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Grave Witch
Part #1 of "Alex Craft" series by Kalayna Price
Science Fiction & Fantasy
In the thrilling new novel from USA Today bestselling author Kalayna Price, Alex Craft comes face-to-face with the walking dead…. Grave witch Alex Craft is no stranger to the dead talking. She raises shades, works with ghosts, and is dating Death himself. But the dead walking? That’s not supposed to happen. And yet reanimated corpses are committing crimes across Nekros City. Alex’s investigation leads her deep into a web of sinister magic. When Briar Darque of the Magical Crimes Investigation Bureau gets involved, Alex finds herself with an unexpected ally of sorts. But as the dead continue to rise and wreak havoc on the living, can she get to the soul of the matter in time?
Grave Dance
Part #2 of "Alex Craft" series by Kalayna Price
Science Fiction & Fantasy
After a month of down time, Grave Witch Alex Craft is ready to get back to solving murders by raising the dead. With her love life in turmoil, Alex is eager for the distractions of work. But when her new case forces her to overuse her magic, it might be the last mystery the Grave Witch ever gets to solve...
Grave Memory
Part #3 of "Alex Craft" series by Kalayna Price
Science Fiction & Fantasy
In the thrilling new novel from USA Today bestselling author Kalayna Price, Alex Craft comes face-to-face with the walking dead…. Grave witch Alex Craft is no stranger to the dead talking. She raises shades, works with ghosts, and is dating Death himself. But the dead walking? That’s not supposed to happen. And yet reanimated corpses are committing crimes across Nekros City. Alex’s investigation leads her deep into a web of sinister magic. When Briar Darque of the Magical Crimes Investigation Bureau gets involved, Alex finds herself with an unexpected ally of sorts. But as the dead continue to rise and wreak havoc on the living, can she get to the soul of the matter in time?
The Craft of Fiction
Percy Lubbock
Language / Writing / Nonfiction
Percy Lubbock’s “The Craft of Fiction,” like E. M. Forster\'s "Aspects of the Novel," is an essential work of criticism. Lubbock\'s outlook is an extension of Henry James\'s. More immediately accessible than James, Lubbock illustrates the "craft" by reference to classic novels such as Tolstoy\'s "Anna Karenina," Flaubert\'s "Madame Bovary," Thackeray\'s "Vanity Fair," and of course James\'s own works, particularly "The Ambassadors." Lubbock, Forster, F. R. Leavis\'s "The Great Tradition," and Ian Watt\'s "Rise of the Novel" give you what you need to know if you want to understand the central canon in Anglo-American and European fiction. Lubbock’s book is the one recommended by Graham Greene in his autobiography. Before embarking on his illustrious career, Greene studied “The Craft of Fiction” inside and out before embarking on his illustrious career. Perhaps no other stamp of approval is needed after that. Even if this book doesn’t make a great novelist out of you, it will teach you how to recognize one. If you are interested in how the great novelists ply their trade, Percy Lubbock’s book ranks right up there with the must-reads of novel how-to’s.
The Hotah
Taylor Craft
Art / Religion / Theology
My Mother warned me about the monsters in the woods; I should have listened.After her parents were brutally murdered, Hailey tries to live a normal life like a normal teenager; only she doesn't want to be noticed. She was content with hiding in the shadows not being seen by lurking eyes. Until one day things randomly start to change when she gets noticed. When Hailey met Robert she knew there was something more than just 'boy meets girl.' They had something mysteriously hidden between them and neither of them knew what it was. With Robert's help, Hailey tries to find out who killed her parents. She ends up getting herself in a bit of trouble. There is no way out. Find out how Hailey and Robert meet their end.
The Art and Craft of Approaching Your Head of Department to Submit a Request for a Raise
Georges Perec
Literature & Fiction / Biographies & Memoirs / Philosophy
so having weighed the pros and cons you've decided to approach your boss to ask for that well-earned raise in salary but before you schedule the all-important meeting you decide to dip into this handy volume in the hope of finding some valuable tips but instead find a hilarious, mind-bending farcical account of all the many different things that may or may not happen on the journey to see your boss which uses no punctuation or capitalisation and certainly no full stops.
