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Set against the backdrop of the US Civil War, the residents of Gaston Hall find themselves struggling to survive in a place where the worlds of both the living and the dead are intertwined. All is not what it may seem at Gaston Hall - a home for orphaned and abandoned children. One. Two. Three. Four. The children appeared. “Ashes. Ashes. We all tumbled down.” Della’s eyes fluttered. She shifted in her chair; her mouth pinched. Elsie leaned close to the woman’s face and whispered in her ear. “What did you do to your children?”

August 1587, a group of 115 English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island. Later than year, the governor of the island, John White returned to England for supplies. Three years later, when he returned to Roanoke....there was no trace of the settlers. This is their story.

A Santa Fe Getaway Turns Deadly. A Murder That Refuses to Stay Framed. And a Masterpiece Built on Betrayal. Gallery owner Sadie Stewart heads to Santa Fe for sunshine, art, and a well earned escape with her friends Daniel and Quincy. Leaving her Chicago gallery behind, she plans to soak up inspiration, enjoy good food, and avoid dead bodies for once. That plan shatters when Sadie reconnects with a fellow gallery owner and a dead body is discovered next door. Curiosity takes over, and Sadie’s knack for spotting what does not belong pulls her straight into the mystery. With Daniel’s ...

Ethan Life isn’t going how Ethan planned. He’s caught in an endless cycle with his on-again, off-again boyfriend Owen. The endless spiral that threatens to consume him is abruptly halted from a higher calling, something he never expected. It’s not just the ascension to a greater cause than his problems that gets him going. The lure of true love is what really draws him to his place among the stars. Groxun Groxun’s plan for military superiority has brought him to a small planet in the middle of nowhere. Decades of research and abductions finally bear fruit in the form of Ethan. If ...

A Baker’s Dozen - A collection of 13 classic Christmas stories.

Eleven stories chronicle the life and times of characters who cross paths and share destiny’s fire escape. Ghosts, gravity, romance, and secrets weave the communal narrative. Step into the elevator. Push any button, but try to remember your way back out. Not everybody makes it.

Don't sell your soul to the Devil. Take out a loan instead! Darcie Rose is Satan's top Substitute Soul, tasked with temporarily replacing the eager living souls who sign a deal with the Devil. The exchange is a simple one. They receive a Lucifer-facilitated status boost when they return to their body, and Darcie earns a temporary reprieve from Hell. But there are two rules she must abide by if she wants to stay on Luci's good side: 1.) Avoid her former life now that she is an accidental murderess. 2.) Never expose proof of a demonic Hell in the presence of humans. Easy as pudding... until now.

Being an Elemental is in Logan's blood. Hers is the gift of Air, a vast power she's still struggling to control. Then a Were named Connell hunts her down. His wolf is missing, and he blames her. A den of werewolves is the last place Logan wants to be. The testosterone alone is enough to make her choke. But she has a mystery to solve. She will find out who is stealing wolves even if kills her. Unfortunately, that's exactly what the enemy has planned.

High school English teacher Beatrix (Bea) Cortland started the 1989-90 school year without her usual enthusiasm. Her best friend, Bronwyn MacIntosh Gordon, had moved to Tennessee with her musician husband, Ti, and refocused herself on her painting. She had a part-time job in an art gallery and hoped to mount her own show soon. Bea had divorced her husband, Norm, and rescued a miniature schnauzer named Sherlock. Her life with her boys, Cameron and Conner, while busy, didn’t fulfill her. At Bronwyn’s suggestion, Bea registered to attend the English Educators Conference, conveniently ...

Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is unforgivable. She wanted to forget her past. He wanted to change the course of his future. She was everything he never knew he needed. He became her unexpected. Everything was perfect. Until....

Amber Knight grows up in an abusive home in Eagle Peak. Circumstances cause her to leave in the middle of the night and leave behind everyone she was close to, including her mother and friends. And most importantly, the love of her life, Nicole Brooks. Ten years later, Amber is offered a place in an art show. Unfortunately for Amber, two of the pictures chosen are from her time in Eagle Peak. Amber must return to get release forms signed to show the photos. While back in Eagle Peak, Amber must face her past and those she left behind. Will they accept her reasons for leaving?

