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Gavin Gregory often stares into the abyss - that's his job. An elite profiler at the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, he hunts serial killers for a living. He knows how they behave, how they think, what motivates them. Considered the best at what he does, Gavin goes to investigate when it appears a dormant psychopath has reactivated. The case takes a bizarre turn when psychiatrist Debra Esteves contacts him and says she knows who the enigmatic killer is. It soon becomes apparent that what she means is that she knows what the killer is.

I’d known exactly who he was—the Unseelie prince. But I hadn’t known just what he was. I’d been fooled. The creature I’d formed a tentative friendship with in my family’s dungeon was not the gentle, intriguing prince I’d thought him to be. He was a monster. A bloodthirsty beast. And I’d helped him escape my uncle’s clutches. Such a betrayal called for severe consequences, and the price of releasing the biggest threat our kingdom had faced in hundreds of years was not one I would survive.

The cold waters of Lake Genosgawa hide a terrifying secret. After his first encounter, waking dreams torment 11-year-old Greg Camden. The creature in the lake feeds on his emotions, driving him deeper and deeper into his own nightmares. She tried to break him and feed on his fears that horrible summer, but instead, she imparted a psychic gift...Twenty-one years later, Greg joins forces with the survivors from neighboring Oneka Falls to put an end to the demonic infestation once and for all. Can they survive a battle with the Hag?

The Bogeyman begins murdering young women in Miami, and Gavin Gregory, the elite FBI profiler who ended The Smith's reign of terror in Manhattan, catches the case. Try as he might, Agent Gregory can't wrap his rational mind around the crimes, after he discovers each victim has mutilated herself before delivering the killing blow.

Throughout Eddie's childhood, two things remained constant: cold, hateful violence and the vicious smiles of the Scary Lady who haunted him. The love of his adoptive parents shielded him from her horrible influence—at least for a time. Years later, the Scary Lady returns, prompting Eddie and his wife Amanda to join the group of demon hunters from Oneka Falls attempting to banish evil forever. But they face a greater threat than they imagined possible—an ancient demigoddess with astounding power. Can the group survive the tempting traps laid for them by Our Lady Chaos?

He never found a girl that didn't immediately fall head over heels, and straight into his bed—until her. Nate Peters is living the playboy life. He has great friends; a great job; no responsibilities; and best of all, no girlfriend to complicate things. Being incredibly skilled with a pick-up line, he's never failed to get a girl in his life... until he meets Rosie. Unable to stand a dented ego, Nate makes it his mission to win over this off-limits brunette, but it proves for one wild ride as Rosie has surprises of her own that rock Nate to the core.

Only three children survived the terrors of Oneka Falls, New York, in 1979. Each of them paid a terrible price and had to survive as best they could―wrapped in fantasy, the comfort of amnesia, or the silence of self-imposed isolation. Twenty-eight years later, they are drawn together to once again face the town's horrible secrets―the horde of demons infesting Oneka Falls. But the strongest of the demons is the one who terrorized them as children . . .

Julianna Sandoval is living in limbo. Her husband’s plane has vanished over the Atlantic Ocean and although the Coast Guard has suspended the search, she clings to hope that he’ll still be found alive. Three months later, a young woman appears after hours at Julianna’s Ormond Beach restaurant, declaring, “He’s not who you think he is.” Before the stranger can say anything else, a gunshot through the window kills her instantly.

Dan Wilcox woke up covered in his mother’s blood. The famous and wealthy author thought he had it all. But after he wakes up in a living nightmare, his mind clouded by amnesia, he’s faced with the horrifying possibility that he murdered his own mother. Dan knows he needs to find answers...and to make matters worse, he’s a deadhead, and the cops are already on his trail.

The Scale-Up Leader serves as your guide, as you learn the leadership tools, methodologies, and approaches to scaling any business. While new companies emerged during the pandemic, many of us took a pause, a moment for reflection, and perhaps the chance to drill down into our business models and look at ways we could improve our mindsets, the way we conduct ourselves, and our business. And that’s what this book is all about—developing a scale-up leader mindset to enable you not only to grow but thrive, no matter what the business environment throws at us.

