Living in a haunted lighthouse in the small town of Sea Breeze, California with her two elderly aunts, Agatha Bright has everything she wants. She owns and runs a bookstore / soup shop on the beach, and her soups are loved by everyone in town. Her life is regimented and organized.*But Agatha has secrets that might get her in big trouble. Dark secrets.*When a woman goes missing, the suspicion falls on Agatha, turning her life upside down. The new detective in town, Remington Cumberbatch, has seen a lot of weird things as a detective in nearby Cannes, California, but he's in for a surprise with Agatha, her family, and the quirky town of Sea Breeze. He begins to investigate Agatha as the number one suspect, but the attraction is immediate.*When the missing woman turns out to be murdered, the mystery deepens, and Agatha must help Remington find the killer before she winds up in prison...or worse.*The Fear Hunter is the first... Views: 592
A shopkeeper comes across a strange book with fur on the cover. The book's title, CLAWS, is a clue to just how dangerous it is. Will the Librarian come to the rescue before more damage is done? With eight pages of never-before-published content, the 10th Anniversary edition offers readers a new prologue and epilogue, plus a glossary and reader support questions. Views: 592
Never do magic.Never even think about it.Not even once.Ever since Matilda's mother moved them away from their hometown, these are the rules Matilda lives by. They are rules she believes she's mastered. Then one day, the past returns and her world burns. She loses everything… and still, somehow, she keeps breathing.Now broken beyond repair and filled with the spark of magic, Matilda goes to live with her aunt in the woods. There she befriends monsters, learns dark spells, and tries to survive high school (plus a massive crush on her physical therapist).All the while, the evil that took everything from her promises it can give it back… for a price. But after Matilda's already lost so much, what more could she have to give? And will she burn her world again, just for a chance to change her fate?MAGIC BURNED is the first installment in the 'Shadow Forest Trilogy'.Book 1: MAGIC BURNEDBook 2: SPELL TRICKEDBook 3: CURSE KISSED Views: 592
"Elegant and gritty, angry and funny. Staples's work is emotional without being sentimental. Dennis unmakes something in us, then remakes it, a quilt of characters that embody this town, this place, which sleeps but doesn't dream, or it is all a dream we want to wake up from with its characters." —Tommy Orange, author of There, There Set on a reservation in far northern Minnesota, This Town Sleeps explores the many ways history, culture, landscape, and lineage shape our lives, our understanding of the world we inhabit, and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of it all. On an Ojibwe reservation called Languille Lake, within the small town of Geshig at the hub of the rez, two men enter into a secret romance. Marion Lafournier, a midtwenties gay Ojibwe man, begins a relationship with his former classmate Shannon, a heavily closeted white man. While Marion is far more open about his sexuality, neither is immune to the realities of the... Views: 592
