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WHEN EVIL IS THE ENEMY, POWER IS A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND.Now that she’s fully accepted her role, Hope takes up the mantle of Healer to lead a new team of untrained Soulkeepers. Repurposing Revelations to be a training ground won’t be easy, not when the source of its power has been disrupted, and the only woman who knows the island’s secrets is on her deathbed.Time isn’t on Hope’s side. Lucifer is on the move, injured and unable to return to Hell. He’s found a way to amass power by consuming human souls. Worse, if he grows strong enough to get his hands on an ancient weapon before Hope does, everything the Soulkeepers fought for could be undone.Sinister plots, unlikely allies, and old temptations plague the new team. Can Hope’s promise lead them to victory? Or will her inexperience doom them all?

A deadly disease.Worldwide pandemonium. An ancient riddle.A single plateful of food could save us all.With two mysterious tablets still to discover, time is running out for the Heirs of Eden.While the ghost, Cain, delivers his deadly virus as humans sleep, Commissioner Stone, head of coordinating the disaster recovery, has concluded that responsibility for the worldwide catastrophe lies directly with Archie, Daisy and Isabella. With Stone's men closing in on their remote farmhouse, each Heir of Eden - Archie, Daisy and Isabella - must put aside their differences, decipher the ancient code and eat their greatest fear. Only if they succeed will they come out of the Chamber of Truth alive. The Chamber of Truth, the third book in James Erith's acclaimed Eden Chronicles series, continues the acclaimed English teenage fantasy drama of 'The Power and The Fury' and 'Spider Web Powder'.Praise for The Chamber of Truth:"... so much fun to read. Full of intrigue and adventure.""Just brilliant - the words truly paint a picture.""The gripping sequel to the two previous volumes in this series. Written for a younger audience I, as an adult, have found it engaging and a thoroughly good read and would recommend it to both an adolescent and adult readership in the same way that JK Rowling's Harry Potter books appealed to all ages."James Erith's Eden Chronicles are: Book 1 - The Power and The Fury Book 2 - Spider Web Powder Book 3 - The Chamber of Truth Book 4 - The Dragon's Game Eden Chronicles Book Set: Books 1-3

A nameless girl, who dwells in the small New England town of Paper Falls, recalls a mysterious autumn experience. One October night, a storm lashes through the quaint little village, leaving behind a cold and eerie mess of trees and fog. The girl, a lonely connoisseur of imagination, takes a stroll to the graveyard the morning after, carefully passing the disheveled white house that stands near the graveyards front gates. An old woman who lives inside has remained a mystery to the girl for years, as well as to the town, but after a series of enchanting events, the girl comes face-to-face with the woman who encourages her not to waste her gifts of perception, expression, and words.

All Matt Legend wanted to do that dangerous summer was to win the affections of a certain Southern small town girl and head home to L.A. But when they happen across the bones of a Nephilim inside an ancient burial mound they are warned if they tell anyone terrible things will happen and terrible things do. He doesn't believe in the devil or ghosts or giants or God. That is all about to change.They have stumbled across a stasis giant, an entity Abraham Lincoln once told of. Having a normal life ever again is out of the question a Matt and a super-heroine-like girl of his dreams, a Young Marine, find themselves in a war against the spirit world. It is a war they can't possibly win. When they are joined by his cousin, a hip-hop mogul wannabe, and her brother, an obnoxious computer hacker, an evil force pulls the stops to try to kill them, their families and their friends. Things go from terrible to worse when they tell the world what they found and discover ghosts are not dead people! But the evil has an even deadlier secret to protect - extraterrestrials are not extraterrestrial.For the young demon fighters it's a race against time. If they win, Matt will get the girl. If they lose, seven billion people will perish. This is the first of the Matt Legend series of adventures of the supernatural kind that deal with everything from giants and mermaids, to aliens, to UFOs, cryptids, fallen angels and other extra-dimensional beings, the hollow earth, the hollow moon, subterranean civilizations, chemtrails, forbidden archaeology and all other strange and terrible things. Heralded as a paranormal Spykids meets Raiders of the Lost Ark, this thrilling series is inspired by covered-up true events.The much anticipated second installment, Matt Legend: The Hollow Earth, is due in 2020. The legend continues.

