A Cry of Shadows
He can restore memory with venom--now he wants to resurrect the soul.
75 books
He can restore memory with venom--now he wants to resurrect the soul.
A secret lab. A psychic spy. A machine that can hijack the human mind.Dr. Andromeda Jones accepts a research post in California, unaware she's about to be…
The son of shape-shifting goats, William Gruff escaped a dire fate when his family is bound to the evil pervading Woodcutter's Grim, the only shelter for supernatural creatures. Adaryn Azar, a legendary phoenix, changes his lonely life. But a happily-ever-after may be impossible when the hunter who's tracked her for centuries finds her again. Dying and resurrecting would mean forfeiting the life growing inside her. Unfathomably, Woodcutter's Grim may be the only safe place left.
She was born to seal the gate. He was bred to break her.
The prospects for recovery for Officer Bob Kelly were not good. Shot twice during a traffic stop, the emergency room doctors had worked feverishly to save his…
For the ten generations since the evil first came to Woodcutter's Grim, the Guardians have sworn an oath to protect the town from the childhood horrors that lurk in the black woods. Without them, the town would be defenseless...and the terrors would escape to the world at large. This collection contains the four-book miniseries within the Woodcutter's Grim Series dealing with the curse on the Shaussegeny family.
For the ten generations since the evil first came to Woodcutter's Grim, the Guardians have sworn an oath to protect the town from the childhood horrors that lurk in the black woods. Without them, the town would be defenseless...and the terrors would escape to the world at large. This collection includes Books 1-3 in the series along with The Final Chapter.
Jori's recovering from injuries earned on her first adventure in Unipuri and she's now living in two worlds. Jori enjoys being a Solar, charged with protecting the doorway between worlds. She can't always hide her dual lives, though, when she puts her life on the line in the centuries-long war raging in Unipuri. Enemies of the Solars target Jori and follow her from Unipuri to Earth, threatening her life and the ones she loves most.
Blood will have blood... George and Rafe are some of the last descendants of the Mino-Miskwi Native American tribe. Their elders disappeared 125 years ago after tearing a hole in the veil between worlds. From the beginning, George has been cautious about anything mystical. But is eldritch justice the only thing that can heal Erie County's paranormal vulnerability once and for all? Or will the already thin veil between worlds be sundered completely?
When Bennet was 8, he fell for Ice. When they were 19, she disappeared. Still grieving a year later, he's floored at her return. Her comment about "how to bury what won't stay dead" compels him to solve her mysteries. But how does a mortal fight creation's first murderer when the entity bears an immortal seal and made a pact with the devil?
As a child, Esme was kidnapped and locked in a cold, dark basement. Her friends were rodents, insects, and the changeable terror that held her hostage. The only thing that kept her sane those nightmare years were her books. She's been on the run since her escape a few months ago, never expecting to find another bound spirit come back to life.
The Hunt are children sent from an endangered world in another universe/dimension of reality, to protect them from a despot who wants to command their Talents.
She makes spindles. He juggles knives. When danger strikes, their worlds collide.
During a rare weekend off, Chief Superintendent Jane Doe catches a news story involving a dead body wrapped in a plastic shroud, this gruesome discovery was made in the cliffs below the Point Lonsdale Lighthouse. Rough winter weather combined with unusually heavy, high tides washed away the grave, leaving it partially covered in rocks and seaweed. Something eerie took place in Cadavers' Cave a year ago, and with her ability to speak to victim's ghosts, Jane may be the only one who can solve this tragic mystery.
Two children holidaying at the Cape Otway Lighthouse Station in Victoria Australia meet the ghost of an old Scottish sea captain who roams the world helping…
Who makes the geometric crop circle designs that have appeared in fields around the world for over 30 years? When Novelist Risa McKensie plans to write about the fantastic works of art, she receives an anonymous warning to drop the project. Despite the escalation of the threats, she discounts advice that she should fear The Meridians, a powerful consortium that thrives on war and chaos. Why would a novel about crop circles concern them?
