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Penelope Callas has crossed three gates. Only two remain. But as she draws closer to her sister’s soul, the god who stole it is no longer hiding in the shadows. Ares is done playing games. The god of war wants something from Pen, something he believes only she can give. And now that she has survived the third gate, he is ready to make his move. As Pen prepares to enter the fourth gate, she must face not only its brutal trials but also the growing power within herself. Her connection to the gods is deepening. Her past is unraveling. And the line between her mission and her destiny is ...

Deputy Marshal Zebediah Clemens has a problem: the dead aren’t staying in their graves. As a lawman, Zeb’s life is already complicated, but his duties don’t end with the living. He’s tasked with protecting the world from things most people don’t believe in—and it’s getting harder to keep the balance between the mundane and the supernatural. Despite it all, Zeb still dreams of a quiet life, maybe even a family. The woman he’s taken a shine to seems to fancy him as well, and her young son already looks up to him as a father. But proposing will have to wait.

Just one last stop in Peru, right? How could that go wrong? When Paxton asks to see the famous Nazca Lines, Samantha Moon figures it’s an easy detour—just teleport to the desert, snap a few pics, and call it a day. But the lines aren’t just ancient art. They’re giant glyphs that act as spirit gates, sucking the whole family into a demi-plane teeming with feathered warrior-people, bizarre mesas, and ancient magic. To get home, Sam strikes a deal with an ancient spider demigod. Her price? Rescue 10,000 stolen eggs from the bird people’s sky city before they’re devoured. Cue aerial...

In Ice Wolf, a hunter stumbles upon a naked body. When Ellie and her deputy retrieve the frozen corpse, he's got a silver dagger in his chest but no ID. It's Ellie's first homicide case in Hope and she aims to solve it. But even stranger things happen and this murder investigation will be anything but routine. Ellie doesn't want to believe the forensic evidence, but there's something creepy about the John Doe victim. There's no way that she'd walk away from this case, but maybe she should run.

It's tough being the King. Which is why in 1977 Elvis faked his own death and endured massive facial reconstruction surgery, and disappeared from the limelight to live a normal life as the unassuming Aaron King. Unfortunately, leaving fame behind also meant leaving his fortune behind, too, and now Elvis finds himself broke and living in near poverty in a small apartment in Los Angeles. Luckily for him, it turns out he's a pretty good private investigator.

Five years ago, Lee Jordan was nearly killed on the job. Now blind, deaf and mute, he's recovered enough to live a routine but silent life.

You would think a horror writer would know better. When I was twenty-one, I picked up a copy of the Necronomicon. It was supposed to be for research. A prop. A joke. But that night, sitting in my room while my kid brother came home buzzed from partying, it became something else entirely. First it was just a prank. I showed him the creepy diagrams, pointed out the perfect square on the floor, convinced him he was sitting in the middle of a demonic summoning circle. He bought every word. But the weird part? So did I. We could not shake the feeling that the book was wrong somehow. Heavy. Dark....

From bestselling authors, Piers Anthony and J.R. Rain, comes a story of a dolphin and a girl...and the end of the world. Astronomers from around the world are reporting the coming Pulse, a burst of energy that will incinerate the earth. And as the Pulse comes ever closer, help will arrive from a very unlikely source...aliens living in the oceans depths. Now, armed with information to save the world, one dolphin and one girl must race to save mankind...that is, if mankind doesn't destroy itself first.

Nick Caine is a part-time archaeologist and full-time antiquities thief - a looter. And a very good one, too. Now stranded on a small, forgotten island in the southern Maldives, Nick Caine and his ever-faithful sidekick Ishi are thrown into a desperate fight for survival. Seemingly betrayed by Marie Da Vinci, Nick is forced to gamble his and Ishi's very existence on an ancient map. The parchment document promises an incredible horde of hidden pirate treasure.