Georges Perec famously wrote a whole novel without using the letter 'e'. Now, in this playful short novel, brilliantly translated by David Bellos, Perec once again dispenses with the normal rules for literary compostion, with similarly pyrotechnic results.
The Thief: A Craft of Shadows Tale
Diavosh Bassiti
Fiction / Fantasy
A young thief mounts a daring and perilous burglary, but finds things do not turn out the way he’d expected.A short fantasy story set in the mythological ancient world of the Craft of Shadows.Dusk has fallen, Hildur is asleep, when granny arrives, for dinner. And she isn't a vegetarian.Caution: This is no lovey-dovey modern version of vampires. You are warned. It's also possibly the darkest of all stories in the series. Won't say more, because it'll be a spoiler.--Matilda Mathildis is a series of stories about Matilda, and about others who impact on her life.Each story is different, however they all come under the general umbrella of realistic fantasy: that is fantasy that could theoretically exist in the real world (sorry, no witches on broomsticks).Many of the stories are free. Those ebooks which aren’t have a free sample read, so kindly enjoy.
Mrs. Craft
Jessica Berry
In 1848, African American slaves Ellen and William hatch a plan to break free from their captivity and ensure that their future children will never be torn from them. The escape plan is ingenious, if borderline ludicrous. They depart Georgia in broad daylight with Ellen, born of a white slave owner and Black woman, disguised as a white Southern gentleman. With William at her side, she must adopt the mannerisms and bigotry of her enslavers, hiding the fact that neither she nor William can read or write, and overcomes multiple, near-death obstacles in the bid for freedom. Based on Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom, this original, intimate vignette paints a portrait from the female perspective of an infamous escape, and displays the bravery of one woman in the face of impossible odds.
Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance
Kate Solly
Joyous, warm and utterly charming - I smiled for days.' - Toni Jordan
The Craft of Love
EE Ottoman
When professional respect leads to something more ...Benjamin Lewis has created a life for himself as one of the most respected silversmiths and engravers in New York City. For Benjamin, his work is his passion and he has never sought out companionship beyond the close ties of family. Stumbling across dresses sew by his late mother, however, reawakens painful memories from his past. Now he is determined to forge something beautiful from the remains of the life and identity he left behind. In the process, he discovers stunning and fiercely intelligent Miss Quincy who might just have the power to tempt him out of his quiet isolation. Remembrance Quincy's talent is as undeniable as her needlework is exquisite. She has made a name for herself crafting quilts and embroidery pieces for all the wealthiest ladies in the city. When soft-spoken, yet charming, Mr. Lewis comes to her with a particular project in mind she is intrigued both by his artistic design...
Bound by Fire
Ronald Craft
An ancient promise.A forgotten treachery.Seven souls, bound by fire, will begin their quest for the truth.Ilian, an apprentice blacksmith, has the heart of a god sealed within him. When Karena, the beautiful red-haired assassin, kills his father and rips his soul from his body Ilian soon becomes entangled in a rivalry that has spanned over hundreds of years.Avar-Tek Event #2 (short story): When a military accident releases swarms of microscopic robots called forger nanites into the environment, science intern Kutisha finds that her lab is their target. As three swarms head her way, the military dispatches hover-tanks carrying human sized robotic mechs. Alone, late at night, she places her faith in the mechs, watching the battle between the big and little machines unfold on her doorstep. The question may not be who will win, but who to trust.
Escape to Bramble Patch Craft Shop
Sarah Hope
Priced out of their home town, Molly Wilson and her two children, Lauren and Ellis, have to leave all they know.Will a small rundown shop in the middle of a quiet countryside village offer the fresh start they need?When Molly opens up Bramble Patch Craft Shop she is desperate to immerse herself into village life. Will the friends she makes by hosting regular Knit and Natter meetups be all she finds in Paton-On-the-Water or will there be love too?
