few men. Also arriving in Sutter's Fort is Cat Reilly, who has been widowed on the long trip west and is now in desperate circumstances. She becomes romantically involved with a Russian count as well as in Fremont and Carson's political scheming and maneuvers. Soon, she is plunged into a political maelstrom as Fremont sets up a California Republic and later brings California into the union.

The end of the world is just the beginning. Earth has suffered a devastating attack by an unknown force of extraterrestrial origin, wiping out a civilization ten thousand years in the making in one day. Who are they, and why have they come? The survivors include Char Nelson and her team of peered combat armor "Jockeys," Nathan Bradley, a soldier who fights at the side of an alien of our own making and Arian Moncrieffe, an analyst that must determine what our attackers want...and how to stop them. Together they will fight a guerrilla war against their technologically superior adversaries in the vain hope of driving them off before they can strip the world of life. But they may be doomed to fail unless they can find a way to strike directly against the aliens, unassailable in their fortress-mothership orbiting high above earth.

It was a lazy summer in the park when an old flame walked back into Leo's life. It had been a while since he'd seen Delilah, and it looked like she was doing all right for herself. She had a problem, though, and it wasn't one her new squeeze could fix... a friend of hers had gone missing. Worse, she'd left her kitten behind. Mischief was a devoted mama, and she never would have abandoned Trouble to fend for himself. Especially not in a place like Scratch Alley. But for old times' sake, Leo agreed to stick his nose into things and see what he could turn up. What he found was a lot more than he bargained for. While Mischief appeared to have vanished into thin air, Leo finds low-rent muscle dogging his steps. While he's looking for Delilah's missing friend, though, they're trying to get their claws on Trouble. What's so special about the kitten that petty packs of alley enforcers are out for blood? That might just be the answer to where Mischief went, however, if Leo knows anything about... Painted Cats.

Leo does his best to keep his whiskers out of other people's business. He's perfectly content to spend his days stretched out in the sun, or wandering through his little patch of the Bronx. So when a south side mouse comes to him with a sob story about a pack of hound dogs trying to run her and her friends out of the abandoned church they call home, his first instinct is to walk away. But why would a mouse be desperate enough to call on an alley cat for help? The raccoons on the south side have their paws in the mix, he discovers, and any deal the raccoons are tied up in is guaranteed to get messy. Add in the fact that the dog pack seems to have come out of nowhere, and Leo's got more questions than answers. Curiosity killed the cat, as the saying goes, but Leo isn't going to stop digging until he figures out exactly why St. Bart's has become... Marked Territory!

In the sun-soaked streets of San Diego, Matt Johnson stumbles upon a relic of otherworldly origins during a seemingly ordinary storage unit auction-an ancient diary belonging to one Ferris Hawes. As he delves into its cryptic entries, a chilling narrative unfolds. The diary chronicles the escapades of an insidious extraterrestrial entity, one that thrives on driving its victims to the brink of madness and despair until they're compelled to end their own lives. As the malignant influence of this alien menace begins to seep into Matt's reality, he realizes he holds the key to thwarting its dark ambitions. Armed with Ferris Hawes's knowledge, Matt embarks on a desperate quest to uncover the creature's true nature and halt its heinous plans for humanity. In this high-stakes game of cat and mouse, Earth's fate rests on one man's shoulders. Will Matt's discovery lead to salvation or doom?

The Union Lost the Civil War a Long Time Ago! The Union ambassador is missing. More than a hundred years after the McClellan-Davis Accords ended the Civil War, tensions are still high between the Union and the Confederacy. But recent trade agreements and personnel exchanges have made both sides hope that good relations can be restored. That is, until the Union ambassador vanishes one night from the embassy in Perdition. Two agents are sent to investigate his disappearance. Delilah Thorn, a video surveillance analyst with zero field experience, has no idea why she's been sent on this operation, but her unshakeable faith in the Union convinces her that she must somehow have the right skills for the job. Her new partner, Dane Rook, is a seasoned veteran with a mysterious background-and a whole lot of skepticism about what their assignment entails. They've barely crossed into the Confederacy when the whole mission goes to hell. Separated, trapped in a hostile nation with no weapons or supplies, they slowly learn a terrible secret about the government just across their own border. Their lives depend on separating friend from foe and discovering the limits of their own endurance. Can they figure out not only how to survive, but also how to become agents of change in a brutal society that the world has left behind?

