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Wouldn't it be cool to suddenly have the battle skills of a seasoned warrior? What if the battles felt real but there was no physical risk to you? Wouldn't it be perfect if the hypnotist in charge of your session were not insanely evil and using you as a weapon in a plot for revenge? Four friends, two in love, two in hate enter into a Group Hypnosis study attempting to introduce fantasy adventures to small groups.

In Whispers of the Forgotten, the second installment of Alaina Stanford’s An Indication of Deceit series, the veil between truth and myth grows dangerously thin. As the kingdoms reel from betrayal and the leyline trembles beneath mounting chaos, a new threat emerges—one born not of war, but of memory. The Glenblade bearers must confront the cost of rewriting history, where even a single omission can birth a monster. Deep beneath the earth, a serpent forged from corrupted legacy waits to devour the world, and only unity can stop it. Aboveground, alliances are tested as humans, elves, and...

In a realm where magic is fading and tyranny reigns, a desperate rebellion ignites beneath the canopy of an ancient forest.Hark, the widowed Captain of the King's Guard, who retired to tend to his family, finds an injured female elf in the forest near his home. Her first words, uttered anxiously before she falls unconscious from her injuries, tell him she seeks his old Captain and friend, Callaway. Lasha, a fierce warrior elf with a dagger forged from fallen stars, and Vander, her battle-scarred brother, have come to the mortal realm to investigate rumors that Hark's young King has fallen ...

An ancient, solitary mountain kingdom of Treborel, which rejected the polluting ways of modern technology for the clean power of solar gems, joins forces with a futuristic country to save a pacifistic nation from a violent invasion. As their people intertwine and the ancient practice of empathic healing is revealed, the true intent of the invasion becomes clear. Treborel's entire way of life is threatened.

Forgotten Shadows of the Abyss follows a fractured band of magical warriors racing to heal a world torn open by a cataclysmic Sea Elemental with the power to control the rages of the sea. Nicole is haunted by her past and the grief of her people. Sarah, driven by duty, leaves her newborn son in the arms of another woman to save her people. Jordan, whose love for Liriel becomes the anchor for them all, and Thalion, whose hidden secrets and scientific pride are tested by the raw fury of the ocean, all must survive underwater ambushes by tidewraiths and the gargantuan Devourer serpent. As ...

Sarah foolishly left behind the one person who could make her happy back at Fortress City, after seeing Cabal in the arms of another woman. Cabal suddenly appears at the Woodland Village, and his presence stirs something inside Sarah that she has never felt before. Soon, they discover that Jack and Nicole, Sarah's dearest friends, are in serious trouble deep in the wilderness. Sarah is forced to travel deep into the mountains with Cabal as they rush to their friends rescue.

Risking everything to save the adventurers from the Elf Council's decision to execute them for treason, the elf prince Cabal arranges for their escape. They then disappear, in search of the menacing storm cloud responsible for assassinating the wizards of the Elf Council. Suddenly, the last surviving elf wizard vanishes in a violent storm, leaving an entire battalion of elf warriors dead. The adventurers now face a mysterious magical foe of unimaginable power.

Sarah and Cabal head into the bowels of the Earth to rescue Hopper's newborn son and Gravid's small elf daughter, kidnapped by renegade trolls. As they race to save the children, Tom struggles against his wraith urges. Hopper fights to control his jealousy of Sarah and Cabal's growing relationship. As darkness closes in, will the team survive the horrors of the netherworld long enough to find the missing children? Will their heightened emotions tear the team apart and endanger all their lives?

The planet of Chelyana is a tropical paradise. Eighty-five percent of its surface is water spotted with a scattering of islands offering sandy beaches, lush foliage, and luxury resorts. When Chelyana is invaded by an insect race determined to devour the planet, Kaelyn discovers the fate of her people lies in her hands.

When Alyssa was a child, she decided not to believe in demons. If you don't believe, then they can't be real, right? But the demons don't care what you believe. Alyssa grabs her six-year-old daughter and escapes into the forest outside the compound. Her father's death haunts every step. He died trying to save her from the cult when she was a child. This time, failure is not an option.

