The Taking Year - format ePub

Jessamyn and her grandmother, Marie, return to the Isle of Skye for one purpose only: to lay Granmarie's personal ghosts to rest.But confronting old memories of her lost love sends Granmarie into an odd...

When Thalassa's Children—the mer-like, genderless protectors of the ocean—experience the trapped and suffocating death of one of their own, a single member chooses to take action. Against the wishes of...

Born of two worlds but important to neither, Sky Patel balances life between her beloved Edinburgh and its mirror in the faerie realm known as 'the Wynd.' But everything changes with the retirement of...

Delaney Greenough loves being a magical Healer—and hates the expectations that come with the rest of the Greenough legacy. Tired of feeling like her family doesn't see her, and uncomfortable with these...

Set in Scotland, Ireland, and the Pacific Northwest, these five stories share three things: a little rain, a little fantasy, and a lot of heart.In "Sidewynd," Sky Patel balances life between Edinburgh...

On Gull Island in the cold North, Eithni awaits Winter Solstice with pride, resentment, and fear. All signs point to a Taking year. And Eithni, chosen to enter the chamber of the gods, prepares to leave...

Piece by piece, her scattered consciousness slowly coalesced. No, re-formed. Re-collected.Here, a name: Cherie Levinson.Here, a flash of memory: long limbs sprawled on ugly linoleum floor, a crimson stain...

Once part of a demon-hunting duo, Soldier Eva Santoro still reels from losing her pastor partner to a moment of doubt. The last thing she wants: another Devoted finding her and bullying her into taking...

In the Pictish kingdom of Cait, human stone-carver Eithni and her fey lover, the deer-woman Sable, survive in exile—even if they chafe at the need to hide their true selves from the people of Cenn River....

Once, fey Hartkin Sable leapt from her realm to another to save the woman she loved. Now, Pictish mortal Eithni must do the same--to save her lover's brother, and fulfill Sable's promises to The Daylight...

"You learn to live moment by moment, in a world like mine. Time as an entity begins to lose meaning, and even marking the hours by the old pink plastic wall clock—a relic I brought with me from my old...

An otherwordly visitor goes on a deeply personal mission to a pet store.But not for the reason you think..."[Alexandra Brandt's] stories always seem to be filled with truth and a gentleness that is hard...

In 1815 England, Eleanor Kingsley studies the effects of Ars Magica under her uncle, despite its unsuitability for a young lady of the gentry. At the dawn of the Romantics, Ars Magica--the power of poetry...

Elliot Reyes, nomadic and non-binary, never stays in one place too long...and once they leave somewhere, they never return. But Elliot never once regretted this strange compulsion...until now.One misty...

All Cal Garvin wants: to make an album of Christmas lights for his sick dad.What he gets instead: the scariest night of his life.Racing around the icy streets of the wealthy, showy town of Gilthaven with...

In these five short stories, ordinary and extraordinary humans (and one alien) must find the spark to move forward—out of bad situations, or in the face of catastrophic change. In "Ilene's Box," an otherworldly...

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 Bound by Blood Hallow Rising, Book One The mountains remember their guardians.And they remember what was sworn. Lyra walks the Appalachian ridgelines as a trusted park ranger—known, respected, and woven...

Set against the backdrop of Las Vegas, Boston, and Dubai, can a storyteller win back the love of her life through tales sprinkled with faith and love.Boston-based Delphina Tulasi, a therapeutic storyteller,...

In a world of endless night, one man knew the darkness far better than most.Rage had been honed into a living weapon by the bleak reality he knew. He was on one final mission, given to him by his murdered...

He was born in the wild. Raised in a cage. And now he's landed on her doorstep…Wolfe should have died the night his parents were slaughtered. Instead, his uncle saved him- only to turn him into a weapon....

The People's Choice: The Life and Trials of America's 52nd PresidentWhat does it take to lead a nation through chaos, scandal, and betrayal—and still leave behind a legacy of hope? In this bold and dramatic...