Los Angeles County park ranger Jack Carter is about to discover that not all is as it seems in his tranquil life. Once responsible for patrolling the many public parks, in particular the popular Griffith Park with its famous observatory and zoo, Jack is about to discover that a whole new kind of animal roams his woods. The undead kind. It begins when his brother, on leave from the military, arrives sick. Deathly sick. Jack's concern turns to alarm when his own flesh and blood turns on him, forcing the park ranger to take drastic measures.

They call him Spider. And people come to him when they have a problem. So when teenager Parker Cole approaches Spider at night school, he figures she's just another problem waiting to happen. But then she tells him about her father, who runs a cult called Cloudland based at the foot of mystical Mount Shasta, California. And then she tells Spider about her best friend, who is now dead, her body completely drained of blood.

For the first time in a really long time, I’ve got a boyfriend—Dr. Henry Jekyll. And he’s everything you’d want a boyfriend to be—charming, sweet, loyal. Only problem is, I can’t be left alone with him. Yeah, you read that right. Ever since I agreed to becoming a full-time employee of the Holmwood Association (that apprehends monsters), I’m being kept under lock and key. If I’m allowed outside the compound, it has to be with a chaperone—all owing to the fact that I’m half vampire.

First in a new series featuring paranormal investigators Ellen and Monty Drew. Ellen claims to possess a sixth sense but Monty, a former P.I., only believes what he can see. She views their work as a sacred mission while Monty just wants a happy wife and a paycheck.

In Ghost College the Drews are summoned to a Southern California bible college after workers report hearing mysterious voices at night.

As a vampire with a penchant for fresh human blood, Spider has done a lot of bad things. Now it's time to right some of those wrongs, and Spider has spent the past few years of his immortal life doing just that: helping those who can't help themselves. And maybe, just maybe, getting on God's good side. Oh, and falling in love with a girl named Parker Cole. A mortal girl, of all people.

It’s 1930, I’m 19-years-old, and I have high hopes of joining the circus with my best friend, Amelia. But when I find myself alone at the train station with no sign of Amelia, I have no choice but to find my own way to the Cirque du Noir, all the while figuring Amelia must have already arrived.

What happens when a refrigerator wants your obedience? When Rick buys the state-of-the-art Antarctica 2000 refrigerator, he’s thrilled with its voice-activated doors, massive storage, and gleaming chrome finish. It’s the pinnacle of modern convenience. Until it starts talking back. Politely at first. Asking for “please” and “thank you.” Calling him Rick even though that’s not his name. Making passive-aggressive suggestions about his butter use. Tracking his finances and warning him about his mortgage. Then it starts spoiling his food on purpose. Delivering electric shocks when...

Return to the magical land of the Arabian Nights....The end of "Aladdin of the Lamp" finds the cunning Aladdin ruler of a great kingdom. Now, many years have passed and Aladdin is older, richer and wiser - and heart broken. After losing his beloved wife and son to foul play, he resigns from being king and sets out to do what he does best.

J. R. Rain here. When I get email regarding my books, more often than not that mail consists of a single question: Who's Fang? Fang, for those of you who have not read my vampire mystery novel Moon Dance, is Samantha Moon's online confidant. Although I always suspected his role would expand in future books, little is explained about who Fang is or where he comes from. Well, consider his role expanded. At least for the time being. Teeth is his story.

Master Nicolo, a man also known as "The Terrible," lives up to his title and then some. As confidante, closest friend and protector to Prince Balduin, a man who would be king of the large and estimable Woodfall Gath, Nicolo is nearly untouchable.

In an age of violence, when berserkers prowl the seas of Scandinavia, a new terror cleaves a path through the north ... After escaping my grandfather and a gruesome death-sentence, I need be on the first ship out of Hålogaland. If I can find a crew who hasn't heard I've got blood on my hands. The problem is up here in the Lofoten Isles everyone knows everyone. And I've got a reputation for trouble. The last thing any man wants at sea.