The search for the Book continues in Momentum, the 3rd installment of Flicker Blue! As the journey leads Jane to unexpected destinations and directly into the path of mortal danger, she learns the heavy cost of her supernatural ability and discovers new secrets of the Curse.A tale of gryphons, snow-dragons, elves, dwarves, dragons and men. An evil elf-mage is haunting the frozen wastelands in the north. Hinfane the tavern-keeper finds unlikely allies in the mysterious creatures that come on the first night of the new moon to collect the mead that she leaves out for them. You can fight an elf, and it seems that you can win. But elves are not so easy to kill... Hwedolyn the gryphon ends up going on a quest, barely believing in the purpose of it himself, not knowing how it will end. This is the first in the Gryphonomicon Gryphon-Dragon histories, a saga that spans generations and tells of the battles between gryphons and dragons and the rise of Aerae, Princess of the North, Empress of the South. An epic heroic fantasy in the tradition of Tolkien, C.S.Lewis, David Eddings.

In the 2nd installment of Flicker Blue, the plot thickens when Jane discovers that she and Dr. Sylfaen are not alone in their affliction, and Cris finds a way to help her piece together clues about her puzzling new existence.Eighteen-year-old Nessa knows what it’s like to be an endangered species. Grown up in a dying world where nine out of ten babies are born male, she survives by trusting no one. When Marlin, the nineteen-year-old gunslinger with the sky-blue eyes, kills the man who has been keeping her enslaved, Nessa decides this handsome stranger might be her meal ticket. What she doesn’t realize is love is still possible, even in their decimated world. When Nessa discovers she’s pregnant with Marlin’s child, her difficult life now teeters on a knife’s edge. Can she bear to bring a child into their shattered world? Better yet, can Marlin keep them safe from those that hunt Nessa?A companion story to The Breeders, this prequel novelette (34 pages or 10,000 words) explores the origins of two important characters and gives a deeper look into their background. It contains minor spoilers to the novel and is intended for mature teens and adults.

Printz Award Honoree and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti debuts in middle grade with a tongue-in-cheek hero's journey set in a town full of magic, mayhem, lighthouses... and evil.The story takes place in a world much like ours, but at the same time not at all like ours, in which Vlad Luxor—a capricious, vain, infantile tyrant—rules over a town with an iron fist. He's an emperor with no clothes, but woe is the person who points that out—they could wind up turned into a squirrel or lizard or who knows what! For in this world, the evil leader also has magic, which he uses to punish anyone who speaks out against him. But in every classic tale with a despicable villain, there must also be a truly noble hero—in this case, four of them! Henry, Apollo, Pirate Girl, and JoJo must be their most brave and clever to break the spell Vlad Luxor has cast on Apollo's brother, Rocco. For we can't have Rocco remain a naked lizard for the rest of his...

Fairies are trending hard, especially when it comes to fairy garden décor in Walmart and Target and on Amazon. The latest installment in the nationally bestselling Daryl Wood Gerber's Fairy Garden mysteries is a perfect read for Laura Childs readers and all fans of whimsy and charm. With a theater foundation tea and an art show planned at Violet Vickers's estate, Courtney is hired to create charming fairy gardens for the event. It's not so charming, however, when her best friend Meaghan's ex-boyfriend turns out to be Violet's latest artistic protégé. Even worse, not long after Meaghan locks horns with him, his body is found in her yard, bludgeoned with an objet d'murder. There's a gallery of suspects, from an unstable former flame to an arts and crafts teacher with a sketchy past. But when the cops focus on Meaghan's business partner, who's like a protective older brother to her, and discover he also has a secret...

Pepper — My mom kept my dad a secret my entire life, only ever calling him Sarge. Now that she's gone and left me a location for the mysterious man, I'm going to finally meet him. Too bad it isn't under better circumstances. Thanks to Mom, some really bad men are after me. I'm not sure if Sarge will keep me safe or send me packing. What I didn't count on was meeting the only man to ever make me burn. Flicker. It suits him because I definitely feel like I'm engulfed in flames when he touches me. I shouldn't want him, but I do. Flicker — The redheaded goddess has my attention from the moment I saw her. Finding out she's Sarge's daughter couldn't even dampen my desire. He'll try to gut me when he finds out I shackled her to my bed, but I'm not letting her go. Pepper will be mine, will carry my baby, and no one will ever take her from me — not even the henchmen from Vegas coming for her. Author's Warning: Case of insta-lust that quickly turns to...