Introducing Grow by Cecelia Holland - a gripping novel that takes you on a thrilling journey into the heart of a close-knit northern California community, where secrets smolder and danger lurks in the shadows. In this captivating tale, Jenny Meek, an unexpected heroine, navigates a world fraught with peril. As a pot-growing grandmother, she treads a fine line between the law and her livelihood, all while grappling with the specter of forest fires that threaten to consume her cherished home. But Jenny's challenges are far from over, for a sinister string of murders rocks her peaceful enclave, shattering the tranquility she once knew.Amidst the chaos, the return of her long-lost daughter adds a layer of complexity to Jenny's life. With the past and present colliding, she must summon her inner strength to confront the truth, protect her family, and unearth the dark secrets that threaten to consume her community.Experience a tale of suspense, resilience, and redemption in Grow - a riveting novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.

Hugh David Maurice Charles Asbury, Earl of Stanhope and peer of one of the oldest families in England, has made a mistake. While in disguise, he has a night of passion with what he believed to be a 17-year-old tavern girl. Instead, Eileen Fitzgerald is the granddaughter of the Dowager Duchess of Denham, and now to preserve her honor, Stanhope must take the hand of a girl ten years his junior in marriage. To prevent scandal, he must be seen with her on the social circuit of London at dances and balls. Stanhope resigns himself to his fate, but what he did not expect...the feelings he begins to develop for the young Eileen.

From the ashes of humiliation, can true love bloom?When dashing and audacious Lord Severn takes pleasure to its extremes, he leaves behind a wake of broken hearts and regrets. His most notorious act? Deceiving the sweet Primula Greetwell into a false marriage, and audaciously leaving her at her parents' threshold with nothing but a mocking bow and laughter. Such antics cannot continue unchecked. It's time for the infamous rake to face the music.Banished for a decade to India and yearning to return to England, Lord Severn's father presents his wayward son with a daunting ultimatum. Either marry the woman of his choosing, sight unseen, or be permanently exiled, stripped of family, title, and fortune. Lord Severn, albeit reluctantly, agrees to wed. Little does he realize that his chosen bride is none other than the previously scorned Primula, who accepts this pact with motivations of her own.As they navigate this precarious union, Primula is strictly advised to feign ignorance of their shared past. This leaves Severn perplexed by her calm demeanor, igniting a fresh intrigue between them. Yet, complications arise in the form of Severn's young nephew, who idolizes the rakish ways of his uncle and encounters another innocent teetering on the brink of society's ruin.Dive into a world of high society, hidden motives, and unexpected relationships. In this tale of redemption, passion, and schemes, will a match that seems doomed from the start pave the way for unforeseen love and understanding?

A wounded young man becomes an inheritor, but his inheritance may well be the death of him.In the Georgia backwoods stands a magnificent estate - its inhabitants the possessors of awesome powers passed on from generation to generation. Local residents look upon those who dwell within with respect and fear ... trusting their fortunes and futures to the mysterious Master of Cardalba. The sudden death of his foster parents brings young Ronny Dillon under the wing of the wealthy, enigmatic Welch family - drawing the crippled teenager into a world of dark secrets and murderous ambitions. For within the walls of the great Welch mansion, Cardalba, a battle rages for the coveted prize of ancestral power - a war fought with maddening dreams and nets of illusion, awakening Ronny to the miraculous gift that is his birthright ... and the terrible legacy that might well be his doom.

This time, his destiny will not be ignored.For five years, Ronny Dillon has denied the pain and the power that is his birthright - hiding away in the halls of academia far from Welch County, Georgia. But an urgent summons has arrived from his half-brother, and Ronny knows he must return to the ancestral mansion - where his past was erased, his dreams damaged ... and his future and life very nearly destroyed din mists of magic and illusion. For there awaits his destiny - a mystery of love and loss, a miracles of renewal ... and a terrifying challenge beyond any he has ever known.

