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First published in 1921, Rilla of Ingleside is the 8th book in the Anne of Green Gables series. It is WWI and Canada has entered the war. Young men enthusiastically join up while mothers and sweethearts stay behind and fill the jobs that once were only for men. Rilla, the youngest of Anne and...

Music from Earth has a profound impact upon alien species who use it as a mind-altering drug. Our planet is fertile ground for a ruthless off-world cartel called the Abductors who hunt musicians to sell as commodities. These kidnapped musicians are then forced to perform for those wealthy enough to purchase them.

Charon has kept the ledger for centuries. He waits by riverbanks and café windows, in fields of battle and hospital rooms, in skyscrapers and suburban neighborhoods. He is polite, fashionable, and incurably curious about what it means to live a life without ever truly having one for himself. This novel is a tapestry of private moments, a ferryman’s small mercies, a godlike game of chance, and the quiet question Charon cannot shake—what does it mean to remember the dead when memory is all that you have left? Join him, and together you may find an answer.

Seven tales of conflict set among the stars, driven by the very roots of humankind’s Earth-bound strife. Yet even in the face of the vast void of space, these brave souls fight to hold on to their humanity.

Guilt, the venom running through humanity’s veins. The cancer eating mankind’s soul. Death, both courted and earned, well-fed upon denial. Balanced on the delicate edge between madness and damnation, clarity comes to us all. There is one thing more terrifying than the darkness at the edge of your vision staring back. The seed of that darkness peering from within your heart. What is real? What is imagined? Right, or wrong, the price of your answer is your soul.

What if I told you witches lived among us? In this ninth and final book of the Brittany Meyer Novellas, Brittany finds herself inducted as the Witch Queen of Florida. Overwhelmed by her obligations, she secretly creates a doppelganger to share her royal duties with hilarious results. All the while, Darcella, the murderous sorceress from the Chord, is hunting her with a dagger in her hand and revenge in her heart. Can Brittany fit her into her schedule? Or will Darcella jump the line?

From a kitsune slinking through the mists … to an elven champion tied to every crossroad in the moment of Midnight … to the heir of Underhill ruling the road on a Harley, the mystical and magical intersect nearly unrealized with the world of man. Do you dare to walk among them with open eyes? Do you seek a glimpse of their power? Take care and proceed with soft steps among the folk of magic and moonlight.

First published in 1881, the subtitle of this book tells us that it was written “for children and those who love children”. Heidi, a 5-year-old orphan, is handed off by her young Aunt Dete to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. Though her new life is foreign, Heidi soon falls in...

Bacchus was once the god of a bountiful harvest but has since become the god of excess. He rewards his followers with wealth and power, and his followers honor him by sacrificing girls. When a coven takes her friend, a teenage witch rushes to rescue her. She is outnumbered and outmatched. The only thing on her side is...nothing. There’s nothing on her side. Will she be the next sacrifice on the table?

Deborah’s husband was hung for murder ten years ago. She still believes he was innocent. Deborah turns to the judge who sentenced her husband as the one person who can help her clear his name … and in doing so, she learns that Dark Hollow holds more secrets than she imagined …

At the ass-end of the galaxy, Allied Forces—including the 142nd Mobile Special Ops Team, better known as Daire’s Devils—stand ready to defend the contested colony planet Demeter from military invasion and corporate exploitation. But when the ranks are infiltrated by those determined to secure the top-secret designs of AeroCom’s new prototype flagship, the Cromwell, the newest member of the Devils, Corporal Katrion Alexander, finds herself facing off against an unexpected menace, synthetic operatives indistinguishable from living beings.

After 14 years making maps at TerraPlaya, every day feels like a Monday to Lucy. Just when she resigns herself to an uninspired existence, her reality is shaken when a mysterious woman joins her team. Lucy soon learns that the world is full of magic, and not everyone is using it for good.

Brittany is a 17-year-old witch with magical powers she doesn’t want and can’t control. When she is told that her birth father is an actual angel who was banished to a different dimension for fraternizing with a human, she decides to find and hold him accountable. But when she gets there, she realizes he is more in need of saving than she is.

Brittany has been named leader of her three-person coven. In addition, she has been given custody of a two-week-old unicorn who has been rejected by her mother. These unexpected responsibilities have triggered Brittany’s depression and lack of self-confidence. However, the tyrant witch queen is dead, and because she died while battling Brittany, the young witch feels obligated to right all her wrongs. When Brittany learns that the late queen kept a secret dungeon in another dimension, she becomes determined to find a way into the realm and release the prisoners.

Hardcharging army lieutenant Bickham Deth's only desire is to lead soldiers in combat. In the bloody winter of 2006, he expects to finally earn his baptism by fire on the streets of Kabul or Baghdad. Instead, he finds himself trapped in Oklahoma on funeral detail. Deth is honored to pay tribute to the veterans of Vietnam and World War II, but his patience is pushed to the breaking point by incompetent morticians, squabbling family members, and a mishap with the color of his socks that threatens to derail his entire military career.

Anna Katharine Green (1846 - 1935) was one of the first crime novelists and paved the way for later female writers of detective novels, like Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ngaio Marsh. Among her prolific output are 12 novels featuring her main character, detective Ebenezer Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Police Force.

A Gallery of Children is A. A. Milne's first published book of prose. It was released after his poetry collection, When We Were Very Young, and prior to Winnie the Pooh. With his characteristic blend of nonsense, wit and warmth, Milne offers 12 short stories of childish endeavour and mishap. They will delight and amuse listeners both young and not-so-young.

In Book Five of the Brittany Meyer Novellas, Brittany is new to the world of the occult, but already she has accomplished amazing things through magic. Unfortunately, this makes people think she can do more than she feels capable of doing. When Stone the Earth Troll mistakenly names her Queen of the Humans and asks for her help solving a murder, Brittany adds "detective" to her list of impossible tasks.

In Book Three of the Brittany Meyer Novellas, Brittany’s magical powers are both devastating and beyond her control. The witch queen, however, wants to harness Brittany's growing powers by sending her away to be trained in the dark arts — and to force Brittany’s compliance, she imprisons Brittany’s aunt in a modern-day dungeon and threatens her life if Brittany doesn’t submit.

In book four of the Brittany Meyer Novellas, Brittany tries to come to grips with her unusual abilities, most of which she doesn’t understand. She is mentored by Tusks, a demon who is enamored of her due to a love potion gone awry. But when Tusks is abducted and spirited away to another dimension for judgement by a demon master, Brittany knows she must put aside her self-doubt and go after him. A decision that is easier made than done. The demon realm is vast and can only be reached through astral projection - which she’s only managed once.