Epic Suspense

Alisanos, the deepwood, is more than just a forest...it is sentient, and predatory. Home to demons and worse, its mercurial boundaries can suddenly shift miles in any direction to encompass previously safe human lands - and those taken by the deepwood are forever changed. Audrun, a human woman trapped within the forest, is reunited with her four children, only to learn that each has been marked by the deepwood’s wild magic. And her newly born fifth child, captured by a winged demon, is still missing.

Hawk and Fisher, famous for their years of keeping the peace in Haven, are really quite happy being legends. They gave up the hero business when they decided they’d grown too old for it. Now they run the Hero Academy, training young hopefuls to be heroes. Legends never die, but it seems they cannot retire, either. Hawk and Fisher’s adult children, Jack and Gillian, have been kidnapped. They were taken by the Demon Prince, an old enemy from the Forest Kingdom who challenges the couple to one final battle for their lives.

It is still the War of 1812 and Jack Aubrey - with his tetchy, sardonic friend Stephen Maturin - has set course across the South Atlantic to intercept a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade. If they do not come up with her before she rounds the Horn, they must follow her into the Great South Sea and as far across the Pacific as she may lead them.

If they can’t turn me, they’ll kill me. After a high-stakes robbery accidentally ended up with a dead vampire elder, I barely escaped with my life… and the ancient treaty I’d been hired to steal. With the entire supernatural community after me, I go into hiding with my best friend (a witch) my boss (a vampire) and my handsome police escort (wolf). All I want to do is keep my little brother safe. But when a vicious spider-demon catches up with us, I’m forced to go deep underground to learn a forbidden secret from a troll mediator. The Treaty was forged. The history is a lie. And ...

The penultimate volume in the Conclave of Shadows series from worldwide best-selling author Raymond E. Feist. Featuring one of the most fascinating characters and scenarios ever created in the genre, the series promises to become one of the great all-time classics in the field. Once absolute ruler of his nation, Kaspar, former duke of Olasko, has been cast into exile. Abandoned in the wilds of a continent on the other side of the world and left with nothing but his wits and determination, he must fight merely to survive.

His name is Laith. To most, he is known as the owner of a local pub near Dreagan. But little do his patrons know that beneath his handsome, charming exterior, Laith has the heart and soul of a Dragon King - one who wields control by keeping his friends close and his enemies, just across the border, closer. That is, until a mysterious stranger enters the picture and sets his whole world off course. Iona is a woman with a mission: to learn the truth about her dead father.

For 10 years, the noblewoman Seriana lived in exile, believing her husband Karon was dead, executed for practicing sorcery. But now she learns his soul has been anchored to this world by magic. He has been restored to life-though his memories of Seri are gone. When Seri's nephew is kidnapped - and a dark family secret comes to light - the two strangers will have to join together to defeat the evil Lords of Zhev'Na, who want to destroy both this world and the parallel magic realm that lies beyond.

"Absolutely Amazing!" "Excellent Read!" "Best debut novels in years!" Unimaginable horror follows Piper Mitchell from adolescence to adulthood as she tries to escape the chains that hold her long after she is free. A chance meeting with one of Hollywood's’ biggest stars, Ryan Knox, will forever change both of their lives.Venture the unknown with beauty and the daring actor as they both are forced to endure the devastating acts of evil, yet continues fight the drowning current that threatens to pull them both under. Full of hair pin turns you will not soon forget. * due to adult situations...

This book contains a Fantasy Science Fiction Adventure Novel about two young adults who each embark upon a quest in an alternate world, a dystopian adventure novelette about a militia battling a group of pirates, and a dystopian novelette that takes place in a medieval setting. Venturing Through the Unknown Although Blaine and Rachel are highly gifted young individuals, they both work dead-end jobs, still struggling to find their place in the world. When an unusual solar flare takes place, they are presented with a portal that leads to another realm. Initially, they are hesitant to step ...

A fourteen-year-old girl disappears on the small island of Föhr, and Detective Lena Lorenzen is called in to investigate. When the girl’s bloodied body is found on the beach with vicious wounds to the wrist, Lena immediately suspects that what’s been made to look like suicide was in fact a brutal and calculated murder. But the local residents - even the girl’s own parents - won’t cooperate with her investigation. The devoutly religious islanders are clearly hiding something. But what ungodly secret could possibly lead to the murder of an innocent teenage girl?

