Download or read book Once Upon A Curse written by Yasmine Galenorn and published by Fiddlehead Press. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alpha written by Audrey Faye and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pack broken. A pup in danger. A submissive wolf who will fight with her last breath. Hayden Scott doesn't know his stroll in the woods is going to start with a backpack full of watermelon and end with him the new alpha of the Ghost Mountain Pack. A very traumatized pack, and those are only the shifters he can see. Too many are missing, hiding in the woods or worse. His wolf doesn't care. He has a pack. One with maple-sryup-covered toddlers, a ten-year-old boy who smells like wolf right up until he shifts, and a brave woman with green eyes and serious trust problems who defended her pup with nothing more than a tree branch and sheer guts. The walk ahead won't be easy, but he has a list. Burn down the den. Deal with the evil still stalking the woods. Call Mom.

Download or read book Dragon Kin Lily and Oceana written by Shae Geary and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dragon Star has chosen again - and this time, it must be mistaken. Lily is off to an elf wedding with her friends, which might be a fate worse than death. So she thinks - until she sticks her fingers in the water of a river far from home. What she finds will change her life and challenge the bravest dragons she knows. And might involve some accidental dragon soup. Dragon Kin: Lily & Oceana is book two of a new fantasy series for readers of all ages. If you love dragons, ordinary heroes, and bravery that has to be earned one day at a time, we hope you'll give Dragon Kin a try!

Download or read book Star Rebels written by Audrey Faye and published by C. Gockel. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are rebels among the stars... Meet eleven protagonists battling to save themselves and the ones they love. Human, cyborg, clone, or alien, they'll find themselves pitted against intergalactic crime bosses, interstellar mercenaries, a quantum-wave-riding collective mind, and the universe itself. Along the way, there’s plenty of action, adventure, humor, and even some romance. Written by the freshest voices in science fiction, these stories are short, but they’ll light your imagination like a solar flare. Strap yourself in and join the rebellion! Download this collection today. About the Star Rebels Stories: A Tale of Two Ships by Audrey Faye A KarmaCorp Story Two ships crash into an unimportant digger rock. The first carries a newborn baby. The second will rewrite her destiny. Carl Sagan’s Hunt for Intelligent Life in the Universe by C. Gockel An Archangel Project Story Sometimes intelligent life is right in front of your whiskers. Blood Ties by Christine Pope A Gaian Consortium Story On the outlaw world of Iradia, Miala Fels and her computer hacker father discover that taking the wrong commission can have unexpected consequences. Passage Out by Anthea Sharp A Victoria Eternal Story Street rat Diana Smythe has long since given up her hopes of escaping Earth, but that doesn’t mean she can’t watch the ships fly in and out of the spaceport and dream… Arcturus 5 by D.L. Dunbar A Twenty Sectors Story Xella went to Arcturus 5 to mediate a simple trade dispute between the Mol and the Dark, but now she’s not sure she’ll get out alive. Treason’s Course by L.J. Cohen A Halcyone Space Story In the midst of Earth's first off-planet war, a soldier is given a covert assignment and must decide if treason lies in carrying out her orders or disobeying them. Falling by Pippa DaCosta A Girl From Above Story Trapped in a scrappers rig with a woman he’s been hired to kill, Caleb Shepperd is beginning to wonder if this job could be his last. Starfall Station by Lindsay Buroker A Fallen Empire Story After the empire falls, cyborg soldier Leonidas Adler must avoid the Alliance operatives who want him for secrets only he knows, but that’s easier said than done. Worse, his past threatens those he’s traveling with, including Alisa, the freighter captain he has come to care about. Luminescence by Patty Jansen An ISF-Allion World Story Hadie learns the price of being an artificial human when her partner has an accident and becomes unresponsive. Glome by James Wells A Great Symmetry Story Humanity’s first interstellar colony ship has arrived at its destination, only to find an inhospitable death trap of a planet. Crew member Amanda Bowen wishes that was the biggest problem she faced. Unfinished by Kendra C. Highley An Unstrung Story In a world where genetically-engineered humans serve as slave labor to “real humans,” two prototype children, designed to be the most superior models ever created, look to each other to find a way to escape their fate. They may discover that being “artificial” doesn't mean they can't love. Tags: free, space opera, speculative fiction, science fiction, sci-fi, anthologies, short stories, aliens, clones, genetics, quantum physics, Carl Sagan, cyborgs, space ships, action, adventure, romance

