Range is the secret keeper of Bellatrix, a god-crafted sword of immeasurable power. He is the Sword’s steward, and charged to protect it from those who would use it for evil. He cannot employ the power of the Sword lest he awaken the mad god who created it.Range is the secret keeper of Bellatrix, a god-crafted sword of immeasurable power. He is the Sword’s steward, and charged to protect it from those who would use it for evil. He cannot employ the power of the Sword lest he awaken the mad god who created it. Evil will find a way, however. When Lazerek, a powerful mage, learns of the Sword’s location, Range finds himself forced from his home, and fleeing to save his life, the life of his family, and the people of the land. Range will soon discover that Lazerek is not the only one looking for Bellatrix. There are other, more powerful individuals searching for the Swords of Chaos. Views: 468
The Victorians excelled at telling ghost stories. In an age of rapid scientific progress, the idea of a vindictive past able to reach out and violate the present held a special potential for terror. Throughout the nineteenth century, fictional ghost stories developed in parallel with the more general Victorian fascination with death and what lay beyond it. Though they were as much a part of the cultural and literary fabric of the age as imperial confidence, the best of the stories still retain their original power to surprise and unsettle. In Victorian Ghost Stories, the editors map out the development of the ghost story from 1850 to the early years of the twentieth century and demonstrate the importance of this form of short fiction in Victorian popular culture. As well as reprinting stories by supernatural specialists such as J. S. Le Fanu and M. R. James, this selection emphasizes the key role played by women writers--including Elizabeth Gaskell, Rhoda Broughton, and Charlotte Riddell--and offers one or two genuine rarities. Other writers represented include Charles Dickens, Henry James, Wilkie Collins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and R. L. Stevenson. There is also a fascinating Introduction and a chronological list of ghost story collections from 1850 to 1910. Views: 468
A book of poems done by me while being unemployed. I have never done anything like this before and this is my first time. I use metaphors in the poems that can be put in any part of your life. This book of poems is to motivate you, inspire you, and make you think and laugh all at the same time.I had to step out of my comfort zone in order to give this a shot. After a few of the poems I began to realize that I was having fun while I was writing these poems. I live in the mid-west and I am unemployed and raising a teenage daughter. I hope that if you do get this book that you enjoy it. If this does well, I will be doing this again. If not , then I gave it my best shot. I hope you enjoy this book of poems that are to inspire, motivate, and make you think all at the same time.It does however have about 3-4 cuss words in it. They are not bad ones , but none the less they are cuss words. Views: 468
An exciting prequel to the sci fi fantasy adventure ‘Goddess in Pyjamas’, set on a faraway planet on the other side of the universe, where creatures like mermaids and winged humans are real! When Skye discovers an evil Chagrinian plot to assassinate their spiritual leader’s current re-incarnation on Earth, he decides to carry out a daring rescue mission through space and time.‘The minute he woke up, Skye knew something was wrong with today, or at least, that something was going to be wrong with today, at some point……’ This is how it all began …….Ventura is winner of 'Most Beautiful Planet in the Universe' award several centuries running. It has three moons, a huge sun that never stops shining and a population of strange hybrid species from earth’s ancient mythology. Here things like mermaids, many armed people and winged humans are real! Time moves faster, landscapes shift, and evolution has happened very differently from planet earth. Ventura is a perfect world of peace and harmony, where all the tribes live happily together…..but that’s all about to change!That morning Skye wakes up to find that an urgent dawn meeting of all the Tribal Leaders has been called by Queen Andromeda, ruler of the Northern Hemisphere of Nimrovia. The Chagrinians – the evil reptilian race who were banished to the shores of the underground ocean after assassinating Ventura’s spiritual leader, Sunev - have risen again from the deep and conquered the Southern Hemisphere of Vardin. Panic breaks out at the announcement that they are planning to invade and conquer Nimrovia too! The Chags are coming and they are going to take over this world! Skye, a Monrovian boy whose parents are close advisors to the Queen, is warned by his Uncle Tilmo, a Monrovian who converted himself into a Merman – that Sunev’s life is in danger again. He was re-incarnated as a human on earth and is now aged about 13, (in earth years that is). Skye is told by his parents that Sunev can’t be brought back before the end of his natural lifespan and is ordered to stay out of it, he is only a child. But Skye knows that the future of his planet is in peril. Plucking up his courage and disobeying authority, he ‘borrows’ his mother’s interplanetary spacepod and sets off on a daring rescue mission to Earth. He intends to save Sunev from annihilation by the Chags, and bring their Supreme Being in current human form back to Ventura to save their world! He has a big surprise when he gets there – Sunev is not what he expected at all. Skye's journey continues in the book Goddess in Pyjamas. Views: 468
In England’s young silent-film industry, the megalomaniacal Randolph Fflytte is king. But rumors of criminal activities swirl around his popular movie studio. At the request of Scotland Yard, Mary Russell travels undercover to the set of Fflytte’s latest cinematic extravaganza, Pirate King. Based on Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, the project will either set the standard for moviemaking for a generation . . . or sink a boatload of careers.
As the company starts rehearsals in Lisbon, the thirteen blond-haired, blue-eyed actresses whom Mary is chaperoning meet the swarm of real buccaneers Fflytte has recruited to provide authenticity. But when the crew embarks for Morocco and the actual filming, Russell senses ominous currents of trouble: a derelict boat, a film crew with many secrets, decks awash with budding romance—and now the pirates are ignoring Fflytte and answering only to their outlaw leader. Where can Sherlock Holmes be? As movie make-believe becomes true terror, Russell and Holmes themselves may experience a final fadeout.