In Hearts Beneath the Ashes of Pompeii, healer Lucia Valerius and Egyptian physician Khai risk everything to uncover a deadly secret—and protect a love society forbids. As Pompeii teeters on the brink, they must fight prejudice, passion, and time itself in a race to heal a city—and their hearts.

Helene Wyndham is hopelessly in love with her charming cousin, Paul, the youngest of the Wyndham brothers. As their father lies on his deathbed, the family fortune is set to be divided between the elder brothers, James and Ken. Determined to claim the entire inheritance, Paul manipulates Helene into assisting him with his sinister plan. She is unaware that Paul's ambitions include murder until she uncovers the horrifying truth. When she threatens to expose him, Helene mysteriously vanishes. In reality, Paul has silenced her forever, but her vengeful spirit remains, haunting the Wyndham ...

Earth battles itself. A new power rises. Old friends become enemies. Michael and Sam are trying to hold onto the life they forged in the wake of the catastrophe at SkyTower, but it might be an illusion. Sam has been called to a space station far from Earth, where a shocking message awaits. Back home, Michael's deadly double-life leads him into a harrowing experience that will test his resolve. Yet bigger forces are at play. Far from Earth, a new band of terrorists called Salvation is attacking Collectorate interests with impunity, and its leader, Brother James, wins followers with an ...

They are each other's fiercest love, greatest danger, and only hope. Séverin and his team members might have successfully thwarted the Fallen House, but victory came at a terrible cost - one that still haunts all of them. Desperate to make amends, Séverin pursues a dangerous lead to find a long lost artifact rumored to grant its possessor the power of God.

The people of Perizzi have survived the battlemage war, but their future is looking darker than ever.... Byrne is a member of the Watch, investigating a series of murders. Fray's expertise with magic is needed to catch the killer, but working with the Watch destroyed his father, years before. Choss is a champion fighter, trying to diffuse a war in the underworld. Katja is a spy from a foreign land, attempting to prevent a massacre that will topple two dynasties. Watchmen and spies, assassins and criminals will clash on the streets in this magic-fuelled adventure from the author of Battlemage.

Everything burns...The twisted magic that merged Andrew Rufus and Pecos Bill isn’t finished with them yet, not by a long shot. Andrew believed he was ready to be a part of this fight but nothing could have prepared him for this. The dark force that awakened Septimis still hungers for Pecos’s power, and if she can’t have it, the entire world will burn...

My billionaire boss has fallen hard for me. But he doesn’t even know who I am. No one does. Brad is the perfect man. Tall, dark, rich, protective, and irresistibly hot. He’s hired me as his live-in personal chef. He could have any woman he wants, but his sights are set on me. Things heat up fast and before I know it, I’ve fallen into a life I’d never dare to dream of, And in love with a man I’m sure I don’t deserve. The person he knows me as is a complete lie. I hide dark secrets within my icy shell. When my past catches up with me and my life is threatened, my identity is in ...

Relic hunter and archaeology expert Kendall Morgan has a lot on her mind. After finding the Fountain of Youth - and discovering that Nathan, her handsome billionaire boss, might actually be her long-lost childhood love - she could really use some time to think. Except a two-thousand-year-old Protettori guardian has just teleported into her bathroom, desperate for help.

A mysterious woman with dark secrets rocks Oyster Island to the core Embark on an exhilarating journey to the Big Easy with lighthouse keeper Jack Wiesinski and the last Atakapa Indian Grogan ‘Chief’ la Tortue as they indulge in their favorite pastime at Rockie’s strip club. When an alluring stripper named Vixen takes the stage, their wild night takes an unexpected twist. Vixen is an enigma—a mysterious woman living in squalor behind the club. With nothing but a duffel bag and a few meager possessions to her name, she captivates Chief with her otherworldly dance moves. When she ...

Acius, the darkest fallen angel in the world, knows what I am. And he wants me to be his queen, to be his puppet. He’ll stop at nothing, which leaves me with only one choice. Kill him. Normally, my prey run from me. But he’s the hunter too. When he delivers word of his plan to destroy Magic’s Bend with an enormous serpent, it’s obviously a trap meant to ensnare me. But I have no choice. To save my town, I must skirt the edge of death. I must outrun him and outwit him, or we will all lose our homes, our lives. Everything.