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Piers Anthony weaves this and more into Writer's Retweet, a collection of five short stories abounding in the adventure, magic, and naughtiness that fans have come to know and love from this author. In "Experiment", "Discovery", and "Mission", painfully average Bigelow Bilge and Paula Plaintiff are thrust unwillingly into a world fraught with terrifying, victim-specific illusions. Who - or what - is the source of these horrifying encounters?

The Power of Luck. Your luck can change in an instant. A flip of a coin can ruin a life, or change it for the better. But is luck real? A random blip in the space time continuum? The wrath or favor of a higher power? Is it magic? Is it just a matter of numbers and probability? Can it be controlled? Luck is elusive, a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Luck is Relative. Good luck. Bad luck. Hard luck. Your luck can run out, or you can luck out. Is luck truly a lady?

The new novel from the author of the much-loved Girl with a Pearl Earring and Falling Angels. The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries are a set of six medieval tapestries. Beautiful, intricate and expertly made, they are also mysterious in their origin and meaning. Tapestries give an appearance of...

Es ist Februar. Eisiger Wind treibt die Wellen gegen die Küste der Ostseeinsel Fehmarn. Der Himmel bleibt auch am Tag düster. Kalter Regen fällt. Inselkommissarin Frieda Lieken genießt die winterliche Ruhe, ahnt nicht, in welcher Gefahr sie schwebt. Statt Spuren zu sichern, wird sie dieses Mal selbst Opfer – gefangen an einem Ort, an dem jede falsche Entscheidung ihr Ende bedeuten könnte. Entführt, isoliert und einem Gegner ausgeliefert, der keine Gnade zu kennen scheint, beginnt ihr bisher schwerster Kampf: der ums eigene Überleben.

On the verge of losing his P.I. business, Skyler Rizzi is hired for a big money job or at least he hopes it works out that way. What follows is a dizzy trip through the Chicago rackets and political corruption. From the heart of the city to the upscale collegiate suburbs our morally and romantically challenged private eye tries to sail through uncharted waters while carrying out his assigned mission. Along for the ride are pot smoking lesbians, fraternity bad boys, hookers, fancy cars, and a deadly Mexican circus performer. This heady stew comes to a boil as our hero's moral compass goes ...

“Call me Frankenstein.” 1 mad scientist. 2 nemeses. 3 manly intimate friendships. Forbidden secrets of life, death, and reanimation. Hiding under the alias Ishmael, young Ernest secretly is the lost forgotten brother of the infamous Doctor Victor Frankenstein. He flees to the sea to escape the nemesis his sibling created from the graveyards of men. Yet unbeknownst to him, his closest sailing companion is the very creature assembled and abandoned, posing as the pagan cannibal harpooner Queequeg. Together they join the crew of the whaling ship Pequod and find themselves trapped under the ...

Kriminalkommissar Dan Maschke wird bei einem Polizeieinsatz lebensgefährlich verletzt. Er überlebt den Anschlag gerade so, verliert aber seinen linken Unterschenkel. Sein Freund und Kollege Luca Leone, der dem originalen Casanova für gewöhnlich alle Ehre macht, stellt aufgrund der Geschehnisse plötzlich fest, dass er eigentlich andere Gefühle für seinen Kollegen hegt. Er überspielt seine Zuneigung, kann damit überhaupt nicht umgehen und flüchtet sich in die Arme seiner aktuellen Freundin Francesca.

SMALL TOWN · AGE GAP · ¿QUIÉN TE HIZO ESTO? · SI LA TOCAS, MUERES · LEÑADOR BRUTO · GRUMPY x SUNSHINE · PLOT DE EMBARAZO ______________ PROTECTORES DE MONTAÑA — 3 SINOPSIS En la Montaña Greenwood, las reglas se escriben con sangre. Y los Winchester… son la ley. Logan Winchester aprendió muy temprano que la protección tiene un precio. Con cicatrices en la piel y en el alma, vive aislado en lo alto de la montaña, rodeado únicamente por sus perros y los fantasmas del pasado. CEO de la maderera Winchester Wood, carpintero por vocación… y leyenda por necesidad. Un hombre de...

AGE GAP + SMALL TOWN + GRUMPY X SUNSHINE + TAGLIALENNA BRUTALE + C’È UNA SOLA CAMERA + ODIA TUTTI TRANNE LEI + GRAVIDANZA INASPETTATA _________ Sulla Montagna Greenwood, le regole si scrivono con il sangue. E i Winchester… sono la legge. Logan Winchester imparò presto che la protezione ha un prezzo. Con cicatrici sulla pelle e nell’anima, vive isolato sulla cima della montagna, circondato solo dai suoi cani e dai fantasmi del passato. CEO della segheria Winchester Wood, carpentiere per vocazione… e leggenda per necessità. Un uomo di poche parole, dallo sguardo tagliente e dalle ...

