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Sherry Broward never expected stealing a Rembrandt to turn her life upside down. Now she’s dodging the Bratva, the police, and her ex-girlfriend, Malka—a succubus supervillain who runs the local nightclub, Sin City. To make things even more complicated, she’s falling hard for Jemma—the city’s hottest art recovery specialist, who just so happens to be the superhero Lena Swift.

In Every Which Way But Dead, witch and former bounty hunter Rachel Morgan's managed to escape her corrupt company, survive living with a vampire, start her own runner service, and face down a vampire master. But her vampire roommate Ivy is off the wagon, her human boyfriend Nick is out of town indefinitely and doesn't sound like he's coming back while the far-too-seductive vampire Kisten is looking way too tempting, and there's a turf war erupting in Cincinnati's underworld.

When she woke up in hospital, they said her military career was over. They were wrong though; it was just starting, only the Army she was in had changed. Damage to her brain has unleashed incredible powers never seen in a human, but as she flexes her newfound magical muscle, it will draw the attention of creatures the Earth and humanity have forgotten. Now she must overcome not only her own terrible injuries, but also learn to control the power she can wield as a world of magical beings take a sudden interest.

Charlaine Harris' smash-hit Sookie Stackhouse series may have reached its conclusion, but the world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, lives on in this all-new collection of 15 stories. Written by a killer lineup of authors, including New York Times best-sellers Rachel Caine, MaryJanice Davidson, Jonathan Maberry and Seanan McGuire, and with introductions read by Charlaine herself, Dead but Not Forgotten puts your favorite characters center stage.

If you make a deal with the devil, can you still save your soul? To avoid becoming the love-slave of a depraved criminal vampire, bounty-hunter and witch Rachel Morgan is cornered into a deal that could promise her an eternity of suffering. But eternal damnation is not Rachel's only worry. Her vampire roommate, Ivy, has rediscovered her taste for blood and is struggling to keep their relationship platonic; her boyfriend, Nick, has disappeared – perhaps indefinitely; and she's being stalked by an irate pack of werewolves.

Where there's a witch, there's a way! Where there's a whole family of them, there's trouble. Bay Winchester, editor of Hemlock Cove's small weekly newspaper, thinks her small hamlet's upcoming murder mystery weekend is going to be all about fun, food, and frolicking. Instead, when another dead body is discovered in Hemlock Cove, things turn into murder, mayhem, and migraines (the latter is mostly thanks to her family, of course).

Bist du bereit für eine neue Welt mit außergewöhnlichen Göttern? Als die Sterne fielen, kehrten die Götter in unsere Welt zurück und mit ihnen die Magie. Seit diesem Tag träumte Velvet von der Aufnahme in einen Hexenzirkel, aber Schicksal und Verrat zwangen ihr einen anderen Weg auf: den einer Dämonenreiterin. Doch dämonische Kräfte sind unberechenbar, und als sie Velvet eines Tages mit Visionen einer brennenden Zukunft fluten, entdeckt sie, dass ein magisches Virus die unsterblichen Götter auszulöschen droht. Um es aufzuhalten, soll sie das Blut der sieben göttlichen Söhne beschaffen.

What happens when a normal man is reborn as the dark heartthrob of a fantastical kingdom in a magical world—the Vampire Lord—and forced into survival when his real intentions are misunderstood by the people there, who perceive him to be an evil monster intent on destroying them all? Reborn in another world as a horrific incarnation of the night, things actually seem to be looking up for the newly reincarnated Vampire Lord Inkume, until he discovers that all of his newfound dark magical powers are actually rather unimpressive—barring one: his unnaturally beautiful vampiric outer appearance!

Persephone spends six months of the year under the ground with her husband, king of the dead, and six months on earth with her mother, goddess of the harvest. It has been this way for 9000 years, since the deal was struck. But when she resurfaces this spring, something is different. Rains lash the land, crops grow out of season or not at all, there are people trying to build a road through the woods, and her mother does not seem able to stop them. The natural world is changing rapidly and even the gods have lost control.

