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Jane Hughes has a loving partner, a job in an animal sanctuary, and a tiny cottage in rural Wales. She's happier than she's ever been, but her life is a lie. Jane Hughes does not really exist. Five years earlier Jane and her then best friends went on holiday, but what should have been the trip of a lifetime rapidly descended into a nightmare that claimed the lives of two of the women.

I should have known something was wrong when my weird aunt arrived in town just as I started getting killer headaches. But how was I supposed to know that it was a sign of repressed magic? Or that an ancient witch had escaped her tomb and sent demons after me? Demons who cursed my mother. I wanted to stay with her, even if she wouldn’t wake, but I was sent to Ember Academy for Young Witches, instead. Somewhere the demons hopefully can’t get me.

Have you ever encountered the teachings of the Black Hebrew Israelite movement and felt uncertain what to believe? You’re not alone. In 5 Fatal Flaws of Black Hebrew Israelite Theology, C. L. Willis untangles the confusion by turning to Scripture and historical fact. Inside this fact-filled guide, the author patiently examines five key claims of BHI theology and offers clear responses to each one. Relying on careful biblical exegesis and well-documented historical research, Willis dispels these misconceptions. Whether you’re a believer looking for solid answers or a seeker curious about...

Freya Lockwood e Arthur Crockleford non si parlano da una vita. Una mattina di maggio, Freya riceve da sua zia Carole una telefonata: Arthur è morto, caduto dalle scale del suo negozio. Così Freya, tornata nel Suffolk dopo più di vent'anni, decide di indagare con l'aiuto di zia Carole.

Abducted by an ancient, evil entity to his castle and into his service, what is one to do? Amalina is about to find out. The darkest, most dangerous time in her life begins. With dark humor, suspense, and new takes on genre tropes, this dark fantasy series quickly grows to surprising, epic proportions, but it starts here in the first novel: Amalina and the Secrets of the Wailing Castle.

A friendly drag race proves fatal for one of the members of a car club. Sabotage is soon suspected. Friends and acquaintances from Eve’s old life in Chicago all become murder suspects. Suspicion and confusion run rampant throughout the rural Northern Arizona hotel as items go missing and different items appear. When damning evidence is found in Eve’s ex-boyfriend’s room, she hurries to clear his good name before he is officially charged with murder. Although one of Eve’s employees succeeds in helping her solve the complicated mystery, other staff members impede her investigations of...

The newly jobless Presley Thurman heads back to her hometown, Hunter’s Hollow, to run her mother’s flower shop—Petal Pushers—while her parents are basking in the joy of a monthlong cruise. Presley's planning a boring and easy month working as a florist while she figures out her next career move. But when she delivers flowers to a well-known senator, her humdrum month takes a turn for the worse.

Welcome to the Crucible - an artificial planet larger than our sun - an ever-growing patchwork of countless other worlds, filled with creatures, sentient beings and societies stolen from across the universe by the mythical Architects. Across this dizzying juxtaposition of alien biospheres, the enigmatic and godlike Archons seek to unlock the secrets at the heart of the Crucible. Everyone else is just trying to survive.... 

Taryn di la Rovissi and Rutger Shaw: Two hard-luck mercenaries looking to make a clean break from the flagging war in occupied Llael... With the forces of Khador massing for another surge south into Cygnar and the Thornwood Forest, Taryn and Rutger are forced to take a dangerous escape route before borders close for good. Amid the last refugees fleeing the advance, the duo is caught up in an assignment that will prove to be either their salvation or their undoing.

A one-night stand, two pink lines, and Sugar Hill’s most notorious spare heir. Accidental pregnancy · billionaire heir · forced proximity Chef Willa Langston has three rules: keep control, keep your distance, and never—ever—sleep with a client. One midnight slip-up with billionaire art dealer Rhys Beckett shatters all three. Six weeks later a busted pipe, a collapsed ceiling, and a positive pregnancy test leave Willa homeless, queasy, and desperate to stay off the Beckett gossip radar. Rhys has other ideas, starting with a key to his penthouse and ending with his name on the birth ...

