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Marinah faces the ultimate challenge as terrifying secrets unfold and nothing is as it seems. The enemy comes from within, while old foes haunt the world. Heroes are born, warriors are made, and love withstands all but death. When the world needs a hero, a woman steps forward, but will it be enough? In the gripping finale, Marinah and King must confront their most harrowing challenge yet, a fight that demands everything they’ve built, loved, and sacrificed. As terrifying secrets rise to the surface, the lines between ally and enemy blur, revealing their greatest threat.

When the Dream starts answering back, truth is the first blade you draw. The veil is thinning, and Sia, the girl the Dream keeps finding, can feel it in her bones. Whispers turn to doorways. Maps she draws at midnight become wounds in the world by dawn. When their hidden sanctuary is attacked and the sky burns, Sia tears open a path into the Dream to save the people who have become her family, but gateways open both ways. On one side waits a liar who speaks in lullabies and offers a gentler world at the cost of her will.

In the timeless dance between land and sea, the lighthouse stands as a beacon of guidance, guarding against the storm and lighting the way through the darkest nights. This anthology brings together a diverse collection of stories inspired by these steadfast sentinels of the shore. Whether bathed in the glow of a distant light or buffeted by fierce waves, these stories will carry you on a journey across windswept coasts and deep, mysterious seas, where every light offers a new beginning, and every storm hides a deeper truth.

Marinah never asked to be part of the fight. Yet, against all logic, she’s been named Secretary of Defense by the new U.S. government, the Federation. She doesn’t know why they chose her, but one thing is certain, she’s the last person for the job. Tasked with negotiating with an alien force known as the Shadow Warriors, Marinah isn’t expected to last a day.

Shunned by her stepfamily, nineteen-year-old Aurelia longs for a life she can finally call her own. Everything changes when she visits her mother’s grave and encounters Princess Kipira, an heiress cursed to live in the body of a spider. A prisoner of the dark forests, Kipira bears a malediction that thins the veil between life and death, echoing the trials of ancient fairy tales and Greek myths of bloody metamorphosis and wicked gods.

Some memories burn. Others rebuild the world. In 2032, Laurel, Kentucky, is a city built on silence and compliance. The spirals return—etched into walls, whispered in dreams, rising from ash. Nicole Ellison was never meant to survive her rewriting. But as Laurel crumbles under the weight of its lies, she becomes more than a shadow of the past—she becomes its reckoning.

Set in the year 2032, The Laurel Legacy continues the gripping story begun in The Laurel Prophecy. In the surveillance-heavy town of Laurel, Kentucky, Nicole Ellison is thrust deeper into a world where memory can be rewritten, loyalty is fragile, and Everlight technology casts a controlling glow over every life. Beneath the polished streets and holiday decorations, danger brews—and not even Christmas can mask the growing cracks in the Ministry’s control. Friends like Chris Reed, Cassie Albright, and Bryce McNeil stand by her side, but the price of rebellion grows heavier with each passing day.

When Sia Mason lost her twin sister Mia in a car accident, she thought the grief would define the rest of her life. Years later, the truth crashes into her world with shattering force: Mia isn’t gone. She has been remade as a demon, bound to Hell itself. Determined to save her sister’s soul, Sia steps into a hidden world of dragons, paladins, and magi. Ancient orders wage silent wars, and the balance between Heaven and Hell is always on the edge of collapse.

Marinah walks a razor's edge, bound to lead the formidable Shadow Warriors while wrestling with the primal power of her inner beast. As her past clashes with a perilous present, she's forced to carve her own destiny, a path where anything but her instinct spells ruin. Then comes the Federation's calculated attack on their island home and reveals a nightmare beyond imagination: the island is surrounded by monstrous hellhounds. With every life at risk, Marinah must fight back and shatter the Federation's grip to redefine the future.