Odd Craft, Complete
W. W. Jacobs
Short Stories / Horror / Mystery & Thrillers
Odd Craft, Complete is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
The Bramble Patch Craft Shop
Sarah Hope
Escape into a world of fresh starts, new friends and the opportunity for love...When Molly Wilson and her two children are forced to leave their old lives behind, will a small rundown shop in the middle of Payton-On-The-Water, a quiet village in the English countryside, offer the fresh start they need?Desperate to immerse herself and her family into village life, Molly begins to host regular Knit and Natter meetups, but she fears she is taking on too much and the reality that she is totally alone is ever present.Between difficult dealings with the local law enforcement, Officer Duffey, and trying to settle her two homesick children into a new way of life, Molly has enough on her hands. So when a late night incident with a flat tyre brings Officer Duffey on the scene, she doesn't know if he will help or hinder her rescue. Is there more to Officer Duffey than his spikey exterior?A heartwarming tale that assures you that no one...
Fatal, Family, Album
Part #13 of "Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-n-Craft Mystery" series by Joanna Campbell Slan
Witches' Craft
Morgana Best
Mystery / Paranormal
Pepper Jasper finally discovers what happened with her parents. But with another murder at Mugwort Manor, and someone close to home spying on the Jaspers, danger lurks around every corner. Can Pepper solve the murder and escape a near-death experience? Or has Pepper's luck run out?
Guardian Craft: Iron Age Demons: Book Two
Part #2 of "Guardian Craft" series by Eden Redd
Can building a kingdom wash away the blood on one's hands?
Will Asher finds himself torn between building his kingdom and exploring the world of Jova. Demands at home push exploration to the background as he governs his tiny population of citizens while keeping the savage primeval world at bay.
But all is not as it seems.
Jealous gods, monsters and unwelcome guests set their sights on the fledgling kingdom, ready to tear it asunder before others flock to the player's banner. Will, his friends and new citizens must band together to fight the growing tide before it destroys everything they have worked for.
Can Will trust his own mind when gods attempt to manipulate him? Can the young man trust his friends when hidden agendas begin to appear? Will demons from his past haunt him in the new world, threatening to shatter his precious peace?
Warning- Guardian Craft: Primeval is an epic fantasy and science fiction story for mature adults, 18 and over.
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The Craft of Scene Writing
Jim Mercurio
A professional screenwriter's master class in writing the most critical and challenging script element―the individual scene.
Dark Goddess Craft
Stephanie Woodfield
Discover how to utilize the many faces of the dark goddess to navigate the process of deep and rewarding change. This empowering, practical guide looks at the misconceptions surrounding challenging deities and encourages you to draw on their power to work through aspects of yourself or your life that you wish to change. Organized into three sections—descent, challenge, and rebirth—Dark Goddess Craft guides you through your own shadow work and helps you emerge renewed. Every step on your path of transformation is connected to a different face of the dark goddess, and Stephanie Woodfield provides rituals, invocations, and offerings for eleven of them. You can mourn loss with the Washer at the Ford, learn to move past betrayal with Sedna, gain personal independence with Blodeuwedd, and become the champion of your own life with Sca?thach. Like a torch to light your way, this book helps you heal and transform into the best version of yourself.
Faery Craft: Weaving Connections with the Enchanted Realm
Carding, Emily
Another heavily formatted, visually appealing book a la Goth Craft - but this time pretty and sparkly! The only book on faery culture you will ever need - or at least the first in a long line of future reading!Silver bullet from author:From the depths of the Underworld to the glittery wings of the Faery festivals, Faery Craft is the first ever book to give a comprehensive guide to the modern Faery lifestyle- a handbook of Human-Faery relations that shows that working with Faery is not about escaping reality, it is about engaging with it on all levels!
Lin the Piglin Book 2
Casper Craft
Choices were hard. Mc Boned Face never had to make any before he found himself meeting a piglin named Lin. She showed up in his life in a literal explosion that took out the portal to the Nether. That was just her way of making an entrance. He liked life locked in a boat, in a box, where things were simple, and he could yell at Steve as Steve went by. Lin turned that all around and made everything complicated with her friendship. Then she was gone. Now, Mc Boned Face must take on a world that hates him to get her back. He might be a skeleton just trying to keep the wolves from using him as a snack, but can he get his life and memories back from the endless hunger of the darkness? Can he find family and friends that would love him as he is? When the truth comes to light, can he keep it together long enough to live with the wisdom he gains? Can he avoid Steve, golems, the undead, and soggy gods long enough to...
