Dragon Mysteries

You can take the Ranger out of the Army, but you can't take the military out of the man. When innocent lives are in danger, justice will be served. Army Ranger Henry 'Biggs' Biggston just can't seem to fit in. The recently discharged vet desperately wants to put his specialized skills to good use. And when a security gig reveals a stray CCTV clip of shocking sex-trafficking footage, 'Biggs' desire to nail the bad guys kicks into action.

The Spectra of the Dark Mountain is a story that unites fantasy, dark fantasy, terror and regionalism set in northeastern Brazil, to tell the story of John Felix, an unusual and introspective man, who lives in particular conflict with reality before his eyes and his imaginary world inside his mind. The story addresses in particular, the birth of the myth of the hero, who has to descend into the darkness, to go crazy, to transform himself, to "die" and be reborn as "new man."

2024 Finalist - American Legacy Book Award for Medical Thrillers 2023 Winner - American Fiction Award for Medical Thrillers 2023 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite, Medical Mystery/Thriller Reedsy Discovery calls An Inch from Oblivion, "a must read." "...Sam Polakoff hits a home run with this engrossing...thriller." - The Book Commentary After being suspended from his job as a police detective, Dave Ostrinsky, needing a respite from his stress-filled life, rides his bike along a mountain trail and accidentally goes over a dangerous cliff. During emergency surgery, Dr. Ivy McDermott ...

In a world where dreams weave reality and dragons present unyielding demands, Maribelle finds herself entangled in an extraordinary quest that could unravel her very sanity. Dragons can be so demanding at times, even those stuck in stone. Yet Maribelle's already overflowing life has no room for such extraordinary burdens. Her hands are full managing the family store and warding off the nosy townsfolk, leaving no time for a man in her life, let alone a dragon seeking liberation from its stony prison. The last thing she needs is to add searching for dragon parts to her to-do list, risking her...

While investigating the murder of her longtime hairdresser, amateur sleuth Patricia Falcon stumbles into a crisis of epic proportions. Her city has been infiltrated and the roots go years deep. It feels like every case she’s worked has been leading to this one.

This crime thriller will have you at the edge of your seat! Alexandra Bartolucci never expected her mundane life as a jewelry store owner to be upended by a handsome stranger. When he walks into her store and asks her to restore a rare pendant, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected mystery. Phone calls with mysterious messages, and Alexandra is unsure of who to trust. Will she be able to uncover the secrets of the pendant and save her jewelry store? Or will she be left with more questions than answers? If you enjoyed the romance and suspense of The Da Vinci Code, you'll love ...

Revealing how dragons and serpents are deeply embedded in the story of humankind and the Earth itself, the author takes us on a journey through their myths, legends, and symbolism in different ages and cultures around the world. Stefan Broennle explains how the dragon is an archetype of the elemental force of the Earth, white the serpent, which can change its skin and regenerate, carries the elemental force of rebirth and is also connected to the Earth through its relationship with the feminine.

The mission is simple. Find my target. Gut her like a fish. In and out, and I'm home free. That's the plan, until an intense glare catches my attention. A few drinks and some harmless flirting with a handsome stranger changes everything. My target is his fiancee and that spells trouble for me. Burn into this steamy dragon romance about a forbidden love, with HEA.

Amid the flash and din of Boston's raucous Chinese New Year's celebration, an elderly man is shot while watching the parade from his window. Anthony Bradley, the son of an African-American judge, is standing across the street at the time and is immediately arrested for the crime. Michael Knight, a young lawyer who's going places, is surprised when Judge Bradley asks him to defend his son in such a high profile and politically delicate case.

When a woman from his past turns up looking for help in clearing her name, Abraxis Wren must set aside his memories of their past encounters to unravel the mystery of the Black Brigade. An elite and deadly squad from the Last War is being murdered one by one. The trail of blood leads to untold treasure - if Wren can only reach it before the murderer does! 2008 Scribe Award winner Paul Crilley returns to the world of Eberron with a dark adventure full of murder and mystery.

War comes. Magic can either save them—or destroy everything. The team has splintered, but they still fight the same war. Honaaz and Lily sail north, where they find a dangerous new threat that threatens more than the coast. Finn and Morgan make their way to bring a warning to the king so that what happened in Sanaron does not happen in Rayend. And Kanar travels into the Alainsith lands where he learns the truth of the war, and that it might be already too late to stop.

Free of the threat of Viktor Kaslow, William Barrow (a.k.a. Judas Iscariot) is tantalizingly close to finally having the life he has dreamed of with Beatrice and Alistair. But such optimism is short-lived. An ancient menace far worse than Kaslow has successfully tracked William and Roderick to Virginia after hunting the pair for nearly five hundred years. Hailing from the older kingdoms of Europe, this new threat once gained notoriety as the cruelest tyrant in recorded history: Vlad Tepes, better known as Vlad the Impaler.

Bake-off fever is in full-swing and Donna can’t help but have visions of becoming the next great baking star, but the competition is stiff, and someone is willing to kill to win. When one of the contestants is found dead, a twist of fate puts Donna at the center of the competition. That’s the perfect position to unravel the mystery, but only if she doesn’t get caught in the crosshairs.

When a newspaper delivery boy finds a 68-year-old alcoholic lying dead in his apartment - beaten with a saucepan lid and hammer, and then strangled - everyone expects an open-and-shut murder case, everyone that is but Hawaiian-shirt clad Detective Bäckström who's been assigned to lead the investigation team.

Even a savior sometimes needs a champion. Dulce had gained a reputation as a positive, cheerful seer during the decline of one of the great magical nations. Two years after the death of her champion and best friend, she has become a completely different person who wishes only for the end so that the suffering will stop. Draven is perhaps the least likely champion to remind Dulce of how wonderful life can be, but that is the task presented to him. Never much for talking, he finds himself in a strange predicament that forces him to finally speak the thoughts he has always kept to himself. Is ...

An unsuspecting young man finds himself a pawn in the biblical conflict between Good and Evil. Thrown into the nuclear aftermath of World War III, he struggles to survive a host of ever-present post-apocalyptic horrors.

He was born in prophesy. While hunting with the castle men, Connal Termayne is attacked by a dreadful, winged beast with a deadly spiked tail. Before he can escape, his fierce protector leaps in front of him taking the brunt of the blow. When his savior’s lifeless body is finally rolled off of him, a mystical, blood-red stone is discovered over his heart. This Heartstone, forged by the power of a life force sacrifice, is to be set in the hilt of his sword and wielded in the never ending fight between good and evil. Elsha Niall, born the very eve of her father’s death, becomes bonded to ...

Shor Dasquian is a man with a fearless dragon’s heart beating inside his chest. When he prepares to fight for a woman from Earth, he does not know the events he will set in motion.

My name is Isobel Drake. And my life masquerading as human is about to blow up, big-time. I have a secret: I'm a half-human, half-dragon hybrid living in plain sight in the humans-only city of Yerba Buena. There are others like me, pretending to be fully human, in a world where dragons are exiled to reservations and face the death penalty if caught in a human settlement. On the eve of a dragon invasion, someone leaks footage of me shape-shifting into a dragon. We dragon hybrids were created to serve as covert operatives in a new dragon war against humans.

Follow the adventures of Sirio Falken, professional fighter, convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison in Oz in this complete trilogy The Falken Chronicles.