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A few decades from now, life is not all too different. People still lead regular lives, have regular jobs, do regular things. But there are many things that are changing, under the surface. The temperature on Earth has begun to soar, reaching highs that have never been experienced before. Poppy and her family are submerged into a terrifying climate disaster of global proportions, far greater than humans have ever had to endure.

Elizabeth is happy to be back in Black Bridge, a quaint English town where the mornings are cold, and the tea is hot. It seems she’s not the only one that finds it the idyllic place to be as the surrounding fields are suddenly overrun with travelers—something that several locals are unhappy about. Now that Elizabeth is working full time for The Herald, the town’s newspaper, it’s her job to cover the story, and she soon realizes that there is more going on than meets the eye.

When a former CIA operative and private investigator Mari Ellwyn starts digging into the blackmail case of a federal appellate judge, she becomes targeted by a van following her, threatening notes in her mailbox, and a breach of her home. Teaming up with seasoned investigator and former detective Derek Abernathy, the crime-savvy pair begin looking into the wrongful death of a mentally ill college student, Sophie Michaud, as well as two journalists—one dead, one missing, who were writing a story on the dead college student with allegations of her connection to the federal judge.

Scarlett Adams has had enough. Enough of men breaking her heart. Enough of the traffic and hustle of the city. So when the opportunity to take over her grandfather's horse ranch in the hills of California comes along, she jumps at it. Hudson Flannigan knows three things: horses, cars, and that he's never going to make his father proud. When Scarlett needs help getting the run-down ranch back in shape, she hires Hudson to get all the vehicles in proper working order. The spark between them is instant and hot, but neither of them wants to endure another painful breakup.

This far into 30, I never expected to still be single and living with my parents, and yet, that's precisely where I’ve found myself. But after their sudden death, my two sisters and I receive one last message from beyond the grave - and our lives change faster than our favorite tea can brew.

War is looming - but the visions Arthur has of the future show him a worse fate is possible. Arthur must act fast, if he is to save his city, his sister, and his friends.

Sissy Longston has been the accountant at Last Chance Ranch for over a year now. She's been dating as much as possible, now that she's decided her world-traveling days are over. She's not having a lot of luck, and she's started to wonder if she waited too long to pursue marriage, family, and the house with the white picket fence. Her ex-fiancé, David Merrill, works at the same ranch, and he's been careful to make sure their paths don't cross. But he's also joined the Christian dating app Sissy has, and they set up a blind date, not knowing they'll be meeting the other for dinner.

Clementine has been taken by a creature of darkness. Dorin is a fiend in love who must find Clementine before losing her forever. While on his desperate search, Dorin pens eight dark and romantic monstrous tales, written only for Clementine.

In the Skies of the Empire, there are only two things more terrifying than dragons: the attentions of the gods and the machinations of the fae. Airship pilot Cassidy Durant finds herself entangled with both when a faerie named Hymn saves her life in exchange for protection against unknown enemies. This complicates her simple life of cargo trading, since affiliating with the fae is a death sentence in the Empire.

The mysterious village of Brell isn't found on any map and has the habit of fading in and out of the surrounding river mists. In spite of this, the ordinary villagers living there don''t like anything strange. Or anyone. Althea Morgan is odd and small and doesn't fit in. Growing up, she hopes to leave Brell behind. Perhaps even go to Moor, the capitol city, and study at the famous university there. But it isn't to be. One day, a dangerous stranger appears, and before she knows it, Thea has stumbled into the extraordinary world of Thornwold.

Oboist Sara Baron is settling nicely into her new life back in her hometown, but when a friend goes missing under suspicious circumstances, her newfound equilibrium is thrown off balance. The police don’t suspect foul play, but Sara gets a bad vibe when she finds her friend Micah blew off a meeting with his dissertation chair and has been ghosting his girlfriend.

When a witch connected to the council is kidnapped, and Lucinda is breathing down my neck for her return, my grandfather thinks he has discovered the spell a demon is using to raise a king of hell. But we choose the wrong location and I arrive too late and face my newest foe.

Spend this Christmas with some of your favorite characters from the Watcher universe. In this collection of short stories, you’ll get an intimate look at certain character’s lives and what happened to them "after the story".

I haven’t seen Inspector Stirling for weeks… at his insistence, not mine. But when Spencer and I stumble across the most bizarre of gardens situated right in the middle of Highgate Cemetery and then very nearly get trapped within it? Well, the inspector is the first person who needs to know about it! The only problem is the blasted man won’t listen to me! And when I insist that his most recent missing person case is tied to this very strange garden? As always, he refuses to allow me to get involved.

When Jody Shaw is hired to be the new sheriff of Harrow Bay, a small coastal community, she’s excited to rise through the ranks and try something new. At 43, her career is everything that matters to her, besides her mother and grandmother, who move with her. It doesn’t take long for Jody to learn Harrow Bay is unusual. It’s home to all sorts of supernatural creatures, and there’s a Hell gate right at the center of town. Seriously, who thought it was a good idea to build an entire town around a Hell gate?

At Ozma’s birth, the witch, Mombi, abducted and cast a spell on her, turning the infant into a male. Only when Ozma broke the witch’s curse did she discover who she is—the True Queen of Oz. Her freedom is short-lived when the Wizard, hungry for her power, imprisons her in a dark, brutal world, cut off from Jack and her magic. Jack, too, was stolen as a child, forced to toil as Mombi’s slave. When he believed his lover died, Jack loses himself to an array of companions, while plotting his escape from Mombi.

Just when Sabrina Danvers thinks she’s seen it all, her commitment-phobe on-and-off boyfriend proposes—to his pregnant other girlfriend. Fed up with his behavior, she leaves him and her old life behind to start over in Washington, DC. As a counselor, she finds satisfaction in helping others cope with their personal hardships, all the while hoping to open the door to her own happily ever after....

Helen Brown’s house is filled to the brim with flowers from suitors, but she couldn’t care less about the illiterate boys in her town. When a wealthy, but simpleminded, suitor proposes, she gladly refuses him, though local tradition demands she accept any eligible match. She ignores the town’s threats and tries to pretend nothing has changed. However, she quickly realizes she is losing all the things she loves. In an attempt to ward off suitors and prove she is too clever to marry, Helen issues a challenge: Anyone can win her hand if they bring her a riddle she can’t answer.

Jeri Bell lost everything when her former construction manager betrayed her—her company, her crew, and her contractor's license. She's been hired to build dog enclosures at Last Chance Ranch, and she needs the job and loves the atmosphere. But the ranch's grant funding might dry up if she can't provide her license. The cowboy living in the cabin next door, Sawyer Smith, doesn't want to go visit his family, but it's hard to find a date when he spends all his time with ranch animals. So he walks next door, a proposition in his back pocket for the beautiful brunette.

On the heels of an unplanned pregnancy, a broken relationship, and a murder too close to home, Iris, an art curator at a glass-blown sculpture studio in downtown San Francisco, is consumed by stress. She finds herself faced with the fear of having to raise her baby alone and conflicted about helping her estranged fiancé cope with the murder of his mother. Triggered by the sound of breaking glass, Iris slowly succumbs to the pressure and cracks.