Minerva "Minnie" Little has a burning question: where are all the ghosts? When the powerful medium moves to Historic St. Charles, Missouri, the town purported to have the most haunted street in America, she anticipates the spirits inundating her with requests to help with their unfinished business. Instead, she finds no signs of haunting: not a specter, not an orb, not even a faint imprint from a departed soul. For Minnie, the absence of ghosts is spooky.Worried about the disappearance of a gift she's had since childhood, Minnie searches for the truth about Main Street. She's perplexed to discover a ghosting full of spirits who flee from her presence. Their fear is explained by the appearance of her nemesis from the Institute for Psychical Training and Research -- A medium with an exorcise-first-ask-questions-never philosophy for dealing with the dead. Her former classmate claims to be in St. Charles to save the living from a ghost intent on revenge against the men who killed him.Minnie's path is clear. All she has to do is convince the local ghosts to trust her, find justice for the vengeful spirit, and thwart her enemy's plan.

Getting away from the farm is all Hollis Fairfield can think about. But when the only job she can find is doing laundry at Camp Pinewood, she becomes a witness to horrific events she never dreamed could be real. Powerless to change anything, she despairs until her attention is snared by a young girl whom she vows to help. But what can one woman do when so much stands against her? Delilah Thorn is stuck in Atlanta engaged in diplomatic work and is desperate to get back into the field. She's had no word from her fellow agents for weeks and there's nothing she can do for them from afar. Now a prominent Confederate family is looking for assistance, and wants her to find their missing daughter. Thorn will have to go against orders to sneak back into enemy territory on a mission of mercy, unsanctioned by superiors and worth a court martial, even if she succeeds. Both women will have to face their deepest fears and come together in an act that will help forge the fate of nations.

A Union city is in danger of being wiped off the map. After an anthrax attack terrorized the Union's populace, Rook and Thorn have been busy attempting to figure out what the terrorist plan of Promised Land really means. The anthrax attack was merely the opening salvo. What's next? Now Rook and Thorn learn that the German Empire has created a bomb that can destroy entire cities, and that Confederacy president Bradenton has one and has plans to use it. Multiple Union cities have been targeted for terrorist attack, but the bomb can only be sent to one. How can Rook and Thorn discover which Union city is Bradenton's main target, then find it, and defuse it in time? Old friends stand beside them while new enemies block their path toward saving the Union from not only its enemies, but itself. The fifth book in the saga of Rook and Thorn brings more fast-paced action and engaging characters to this history of an alternate United States, and ties up their story in a rip-roaring fashion.

The ascension begins.The Luck of the Welch County has vanished along with the reluctant young Master of Cardalba, Ronny Dillon, and now he must return to the ancestral site of his most terrible trials. For he alone possess the skill to awaken an ancient magic in metal - and the courage to confront a dire threat to his legacy and his destiny born from the devastating power of words.

The first small gestures of rapprochement between the Union and the Free States brings not only hope for the future, but a new terror that no one had quite imagined. Disease attacks those at a governmental function, and those who have succumbed have only a small chance of survival.Can Rook and Thorn, partnered with agents from the Free States of America, get to the bottom of who is spreading disease and why before threats of plague and fire become more than mere hyperbole? Religion and politics swirl together to form a dangerous and explosive mixture from which no one may emerge unscathed.

Baton Rouge is the most alien place agent Delilah Thorn has ever been. Everything from the local cuisine to the alligators to the French-speaking populace works to keep her off-balance. Thorn is surrounded by potential enemies, a religion she does not understand, and deceit. Can she succeed in sorting through the conflicting information to understand why Louisiana has begun closing its death camps and has started to forge its own way independent of the rest of the Confederacy? Dane Rook has finally been cleared to go into the field full-time. Though it means time away from his personal life, he is excited to get back to what he does best, this time in a place he's never before visited: Louisiana. He is to be back-up to his old partner, Delilah Thorn. But forces conspire to keep them apart and his mission appears to be over before it even begins. The bayous hold many secrets, and their waters are deep and dark. Can Rook find Thorn, and together, can they determine who is friend, who is foe, and do their part to support those trying to bring Louisiana out of the darkness?