Time may heal all wounds, but time stands still for the dead. Twenty years have passed since the horrific night in the Whispering House. Now, Abigail lives a relatively normal life as an independent bookstore owner while her sister, Constance, struggles to navigate crippling physical and psychological damage. But when Abigail inherits the house, old memories and childhood traumas are awoken.

"No matter what," she said, "tomorrow ends with blood." Adrien's master plan has been revealed and the battle lines are drawn. With the ashes of the Boulevard still hanging in the air, Hannah and team must race to prepare their ragtag army before the full might of Arcadia descends upon them. While Karl works to whip his troops into shape, Parker invades the belly of the beast, and Hannah and Ezekiel head on diverging paths to seek help.

It’s that time of year again. In the shadows, otherworldly creatures lurk, under the gravestones, the dead begin to rise, and in that old house down the lane, ghosts rattle their chains. For once more, Trick or Treat Thrillers brings you our pick of the best Indie-paranormal short stories for 2020! Before you begin listening to our selection of 13 stories, however, we recommend you first check under your bed, in your closet, and outside of your window. You never know what may be coming your way.

It's the day of Bubba and Willodean's wedding. The sun is shining. There isn't a cloud in the sky. The pergola is decorated in high style with baby's breath and ribbons streaming galore, and the preacher is ready. So what can possibly go wrong? Just about everything can go wrong. While 22 types of canapes are being served along with gallons of mimosas, Bubba finds the one thing that he well and truly did not want to find. There's a dead body in his house. Then the dead body disappears while Bubba goes for help. Then the body reappears.

A dance to the death. A monstrous girl who lures people into dark water. A hallway that’s constantly changing—and hungry. All these stories exist within a house unbound from the laws of time and space.

Halloween at the hotel turns into a hostage situation. Eve Cordova thinks she has nothing to worry about when she finds herself manning her rural hotel alone on Halloween evening. She expects nothing more exciting than the clearing of spiderwebs that have collected on the porch. She is sure that the story of a train robbing ring being in the area has nothing to do with her or her guests. She soon realizes she is wrong on all fronts when she finds that one of her guests has been murdered, the discovery of which results in the taking of hostages. She is fortified by the fact that she has one ...

When a globetrotting photojournalist returns to the hometown she left behind, will she find the story worth staying for? Or will the man she walked away from be the one thing she can't capture on film? One-click this steamy second chance romance now! Desiree I left Haven Falls and Bane years ago, chasing headlines across the globe. Now a hurricane has brought me back, camera in hand, looking for my next big story. What I found was him. Broader. Fiercer. And still the only man who ever made me feel completely at home. He has every reason to send me away. But those blue eyes have a way of ...

When a famous face tries to disappear for one night, the last thing she expects is to find the most real man she's ever met in a dive bar bathroom. One-click this short, sweet, and steamy celebrity romance now! Emily I'm used to people seeing Emmy Gold — the stage name, the spotlight, the tabloid headlines. Nobody ever sees me. Then I end up stranded in a dive bar in my hometown, sticky from a spilled drink and hiding from fans. And Jace Manning walks in. He's rough around the edges, completely unbothered by who I am, and the sexiest man I've ever laid eyes on. For one night, I'm just ...

Things We Don’t See is a deeply moving memoir about the invisible forces that shape a life—fear and faith, loss and love, ambition and awakening. Growing up in a small village on the Gangetic plains, surrounded by whispered stories of ghosts, spirits, and unseen presences, a curious young boy begins asking questions that follow him for decades: What is real? What is imagined? And what truths lie hidden beneath what we think we see? From firefly-lit nights and bamboo groves to classrooms, cities, boardrooms, and moments of personal reckoning, this lyrical journey traces a life shaped as ...

It's trouble as usual for Bubba. His mother, Miz Demetrice, and her good friend, Miz Adelia, are up to no good with the DEA watching them for mysterious reasons. In addition, Bubba's also trying to get the beauteous sheriff's deputy, Willodean, alone for some quality time, when zombies invade in a cinematic manner. Further, the director of the movie is apparently murdered by persons unknown, and someone is pointing a finger directly at Bubba (again).