Wealthy family man William Rudned was not as happy or satisfied with his life as he appeared. No amount of money, privilege, or popularity was enough to extinguish the fire of anger and misery inside him. In the midst of a profound depression and thoughts of suicide, he was relentlessly questioning the meaning of existence and the way of the world we live in. It was getting harder and harder for him to get out of bed every single day only to go through the same aimless vicious cycle all over again.

They fled through the city, away from the school, racing in desperation towards an uncertain future. At every step, they battled the ravenous creatures of the night. But there was danger within. One of their number had been bitten, and soon they would face a terrible, unthinkable choice.

Have you ever had the feeling that someone is pulling your strings, making you dance to their tune? Since the Smith case in Manhattan, Gavin Gregory, one of the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit's best profilers, has had those feelings in spades. First it was Glacadairanam, the Wrath Child, who was the hidden hand manipulating his life, but in Miami, Gavin met the power behind the little gargoyle in the form of a creature calling himself Fry. But Fry is much more than a man with an East Texas drawl—as evidenced by his funny habit of turning up in Gavin's dreams.

The following transmissions were made over a six-month period via a secret online message board accessible by invite only. Discussion began with fundamental concepts before veering off into intermediate and advanced topics regarding “Defense Against The Dark Arts” for want of a better description. Topics include: cold iron, clearing, warding, secrecy, psychic attack, possession, cursing, as well as several more esoteric diversions. You will need to have moderate psychic ability, as well as an intermediate level of study and practice, to fully appreciate these essays.

I've been watching you. I feel like I've been watching you forever. It started as revenge. You were a means to an end, a way to pay your father back. To avenge my sister. Her death. Her life. But it turned into something else. An obsession. An addiction. Dangerous. Unwanted. But, maybe, inevitable. And so here we are. I'm sorry, Kerri... I didn't want this. I didn't want to shatter you. But you should know... You make me weak.

The king of darkness will rule both realms in the future - or so the legends say. Prince Moray, heir to the Buacach Throne, practices forbidden black magic. Soon, he will enter forsaken Golgotha and reign over both realms as powerful king. But a coup destroys his plans, and he’s cast into Golgotha to die. Fighting alongside his brother, his betrothed, and a smart mouth mercenary, Moray holds on to hope that he can rule both realms. But when he disobeys Master’s orders to kill his betrothed, Moray must make a choice: save his family, or save himself?

In book two of the series, our hero Joel Franklin and his cohort are on a supernatural scavenger hunt for an age-old amulet with incredible kingdom-building power. Joel, his on-again-off-again girlfriend Polly, his brother Jasper, and his best friend Ellis courageously outwit 19th-century buccaneers, witches, werewolves, and a gang of hapless wannabe bandits. In a deadly and desperate race to keep the wondrous treasure on the side of good, the intrepid friends learn that true power comes not from what you own, but from what you are willing to sacrifice.

A plague has devastated the land. Bloodthirsty creatures stalk the night. A loose band of survivors fight for their lives. Can they make it through? And what will become of them if they do?

In 1963, Joe Kaufmann is a Jewish doctoral student in history at Indiana University. He is unwittingly dragged into a waking nightmare when he befriends freshman music major Robert Stangarden. At the end of the school year, Joe helps Robert move back to his home in Indianapolis. However, he comes face-to-face with Robert's parents, Henry and Ada Stangarden, whom he recognizes as Nazi civilians who had worked at the Buchenwald concentration camp where he and his parents had been prisoners in 1944.

Danny Mendoza is different, and no one at his new school lets him forget it. His sensory quirks isolate him from everyone except his only friend, a girl named Sam. He doesn’t do well with loud sounds or bright lights and hates touching most things, so he spends most of his time alone surrounded by his books and models. When Danny hides from a gang of bullies in the park after school one day, he is suddenly sucked through a wormhole into the alternate fantasy world of Umberhold.