Step inside Sinclair's Rare Books, a world where every whisper of paper and shadow holds a secret, and where the line between desire and danger blurs in the dim glow of lamplight. Lena, the meticulous curator of this old corner bookshop, thrives amidst the quiet scent of aged leather, the rustle of delicate pages, and the comforting order of countless volumes. Yet beneath the calm surface, something stirs—an enigmatic pull from a mysterious manuscript that promises more than knowl...

Nora knows she needs to move on, and forget about magic. She's back in graduate school, and her life is going surprisingly well. She doesn't need to think about other worlds, about enchantments and demons, or about magicians—even though she once aspired to become one herself. Most of all, she really should forget the magician Aruendiel, who shared the secrets of magic with her but fiercely guarded the deepest secrets of his heart.Then a chance encounter gives Nora the opportunity t...

*can be read as a stand aloneUSA Today bestselling author Jennifer Blackstream continues her seductive Blood Realm series with this exciting tale of a thief determined to steal the secret of the murderess he saved from ruin.A MASTER OF LIESRobin is a notorious trickster, a sidhe capable of powerful illusions and driven by a desperate need to avoid the boredom that comes so easily with the long life of a fey.For the last dec...

Never Underestimate the Power of a Distant Witch.Bianca Monroe has one goal in mind when she heads to the land of the gods: convince the god of fire, Ignis, to take his magic back.How hard could it be?Yet, Alaysia is not what she expected.In fact, it's better.While Bianca battles rogue demigods and new magic, the god of fire whispers promises of eternal power, easy magic, and the salvation of Alkarra. Treachery thrives at every hand ...

In relentless pursuit of Earl Dumarest come the emotionless minions of the Cyclan. Seeking the body-switching formula which would make them masters of the universe, they must seize Dumarest alive to gain his secret.It all comes together on the world of the Guardians, where in the great temple of their fanatical faith, the true co-ordinates of Earth are listed. There Dumarest will battle the Cyclan . . . while the fate of all humanity hangs in the balance.(First published 19...

Seer's Promise (Book Two of The Seer Trilogy)Hope's Sehani powers have finally grown strong enough to risk returning to Earth. Gods willing, she'll find a way to rid her daughter of the soul-eater that possesses her, and convince Romana to return with her to Dayamaria.Romana is captivated by the prospect of becoming a powerful Sehan like her mother. But her dreams are shattered when everything she'd hoped for is bestowed upon someone who couldn't care less about wielding Se...

"Wait, so she's his mate? What a tragic fate for the Alpha to be bound to an Omega." I caught snippets of hushed conversations drifting through the air.With a defiant glare, Ares boldly declared, "You're all wrong."I gaze at him, my eyes filled with longing, desperately yearning for his protective embrace."She's nothing more than an Omega, a feeble wolf, a fragile girl with no power, and she will never, ever be worthy of being my Luna," he declared with an icy tone....

A World Fantasy Award finalist in its print edition, THE OGRE'S WIFE is the first story collection by Richard Parks. The introduction was written by award-winning master fantasist Parke Godwin, who has followed the author's career from first bloom until today. All but one of the stories have been previously published in either magazines (mostly Realms of Fantasy) or anthologies. That one, Doing Time in the Wild Hunt, is original to the collection. Also included in this electronic edition i...

When sixteen year-old Brenna Morgan arrived in Ireland with her travel-writer mother she had expected the usual—a couple of months in a country that wasn’t her home. What she hadn’t anticipated was making a promise to a dying faerie who saves her life. Armed with only her wits and a strange iron key given to her by the faerie, Brenna is pulled into a world where myth and legend cross all too often into reality, in search for a child hidden away in their world.Knowing nothing of the...

Cynthia has struggled for years against the powers guiding her life. She wants to take back control. She wants the freedom to marry a man she loves and, more than anything, she wants to live up to the expectation she's been saddled with. In her own mind she is far from worthy of being the head healer of her people.Can she overcome her self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy? Can she expand her awareness and become kinder to herself? Or will she allow everything that ever brought her ...

It was a bleak stormy night.There had been rain-battered wooden walls surrounding Eli's cottage while thunder rolled overhead like the voice of raging gods. The old windmill groaned in the wind; the trees bowed as if in worship or in fear. Eli sat on the edge of his little bed, heart restless, feet bare. The oil lamp flickered beside him.Then came the fire.It began with a smell-a smoke and something sweet that was burning cedar. Eli rushed out, rain lashing at his f...

In a world where time is not a straight line, one girl’s forgotten past holds the key to a lost future...When Tajna awakens bound and suspended from a tree in the depths of a mysterious forest, she remembers nothing—not her name, not her past, and not the reason her shadow seems to move of its own accord. As she struggles to piece together fragments of her memory, Tajna finds herself thrust into the surreal world of Nihilium, where reality twists and bends like the currents of a tu...