When Sir Peter Percival, owner of the Woodburne Wine Estate and former member of Parliament, is found dead, three Australian detectives embark on a baffling…
The summer when Heather was eighteen, her dream beast's nightly visits warded off loneliness and swept her away in flights of ecstasy.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again... Corinne has become the heir of her dead husband's family estate. Crooked House lives up to its disturbing name, as does the last of the line who disappears so often she could believe he's a ghost. But to believe is to accept the claims of ghost hunter, Rafe Yager: The longer she stays in Crooked House, the less chance she'll ever leave.
Twenty-five years ago, Gwen Nicholson-Nelson was in a car accident that left behind a strange gift. She can see the future, and death, before it comes to pass. She also has a disturbing connection with another psychic like her who not only sees into others but manipulates and destroys. When her nemesis targets the man she loves, Gwen must act--before her vision of Dylan's death comes to pass.
An inheritance of shadows. A vampire bound by blood. A love that could destroy them both.
The explosion nearly killed her, but it also brought her back to life...The explosion that should have killed Dawn ignites a fiery trail of buried memories…
Some detours lead exactly where you need to go.
After Ian Crane rescued her from Tegan Hathaway's killer and revealed his dangerous powers, Mia Burke is more determined than ever to find out what's really…
A recurring nightmare, winning lottery ticket and blasted planet are the initial signs of the coming terrible force of evil. Chaos spreads and civilization crumbles when evil descends. Three men called by God make their way to Earth to take a stand against an enemy of unimaginable power brought about as judgment upon a human race that has forgotten its Creator. He that has ears let him hear...
Mia Burke's life was pretty ordinary; that is, until she begins her junior year at Davenport High. She meets two of Flicker Island's residents Aylin Crane and her brother, Ian. Mia notices right away there's something strange about the twins and their little island. So how come no one else notices the twins seem to possess some unusual abilities? And why do Mia's parents act so weird when she mentions Flicker Island, like they've fallen under some sort of spell?
In Leams, turning thirteen changes everything.
Daniel is a mystery, found injured after a freak storm. His miracle recovery makes medical history. After witnessing the murders of her parents, Wren loses her memory and unlocks Talents. Grown, Daniel sets out in search of answers and meets Wren. The two discover an instant bond. Guarded by the mysterious, interdimensional shadow creatures Daniel knows only as the felin-ru, they dare to try to make a life together.
Iris Davenport hates the memories that come with world-shaking thunderstorms. She doesn't want to remember she's a member of the Hunt.
Recovering from near fatal head injuries received from a serial killer, who is still at large, Inspector Jane Doe, head of Melbourne Homicide, is staying in an…
Father Michel Emeric and Dr. Ray Benson warn young widow Kate Jacobs of occult danger stalking her, but she dismisses them until her four-year-old daughter Sara disappears. Though she's rescued, dark powers from beyond seek to destroy Kate and Sara and prevent the birth of a future child foretold to be a powerful, uniquely gifted warrior against evil.
Baris has everything: A wife he worships, a child he adores, a life of comfort and security.
Jaeger needs blood. Half Vector, half human, newly coming of age, Jaeger is now drawn to human blood for the first time in his already long life.
A strange stone. A shattered mind. A legacy buried deep in time.When research student Rick Jennings stumbles across a carved black rock in the Australian bush…
Head of Melbourne Homicide, Inspector Jane Doe's first Cold Case involves the recent death of a daughter of a Member of Parliament.
A man's past rides faster than his horse -- and there's no outrunning a guilty conscience.
When Margaret L. Carter first read Dracula at the age of twelve, her spontaneous reaction was to wonder how the undead Count saw the events in which he was…
In multiple worlds, there are tales of Hub Worlds, where many different realms can meet and intersect.Some travel between worlds through the power of the mind…
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned... Just out of college, Bella inherits a house in Bloodmoon Cove that seems perfect to live in and start a boutique with her childhood best friends. They joke about the house being haunted, but one ghost is trying desperately to communicate with her. Her great grandfather was an illegal alien who left Cuba to escape a suicidally unhappy girl with just one solace in her life...