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Pirate Perdita: "I'm no one's damsel in distress."What would you do if you had a dinosaur army, a spaceship, and the ability to travel through time? If you happened to be a beautiful but cruel villainess, you would probably take over the world. Or she would, if Pirate Perdita wasn't there to steal her zombie-making jewel. Now if only Perdita hadn't been kidnapped. Of course Mr. Ii, Perdita's first prisoner, is trying to get her back. And eleven year old Leander Jack? He's just trying not to die. Adventure awaits in this multi-dimensional story, with dinosaurs, pirates, zombies, time ships, space ships, and at the center, a jewel. Will Pirate Perdita steal the Star of Bokor? Will Leander Jack be eaten by bambiraptors? Will the prisoner Mr. Ii ever escape? And will the zombie dinosaurs take over Earth, or will the band of pirates save the day?Pirate Perdita is a juvenile fiction novel. It is written at a fourth grade reading level.

When her mother died, Avery Anderson finally had a chance to leave a runaway life behind to try to have a normal one. After she moves in with her aunt Brenna and starts her new high school in Dover, California, Avery discovers that she isn't an average teenage girl. On her sixteenth birthday she'll inherit a mixture of Elemental and Seer powers. There's only one problem: at fifteen, she's already pretty powerful.Cole Sullivan was transplanted to Dover for a mission-and that mission is Avery. Cole is an Elemental who has trained to be a Guardian, having gained powers over three elements when he was twelve years of age. When Cole befriends Avery, he realizes that guarding her is going to be more difficult than he imagined. With her growing powers, she may be the daughter prophesied to bring about the end of his kind.When twins Devon and Dani Finn are suddenly enrolled by their father in the same school as Avery with an order to contain her if she's dangerous, Devon gets suspicious though his sister supports their dad. Devon realizes that he and Avery may have a lot in common through shared talismans that align their powers, and they build a friendship.

It's the end of the world……as Murray Macabe knows it. The security of his home life has been ripped out from under him when his mother was brutally murdered. Rejected by his aunt, Murray only has one place left to go, and that's to live the rest of his life with a woman he barely knows.To Grandmother's House He GoesAt first, life with his grandmother doesn't seem like it's going to be that bad, but Murray soon learns his grandmother harbors dark secrets.Double, Double Toil and Trouble; Fire Burn and Caldron BubbleAs bad as Grandma's secrets might be, they are nothing compared to the secrets held by the neighbors, three elderly women who have set their sights on Murray for their own dastardly purposes. Soon Murray finds himself fighting for his very life, and there's no one to turn to for help because everyone knows there's no such thing as witches.

Three years after a sorcerer's failed attempt to awaken an ancient evil, Claire Jones channels the Prime spirit and has become the rightful heir to the throne of the Architect King. Peace seems to have returned to the multiverse, but when a traitor forms a dark pact with the trickster demigod Akko Soggathoth, malevolent forces again destabilize reality. If Claire and her friends cannot stop a new cult's foul rituals, the ravenous nega-god may yet find entry into our world-but journeying through the Darque dimension to stop it might cost Claire her very mind.

In the final book of the Four Corners Trilogy, Levi, Aura, Julia, and the rest of our group are split up and scattered across two worlds, but their goal remains the same: defeat Lady Grustmiener and secure the peaceful future of Earth. As they race to be reunited, new forces, both for and against them, come into play. Will they find each other in time, or will evil triumph once and for all?

"If you are a fan of mythology, paranormal, suspense, or YA in general then I recommend that you start this series as soon as possible." -Eric Dunn from Just Another Book Guy BlogSecret Seekers Society and the Beast of Bladenboro follows the young protagonists Hunter Glenn and Elly Ann through an adventure ripe with adversity, paranormal monsters, secret societies, and most haunting of all, a life without their parents. Both siblings suffer emotional struggle from the sudden loss of their parents, as well as their physical journey into a new and strange "home"; an ancient and creepy mansion known only as the Belmonte Estate. The children slowly unravel the secrets of their parents' true identities, the origin of the strange mansion and their inheritance into an ancient secret society of monster hunters.

Fifteen-year-old Max knows all about heartache. His alcoholic father and mentally ill mother chase him from his family home. He finds himself at the doorstep of a family that has no parents, no rules, and the freedom to do whatever they want. Most importantly, they welcome him in with loving arms. Is it a dream come true . . . or is it a nightmare from which he cannot awake. Will Max find what he's looking for-or will he die trying?