Lin the Piglin Book 1
Casper Craft
A young piglin spends her days looking at the ground, avoiding eye contact with the endermen which has become hostile to piglins too. Until, that is, a hero named Steve shows up and tells her that she has the potential to be just as brave as he is.Before she knows it, piglin Lin must put her new-found bravery to use. With Steve trapped too far away to help, she sets off to defend her world from the hordes that attack it. It's time for Lin to stop being afraid to make mistakes and time for Lin to start using her sword!Can Lin rescue Steve from his trap? Will the pillagers and zombies destroy the innocent villagers once and for all? Can a skeleton really change its ways and become a true friend?An Unofficial Minecraft Diary Book for Kids Ages 9 - 12 (Preteen / Thrilling Minecraft Adventure / Minecraft NovelTHIS MINECRAFT ADVENTURE STORY IS A MUST-READ FOR MINECRAFT FANS ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS AGE 5-7 ,...
The Art and Craft of Playwriting
Jeffery Hatcher
Jeffrey Hatcher knows the nuts and bolts of writing for the theater. Here, he shares his views on it all—from building tension and plotting a scene, right down to moving a character from one side of the stage to the other. From crafting an intriguing beginning to delivering a satisfying ending.In Hatcher's one-on-one discussions with acclaimed American playwrights Lee Blessing, Marsha Norman and Jose Rivera, you'll find a wealth of practical advice, tricks of the trade and insight that will help you in your own creative efforts.
Lin the Piglin Book 3
Casper Craft
Everyone faces darkness in their life, not like Mc Bone Face does, though. He is on a first-name basis with the darkness, and they are anything but friends. Mc Bone Face had tried to live in peace, and He had tried to live with himself. Now he must try and live through a war he wants no part in the first place. His friends and family are all tied in the stakes and the mistakes he has made. There is nowhere to go but forward as the last parts of his heart and past come back to him while he struggles with the meaning behind his life. The darkness is far from done with him and the world, even more so now that he has shown himself to be a direct threat to it. The divine are locked in a war and ragging everyone into it. He will take on new never before seen foes and find new names for himself. He will risk it all for his family and friends. Perhaps Mc Bone Face will even make amends with Steve before the end. None of that matters as Mc Bone Face has to...
Shotgun, Wedding, Bells
Part #11 of "Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-n-Craft Mystery" series by Joanna Campbell Slan
Grave Visions: An Alex Craft Novel (Alex Craft Series Book 4)
Kalayna Price
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The USA Today bestselling author of Grave Memory and Grave Dance returns with her bewitching heroine Alex Craft in a new novel of twisting urban fantasy where the secrets of the dead can wreak havoc on the living.
If you want to hear voices from the dead in Nekros City, you call Alex Craft. She’s a grave witch with reasonable rates and extraordinary powers who specializes in revealing the secrets of the dead. But she has her own secrets. She’s not human—and her newly discovered heritage is causing havoc for her both in the human realm and in Faerie.
Fae can’t survive without a tie to Faerie, and now that Alex’s true nature has awoken, she’s no exception. She must align herself to a court and soon. To retain as much freedom as possible, she makes a deal to track the source of a new glamour-infused street drug which causes hallucinations that kill—and not just the user. Her investigation entangles Alex in a conflict brewing in Faerie, and she must find answers before she’s dragged so deep that she loses not only her freedom, but her life.
From the Paperback edition.
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Praise for the Alex Craft novels
“Fascinating magic, a delicious heartthrob, and a fresh, inventive world.”—New York Times bestselling author Chloe Neill
“A rare treat, intriguing and original. Don’t miss this one.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs
“An incredible urban fantasy….This is a series I love!”—Nocturne Romance Reads
“An action-packed roller-coaster ride that will keep you enthralled from the very start. An absolute must read!”—A Book Obsession
“I have totally become a fan of Alex Craft and Kalayna’s writing.”—The Reading Cafe
About the Author
Kalayna Price is the USA Today bestselling author of the Alex Craft novels including Grave Memory, Grave Dance, and Grave Witch. Ms. Price draws her ideas from the world around her, her studies into ancient mythologies, and her obsession with classic folklore. Her stories contain not only the mystical elements of fantasy but also a dash of romance, a bit of gritty horror, some humor, and a large serving of mystery. Kalayna is a member of SFWA and RWA and is an avid hula-hoop dancer who has been known to light her hoop on fire.