What you don't know can hurt you... Sybilla marries her much older entrepreneur partner Tobias. Their publishing house produces a book series focused on unusual homes. After suffering memory loss about his past, Tobias inherits an isolated estate at the top of a mountain. Uncovering its mysteries becomes their next project. The voice of a ghost urges, Find me, leading Syl to hidden rooms and the skeletons of a family desperate to escape its demons...
84-year-old Sylvia barely escapes death when a teenage driver plows down six children and a crossing guard, never looking back.
What happens when the hunter becomes the protector?
Loosely based on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". When the evil in Woodcutter's Grim unleashed, humans turned into ghouls with the instinct to contaminate others. The Protectorate--the guardians sworn to protect the town--are all that hold the threat at bay. Guardian hunter Reece Pallaton discovers the source of the evil, the mirror that's only the opposite half of the "glass darkly" world he lives in, and his own terrifying connection to both.
A shape-shifting goat, William Gruff escaped being bound to the evil pervading Woodcutter's Grim, the sole shelter for supernatural creatures. Years later, he and his pregnant wife, Adaryn Azar, a phoenix, have no choice but to flee there themselves. But just one phoenix can exist in the world. Will the powerful magic Liam wields consume him before he can build the only bridge that can take him and Adaryn into the sun of Eternal Paradise?
Khyber is entrusted with remembering the exiles' history and all they've learned. She has many gifts, but her talent for telling stories becomes the most important when it offers them a chance to find other exiles. However, enemies have followed them to Earth, and the only way to protect the others is to live separate from them under a false name. Khyber will do whatever it takes...and in the process find her way home.
When Dayree's gifts don't emerge as expected by those in power, she's mocked and shunned. Exploring other gifts, she meets her soulmate Jayx. A threat to their village awakens Dayree's gift. But, years later, rebels rise again, and Dayree and her allies fall through the vortex to Wildvine, trapping them on Earth. Someday, they hope one will be born with the Talent to get them home again.
Alex was born in another universe, heir to the captain of a Leap ship. Her genetics allow her to link her mind with a ship and slide through the fabric of space, going from one universe to another. But enemies are getting closer to the truth and closer to capturing the "alien invaders" they've sought for years. What will Alex need to sacrifice to help her birth mother and protect her father's career?
A vanished child. A prehistoric world. A race to heal the damage time has done.When their baby daughter Gaia disappears in a flash of uncontrolled energy…
Lost: Damaris remembers nothing of the past 48 hours. A retired couple found her in their woods. Their remodeling efforts uncover a hidden enclosure that cages what they don't dare set free. Found: What does a lifelong bachelor do when the woman of his dreams steps into his sanctuary and he finds all he's been missing…but revealing the truth behind their meeting could tear them apart for all time?
A science project with a mind of its own.
A powerful Vector roams the dark alleys and streets searching for his next victim.
When she arrives home, Mia starts sharing horrible nightmares with Ian, and she starts to fear they've brought something back with them from the island. As the nightmares become more and more real, Mia and the twins have to figure out who is behind them before the dreams start to leak into reality and destroy them all in this chilling conclusion to the Nightmare Island Series.
When Jori walks into Old Solar's Shoppe, prophecies awaken and claim her. Lew has already lost one apprentice, and he isn't happy when the dreamstone marks Jori as his new apprentice. Lew and Jori become friends and he teaches her about the world called Unipuri she believes is make-believe. Then an ancient evil attempts to reach across multiple universes and force protective barriers wide open. Suddenly, make-believe becomes more real than anything she's ever known.
The youngest son in a family of shape-shifting billy goats, William Gruff escaped a dire fate but his life is desperately lonely, engineering fantastical bridges that defy logic. Nothing prepares him for meeting Adaryn Azar. Adaryn has a secret that keeps her on the run. Just as everything she's ever wanted is about to come true with Liam, her enemy discovers her. But starting over would mean losing the timeless love she's found with Liam…
Cordelia and her twin sister don't realize the mother who left them soon after their birth bequeathed them a dark bloodline. They're half vampire.
