Old Fantasy

It is the time belong the tumbuna - the time of the ancestors. In the ancient tropical forest, the River Tribe find two of their own, dead. They know that a shining giant has crossed into their lands. They send for a hunter from Big Village, but the young man who travels the wide river to help is not quite what they expect. He is on the run and calls himself Painted Fox. With him, comes his old and ragged dog, UkanDooAh. There are ghost tattoos on the hunters that follow, and Painted Fox must take the village girl, Atepe, and run. If he is going to survive, he will need her much more than ...

Bad magic and good witches don't mix, but I make it work. Spellbooks are a witch's best friend, especially when they're passed down from your beloved dead Grandma. So, when an anonymous caller is interested in buying mine, my answer is nope, not ever, go away. Problem is, they won't take no for an answer. With suspicious newcomers in town and the increasing odds someone thinks my spellbook is full of dark magic, I find myself with no shortage of motives or suspects. Good thing I'm dating Ian, the world's sexiest paranormal problems expert.

Some jobs come with very special benefits...When my bosses propose a special arrangement at the office, my husband Jon enthusiastically encourages me to accept. Suddenly, my typical workday involves a lot less paperwork and a lot more hands-on attention from four handsome lawyers. But I wasn't expecting the senior partner to be so demanding, making me earn every moment of pleasure while testing my limits. Between impromptu meetings and surprise assignments, staying focused on actual work becomes increasingly challenging. This week at the firm promises to be anything but boring.

In this exquisite collection of children’s folktales, Zitkála-Šá shares the legends that were handed down to her through generations of Yankton storytellers. These tales display the wide range of insights and observations that accrue to such stories through repeated iteration, but they also benefit from the sharp ear and finely tuned sensibility of Zitkála-Šá as a writer. Her characters seem to speak to us—often crying out to us—in the same tones that Zitkála-Šá must once have heard.

Zack is still recovering from his loss and trying to prepare his friends and family for the challenges of surviving in a new world full of danger and criminals around every corner. They meet a lot of good people and run into some dangerous "old enemies" in this post-apocalyptic tale.

It's date night for Daniel and Claire Calloway, so of course they hire their favorite babysitter the eighteen-year-old Lily Kensington. Lily's all grown up now and something's got into her: she can't stop flirting with Daniel. On their date, Claire toys with the idea of encouraging Daniel to flirt back with her. Why not play a little game with the hot, young babysitter? Claire can't stop thinking about it. She's heard about the cuckquean lifestyle, but she's never dared try it. What if Daniel's cuckcake was someone she knew? Someone she trusted? Someone already in her home? When they return...

Modesty “Mo” Tarleton has a dream: to own the world's first airship café. Her children have their doubts, but she's determined to make it work. Who wouldn't want to have a coffee and cakes while soaring through the clouds? However, there's something bizarre about Mo's new business. In the corner of the café, there's a mysterious wardrobe—a portal to other worlds. Whether she likes it or not, Mo's café will be the new home of some rather paranormal guests, including a mermaid, a zombie, and a handsome cowboy with a secret.

Every new technology comes with a price. For Spikey Moonbeam, that price will cut he, his family, and his friends off from Staranana and leave them stranded on an alien world at the very dawn of time. But not just any alien world – Earth! After discovering a seemingly innocent means of observing events through time, the Moonbeams, Scotty, TB, and Garlan find themselves alone in Earth’s biblical past with very little hope of ever returning home. Together with some of the most famous characters from throughout the Bible, they will have to fight their way through time. Along the way, new ...

One woman isn't enough... When Jack discovers Lilly’s sexy married cousin, Izzy, working at the tavern, he asks her to the Harvest Dance in the hopes they can smolder together on one hot summer night. Too bad for Jack, she’s only interested in one man, and it’s not him. But when the Prophet visits Jack in his dreams, she gives him a red-hot reward and his next quest. He must find a way to make the buxom barkeep his young hot MILF or he can forget about ever becoming the Harem Master. Now it’s on Jack to unlock the key to Izzy’s heart and plant his seed in the one woman who has the...

A NICK FIRESTONE MYSTERY Nick Firestone & Company has a new challenge. It’s 2027 in a post-USA San Francisco. The world is drenched in intrigue, eShirts, GovCoupies, and GlimmerGlass. Still, the old folk of Chinatown are trying to hold on to their dearest traditions. Then, in a mysterious incident, the Don of Chinatown is conked on the head and taken out of commission. It's up to our intrepid sleuths, Nick, Amy, John and Wiggins to find the culprit. After all, the victim is Amy and John’s uncle, Tangy Win. In a mad dash, with the help of Old Friend Cane and its unusual properties, we ...

