Download or read book Joan and the Selkie written by Kat Simons and published by T&D Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one visits a dragon’s island uninvited… When Joan’s dragon companion, Rory, discovers a mysterious satchel on his secret island off the coast of Ireland, they both know something feels amiss. And since the satchel holds a carefully folded selkie skin, that something promises to be bad. Selkies never leave their skins unattended. Not on purpose. Joan and Rory set out to uncover the secret of the abandoned selkie skin, a quest that brings them face to face with more of the mythical seal people. And a tragedy that has cost lives. To save the day, Joan and Rory will have to face the dangers of the ocean deep. And they might just have to burn. keywords: Dark urban fantasy; mythic fantasy; dragon fantasy; short story series; urban fantasy short story series; urban fantasy; dark fantasy; horror fantasy; dragons; dragons and heroes; demons and devils; werewolves and shifters; series urban fantasy; paranormal shifters; urban fantasy magic; magic and mayhem; monsters and shapeshifters; mythical monsters; selkies; selkie paranormal fantasy

Download or read book I Just Ate a Bug written by Kat Simons and published by T&D Publishing. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fighting an alien invasion requires a good appetite… I’m an out of work dog walker who never expected to confront the end of the world in my lifetime. Especially not when that end of the world comes in the form of an alien invasion. Who expects that to happen for real, right? But there you have it. Aliens. Invading Earth. And only a rough band of us humans to defend the entire planet. With the only weapons we have. If we can stomach using it. Author’s Note: This story is also published in the collection HAUNTS AND HOWLS AND JESTERS BELLS. keywords: Contemporary fantasy, paranormal, alien invasion, humorous alien invasion, science fiction, short story, short story collections, action adventure, science fiction short stories, dolphins and bugs, aliens vs humans, humorous paranormal aliens

Download or read book Bored Questless written by Kat Simons and published by T&D Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one wants a bored dragon… Leave a dragon bored, quests happen. Kaxem knows the inevitability of this. Especially with a best friend like Rebop. But when Rebop brings Kaxem news of a bespelled princess in need of waking, Kaxem, at first, passes on the adventure. He’d rather rearrange his books. Really. He would. But disappointing his best friend proves impossible. Bored dragons are also nagging dragons. Kaxem agrees to the quest. One last quest. And if they happen to save the world, and discover a really good library in the process…he won’t complain. Author’s Note: This story is also published in the collection HAUNTS AND HOWLS AND JESTERS BELLS. keywords: High fantasy; paranormal fantasy; humorous fantasy; magic fantasy; short story collections; dragons; quests; myths and legends; action adventure; epic fantasy; epic fantasy short stories

Download or read book The Poisons Book Job written by Kat Simons and published by T&D Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Priceless artifact, impossible heist… How can a thief resist? As Myra tries to find her footing in this new world of dragon shifters, one problem clearly stands out above the rest. The dragon king and his dangerous jobs. Avoiding Christopher because of his father proves impossible, though. And when the king offers her yet another job, a heist almost as interesting as it is impossible, she gives in. To both the job, and working with Christopher. Pulling off an impossible theft requires focus, precision, and planning. Precision and planning, Myra has down. Focus… With Christopher around, that focus wavers. Ignoring a seven-foot tall, intimidatingly sexy dragon shifter would challenge even the most determined. Myra’s determined. Just not determined enough to stay away from Christopher. But first they have to pull of his father’s impossible mission and recover a priceless relic. Without getting caught. And without letting her feelings get in the way. keywords: Paranormal Romance; Shapeshifter Romance; Shifter Romance; Dragon Shifter Romance; Urban fantasy; urban fantasy romance; heist fantasy; paranormal urban fantasy; contemporary fantasy; paranormal fantasy; dark fantasy; horror fantasy; mystery fantasy; paranormal mystery; crime fiction; magic fantasy; witches and wizards; urban fantasy magic; dragons and myths; alternate history urban fantasy romance