Download or read book Magic to the Bone written by Devon Monk and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-11-04 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devon Monk is casting a spell on the fantasy world... Using magic means it uses you back, and every spell exacts a price from its user. But some people get out of it by Offloading the cost of magic onto an innocent. Then it’s Allison Beckstrom’s job to identify the spell-caster. Allie would rather live a hand-to-mouth existence than accept the family fortune—and the strings that come with it. But when she finds a boy dying from a magical Offload that has her father’s signature all over it, Allie is thrown back into his world of black magic. And the forces she calls on in her quest for the truth will make her capable of things that some will do anything to control...

Download or read book Magic for a Price written by Devon Monk and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most of her life, Allison Beckstrom has used magic and accepted the heavy price it exacts. But now that all magic is poisoned, it’s no longer just using people—it’s killing them. With Portland about to descend into chaos, Allie needs to find a way to purify the wells of tainted magic beneath the city. But the only options left to her are grim: attempt to close down magic forever, or follow her father’s plan to set magic into the right hands—even though she’s learned to never trust his word. Now, Allie will have to make a choice and face the darkness of her own deepest fears, before time runs out for them all…

Download or read book Magic In the Blood written by Devon Monk and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic stirred in me, offering whatever I wanted. With little more than a thought and a gesture or two, I could make magic do anything. So long as I was willing to pay the price… Allison Beckstrom knows better than most that when magic’s involved, nothing’s free. She’s had to pay its price of migraines and forgetfulness while working as a Hound, tracing illegal spells back to their casters. And even though magic has stolen her recent memory—including her history with the man she supposedly fell in love with—Allie isn’t about to give up on Hounding, or the city she cares about. Then the police’s magic enforcement division asks her to consult on what seems to be a straightforward missing persons case. But what began as a way to make rent leads Allie into grave danger when the trail she’s following draws her into the dark underworld of criminals, ghosts, and blood magic. There, Allie discovers it will take more than just magic to survive. “We’re going to be hearing a lot more of Devon Monk.” —New York Times Bestselling Author Patricia Briggs “Monk’s writing is addictive, and the only cure is more, more, more!” —New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Vincent

Download or read book Magic in the Shadows written by Devon Monk and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Allison Beckstrom?s magic has taken its toll on her, physically marking her and erasing her memories?including those of the man she supposedly loves. But lost memories aren?t the only things preying on Allie?s thoughts. Her late father, the prominent businessman?and sorcerer?Daniel Beckstrom, has somehow channeled himself into her very mind. With the help of The Authority, a secret organization of magic users, she hopes to gain better control over her own abilities?and find a way to deal with her father?

Download or read book Dragon Kin the Final Two written by Shae Geary and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-23 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are only four. The prophecy speaks of five. They have time yet... until the Dragon Star sends visions of doom for the dragons across the waters and even those not called must be ready. A small elf who has waited so very long for a dragon of her own prepares to do what she can to help her friends pack their bags and meet their destinies, and hides the terrible sadness in her own heart. She has not been chosen. Then the dragon queen looks into Kellan's eyes and says the three words that will change everything. It is time.

Download or read book Dragon Kin Sapphire and Lotus written by Shae Geary and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient prophecy speaks of the five, those who will come to save all of dragonkind. Like most prophecies, it leaves out a lot of the important details... The very ordinary elf girl who runs for the hills--and gets lost in a forest instead. The dragon egg, precariously perched high in a tree on a dark winter's night. And what happens when egg meets girl. Dragon Kin: Sapphire & Lotus is book one of a new fantasy series for readers of all ages. If you love dragons, ordinary heroes, or bravery that has to be earned one day at a time, we hope you'll give this book a try!

Download or read book Hell Bent written by Devon Monk and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instead of the deadly force it once was, magic is now a useless novelty. But not for Shame Flynn and Terric Conley, “breakers” who have the gift for reverting magic back to its full-throttle power. In the magic-dense city of Portland, Oregon, keeping a low profile means keeping their gifts quiet. After three years of dealing with disgruntled magic users, Shame and Terric have had enough of politics, petty magic, and, frankly, each other. It’s time to call it quits. When the government discovers the breakers’ secret—and its potential as a weapon—Shame and Terric suddenly become wanted men, the only ones who can stop the deadly gift from landing in the wrong hands. If only a pair of those wrong hands didn’t belong to a drop-dead-gorgeous assassin Shame is falling for as if it were the end of the world. And if he gets too close to her, it very well could be....