They were illicit, outrageous, obscene. They were the films that were supposed to deprave and corrupt the minds of those who watched them. They were the Video Nasties....and everything you've heard is true.Short story in which YOU are the monster, as you roam your lair killing and eating all who enter. That is until he shows up.Inspired by the sword and sorcery fantasy gaming books by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. A story told as if YOU are the monster.If you read this story then why not leave me a review to tell me what you thought. Any feedback (be it good or bad) is always most helpful.

Perfect for fans of The Marrow Thieves, Hatchet and The City of Ember, H.E. Edgmon's middle grade debut offers a bittersweet tale of hope and survival, a modern classic for the climate change generation.One year ago, a solar flare scorched the Earth and destroyed life as we know it.With their parents gone and supplies running dangerously low, step-sisters Millie and Rose only have one chance at survival: leave home with their infant half-brother and loyal dog Corncob in search of Millie's grandma, a Seminole elder. As they navigate the burning land with a group of fellow survivors, dodging The Hive, a villainous group that has spent the last year hoarding supplies and living in luxury, the siblings have to learn to rely on each other more than ever, and discover how to build a new life from the ashes. Expertly balancing heartbreak and hope, The Flicker is both a thrilling survival story and a tender exploration of Indigenous...

Imagine:A super-powered teen who hopes for acceptance despite his villainous past...A fairy who fuses with iron to save her people...A depressed war robot who longs for love...A writer tied to her hungry cyber-audience...A friendship under duress...An assassin who blushes...A bullied teen and a knowing janitor...A waterslide at the end of the world...And more...Enter worlds within worlds of imagination. Flicker: A Collection of Short Stories and Poetry invites readers to wonder and imagine stories in fantasy, science fiction, and real-world settings. The stories range from hint fiction length to traditional short story length. The poems range from haiku to Elizabethan sonnet, with a robotic twist. If quirky, imaginative, and bewildering is your style, then this is the right book for you.

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After family tragedy forces southern teenager "Plain" Jane Thomas to live in the company of strangers, she finds that her new life is anything but ordinary. No sooner than she begins to uncover the truth behind her godfather's bizarre curse, she becomes afflicted herself. Amidst her struggle for answers, Jane discovers friendships and supernatural gifts that promise to help her along her journey.What if you had to choose between a life of fame and luxury or finding your truest love while restoring a house overflowing with magic and enchantment in the Blue Ridge Mountains?Reagan Hart is the DeLuca Girl, hers is the world famous face of a generation. Her husband has directed five of the highest grossing movies of all time, and her ex is a hunky detective who can’t get her out of his heart. She has all that glitters, but it isn't at all what she bargained for. Beguiled by the story of a mystical old house in the Blue Ridge Mountains, she walks out on her past and into her future.In the village of Seven Devils, North Carolina she is drawn to and enchanted by “The Mary’s House” and comes face to face and heart to heart with breathtakingly handsome and reclusive Fletcher Green. Fletcher steals Reagan’s heart in an instant but there are secrets to be told and he hasn't uttered a single word in twenty years. His brother Teddy knows everything he’s thinking and the brothers will rebuild The Mary’s House for Reagan and along with a town full of eccentric’s she just might find her place among the charms and enchantments and lucky bits of magic as she lets fate, destiny, passion and desire work their magic as she settles in on Temptation Road and takes her place as the new and last Mary. This novella is part one of a series."A truly original and magical tale filled with romance, suspense and enchantment..."This novella is part one of an all new series by Amazon Best Selling Romance Author, Kimball Lee.Also... Check out Kimball's best selling romance series LEGAL ACTION...

Twelve-year old Rose has an issue. A big one. She turns invisible randomly and is unable to stop on her own terms. Her parents decide to send her to TOCS, a class that will fix her problem. But what is in store for Rose at TOCS is beyond what she ever dreamed. She'll fight villains, rescue heroes, and maybe, just maybe, if she's lucky, she'll become a hero herself.Twelve-year old Rose has an issue. A big one. She turns invisible randomly, unable to speak or be heard or do most normal activities until she reappears, also randomly. Her parents decide to send her to TOCS, a class that will fix her problem. But what is in store for Rose at TOCS is beyond what she ever dreamed. She'll fight villains, rescue heroes, and maybe, just maybe, if she's lucky, she'll become a hero herself.

