A vampire from the wrong side of town, a monster hunter with a heart of gold, and a man-eater on the loose... Welcome to Devereux, a town where monsters roam by night. LOVE BITES: TALES FROM SOUTHERN GOTHIC follows vampire Dorian Villeneuve, an unlucky vampire who stumbles into a life of monster hunting upon meeting Cash Leroy. When the two hook up at a bar-fight in the vampire slums, Dorian leaves his bad luck behind to help Cash hunt monsters. There's just one catch: Dorian is in love with his new human friend. Can their partnership survive, or will Dorian's feelings cost him everything? At 19,000 words, LOVE BITES: TALES FROM SOUTHERN GOTHIC collects three short stories:LOVE BITESCAUGHT UP ON YOULEATHER AND LACE Views: 232
'This is a searing and incredibly important book, storytelling at its best' Donal Ryan'A cat has seven souls in Arabic. In English cats have nine lives. You probably have both nine lives and seven souls, because otherwise I don't know how you've made it this far.'Sami's childhood is much like any other - an innocent blend of family and school, of friends and relations and pets (including stray cats and dogs, and the turtle he keeps on the roof). But growing up in one of the largest cities in Syria, with his country at war with itself, means that nothing is really normal. And Sami's hopes for a better future are ripped away when he is conscripted into the military and forced to train as a map maker. Sami may be shielded from the worst horrors of the war, but it will still be impossible to avoid his own nightmare... Inspired by extraordinary true events, The Stray Cats of Homs is the story of a young man who will do... Views: 232
Get to know Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld, in this twenty-sixth Goddess Girls adventure! Views: 232
Once You Go This Far is the fourth thrilling mystery from Shamus Award-winning and Anthony and Macavity Award-nominated author Kristen Lepionka. Junior-high school nurse Rebecca Newsome was an experienced hiker—until she plummeted to her death at the bottom of a ravine in a Columbus metro park. Her daughter, Maggie, doesn't believe it was an accident, and Rebecca's ex-husband is her prime suspect. But he's a well-connected ex-cop and Maggie is certain that's the reason no one will listen to her. Roxane quickly uncovers that the dead woman's ex is definitely a jerk, but is he a murderer?As she pieces together the days before Rebecca died, what Roxane finds doesn't quite add up. From a series of trips to Detroit and across the border to a casino in Windsor, Canada, to strange calls from Rebecca's home to a charismatic political candidate, to a women's health organization, to a secretive church group that seems to have more... Views: 232
Family secrets and internal police politics cause trouble for Sheriff Hank Worth and his Chief Deputy Sheila Turley in this compelling mystery. Hank Worth has always been committed to his job as Branson sheriff, so getting him to take a break is difficult. But to everyone's surprise he agrees to take time off after a grueling case and visit a friend in Columbia, Missouri, leaving Chief Deputy Sheila Turley in charge. She quickly launches reforms that create an uproar, and things deteriorate even further when an elderly man is found brutally murdered in his home. As Sheila struggles for control of the investigation and her insubordinate deputies, Hank is not relaxing as promised. His Aunt Fin is worried her husband is responsible for the disappearance of one of his employees, and Hank agrees to investigate. The search for the missing woman leads to a tangle of deceit that Hank is determined to unravel . . . no matter the impact on his family. Views: 232
She was being strangled...by a thousand details! Billionaire businessman Christoph Anastas understands business and he grasped that Lana Kostas was quickly killing her late father's empire. But when he offers a perfectly reasonable solution, marriage...to him...she immediately rejects his offer, determined to figure things out on her own. Lana is a brilliant artist with an international following. Unfortunately, she understood colors and emotions...not business. Lana desperately wanted to ignore Christoph's offer. Marriage? To him? Out of the question! She hated him with every cell in her body. Didn't she? So why did she feel this crackling awareness whenever he was close by? And why was she tempted to accept his enticing offer? Lana told herself that she didn't have another option. But was that the real reason? Views: 232
