A disturbing patient interrupts psychiatrist Dr. Pierce's Thanksgiving dinner at the asylum. He'll need help from unlikely allies if he's to make it back in time for dessert.Don't let us fool you; the following stories are all fictitious in nature. We recently received several lawsuits on behalf of people who claim we have left them bereft of peace and solace, simply because they couldn't handle the idea of killer robots featured in one of our stories. Of course, we take no responsibility for mental or physical discomfort of any kind resulting from the reading of these stories. To those experiencing physical discomfort, we advise you to stop reading in bed; you'll just keep dropping your e-reading device on your face as you doze off. To those experiencing emotional or mental discomfort, we advise you to begin a course of treatment that will help you come to terms with the fantastical nature of these stories. For instance, if stories about killer robots worry you, one need only to read news stories about the drone strikes killing dozens of people around the world every day. After a few doses of this, one inevitably becomes immune to science fiction and fantasy because the real world is already so dangerous and terrifying.At which point we'll gladly welcome you back to the caring embrace of our publication where you can read about things that are gloriously untrue in peace.

Since his first collection of stories, Descent of Man, appeared in 1979, T.C. Boyle has become an acknowledged master of the form who has transformed the nature of short fiction in our time. Among the fourteen tales in his seventh collection are the comic yet lyrical title story, in which a young man wins a vicious African cat in a bar bet; "Dogology," about a suburban woman losing her identity to a pack of strays; and "The Kind Assassin," which explores the consequences of a radio shock jock's quest to set a world record for sleeplessness. Muscular, provocative, and blurring the boundaries between humans and nature, the funny and the shocking, Tooth and Claw is Boyle at his best.

A tale of contention over love and money--among dragons Jo Walton burst onto the fantasy scene with The King's Peace, acclaimed by writers as diverse as Poul Anderson, Robin Hobb, and Ken MacLeod. In 2002, she was voted the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Now Walton returns with Tooth and Claw, a very different kind of fantasy story: the tale of a family dealing with the death of their father, of a son who goes to law for his inheritance, a son who agonizes over his father's deathbed confession, a daughter who falls in love, a daughter who becomes involved in the abolition movement, and a daughter sacrificing herself for her husband. Except that everyone in the story is a dragon, red in tooth and claw. Here is a world of politics and train stations, of churchmen and family retainers, of courtship and country houses...in which, on the death of an elder, family members gather to eat the body of the deceased. In which society's high-and-mighty members avail themselves of the privilege of killing and eating the weaker children, which they do with ceremony and relish, growing stronger thereby. You have never read a novel like Tooth and Claw.

Serena Frome, the beautiful mathematician daughter of an Anglican bishop, has a brief affair with an older man during her final year at Cambridge, and finds herself being groomed for the Intelligence Service. The year is 1972: Britain, confronting economic disaster, is being torn apart by industrial unrest and Irish terrorism and faces its fifth state of emergency. The Cold War has entered a moribund phase but the fight goes on and MI5 hesitates at little to influence hearts and minds.  Serena, a compulsive reader of novels, is sent by her new employers on a secret mission that brings her into the literary world of Tom Haley, a promising young writer. First, she loves his stories, then she begins to love the man. Can she maintain the fiction of her undercover life? And who is deceiving whom? To answer these questions, Serena must abandon the first rule of espionage—trust no one. Ian McEwan masterfully entwines espionage and desire in an unforgettable story of intrigue, betrayal and love.

The synopsis: Lennox Armbruster was struck by a speeding vehicle—but was it an accident or an insurance scam gone wrong? Roy Ballard is hired to find out, and he soon learns there’s a third possibility: attempted murder. Joe Jankowski, the man who hit Armbruster, is a tough-talking player in the construction industry, and a feud with one of his former employees has shown that he has a temper to match his brash personality. When Roy and his partner Mia Madison attempt to dig deeper, they learn just how far Jankowski will go to shut down their investigation.

A short dry-humoured adult fairy tale based on some well known classics.Arianna Grace liked her boring, Midwestern, teenage life where she ignored the many unanswered questions of her childhood. Why were her parents dead? Why did she not have family? Where was she raised until she was five? When someone offers to explain it all, Arianna thinks she’s just getting answers. Instead, she is thrown into a world of night humans who drink blood.On Arianna's sixteenth birthday, her world is thrown upside down when she changes into a vampire. Night humans, or demons, as some call them, live in normal society. Learning all of the new rules of a world she didn’t know existed might be hard enough, but it's further complicated by two former-friends that now want to help her take her role as the successor to her grandfather. There is a war going on between the night humans. Sides have been taken and lines are not crossed. Four main clans of night humans are struggling for control of the night. Divided into two sides, clans Baku and Tengu have been at war for centuries with the clans Dearg-dul and Lycan. That is, until Arianna Grace finds out the truth; she’s the bridge of peace between the two sides. But not everyone wants peace. With the night humans divided, Arianna is now a pawn in the war between them. She must choose a side—her mother’s family or her father’s—and for once in her life, decide her own fate.---- Early Reviews ---- “The Legend of the Blue Eyes is overall a fantastic read with a new spin on the world of the Night Humans. The story feels natural, not forced, and I think that this series will really develop into something great.” -Bethany@Reading Vixens “Okay! WOW! This novel is amazing!! I’m surprised at just how much I enjoyed reading this novel! The Legend of the Blue Eyes is the first novel in the trilogy and let me tell you, its worth a read! B. Kristin McMichael has a new and original take on Vampires and the Vampire World.” -Ana @SoManyBooksSoLittleTime “Arianna finds herself embroiled in kidnappings, poisonings, and nefarious plotting to undermine current leadership. With little choice but to embrace this new life, Ms. McMichael keeps you interested in Arianna’s rise to glory and pursuit of adjustment and happiness. The story is far from done.” -Carmen@TheReadingCafe

With four books out and terrific Book Club sales success, Ready, Freddy! is an enormously popular school series by an elementary school teacher who has seen it all.Get to know Freddy Thresher, the first grade shark expert with an uncanny knack for mischief. Join Freddy in this adventure as he schemes and scrimps, trying to earn enough money to buy an awesome fossilized shark tooth. Packed with humor, illustrations, and even factual information about sharks, the Ready, Freddy! series is perfect for the chapter book reader.