His eyes warm me like the flame of a candle...Ahmalee and Cain are beginning their new lives as a married couple, but it's taking Ahmalee more time to get adjusted to Cain's millionaire lifestyle. She's in love with her husband but struggles internally with her new identity.*This is a look into the lives of Ahmalee and Cain after their whirlwind romance and marriage. For the best reading experience, you must read When I Needed You and When You Needed Me before reading this update story.

Widower Mitch Jensen is at a loss with how to handle his mother's odd, forgetful behaviors, as well as his daughter's sudden return home and unexpected life choices. Little does he know Grandma June has long been keeping a secret about her past—but if she doesn't tell the truth about it, someone she loves will suffer, and the lives of three generations will never be the same.

New York Times Bestselling Author and Agatha Award Nominee! First Published by Penguin/Berkley/Prime Crime! Candlemaking Mystery #3 Candlemaker Harrison Black is out on the Gunpowder River when his kayak bumps into something he thinks is a log. When Harrison discovers the grim truth that it's a body, he is shocked even more when he realizes that it is someone he knows all too well.

Award-winning author Amy McNamara explores the emotional fallout after a girl cuts ties with her best friend. Perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Jennifer Niven.Evie and Emma are inseparable. Two halves of a whole, they balance each other until Evie makes a flip decision that gets Emma in serious trouble.Feeling the sting of betrayal, Emma freezes Evie out. Evie is full of regret, desperately sorry, sad, and—for the first time in her life—entirely alone.Then Evie meets Theo, a boy who offers her a view of the world through a different lens. Just as she lets herself fall for Theo, Emma resurfaces—but not without consequence.Emma's erratic behavior, drunken mishaps, and panicked phone calls leave Evie afraid there's something deeper going on. Evie wants to help Emma, but Emma is bent on self-destruction.All Evie wanted was her friend back—but can you help someone who doesn't want to be saved?

From the golden age of art movies and underground cinema to X-rated porn, splatter films, and midnight movies, this breathtaking thriller is a tour de force of cinematic fact and fantasy, full of metaphysical mysteries that will haunt the dreams of every moviegoer.

Issa went from ex-stripper to intoxicant with one touch of an alpha. Spending years with her skin hidden, she gets the shock of her life after a wedding when a friend introduces her to a familiar face, and her body goes wild... again. Issa lived her last few years in shadows, going out with all her skin covered until she attended a friend’s wedding and bumped into the guy who started it all for her. He just wants a hookup, and she doesn’t want to play, so she leaves him and returns home after the wedding. Covered up after a nocturnal grocery run, she finds two men on her porch, and one is her would-be hookup. The alphas agree to court her, and she agrees to let them... with conditions. There is a rough start, an awkward mistake, and a truce before they can begin moving forward to join the magic that binds them. Daynette met her alpha years ago, then attacked the same night. She had no memory of the night but one adorable souvenir. When one of Issa’s mates recognizes the little girl’s distinctive features, he makes a call. Daynette’s world tilts as she ends up looking up into eyes that look exactly like her daughter’s. Oh boy. She really wished she could remember their time together.

Nobody knows Biz' biggest secret — she flickers back to yesterday. But when girls in her town start disappearing, she must decide if it's worth telling her secret to save them.

"If Stephen Hawking and Stephen King wrote a novel together, you'd get The Flicker Men. Brilliant, disturbing, and beautifully told." -Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of the Wool seriesA quantum physicist shocks the world with a startling experiment, igniting a struggle between science and theology, free will and fate, and antagonizing forces not known to existEric Argus is a washout. His prodigious early work clouded his reputation and strained his sanity. But an old friend gives him another chance, an opportunity to step back into the light.With three months to produce new research, Eric replicates the paradoxical double-slit experiment to see for himself the mysterious dual nature of light and matter. A simple but unprecedented inference blooms into a staggering discovery about human consciousness and the structure of the universe.His findings are celebrated and condemned in...

