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Rael Armstrong is an apprentice to a hunter of the Order. Hunters have one mission in life: to vanquish evil beings from other planes of reality. Normally, it’s very exciting work, but Rael’s current mission feels a little on the dull side. She’s been tasked with watching a suspect, and that’s it—just watching. It is a dull task until an unlikely visitor shows up to talk with her suspect. It couldn’t hurt to do a little less watching and a lot more following of this visitor to see what he’s up to, right? Well, it wouldn’t hurt unless this visitor was something really ...

Affectionately dubbed "the Jewel in the Crown of the Tetbury Advertiser" by its ever-patient editor, Debbie Young has been a regular columnist for this award-winning community magazine since 2010. In its ten issues per year, she shares her homespun philosophy and wry English humour with its loyal readers. This collection brings together her columns from 2010-2015, charting history in the making as it affects local residents, and giving her whimsical perspective on the wider world from the heart of the Cotswolds.

What Do You Do If Your Best Friend is Possessed By a Daemon?And what if your best friend is already a Daemon? Ironspell can't get any breaks. The only way he can save not only the Earth, the Universe, and the Multiverse is to find out the Name of the Daemon. He must learn how to use his Namer powers. Only, he doesn't know how. To make matters worse, his new Templar powers are driving him insane and killing him. And the angelfire he wields is the only thing that harms the Void Daemon. No pressure there. It's a race against time against the Void Daemon who is disguising itself as the New ...

Betrayed by a Valkyrie and Surrounded by Demons While trying to rescue Fenrir, Ironspell is betrayed by one of his friends, and set up to die at the hands of the ruthless fallen angels, known as the Watchers. But the Watchers' plans don't go...well, as planned. Ironspell escapes and decides to free Fenrir, the Wolf of Ragnarok, even if it means going up against Odin and the rest of the Norse pantheon. Who in the hell breaks into a dungeon? Ironspell knows this isn't his smoothest move, but he has promised to keep Fenrir safe. Only, the dungeon is possibly more than he ever bargained for...

Ironspell Rushes in Where Angels Fear to TreadIt's so like Ironspell to accidentally become the last Templar, only to find out that Heaven has a job for him to do: namely find Lucifer. You see, Lucifer has fled Hell and is now trying his hand at becoming the President. Problem is, Lucifer is in a place no angel would dare step foot in: namely the virtual reality world of the Enchanted Forest. So, they've decided to send Ironspell in to do their dirty work. Ironspell would probably give this a pass, except for three things. First, he's bound to one of Heaven's Guardians, who also happens to ...

This second collection of Debbie Young's lighthearted yet thoughtful columns for the Tetbury Advertiser record the author's thoughts during the tumultuous five-year period from 2016 through 2020 - the era of Brexit and of President Trump - when even in her quiet corner of the Cotswolds, it often seemed the world had gone mad. Charming the readers of this multiple-award-winning community magazine with her homespun philosophy, with playful wit and with vivid imagination, Debbie Young provides a sense of perspective about what really matters in life.

Rael is an apprentice to a hunter of the Order. Hunters have one mission in life, and that’s to vanquish evil beings from other planes of reality that want to conquer our plane—demons, devils, and the like. However, Rael’s current mission isn’t as difficult as all that. Rael and her mentor are in New York City with the goal of finding a few missing children. With not even a hint of demons around, how hard could that task be? It gets a touch more difficult when Rael herself is kidnapped. Her kidnappers don’t even desire a ransom in return for her; instead they want her to find ...

Saskia de la Cruz is a verity witch and investigative reporter for The Blood Web Chronicle, the biggest news outlet on the paranormal Blood Web. After escaping murderous vampires in snowy Moscow, Saskia can't imagine a more difficult or more dangerous mission. That is, until her editor sends her to Barcelona to investigate a high profile disappearance at the Mage Association, which just happens to be run by her evil mother Solina.

Girls like her don’t get guys like him… CPA Jenny Carman is tired of playing by the rules. It didn't get her the promotion she deserved, and it certainly didn't get her Mr. Right. Or even Mr. Right now. It's time to do something besides spend Saturday nights at the Laundromat. To bolster her courage, she invents an alter ego—Jasmine, a quirky hairdresser. Visiting a sports bar with a friend, she meets gorgeous businessman Robert Marshall. Robert is smart, funny, sensitive and mesmerized by Jasmine. One lie leads to another, plunging Jenny/Jasmine in way over her head. She can't keep ...

