Scottish Borders, 1921. When Eleanor Armstrong and her brother Thomas move from Edinburgh to the old house of Anton’s Walls, they hope to give Thomas peace from the shell-shock that damaged his mind. Instead, they find a community that refuses to accept incomers and a house with an evil past. Scottish Borders, 1321. Newly knighted Sir Andrew Douglas hopes for glory and adventure when he ventures to the crusades, but is diverted to fight the rogue knight Hugo de Soulis at Caercorbie. Past and present combine in this dark tale of necromancy and demons amongst the moorland and hills of rural Scotland. Can Eleanor and Thomas overcome an ancient, powerful evil?

Scotland, 1899. When young orphan Ellen Luath starts work as a kitchen maid in a remote farm, she hopes she has left her troubled past behind. But something is not right at Kingsinch farm. Soon, supernatural forces of long past return to haunt Ellen, and she finds herself in a circle of darkness that invades her mind, and threatens her life. As time and place alter, can Ellen keep her sanity, and find her place in an increasingly confusing world?

Books 4-5 in Helen Susan Swift's series of historical horror novels, 'Tales From The Dark Past', now available in one volume! Whistlers Of The Dark: In 1899 Scotland, orphaned Ellen Luath seeks solace in a new job as a kitchen maid at Kingsinch farm. However, her troubled past catches up with her as eerie supernatural forces from long ago resurface, plunging her into a menacing web of darkness. Amid shifting time and place, Ellen must battle to preserve her sanity and discover her purpose in an increasingly bewildering reality. But can she find her way amidst the encroaching shadows? Guardian Of The Dark Slap: Scottish Borders, 1921. Eleanor Armstrong and her troubled brother Thomas seek solace in the ancient dwelling of Anton's Walls, aiming to provide him respite from the haunting effects of shell-shock. Instead, they encounter a hostile community unwilling to accept outsiders and a house shrouded in a malevolent history. Meanwhile, in the year 1321, Sir Andrew Douglas embarks on a journey to the crusades, only to be diverted to confront the rogue knight Hugo de Soulis at Caercorbie. As past and present intertwine, a chilling tale emerges, revealing the presence of demonic forces amidst the moorlands of rural Scotland.

Bound Away: Volume One By: LCDR John W. Hedegor, U.S. Navy (ret'd) In John Hedegor’s sci-fi series, the first volume tells of Drew’s journey to another world, another time. After seeking shelter in a barn from a storm, Drew wakes up to realize that although it is the same barn he went to sleep in, everything else has changed drastically. In Bound Away, where science is true, Drew cannot return home until he has fulfilled his mission.

(Young adult paranormal fantasy) Ashala’s transformation is complete, the six Paths and their purpose—and hers—finally understood. With the Edge crumbling, neglect and outside attack causing the collapse and the protective race of Guardians gone, only Aiden and Ashala, with the help of his Portal Key, can defeat the Enemy and restore the Edge. But it means a greater sacrifice than Aiden was expecting and what may well be his final adventure into the End of Nowhere… KEYWORDS: young adult fantasy, young adult dark fantasy, young adult action adventure series, young adult action adventure books, action adventure, action adventure series, action adventure books

A splendid, violent spring suddenly grips Bucharest in the 1980s after a brutal winter. Tolea, an eccentric middle-aged intellectual who has been dismissed from his job as a high school teacher on "moral grounds," is investigating his father's death forty years after the fact, and is drawn into a web of suspicion and black humor. "Reading 'The Black Envelope,' one might think of the poisonous 'black milk' of Celan's 'Death Fugue' or the claustrophobic air of mounting terror in Mr. Appelfeld's 'Badenheim 1939.' . . . Mr. Manea offers striking images and insights into the recent experience of Eastern Europe."—New York Times Book Review

The New York Times bestselling author of White Tiger returns as primal desire draws two lone shifters into each other’s arms... She wasn’t ready to lead... Chosen as the Guardian of her Montana Shiftertown, wolf Shifter Rae Lyall is facing opposition—for no woman has ever been selected for this powerful position. Still adjusting to the new authority thrust upon her, Rae travels to train with Zander Moncrieff, a Shifter healer, tasked with teaching her about her new role and its responsibilities. He wasn’t ready to love... A polar bear Shifter, Zander wears no Collar and follows no rules but his own. Rae finds him arrogant and demanding, yet compelling and intriguing. Zander has no wish to mate but the sassy Guardian is drawing him out of his shell, stirring feelings long suppressed. And when a new threat looms over Rae’s home, she and Zander must race to the rescue, forced closer to danger...and to each other.

