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From the award-winning author, Jessica Renwick, comes the third installment of the Starfell series. Filled with friendship, magic, and adventure-readers will be thrilled with this follow up to The Book of Chaos and The Guitar of Mayhem!After a quiet winter, the Lichwood is waking. Soft murmurs of activity at Endora's mansion reach Tulip Manor, and Fable and her friends are restless to discover why. After an undead guard attacks the enchanted barrier that encloses the cottage grounds, Fable's magic spins out of control.When a letter arrives from the Thistle Plum Inn stating a Folkvar has been sighted in the city of Mistford, the residents of Tulip Manor find themselves thrust into chaos. A mystery involving Thorn's missing sister, a mystical bow and arrow, kidnapped magical creatures, and a dangerous curse looms over the spring festival-and it's up to Fable and her friends to solve.Deep down, Fable knows these secrets are tied to her evil great-grandmother. But if she can't fight the darkness that grows within her, she won't be able to save anyone. Not even herself.

It is difficult enough in this age of awareness to be autistic, but in 1918 it didn't yet exist as a diagnosis. With no vocabulary to describe her experiences or explain why certain things bother her, Julia Grace must navigate the social minefield that is Mt. Sinai School for Young Ladies. She leans on her best friend and roommate, Ada Brooks, for support. Ada, who loves her despite her quirks and acts as interpreter for the social cues Julia is prone to missing. But when Ada is found dead one morning before classes all that crumbles. To make matters worse, the police don't seem to care, saying she was "asking for it" and they don't want to prosecute the boy responsible. Maybe that's why Ada's spirit can't rest and continues to roam the halls of the school, growing increasingly angry and violent.Enraged, Julia sets out on a mission to find the killer and make him pay. But the influenza pandemic sweeping the country-and the entire world-is closing in on their isolated corner of Ohio, and it's only a matter of time before it breeches the walls of Mt. Sinai. If Julia has any hope of accomplishing anything, she'll have to win over her classmates and get their help in her plan.

Good boys go to Ivy League Schools. Bad boys go to Spartan.When Jackson gets expelled from HS, his rich uncle sends him to Stonyhurst in England where he'll learn to control his rage and use it for world peace or something less exciting.What Jackson doesn't know is that at night selected members of the school go underground where the real education begins. The true purpose of Stonyhurst is as dark and twisted as the original Grimm's Fairy Tales. Between Jackson's lucid nightmares and the demonic horrors hidden below the surface, not everything is what it seems. Teens are going missing and someone wants Jackson dead.When everything Jackson believes is stripped away, it will take more than his fists to survive his freshmen year and save his new friends. Stonyhurst isn't just a school. It's a life or death sentence.Dark, Gritty and Spellbinding, Melody of Darkness is perfect for readers looking for unique worldbuilding, tantalizing fantasy, and lots of action.The paperback version contains EXCLUSIVE artwork for each chapter. A unique gift for any bookworm!

A powerful witch, four devoted men, and a curse so wicked it could ruin them all.With two curses broken and another one knocking at her dorm room door, Willow Oliver can't seem to catch a break. Is the constant string of unfortunate events just a normal case of bad luck or something else?A week is all she needs to give the Reperio Stone enough time to recharge so she can locate her mother, but her plan is railroaded when everything takes a turn for the worst.With a man she loves being held by the darkness, and the unknown whereabouts of her mom, Willow has a choice to make-one that could change things forever.The best and worst are yet to come.Wicked Magic is the third installment in a new adult paranormal academy reverse harem romance series full of temptation, risk, and heart-stopping angst.

An element of suspense comes naturally to writer, Lori Taylor, in her collection of short stories, From The Mundane to The Macabre. Whether her characters find themselves in the midst of a haunting or are being terrorized by a demonic creature, the stories are brought to life by the detailed setting and protagonist responses. Lori draws on her varied experiences visiting a wide range of locations that highlight local legends, historical site with uncanny events, sacred Indian burial grounds, and regional myths to create her imaginative tales.Her stories include situations where characters are reminded of loved ones that have passed away, former homeowners that have died tragically, or evil spirits trying to disrupt and ''intruders'' presence. The language in all of the stories creates a colorful and vivid setting for the reader to immerse themselves in the story lines and eerie events. Often the author inserts whimsical interactions between a main character and alien or spirit world creature, lending levity to the plot. Other stories focus on the terror felt by the protagonist.This story collection is diverse and entertaining. Anybody that enjoys suspense and the supernatural will enjoy reading this compilation of spine-chilling tales. ~ Lorena Carlson - Athens, Ohio

Hailed as "the Anne Rice of the text message generation," Alys Arden''s sparkling debut, The Casquette Girls, entranced over a million readers online, and the series has since garnered a cult following around the world."A Southern Gothic love letter." -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review, on The Casquette GirlsThe fourth volume, The Gates of Guinée, picks up where the third book left off with Macalister LeMoyne held hostage by the Ghost Drinkers'' coven and Adele willing to risk it all to save her father, even if it means opening a portal to the Voodoo Afterworld to hunt down the spirit of one of the greatest witches who ever lived.A trip to the Afterworld might be the end of the supernatural world.As the Ghost Drinkers seep into the crevices of the Crescent City, leeching the French Quarter of magic, the local witches are consumed with a new fight for survival. Adele has one chance to save everyone she loves, but it will mean breaking away from her coven and trusting a vampire.For the first time in four hundred years, Niccolò Medici feels on the precipice of finding his stolen grimoire. But in order to restore his family''s legacy, he''ll have to succumb to his darkest desires.New York transplant and first responder Isaac Thompson will stop at nothing to protect Adele, even if he has to give in to his Spektral magic to unearth the truth about Nicco''s monstrous past.For those who choose to pass through the Gates of Guinée, the rules of the Afterworld are simple: Don''t eat the food. Tell no lies.In a whirl of lucid dreams, fetish markets, and ancestral reunions, only those who bare their souls will survive this ghostly hunt, or else they''ll join the land of the dead permanently.Teetering on the razor''s edge between everything she desires and utter madness, only her heart and her magic can lead Adele back home... if only Callisto Salazar hadn''t stolen her Fire, and the most secretive one of them all hadn''t stolen her heart.

Johnny is faced with the thing he hates the most ... The dark. Can Johnny find the strength to be brave, or will his fear consume him.Type of book: Children''s picture book.Reading age::8-12

Living dolls, vampiric warlocks, cursed plains, and haunted telegrams are just a few of the horrors unleashed in this, The Fourteenth Hour. In this breakout collection of horror short fiction, Brian Charles Alexander weaves tales of sorrowful terror, maddening curses, and horrific encounters with things not of this world. Viewer, take heed!