Her fresh start just may be her end ... unless her new contractor has anything to say about it...Luke is over being part of the pack. Nobody believes him when he tries to tell them of the evil afoot, so why does even care anymore? When strong and sassy single mom Ella hires him to help her restore her new home he is more than happy to leave the old pack drama behind. But as sparks fly between them it becomes clear that this relationship will be anything but drama free. She is in danger and at the center of the same conspiracy that threatens the whole town. Will he be able to save her – ...

On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there was once a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. Here begins the epic story of a small African nation, told by a mysterious swarm-like chorus that calls itself man’s greatest nemesis. The tale? A playful panorama of history, fairytale, romance and science fiction. The moral? To err is human. In 1904, in a smoky room at the hotel across the river, an Old Drifter named Percy M. Clark, foggy with fever, makes a mistake that entangles the fates of an Italian hotelier and an African busboy.

Emily feels left out by her group of friends at school, but her world is turned upside down when she befriends newcomer Brianna. Soon, Emily notices that Brianna has magical powers and doesn't hesitate to use them to manipulate those around her, for better or for worse. Will Emily succumb to the lure of popularity and black magic by siding with her new best friend? Or will she decide to stay true to herself, even if it means losing her friendships? An urban fantasy novel set in high school filled with magic that captivates teenage girls who dream of finally finding their place in the world.

He's my hottest crush, my undying obsession... And my secret admirer? JADE: Three years ago, I confessed my secret feelings for him, but he looked at me like I was crazy. Michael Morse is the only man I've ever been serious about, but he's also my father's best and oldest friend. But when I come home after being fired on the day before Valentine's Day, I find a mysterious jewelry box. I barely catch my breath before I realize he's here, at the same time. Is it possible? Is it finally happening? MICHAEL I've done everything I can to stay away from her. She's the one woman I can't have, and ...

The plan was to hop a train to Oslo, hang out at a coffee shop, and connect my personal archive, Infinity, to the Internet. Yes, completely disregarding the well-established fact that magic and technology didn’t mix. At all.

Nadia was 19 years old, and she lived with Melinda and Melinda’s 55-year-old boyfriend, Jake. Already a popular Instagram model and influencer, Nadia wanted to feel and look even sexier, and since she had been fairly flat-chested, she saved up and went to the plastic surgeon for a fantastic enhancement. Naturally, she soon got many more followers on IG, but Nadia was also starting to get a lot more lusty attention from Jake, especially when she flaunted her incredible body around the house in skimpy outfits. Nadia didn’t mind Jake ogling her like that because she was hot for him, too ...

Gwyneth knows her family is different than the others in her village in the northern reaches of the Tireoghain. The old ways are slowly fading, but she still believes in the Tuathe De, the Sidhe, even though many scoff at the ancient legends as children's stories. When she finds a wounded man in the forest just before Beltane, Gwyneth must choose between an ordinary life in her village or a chance to train as a daughter of the Blood as the veil thins between the mortal world and the fae world.

Debra has been given an assignment to water her grandfather's lawn when he is out of town. While waiting for each station to finish watering, she explores the old music room and discovers that his player piano has an astonishing secret! She triggers a mechanism that causes Middle C and his magic metronome to appear which starts an adventure she could never have imagined, traveling through time to a music conservatory where she and five other talented kids have been chosen for individual instruction. If they do well, they will be rewarded with the opportunity to travel further to meet ...

Sanctuary beckons but hides a deadly secret within. An archaic power awakens, but the shadows of antiquity conceal a terrible truth. Fugitives from the Conclave, Dormael and his friends flee with the armlet in their possession. Hounded by their former allies, they undertake a dangerous trek to an ancient ruin—a place where the only things older than the stones are the secrets buried beneath them. Pain and darkness wait in the halls of the dead, but something worse may be closing in from behind. With evil stirring, the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

Having fled the defeat at the Green Gulch, Darius and Jerico, believing themselves the last two paladins of their kind, must separate once more in order to survive. While Jerico rushes to the aid of Lord Arthur and the siege at his Castle of Caves, Darius travels east, determined to remove the bounty on his head. But on his way, he encounters a young priest following an older way of faith, whose desire for their return will risk destruction upon all the North. Sacrifice must be made in blood.