What happened to Benny Imura and his friends after they reached Sanctuary—and discovered that it was far from the miracle they had thought it would be? Jonathan Maberry shares a glimpse into a formative moment in an exclusive e-short story that also features Joe Ledger (Patient Zero, Extinction Machine) and Iron Mike Sweeney (The Pine Deep Trilogy).

The bold, bright colors of India leap off the page in this picture book retelling of how Ganesha helped write the epic Hindu poem, the Mahabharata. Ganesha is just like any other kid, except that he has the head of an elephant and rides around on a magical mouse. And he loves sweets, but when Ganesha insists on biting into a super jumbo jawbreaker laddoo, his tusk breaks off! With the help of the wise poet Vyasa, and his friend Mr. Mouse, Ganesha learns that what seems broken can be quite useful after all. With vibrant, graphic illustrations, expressive characters, and offbeat humor, this is a wonderfully inventive rendition of a classic tale.Praise for Ganesha's Sweet Tooth"Pink elephants haven't looked this good since Dumbo." —The New York Times"Beautifully presented. . . . So sweet we almost want to pop it in our mouths." —Entertainment Weekly"Stylish. . . . A fresh and comedic...

A beautiful doll arrives in New York with no money and a suitcase heavier than she is. A kind-hearted magician pays her cab fare - and marries her! Her brief honeymoon is interrupted by murder.Here is one of the most original mysteries you have ever read - a fast-moving chiller by Bill Ballinger, author of Portrait in Smoke, The Body in the Bed, and many other bestsellers."Anyone who fears that the detective story has exhausted itself ... is urged to secure at once The Tooth and the Nail, in which Bill S. Ballinger presents us with a completely new trick."  - New York Times

The Tooth Fairy is another stunning story from Ryan Ramoutar.Small glimpses of relief and liberty are in fact bad omens. And the death is very small and very silent...‘I’ve traded my old enemies for just this one…’ The axe thundered home. ‘I miss the old ones.’Every man has a past, none more so than Draven Reinhardt. Abandoning his old life to settle down as a villager, he struggles to fit in, let alone hold down a job. When opportunity offers the much needed coin, Draven is torn between a promise and a purpose. But, what’s one last job if you’ve already got blood on your hands?‘From Man to Man’ is the story of how one man can change – or not – for the best. Prequel to the upcoming novel ‘It Began With Ashes’, the short (6400 words) introduces the reader to a world of suspense, intrigue, and action.BONUS MATERIAL:Exclusive preview chapter from ‘It Began With Ashes’.

An essay highlighting the humorous experience of a first-world woman going to an almost third-world dentist while on vacation.When we've chosen the wrongly decision and have fallen off the horse. We must pick ourselves up and get back on the horse not literally speaking.A.G.Douglas proudly presents to you a short story called, ‘The Parable of One Winged Butterfly.’ I have found the butterfly to be a fascinating insect which has inspired children around the world. The natural world will play a crucial part in lives of the butterflies. The natural world provides extraordinary beauty and resources at our doorsteps. The downside of the natural world is that it brings destruction and mayhem too. This parable of the one winged butterfly confronts the downside of the natural world in a courageous manner with the strength of the Lord.

The dilapidated, rotting town of Sweetwater, teetering on the edge of the Great Australian Bight, has long been prey to more shark attacks than any other place on earth. When Joanne and her troubled amputee lover Ben become stranded in Sweetwater out of season, they find themselves pursued, spied on and baited by the unhinged townsfolk.Joanne's sudden disappearance propels Ben on a desperate, violent journey through Sweetwater's twisted streets to confront its psychotic inhabitants and eventually, his own tortured history. A man now afraid of all things, Ben must eventually face everyone's worst fear in the pitch-black predatory waters that lay siege to the town."Ambitious and packed with ideas...definitely worth checking out."SFX Magazine"An unsettling piece of character horror that gets under your skin. A very promising debut."Sci-fi Now Magazine"This is rich, dark, scary, mind-bending fantasy that is as fascinating as it is disturbing."MJ...

Overlords and humanity battle to claim Earth in a war as old as the alien domination of the planet. Yet with each new offensive comes stunning new revelations--exposing mysteries that were unfathomable before Skydark but are now quite real and deadly. Still, hope lies in the brilliant counteroffensive led by the Cerberus rebels, for whom success means nothing less than returning Earth to mankind. An exotic combination of reptilian and human DNA, the Najah are the revitalized original foot soldiers of the Earth's ancient alien masters, the Annunaki. Having survived the megacull of humanity, these half-cobra warriors vow to avenge their near extinction and usher in a new age on Earth. From a massive, underground war base in northern India, this monstrous force launches its cleansing fire. Kane and his allies have one hope--a renegade female Najah, reptilian and ruthless, whose alliance is both a promise...and a threat.

