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When high school seniors, Brynn O'Connell, and her best friend, Peyton Patterson, discover a dead body during the Copper Cove Festival, they had no idea their lives would forever change...for the better. Standing next to the victim is the strange new girl in town, Raven Masters. When Brynn identifies the murder weapon as belonging to her Grams, the three girls set out to prove Granny Winnie is no killer! Brynn and Peyton must learn to set aside their prejudices and trust the quirky new girl. After all, she seems to be an old pro at sleuthing.

A half-demon named Willow goes on a journey to save not only herself but all innocent life in the realms from a horrible fate.

Carlo Collodi's whimsical recasting of the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea was first published in 1883 and has since become an established classic of children's literature. Geppetto, a poor wood carver, receives a piece of wood from which he carves a marionette. Much to his surprise, the puppet springs to life and embarks on a wild series of adventures.

Photo journalist Georgina Barrister realizes she has little time left in this world when her ex-husband hands her over as partial payment for a shipment of illegal imports. Apparently being the perfect wife, the perfect hostess, and the perfect lover hadn't been enough for him. What did he expect of her now, to be the perfect token? As a captive on a freighter, how will she escape? Special Agent Jake Callahan believes love at first sight is impossible, until he meets Georgina Barrister Kaplan.

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942), a Canadian author, is well known for her work Anne of Green Gables (1908). She is the author of over 500 short stories, poems, and essays. This title offers a sneak peek into some of her work with 22 of her best short stories that range from delightful Christmas tales to heartwarming seaside romance.

Orphaned and alone in antebellum New Orleans, Fiona Riley promises a dying friend she will raise the woman's child as her own. But without a job and a roof over their heads, Fiona fears for their lives. When a letter arrives announcing that relatives in a bayou town are searching for their long-lost cousin, Fiona finds the answer to her prayers, even if it means deceiving others to survive. Emile Dugas knew she was lying the moment he set eyes on Fiona Riley, an Irish immigrant trying to pose as his distant Cajun cousin. But how could he resist?

Devil Stories - Twenty tales of the demonic selected and edited by Maximilian J. Rudwin. The Devil is an old character in literature. Perhaps he is as old as literature itself. He is encountered in the story of the paradisiacal sojourn of our first ancestors, and from that day on, Satan has appeared unfailingly, in various forms and with various functions, in all the literatures of the world.

A Baker’s Dozen - A collection of 13 classic Christmas stories.

My life experience with the supernatural, ghosts, and spells - about the possession of my unborn baby. It's also about my heritage with witches, shadow people, and about the family curse.

Humanity lives in the sunlit world of what we believe to be reality. Unknown to most there is, unseen by most, another world, possibly many other worlds, running side by side with our own. The Marquette Institute and Department of Preternatural Activities (DPA) are the latest in a long and illustrious line of organizations established to help safeguard the human race from the monsters living in the spaces between reality and nightmares. These stories just scratch the surface of the operations and investigations conducted in almost 200 years of operation.

Cybele Moondragon is an unemployed English graduate student who is disillusioned with her life and tired of being in debt. She decides to resurrect a matriarchal cult based on the pagan goddess Cybele in order to make a lot of money and empower men and women who are stifled in more traditional, patriarchal religions. Cybele is joined in her quest by her best friend, Janus Styx, a psychology graduate student who helps with the funding for the cult - but unknown to Cybele, manipulates vulnerable members of the cult for his own purposes.

Sandi is just a girl, a mom, a lover...and now a killer. There is only one chance left to sabotage the opposition that seeks to annihilate democracy and the republic. This counter-coup fits Sandi like a glove. If Sandi succeeds, not only will the power and basic services will be restored, but our way of life as well. If Sandi fails, many will fall. Either way, someone's going to get their heart broken. Either way, someone's going to die! This is the long-awaited finale of destruction, revenge, and blood. Will hope win out in the end?

Sandi used to sleep with Jimmy, her man. Now she slept with her AK-47 with a detachable scope. Her Bible lay dusty in the cab of the truck. The nightmares of the past years haunted her. Sandi wasn't the fun, happy, busy girl she used to be. The Opposition took what she most held dear. She could still barely stomach the horrifying images in her head. This time, she was not going to let it go.

It's not always easy to talk about race, racism, and prejudice. These are subjects that can really make people angry. What we sometimes forget is that we all have opinions. We don't all think alike, no matter what race we are. There are certain words that shouldn't be said aloud and jokes we shouldn't repeat because they can be very hurtful. This book is divided into four parts. The first part will deal with individual, personal stories of racism.

Sixty-one year old Ruth Barstow is mean, bitter, and always sticking her nose in everyone's business, including threatening the local police chief to do his job or lose it. Until the night she crosses paths with a dangerous man named Devin. Now, she's a trembling mess and quite possibly losing her mind - and needs the police chief's help to stop Devin from terrorizing her. But the police chief has other plans.

A collection of horror short stories that will make you cringe and leave your lights on at night. The more you listen, the more you fear anything that goes bump in the night.

The murder of Mara's father and grandmother thrusts her into her mother's life of secrets, lies, and crushing emotional abuse. Alone and starving for love, she has no one to turn to, except her pet sugar gliders Then, she meets Travis Raines. He's everything her father warned her about, and everything she needs to protect her shattered soul. With him, she discovers her strength - and the vengeful, deadly secrets of the past.

Rachel just learned something that will change her life forever. Rachel can raise the dead. Surrounded by people who think she's either a circus freak or the biggest deal in a century, Rachel has to figure out who to trust. Luckily for her, she has her father on her side, and a new mentor willing to teach her how to control her new talent. But there's someone else interested in Rachel, and he's not nearly as nice as the cute new boy in school. Can Rachel control her new talent, and still manage to remain at least semi-normal?

Through space and time, sisters entwined. Lost then found, souls remain bound. After being reunited in the present day, three sister witches are forced to separate once more in an effort to save their newly formed coven and themselves. Foes from their past now threaten their future, and a trip that spans centuries is their only hope of survival. Chasing their enemy back through time seems like the right choice, but will walking in the footsteps of their previous lives provide the answers they seek? Only time will tell.

A loving couple adopts a child of their own to raise, and as the child gets older he realizes that his loving mother and father are not what he thought they were. This is a twisted short story of a loving family that had major issues of their own and want to pass on their practice to another.