Download or read book Dragon Thief written by Kat Simons and published by T&D Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One magic thief, one dragon shifter, and a whole lot of deadly mayhem… Myra has made many mistakes in her life. Breaking into a dragon king’s hoard… Not one of her most successful mistakes. As a thief with a touch of magic, though, she adores a good challenge. Unfortunately, the dragon king adores a good repayment for damages done. Not that she even stole anything! They caught her before she could. But no one argues with a dragon king. Do the job for him, or suffer the consequences. The job in question… Steal back the dragon king’s son. Myra never suspects when she reluctantly agrees to the king’s terms that the youngling she’s sent to rescue will turn out to be a sexy hunk of a dragon shifter whose deep voice and outstanding height push all her buttons. Or that her night will turn out so…interesting. Or that escaping his kidnappers will toss them into a deadly race against time. But Myra loves a good challenge. Especially an interesting one. Author’s Note: This story originally appeared in the collection, WHO STEALS A DRAGON, as the paranormal romance genre story. There have been minor changes to this story to fit in with the larger world of this new series. If you have read the story in WHO STEALS A DRAGON, this one has not been changed substantially enough for you to require re-reading it. You can jump right into Book Two in the series. keywords: Paranormal Romance; Shapeshifter Romance; Shifter Romance; Dragon Shifter Romance; Urban fantasy; urban fantasy romance; heist fantasy; paranormal urban fantasy; contemporary fantasy; paranormal fantasy; dark fantasy; horror fantasy; mystery fantasy; paranormal mystery; crime fiction; magic fantasy; witches and wizards; urban fantasy magic; dragons and myths; alternate history urban fantasy romance

Download or read book The Chicago Job written by Kat Simons and published by T&D Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saving a dragon can complicate a thief’s life… One job for the dragon king. Myra had been obliged to do just one job to make up for the teeny, tiny mistake of breaking into the king’s hoard. Rescue his son. Restitution satisfied. Myra, clear and clean from one of the bigger mistakes of her life. And since the son in question turned out to be a sexy dragon shifter named Christopher—not Chris—a shifter she wouldn’t mind getting to know better. The job… Not a total wash. But still, just one job. The dragon king has other ideas. Myra doesn’t normally work for other people. She steals what she wants, when she wants, because she wants to. Her favorite marks…rich people who don’t even know their stuff is missing. But when a dragon king wants to hire you, and pay you a small fortune, to retrieve an old relic, what’s a thief to do? Having Christopher along for the ride, doesn’t hurt. Spending more time with him is almost worth the irritation of working for his father again. Complicates things too, though. Myra likes interesting. Complicated worries her. And her feelings for Christopher are getting complicated. keywords: Paranormal Romance; Shapeshifter Romance; Shifter Romance; Dragon Shifter Romance; Urban fantasy; urban fantasy romance; heist fantasy; paranormal urban fantasy; contemporary fantasy; paranormal fantasy; dark fantasy; horror fantasy; mystery fantasy; paranormal mystery; crime fiction; magic fantasy; witches and wizards; urban fantasy magic; dragons and myths; alternate history urban fantasy romance

Download or read book Ting Ling written by Kat Simons and published by T&D Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beware the noise behind the walls…And the dropped Cheetos Albert just wants some peace and quiet. Work and silence and no disturbances. Instead, a noise…a ringing noise in his apartment drives him to distraction. The noise even invades his dreams. When he realizes the ringing is coming from inside the walls, Albert really starts to worry. Anything could be behind that wall. Anything could be making that sound. Discovering the truth, however, proves more terrifying, and strange, than anything Albert could have expected. Author’s Note: This story is also published in the collection HAUNTS AND HOWLS AND JESTERS BELLS. keywords: Contemporary fantasy, paranormal, portal fantasy, short story, short story collections, action adventure, portal fantasy short stories, dark fantasy, horror, demon paranormal fantasy, alien invasion, humorous alien invasion,

Download or read book Hourglass Through the Cats Eyes written by Kat Simons and published by T&D Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With time slipping away, saving the universe takes bravery…and cats. Learning to intermix her regular life with her new, destined life as a guardian of universal knowledge, Erica Randal studies hard, trains hard, and manages the two distinctly different parts of her day-to-day. She’s even getting used to her new cohort of cats, though the tension between her and the leader of her cats, Galahad, leaves her edgy. Getting used to the fact that Galahad has a human form, and that she finds that human form…compelling, makes their new living situation fraught. But even with that, Erica has accepted her new life, her new family. Accepted her fate. Even enjoys the training. What she really craves now, though… Her first chance to retrieve one of the books she and her aunt are fated to protect. So when the opportunity finally arises, Erica jumps at the chance. A retrieval that leads her and her cats into a dangerous desert adventure. A confrontation with deadly magic. And time running out for all of them… Author’s Note: This story is also published in the collection HAUNTS AND HOWLS AND JESTERS BELLS. keywords: Cat shifters, portal fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal urban fantasy, contemporary fantasy, magic fantasy, action and adventure, short story collections, demons and devils, witches and wizards, urban fantasy magic, magic and mayhem, monsters and demons, heroes and warriors, myths and legends, paranormal romance