Ministry intelligence suggests a Karshi raiding party has an interest in an ancient object on Skathi, a small moon of Saturn. Bulays and Ghaavn will need to learn how to fight flying aliens from the ground, fast!A series planetary romance.Bulays and Ghaavn #13.A tragic childhood left Ellie Coulter with a supernatural gift that tells her a person’s true intentions. But even that didn’t protect her from a cheating husband with his own self-destructive secrets. After finding the strength to leave, she retreats from the world to heal. She’s drawn out of her protective shell when a friend insists on playing matchmaker. After some persistent coaxing, Ellie warms to the idea that she may have found a reason to let her walls down, and his name is David Mitchell. With things looking up in the romance department, Ellie finds herself the caretaker of the Bradford mansion, an impressive home that is also rumored to be haunted. Curious about what happened to the mansion’s former owners, Ellie finds herself entangled in the events that happened over a hundred years ago. It’s all part of the trap set by the one hiding in the shadows, and Ellie fell right into it. The complete Shadows trilogy:Edge of Shadows (Shadows #1)Shadows Deep (Shadows #2)Veiled Shadows (Shadows #3)

SUMMARY: Annie Capshaw has found that the way to a man's heart is through his cooking class. But just as she and her best friend, Eve, are planning Annie's big day with Jim, her former cooking instructor turned boss, murder takes the cake. Make that the wedding cake...

Kate no longer runs in the field with her loyal dog Gyp. Gyp worries for Kate's exhaustion. Gyp sees how the color fades from his beloved master. He knows how Kate sweats through sleepless nights. Gyp suspects a terrible sickness gripping Kate, and he fears the family cat Isis holds a terrible secret from him, one which Gyp is determined to learn no matter if he has to shake that cat apart.Gyp is a champion of a loyal dog. Gyp closely follows each of his master Kate's commands. Together, they are a team, and Gyp loves nothing more than running through the training field and pleasing Kate with his cunning and speed. But when a sickness grips Kate so that they can no longer take the field, Gyp will brave even the family's ancient, temperamental cat Isis to learn what can be done to bring health back to his Kate. Gyp will not flinch before that cat's eyes, and the dog will complete any challenge, or pay any cost, to pull Kate back upon the green fields.

Dark creatures are gathering.Eldwin and Maren are dispatched to the border of Osnen for their next assignment. A cluster of small mining towns are in danger as a horde of goblins are assembling in the hills.Scouting their camp reveals a familiar face – one that they never expected to see again.With magic failing, and bonds weakening, will Eldwin and Maren be able to save the day?Fans of Sarah K.L. Wilson's Dragon School, Christopher Paolini's Eragon and Anne McCaffrey's Dragon Riders of Pern will feel right at home.Tooth and Claw is the seventh episode of the series Dragon Riders of Osnen.Dragon Riders of Osnen series:Book 1: Trial by SorceryBook 2: A Bond of FlameBook 3: The Warrior's CallBook 4: The Coin of SoulsBook 5: Wings of TerrorBook 6: Eyes of...

Rosie Parker never asked to be a tooth fairy. She's plenty happy with her career as Salem's favorite pediatric dentist and quite content filling her solitary evenings with a passionate dollhouse hobby. With the government coming after her for back taxes and a persistent, attractive accountant poking around in her tooth gathering agenda, Rosie's carefully constructed world begins to crumble. And when she's unwittingly drawn into a wicked plot to steal DNA from baby teeth, she realizes that she's in way over her head. Can Rosie brush aside her fears and misgivings about Fae magic and find her own Happily Ever After with the Tax Man?

N. D. Wilson, author of Leepike Ridge and 100 Cupboards, returns with an action-packed adventure that will captivate fans of both Percy Jackson and Indiana Jones with lost civilizations, ancient secrets, and buried treasure. For two years, Cyrus and Antigone Smith have run a sagging roadside motel with their older brother, Daniel. Nothing ever seems to happen. Then a strange old man with bone tattoos arrives, demanding a specific room. Less than 24 hours later, the old man is dead. The motel has burned, and Daniel is missing. And Cyrus and Antigone are kneeling in a crowded hall, swearing an oath to an order of explorers who have long served as caretakers of the world's secrets, keepers of powerful relics from lost civilizations, and jailers to unkillable criminals who have terrorized the world for millennia. From the Hardcover edition.

Best-selling erotic romance author Trinity Blacio (Running with Fear) brings her unique blend of paranormal ménage to the realm of vampires and shape-shifters with her new series, Masters of the Cat, a world where every woman has three masters to love her.Light years away, the Tetraheros came together. Their creation, the Cometedge race, is on the verge of extinction, even with the female companions provided to them throughout the years. Meanwhile one lone rogue has tried to wipe out the feline shifter population on Earth. There was only one solution: The Cometedge Pact. Three warriors are bound to every female, connecting two separate races through a sense of duty, blood, sex, and love.

Almost a decade after its original publication, award winner and Governor General Literary Award nominee Joseph Boyden's classic book of short stories is finally being reissued. Born With A Tooth, Boyden's debut work of fiction, is a collection of thirteen beautifully written stories about aboriginal life in Ontario. They are stories of love, unexpected triumph, and a passionate belief in dreams. They are also stories of anger and longing, of struggling to adapt, of searching but remaining unfulfilled. The collection includes 'Bearwalker', a story that introduces a character who appears again in Boyden's novel Three Day Road. By taking on a new voice in each story, Joseph Boyden explores aboriginal stereotypes and traditions in a most unexpected way. Whether told by a woman trying to forget her past or by a drunken man trying to preserve his culture, each story paints an unforgettable and varied image of modern aboriginal culture in Ontario. An extraordinary first book, Born With A Tooth reveals why Joseph Boyden is a writer worth reading.

An poor outcast from a remote mountain village seeks love and respect but instead finds himself at the centre of a global battle for power between religions, races, and nations.