Download or read book Dragon Kin Alonia and Trift written by Shae Geary and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes being silly can be deadly serious. Alonia is the kind of elf who wears a pretty dress to go gathering in the forest just because it makes her happy. And it seems to work. It gathers her a dragon, one who likes to be silly and moon over cute boys just like she does. Which is all fine and good until they turn the weapon's master's sword into... well, I can't tell you. That would be a spoiler. ;) Dragon Kin: Alonia & Trift is book three of a new fantasy series for readers of all ages. If you love dragons, ordinary heroes, and bravery that has to be earned one day at a time, we hope you'll give Dragon Kin a try!

Download or read book Cold Copper written by Devon Monk and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Steampunk America of the 1800's, where strange creatures, machines and magic all aim to claim some scrap of land and sky, Ceder Hunt, a cursed bounty hunter who is also a werewolf, must fight to hold on to what is left of his humanity. Sent on a mission to track down all the pieces of a deadly weapon, he lands in a town where no one is safe from the mythical creatures who hunt there. A glorious mix of steampunk, sci-fi and Western.

Download or read book Dead Iron written by Devon Monk and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to a new America that is built on blood, sweat, and gears... In steam age America, men, monsters, machines, and magic battle for the same scrap of earth and sky. In this chaos, bounty hunter Cedar Hunt rides, cursed by lycanthropy and carrying the guilt of his brother's death. Then he's offered hope that his brother may yet survive. All he has to do is find the Holder: a powerful device created by mad devisers-and now in the hands of an ancient Strange who was banished to walk this Earth. In a land shaped by magic, steam, and iron, where the only things a man can count on are his guns, gears, and grit, Cedar will have to depend on all three if he's going to save his brother and reclaim his soul once and for all...

Download or read book Crucible Zero written by Devon Monk and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The national bestselling author of Infinity Bell returns to her “fresh and unique”* world where the truce between the ruling Houses has shattered and chaos now reigns. Only one woman has the power to save the world—but she could also destroy it. . . . Matilda Case never thought of herself as a hero. But because she is galvanized—and nearly immortal in her stitched, endlessly healing body—she doesn’t have much of a choice. Even if she doesn’t want to save the world, she’s the only one capable of traveling in time to do so. But her rescue attempt hasn’t gone as planned. She’s stuck in an alternate universe, and her world is in danger of disappearing. Worst of all, an unfathomably powerful man who can also travel through history doesn’t want her to put things to rights. He’s willing to wage bloody war to stop Matilda, unless she surrenders control of time to him. Now, with the minutes ticking, Matilda must make impossible decisions, knowing that one wrong choice will destroy her—and any chance of saving everything she loves. . . . *A Book Obsession

Download or read book Infinity Bell written by Devon Monk and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to national bestselling author Devon Monk's heartpounding House Immortal series, where eleven powerful Houses control the world and all its resources. But now, the treaty between them has been broken, and no one—not even the immortal galvanized—is safe.... Matilda Case isn’t normal. Normal people aren’t stitched together, inhumanly strong, and ageless, as she and the other galvanized are. Normal people’s bodies don’t hold the secret to immortality—something the powerful Houses will kill to possess. And normal people don’t know that they’re going to die in a few days. Matilda’s fight to protect the people she loves triggered a chaotic war between the Houses and shattered the world’s peace. On the run, she must find a way to stop the repeat of the ancient time experiment that gifted her and the other galvanized with immortality. Because this time, it will destroy her and everything she holds dear. Caught in a cat-and-mouse game of lies, betrayal, and unseen foes, Matilda must fight to save the world from utter destruction. But time itself is her enemy, and every second brings her one step closer to disaster....

Download or read book Magic at the Gate written by Devon Monk and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Allie Beckstrom's lover, Zayvion Jones, is a Guardian of the Gate, imbued with both light and dark magic and responsible for ensuring that those energies don't mix. But Zayvion lies in a coma, his soul trapped in death's realm. And when Allie discovers that the only way to save Zayvion is to sacrifice her very own magical essence, she makes a decision that may have grave consequences for the entire world.