Download or read book Wolf in Stone written by Kat Simons and published by T&D Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 1067 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the Wolf Family… In a world where monsters created by an ancient god hunt for human victims, heroes from the Seven Families must fight to hold back the darkness. Waiting for the love of their fated mates to save them from a god-cursed doom. This box set collects the first three, full-length novels in the Seven Families series, following the battles and loves of three of the Logan siblings. Don’t miss a minute of this sexy, spooky, paranormal romance series. DARKNESS IN STONE When Katie Donovan enters the dark, mysterious world of billionaire Eric Logan, she finds more than she bargains for. Because Eric Logan is not what he seems. And his world teams with supernatural monsters. Eric must win the heart of his destined love, but convincing her they’re meant for each other proves complicated when monsters threaten his home. If they can face the horrors, and overcome the monsters, Katie and Eric might find their future. And a love that defies everything. REDEMPTION IN STONE Rebecca Logan never expects to find her fated mate, the one person who can save her, her destined love…just as she uncovers a new monster on a killing spree. Adam Walsh left his werewolf pack a disgrace, becoming a dreaded rogue. He has nothing to offer Becca except exile and danger. As they hunt the new monsters and fend off a hostile werewolf pack, Becca and Adam resist the pull of the consuming passion building between them. But if they can’t learn to trust each other, their natures will destroy them both. FATED IN STONE Meeting his destined mate in the middle of a deadly battle with a monster topples years of Ben Logan’s plans and expectations. To save the woman destined to save him, he makes one of the biggest mistakes of his life. A mistake that could cost him everything. When Elle Barker discovers the world holds terrifying monsters unlike anything she’s ever seen, she turns to the one man she thinks she can trust, only to find out, he’s not what he seems either. To save their future, they must learn to trust each other. But first they have to survive the monsters. keywords: Paranormal Romance; Dark Fantasy; werewolf and shifter; horror fantasy romance; paranormal and urban fantasy; monsters and myths; paranormal werewolves and shifters romance; fantasy and futuristic romance; contemporary fantasy; Urban Fantasy romance; horror romance; horror fantasy; series paranormal romance; monsters and demons; ancient myths and legends

Download or read book Silver Skin written by Joan Lennon and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skara Brae, Orkney, during the Neolithic period. The sun is dying, crops are failing and the local inhabitants fear that the end of the world is near. When a strange boy appears from nowhere, dressed in an odd silver suit - his 'silver skin' - the community is thrown into confusion. Who is he, where is he from, and why has he come? Is he a selkie or seal person, a mythical being believed to have magical powers? For Cait, herself an outsider in the community, the boy, Rab, arouses a strange fascination as she finds herself strangely drawn towards him. For Voy, the Old Woman, Rab represents the only hope for the sun's regeneration, but only if his silver skin is burnt in a huge sacrificial blaze. As the pyre is built, Rab must fight for his life if he is ever to be able to return to his own time. And if he succeeds, what will be the fate of the islanders he will leave behind?

Download or read book The Secrets of Selkie Moon written by Virginia King and published by Celestial Hedgehog. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “These books are fascinating, mysterious, imaginative, creative and intricate … Amazing writing. Loved them. The way everything comes together is breathtaking.” Goodreads reviewer. Secrets. Lies. Visions? If you think you know your history … think again. When Selkie Moon escapes her abusive marriage and reclaims the name her dead mother gave her, she lands in Hawaii with a little red suitcase and not much else. As she rebuilds her life, her new friends amuse her with stories from the local folklore. But when a vision appears to Selkie in a kahuna's mirror and threatens her life, it unleashes a series of events so strange and frightening they begin to lift the lid on long-buried secrets. What really happened on the beach thirty three years ago? Why did her step-mother rename her Elkie? And why won't her father talk about it? As her reality crumbles around her, Selkie must learn to trust her psychic twinges and investigate every belief her life is built upon. And time is running out. What she discovers begins a journey that will take her around the globe to uncover one secret after another … and summon the courage and resourcefulness to survive each one. The First Lie: Hawaii The Second Path: France The Third Note: Ireland If you love complex mysteries with lightning pace, twists and turns you never see coming, quirky clues and a sprinkling of the supernatural – then you'll love The Secrets of Selkie Moon. Get it now.