Have you ever wondered how a dragon cleans its teeth? Now you can find out in this thrilling and imaginative short fantasy from the award-winning author of 'Moth Girl versus The Bats' and 'Blood on the Ground'.Have you ever wondered how a dragon cleans its teeth? Now you can find out in this thrilling and imaginative short fantasy from the award-winning author of 'Moth Girl versus The Bats' and 'Blood on the Ground'. Jena has been serving the dragons for years, yet is drawn into a murderous plot of rebellion, finding friends and enemies amongst dragonkind, and discovering the shocking origin of the creatures.

ORIGINAL TRADE PAPERBACK. New York Times best-selling authors S.M. Stirling, Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, and Jody Lynn Nye return with four novellas. The cat-like Mrem, our heroes, battle the deep reptilian intelligence of humanoid dinosaurs in a Bronze Age world. SEQUEL TO EXILED: CLAN OF THE CLAW. Second entry in a series with four linked novellas from multiple best-sellers S.M. Stirling, Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Jody Lynn Nye! After the extinction asteroid does not strike Earth, the dinosaurs keep evolving–but so do the mammals. We mammals have achieved humanlike shapes, but now it’s cold-blooded, magic-using reptiles against the hot-blooded, hot-tempered descendants of cats.  In a heroic, Bronze Age world similar to 300, the Mrem Clans expand their rough-and-tumble territory, but now they face the Lishkash, reptilian masters of a cold-blooded empire of slave armies and magic. It’s mammalian courage and adaptation against reptile cunning in a clash of steel and will that determine who shall inherit the Earth. The Change Series Exiled: Clan of the Claw By Tooth and Claw**

A terrible storm is raging, and ten-year-old Dinah is huddled by candlelight with her brother, sister, and cousin Gage, who is telling a very unusual tale. It's the story of What-the-Dickens, a newly hatched orphan creature who finds he has an attraction to teeth, a crush on a cat named McCavity, and a penchant for getting into trouble. One day he happens upon a feisty girl skibberee who is working as an Agent of Change -- trading coins for teeth -- and learns that there is a dutiful tribe of skibbereen (call them tooth fairies) to which he hopes to belong. As his tale of discovery unfolds, however, both What-the- Dickens and Dinah come to see that the world is both richer and less sure than they ever imagined.

Canidae private investigator Ariadne Willow and her girlfriend Dale have had a hectic couple of years, dealing with murderous clients while attempting to stop an all-out war between hunters and wolves. After stopping the onset of wolf manoth, Ari decides it’s well past time that she and Dale take a vacation. Two weeks of rest and relaxation at the cabin where their relationship went from business to romance sounds like exactly what the doctor ordered. Dale hopes the opportunity to slow down will ease some of the pain Ari has been suffering from her transformations.Their plans are thrown for a loop when Ari goes for a run and stumbles over the body of a dead girl hidden deep in the woods near the cabin. When she returns with the police the body has vanished and the scene hastily cleaned up. The police don’t see any evidence to confirm Ari’s claims but her enhanced canidae senses confirm the body was there and has vanished. With the police refuse to investigate based only on her word, Ari and Dale begin digging for the truth and quickly learn that there are some secrets people will go to any lengths to keep buried.

A short urban fantasy. Physicians often spend nights awake, up at the hospital caring for patients. On most occasions this doctor is no different, but on Halloween, his nocturnal activities take on a different hue...blood red."Amusement" is the story of one man's battle to make the world a better place through a dedicated sense of professionalism, despite the psychedelic hell it puts him through. It's the story of a man who wants revenge against anyone who ever said, "Whatever gets the job done is good enough," before what's good enough leads to tragedy. It's the story of a soul who wants to right those wrongs caused by professional inadequacy while hopefully reclaiming his long-lost happiness in the process."It should always be done perfectly the first time, or it shouldn’t be done at all"--that's Sammy’s motto. Perfectionism is his calling card, and he thinks that showing anything less is a sure sign of professional immaturity, and immaturity is what makes the world a terrible place. He's obsessive about it. And, the last thing he would ever do is to cut corners or disobey orders from his bosses at Dinners and Waters just to save time or face. So, when he finds out his Monday meeting is being held offsite at a theme park called Happy Fun Land, he acquiesces to the change in routine (a routine that keeps him professionally-minded) because his boss expects him to attend the conference and learn how he can help make the partnership with the theme park's parent company successful. But there's a hitch: Sammy hates the company that Dinners and Waters wants to invest in. Hates everything it stands for. And he hates everything Happy Fun Land stands for. So, when his initial confrontation with Happy Fun Land's parking staff turns violent (unprofessional) and makes him almost an hour late to the meeting (highly unprofessional), he realizes he is about to embark on a personal hell through a "professional" experience that could very well destroy his mind and his sense of reason.He continues on anyway because that's what a professional would do. However, his standards for quality performance are constantly challenged as he stumbles through a world filled with madness, manipulation, and candy, leading him ultimately to stand face to face with the most unprofessional creature he has ever met, the theme park's mascot, Nippy the Cat, in a confrontation that could either change the atmosphere of the theme park or cost him his professionalism and his sanity.Sammy is not amused.

Three weeks have passed since the events of Underdogs. The British population continues its imprisonment in Nicholas Grant's giant walled Citadels, under the watchful eye of innumerable cloned soldiers. The heroes of Oakenfold Special School remain their last chance of freedom.As a result of their last mission, Grant has been forced to speed up his plans for Great Britain and beyond. Ewan, Kate, McCormick and the rest of the Underdogs must face the horrors of his new research, knowing that it raises the stakes as high as they will go. Failing this battle will not merely result in losing soldiers and friends, but in losing the war entirely. According to the odds, the Underdogs are near-certain to fail. But they have spent their whole lives being underestimated and did not survive this long by respecting the odds.

