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In the small college town of Morganville, vampires and humans lived in (relative) peace---until all the rules got rewritten when the evil vampire Bishop arrived, looking for the lost book of vampire secrets. He's kept a death grip on the town ever since. Now an underground resistance is brewing, and in order to contain it, Bishop must go to even greater lengths. He vows to obliterate the town and all its inhabitants---the living and the undead.

Without the evil vampire Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville, the resident vampires have made major concessions to the human population. With their newfound freedoms, Claire Danvers and her friends are almost starting to feel comfortable again. Now Claire can actually concentrate on her studies, and her friend Eve joins the local theater company.

Abby Rhodes is a music teacher in small-town Texas, but she's about to journey to places she never imagined before. When a gorgeous man appears at her door and touches her hand, Abby's world is changed forever. Her heart is overwhelmed by him, but her mind is being taken over by a dark supernatural force she can't understand—a force that makes her question the true nature of the man who has so enchanted her. As she fights to regain control of her own soul, Abby may be forced to choose between love and survival.

Mackenzie Walker wasn't planning on using her college radio show to solve a decades-old murder, but when she receives an anonymous tip that the wrong man may have taken the fall, she can't resist digging deeper. It doesn't take long for Mackenzie to discover gaps in the official story. Several potential witnesses conveniently disappeared soon after the murder. The victim, a glamorous heiress and founder of a Kentucky horse-racing dynasty, left behind plenty of enemies. And the cops don't seem particularly interested in discussing any of it.

Beyond the Pale is an anthology of 11 dark fantasy and paranormal stories that skirt the border between our world and others. Was that my imagination, or did I hear something under my bed? What was that blurred movement in my darkened closet? There is but a thin veil separating the real and the fantastic and therein dwell the inhabitants of these stories.

After dying and being revived with the experimental drug Returne, Bryn Davis is theoretically free to live her unlife - with regular doses to keep her going. But Bryn knows that the government has every intention of keeping a tight lid on Pharmadene's life-altering discovery, no matter the cost. Thankfully, some things have changed for the better; her job at the rechristened Davis Funeral Home is keeping her busy and her fragile romance with Patrick McCallister is blossoming.

Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin has protected the human race from monster storms, been killed, reborn as a Djinn, and then restored to her original form. Now she's throwing the dice to stop an infinitely powerful, deeply disturbed kid - who is holed up in a Vegas hotel - from bringing on a new ice age.

Already addicted to the pharmaceutical drug that keeps her body from decomposing, Bryn has to stop a secretive group of rich and powerful investors from eliminating the existing Returné addicts altogether. To ensure their plan to launch a new military-grade strain of nanotech, the investors' undead assassin - who just happens to be the ex-wife of Bryn's lover Patrick - is on the hunt for anyone that stands in their way.

Mistaken for a murderer, Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is hunted down and killed by her colleagues. Reborn as a Djinn, she senses something sinister entering earth's atmosphere-something that makes tomorrow's forecast look deadly.

Die Bibliothek von Alexandria ist die mächtigste Organisation der Welt. In jeder Stadt gibt es eine Zweigstelle, und die Bibliothekare sind einflussreiche Männer und Frauen, die über das Wissen der Menschheit herrschen. Der private Besitz von Büchern ist strengstens verboten. Jess Brightwell liebt Bücher, auch wenn er nur illegal mit ihnen zu tun hat. Er stammt aus einer Schmugglerfamilie, die Bücher auf dem Schwarzmarkt verkauft. Jess' Leben ändert sich von Grund auf, als sein Vater ihn als Spion in den Orden der Bibliothekare eingeschleust.

Wie oft musst du weglaufen, damit dich deine Vergangenheit nicht mehr einholen kann? Von einer Sekunde zur nächsten liegt Gina Royals Leben in Scherben: Ihr Mann wird als Serienmörder überführt, und eine Welle von Hass und Morddrohungen schlägt auch ihr entgegen. Zusammen mit ihrem Sohn und ihrer Tochter flieht sie aus Kansas, wechselt mehrmals die Identität. Als sie zu dritt ein kleines Haus am Stillhouse Lake in Tennessee beziehen, ist die schüchterne Gina Vergangenheit. Jetzt ist sie die knallharte Gwen, zu allem bereit, wenn es um die Sicherheit ihrer kleinen Familie geht.

Was hält dich am Leben, wenn die Hoffnung stirbt? Gwen Proctors Leben ist die Hölle. Man hält sie für die Komplizin ihres Ex-Mannes, eines Serienkillers. Wo immer sie ist, schlägt ihr und ihren Kindern Hass entgegen. Schlangen im Briefkasten, Morddrohungen: Gwen weiß, wie es ist, gejagt zu werden. Als sie eines Tages den Anruf einer verzweifelten Fremden aus Wolfhunter bekommt, will sie helfen. Kurz darauf ist die Frau tot und ihre Tochter verhaftet. Gwen trifft eine riskante Entscheidung: Sie will die Wahrheit in dem abgelegenen Dorf herausfinden.

Als Ex-Frau des Serienkillers Melvin Royal trägt Gwen eine schwere Last. Mit ihren Kindern ist sie untergetaucht, hat eine neue Identität angenommen und gelernt, sich gnadenlos zu verteidigen. Vergeblich hofft sie, dass der Albtraum vorbei ist: Melvin ist aus dem Gefängnis entkommen. Gwen weiß, dass sie nirgends mehr sicher ist. Sie muss den Mann, der ihr Leben vergiftet, endgültig zur Strecke bringen. Die Kinder lässt sie bei Freunden, und die Jagd beginnt. Sam Cade, dessen Schwester eines von Melvins Opfern war, steht an ihrer Seite.

What newly married couple doesn't dream of a romantic retreat where they can escape the world for a while - but what happens when supernatural forces intrude on their wedded bliss? Nine of today's hottest paranormal authors answer that question in this all-star collection of supernatural stories.

Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin's stormy personal life is taking its toll on her patience - and her powers. But when the truce between the Wardens and the mystical Djinn starts to self-destruct, Joanne finds herself forced to choose between saving her Djinn lover, saving her Warden abilities - and saving humanity.

In the Houses of Montague and Capulet, there is only one goal: power. The boys are born to fight and die for honor and-if they survive-marry for influence and money, not love. The girls are assets, to be spent wisely. Their wishes are of no import. Their fates are written on the day they are born.Benvolio Montague, cousin to Romeo, knows all this. He expects to die for his cousin, for his house, but a spark of rebellion still lives inside him.

After preventing Mother Earth from destroying the planet, Joanne Baldwin lost her memories thanks to Ashan the djinn. And they will remain lost forever unless Joanne can recover her identity and destroy the demon who is impersonating her - fabulous shoes and all.

Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin, her husband, the djinn David, and the Earth herself have been poisoned by a substance that destroys the magic that keeps the world alive. The poison is destabilizing the entire balance of power, bestowing magic upon those who have never had it, and removing it from those who need it. It's just a matter of time before the delicate balance of nature explodes into chaos-and doom.

The genie is out of the bottle. Rogue Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is racing to New York to warn her former colleagues of the impending apocalypse. An ancient agreement between the Djinn and the Wardens has been broken, and the furious Djinn, slaves to the Wardens for millennia, are now free of mortal control.

Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is on vacation when her Djinn lover, David, asks Joanne to marry him. She's thrilled to say yes, even if some others may be less than happy about it. Unfortunately, Joanne's pre-marital bliss is ended by a devastating earthquake in Florida. And she can't ask David and his kind for assistance, because the cause of the quake is unlike anything Joanne has ever encountered - a power even the Djinn cannot perceive.