Welcome to CROOKED V.2, the second volume of sci-fi crime stories edited by Jessie Kwak.In this volume you'll find 18 stories of mayhem and tangled loyalties. Bounty hunters chase targets who aren't what they seem. Private eyes hunt wrongdoers in mean, futuristic streets—and are hunted in return. Easy jobs go wrong. Hunted bounties get wily. Mysteries are solved, only to lead to more horrifying mysteries.Sometimes the bad guys win, sometimes the good guys do. And, hey. It's...

Bookish introvert Morgen Keller never thought she would have a midlife crisis. That was before her husband divorced her, her boss let her go, and her grandmother died.Forty wasn’t supposed to look like this.When Morgen inherits Grandma’s old farmhouse in the small town of Bellrock, Washington, it could be a chance for a fresh start.There are just a few problems…A fearsome werewolf has claimed the property for himself, Grandma didn’t die of natural causes, an...

The ultimate voyage of discovery ends with the truth about yourself. The ultimate truth requires you to sacrifice your innocence. The ultimate redemption can only be gained after you confront the past.This omnibus edition contains:Genesis EarthEdenfallThe Stars of Redemption

All three books in 'Displaced', a series of science fiction novels by Stephen Drake, now in one volume!Displaced: When Kevin Murdock is revived from suspended animation aboard a transport pod, he and his nine fellow occupants have no idea what to expect. Murdock argues for caution after seeing something strange: animals also inhabit their new environment, all of them larger than their Earthly counterparts. Conflict soon erupts between Murdock and James Whittier - a...

After failing the test to gain entrance to the nation’s prestigious wizarding school, Yanko Whitefox worries he’ll never be able to regain his family’s lost honor.Then war breaks out, his home is targeted, and survival becomes more of a concern than accolades.With his family scattered, Yanko’s only allies are a politically incorrect parrot, a sarcastic sculptor, and a gifted warrior who may be an enemy spy.Determined to stop the war and bring peace to his nation, Ya...

Combined for the first time in one volume are the first three books of the internationally bestselling urban fantasy epic - CLOAK OF DRAGONS, CLOAK OF WOLVES, and CLOAK OF ASHES!My name is Nadia, and I’m an errand girl.Except my boss is the High Queen of the Elves.And my errands for her involve spying on people. Or stealing things. Or hunting down monsters. Or, on occasion, killing people.But this time she wants me to solve a murder....

Read the complete adventures of Trinity and Leo in Ascension Saga Books 1-3A princess.A soldier.A destiny neither could ever imagine.Leoron of Alera returns home from the Hive wars determined to protect the capital city--and last bastion of a vanished Queen's reign--from civil war. Loyal to the bone, Leo answers the call from Prime Nial and vows to protect...

Orphaned at a young age, Zenia Cham has fought and scraped her way into a position of honor as an inquisitor for one of the city's temples. But an even greater destiny awaits. Impressed by her deeds, the king gives her a magical “dragon tear” gem and a prestigious position as one of his elite Agents of the Crown.The missions will be dangerous, and she’s not sure she wants the partner she’s being assigned—a cocky noble lord from a wealthy estate—but she has the opportunity to distin...

This boxset includes the following books in the Samantha True Series:CAUGHT OFF GUARD (Book 4)There’s no rule book for this deadly gameWhen Samantha’s friend and sometimes boss AJ Gunn is accused of murdering the star quarterback for the Oregon pro-team she knows three things:No way is AJ guilty even if he doesn’t have a solid alibiThis is not a one gal PI gig, she’s going to need help

In this paranormal world, her death is just the beginningRiley’s seventeenth birthday should have been fun, but when a knife-wielding psycho attacks her best friend, of course Riley tries to stop him.Turns out, taking a knife through the heart isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.Neither is death.Instead of pearly gates, Riley wakes up alive and ensnared in a witch’s curse with twelve paranormals known as the Outcasts—including the inhumanly beau...

BOOKS 1-3 IN THE USA TODAY BESTSELLING SAM AND INDIE SERIESBooks Included:Aces and Eights (Book 1)Fact or Fiction (Book 2)Close to Home (Book 3)Thirty years ago, Harry Winslow's wife and children died in a tragic house fire while he was out of the country on a mission for Uncle Sam — or did they? Someone has left Harry an envelope containing photos o...

Danni Keller's messy life is thrown into absolute chaos when she gets bitten by two supernatural creatures in one night! Can a much-changed Danni find a place in her strange new world? A snarky, unputdownable urban fantasy collection.BOOK 1: LIFE SUCKS AFTER YOU DIEBOOK 2: VAMPIRE GIRL PROBLEMSBOOK 3: SUCK IT, SISTER!BOOK 4: LOVE POTION #666