You can't kill demons for thousands of years without creating a nemesis or two. But Lilith was different. Rafi's killed demons for millennia, but Lilith was different. She was a sexy kind of fun despite the deadly evil. Rafi looked forward to their encounters. If she wasn't the mother of all demons, they might have been more than enemies on opposite sides of creation. Disguised as an agent of the World Health Organization, Rafi searches for the source. When he meets a biochemist named Sophia at the center of the pandemic, everything changes.

Kendra discovers that the mountains hold a horrifying secret which could lead to the end of the empathic way of life as well as their own. A secret that legends have foretold. Cap hasn't come to see Kendra for over six months. He's a helijet pilot, so a quick jaunt from the capital city to the far side of Treborel wouldn't be that difficult. He knew Kendra couldn't travel. Her teaching position at the Empathic Institute required her to live deep in the mountain wilderness.

Gabrielle's shy twin sister is betrothed to a heathen prince from the far north. A Viking! Francesca would not survive the journey north much less the frozen wilderness of her new home. The only way Gabrielle can save her delicate sister is to take her place. Together the twins create a web of deceit that quickly spins out of control leaving a trail of death in its wake. Gabrielle is the elder twin and heir to the throne. Francesca was second born by a matter of minutes, but those critical minutes were enough to label her the spare heir and she felt it every day.

Whitney and Mason's life was perfect. When Beth explained her Seven Year Theory. They scoffed at the idea of the seventh year of marriage being the make it or break it year for most couples. That theory didn't apply to them. They were the perfect couple. Their brand new house overlooked a spacious lake. Their brand new cars were state of the art. Their careers were taking off at an accelerated rate. Their sex life was incredible. Their lives were perfect.

16-year-old Cody grew up surrounded by archangels. It never occurred to him to question if he truly belonged. Of course, he wasn't an angel's son. Why hadn't he realized that before? He looked nothing like his dad, and no one doted on him like they did Vada, Gabriel's true daughter. She was the only angel's child among them. Why didn't it ever occur to him to ask? When the truth about Cody's tainted soul is revealed its suddenly time for flight or fight. Cody chooses to fight. But he just may lose his soul in the process.

Ariel had fallen for the oldest trick in the book and mankind paid the price. Thousands of years ago, Ariel's moment of weakness changed the face of the world. She not only failed mankind; she'd failed God. As a result, her heart turned into an island of ice, encased inside a barrier of steel no one could penetrate. Ariel races to Texas to help heal the land from a devastating drought when she meets a stubborn Texas rancher. The moment their eyes met, Ariel felt that long forgotten feeling in the core of her being. It was as if her heart finally started to beat again.

Nicole wasn't from this world. She didn't know a quest for the Sword of Eternal Fire was a death sentence. If she had known, she wouldn't have cared. Nicole earned the title of "elf warrior" through her fierce deeds. Her husband Jack always fought by her side. He was her calming influence, the love of her life, and the father of her twins. Regardless of the twins’ half-human blood, they would easily live a thousand years, just as their mother would. But their father was mortal. He'd be lucky to reach 80.

Mikel returns from a journey across the vast Tempest Sea to announce his engagement only to discover his long time mistress, Zannia is with child. After Zannia's attempt at blackmail fails, she disappears into the war-torn landscape of Latria, determined Mikel will never see his child again. Will his new fiance, Sari support the search for his unborn child or is this the end of his new beginning?

O'liv'et lost her wings in the Great War after she chose to follow Lucifer. It was the only mistake she ever made and it earned her an eternal place in the lake of fire. Lucifer was no more. Once he and all his followers were cast out of heaven, Lucifer' could no longer hide the evil inside. Slowly over millennia, O'liv'et watched in horror as Lucifer transformed into Satan, the King of Hell. Only then did she realize Lucifer had not only betrayed God but all of his followers as well. He was not God's equal, he could never be.

Jack falls prey to a sultry necromancer in the human realm. Magic is not only forbidden in the human realm, it doesn't exist. It doesn't exist for anyone except the necromancer. When time passes with no word after Jack journeys across the sea to the human realm, the others decide to take action. They must be careful and hide their Elven heritage. Anyone suspected of magic in the human realm is burned at the stake. Meanwhile, the renegade Trolls are on the move back home and armed for battle. Will the others find Jack and return home in time to stop the renegades?