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Andy Buckland is determined that nothing will interrupt her first Christmas with Malcolm Jones and her last holiday spent in her childhood home. When the family recipe book disappears from the Bowtie Angel, and Aunt Cecily threatens to put "The Eye" on the entire population of Beaverton if it isn't returned, Andy and Jones decide to put the eggnog on hold for a little old fashioned sleuthing. But as one secret leads to another and rumors are served up along with hot buttered penne, Andy can't shake the suspicion that her life is about to change forever.

A mysterious illness casts a haunting veil over the residents of Shadow Cove. When hallucinations grip the small town twin sister witches, Bella and Donna Sanders must find the cure. Or die trying. After Donna's son falls victim to the magical illness, the twins embark on a perilous quest to cure him and the rest of the town. Alongside Bella's mysterious demon love interest, they journey into a lost realm and hunt for a mystical cure.

Zombies, reapers, and more monsters. In a world where so many dark things go bump in the night, terror awaits around every corner as these authors take horror stories to the next level. Discover ghosts, demons, and your worst nightmares. Read at your own risk. Featured stories by C.L. Hart, Mae Thorn, S.E. Reed, Kristen Argyres, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Demi Michelle Schwartz, Adele Liles, C.L. Storm, Benjamin Kurt Unsworth, Desirae Gracyn, Rob Nisbet, Anwen Redlake, Kat Craig, Gabriella Balcolm, Lianne Robinson, David O'Mahony, Andrew J. Lucas, Binod Dawadi, Daniel DiQuinzio, Arwyn Sherman...

A heat wave that won’t quit. A grisly murder. When the community turns on the resident witches, all hell threatens to break loose. In the death throes of an endless summer, tempers ignite when a suspicious death rocks the mountain town of Shadow Cove. The primary suspect is Axel, the personal assistant to Bella Sanders and the love interest of her twin sister Donna. How well do the sisters know Axel? The shifter's origins are shrouded in mystery, and his abilities are the stuff of legend.

Crime and grime are everywhere, at least in Maggie Phillips' opinion. Deep in the throes of a New England winter, Maggie's still adjusting to her new role as confidential informant for the Hudson Police Department. When a suspicious fax is sent to one of her new clients, Maggie is sure she's unearthed a conspiracy. With no crime to investigate, however, the Hudson P.D. can do nothing-that is until a wealthy trophy wife disappears and the FBI is called in to the hunt.

Andy Buckland has always dreamed of being a chef. But after a live studio audience is stricken with food poisoning during her debut cooking show, she finds herself blacklisted in the culinary community. The only job open to her is working in her family's Southern pasta shop, and her first assignment is serving baked ziti to her former lover and his spoiled bride-to-be at their engagement party! But that's the least of Andy's troubles when she discovers a dead body. Andy will prove that she has what it takes to not only cook the best dish in town but also catch a killer, too!

A killer by any other name is just as deadly…. Samantha Sinclair has taken charge of refurbishing the bed and breakfast on the Outer Banks. Even though Multiple Sclerosis limits her physically, everyone in the community of aging witches and shifters believes Sam is doing a fabulous job renovating the place, especially Mathis and Damien. It’s no surprise when a secret admirer leaves little love tokens for her. Sam is sure the gifts are coming from one of her shifter mates. Until a body washes up on shore with another message written in blood. Can Sam and her cougars stop the supernatural...

Joey Whitmore longs to escape her dead-end world. Facing a midlife crisis at age 42 and still living with her mother, getting fired from yet another job is the proverbial last straw. So when a fae trickster in human guise offers a chance at changing her history, she figures there’s nothing left to lose. Though skeptical of his magic, Joey accepts the sly prince’s enchanted hourglass and begins a reckless journey back in time. But as she tries to act as her own fairy godmother and reverse her mistakes, her blundering interference causes a chain of catastrophic consequences.

An accident leads to the threat of exposure. Some secrets can be deadly. When a celebrity gets injured at the bed and breakfast where Samantha Sinclair works, she responds instinctively and heals the wounded party. When her magic is captured on video word of the healer’s retreat on the Outer Banks spreads. Health-seeking tourists flock to the B&B, ruining the tranquil vibe of the community for aging witches and shifters. Sam can’t heal all of them without becoming overwhelmed. But the white witch has put more in danger than their peace of mind. A deadly assassin has awakened. His only ...