The Witching Craft (The Witches of Redwood Falls 2)
Part #2 of "The Witches of Redwood Falls" series by Janelle Daniels
Romance / Historical Romance
A powerful talisman.An estranged mate’s return.And an epic struggle between dark and light magick.It was her destiny…After Persephone creates the talisman, a magical enhancer beyond any ever forged, she’s attacked by thieves from both sides of power, intent on stealing the object for themselves. She protects the talisman with vicious spells but doesn’t prepare for Zander, her estranged mate who abandoned her years ago, or his attempt to possess the relic.He wants the talisman...After years of walking the line between dark and light magick, Zander refuses to allow any item to tip the balance and cut into his freelancing business—regardless of who crafted it. However, once Zander lays eyes on Persephone, the one woman he’d never forgotten, his goals shift. He’d not only keep the talisman away from his enemies, but he’d protect his mate as well, winning back her loyalty and love after years apart.After Voltaire, a ruthless dark magick wielder, captures Persephone, she finds the key she’d searched for… the True One… hidden in Voltaire’s fortress. With the talisman’s power in jeopardy, Persephone must choose whether to channel its magick, an act that could kill her, or risk the precarious balance between light and dark, destroying all she holds dear.
Murder, Money, and Moving On
Part #9 of "Craft Circle Cozy Mysteries" series by Stacey Alabaster
Mystery / Cozy Mystery
Death at the Dog Wedding
Part #7 of "Craft Circle Cozy Mysteries" series by Stacey Alabaster
Mystery / Cozy Mystery
Murderous Craft
Sam Cheever
Gainfully Employed Mystery [1]Dead End Job: When the only thing on tap is death.
A corpse in the bathroom of a popular bar. An old acquaintance still nursing a mad-on from fifteen years earlier. And a cast of characters possessing secrets they’ll do almost anything to keep. It’s enough to make reformed (sort of) party girl Blaise Runa want to quit her dead end job. But in the meantime she fully intends to grab her sexy private eye fiancé and dig into the mess. Because she might be trying to adult, but that doesn’t mean she’s gotten any less nosy!
Group, Photo, Grave
Part #4 of "Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery" series by Joanna Campbell Slan
Pregnant scrapbook store almost-owner Kiki Loewenstein does her best for demanding mother-in-law Sheila to have special wedding to police chief Robert, while fiance Chad picks up never-known son Erik 5. But an uninvited plastic surgeon, who ruined noses of her and fellow "Jimmy Girls" (after Jimmy Durante), is killed. Includes recipes and craft tips.
Killer, Paper, Cut
Part #2 of "Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery" series by Joanna Campbell Slan
A Halloween charity crop planned by Kiki Lowenstein is chopped short when her employee is attacked by a knife-wielding assailant. There's blood on someone's hands-but whose? A very pregnant Kiki connects the dots and quickly discovers that she has been clueless far too long. Closely held secrets point to a web of deception, one that has Kiki tied in knots. But the spunky scrapbooker refuses to lie down and die. Bumping her snooping skills up a notch, Kiki whittles down her suspect list. Meanwhile, on the home front, she's stabbed in the back by someone she trusted. Will our intrepid crafter survive the unkindest cut of all?
Beaches, Blogging, and Bodies
Part #6 of "Craft Circle Cozy Mysteries" series by Stacey Alabaster
Mystery / Cozy Mystery
Two Serpents Rise cs-2
Part #2 of "Craft Sequence" series by Max Gladstone
Shadow demons plague the city reservoir, and Red King Consolidated has sent in Caleb Altemoc — casual gambler and professional risk manager — to cleanse the water for the sixteen million people of Dresediel Lex. At the scene of the crime, Caleb finds an alluring and clever cliff runner, crazy Mal, who easily outpaces him. But Caleb has more than the demon infestation, Mal, or job security to worry about when he discovers that his father — the last priest of the old gods and leader of the True Quechal terrorists — has broken into his home and is wanted in connection to the attacks on the water supply. From the beginning, Caleb and Mal are bound by lust, Craft, and chance, as both play a dangerous game where gods and people are pawns. They sleep on water, they dance in fire... and all the while the Twin Serpents slumbering beneath the earth are stirring, and they are hungry.
