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Scary tales from Nova Scotia, by the author of The Tatterdemon Omnibus and Where the Ghosts Are: A Guide to Nova Scotia's Spookiest Places.
This is a collection of ghost stories from Nova Scotia-from the restless spirits of Devil's Island to the Black Dog of Antigonish Harbor. Documented and well-known stories from the provincial archives are mixed with word-of-mouth legends of strange happenings and scary sightings from across the province. Author...
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Taj knows his revolving door of lovers won't erase the past, but it helps pass the time. That is until his sister Leela's boyfriend shows up in a panic. With Leela missing and a Djinn killer on the loose, Taj dives into trying to find both his vanished sister… and the murderer. His quest introduces him to another Djinni named Brolach, new to his human form. Attraction blooms and Taj wonders if it might be worth the risk to try dating his own kind....
43) Entwined
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Tulupea and Michael seize an opportunity to remain together, with the blessings of the higher realms. Her wildest dreams have come true – or so it seems. Just as Earth begins to thrive once more, a lurking darkness emerges with the intent of ending life forever.Will good or evil prevail?
44) Immortal Heat
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Dacian Historian…Determined to study ancient Dacian folk lore abroad, Marilyn Reddlin's plans are cut short when she is abducted by a dark haired stranger who insists she's in danger. The only danger she's in is losing herself to her abductor's inexplicable seductive energy. Draylon Conier teaches her there is more to Romania than myth and fairy tales while sweeping her into a wild adventure of paranormal mystery and intrigue.Dacian History…Thousands...
45) Daddy Elf
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Daddy ElfA Christmas StoryIt was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Poor Natalie cried. She was lonely and sad. Her boyfriend left her and said he was going to a foreign land, which was far, far away, to help the needy.She later found out that he lied.Needy, she cried. "Hawaii?" she sniffed. "That's a foreign land? I hate him!" she yelled. "He's a liar, and I hope his pants catch fire!"She...
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This is Episode 5. A long-lost love. A forbidden friendship. To preserve them both, the young prince will give up everything. Growing up in the Kingdom of Paragon, the city prince, Palimay struggles to be reunited with his long-lost love. Allied with a Wrythe named Sett, he seeks her embrace, only to find himself caught up in an act of betrayal. With his father dead and the new King targeting him, can Palimay find his love once more?
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When the realm of Avalon disappears into the mist, it leaves behind a powerful and dangerous legacy of curses invoked in the heat of anger and passion. The words of Merlin and the Lady of the Lake have faded to a mere whisper over the centuries, yet their power remains strong and deadly.In the present day, Gavin and Tamara delve into the ancient diaries left by their forebears and strive to keep the power of the legendary Sword Excalibur out of the...
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In this complete collection of the high fantasy Seventh Sword series by Aurora Award–winning author Dave Duncan, Wallie Smith must face a new destiny and save an unfamiliar world from evil forces. The Reluctant Swordsman: Wallie goes to the hospital and wakes up in the body of a barbarian swordsman, accompanied by a voluptuous slave girl and an eccentric priest babbling about the Goddess. When he learns the Goddess needs a swordsman, he reluctantly...
49) Dangerous Depths
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Hell hath no fury like a selkie separated from his true love.The gate to the sea creature realm is finally open. Yara wants to bask in the glow of her budding relationship with Treygan and explore Medusa's world, but as the new leader of Rathe her powers are needed to save a sea creature she's never met.Rownan assumes the worst is behind him when he returns home to be reunited with his wife, Vienna, only to discover she's gone. She traveled to the...
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Episode Two… Jean-Luc's hotel has been blown up, his friend is dead and he is under investigation by Paradise Lot's police chief, the archangel Michael. And his day hasn't even started yet... Hellelujah!.. The gods are gone. All of them. Their last message to humanity was: "Thank you for believing in us, but it is not enough. We're leaving. Good luck." At first no one took them seriously. Until, that is, all the denizens of all the heavens and hells...