Cinden Lai is a firstborn, a member of the Hunt. She finds sanctuary with a reclusive old woman when the Hounds of Hamin bring her to Earth, but now her dreams…
Back into the mouth of hell... Daniel and Hannah are newly married with their first child on the way when Hannah is bequeathed Bloodmoon Manor. After a lifetime of poverty, the wealth associated with that house appeals to her despite that she'd barely escaped it last time with her life. Daniel's worst fears are justified. They've been lured here deliberately, and the horrors that haunt the manor aren't willing to let Hannah leave ever again...
Twyla Kotter has spent the last three years of her life suffering under the depraved, insanely cruel hands of her husband Dominic. His death gives her a new lease on life: Freedom from his perversions and abuses and the chance to fall in love a second time with someone who truly cares about her-her old friend Graham "Gray" Mecham, now the Erie County sheriff. But even when Dominic is finally dead and her escape from his terror should be certain, she realizes her happiness isn't meant to be because her husband never really let her go, even in death. Dominic's vengeful ghost followed her home to Bloodmoon Cove with Gray and he's determined to reunite them in death and the afterlife so she never again forgets who she belongs to.
When the hunter becomes the hunted, truth becomes the most dangerous weapon of all.
Science fiction conventions attract some strange people, but Sherri Hudson never expected to spend a con weekend helping a sexy man in a cape steal photos of a…
Almost nothing Rina remembers about her life is true. Rather than the ordinary librarian she believes herself to be, she's actually a sorceress who fled from…
Twelve years ago, Ryan Grey was cursed by a witch to hide a secret. He's lived with the curse of being unable to die permanently, and, he's slowly losing the…
Set in the peaceful town of Sunbury, Australia, Inspector Jane Doe, head of Melbourne Homicide, once again deals with a serial killer after grisly, dismembered…
The shocking murder of a professor at San Donorio State College brings the city police to investigate with Campus Police Officer Sarah Ferris acting as college…
Someone has unleashed an ancient evil bent on destroying Cassidy Christopher by eradicating the women he loves, one by one... Just one year earlier, Cassidy's daughter, Maddie, was attacked by a creature unleashed from its chains beneath an ancient tree his property. Robyn Warren. Maddie's best friend, hastens to her side. In the wake of newfound surrender to a love they can no longer fight, Robyn and Cass have everything they've ever wanted...except time.
Bree has lived with the burden of being born the highest level of strength among all the Talents, able to travel between worlds. She knows she visits other worlds in her dreams yet can't remember where or how when she wakes up. The exiles are depending on her, and she must awaken her gifts...but not before she attracts the attention of evil forces that want to use her to open the doorway to Earth.
An unsuspecting nurse is lured to an ancient family mansion said to hold both ghosts and horrifying secrets in order to care for three orphaned children. Amberlyn was brought to Bloodmoon Manor to uphold the family legacy. Either she finds a way to escape with the children...or she becomes the next bloodmoon bride.
Gretchen travels to Brevard, where she meets Zachary, a dealer in antiquities...decidedly unusual antiquities. This collection features the backstories of cursed items. In "Le Meneur Des Loups", Zachary possesses a cloak rumored to have the power to transform a man into a wolf. "The Clockmaker" tells the tale of a clock that chimes only when Death is near. Finally, "Casting On, Binding Off" features a pair of knitting needles that almost kill Zachary.
Will Spark only wants a good night's sleep after a night of drinking. Instead, two thugs bang on his door, demanding answers to questions he can't understand.
Very loosely based on “Metamorphoses: The Story of Pygmalion and the Statue” by Ovid. Cheyenne Welsh can't forget her past and the disappearance of her younger sister. When she returns to Woodcutter's Grim to sell the family property she grew up on, she's confronted with all the nightmare-realities of her childhood, still alive and well, still right where she left them--down in the darkness the Deep dwells inside. Her home...
Detective Chief Superintendent Jane Doe has a formidable list of cold cases on her desk.
When dragons are exposed, redemption awakens in the shadows.
They thought it was just a game--until the nightmare took on a life of its own.
Where the chicken is heavenly, the customers are dead, and salvation comes with a side of cornbread.
Shannon's little boy Daniel has disturbing psychic powers. He talks to the wind--and it listens.All Shannon wants is a normal life.