In the Cards (Vorcian Imperial Chronicles Book 2)

In the Cards (Vorcian Imperial Chronicles Book 2)

Taki Drake

Fantasy / Urban Fantasy

Power - to Heal and to control. The Imperial society is full of eddies of power, both political and financial. On the world of Barkin Prime, the powerful Watern family has a long tradition of supplying some of the most powerful Healers in the Imperium. Corda is a child on the brink of turning 9. A significant threshold, that milestone marks the point at which her training as a Healer begins. She is excited, ready to learn. Brimming with anticipation, she looks forward to attending the same Academy program in a few years that her beloved brother has just completed. What starts as a graduation celebration, quickly morphs into an explosion of greed and anger. As conflict sweeps the house, Corda is overwhelmed and frightened. Will love be enough to shield this child from damage? How will her life change from exposure to such crippling manipulation? Will a Seer’s vision see any future for her in the cards?
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Lord of Misrule

Lord of Misrule

Rachel Caine

Thriller / Young Adult / Urban Fantasy

In the college town of Morganville, vampires and humans coexist in (relatively) bloodless harmony. Then comes Bishop, the master vampire who threatens to abolish all order, revive the forces of the evil dead, and let chaos rule. But Bishop isn't the only threat. Violent black cyclone clouds hover, promising a storm of devastating proportions as student Claire Danvers and her friends prepare to defend Morganville against elements both natural and unnatural.
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Aloha from Hell

Aloha from Hell

Richard Kadrey

Urban Fantasy / Science Fiction & Fantasy / Cyberpunk

Supernatural fantasy’s greatest anti-hero goes back to hell! In Sandman Slim Stark came back from hell for revenge. In Kill the Dead he tackled both a zombie plague and being Lucifer’s bodyguard. Once again all is not right in L. A. Lucifer is back in Heaven, God is on vacation, and an insane killer mounts a war against both Heaven and Hell. Stark’s got to head back down to his old stomping grounds in Hell to rescue his long lost love, stop an insane serial killer, prevent both Good and Evil from completely destroying each other, and stop the demonic Kissi from ruining the party for everyone. Even for Sandman Slim, that’s a tall order. And it’s only the beginning.
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Day Shift

Day Shift

Charlaine Harris

Urban Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers / Horror

*DON’T MISS THE SECOND SEASON OF MIDNIGHT, TEXAS*, THE NBC TV SERIES BASED ON CHARLAINE HARRIS’S BESTSELLING NOVELS! The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels returns to the one-stoplight town of Midnight, Texas, a place where no one is quite what they seem…  ** There is no such thing as bad publicity, except in Midnight, where the residents like to keep to themselves. When psychic Manfred Bernardo finds himself embroiled in a scandal and hounded by the press after one of his regular clients dies during a reading, he turns to enigmatic, beautiful, and dangerous Olivia Charity for help. Somehow he knows that the mysterious Olivia can get things back to normal. As normal as things get in Midnight... Includes an excerpt of* Night Shift* **Review Praise for Charlaine Harris and her Novels of Midnight, Texas “The Mark Twain of things that live under your bed”—Houston Press “[An] out-of-the-ordinary mystery.”—Publishers Weekly “Fun but creepy...A very quirky mystery that reveals more fascinating details about the varied denizens of this little town.”—Locus “A little magic, a little mystery, and a lot of imagination make for a story that is both fun and edgy.”—Kirkus Reviews “As intimate and deep as the Stackhouse novels.”—Library Journal “Move over Bon Temps, Midnight Texas has arrived.”—Fresh Fiction About the Author Charlaine Harris is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas, fantasy/mystery series and the Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly, and Lily Bard mystery series. Her books have inspired HBO’s True Blood, NBC’s Midnight, Texas, and the Aurora Teagarden movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. She has lived in the South her entire life.
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Harvest Hunting

Harvest Hunting

Yasmine Galenorn

Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance / Nonfiction

We're the D'Artigo sisters: sexy, savvy operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. But being half-human, half-Fae means our supernatural talents can go haywire at any time. My sister Camille is a wicked good witch whose life recently took a drastic turn. Menolly's a vampire who's still getting the hang of being undead. And me? I'm Delilah, a werecat with a very interesting love life. But life isn't all fun and games. We're on the trail of the demon general who has decided that we've become quite a nuisance. . . It's Samhain, and the Autumn Lord, has called for my training to begin with the Death Maidens. . . and I find that I like it. But we've got problems: werewolves are going missing and a new magical drug, "Wolf Briar," is being used as a weapon. My dear Chase and I have come to a delicate crossroads and there's no turning back from our decision. And most dangerous of all: Stacia Bonecrusher has put a bounty on our heads. Now it's a race to take out the demon general before she realizes the sixth Spirit Seal is within her reach. . .
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Desperate Measures