The Forester\'s Daughter - A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Hamlin Garland is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Hamlin Garland then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

The orks are a savage race who live short, hard lives. From the moment they are born to the day they die, life is a struggle for survival and honor.Tooth & Claw is about the coming of age ritual of a young ork boy who wants to become a brun. But to join the ranks of the adults, he must first prove his worth by taming the most dangerous creature in their world.For thousands of years the Dúranaki have lived in relative obscurity, sheltered within their Twilight Forest on the far side of nearly impassible mountains. Ejected from his homeland, T'vance assumes a western name and explores a world few Dúranaki ever see. He soon finds himself in the middle of a conflict that threatens not only the strange land he visits, but casts a spectre of doom even on his own homeland.Five short stories chronicle his journeys.

Gales Ferry. Population: 1,100...500...175...0.Return to the widely popular Echo Team urban fantasy series with this mission-oriented novella!After the Templars intercept a startling series of 911 calls, the Echo Team is ordered to the once picturesque town of Gales Ferry, New Hampshire.There, a strange tableau awaits - the town is empty, its inhabitants missing, their still-warm last meals resting silently on their tables.As Knight Commander Cade Williams and his men spread out in search of the missing townsfolk, they quickly realize that they are not alone.Something is stalking the streets of Gales Ferry.And the Echo Team is its next target.

France, 13th century. Near the shores of the Mediterranean lives Vara Svobodová with her father, a prominent merchant, his barbarian wife, and her scientist father. Though the shadowy gazes of Great Gods and the greedy hands of local lord Petru Dominus hang over them, Vara lives a comfortable life.That all changes when she learns that she is da resu, destined to life after death and servitude of her unearthly powers to he who slays her. Rumours of her true nature catch the attention of the increasingly mad Lord Petru, who covets power, has aspirations for the throne, and desires a resura of his own.Surrounded by spies, plagued with inexplicable visions, and trapped in the only home she has ever known, Vara finds the ambitions of those around her as sharp as the fabled nightingale's tooth. Caught in the middle, she realizes that it is her fate to die. But who will hold her leash when she does?

Sophie gets a visit from the tooth fairy—or does she?—in this fifteenth charming book of The Adventures of Sophie Mouse series!Sophie Mouse has never lost a tooth before. But it looks like that's about to change because Sophie's tooth sure is wiggly! She's a little scared...until a friend tells her that when you lose your tooth and put it under your pillow, the tooth fairy brings you a present! Now Sophie can't wait for her tooth to fall out. Then, Sophie does exactly what she's supposed to but the tooth fairy never comes! What did Sophie do wrong? Or is the tooth fairy simply...missing? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Adventures of Sophie Mouse chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.

Vintage sweets, a deadly surprise, and a mischievous Maine Coon cat—Deadly Sweet Tooth is the delightful cozy mystery you've been waiting for! In a darling tourist town like Fredericksburg, Texas, a vintage sweet shop offering delicious old-fashioned favorites is a perfect fit—until someone decides to debut a recipe that's lusciously lethal... With Tally's Old Tyme Sweets finally—well, almost—turning a profit, Tally Holt is taking one busy Saturday off to host a grand party for her parents, traveling performers who spend most of their time on the road. Tally's counting on the publicity and free treats to attract new customers. And the event is a sweet success—at least until Fran Abraham, the town's foul-tempered theater director, drops dead after a bitter confrontation with Tally's mother. Murder was definitely not on Tally's menu, but it's clear that Fran's death wasn't natural. The...

The synopsis: Lennox Armbruster was struck by a speeding vehicle—but was it an accident or an insurance scam gone wrong? Roy Ballard is hired to find out, and he soon learns there’s a third possibility: attempted murder. Joe Jankowski, the man who hit Armbruster, is a tough-talking player in the construction industry, and a feud with one of his former employees has shown that he has a temper to match his brash personality. When Roy and his partner Mia Madison attempt to dig deeper, they learn just how far Jankowski will go to shut down their investigation.

A young man, relatively new to Fox Creek and living with his elderly grandmother, is discovered dead in his bed after having been severely beaten. Unfortunately, the first person to see the body is Carver Ellis; and the first police officer on the scene is already convinced that young Ellis not only found the body but murdered the victim.It's up to Victoria Sears and her new best friend from down-mountain, Lynn Hanson, to work hand-in-hand with Chief Deputy Richard Wroten not only to clear Ellis of any complicity in the death, but to join together a tortuous series of clues to uncover precisely how and why Eric Johansson died.Can they do it before a crucial piece of evidence disappears?

Tim Thomas is searching for dinosaur fossils in the hills above Pounamu, his grandparent′s sheep station. His mum drowned when he was four, leaving Tim with only a vague memory of her - and of a large tooth embedded in rock. But time is against him as he races to find the exact spot where the tooth lies, before the river gully is dammed and the rising waters cover the site. He also has to deal with Sam Mason, the school bully, and when Tim′s horse is stolen his attempts to get her back bring him up against a gang of horse thieves. And then when it starts to rain, the waters begin to rise, and Tim is in trouble. Deep trouble. Des Hunt specializes in exciting action-packed adventures set in the natural landscapes of New Zealand. This is his sixth novel since A Friend in Paradise, a 2003 finalist in the NZ Post Children′s Book Awards, and follows the success of The Moa Cave, 2007 finalist Frog Whistle Mine,...

Two books in one.