Download or read book Tell Me a Story written by Amy Friedman and published by Tell Me A Story. This book was released on 2006 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight multicultural folktales from the popular syndicated newspaper feature Tell me a story transport listeners from the banks of the mighty Mississippi to a sparkling stream in Kyoto, from the misty moors of Scotland to Africa's folktale forests, where legendary heroes, mythical maidens and talented tricksters weave their magic.

Download or read book The English and Scottish Popular Ballads written by Francis James Child and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-09-08 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich field of English balladry was virgin territory before Francis James Child entered it. The few published ballad editions that existed were unreliable, filled with unacknowledged editorial changes and distortions of the original manuscripts. Professor Child compiled all the extant ballads with all known variants, and made them available for the first time — together with his invaluable commentary that prefaces each work — in a single source that maintained absolute fidelity to the original texts. Published between 1882 and 1898, the original ten-part study became the definitive collection of popular ballads in the English language, never to be superceded. To this day, scholars and devotees speak of "The Child Ballads" with the awe and respect generated by few other literary works. Volume 1: Parts I and II of the original set, ballads 1-53 including "Edward," "Lord Randal," "Tam Lin," "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight," "Earl Brand," "Thomas Rymer," more. Biographical sketch of Child by Prof. Kittredge, Child's portrait, additions and corrections.

Download or read book The Nature of Water and Air written by Regina McBride and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-08-23 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My mother was never easy in the world of houses. She was a tinker, a traveler girl who had married a wealthy man. Her name was Agatha Sheehy....There are silences all around my mother's story." So begins The Nature of Water and Air, set on a patch of Irish coast where, amid a flurry of whispers, we meet Agatha's only surviving daughter, Clodagh. Determined to secure her mother's elusive love and the truth about her, Clodagh is swept into a relationship with a handsome, isolated man. He brings her to the heart of her mother's story, where she must confront the questions "Does a truth change love?" and "What madness will come from chasing a secret?" Powerfully sensitive, this startling debut novel about forbidden love will place Regina McBride among our most celebrated novelists.

Download or read book Silver Skin written by Joan Lennon and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A time-travelling boy finds adventure, danger and young love in Stone Age Scotland in this “weird but wonderful fantasy” YA book (Guardian, UK). The people of Skara Brae, a prehistoric village in the Orkney Islands, face a dying sun and failing crops. When a strange boy appears from nowhere, dressed in an odd silver suit, some wonder if his presence is a bad omen. Young Cait is drawn to the boy from the moment she magically heals his injuries. But for the old woman Voy, he represents the only hope for the sun’s regeneration—if they can burn his silver skin in a huge sacrificial blaze. Rab was only meant to travel back to the 19th century as part of a homework assignment. Instead, he lands in the Neolithic era, confused and injured—until he meets Cait. With her, Rab begins to enjoy his time in Skara Brae. But when a pyre is built for him, he must fight for his life. Can he escape back to his own time, even if it means leaving Cait and Skara Brae behind?

Download or read book From Girl to Goddess written by Valerie Estelle Frankel and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many are familiar with Joseph Campbell’s theory of the hero’s journey, the idea that every man from Moses to Hercules grows to adulthood while battling his alter-ego. This book explores the universal heroine’s journey as she quests through world myth. Numerous stories from cultures as varied as Chile and Vietnam reveal heroines who battle for safety and identity, thereby upsetting popular notions of the passive, gentle heroine. Only after she has defeated her dark side and reintegrated can the heroine become the bestower of wisdom, the protecting queen and arch-crone. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Download or read book Selkie written by Gillian McClure and published by . This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter has heard of the legend of the Selkie seals who can turn into humans, but he can't believe it when he rescues a real, live Selkie from the oysterman's nets. The two become friends, and Selkie teaches Peter the language of the sea. But someone else has his eye on the Selkie, and danger threatens Peter and his new friend.