Die aufstrebende Journalistin Nika Gruen freut sich darauf, endlich ihren Bruder Ferenc wiederzusehen und von der exklusiven Generalprobe berichten zu dürfen. Doch alles verändert sich, als Ferenc bei seinem Auftritt in die Tiefe stürzt und tödlich verunglückt. Nika ist fassungslos, und während die Polizei von einem Unfall ausgeht, ist sie fest davon überzeugt, dass hinter Ferencs Sturz mehr stecken muss. Warum musste ihr Bruder sterben? Fest entschlossen macht sie sich mit ihrem Papagei Pearl auf die Suche nach der Wahrheit, die sie geradewegs zurück in den Zirkus Asombroso führt.

Globetrotting outlaw Dracula finds a powerful ally in an Egyptian crypt - Frankenstein’s monster himself. Can these fiends thwart the werewolf regime and take back the night?

He’s the greatest musician the world has ever seen, or heard. But what is the secret behind Charlie Estrella's magical musical gifts? In the second book in Theodore Huntington's The Storm Trilogy, we follow a tale of another supernatural hero - in the real world. This time, it is young Charlie Estrella who is granted his greatest wish by the Storm. But can he find his true destiny in time, or will he be thwarted by his evil foes?

A tense, claustrophobic and gripping science fiction thriller from the author of The Testimony. When journalist Cormac Easton is selected to document the first manned mission into deep space, he dreams of securing his place in history as one of humanity’s great explorers. But in space, nothing...

Quando vidi per la prima volta il disegno del gatto nella scatola avevo appena compiuto 14 anni, facevo la terza media, era il 2006. Mai avrei pensato che questo disegno mi avrebbe perseguitato per tutta la vita. È arrivato il momento per me di capire cosa c'è dietro. Gli enigmi non mi spaventano, basta mettere in fila i passaggi, uno dopo l'altro, facile." Gabriella Greison, fisica, scrittrice, divulgatrice, affronta con questo romanzo la grande sfida di rendere narrativa e comprensibile a tutti la fisica quantistica.

Tuesday Mooney loves a puzzle. So when an eccentric billionaire drops dead, leaving behind a fiendish treasure hunt - open to anyone - to his fortune, Tuesday can’t resist. Although she works best alone, she soon finds herself partnering up with best friend Dex (money manager by day, karaoke zealot by night) and the mysterious Nathaniel Arches, eldest son of a wealthy family who held a long-running feud with the dead man. 

***Adult Readers Only*** Blaze is a proud Drakonian warrior who wants nothing more than to serve his people and his king. The fact that the king is his father has not affected his determination. The biggest challenge he faces is the growing desire he has for the one female who is forbidden to him. He has a long journey ahead with plenty of obstacles in his way. When the survival of his people is at stake, he must make a choice that could cost him everything. Get ready for the next installment of the Dragon Warrior Series.

Cousins, One and All is a Jane Austen fan fiction fantasy romance "mashup" based on characters inspired by Pride and Prejudice but with an alternate storyline focused on their offspring. The sons of Mr. Wickham and Col Fitzwilliam join the daughters of Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley, and Mr. Collins for a two-week holiday in The Lakes of northern England. During the second week, two of them (Ben Wickham and Lottie Darcy) disappear for three days. When they return, they explain their absence as due to a fall into a ravine while they were out hiking and being picked up by a gypsy and taken to his ...

Who killed Eric Davenport? A senior mathematics professor at Underhill College has been found dead in his office, the victim of murder. At Underhill, a small liberal arts college with a pricy tuition and a pampered student body, all of the students are close to their professors. But at least one loved Eric Davenport in a deeply inappropriate fashion. Some hated him. And then there is the faculty at war with itself. And the idiotic administration. And the twin boys who live next to campus. And what’s with all those praying mantises?

Meet artist Rosemary Hall and follow her inevitable downfall brought by her lust for the famous Dorian Gray - a tale both familiar and new in this brilliant erotic mash-up of one of the world’s most beloved novels. With a mix of old fashioned Victorian debauchery and erotic 21st-century lust this cleverly sexed-up classic will leave you wanting more!

Elizabeth Place might have been jilted by her fiancé on her wedding day one year ago, but at least she’s still got her brilliant job producing one of the biggest shows on TV! But when larger-than-life TV host Ricky Clough dies live on air, her life is sent spinning out of control. And with foul play suspected, the spotlight is turned firmly on his colleagues - especially Hutch, the man desperate for Ricky’s job and whom Elizabeth is secretly dating.