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A contemporary mash-up retelling of Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet.Ella Sinders is content to toil away as a graphic designer for the company owned by her absent father. She spends all her time in the attic of his large home, taking orders from her stepmother, fear of what lies outside of her own front door keeping her from wandering afar-until an accidental phone call opens her eyes to the lies she's been told. Now, she's desperate to reach the...
52) Roma Mater
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Book one of the King of Ys series: Blending fantasy, history, and adventure, the epic story of Ys begins as the Roman Gratillonius finds himself thrust into the highest seat of power In the waning days of the Roman Empire, Magnus Maximus sends his prefect Gratillonius to western Gaul and the faraway land of Ys, a place shrouded in legend and ruled by a cruel and tyrannical king. When the sovereign challenges Gratillonius to a duel, the envoy from...
53) Wishmaster
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« – Dois-je en déduire que tu préférerais ne rien voir ? demanda l'inconnu.
Toujours muet, Charlie hocha la tête dans une étrange parodie d'assentiment.
– Ainsi soit-il…
Alors Charlie poussa un hurlement strident. Ses yeux se vidèrent de toute couleur et se solidifièrent. Cellule après cellule, la chair, l'humeur, les nerfs séchèrent et fusionnèrent avec les os des orbites. Les paupières de l'étudiant clignaient, inutiles, glissant...
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Originally issued as a YA trilogy called the King's Daggers (including volumes Sir Stalwart, The Crooked House, and Silvercloak), The Monster War works equally well as a single novel. The story fills a gap in the first Blades novel, The Gilded Chain, when King Ambrose sought to shut down the evil sorcery of the Elementaries, and the sorcerers fought back by trying to kill him. The same great characters are all here: Ambrose himself, Grand Master,...
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Long ago, to win a war, humans Cursed the Aelfae, fairest and wisest of the faeries… But all magic has a price. The same Curse that destroyed the Aelfae now threatens all of Faearth. One young woman and the warrior she loves must fight the Curse to prove which is stronger…love or death.DINDI desperate longs to become a Tavaedi, a magic dancer. But no one in her clan has ever passed the Test at Initiation. To violate the taboo, and dance without...
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Chloe Upshaw suffers from what she calls the trifecta of awful-unfulfilling job, disappointed family, bad luck with love. Just before Christmas, she travels to Pittsburgh hoping to land a job that will change her career. But not only is she in stiff competition for the position, she angers her mother by rejecting her matchmaking efforts and not going home. Worse, she runs into the guy who got away-and this time, no matter how many lies she tells to...
57) Navă
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Malthus has returned, and the demon is determined to shred the Widow's Veil that separates Earth and Hell. Only Elena stands in his way…though she has another desperate battle to fight.Consumed with an ancient and malevolent spirit, Elena is locked in a battle for her very soul. Win, and she may grow powerful enough to defeat Malthus. Lose, a ring of temples that hem in the dark magic will fall…and the Devil's Cohort will be free to ravage the...
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All three novels and both Echo Trilogy novellas bundled together! Their love is destined to shatter the boundaries of time… Archaeology grad student Alexandra Larson's world is turned upside down when her mother shares her deepest, darkest secret-that she doesn't know the true identity of Lex's father. The revelation sparks a change within Lex, and her dreams become far too real. She sees things she shouldn't be able to see…knows things she couldn't...
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Adventurous maidens and sinister mages clash in these magical tales by a World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and "one of the all-time masters" (Peter Straub). Three different young women, each endowed with extraordinary abilities, pit their powers against warriors, wizards, and royal intrigue to preserve their worlds and stem the tide of evil. Mirror of Destiny: Transformed by a powerful talisman, the orphaned apprentice Twilla defies...
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Revenge.It's not a pretty word, and its results are even uglier. At its core it is a simple concept; someone made you suffer, so you make them suffer. It is best served disproportionately and after a slow boil.So it shall be for me. This is my punishment, my just rewards for what I have done. Soon the truth will be revealed to me, but there is a spot of hope in all this darkness.But I must fight to find it.Part IX of the Tigress serial.-----"Tigress"...
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