In Relational Engagements of the Indigenous Americas, Melissa R. Baltus and Sarah E. Baires critically examine the current understanding of relationality in the Americas, covering a diverse range of topics from Indigenous cosmologies to the life-world of the Inuit dog. The contributors to this wide-ranging edited collection interrogate and discuss the multiple natures of relational ontologies, touching on the ever-changing, fluid, and varied ways that people, both alive and dead, relate an...

Danica Grey and her fae dragon partner, Jilly, are ready to put their lives on the line for one last stand. Zoey, a brilliant savant, is their charge, but Moriarty and his deadly partner, Solene, are just as determined to capture her—and kill anyone who gets in their way.Danica thought the answers to their enemies' intentions were within reach, but the truth only opens a floodgate of new questions.They know their foes' names, but little else. The final show...

Meg Reynolds was a video game playing loner stuck in a dead-end job. Her life was on the fast track to nowhere until the fateful day she bit into a bad burrito filled with fate - and a bit of a food poisoning.Crying out for relief from the abdominal agony, her prayers were answered - but not in any way she ever expected. Now Meg has a new problem - Vocharlian Variegatus, the so-called guardian demon she accidentally summoned to her bathroom.Now this extremely odd couple have ...

It's not every day that your roommate accidentally teleports you across time and space, but Jennifer MacDonald is not having an ordinary day. A chance encounter with a custom-built computer and an ancient pyramid sends Jennifer to a faraway land with six warring civilizations and an ancient prophecy that has a visitor from the stars at its heart. All she has to do is unseal one measly, missing god.Now the fate of an alien world is in the hands of a gal who's never landed a steady j...

BURYING THE PAST IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE.Ed Vesser feels trapped by his life - literally. He’s being held prisoner by a would-be world conqueror. All he wants is to escape back to hisfiancé, assuming she doesn’t dump his ass when she finds out he’s a vampire.Serena Taylor’s a witch with a knack for technomancy - using her magic to help deliver unreal profit margins. Too bad she’ll need to put in some overtime thanks to long-lost dryads and undead goons bre...

JESSIE FLORES IS HAVING THE ULTIMATE BAD HAIR DAY.Imagine going to bed with mousy brown locks and waking up with a headful of supernova scarlet. It's a hot new look for me—literally, because it bursts into flames whenever I'm threatened.My magical makeover is all Gary's fault. I knew there was something off from the moment he transferred to my school. Go figure. He's a wizard with a trust fund and an inferiority complex.Now, thanks to him, I've grad...

Some family trees should be burned to the groundMy name is Jessie Flores and I thought I was done being jerked around by witches, dryads, and gods in my quest to become a real-life superhero. Turns out they were just getting started.My father's been kidnapped, a handsome vampire with a shady past won't stop shadowing me, and my best friend's family is actively trying to kill him.Fixing all of that won't be easy, though, since I've been cursed to com...

A MOTHER'S WRATH KNOWS NO BOUNDSWatching my friends die was hard. Getting blown up right after was even worse. But that's nothing compared to waking up to the mother I never knew and finding out she's a monster far worse than anything I've faced so far.Now, not only is she trying to set me up with every eligible demon between here and Hades, but she's busy plotting the demise of my best friend Gary—setting us up on a collision course for a battle to the dea...

Hell is where the heart is.For five years my life has been a living breathing hell—literally. Worst of all, I don’t remember any of it. We're not talking some vague blackout here, no, this is full-on comic book levels of amnesia. But now I'm back, only to find the whole world managed to survive without me. Some hero I turned out to be.There's no time to wallow, though, not when I'm surrounded by pissed off dryads and vampires who've somehow figured out how ...

Whiteness is a narrative. It is the privileged dimension of the complex story of "race" that was, and continues to be, seminal in shaping the socio-economic structure and cultural climate of the United States and other Western nations. Without acknowledging this story, it is impossible to understand fully the current political and social contexts in which we live. Critical Multicultural Perspectives on Whiteness explores multiple analyses of whiteness, drawing on both past and cur...

Furs, Timber & Cowboys – 3 Classic Western Novels presents an intriguing tapestry of the American frontier, blending the raw vigor of the wilderness with the rugged reality of cowboy life. This anthology offers a diverse array of literary styles, from the vivid descriptions of untouched landscapes to the dynamic narratives of survival and adventure. The selection not only distinguishes itself by encapsulating the spirit of the Western genre but also by presenting a kaleidoscope of human ex...

Scream Queen Vivian Beck has been marked for Death.Her only hope is that Danica Grey, Jilly the Fae Dragon, and the crack team at Spellbound Security can find out who's after her and stop them before they succeed in killing her. It won't be easy. She's a famous actress at the top of her game, and taking time off from her career would relegate her to the D-list.It will require all their special talents to protect her. Bodyguards on the set, investigating the...