Is thirty years too long to wait for a second chance? High school best friends Sara and Sofia had always been inseparable, but neither of them knew that they were hiding a secret attraction. The girls lost touch after graduation, but thirty years later, they run into each other in a coffee shop, and it’s love at first sight. Or second sight, anyway. They’re both too old to fall this fast, but they don’t want to waste any more time. After years of being single, Sara and Sofia are about to find out that true love was worth waiting for – and their first love can also be their last. “...

The Urban Leash is a story about all the funny stories of a dogwalker from the dogwalker's point of view. Humorous, fun, light read.

Mordak isn't bad as far as goblin kings go, but when someone - or something - starts pumping gold into the human kingdoms, it puts his rule in serious jeopardy. Suddenly he's locked in an arms race with a species whose arms he once considered merely part of a calorie-controlled diet. Helped by an elf with a background in journalism and a master's degree in being really pleased with herself, Mordak sets out to discover what on Earth (if indeed, that's where he is) is going on.

It's Hell Being a DaemonTuzren the daemon was happy living on his home plane of Onoys -- until Faust summoned him. Due to the disparity between the two timelines, his life becomes a real mess at home, but Earth is no picnic either. He's forced to obey Faust's every whim, or suffer excruciating pain. Tuzren has something unusual in most daemons: a code of honor. Of sorts. And Faust has just crossed the line.

Bob Ironspell-Cabas, AKA Ironspell is a wizard cop who just can't get any breaks. When he goes to pick up the werewolf girl of his dreams for a first date, he discovers a rival werewolf gang has attacked the Denver Wolfpack headquarters and kidnapped five female werewolves, including his girlfriend. Time is of the essence when it comes to werewolf kidnappings, so Ironspell heads out in search of the rival pack. Only they may not be the ones who kidnapped his date...

Winter Has One Last Chance Vetr, aka Winter, the son of Frost Giant nobility, is a total screw up when it comes to acting like a proper Jotun. When he gets tired of the abuse at home, he leaves to make his way in the world, and to find his relatives who might help him. Only he's given a challenge: be the Jotun he was born to be or become exiled for eternity.

An expat living in South Korea is attracted to Korean farmer Dae-jin, because of his looks and his wealth. But a legendary trickster goblin, a dokkaebi, has its eyes set on the money-grabber to foil her plans. Will the girl get the money and tear Dae-jin away from his wife? Or, perhaps the dokkaebi has other plans....

Warning: Pranking Vampires Can Be Hazardous to Your Health on Halloween Bob "Ironspell" Ironspell-Cabas is a police officer, but back when he was in college, his buddy, Droid, and he decide to prank the Vampires in the nearby town of Highlands Ranch, Colorado for Halloween. Droid runs an exterminator business on the side, so when they decide to release the bats as the prank, they discover they've captured a vampire along with the flying rodents. To make matters worse, Ironspell sees the girl of his dreams under the glamour of a vampire. Can Ironspell and Droid escape the zombies and ...

Milton Maroo, a portly space trader who enjoys a gourmet meal as much as a good deal, has priceless cargo, an outlawed artificial intelligence that the crime underworld will kill for. The billionaire head of the Nythe Armaments Corporation empire is dead. Murdered by the most powerful crime syndicate in the system who are after one thing, an illegal artificial intelligence that will change the balance of power in the region in favour of whomever possesses it. Milton and his spy friend Cappa are broke. While they do odd jobs at the billionaire’s estate they discover the Lerjoo Brothers ...

After hundreds of years as a vampire, Francis is ready to start over. The first step? Buy a ranch. Next? Hire ranch hands. Unfortunately, none of the supernatural community wants to work with a vampire, and Francis doesn't trust himself with a human. Francis finds Lauren and Shelly, a pair of were-squirrels eager to start. Lauren is on the run, fleeing from a dangerous ex-boyfriend who won't leave her alone. Her twin sister Shelly joined her on the Edwards ranch. To the sisters' surprise, they like working for the kooky vampire who wants to be human. When Lauren's ex finds them, will anyone...

K.T. Tomb introduces three new heroines: bounty hunters Roberta, Riley, and Ricki Vaughan. All sisters. And all tough as nails. When a new client hires the streetwise Vaughan sisters to find and recover a stolen diamond that’s worth millions, the recovery fee alone could save their struggling business. However, their new client refuses to call the police, so the sisters have to keep this case on the down low. And when the prime suspect turns up dead, things really start to heat up in the Deep South. When an unexpected event threatens more than the recovery of the one-of-a-kind gem, all ...