When Makenna Hadley loses her job, and her long-term relationship ends abruptly, she gets away from it all by taking a trip to New England, where she stays with her Aunt Jenny Markham, an eccentric widowed farmer living in Connecticut's famous Quiet Corner. When she finds a diary in a box from a garage sale at her aunt's house, she becomes enthralled with the tragic love story of Jemima Brown and the Revolutionary War soldier she loved and tried to save. She also learns about the local legend that says her apparition still inhabits the town.

In Oakhaven, murder leaves a mark—white-painted skin, a rough red “O,” and a body arranged like a grim piece of art. Detective Will Anderson has encountered this before. Now, the killer is active in broad daylight on Ravenwood University’s campus, leaving behind not only bodies but also front-page editorials mocking law enforcement and daring them to catch him. Paired with Detective Casey Murphy—new to the division, sharp-witted, and unshaken by much—Will must unravel the pattern before another young woman disappears. But every move they make seems to be exactly what the killer wants.

When the ruthless Federation unleashes new horrors, Marinah and King must embark on a perilous quest to protect humanity from those who would exploit it. But Marinah's journey is also a deeply personal one. Haunted by her past, she must confront the shadows of her origins to forge a future she can claim. King has always sensed the extraordinary power within her, a truth that now threatens to consume them both. To save the world, he must first save Marinah from herself, even as the hounds of hell gather at their heels.

The electromagnetic pulses were just the beginning. In their wake came the hellhounds; vicious, relentless creatures that tried to finish what the bombs started and tore through most of humanity. Marinah lost everything when her father died. Once loyal to the Federation, she believed in their mission until their lies shattered her trust. Now branded a traitor and hunted as one of the monsters, Marinah is finally free to become who she was meant to be. King, the ruthless leader of the Shadow Warriors, knows exactly what Marinah is and what she’s capable of.

In British Columbia’s Pacific Northwest, a First Nations settlement falls prey to a loathsome horror—a giant spider ravenous for human flesh. Only the children escape, guided to safety by the creatures of the forest. But now, the spider has returned, and they must complete a ritual to imprison it in plant form and secure their future. She Who Hunts: The Tale of T'lejhánka will weave a web around your imagination and never let go!

Laurel, Kentucky. The year is 2032. In this meticulously engineered city, where conformity reigns supreme, every citizen reaching the age of twenty-one receives a letter that outlines the trajectory of their life. These letters dictate assigned roles—careers, relationships, and aspirations—ensuring a future prioritizes stability over individuality. For most young residents, this marks the beginning of their adult lives, a moment to embrace the path before them. But for Nicole Ellison, it is a harbinger of something much darker.

What do you get when you mix magic & lawyers? More than you bargained for. Lani's family has magic. Her friends have magic. Even the plants in her community are magical. But Lani's powers never manifest, and she's tired of feeling like the odd one out. So she goes to law school and does her best to fit in with the non-magical world. Too bad her first client is a geeky vampire. And her second client is an evil sorcerer. And her smoking hot one night stand doesn't remember her name. If Lani survives her first week of work, she's gonna seriously consider a career change.

Five years ago, paranormal researcher Dr. Mia Lakatos was the sole survivor of an ill-conceived reality TV investigation of St. Damien’s Lutheran Church in Camden, New Jersey, a bloody encounter that destroyed her reputation and poisoned her life. Now, out of the blue, the government has asked for her help. A vicious Columbian drug czar will be attending a key underworld summit across the street from the famous haunted church. The FBI is planning a stakeout inside St. Damien’s, and they need Mia along for her expertise.

After unexpectedly finding herself alone on a cruise, when her sister Stephanie cancels on her the morning of the trip. Dr. Samantha James takes the advice of her best friend Elly and she keeps her heart and mind open. Sammie was determined to have a good time. She soon finds herself in the company of John Phillips and his group of friends. Sammie and John start to spend almost every moment together. But soon tragedy will strike, when the Ship is struck by a rouge wave, Sammie and John must fight to get the people they care about off the ship before it sinks.