This first collection by award-winning author Kelly Link, takes fairy tales and cautionary tales, dictators and extraterrestrials, amnesiacs and honeymooners, revenants and readers alike, on a voyage into new, strange, and wonderful territory. The girl detective must go to the underworld to solve the case of the tap-dancing bank robbers. A librarian falls in love with a girl whose father collects artificial noses. A dead man posts letters home to his estranged wife. Two women named Louise ...

Feeling responsible for the fall of the Kingdom of Lancia, Arc surrenders himself to the Madilis Empire, all part of a plot to assassinate the emperor once and for all. Meanwhile, Retta has snuck into the capital and added yet another powerful woman to his harem. Now he makes a plan to rescue Arc by infiltrating Deutius's Imperial Sorcery Unit, but General Shutygen--the man responsible for the death of Retta's father--stands in his way. Not only that, but Shutygen has gained magic power of...

I never meant to get stuck in a dark closet, naked, at the holiday gala.As a self-made billionaire and head of my tech company, the last thing I thought would happen was being pranked by my brother at an expensive gala. Instead of mingling among the crowd of potential investors, I was cold and alone with only some holiday string to keep me company. But then a Christmas miracle happened…The door opened and a beautiful woman appeared. My savior. Until she ste...

Facing the zombie apocalypse in a wheelchair might prove a challenge to others. For thirteen-year-old Ash it's just another fight for her life.When feeling deserted and alone with the knowledge that your days are pretty much numbered, you might decide not to be pushed around anymore. But stuck in a wheelchair with the risen dead on your tail—this might prove a challenge.Ash’s stay at a hospital that for all intents might be her last, turns into a different nightmare when a ...

Unlock the Hidden Potential in Brain Differences: How Unique Wiring Fuels Creativity, Talent, and SuccessIn The Power of Different, psychiatrist and bestselling author Gail Saltz delves into the fascinating connection between brain differences often labeled as "disabilities" and the potential for remarkable talents and abilities. Drawing on the latest scientific research and profiling both famous geniuses and everyday individuals, Saltz reveals how conditi...

This ebook collection contains the following works of Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair At Styles The Secret Adversary The Murder On The Links The Man in the Brown Suit The Secret of Chimneys The Murder of Roger Ackroyd The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim The Adventure of the "Western Star" The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor The Million Dollar Bond Robbery The Adventure of the Cheap Flat The Mystery of the Hunter's Lodge The Kidnapped Prime Ministe...

Sophie Diem's boss has skipped town, abandoning their counseling firm and taking her investment money with him. As she seeks to rebuild her professional career she is distressed by the appearance of a stranger. The man keeps to the shadows, but he is definitely stalking her. In an attempt to flee him she accepts a job offer...in London. Surely crossing the Atlantic would be enough to deter her Shadow.Glenn Barber is a desperate man. He sorely wants answers. The man that can supply ...

The first book in a new romantic comedy series by USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Lynx about a hockey player who was anything but nice. When he needed the help of his teammate's sister, the sweet-as-pie local veterinarian, to save his dog, he wondered if his secret crush from the past might be more than puppy love.My teammates called me Grumpy Old Man.I understood the grumpy part. It wasn't as if I was the life of the party. But I wasn't old. Geez, I...

With the fall of house Isteshia, the Reptile War has come to an end. Arc now controls the eastern part of the continent. With his marriage to Kaimaya, he plans to unify the four Isteshia branch families, and decides to recreate the Ancient Kingdom of Fafnir as well. Retta, meanwhile, plans to crash Arc's coronation ceremony and get a good look at the man who appears to be entwining himself with the empire. What will happen during the meeting between two of the most powerful men in the cont...

My boyfriend broke up with me three months ago and became engaged to my cousin.Coincidence? Doubtful.The week I got the wedding invitation, my boss, his dad, fired me.Coincidence? Highly doubtful.Me crashing their wedding at an exclusive resort?Totally planned.I’m Laura, the jilted ex-girlfriend and soon-to-be thorn...

I've spent my entire eighteen years fighting to survive.My junky mom disappeared years ago, leaving me to fend for myself against my evil drug-dealing step-brother. I never met my father. I don't even know his name.All I wanted to do was survive and graduate high school to get as far away from the Villas and this run-down trailer park as possible. I was doing that until he forced himself into my life and literally flipped my world upside down.He's f...

The second book in Robertson Davies's acclaimed The Deptford Trilogy, with a new foreword by Kelly LinkHailed by the Washington Post Book World as "a modern classic," Robertson Davies’s acclaimed Deptford Trilogy is a glittering, fantastical, cunningly contrived series of novels, around which a mysterious death is woven. The Manticore—the second book in the series after Fifth Business—foll...