Kids everywhere know and love the Tooth Fairy — and now they'll get to see just how magical she truly is!Ouch — Icy Jack Frost has a horrible toothache! When he decides that the only cure is stealing Brianna the Tooth Fairy's magic, there's no stopping him. Now Brianna can't do her job, and losing teeth won't be magical or fun anymore!Kirsty's loose tooth just fell out, and she and Rachel can't wait for Brianna to visit. But Brianna doesn't come to leave a treat under Kirsty's pillow — she comes because she needs the girls' help! Can they track down the missing magic for their new fairy friend? Or is Kirsty's lost tooth a lost cause?Find the magic objects in all three stories inside this Rainbow Magic Special Edition and help save the Tooth Fairy magic!

The problem of downloading the wrong book that occured on the days from 4/4/2013, 4/5/2013, and 4/6/2013 has been solved, Right now, you can download prequels 11-14. Readers who have downloaded wrong content of the book on the days mentioned above, please contact me on my facebook page, and I will compensate you with a free copy, facebook.com/camjaceIf you haven't read the series from the beginning, you can get the first book in the series for 0.99 here amazon.com/dp/B00AA4JIWCWhat if all you knew about fairy tales was wrong?Warning: these Grimm Prequels are like snap shots of a magical land you're about to visit soon. I like to think of them as poisoned apples. Once you taste them, you will never see fairy tales in the same light again.Stories included in this bundle:10.5) Happy Valentine's Slay by Wee Willy WinkieThe real Sandman Grimm sheds a light on what happened in Jawigi, and tells about how some of the teens in Sorrow spend their Valentine's Day.11) Children of Hamlin by the DevilThe Devil tells the story of the Piper of Hamlin, who he really is, the historical events he witnessed, and his relationship to Ladle Rat. Most of all, why they call him the Black Death.12) Tooth & Nail & Fairy Tale by Jack MadlyJack Madly stole a sack full of baby teeth from Bluebeard's enchanted castle, which reminds him of when he first met the Tooth Fairy when he was a child; a memory he wishes to forget.13) Ember in the Wind by the Little Match GirlAll the Little Match Girl wants is to sell her matches so she uses the money to eat and find shelter from the cold. But no one in the cruel city of crowded London helps her. Eventually, she learns something about who she really is, and it changes her life forever.14) Jar of Hearts by the Queen of SorrowThe Queen of Sorrow, still trapped in the Dreamworld summons Cassandra, the fortuneteller, to ask her about the identities of Lost Seven. The problem with Cassandra is that she's cursed that her predictions will never be believed. The Queen is still determined to believe her, but it will cost more than she can bargain for.This Grimm Diaries Prequels are a number of short books in the form of epistolary diary entries. The diaries are more of teasers for the upcoming series: The Grimm Diaries, allowing you to get a glimpse of what to expect of the series. The 6 diaries are told by The Evil Queen, Peter Pan, Little Red Riding Hood, the Devil, Prince Charming, and Alice Grimm The first book in the Series will be out in April 2013, called SNOW WHITE SORROW.Series Description:The Grimm Diaries are pages written in a Book of Sand, where each fairy tale character confessed the true stories once altered by the Brothers Grimm two centuries ago. To keep the truth about fairy tales hidden, the Brothers Grimm buried the characters in their dreams to never wake up again. But the curse was broken and they allowed to wake up every one hundred years.List of the available Grimm Diaries Prequels:The Grimm Diaries Prequels volume 1- 6amazon.com/dp/B00AA4JIWC1 Snow White Blood Rednarrated by The Snow White Queen2 Ashes to Ashes and Cinder to Cindernarrated by Alice Grimm3 Beauty Never Diesnarrated by Peter Pan4 Ladle Rotten Rat Hutnarrated by Little Red Riding Hood5 Mary Mary Quite Contrarynarrated by the Devil6 Blood Applesnarrated by Prince Charming7 Once Beauty Twice Beastnarrated by Beauty8 Moon & Madlynarrated by Moongirl9 Rumpelsteinnarrated by Rumpelstiltskin10 Jawiginarrated by Sandman Grimm10.5 Happy Valentine's Slaynarrated by Willi Winkie11 Children of Hamlinnarrated by the Devil12 Tooth & Nail & Fairy Talenarrated by Jack Madly13 Ember in the Windnarrated by Little Match Girl14 Jar of Heartsnarrated by Queen of Sorrow15 Welcome to Sorrownarrated by Igor the MagnificentComing soon:16 The Pumpkin Piper

Vampire: (noun) Bloodsucker, murderer, bedpost-notcher, God's gift to women, fiend.Seth Gramble is a prince among his people. Half vampire, half jaguar, he is one of a rare few who can shift into an animal form. Both his halves have found their mate in a female detective determined to lump all vampires in with the rogue who killed her former lover. He's given her six months to see him differently. He's done waiting.Paxton Tenor wants nothing to do with a blood-sucking fiend, no matter how much he makes her body sing. Nothing good can come of a vampire. A case she's working on partners her with Seth, and she's forced to reconsider her hatred. He doesn't seem at all like the rogue who sucked the life from her boyfriend in cold blood.When Seth's kitty comes out to play, Paxton realizes she's been stupid to deny herself this man. And when he puts his life on the line to protect hers? All bets are off.