El Arte de la Bruja: Camino – Volumen II es una travesía hacia las dimensiones más sutiles de la práctica mágica: la adivinación, la canalización y el autoconocimiento profundo. Este segundo volumen lleva al lector más allá de los fundamentos del arte brujeril, abriendo las puertas a la visión interior, la comunicación con los planos invisibles y la alquimia del alma. A lo largo de sus capítulos, la bruja —ya iniciada en los elementos, los ciclos y las herramientas del primer tomo— aprende ahora a escuchar las voces del espíritu y a traducir los mensajes del universo a ...

“Recordar es el acto más sagrado. No hay poder mayor que el de quien vuelve al fuego que la creó”. El Arte de la Bruja 4: Ecos del Uno es un libro de revelación interior; una obra donde la palabra se vuelve invocación y el cuerpo, templo del alma. A través de un lenguaje poético y alquímico, la autora guía al lector por el sendero iniciático de la bruja, esa figura ancestral que encarna la unión entre materia y espíritu, sombra y luz, tierra y estrella… Dividido en tres movimientos —la disolución del yo mágico, la magia del Uno y el retorno a la unidad esencial—, el ...

Runas para Llamas Gemelas es una guía espiritual profunda para quienes sienten la llamada interior a comprender su propósito, sanar su historia y abrirse al camino de las llamas gemelas desde una conciencia elevada. A través de una combinación única de sabiduría ancestral, introspección emocional y práctica ritual, este libro revela cómo cada runa actúa como un portal simbólico hacia el alma, iluminando tanto la sombra como el potencial más luminoso del Ser. El lector aprenderá a interpretar las runas como espejos vivos que muestran el estado interno, las lecciones energéticas...

In Escaping Nature, Orrin H. Pilkey and his coauthors offer concrete suggestions for how to respond to the threats posed by global climate change. They argue that while we wait for the world’s governments to get serious about mitigating climate change we can adapt to a hotter world through technological innovations, behavioral changes, nature-based solutions, political changes, and education.

When a fire-red Trans Am is found on a dirt road—its windshield crawling with millions of frenzied flies—Detective Jessup believes he’s seen the worst Stragglersville has to offer. He’s wrong. Something inside that car is still alive. And it’s multiplying. Darla Brunson is drowning in grief after the death of her boyfriend, Matt Jones. The only comfort she has left is Dolly, the doll he gifted her the night he disappeared. But Dolly isn’t what she seems. Her hair changes color. Her eyes bulge and swivel. Her smile grows sharper by the hour. And when a gelatinous creature slips ...

One grand gallery reopening. One very dead guest. And a killer hiding in plain sight. Sadie Stewart was hoping for champagne toasts and Instagrammable moments at the grand reopening of her fire-ravaged art gallery. Instead, she got a poisoned guest, a media frenzy, and her best friend fingered as the prime suspect. Now Sadie’s trading wine tastings for witness lists as she dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of Chicago’s art scene where egos are priceless, grudges run deep, and forgery isn’t just a crime, it’s a career move. With a black-market ring of stolen masterpieces, a ...

TouchPoint Press presents Nightmares of Strangers, an anthology of 13 eerie stories that will spark feelings of unease and paranoia with just the right helping of fear to last beyond the night - a devilish deal, the return of the murderous H.H. Holmes, a ghost that isn’t what it seems, and other spine-tingling tales that will make you double-check the locks, look under the bed, and wonder what really made that loud “thump” in the attic.

Ne vous méprenez pas ! Passés composés n’est pas le titre d’une grammaire ni d’un outil de conjugaison, mais celui d’un recueil de nouvelles. Treize personnages ayant marqué, chacun à sa manière, la grande ou la petite histoire du Québec y sont présentés, à la fois par l’entremise de la fiction, puis dans de courtes biographies.

There’s a certain kind of quiet that only exists in the Scottish Highlands—the kind that hums instead of rings, that fills the air with something between peace and ache. It’s the kind of quiet where you can finally hear yourself think… and sometimes, that’s the most terrifying sound of all.When Reyne Murrey boards a plane to Scotland, she isn’t chasing adventure or romance. She’s running—from betrayal, from heartbreak, from a man who made her forget who she was. But fate, as it tends to do in the Highlands, has other plans.A torn foot, a charming small-town doctor with storm...