A scandal is brewing. A rake is grinning. And Lady Louisa Pembroke is about to make a bargain with the devil. Lady Louisa Pembroke has survived a thousand polite smiles, a hundred pointed whispers, and...

Meah Constantino is everyone's friend: cheerleader, matchmaker, fixer, and the one who'll drop everything when you call at 3 a.m. Not even her career shift from psych to events kept her from being the...

Some places don't stay abandoned.They wait.Black Pines was supposed to be left behind.The asylum stands empty now—its halls stripped bare, its doors sealed, its history written off as tragedy and rumor....

Il a tué son mari. À présent, il ne peut se tenir loin d'elle.Neve Peretti a tout perdu la nuit où son mari a été assassiné. Sa maison. Son avenir. Sa foi en ce monde. Elle ne sait pas qui a appuyé sur...

Willow Anderson's life shatters when Marcus Thornton—her relentless stalker—reveals his true power. On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, a tattoo etched into her skin awakens memories of another life...

Love can linger in the unlikeliest of places—on bridges and moors, in old hotels and hidden laboratories, and in the spaces between the living and the dead.This collection brings together romantic and...

Is the PM a Cold Case killer?  Who tried to kill former US President Lyndon Johnson on his 1966 visit to Australia?  Only one man knows the answers, if you can find him. Among the news crews covering...

Clara Mitchell is one of Australia's most formidable criminal defense lawyers. For years, she has done exactly what the law demands of her: defend the accused, challenge the evidence, exploit the loopholes....

Some houses preserve families. Others preserve silence.  When Eliza Fairrowe is summoned back to Blackthorn House, she expects strain, not danger. But a young servant is found dead under circumstances...

Three women. Three generations. One truth that binds them all. A spy forced to abandon her daughter when her cover is blown. An adopted woman who never belonged, searching the world for home—only to lose...

In the city of Anthracite, the ground burns, the sky rains ash, and touch is a lethal necessity.Built atop an eternal subterranean fire, the city is a crumbling industrial nightmare. The poor swelter...

Trust No One AgainA Psychological Thriller by Macy StevensIn Whispering Pines, secrets don't stay buried — they wait.When Blade returns to his quiet hometown, he expects routine visits, old memories,...

THE HOUSE WAS PERFECT. THE MARRIAGE WAS NOT.When a structural engineer moves into her husband's elegant historic home, she expects restoration work, quiet routine, and the steady logic of architecture....

Synopsis: Five hundred years ago, the ultimate human swordsman and a dragon birthed a singularity. Now, that apex predator—a half-human, half-dragon boy—walks the rain-slicked streets of modern Tokyo.Inheriting...

Persephone (Seffy) Chadwick-Tremaine, a brilliant young scientist trying to find an answer to Earth's acute energy crisis, gets a helping hand from a very surprising source. SEFFY is a cosmic love story...

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Hard sci-fi with a philosophical soul: First Contact bound by the laws of physics.This is a story of contact dictated by science, not sentiment.Deep in the Graveyard Orbit — that silent boneyard 22,000...

Fragments from a history of the 2020s, written by a distinguished 23rd-century historian. The future is far brighter than you might imagine. The 2020s are NOT the end of the world.

The Failure of Having Studied Well was born from a simple and painful question: what becomes of the one who did everything right?Paul believed in school, in merit, and in the promise of a better future....

🧁🔪 In the charming town of Maple Creek, baker Clara Bennett's dream come true turns into a nightmare when her rival is found dead just hours after their very public argument. With her signature rolling...

A slow-burn MM hockey romance about healing, identity, and the quiet power of love.Jusuf and Nico never expected to grow close—least of all off the ice.Jusuf, a gifted hockey player with a late start...

A hostile merger turns rivals into allies—until truth threatens everything they built.Vesper Vance is a senior associate with a buried ethics breach and a legacy name to protect. A hostile merger swallows...

Kalf and his band must reclaim th kidnapped son of the jarl and put him back on the throne.

Some secrets are frozen in time. Some hearts are meant to thaw.Twenty years ago, Anya Petrov watched her father die. Hidden inside a ventilation shaft, nine years old and holding her breath, she heard...