Desperate Measures

Jan Stryvant

Fantasy / Urban Fantasy

Things are starting to heat up for Sean and for some of his allies as well. The Sacramento Vestibulum council is starting to act in ways that no one had anticipated, and the Gradatim national council is by no means standing idly by either. When several of the councils decide to ban together in a move to eradicate Sean's followers and remove him as well, Sean has no choice other than to try and teach them a painful lesson. But those aren't all the problems that Sean now has to deal with. More and more people are counting on him as the days go by and the burdens he must shoulder are quickly growing. Between the magical work he must do, the people he must lead, the battles he has to fight, and the money he needs to earn, Sean barely has time for his wives, much less himself these days. And if dealing with the magic users isn't enough, there are some very 'mundane' issues on the horizon that he may soon find himself dealing with as well. WARNING: “Desperate Measures” contains explicit sexuality, nudity, violence, bad language, arson, robbery, attempted murder, actual murder, military style raids, mass combat, self-defense, pro-active self-defense, destruction of private property, blocking of interstate highways, vandalism, breaking and entering, secretive government officials, tantric magic, polyamory, mayhem, demons, people who aim to misbehave, gratuitous sex and violence, and a guy who just wants to send his daughter to the best cooking school in the country. **
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Souljacker

Souljacker

Yasmine Galenorn

Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance / Nonfiction

One of Publishers Weekly's Top 100 Books of 2017 "Ostensibly the story centers on the search for the killer, but it goes much deeper, laying the foundation for what promises to be an insightful exploration of Lily's process of personal change while giving readers a peek at a political chess game. The characters leap to life, carrying readers along on a journey through a world much like this one but with a dangerous allure." —Publishers Weekly Starred Review "Yasmine Galenorn is a powerhouse author; a master of the craft who is taking the industry by storm, and for good reason!" ―Maggie Shayne, New York Times bestselling authorLily O'Connell, a succubus, owns Lily Bound, an elite sex salon in the Blood Night District of Seattle. When a client is murdered in her house, a patch of skin missing from his chest, she knows there's something evil afoot. Then comes the news that the...
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Gale Force

Gale Force

Rachel Caine

Thriller / Young Adult / Urban Fantasy

Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is on vacation when her Djinn lover, David, asks Joanne to marry him. She's thrilled to say yes, even if some others may be less than happy about it. Unfortunately, Joanne's pre-marital bliss is ended by a devastating earthquake in Florida. And she can't ask David and his kind for assistance. Because the cause of the quake is unlike anything Joanne has ever encountered, and a power even the Djinn cannot perceive.
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The Gift of Fashion

The Gift of Fashion

Taki Drake

Fantasy / Urban Fantasy

Even in the Badger Hold Bar, the gift of fashion is more than a shallow expression of regard. “How you feel about your place in the world and who you are is picked up immediately by others. Comfort in your clothing presents the persona that is important to you!” so said the Clothier to her newest client. Moving at her usual whirlwind pace, Genevieve is about to perform an Earth-shaking makeover!
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Shadow Web

Shadow Web

Yasmine Galenorn

Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance / Nonfiction

The holidays are here, and this year, they're deadly... It's my first Thanksgiving back in Moonshadow Bay, and everything is hunky-dory until the Witches Guild assigns me a research project for the upcoming Winter Solstice Festival. Not only do I melt down my computer, but I download a demon who ends up stuck in my house. But Tarvish the Funtime demon is the least of my worries when my grandmother asks my BFF and me to go undercover. A magical pyramid scheme has moved into town and it's siphoning more than money off its recruits. Will we be able to take it down, or will the leader of the cult manage to silence us for good? Reading Order of Series:1. Starlight Web2. Midnight Web3. Conjure Web4. Harvest Web5. Shadow Web
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Witches of Lychford Series, Book 1

Witches of Lychford Series, Book 1

Paul Cornell

Fantasy / Urban Fantasy

Traveler, Cleric, Witch.The villagers in the sleepy hamlet of Lychford are divided. A supermarket wants to build a major branch on their border. Some welcome the employment opportunities, while some object to the modernization of the local environment.Judith Mawson (local crank) knows the truth — that Lychford lies on the boundary between two worlds, and that the destruction of the border will open wide the gateways to malevolent beings beyond imagination.But if she is to have her voice heard, she's going to need the assistance of some unlikely allies...
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