Whoever kills the wolf becomes the wolf…Wren Lewis shouldn't be alive. Magic is illegal, making her mere existence a crime, and if the government ever discovers the truth about her powers, she'll be killed on the spot. Or worse. But when she uses her magic to kill a wolf that's attacking her mom, her abilities are exposed and the animal's evil spirit possesses her. Unable to control the beast inside her, she flees the city in search of a cure before the wolf spirit consumes her soul, turning her into a murderous monster permanently.

"If you haven't started this series yet, I highly recommend it." -All Things Book ReviewBook Two in the Secret Seekers Society continues the epic adventure, following Hunter, Elly, and all their friends as they journey into the world of the supernatural and unknown. The children's Enlightenment studies find them digging deeper into the spiritual realm of the paranormal. Learning about a magical and ancient ring known as Solomon's Seal, the children must decide if playing with the spiritual realm to seek out their dead parents is worth the risk of putting their souls in danger.

Everyone fudges the truth, but only Phoebe hears them for the liars they are.Phoebe has always felt broken. As one of the freaky Matlin triplets, she's supposed to be the Truth Teller. Yet, while her sisters already possess their abilities to see the future and heal people's pain, Phoebe has come to accept that the truth telling gift her mother prophecized she'd have just doesn't work.Then her best friend, Tonya, tells one little lie and everything changes. With Tonya pissed at her for calling out the lie, being a Truth Teller doesn't seem like such a great gift. Although she's not gonna complain about knowing her crush, Nathan, finally dumped his stalker girlfriend for her.But in lies, intention is everything, and she's positive Tonya's lies are covering darker and more serious truths. Except, knowing when someone is lying is the easy part; now she has to decide what to do about it. And with Nathan and her family's doubts about her ability confusing things, she's not sure she can help Tonya in time.From USA Today Bestselling Author Angela Fristoe comes an emotionally touching trilogy for teens. Lie to Me is the perfect read for Young Adult fans of contemporary romance with a splash of the paranormal.

"This book. This author. The entire series. Uber creativity and style!" Daisy, Archie, and Isabella stumble into an extraordinary quest. To find the source of life itself. The mythical Garden of Eden. But a primeval force stands in their way. It seeks its revenge from events at the beginning of time. The children of our present must conquer the evils of the past to save our future. To save us, they must survive. Pick up your copy of The Power and the Fury for a roller-coaster ride of adventure, wonder, twists and thrills. A book that will delight adults and children alike. "These books should be mandated in schools." "An amazing book and a brilliant choice for our Book Club! We read it, discussed it, loved it ." Set in the evocative heart of England amongst the ancient villages of the Yorkshire Moors, you're invited to lose yourself in a startling adventure that will carry you into another dimension. "What a story. It's full of life and strife, it'll make you laugh and bring tears to your eyes. Come and get lost in his world for awhile, you won't regret it." More Praise for Eden Chronicles: "A fantasy adventure so fresh and richly descriptive. I can see it as a film already." "I was transported to a fabulously exciting, brilliantly written and imaginative world." "… a roller-coaster adventure with magic dream-spinning spiders … loyal friends, school bullies, gnarly old folk and a lot of water!" "Funny, insightful, moving." "I am loving this series and the twist on the stories of the bible..I can't wait to see what happens!" James Erith's Eden Chronicles Books are: Truth - A prequel The Power and The Fury Spider Web Powder The Chamber of Truth The Dragon's Game **Two more Eden Chronicles releases coming soon** Eden Chronicles Books Set: Books 1-3

'By turns terrifying and amusing, this is not a book you want to read before you go to sleep. Or maybe you do...'-Jerry PintoSharmeen's life is disrupted when, after an unexpected tragedy, she moves into her Nani's rambling ancestral bungalow with her family. She hates this new life: her mother, Aliya, and Nani fight constantly; her new schoolmates bully her; and the family retainer, her loving Aziz Bhai, suddenly becomes dominating. The only place where Sharmeen finds solace is the world of Nani's fantastical stories: tales of Jinn, shapeshifters and other dastardly creatures. But slowly, unseen forces that had lain dormant for centuries start to awaken. Sharmeen meets her own personal Jinn, the prankster Jugnu, who reveals her family's history, a pact one of her ancestors made with the Jinn-world, and also some not-so-good news-and Sharmeen realizes that it is up to her to rescue the adults in her life…Mysterious, magical and moving, A Firefly in the Dark is a page-turner and a work of fantasy and soaring imagination that will delight readers of all ages.