To protect, is to change the course of history. Fail, though, and you’ll fall. Grace Smith is about to fall, and there’s nothing that can stop her. She was destined to lose the sacred energy pumping in her veins since birth. The multiverse has always had a plan for her, and now that dark plan unfolds, one dead body at a time. Grace is used to running from the dark forces hell-bent on murdering her, and she’s good at it. Then she runs into the one man she can’t escape. Alex Round, Supreme Outer Guardian. When he picks her up on a backwater planet by accident, he thinks she’s a pointless distraction. Then hell unravels, and the fabric of reality fractures with it. At its heart sits the one woman he must now protect, no matter what. Can someone who has run her whole life stop still long enough to accept the help of the only man who can save her? Or will she tumble into the arms or danger and take the rest of the multiverse with her? … Star’s Guardian follows a runaway and a lieutenant fighting through secrets to save a lost universe. If you love your space operas with action, heart, and a splash of romance, grab Star’s Guardian: The Complete Series today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell series. Star’s Guardian is the 1st Supreme Outer Guardian series. A massive, exciting, and heroic sci-fi world where the day is always saved and hearts are always won, each series can be read separately, so plunge in today.

The Elemental Project is a modern young adult sci-fi inspired by alchemical history. The story follows Guardian Lucas Sawyer and four angelic elementals on their quest to create the philosopher’s stone. Alchemy is not built on science or data, but rather secrets and deceit. The trick is to finding the truth when all you have ever been taught was a lie. Guardian Lucas Sawyer had only one goal in mind: prove to his fellow Elondohnians that he’d make an excellent guardian chief like his father before him. His first task in doing so, is to protect the four angelic elementals and help them create the philosopher’s stone. He trained his entire life for this and was prepared to do whatever it takes to accomplish this mission. He didn’t predict that he’d start falling for the earth elemental, Vita, or that doing so could be deadly. He’s confident that if he remains focused on his task, no harm can be done. But when a hidden prophecy is discovered with more than one shocking revelation, Lucas is forced to choose between loyalty and love. Would all those years of guardian training be enough to stop the prophecy from coming into fruition? If not, what were the consequences of his failure?

All fairy tales must come to an end.... Read the final book in the epic fantasy romance series, Dark Court Rising, today! The Darkness is coming.... Thiago is gone, and enemies surround me on all sides. But when the Queen of Ravenal offers me a deal—knowledge of my husband’s true nature in exchange for my pledge to destroy my wicked mother—there’s a glimmer of hope in my world. I could have him back. I could return him to life. All I have to do is venture into the Underworld and barter with the God of Death…. Is my Light enough to counter his Darkness? But when Thiago returns, even though his kiss is as familiar to me as my own breath, there are shadows in his night-dark eyes, and a violent, desperate sense of possession to his touch. It’s like he’s drowning, and my light is the only thing holding his head above the tide of Darkness threatening to consume him. But with a dark god rising in the north, and my mother threatening war, maybe we need his Darkness in order to vanquish all…. Maybe it’s time we both unleashed the true nature of our powers. My light. His Darkness. Together we can burn the world to ashes…. The final heart stopping conclusion to the Thiago and Iskvien fantasy romance trilogy! Forbidden love will consume them in this tale of a pair of fated mates desperate to save each other. Curse of Darkness is a fantasy romance that features a pair of soulmates determined to forge their own fate, and the wicked queen who will stop at nothing to tear them apart. Read this epic fantasy romance filled with magic and fairy tale twists today! The Dark Court Rising series: - Fantasy Romance - Paranormal Romance - Fae Romance - Kings and Queens - Fairy tale Romance - Hades and Persephone retelling - Fated Mates - Enemies to lovers