In an attempt to sway human voters—for a totally legitimate cause—Delphie the pixie targets a college neighborhood on Halloween. College students are notoriously liberal anyway, and the neighborhood is a human-only zone. She shouldn't run into any other supernaturals to interfere with her important mission.But instead of drunken students, she mistakenly bespells a mysterious, sexy fellow supernatural who doesn't appreciate the fact her defective fairy dust turns him invisible. In r...

Three splendid short stories full of black cats, Halloween and even a little romance. Another anthology from Hera B. Magic and the authors of the Here Be Magic blog. 23,000 words."Kit's Cat" by Cindy Spencer Pape. Kit's life has gone downhill and then downhill some more, and she can't even get a good night's sleep. When she realizes the stray cat that's been caterwauling outside her window is injured, saving it will take her life on some ups and downs no one could ever have predict...

Take one metaphorical heart-shaped box. Hand it to eleven authors as a story seed. What do you get?A porcelain music box. Candy. Magical stones. Love. Fairies. Demons. Brushes with horror. And cats. Of course, there are cats.The Heart-Shaped Box is an 18,000 word paranormal anthology with stories Danube Adele, Angela Campbell, Shona Husk, Jane Kindred, Nicole Luiken, RL Naquin, Shawna Reppert, Veronica Scott, Regan Summers, Shawna Thomas, and Jody Wallace.Rated PG-1...

A collection of three award-winning literary short stories exploring the impact of love. “A Stranger in the Village,” nominated for the 2007 Pushcart Prize, describes how the arrival of a young woman into a Mexican mountain village changed sixteen-year-old Hector forever. “Sacrifice” offers an Aztec tale of political intrigue and love. Doña Rosa, a market-place curandera, assists the lovelorn through the heartache of love and infidelity.

“I was created to die. Death isn’t what scares me. What I’m afraid of is what they’ll do if I don’t play by their rules,” James said.“You don’t have to do everything they want, James.”The rage in James’ eyes fizzled into misery, but even as anguish threatened to overtake his soul, hope lingered. His familiar scent drew me closer. It reminded me of the young man he used to be. He towered over me, as if he could shelter me from the cruelty of life. It was tempting to let him, b...

A dangerous game of seduction…Former FBI agent Nick Campion hates December Raine—the mysterious woman tied to the cold cases that destroyed his life. Getting close to her is supposed to be a means to an end, not a temptation he can't resist.Demon hunter December Raine needs the one man who should never trust her. As their fake alliance turns into an undeniable attraction, dangerous secrets, supernatural enemies, and impossible choices threaten to tear them ...

Hidden from a world unaware of magic, a recently and only partially trained group of operatives known as the Invisible Recruits are the only ones willing to stand between mankind and those powerful preternatural factions seeking to change the balance of power and gain world domination.Alex Noziak, part witch/part shaman, anticipates facing dangerous preternaturals out for blood . . not fashion week. But when the rookie agent is sent undercover to find out who, or what, is behind a ...

Maya Ellis is sick to death of moving college. She is very much fed up of being chased by werewolves. It's a good job she's super-spry and can handle pretty much anything that comes her way. When she and her family move to Liverpool to get away from the werewolf attacks, they hope to have made a clean escape. But in Liverpool a darkness is brewing in an abandoned church. Werewolves are gathering. And Maya finds things are not quite as drama free as she had hoped…

Charlotte, the adorable Shih Tzu, welcomes Chandler, Dobby, Chip and Bully into her family as her Daddy and Mommy officially adopt them.She goes to The Magical Garden to enjoy the dawn of a new game, which was invented by Shiloh. Later, a grand feast is held to welcome the four new brothers. Charlotte and her family are surprised as two more brothers also enter the fold.Meanwhile, trouble is brewing in the world. A surprise attack by an underestimated enemy leaves the doggi...

An insurance fraud investigator goes undercover to expose an aerial ambulance company—only to discover that corruption can kill.Medical insurance fraud investigator Pauline Sokol likes to keep her feet firmly on the ground, but her new undercover assignment has the aero-phobic ex-nurse up in the air. Compelled by her convictions of right and wrong, she takes off in order to investigate a land-and-air ambulance company. They've been doing some rather creative billin...

A college softball star with Olympic dreams finds herself pregnant and abandoned — then inherits a family she never knew, a dangerous mystery, and a man she never expected to love.SummaryDue Dates is Book #1 in the Scandals New Adult romantic suspense series by Kathy Clark.Killeen Ames has it all — beauty, brains, a college softball scholarship, and a rich and handsome boyfriend who has helped fill her social calendar. He is the on...

Intense and suspenseful with a twist of romance. Abigail Tate was a normal human girl. Until the day Bronx the vampire barges into her life and turns her against her will. Held captive while forced to deal with never ending cravings for blood, Abby prays for a way to escape. Only when an opportunity arises, it's with the aid of an innocent human named Tyler—except vampires are forbidden to interact with the unbitten. But Abby quickly learns this human has secrets of his own...secrets that ...