"I never meant to become a witch. But when someone you love dies, logic and reason die with them."Sebastian Blackwell is your typical high school popular kid: attractive, charming, and a little rebellious. At least he used to be. But when his parents are killed in a freak accident, he goes from cool kid to orphan outcast before the dirt even settles over their graves. Now a shell of his former self, Sebastian realizes what really matters in life and is determined to get it back, no matter the cost. To do it, he’ll have to delve into his family’s darkest secrets, secrets his parents tried to protect him from his whole life.With a ghost as his only friend, a goth girl his only ally, and a demon prince his only chance, Sebastian sets out on a desperate path of redemption that seems more likely to damn him than to save him. For all power has a price, and Sebastian must decide what he is willing to pay to defy death itself.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND meets DANTE'S INFERNO She's an animal-loving Earthling...he's a flesh-eating Nephilim. It's a mismatch made in HELL. At the very dawn of the Origin of Evil, an entirely new species of demonic creatures is spawned when Lord Phegor of the Fallen Angels infects a village of kind and noble goblins. Their mutated offspring now populate the Land of Turquoise, an underground world of total depravity overseen by a diabolical Cabal.It is into this hellish realm that the prim but virtuous Ermina descends. Alluring Nephilim Lord Fairuzo, who preys upon the vanity of young Earthling women, has gained access into her bedroom through a portal in her mirror. Succumbing to his seductive charms, she impulsively accompanies him back to his kingdom on the planet Tartarus.Ermina finds herself trapped in a world of total hedonistic debauchery surrounded by repulsive trolls. When she staunchly refuses to participate in any of the sordid and sadistic pastimes they deem pleasurable, the trolls turn violently against her. Leading the lynch mob is the insanely jealous Darceva, while Fairuzo's lewd tyrant of a father, Lord Phegor, is just waiting for the opportunity to brutally ravish her.Conflicted by her burgeoning romantic feelings for the morally ambiguous Fairuzo - who finds her compassion for animals incomprehensible and her virtue an impediment to his carnal agenda - Ermina realizes she must either find a way back home to Earth or be eaten alive. Then she meets kindred spirit and mystagogue, Duke Procel, who offers to help her. She must somehow convince Fairuzo to free the imprisoned animals and join them in their escape.

FOR THOSE WHO DARE THE IMPOSSIBLELaurel could stay home and watch her future crumble.Instead, she risks everything.Searching for a better future, she enters a mysterious stone world where everything is backward. Pretty is ugly and ugly is pretty. Unless Laurel completes the quest in three days, she may be trapped.You'll be drawn into the medieval world of stone masons and cathedral builders, entertainers and herbalists. And gargoyles. This haunting tale will become a legend in your heart and mind.MIRACLES COME AT A HIGH PRICEWill Laurel succeed? Impossible. She needs a miracle. Or two. This is a rich, surprising, and sometimes disturbing historical tale of gargoyles, and those who carve the creatures from solid stone. There's darkness in this cautionary tale for teens, that nevertheless pulls off not one, but two miracles, and brings Laurel home to stay. An apt, if unexpected ending. A brilliant coming of age, sword & sorcery tale.BUY NOW to follow Laurel's harrowing journey toward miracles.

After solving the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a prominent local man as well as her mother's disappearance, Marley's world has been turned upside down. In the second installment of the series, Marley wastes no time diving head first into a new case. This time, it's a terrifying roller coaster ride of scares, where her instincts and morals will be tested time and again. It's Halloween in Greenbriar and a mad man is on the loose, terrorizing young women on campus. When Marley's friend falls victim to his prey, she finds herself in her most dangerous assignment yet. Especially, when she discovers her handsome neighbor is her most likely suspect. Meanwhile, she is hired to investigate rumored hauntings at a historical hotel. Without a clue where to begin, Marley reaches out for help from an old high school classmate, who specializes in paranormal activity. All the while, a love interest resurfaces causing Marley to shed her inhibitions and open her eyes to new possibilities. Heart pounding twists and turns pave the way for an ending that you'll never see coming.

To protect their worlds, Olessia and Ryder must conquer the true enemy.The one that haunts them both.The one they see in the mirror.Ryder is human. Olessia is something else. At least, that is how it was to begin with. Now, the extraordinary secret that unites them could destroy the people and places they love. Running from an extraterrestrial ruler with a thirst for war, and the enemies who seek to use them to end his rule, the girls are forced onto very different paths. Isolated from each other and the strength their unity brings, Olessia and Ryder will have to confront their deepest fears alone.Because the power that haunts them, may be all that can save them.