The Baroness Sees the Light. Baroness Penelope St. John-Orsini has to face cameras with flash bulbs that kill in her riskiest assignment yet. Don Alejandro, descended from the original Spanish Inquisitor, along with the sex-starved computer genius, Dr. Otto Funke, has a sure-fire plan for world domination. It will all be over in a flash — unless the Baroness moves in. Can her sexual versatility and iron will thwart her deadly adversaries in the ultimate battle? Or is the world doomed to suffer blinding and horrible obliteration?

Harrison Black is kayaking on the Gunpowder River in front of River's Edge when he thinks he hits a submerged log. As he looks closer into the water though, he discovers that it's a body. Horrified, Harrison tries to bring it to shore, only to realize that it is his ex girlfriend! Harrison dives into the case, and tries to find out how Becka really died.

“Trapped... Trapped and helpless... Hopeless...” Three years ago, Elise was a normal girl-- popular, athletic, and excited for her freshman year of high school. One day, one hour, changed all of that-- and Elise has never been the same. Now, hiding the secret that's scarred her so deeply, the secret that she and her parents moved hundreds of miles to escape, Elise has sworn off human contact. But her self-imposed isolation is threatened by the appearance of an unpredictable new classmate named Alex, whose flashes of darkness beneath the facade of a blameless teenager echo her own masked conflict. Drawn together by mutual attraction, they nevertheless struggle to learn how to trust one another, until Alex reveals to Elise that the biggest secret of all is the strange power hidden in her own blood. But just as Elise embarks on her journey of self-discovery, a terrifying and tantalizing figure from the depths of Alex's past isolates her once more with an offer she's not sure she's allowed to refuse.**

Romance, intrigue, and plenty of action are woven into a rich and suspenseful narrative in this powerful YA fantasy. The mixed-race heroine Myra is a Flickerkin and can flicker (become invisible) at will. She hasn't cultivated or revealed this ability, since Flickerkin are persecuted as potential criminals and spies. When invisible people become tricksters and then murderers, Myra's Flickerkin heritage becomes a deadly secret, putting her relationship with the leader's son—and her own life—in jeopardy. Loyalties shift and difficult choices are made before Myra understands who she wants to be.

With the quiet precision of Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres and the technical clarity of Mary Roach's Stiff, this is a novel about a young woman who comes most alive while working in her father's mortuary in a small, forgotten Midwestern town."The dead come to me vulnerable, sharing their stories and secrets . . . "Mary Crampton has spent all of her thirty years in Petroleum, a small Midwestern town once supported by a powerful grain company. Living at home, she works as the embalmer in her father's mortuary: an unlikely job that has long marked her as an outsider. Yet, to Mary there is a satisfying art to positioning and styling each body to capture the essence of a subject's life.Though some townsfolk pretend that the community is thriving, the truth is that Petroleum is crumbling away—a process that began twenty years ago when an accident in the grain elevator killed a beloved high school athlete. The mill closed for good, the train no longer...

Fifteen years ago, Thomas and Noreen King were blissful newlyweds. Young, naive, and in love, life was rosy . . . for a while. Then trials and tribulations rocked their foundation, shattering them emotionally, and soon, their marriage was in shards. All hope for restoring their previously unshakable union seems lost. When fire destroys their home, Thomas and Noreen are left to sift through the rubble. As uncovered items from the remains of the house shake loose memories of the past, Thomas and Noreen begin to draw closer and a flicker of hope—and love—is re-ignited.

Award-winning author Amy McNamara explores the emotional fallout after a girl cuts ties with her best friend. Perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Jennifer Niven.Evie and Emma are inseparable. Two halves of a whole, they balance each other until Evie makes a flip decision that gets Emma in serious trouble.Feeling the sting of betrayal, Emma freezes Evie out. Evie is full of regret, desperately sorry, sad, and—for the first time in her life—entirely alone.Then Evie meets Theo, a boy who offers her a view of the world through a different lens. Just as she lets herself fall for Theo, Emma resurfaces—but not without consequence.Emma's erratic behavior, drunken mishaps, and panicked phone calls leave Evie afraid there's something deeper going on. Evie wants to help Emma, but Emma is bent on self-destruction.All Evie wanted was her friend back—but can you help someone who doesn't want to be saved?