My days used to be filled with working my minimum wage job at a local shipping store, but one night, I was in the wrong place at the right time and came into possession of a weird metal bracelet. The good news: Now I suddenly have a superpower. The bad news: A vicious family of mobsters, clandestine government agencies, and uber wealthy treasure hunters all want to tear the bracelet from my dead arm.

Spooky and Joe are in a gaming reality where it is quickly becoming clear that it is quite real. They are forced to fight monsters, dungeons, and betrayal, but their greatest enemy might be denial. Both Joe and Spooky are now nearly immortal, but how will Joe react when the facts of the situation can no longer be denied? He may never see his late wife in the afterlife. How will Spooky deal with the changes within herself? Neither she nor her co-Champion have the option to become mere mortals again.

Vampires with a vendetta. The Queen of Voodoo. Nasty necromancers. Just another day in my life. If you need a magical mystery solved, apparently I'm your gal. As the go-to private detective for the supernatural community, I've got every shifter, fae, and ghoul knocking on my door. Now the local vampires have decided to test me by leaving a dead shifter in a public park. Ever handled a pack of shifters looking for revenge? It's not pretty. And right now, I don't have the time to settle a feud.

Eden Lucas is having the worst week of her life. Everyone she ever knew is dead. In fact, it seems like life on Earth is at an end. Yet, as she grapples with her despair, the train that hovers three feet above the ground in front of her suggests there must be other survivors. What she finds aboard defies explanation. Meals that appear just by thinking about them; doors that open into a vacuum; new friends whose ages and experiences don't seem to make any sense.

She was once a whimsical wizardess solving magical mishaps on children’s television. Now she’s navigating midlife, burnout, and the absurdities of modern life—one disastrous spell at a time.

Toby dog suddenly has plenty to say for himself. The only witness to the brutal murder of his owner, Toby is hexed by a woman with evil intentions. “Speak to none but me”, she tells him. Wretched and misunderstood, he’s incarcerated in the local pound. With a death sentence hanging over his head, Toby has almost given up hope. But then he meets Clarissa. Not only is she a witch, she’s a local investigative journalist, and - amazingly - she can understand what he says too. Finally, he’s found somebody who believes his story.

Thomas was a part-time freelancer and part-time floundering streamer for the MMORPG King of Death. A super mediocre game that he mastered so much that end-game raids were solo adventures! But when the game's sassy and scintillating fox spirit Akina appears, she pulls him right into the game! It's up to Thomas to save the world from the destroyer of worlds. The ender of times. The queen of the underworld! The tall, buff, and beautiful hellhound Mira! But when she shows up on Level 1, he'll have to use his expert knowledge of the game.

After the exodus of all life, our galaxy is left empty and desolate. But in the absence of life, undead energy surges. Millennia after the last humans fled the galaxy only the dead are left to roam the earth. On this barren wasteland, Solus awakens. With no memories or even a personality, he is cast into a dangerous world. He will need to learn fast if he is to keep his new existence, for he is not alone.

Morgan is looking forward to junior high school and all the adventures it holds in store for her. But after a collision on the volleyball court, she wakes up on the first day of school trapped inside her mom’s teenage body, circa 1974.

Fanged trouble comes to the magical small town of Crimson Cove. Who's getting bitten? How did the werewolf lose his head? No, it's not a joke. Crimson Cove is awash with warring werewolves. And I'm not purring. Werewolves mean trouble. And then there's the continued invasion of non-magicals. Why are they here? How do they keep sneaking in? It's another thing that has my fluffy murder mittens twitching. When top werewolf negotiator Emron Laker loses his head, the trouble bubbles and risks boiling over as werewolves rampage and demand justice.

This collection of three novellas from different genres - supernatural horror, mystery suspense, and historical romance - all blend together to form a perfect mash-up of all things imaginative.