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First Contact, Seventies Style! from New York Times bestselling author.A fun short story where murder isn’t the only mystery, and our detective’s clothes are far from plain. 1940s Noir detectives meet 1970s Glam.The story begins as a bizarre murder case in an unusual location, but...

Old Secrets WakeArt student Maya Cantescu has always had secrets to keep -- her mysterious disease that has turned her into something like a vampire, her father’s obsession with ritual magic, her own talents for the occult.  Now, however, she has a secret far more dangerous than those: in self-defense,...

Fans of Aladdin can enter a whole new world—backstage on Broadway! Actress Erin Hollister's life is one disaster after another when she loses her day job, her boyfriend, and her home. Everything changes, though, when she finds a magic lamp, complete with a gender-bending, wish-granting genie. Soon,...

Fans of Aladdin can enter a whole new world—on the road to Broadway! Actress Kelly Reilly has always found success in her tough career, bolstered by her true-blue boyfriend, Rob Cornell. But when Rob accepts a role in New York City without a word of discussion, Kelly is thrown for a loop. Rescue...

A Love Spells laugh-out-loud cozy paranormal romance by USA Today bestselling author Mindy Klasky. Ashley McDonnell: Doctor. Hospital administrator. Witch. Nick Raines: Tough guy. Secret service agent. Vampire. Bad news comes in threes at Empire General Hospital. One: The hospital’s...

OH GIVE ME STORIES, LOTS OF STORIES A dragon’s tears; Gilgamesh returned; lovers in space; gin, beer, blood; passion and heartbreak; wild legends, gritty truths—and one truly plucky realtor—you’ll find all this and more in Eastlick and Other Stories. Shannon Page's kaleidoscopic collection...

The last time Olivia Martingale saw Menwin it was in Brussels on the eve of Waterloo. She had loved him then, but her love was not returned. Instead she yielded to the insistent Lord John Temperer, married him, and was left a widow. With the war at last over, visiting John’s family seemed...

Fourteen science fiction stories featuring women: all ages, all abilities. In the Nebula Award-nominated "To Kiss the Star," gravely disabled Mel Armstrong gets the chance to explore the stars, but doesn't want to leave the man she loves behind. In "The Renascence of...

Not all Gods are created equal . . . Some are omniscient. Some omnipotent. Only one can forge a blade that can kill another god. And now that Albert Johansson has done it, all hell is breaking loose. When the goddess of death killed the goddess of chaos, she hadn’t meant to wake every...

Camille Tate has always run away…but vanishing whenever life gets too frightening has never solved anything.  When a broken heart sends Cam to remote Orcas Island to try her hand at caretaking and writing a screenplay, she finds quiet beaches and cozy bookstores, plus a host of intriguing...

In her father’s household Althea Ervine was used to having the running of things–until her father disowned her (again) and Althea fled to her sister’s home in London. For the first time in her life Althea gave herself up to the gaiety of a purely social life, to the theatre and parties and the...

Stranded with an inn-full of travelers, Jenny Prydd finds herself embroiled in Emily Pellering’s reluctant elopement. When she realizes that Emily’s having second thoughts Jenny finds it impossible not to interfere. With the help of her fellow travelers — enigmatic Peter Teverley and his nephew...

John Patterson thinks he damn well earned his pension. He survived more than twenty years as a police forensic wizard, tracking down and fighting the worst that criminal magic could throw at him. If he could only retire the nightmares, as well.   Some of those nightmares feature...

Camille Tate always tells herself to calm down... ...but her instincts always warn her to disappear. After the fright of her first weeks on Orcas Island, Cam wants a quiet Thanksgiving with her family and a few friends. She’s hoping that time with her foster parents will help her recover...