The Craft of Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
History / Nonfiction / Spy Thriller
If the experts could point to any single book as a starting point for understanding the subject of intelligence from the late twentieth century to today, that single book would be Allen W. Dulles's The Craft of Intelligence. This classic of spycraft is based on Allen Dulles's incomparable experience as a diplomat, international lawyer, and America's premier intelligence officer. Dulles was a high-ranking officer of the CIA's predecessor—the Office of Strategic Services—and was present at the inception of the CIA, where he served eight of his ten years there as director. Here he sums up what he learned about intelligence from nearly a half-century of experience in foreign affairs.In World War II his OSS agents penetrated the German Foreign Office, worked with the anti-Nazi underground resistance, and established contacts that brought about the Nazi military surrender in North Italy. Under his direction the CIA developed both a dedicated corps of specialists and a...
The Ruin of Angels--A Novel of the Craft Sequence
Max Gladstone
Max Gladstone returns with Six Feet Over, the sixth novel in the Craft Sequence, which The Washington Post calls "the best kind of urban fantasy" and NPR calls "sharp, original, and passionate"The God Wars destroyed the city of Alikand. Now, a century and a half and a great many construction contracts later, Agdel Lex rises in its place. Dead deities litter the surrounding desert, streets shift when people aren't looking, a squidlike tower dominates the skyline, and the foreign Iskari Rectification Authority keeps strict order in this once-independent city—while treasure seekers, criminals, combat librarians, nightmare artists, angels, demons, dispossessed knights, grad students, and other fools gather in its ever-changing alleys, hungry for the next big score.Priestess/investment banker Kai Pohala (last seen in Full Fathom Five) hits town to corner Agdel Lex's burgeoning nightmare startup scene, and to visit her estranged...
Desert Winter
Michael Craft
After 30 some odd years of success as a director on Broadway, Claire Gray has accepted her first academic position - that of a theatrical director at the richly funded Desert Arts College in Palm Springs. Having lived a largely peaceful life in Manhattan, she is stunned to find herself in the midst of the second murder - and murder investigation - in a matter of months in Palm Springs. This time it's a local aged and ailing collector - who frequently lends pieces to local charity events or dramatic productions - found dead shortly after Claire's friend and neighbor Grant Knoll was there. With Grant a suspect in his murder, along with several others with equally good motives for wanting him dead, Claire decides to look into the circumstances of his unfortunate death.
Crafts, Crimes, and Country Clubs
Part #8 of "Craft Circle Cozy Mysteries" series by Stacey Alabaster
Mystery / Cozy Mystery
The Far End of Happy
Kathryn Craft
Twelve tense hours, three women, and the suicide standoff that turns one family's little piece of heaven into a scene from hell Ronnie Farnham's husband is supposed to move out today. But when Jeff pulls into the driveway drunk, with a shotgun in the front seat, she realizes nothing about the day will go as planned.The next few hours spiral down in a flash, unlike the slow disintegration of their marriage-and whatever part of that painful unraveling is Ronnie's fault, not much else matters now but these moments. Her family's lives depend on the choices she will make-but is what's best for her best for everyone?Based on a real event from the author's life, The Far End of Happy is a chilling contemporary novel. Fans of Mary Kubica, Diane Chamberlin, and Rosalind Noonan will be on the edge of their seats during this story of one troubled man, the family that loves him, and the suicide standoff that...
Boy Toy
Part #5 of "A Mark Manning Mystery" series by Michael Craft
Mark Manning gave up a career as a prominent journalist at a major daily newspaper in Chicago to take over as the owner and publisher of the Dumont Daily Register, the daily newspaper in a small Wisconsin town. Living there with his lover, architect Neil Waite, and his nephew and ward Thad Quatrain, Mark's life in Dumont is usually quiet. At the moment, the biggest news is the forthcoming production of a new play by the local community theater group. Two local teenage boys are alternating in the lead role - one is Jason Thrush, a gregarious and somewhat egotistical athlete, and the other is Thad Quatrain. When Jason and Thad have a verbal clash during rehearsal, it is quickly forgotten by almost everyone involved. But when Jason turns up dead on opening night - leaving Thad to take over the lead role - the local gossip turns against Thad. Jason's death is soon proved to be murder and, even though he has not been charged, opinion about town has all but convicted Thad of the crime. Sure that Thad is innocent, Mark, with the help of his lover and friends, is determined to publicly clear Thad's name. But that means finding out exactly what happened to Jason Thrush on that fatal day and Manning's investigation may place him and his loved ones in mortal danger.