Product DescriptionPREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED--RE-EDITED & EXPANDED with Sneak PeeksKaty Manfred is tired of being sent on wild goose chases by her boss. This latest job is no exception. He wants her to go to La Brea Tar Pits to trap a saber-tooth tiger. Talk about an impossible task! They haven’t existed for over eleven thousand years.The hunter is about to become the hunted.Kegar knew he shouldn’t have shape-shifted and snuck off the Phantom warrior spaceship without permission, but he was eager to begin his search for a mate. The last thing he expected was to be shot in the flank by a beautiful blonde female bent on making a science project out of him. Awake and naked in his human form, Kegar finds the woman of his dreams bending over him. What’s a feline in heat to do? Why pounce of course. He only has a few hours to convince this professional tracker that she’s his perfect mate. It’ll take all Kegar’s sensual skill to bring out the hidden wild cat in Katy. Luckily, he’s more than up to the task.WARNING: This title contains adult language, sexy alien shape-shifters, and smoking hot love-scenes. Might offend some readers.REVIEWS:The author writes an intoxicating tale that is drenched in sexuality. Katy is indeed an ideal match for Kegar, a mate, and a partner in every way. This novella will leave you purr-fectly satisfied.—ParaNormal Romance ReviewsPhantom Warriors 2: Saber-Tooth is a paranormal with bite. This quick-read starts with a wild report of a saber-tooth tiger sighting and the pace never slows down from there! Katy is a likable heroine who is very self-sufficient and smart. The fact she immediately feels lusty attraction to Kegar is explained very well. Her personality fits the fact that she throws caution to the wind and goes for it with him almost instantly. Kegar is a luscious hero, otherworldly but also sensitive toward his chosen mate. The heat these two generate in and out of bed is fierce! Kegar is overwhelmingly sexy but Katy stands up to him. She makes her own choices, rather than just be swept off her feet. With a brash ex-boyfriend threatening the pair, there is enough action to keep the pages turning fast to get to the end. I hope there will be more stories about these intriguing hunters from Zaron. With Saber-Tooth, Ms Summers wrote a steamy, entertaining shape-shifter story that is just right. –JERRWow, this was a scorching story that was steeped in carnality. I adored the play between Katy and Kegar. With her body screaming one thing and her mind another Katy did a fantastic job of trying to weigh her choices in unimaginable circumstances. I am disappointed that I missed the first in this series and have got to go shopping. Kegar is definitely a cat I’d love to have curled up on my hearth at home. I will be looking for more in this series.—Fallen Angel ReviewsThis sexy sequel to Bacchus will definitely leave you satisfied. Kegar is an extremely sexy alpha male that knows what he wants and goes after it. His raw sex appeal and feral nature are enticing and very arousing. Katy is strong and sensible and as she succumbs to their chemical attraction, she doesn’t lose her sense of self and instead gains a deeper insight into her own nature and desires. Jordan Summers has delivered a fantastic tale that’ll have you watching the skies in search of your own Phantom Warrior!--Two Lips ReviewsABOUT THE AUTHORJordan Summers has nineteen published books to her credit. She is a member of Novelist Inc., International Thriller Writers, Horror Writer’s Association, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and Romance Writers of America.

My name is Benjamin Tooth. This is my journal.One day I will be remembered as the greatest scientist that the world has ever known and so it is my duty to mankind to record my thoughts that future generations are able to study the progress of a genius.I am eleven years old.These are the recently discovered journals of Benjamin Tooth: alchemist, inventor and discoverer of the Windvale sprites. They chronicle his journey of scientific discovery from pompous boy to mad old man in his pursuit of the sprites on Windvale Moor. The sprites hold the key to eternal life, and Tooth is determined to capture it. A companion volume to The Windvale Sprites, The Lost Journals will be published with an exciting treasure hunt campaign to find Benjamin Tooth's lost statue. With clues ingeniously placed throughout the book, readers will love to follow the adventure beyond the written page.Monday 18th April 1768

Watch out, Junie, there's a new kid on the block! It's Freddy Thresher, a first grader who knows it's a jungle out there. A new chapter book series written by an elementary teacher who's seen it all!Freddy Thresher has a problem: a really, really, big problem. He's the only one in his class who hasn't lost a tooth! All of the other students in Mrs. Wushy's first grade have signed their names on the Big Tooth, and Freddy's determined to get his name on it, too. So when Max "The Meanie" Sellars calls Freddy a baby, Freddy decides he's going to lose that tooth one way or another, even if it means getting punched in the face at recess, or even bigger trouble, with Mom!

What happened to Benny Imura and his friends after they reached Sanctuary — and discovered that it was far from the miracle they had thought it would be? Jonathan Maberry shares a glimpse into a formative moment in an exclusive e-short story that also features Joe Ledger (*Patient Zero*, *Extinction Machine*) and Iron Mike Sweeney (The Pine Deep Trilogy).

ORIGINAL TRADE PAPERBACK. New York Times best-selling authors S.M. Stirling, Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, and Jody Lynn Nye return with four novellas. The cat-like Mrem, our heroes, battle the deep reptilian intelligence of humanoid dinosaurs in a Bronze Age world. SEQUEL TO EXILED: CLAN OF THE CLAW. Second entry in a series with four linked novellas from multiple best-sellers S.M. Stirling, Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Jody Lynn Nye! After the extinction asteroid does not strike Earth, the dinosaurs keep evolving–but so do the mammals. We mammals have achieved humanlike shapes, but now it’s cold-blooded, magic-using reptiles against the hot-blooded, hot-tempered descendants of cats.  In a heroic, Bronze Age world similar to 300, the Mrem Clans expand their rough-and-tumble territory, but now they face the Lishkash, reptilian masters of a cold-blooded empire of slave armies and magic. It’s mammalian courage and adaptation against reptile cunning in a clash of steel and will that determine who shall inherit the Earth. The Change Series Exiled: Clan of the Claw By Tooth and Claw**

"[Norman Lock's fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights." —NPR"[A] dazzling series. . . . Lock's supple, elegantly plain-spoken prose captures the generosity of the American spirit in addition to its moral failures, and his passionate engagement with our literary heritage evinces pride in its unique character." —Washington Post Best known for his novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne was burdened by familial shame, which began with his great-great-grandfather John Hathorne, the infamously unrepentant Salem witch trial judge. In this, the eighth stand-alone book in The American Novels series, we witness Hawthorne writing a tale entitled Tooth of the Covenant, in which he sends his fictional surrogate, Isaac Page, back to the year 1692 to save Bridget Bishop, the first person executed for witchcraft, and rescue the other victims from execution. But when Page puts on...