With a wedding right around the corner, midlife witches Siobhan, Maeve, and Alys Silver are determined to fix the blunder that cost Alys dearly. But when their deadbeat father shows up claiming to have the cure they seek the sisters are suspicious. Where has he been and why has he come back?

Maggie Phillips is fine - just ask her. So what if two psychos tried to do her in and her business is all but dead, she never wanted to be the laundry hag to begin with, so why should she mourn her tattered reputation? With spring comes a fresh start, garage sale season and the birth of her brother's first child. Life goes on even if cleaning has lost its luster and the sight of her scarred hands brings back horrific memories.

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - November 2021 Rose-tinted Glasses: Two children race to get glasses that allow adults to see the magical world around them to the Fairytale Fellowship before it's too late. Beyond Rose Street: Three boys cast a spell that opens a portal to a "new life," but something goes horribly wrong. Exodus: A Jewish family traveling through space to colonize a new world is woken by the AI so they can celebrate Passover. Have A Nice Eternity!™: Science has discovered that there is an eternal afterlife, and "Gates Of Heaven" is here to sell you the tools to ...

Certified Process Server Jackie Parker could do a case study in bizarre human behavior. Like the time the Damaged Goods property management team found a man fermenting his own fecal matter to get high. Or the angry downstairs tenant who threatened to spit on her. And that was just one building in the Miami Arts District. Returning to the scene of the crime a year later at the request of the landlord, Jackie believes she's ready for anything.

After the excitement of a new baby, all Maggie Phillips wants to do on New Year’s Eve is couch surf and spend a little quality time with her husband. Unfortunately, Leo’s determined to drag her and Neil out to a fabulous New Year’s Eve masquerade. But when a van-load of masked villains crash the bash a few hours before midnight, the hag’s in over her head once more.

Kitchen Witch Brittney is comfortable in her midlife. She has her cat, her bakery in her hometown of Crestmont, and a coven of supportive MS warrior women to lean on. So what if she can’t get out of her wheelchair? Or if she and her sister don't get along? Even if she's a tad bit lonely, there are worse things.

Nic Rutherford has a big problem. A magical problem. A classmate has unearthed a deadly secret and is using it to blackmail her. Will she be forced to kill an innocent to protect her supernatural life, including her boyfriend and Aiden? Can she live with herself if she uses her power to destroy a pure soul? Aiden's been keeping secrets of his own. For a shot at vengeance against the woman who destroyed his family, Aiden has agreed to keep his mate in the dark. Though Nic is all he could ever want, the past stalks him with every beat of his heart.

The CIA's most valuable assassin, Agent J.D. Mikel, wasn't supposed to fall in love with anyone - especially not Kate Morningside, a woman coveted by another powerful world player. When Kate is kidnapped, J.D. is pulled into a dangerous game of cat and mouse, and one false move could cost him everything. Indeed, there are players - and then there are the masters who make the rules, only to break them.

In a world where so many dark things go bump in the night, terror awaits around every corner as these authors take horror stories to the next level. Discover ghosts, demons, and your worst nightmares. Read at your own risk. Featuring stories by Stephen A. Roddewig, Warren Benedetto, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Dylan Roche, Edgar Mahaffey, Toni Mobley, C.L. Hart, and J.E. Feldman.

Set in rural upstate New York along the Delaware River, the Wayward Son Diner is a pit stop for tourists and locals of Sullivan County. Waitress Alex Hanson has seen it all and has no interest in the daily gossip-mongering of the natives. Knowing full well what it feels like to be the grease on the wheel, Alex takes pity on new park ranger Sam Ruiz, when he’s accosted by several eligible females whose need to satisfy their biological clocks outweighs their ingrained trepidation of a government employee.

William Perkins has the gift of gab, and his younger twin, Robert, rarely speaks at all. On the scorching Llano Estacado, the stakes are high as they desperately search for water in a landscape once called the Great American Desert. When William's gifts fail to placate a greedy land speculator, a deadly faceoff ensues. But Robert has an edge: a mysterious power that not even the might of Sam Colt's invention can rival. A storm brews on the High Plains of Texas, and Robert knows how to speak to it.