Features Laurie R. King’s short story, Beekeepers for Beginners, and an excerpt from Laurie R. King's *Garment of Shadows.* Views: 468
Music was Lacy Skies first passion. Playing the drums for numerous years became most of her life until she met Matthew Mathis.Emily Logan - An adult orphan, foodie, and a believer in happily ever after - gets dumped by Max, her college boyfriend of four years, the night of their graduation, the night he was supposed to propose. Her world shattered, she picks up the pieces when she finds love again with Jake.Dr. Jake Reid - Successful doctor, loving boyfriend, the one who wants to fulfill Emily's happily ever after - falls in love with Emily at first sight and pushes their relationship fast and furious. Max Davis - Reserved, indecisive, Emily's first love - believes he let go of his first love for her sake, for all the right reasons. Eighteen months after the break-up, he's ready to win Emily's heart again.Insecure from her broken relationship, Emily can't fully trust Jake's passion and love for her and struggles between Jake, the man who wants to create a future with her, and Max, the man who wants to relive the past. When both men propose, Emily's indecision causes her to lose her true love. Laugh, cry and cheer for Emily as her relationships unfold through culinary delights that begin in Napa Valley and weaves through eateries in San Francisco, Kyoto, Tokyo, Los Angeles, and Paris. Who she chooses for her happily ever after may surprise you in the end. Views: 467
How could anyone ever know she would be here? Only through a strange series of events was Jessie here at all… lost on an alien spaceship because she stowed away on another spaceship… impossible. And yet, here was an alien, on an alien spaceship, who’s been waiting hundreds of years for her to show up… and he even had a gift for her!Some people affect the people near them. Others affect the world around them. Even the most powerful of people are seldom more than a blip in the history of the universe. Fourteen year old Jessie is unique, as every one of her practical jokes, every thought and every D in algebra changes the course of history. Maybe it’s because of her talent of seeing electricity in colors, or maybe that talent’s just a beginning of her destiny.The Kan-ji are scouring the galaxy for a race they believe threaten their very existence. They are watching us, infiltrating our government trying to decide if humankind is the one. It is their hidden god Loomius that drives them through his hatred for the race he calls ‘God’s Children’.Jessie just wants to bum a ride on the world’s first anti-gravity spaceship on its maiden flight around the moon, but gets more than she bargains for when they are attacked by a waiting Kan-ji fleet. Now stranded and alone on a 30 mile long Kan-ji super ship it is up to Jessie to rescue her friends and escape the ship. On her journey, a series of events transform her; a gift from the tree-like alien Chander fills her mind with knowledge of the Kan-ji and their technology and a battle with Loomius leaves her reeling with his dark and ageless memories. Even with knowledge beyond her years, she knows she is still just a little girl trapped on a giant alien ship with her friends’ lives depending on her. Views: 467
Sometimes things that go bump in the night make the best bodyguards.When Iliona is attacked by a demon, help comes from an unexpected source… Cal, the hot gargoyle from her local coffee shop. Her stone hottie has some secrets of his own though, namely a 'twin' born of stone and just as hot as he is. With everything from a demon to redcaps trying to kill her, can Iliona track down a serial killer before she becomes his next victim?Born of stone to protect… They'll stop at nothing to keep her safe.Freed from their curse Cal and Gran relish their new freedom. Working at Frankie's Coffee Shop isn't the most glamorous, but it beats sitting on the roof of a church. And for Cal, Frankie's has another advantage…the curvy beauty who comes in for coffee. He feels a pull toward her he can't explain, especially not to Gran, who hates anything human.When the chips are down, Gran comes through, but... Views: 467
Simon was a successful student with a promising career ahead of him. However, a new immersive video game has been released where he is able to create his own world and shape and destroy it however he wishes. Simon grows addicted to this game and as his addiction grows worse he begins to lose touch between what is real and what is just part of the game until tragedy results.Simon was a successful student with a promising career ahead of him. However, a new immersive video game has been released where he is able to create his own world and shape and destroy it however he wishes. Simon gradually grows addicted to this game until slowly but surely his addiction ruins his college life and he becomes a recluse back at home with his parents. As his addiction grows worse Simon begins to lose touch between what is real and what is just part of the game until tragedy results. Views: 467
It could only happen in a fairy tale.
Lady Lucy Towerton:
Plain and tall. (According to the lady herself.)
Titled and irreproachably proper. (According to her fiancé.)
Until, overnight, she becomes
Lady Lucy Towerton:
Heiress. (Thanks to an aged aunt’s bequest.)
Belle of the ball. (So say the fortune hunters of the ton.)
In charge of her own destiny (finally!), Lucy breaks her engagement and makes up her mind never to be proper again…
NOTE: This novella is related to "The Duke Is Mine" and includes Olivia Lytton. Views: 467
Fleeing a looming marriage to a terrifying man, Abby meets a mysterious stranger who makes her a startling proposition that will either save her, or leave her mired in scandal.Abby refuses to marry the monster to whom she is betrothed. As she flees, she meets a mysterious stranger at a wayside inn. His startling proposition will either save her, or leave her mired in scandal. Views: 467
Psychian's the new breed of of human design and mistake. With a looming war on the way the Psychian's strive to survive. Waiting for their legendary Triple Psychian to arrive they hold on till a new one is made. He could be the Psychian's last chance to survive. At the end of the war only the last one standing will be the victor.The story of the book is about Shinruga the main character. Already completing the first part of his training he must complete the second. The war looms over his head and his family and friends are in danger. His sword possess's the Shard of the Triple Psychian's blade that once was. By having this Shard there is a responsibility to fullfill. He must try to become the new Triple Psychian and save his people from the AU. Will he be able to accept or fail leaving everyone to there doom. With the humans forces does Shinruga and his friends stand a chance. A story filled with love, action, adventure,war, survival and conspiracy. The book will keep you on the edge of your seat, will captivate you and keep you interested till the last page. Views: 467