Four Cowboys & a Witch
Part #2 of "Warrior's Craft" series by Cheryl Dragon
Five-way sex in Texas? Love doesn't get any bigger!Danielle left Texas for plenty of good reasons. The psychic had been called a witch and a lot worse. The only thing she missed was the four men who'd never let her down.Back in Houston to settle her aunt's estate, Dani is drawn into their fight against a mysterious creature. A lot has changed, and they want her in their life and their one, very Texas-sized bed. A quiet ranch life with a paranormal mission and four hot cowboys eager to share her is more than she ever dreamed of having.
Grave Memory: An Alex Craft Novel
Kalayna Price
Science Fiction & Fantasy
When the dead need to talk, Alex Craft is always ready to listen…As a Grave Witch, Alex solves murders by raising the dead—an ability that comes at a cost, and after her last few cases, that cost is compounding. But her magic isn’t the only thing causing havoc in her life. While she’s always been on friendly terms with Death himself, things have recently become a whole lot more close and personal. Then there’s her sometime partner, agent Falin Andrews, who is under the glamour of the Winter Queen. To top everything off, her best friend has been forever changed by her time spent captive in Faerie. But the personal takes a backseat to the professional when a string of suicides occur in Nekros City and Alex is hired to investigate. The shades have no memory of the days leading up to their brutal endings, so despite the very public apparent suicides, this is murder. But what kind of magic can overcome the human will to survive? And why do the shades lack the memory of their deaths? Searching for the answer might mean Alex won’t have a life to remember at all…
The Night Dance (Once Upon a Time)
Mahlon F. Craft Suzanne Weyn
Rowena, the youngest of twelve sisters, loves to slip out of the castle at night and dance in a magical forest. Soon she convinces her sisters to join her. When Sir Ethan notices that his daughters' slippers look tattered every morning, he is certain they've been sneaking out. So he posts a challenge to all the suitors in the kingdom: The first man to discover where his daughters have been is free to marry the one he chooses. Meanwhile a handsome young knight named Bedivere is involved in a challenge of his own: to return the powerful sword, Excalibur, to a mysterious lake. While looking for the lake, Bedivere meets the beautiful Rowena and falls for her. Bedivere knows that accepting Sir Ethan's challenge is the only opportunity for him to be with Rowena forever. But this puts both Bedivere and Rowena in a dangerous situation...one in which they risk their lives for a chance at love.
Flight Dreams
Michael Craft
A masterpiece of mystery and suspense, this is the moving story of a man struggling to come to terms with his sexuality Investigative journalist Mark Manning is on the trail of a story that could make his career. Airline heiress Helena Carter, who vanished seven years ago, is about to be declared legally dead. Her fortune, valued at over one hundred million dollars, will go to the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and the Federated Cat Clubs of America. Manning is the only one who believes that the missing Chicago socialite is still alive. And he's just been given an ultimatum by his publisher: Prove it, or he's history. Determined to keep his job—and hoping to secure the five-hundred-thousand-dollar reward from Carter's estate, as well as the coveted Partridge Prize for investigative journalism—Manning enters a world of religious fanatics who could turn back the clock on gay rights. At the same time, Manning grapples with his own sexuality as he falls in love for the...
Ink, Red, Dead
Part #3 of "Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery" series by Joanna Campbell Slan
Things go from bad to worse when ace scrapbooker Kiki Lowenstein visits a customer’s home, and discovers she’s a cat hoarder. Not only is the place swarming with felines, but there is a corpse in the freezer. Kiki refuses to believe that the scrapbooker was involved with her neighbor’s murder, and now her biggest problem is who dunnit?
