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Like a Lily Among the Thorns

by Karen Bell

There are those who are born into loving families and then there are the less fortunate who must forge their own families through strong friendships. At a local small library in New York City, one such family was born. And just like so many capricious happenstances in life, this family unit embraced newcomers and grew exponentially. But this clan was also charged with far more than spreading love and joy and a sense of belonging. This clan was formed by divine Providence to help save the pla... more

Icefall Cities: Deadly First Contact at the Edge of a Galactic Empire (Vast Alien Crisis Book 1)

by Mark Eyles

An alien controlled her mind and body. Stalked by an assassin. Attacked by killer robots. Lost in nightmare outpost cities at the edge of Settled Space. Deranged AIs quarrel in virtual worlds. Flocks of spaceships battle. The trans-dimensional bulk penetrated by a musical key. Stars, planets and moons destroyed on a whim.

The Blood of Outcasts

by D. A. Smith

A clan destroyed. A pact with a beast. A warrior will spill her own cursed blood for vengeance ...

Masako escaped the Lord Council with only her life intact, her clan shattered, and master dead in wake of disaster she wrought. It is her cursed blood that opens a gate it shouldn't, a demi-god answers.

By the power in her blood, and a promise made with it, she’s given a second chance. With it, she must unite the outer clans, move past old rivalri... more

The Swords of Blood and Gold

by JCR Paulino

FIVE CHESTS SIT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN… Deep-sea treasure hunter is the splashy job description on his LinkedIn page. Pretentious or not, Jon Sherman and his Deep Blue Marine Exploration crew are the best in the business. But a nasty disagreement with his boss suddenly leaves Jon without a job. When his ex-teammates salvage five chests from the bottom of the ocean, a supernatural killer wielding a mysterious weapon murders the entire crew, and Jon becomes the prime suspect. Overnight, de... more

Mask of the Vampire: Chronicles of Damage, Inc.

by Stormy McDonald

When you're a bounty hunter in a world of magic, monsters, and miracles, your work — and the danger — never end.

Despite having banished the Phantoms of Ruthaer, bounty hunter Hector de los Santos does not consider the job complete — not until he sees the Orbuculum safely locked away in Ozera's aerarium. With transportation arranged by Lord Roger Vaughn, Earl Wolverton, Hector hoped for a well-earned respite from trouble.

He should have k... more

Phantoms of Ruthaer: Chronicles of Damage, Inc.

by Stormy McDonald

With their immortal souls threatened, a small town's only hope lies in trusting bounty hunterss with a reputation almost as dark as the evil stalking the night.

In the countries east of the White River, some call Damage, Inc. heroes. Others call the bounty hunters criminals. The truth lies somewhere in between. Hector de los Santos, the team's leader, has only two rules about bounties: finish every job, no matter what it takes, and no charity cases.

Aislin... more

Hands Like Secrets

by Mariah Norris

Saeli has always been different: she is autistic, in a world that doesn’t have a word for people like her. She attends the exclusive institute of Aschamon, learning to harness her inner qi and preparing to join the battle between her people and their enemies, the Crimson Cowls. But despite her years of work, her teachers still refuse to elevate her to Silver Mantle status and dedicate her to their god’s service. When notorious Crimson Cowl Rafel Kailar breaks into her school, it is either ... more

They Are Only Men

by Zachary R. Cormier

Senior (Samuel) and his son Beau are sheriffs in a rural New Mexico county out in the middle of the sprawling desert lands. They Are Only Men first follows Senior as he sets out to see if there is anything to a report about a hitchhiker being snatched off into the dark out on the highway by something unseen. Senior's story is of his epic struggle to try to capture, transport, and cage the evil being he discovers out in that desert. A man driven beyond fears and limits by obligation. They Are... more

The Good News: Journey of the Unbound

by Michael Stephenson

The paper had been written, the word declared, yet still, some did not know of its power. On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect as law across America. Words that forever changed the nation and freed all men, women, and children from bondage. Unfortunately, not everyone honors such a declaration. Some seek to bury these life-altering words at all costs, keeping under heel anyone foolish enough to claim such power, threatening to undo them by sword or bullet. But t... more

The Flaws of Gravity

by Stephanie Caye

Faeries lie.

That’s what the Consilium told Jude when they recruited her into a supernatural cold war against the Court. It’s what her friend Aubrie said too, convincing her to search for illicit magic under their noses.

But he’s half-Faerie like her. And since honesty’s never exactly been Jude’s strong suit either, she probably should have listened. Might have saved her the pain of his betrayal, not to mention a trip to the ICU.

When a... more

The Hallowed - Part I

by Annaliese Plowright

'...a delicious creepiness and undercurrent of tension, lightened by Plowright's delightfully colorful characters.' Goodreads Reviewer 'Wickedly hint of sexual tension' Goodreads Reviewer From the author of the popular fantasy romance series The One Saga and YA novel Bleeding Hearts... The Hallowed The small North Carolina town of Strangeways is in the grip of a vicious serial killer. Cherry Stokes is convinced she knows who's behind the murders, sinister newcomer, Nicolas Newton. W... more

The Chambermaid

by Marcus Aurelio

How does a young man learn to deal with being victim to a silver bullet from another pretty jaded lass? This is the journey of his descent to rock bottom as he is relegated to the mental asylum where he further endures, relating to his experience of learning to live with himself in his new surroundings. He meets many curious characters in this journey and finds himself a victim again to the shiny silver bullets that land on him-shot from another jaded lass. Those silver bullets are always threat... more

Avenger

by Blair C. Howard

Five years after physicist Mark Holder discovered the Slipstream Drive in 2058, humanity reached for the stars and began to colonize the galaxy. For centuries, humans continued to populate system after system without encountering intelligent alien life.

Some twelve hundred years later, after many generations of relative peace, in the year 3278, human space is invaded by a powerful and mysterious enemy. To these invaders the very concept of free will is heresy. Their crusade—to era... more

The Hatchling

by Vyria Durav

Sarric dreamed of dragons all his life; such flights of fancy captured his imagination at a young age and sustained him through the cruelty of the hunters that ruled the isolated mountain town of Rivermist. One day, a real dragon appears before him, dazzling him with her beauty and an answer to the unease that's afflicted him for as long as he remembers. He's eager to take what she offers--but the greedy hunters, driven by tales of treasure hoards, will do everything in their power to destroy he... more

Proxy

by Gary Gibson

When the ex-wife of Ray Thomas' sworn enemy hires him to find her daughter, the investigator learns there's more to the illegal implant technology known as Proxy than mind-swapping - and what he finds could affect the course of civilisation.

Echogenesis