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To save his friends, Finn Wager opened a bridge between worlds. But the dark magic he used exacted a terrible price. Unable to remain on the Soulkeeper team, he joins a coven of magicians in New Orleans, vowing to undo the damage he’s caused. But when he tries to save the day, he ends up making everything worse. Twice, the Soulkeepers have evaded Lucifer’s clutches and injured his pride. Now it’s personal. He’ll stop at nothing to exploit their weaknesses, take back his power, and end the Soulkeepers for good.

Unexpected vows...Having fought for their very lives to escape the clutches of Kane Lancaster, Smoke and Sid find themselves face-to-face with one of the most important decisions of their lives. Marriage. While Sid mulls over Smokes proposition to be her husband, he sets out to do the right thing on his own and engages in a lengthy visit with Sid's parents, Sally and Keith. He departs only to find himself in the center of a man hunt. He is chased down by another group of strange goggle-wearing thugs that he has never encountered before.

Unexpected Allies...Smoke and Sid have a tough choice to make, do they aid the vampire shifter, Vormus, or cut him loose to the fiends that spawned him? Their efforts take them down into an even deeper well of lies that weaves so well. The closer Smoke and Sid get to the truth, the more their relationship is tested. Megan and Allison resurface. Reginald the doppleganger is back up to his old games. Kane's musing's with Sid is far from over. Who will stop them? Will Smoke and Sid even last?

Congressman Wilhelm is shot, and video evidence reveals John Smoke as the shooter. The manhunt for Smoke begins, and Sid's life is turned upside down trying to exonerate the man she thinks she loves.

Now that she’s fully accepted her role, Hope takes up the mantle of Healer to lead a new team of untrained Soulkeepers. Repurposing Revelations to be a training ground won’t be easy, not when the source of its power has been disrupted, and the only woman who knows the island’s secrets is on her deathbed.

Ainslie Logan has left her life as a trophy wife behind and moved her family north to escape the scandal created by her ex-husband. Lacking work experience but rich in determination, she lands a job at the local sports bar, the End Zone. Dave Mason, principal of the town’s high school, frequents the End Zone and is not a fan of the clumsy new waitress. Things suddenly change when he finds himself enamored by a woman who will stop at nothing to protect her children.

Bounty hunter John Smoke has been at a loss ever since Sidney Shaw's abrupt departure. After weeks of finding no trace of her, Smoke has an unanticipated encounter with Reginald, the doppelganger. Smoke discovers that if he wants to see Sid again, he needs to perform a mission: hunt down and take out a rival criminal underworld called the Many. He finds out that he has been played, but he has no choice but to go along with it if he wants to see Sidney again.

Now that Sidney is no longer an FBI agent, she is restless. Not knowing what to do with herself, she leaves Megan with the grandparents so she can have some time alone to figure things out. During a visit to the shooting range, things get interesting when an old guy called Big Jake outshoots Sid and then saves her from two huge goons who smell like the Drake. Matters take a turn for the worst soon after when Big Jake turns up dead.

For the Temple women, the winds of change are blowing. And if they're not careful, it could sweep them all away. After rising from Temple servant to tea shop owner, Violet finally feels in charge of her destiny. While learning Gullah folk magic from her aging grandmother, she worries much of her cultural heritage will be lost to the grave. Is there enough time for Old Sally to pass down all her special wisdom? Bride-to-be Queenie has never felt younger at heart.

Peri Jean Mace thinks seeing ghosts is a curse, but her murdered trailer trash cousin doesn’t care. She wants Peri Jean to expose her killer. Peri Jean figures out everyone in her one-stoplight East Texas town has something to hide. And one of them will kill to hide the truth. In over her head, Peri Jean has to face her curse or end up the next victim.

College professor Ian Ross is in love with Andi Nelson. Waitress Gina Francisco has carried a torch for Mike Kelly forever. When Mike and Andi get married, Ian and Gina find one night of champagne-lubricated comfort in each other's arms. The two are from totally different worlds. Can they find their way into love with each other?

When music teacher Andi Nelson suckers high school football coach Mike Kelly into making a bet he has no chance of winning, sparks fly! Ultimately, as Mike and Andi have to put their differences aside to save two students, they realize they have both won the best of all bets.

Published in 1909, this classic romance is set in Ithaca, New York, the author's life-long home. Living in a squatters shanty, shunned by the 'upstanding' folk of Ithaca, Tessibel Skinner is nonetheless shocked when her father, a fisherman, is accused of murder. Barefoot, beautiful, and innocent, Tess sets out to clear his name, enduring hardship and narrowly escaping the viscous cruelty of those who would harm her.

More an origin story than a traditional novel, Jack July's Amy Lynn follows the coming-of-age of a charming little Southern girl. Raised in a family of bootleggers and scoundrels, the motherless Amy is adopted by her Aunt Carla Jo, who teaches her everything about being a woman. A triumvirate of male Southern characters teach her other lessons: How to survive, how to live off the land, and how to be a winner. By the time Amy enlists in the United States Navy, she is the sort of heroic figure who commands respect and surprises everyone with her strength, skills, and heart.

Set in 1940s Appalachia, The Secret Sense of Wildflower tells the story of Louisa May "Wildflower" McAllister whose life has been shaped around the recent death of her beloved father in a sawmill accident. While her mother hardens in her grief, Wildflower and her three sisters must cope with their loss themselves, as well as with the demands of daily survival. Despite these hardships, Wildflower has a resilience that is forged with humor, a love of the land, and an endless supply of questions to God.

After a horrific vision, the King's seer forces Katya and Sheve apart...all in the name of their future happiness. For in their happiness lies the future of the Aonise species.... After the explosion at the hospital, young and vibrant Katya has one thing on her mind: to carry on her late parents' work helping sick children. Sheve, a dedicated and relentless soldier, concentrates on his own mission to seek out a special crystal, the only thing they believe can help them defeat their mortal enemy, the Zefron.

When a black boy named Paris saves Trudy from being crushed by a runaway Sunbeam Bread truck, they become friends. Navigating a multi-racial friendship in 1964 is no easy thing, however. The racism they encounter inspires them to go on an audacious adventure: to take down the Confederate flag that flies atop the South Carolina State House. And they can't do it without the help of Trudy's grandmother, Ida.

Bailey Reynolds never thought she would never in her life have to choose between someone that will give her everything she wants and someone that makes her feel like she is everything in his life. How does this southern spitfire choose between what her heart wants versus what her head tells her she wants?

Welcome to Perky's Books & Gifts where gardening books blossom into bouquets, cookbooks sizzle with succulent juices, and military history books can be lethal. Don't mind the mutilated body behind the werewolf display, or the fact that the cafe manager is an egregore; Frankenstein was one, too. The story of Perky's Books & Gifts begins with murder and ends with true love. It is told by Madison, Perky's night manager. She must band with her quirky (maybe just plain crazy) staff to figure out just what is making the books spring to life and terrorize the store.

Fresh from her medical exams, Katya Brie heads to a new life on Outpost Frelik. Thrust into her duties, Brie tends to badly wounded yet handsome Lt. Commander Sheve Hadi. From that moment, life takes an interesting turn as she finds herself amid treason, conspiracy, and a plot that threatens her, the Ainoren, and everyone she loves on Letháo.