Body Language
Part #3 of "A Mark Manning Mystery" series by Michael Craft
A midlife crisis sends Chicago Journal reporter Mark Manning back to his Wisconsin hometown—and into a morass of lust, lies, and lethal family secretsAn unexpected windfall has given burned-out Chicago journalist Mark Manning the chance to reconnect with his boyhood roots. With the blessing of his lover, Neil, he leaves the Windy City to return to Dumont, Wisconsin, to take over the town paper. His long-awaited family reunion is cut short when his cousin Suzanne is bludgeoned to death just before Christmas dinner. Before she dies, she whispers something to Manning: the name of her son.Was she expressing a mother’s dying wish for the future welfare of her child? Or revealing the identity of her murderer? When Manning ends up in the local law’s sights, he’s suddenly racing against time to clear his own name and smoke out a killer. With no lack of suspects, from a troubled homophobe to a lesbian activist to a housekeeper, the clock is ticking on a story that could be the biggest of Manning’s career—if he lives long enough to write it.Body Language is the third book in Michael Craft’s Mark Manning series, which begins with Flight Dreams and Eye Contact.
The Third Craft
James Harris
In this dramatic one-volume sci-fi trilogy, three spacecraft crash land on Earth following the destruction of a far-off planet by two warring royal houses. Now, with the discovery of the third craft, the rivalry breaks out in an apocalyptic battle to determine Earth's future. It is a battle between equally determined forces involving two princes, the Queen Mother, and the humans the rival aliens have adapted themselves to—including the twins Joe and Hawk and their father Frank Grayer, an intelligence agent for the U.S. Department of Defense. The Third Craft is a spirited, gripping saga of morality, cosmic civil war, and human evolution—an adventure into the limits of technology, the nature of evil, and the destiny of humankind.
The Price of Love (A Price Novel Book 1)
Craft, Maggi
Arden Simms — an average twenty-five-year-old med student — is headstrong, independent, and spends most of her time consumed by her studies. The last thing she wants is a romantic relationship that could cause her life to veer off track.
Slayde Price is gorgeous, kind, and well on his way to fame and fortune. But the shallow people he’s surrounded by in Paris have started to bore him, and he’s contemplating a way out of his contract so he can return home.
Their worlds collide when Arden flies to Paris to visit her sister — and finds that her selfish younger sister has struck again, leaving Arden alone in a strange city with no place to stay. When Slayde bumps into Arden, his ex-girlfriend’s sister, on a crowded street, he decides he may just want to stay in Paris a little longer.
Before long, Arden realizes that ignoring her feelings for Slayde isn’t as easy as she’d thought it would be.
Craft’s first in the Price of love series hooks readers with its smoldering intensity and page-turning dramatic twists.
Wall, Stone, Craft
Walter Jon Williams
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Short Stories
An alternative-history classic nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards! Young Mary Godwin has run away with the married poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, but a chance encounter places them in the path of Lord Byron, the Hero of Waterloo. Byron wants Mary, and is willing to use Mary’s young, reckless sister Claire as a pawn in his heartless schemes. Exactly how heartless, and how audacious is only revealed on a storm-tossed lake in Switzerland, a tragic encounter that produces not only an alternate history, but an alternate literary monster, a new Frankenstein for a new world...
Craft
Lynnie Purcell
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Literature & Fiction / Young Adult
15-year-old Ellie Bumbalow has only ever known three things: magic, chores, and bullying from her sisters. She could not imagine a world outside of those things. That is, until she saves the life of a Cooper.She knew the Coopers and Bumbalows were in a magical blood feud as old as the two families. But when she helps the Cooper boy, she finds much more than enemy - she finds love.
Bitch Slap
Michael Craft
Journalist Mark Manning has been successfully running his family's newspaper, The Dumont Daily Register, for several years now, and he sits on the board of two local companies, Quatro Press and Ashton Mills. So when the respective CEOs of these companies discuss a merger, it is only natural that Manning be interested in the proceedings. What's more, Manning's lover Neil, an architect, is designing a new house for Ashton's CEO, Gillian Reece. Reece is a business friend of Manning but not a friend to many else; she is generally considered overly aggressive and fastidious. When Manning assigns Glee Savage, the newspaper's society reporter, to cover Reece's new home, the subsequent meeting between the two does not end well: Savage huffs off in a fury but not before ferociously bitch slapping Reece in front of everyone. With Reece's cheek still smarting, more bad news comes as the accountant performing due diligence for the merger reports some very questionable...