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I chose her. She must be my wife. The moment I saw the mafia princess, I knew she was the missing piece. I've got wealth and power. Now I need the perfect woman to build my empire with. Rosa De Luca is stunning and quick-witted. She's the one who fits the bill. The only glitch? She's flawlessly...

A forced marriage, a surprise pregnancy, and the mafia boss I suddenly belong to. What began as a chance encounter on a hotel rooftop with the hot millionaire, soon became an arranged marriage to my sworn enemy. Tony is as captivating as he is dangerous. Unhinged, unpredictable, and...

"This splendid story collection is a sword through the heart."--Ben Fountain From the O. Henry Prize-winning author comes a heartbreakingly beautiful and brutal exploration of lives fragmented by the Pacific side of World War II. Spanning more than 150 years, and set in multiple locations in...

Jill Kismet is back from the grave in this explosive conclusion to Lilith Saintcrow's fantasy series. She wakes up in her own grave. She doesn't know who put her there, she doesn't know where she is, and she has no friends or family. She only knows two things: She has a job to do - cleansing the night of evil. And she knows her name - Jill Kismet.

One word has been used to heal the sick… and to justify killing the innocent. "Witch." Picture it: a firelit village where a fever won't break and nobody knows why. A courtroom where fear counts as evidence. A frozen New England town where a rumor becomes a rope. And then—fast forward—your phone screen glowing at midnight, the same word now trending, taught, joked about, sold, reclaimed.

Professor Mortimer Kull treibt wieder sein Unwesen, er will einflussreiche Menschen gegen täuschend echte Cyborgs auswechseln. Sein Versteck befindet sich diesmal in einer regelrechten Festung, die von Höllenwölfen und der Organisation des Schreckens bewacht wird. Die Mitglieder des weißen Kreises wollen Tony helfen, doch sie wissen nicht, dass Terence Pasquanell den weißen Werwolf Bruce O'Hara vernichten will und plant, die Situation für seine Zwecke auszunutzen.

Detan Honding is determined to survive this war, even when caught between not one but two besieging armies! After rescuing the renowned engineer Nouli from the clutches of the empire, the valiant rogue has returned to his aunt’s city - to find it under siege by Thratia’s army. With Nouli’s help, they manage to turn back the tide, at least until imperial forces descend, prepared to hammer the Thratian force against the anvil of the city’s walls. Worse yet, the imperial advance is aided by an elite force of dark magicians.

Die Gothics Helen, Paul, Nathalie und Lee wollen einen Toten beschwören, doch statt diesen zu erwecken, steht plötzlich der legendäre Todbringer Duncan Sharp auf dem Friedhof. Wenn er erscheint, hat er stets einen Sarg bei sich, in dem ein Duplikat der Person liegt, die als Nächstes sterben muss. Wen wird es diesmal erwischen und kann man ihn aufhalten, bevor er wieder einen ganzen Ort ausrottet?

"Work Sets You Free" by David Barnett is an original short story featuring the protagonist of the forthcoming novel Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl. Gideon is a young fisherman in Yorkshire, England, in an alternate 1890, who embarks on a journey to find Captain Lucian Trigger, the famed Hero of the Empire, to deal with a mystery plaguing his home village.

Ist Cliff Belford der Mörder seiner Frau? Tony glaubt seinen Beteuerungen, dass er unschuldig zum Tode verurteilt wurde, und will dessen Unschuld beweisen. General Mayne bringt in Erfahrung, dass es ganz ähnliche Morde gab, und Noel und Tony beginnen mit der Jagd auf einen Mörder mit stählernen Händen.

Der Archäologe James Burton findet auf seiner Fahrt mit dem Auto zum kleinen Ort Laramoy eine bewusstlose Frau auf der Straße liegend. Er kümmert sich um die junge Dinah Frisley, doch diese hat regelrecht Todesangst zurück nach Laramoy zu fahren, im Ort soll das Grauen lauern ... Die Moortoten rufen ...

Two thousand years ago, a former construction worker wanders around the back streets of a third-rate country in the Roman Empire. For a couple of years, he preaches in obscure parables. He never writes anything down. He has a handful of close disciples—all of whom run away when he is arrested. He dies in ignominious agony, nailed to a cross as a criminal. That should be the end of that sad tale.

The woman renting my cabin for the next month shouldn’t be driving. I realize that when she hits me with her car. But when I get off the ground and find myself staring at a curvy angel...all the anger I have melts away. She’s here to take a break from her life. She’s everything I’ve been looking for and more. Sadie Evans is from the mountains of Colorado, but not for long. When I’m done with her, she’s moving to the mountains of Alaska. Because I’m a mountain man who can have his cake and eat it, too. As long as that cake is named Sadie, if you catch my drift.

The fiery destruction of nuclear war and its deadly aftermath have driven the free world to its knees, enslaved by the victorious Soviet invaders. John Thomas Rourke - ex-CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons specialist and supreme survival expert, leads the forces of freedom in the bloody fight against oppression to save an all but devastated future Earth. In a world marching to its final battle John Rourke leads the forces of good into the maw of evil. If good prevails, can John Rourke survive the peace?

Bad luck has driven half-breed Yakima Henry and Sheriff Jack Kelly into the town of Dead River during a severe mountain winter - where Yakima must weather a killer who's hell-bent on making the town as dead as its name.

Purgatory, Arizona, is the last place you'll ever cross the law. Because in this town, the law is the personal fiefdom of an evil man - as Matt Jensen discovered on his first day in town, when an unavoidable gunfight and a dead deputy landed him in jail, sentenced to hang at Yuma Prison. But when the train from Purgatory to Yuma is violently derailed, Matt is set free amidst the carnage - with a choice to make. He can run for his life and live like an outlaw or take a chance with the determined U.S. Marshall who must hunt him down.

The winter around Cheyenne Wyoming that year was devastating killing both people and livestock. John Henry Cole was three miles out of town on his small ranch waiting out the storm that was quickly killing his cattle and horses and starting to feel a little crazy himself. Everything he owned was dying before his eyes and there wasn't anything that he could do about it. His dreams of a settled life were as dead as everything else.

Searching for an operational redoubt, Ryan and his companions go up against a ruthless band of coldhearts. The shock of seeing Ryan's long-lost son as the band's point man puts the group on a new mission — rescue Dean at all cost. But when Dean shoots and wounds his father in a firefight, the strange turn of events leads the travelers deeper into the shifting sands of their own destiny. And father and son, each committed to the laws of decency and fair play, will confront an uncertain legacy.

The pristine coastal waters off San Clemente become a battleground over the island and its abandoned naval station. The rocky shores are rife with the sulfur mines that make Deathlands' richest jack - gunpowder. To maintain hell-fought possession, a ruthless sea baron and his fleet engage rebellion from the land. On this island populated by roaming bio-weap nightmares engineered by predark whitecoats, Ryan Cawdor is caught in a war he has no intention of fighting, but has every determination to survive.

Devastation from the nukewar shattered civilization and left a planet both primitive and ripe for rebirth - or retaking. While the balance of power has fallen to avaricious, amoral barons, a handful of humanity still holds hope of a future worth fighting for or dying to defend. If a better life inside the hellground exists, Ryan Cawdor and his friends will find it.