Anything could happen when a curious child and a worn out fairy are forced to team up. How can they make it work? Annabelle the Tooth Fairy has been hard at work for one hundred years and desperately needs help. She gets it from an unexpected source when Molly persuades Annabelle to take her to Fairyland. Here they discover Molly's own magic... Advice from the Gnome of the Forest isn't as good as they expected it to be. In the end it is the Grand Fairy who decides what has to be done. Unfortunately for Annabelle, it isn't easy dealing with Molly's all-too human habits. She has to learn patience and Molly has to learn to do what she's told!

Abandoned in the depths of winter, the once pampered pets of men, the cats and the dogs, are left to their own fate. To fend for themselves. Can they survive the cruel weather? Most importantly, can they survive each other?

"Dishy…with a Smiths soundtrack [and] a Sedaris streak." —Brian Howe, INDY Week“A gifted writer, Anderson is…delightful in his irreverence, and astutely aware of himself and his particular perspective. His observations are often laugh-out-loud funny and will leave readers with the desire to…keep turning the pages…” —Publishers Weekly review for Anderson, author of Tune in Tokyo and Sweet ToothWhat's a sweets-loving young boy growing up gay in North Carolina in the eighties supposed to think when he's diagnosed with type 1 diabetes? That God is punishing him, naturally.This was, after all, when gay-hating Jesse Helms was his senator, AIDS was still the boogeyman, and no one was saying, “It gets better.” And if stealing a copy of a gay porno magazine from the newsagent was a sin, then surely what the men inside were doing to one another was much worse.Sweet Tooth is Tim Anderson's uproarious memoir of life after his hormones and blood sugar both went berserk at the age of fifteen. With Morrissey and The Smiths as the soundtrack, Anderson self-deprecatingly recalls love affairs with vests and donuts, first crushes, coming out, and inaugural trips to gay bars. What emerges is the story of a young man trying to build a future that won't involve crippling loneliness or losing a foot to his disease—and maybe even one that, no matter how unpredictable, can still be pretty sweet.

Rebus is drafted in by Scotland Yard to help track down a cannibalistic serial killer called the Wolfman, whose first victim was found in the East End of London's lonely Wolf Street. His London colleague, George Flight, isn't happy at what he sees as interference, and Rebus encounters racial prejudice as well as the usual dangers of trying to catch a vicious killer. When Rebus is offered a psychological profile of the Wolfman by an attractive woman, it seems too good an opportunity to miss.

An Amazon Book of the Month, February 2014 From the author of the cult classic Winkie, an extraordinarily honest, shockingly funny memoir of a man torn between isolation and connection In shimmering prose that weaves among intimate confessions, deadpan asides, and piercing observations on the fear and turmoil that defined the long decade after 9/11, Clifford Chase tells the stories that have shaped his adulthood. There are his aging parents, whose disagreements sharpen as their health declines; and his beloved brother, lost tragically to AIDS; and his long-term boyfriend—always present, but always kept at a distance. There is also the revelatory, joyful music of the B-52s, Chase's sexual confusion in his twenties, and more recently, the mysterious appearance in his luggage of weird objects from Iran the year his mother died. In the midst of all this is Chase's singular voice—incisive, wry, confiding, by...

"Perfect for Ivy and Bean fans. A high-flying series." —Booklist The Louise Trapeze chapter books are perfect for circus-lovers and fans of JUNIE B. JONES, with adorable illustrations from Brigette Barrager, illustrator of the New York Times bestseller UNI THE UNICORN. Fact: Louise Trapeze never loses anything. Things just go missing! Like her dazzling light-up hula hoop and her polka-dot sandals. But Louise isn't going to lose another thing, ever. No way! Not even if an amazing fortune-teller predicts that she will lose something priceless. And especially not when her tooth starts to feel wiggly-jiggly . . .

A Terror Eight title: dark fiction for hot summer nights! Seven-year-old Sam Southall loses a tooth, and that night he’s visited by a sinister, rank, foul-mouthed, mercurial Tooth Fairy, a demonic being that apparently only he can see, but whose malignant influence spills over onto his family and friends. The Tooth Fairy Sam throughout his growing years, teaching him to make mischief at school, influencing his actions. One day she insists that Sam have his friend Terry sleep over. That same night, Terry’s father shoots his wife, his other children, and himself . . .

"Bold and ingenious" stories about the dark heart of America by the acclaimed Whiting Award–winning author (The New York Times Book Review). "Feverish, psychotropic, bold, mesmerizing, painful, Fox Tooth Heart is full of stories about people living on the margins of society, characters born into dark circumstances, or . . . driven there by their own obsessions and addictions" (Huffington Post)—murderers, loners, addicts, neurotics and outcasts stumbling side-by-side with "the down-and-out heroes of George Saunders or John Updike, captured just before their fall" (Vice.com). In this "achingly visceral . . . masterpiece" McManus ventures from trailers hidden in deep Southern woods to an Arkansas ranch converted into an elephant refuge to a Georgia tent community of sex offenders to a Kentucky band of teenage Satanists. His lost-soul men, women, and children reel precariously between common anxiety and...