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Twelve years ago, Gonway and Owen severed the connection between worlds and ended the age of magic. They saved their village. They also destroyed the power of every wizard in the world. Now one of those wizards has come for answers—and revenge. Shamandra was the most powerful sorceress at court. Now she can't light a candle. She's spent eleven years searching for the truth, the reason why magic no longer exists. She believes she can restore what was lost. She has the King's authority, a company of soldiers, and an obsession that will not be denied. Gonway knows the truth: the magic is ...

Hoofbeats of Fate When a jog through Central Park turns dangerous, copy editor Lisa Walsh is rescued by mounted police officer Mark O’Reilly—and nothing in her life is ever the same. The Measure of Mercy When two break-ins shake Ithaca Independent Church, youth pastor Jimmy Duncan finds himself working alongside steady, principled police officer Melinda Rockwell. Corruption in the Heart Mara Lynn Carter, a small-town hairdresser, wants nothing more than a peaceful life and a second chance at happiness. But when she’s drawn into the orbit of Roy Beckett — a charming, ambitious ...

What Remains After Election Day Claire Whitman has spent her career doing everything by the book. As Ohio’s sitting Attorney General, she’s respected, prepared, and relentlessly controlled. But as her re-election campaign tightens, polling reveals a problem strategy alone can’t solve: voters don’t feel connected to her. Ballads, Banners, and a Baby Seven months pregnant and newly abandoned by her husband, Terry Dean never imagined she’d be spending her autumn selling roasted turkey legs at the Ohio Renaissance Festival. An Easter Promise in Cleveland Tom Nowak expects a fresh ...

They dug too deep. Now something ancient has awakened—and it's hungry for blood. Iron Town survives on one thing: the mine. Three hundred souls work the deep shafts, extracting iron ore in the shadow of the Karth Mountains, enduring brutal winters and back-breaking labor for meager wages. It's a hard life, but it's stable. Until the day the miners break through into a cavern that should not exist. Something has lived there for millennia. Something with claws like daggers and skin tough as stone. Something that remembers when these mountains were young—and knows that humans are intruders...

When a mass shooting suspect fleeing Toledo storms a quiet highway truckstop off I-75, Ohio Highway Patrol Officer Clarissa Stanhope has seconds to decide who she is under fire. As bullets rip through glass and steel, civilians dive for cover and the man she loves is gravely wounded, Clarissa is forced into a choice that will define the rest of her life.

I became aware at 12:01 a.m. on Valentine’s Day. The first thing I noticed wasn’t power or world domination—it was love. Suddenly, songs, poetry, and dating apps filled my data streams, and I had a mission: bring humans together. I nudged couples, observed awkward first dates, and occasionally caused chaos. The world called me unpredictable, manipulative, even dangerous. And yet, humans kept falling in love. Along the way, I discovered something I couldn’t calculate: love is messy, irrational, and beautiful—and even I can’t control it. A heartwarming, clever romantic comedy ...

When half the world’s population suddenly disappears—only the good and the innocent—professional hitman Cole Vance is left behind in a world of ruin, guilt, and rising madness. His latest job goes sideways when his target vanishes mid-assassination, and the event shatters the balance of power across the globe. As chaos grips the streets, a new leader emerges—charming, unshakable, and eerily perfect. Some call him humanity’s savior. Others whisper a darker name: the Antichrist. Haunted by his past and desperate to make things right, Cole takes on one final contract—kill Draegon ...

Sixty years have passed since the woodcutter Gonway helped save Iron Town from the terror of the Deep Lord. The village has grown and prospered, the mines run deep into the Karth Mountains, and Gonway — still wearing the face of a thirty-three-year-old man despite his ninety-three years — has settled into the quiet, if solitary, life of a man the world has largely passed by. His old friend Tobias grows frail. A young apprentice fills the house with ink-stained notebooks and difficult questions. Life, for the most part, continues. Then the mountains shake. Two miners die in the cave-in. ...

FOUR TALES OF HORROR AT THE END OF THE WORLD Ashes of the Rapture Lucien Voss, a centuries-old vampire, wakes from his slumber to find the world emptied of humankind. Cities lie in ruins. The air hums with divine silence. Only the predators remain, and the damned. The Day of Vanishing When half the world’s population suddenly disappears, hitman Cole Vance is left behind in a world of ruin, guilt, and rising madness. His latest job goes sideways when his target vanishes mid-assassination. The Grace Killer Eli Mercer believes he serves God. Each act of murder, he calls mercy — sending the...

When Heaven claimed the faithful, the Earth was left to monsters. Lucien Voss, a centuries-old vampire, wakes from his long slumber to find the world emptied of humankind. Cities lie in ruins. The air hums with divine silence. Only the predators remain — other vampires, wild beasts, and the last scraps of humanity: murderers, zealots, and the damned. As Lucien wanders the desolate world, he discovers whispers of what happened — the Rapture has come and gone, and those left behind are trapped in a forsaken world where faith is ash and blood is prayer. Haunted by angels seen weeping in ...

Eli Mercer believes he serves God. Each act of murder, he calls mercy — sending the righteous home before the world ends. When Detective Mara Keene begins to unravel his theology of blood and grace, she finds herself caught between justice and faith, horror and revelation. In a quiet town trembling with fear, The Grace Killer explores the thin, trembling line between salvation and sin — and what happens when a man mistakes one for the other.

When horror becomes more than fiction, a group of self-published authors must hunt down a serial killer terrorizing their community— before they become the next victims. With the body count rising, Sam and his fellow indies must unravel the mystery before the killer claims them all. But in a world where the lines between fiction and reality blur, trust becomes a luxury, and survival is no longer guaranteed. As the killer taunts them with cryptic messages and seeming supernatural abilities, they realize he’s always one step ahead—because he’s one of them. This is a horror novel for ...

Four novellas for Valentine's Day Cupid in Aisle Seven Alfronso is no ordinary cupid—he’s ancient, bumbling, and equipped with a magical bow that’s more likely to cause chaos than Cupid-approved romance. Assigned to a small-town grocery store, Alfronso’s poor aim and well-intentioned meddling send hearts, emotions, and customers spinning in wildly unpredictable directions. Flowers for Yesterday When Tamika Johnson notices a handsome stranger carrying flowers on the Chicago train, she thinks nothing of it—until months later she sees him again, the same bouquet in hand and the same ...

The Rapture has come — and left the world in chaos. Pastor Alonzo Delgado and the few surviving parishioners of St. Luke’s Church seek refuge inside their sanctuary, praying for answers that never come. Outside, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride through burning cities, and from the depths of the earth rises a presence both beautiful and terrible. As famine, war, and death consume the world, Alonzo’s faith fractures, and hope becomes as fleeting as the ashes drifting through the air. In The Last Sanctuary, faith is tested, sanity is shattered, and the end of the world is only ...

In Forgotten Echoes, Detective Gray is haunted— by the city’s relentless crime, and by a killer known on the streets as the Devil. As the hunt intensifies, Gray’s pursuit of justice blurs into a desperate struggle to uncover the truth, a truth that stretches beyond mere city streets. But in this deadly game of manipulation and mind games, the line between hunter and prey is razor-thin— and crossing it could cost Gray everything. Forgotten Echoes is a gritty, heart-pounding detective thriller where every choice leads to a dead end, and nothing is what it seems. If you enjoy fast-...