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Life as a small-town housewife in Paradise Valley is usually what Sally Greenhill needs. With four kids and a busy wife to keep her preoccupied, she’s got more than enough to do from sunrise to sunset - at all times of year. But as Deputy Candace Greenhill becomes bogged down in an arsonist investigation, Sally begins to suspect that the ring of flaming rebels might be closer than any of them had foreseen. With Halloween right around the corner, both Sally and Candace are too busy to keep an eye on the precocious son with an eye for adventure...and trouble.

Astrid, a young woman living in the small, cozy town of Crimson Barrow, has always been different. Phenomena she cannot explain plague her every day of her life. One day, after a wretched morning in the square, she finds herself the unlikely target of a mysterious faction desperate to capture her.

War is brewing in the Faery Realm as the Solitary fae become bolder and more powerful. Despite new alliances, it feels like Sirius and his elves are fighting alone. Trouble spills into the Mortal Realm as the Solitary hunt new prey, swelling their numbers with stolen children. The elves struggle to find the Halflings before the Solitary can, but it’s difficult to hunt what they can’t see. But someone else can.

I couldn't possibly have been more wrong the night I'd tackled Hunter Moore to the ground in the middle of the night. To be fair, the street was pitch-black, the wheel to my suitcase had popped off, and I found myself face to face with a stranger charging at me. My instincts had kicked in, and instead, I'd landed him straight on his back with my knee pressed to his chest. Turns out, the stranger I'd tackled to the ground was my brother's roommate...which meant he was also mine.

Caught between life and death, all Callie wants is to live again. Homicide detective Callie Saunders knows that death isn’t all pearly gates and angels. After being hit by a bus, she finds that it's the ancient gods and goddesses of Greek mythology who are in charge of everything. So when Hades offers her a deal, she accepts. If she wants to be brought back to life, she’ll have to figure out who is trying to kill his son. But if she fails, both her soul and the world will be destroyed.

There's nothing, not anymore. No perfect life. No clear path. Just...nothing. I didn't want the life my parents mapped out for me. Being the piano prodigy was never my goal. It was theirs. I craved normalcy, a life of my own. I should have been careful what I wished for because one second, one moment of anger was all it took to rip away everything that mattered. Now I'm left with nothing but regret. He thinks he can save me, but the shadows that surround always pull me back, reminding me of what I'd done, of what I'd wanted. He's a rock god. I'm a nothing.

C’artha is a teenage Elf with a secret. She can talk to dragons. It’s an unusual talent, hinting at her emerging magical abilities. With her older sister destined for the throne, C’artha carefully avoids doing anything to spoil the wedding. Little does she know that war is coming, along with palace intrigues that will shake her world to the core. Can she overcome the expectations of those around her? C’artha’s journey is one of self-discovery against the wishes of those who would have her be subservient to the Elvish monarchy and its interests.

Dima, the illegitimate granddaughter of Catherine the Great, is doomed to live in poverty until she steals the four Starostavne books of magical spells, potions, and enchantments. Years later in Los Angeles, Dima's wild, teenage daughter resents a 112-year-old mother who can shape-shift into the same age as she. Medea loathes Dima, who loves her 17 cats more than she does her rebellious daughter. Medea despises a mother who claims all witchcraft as her magic and treats her daughter like a slave. In secret, Medea develops her own sorcery.

Former police detective Callie Saunders shouldn’t be alive, but she’s been thriving with her new lease on life away from the machinations of the ancient Greek gods and goddesses. But there’s always been someone missing from this little piece of paradise. When a vengeful god kidnaps her son, she travels back to a world she barely understands to find him. A world where she must face humanity’s greatest enemies and her former lover. If she’s not careful, she’ll lose her soul again. And maybe even her heart.

Amber Evans has worked hard for a life and career she thought she’d never have. An exciting job, a loving husband, and an adorable daughter. The perfect life. But lurking under the skin of suburbia is something dark and dangerous. A secret past that Amber has been trying to escape for almost 20 years. Only the people who know her best have ever been told, but Amber was raised in a religious cult that doesn’t let go of its members easily. A terrifying kidnapping leaves Amber shaken to her core, and her husband in the hospital.

Confirmed bachelor Arden Troy has no time for love. He’s too busy playing his best hockey for the Atlanta Thunder. Well, almost his best. He did just blow a perfect chance for his team to move on in the playoffs. But that’s behind him now. It’s summer, and his teammate Hayden, just asked him for a favor—to spend some time with Hayden’s fiancée’s sister, Willow, who just moved into town.

I thought coming to the Black Ruins forest would give me the answers to the questions I so desperately needed. Instead I have more questions and no answers. Now here I am trying to figure out how to destroy the oldest and strongest dragons who are the Elders to become the next ruler of Zilo. No problem, right? Yeah, not as easy as it sounds. The forest will only keep us a safe for so long before the Elders find out where we are. If they find us, we are all dead.

Devastated by the sudden loss of her father, Imogene Mussomeli is left adrift, engulfed by a profound sense of loneliness and despair. Though she's an accomplished woman, she feels like a vulnerable little girl again. Despondent and questioning her entire life, she takes a leave from her prestigious university job and returns to her family's Midwest home, hoping to recover and help her mother, who's just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

My life cycle has started to be repaired when my pack became family. I would do anything for them. Now that there are so many new bonds, it makes me happy and worry even more. Now, more than ever, with these powerful enemies breathing down our backs and unexpected people from our past showing up, I feel like I’m drowning and can’t get enough air to breath or think.

Skye's whole life she has been told she was the one to defeat the dark source. She took pride in getting rid of evil. Until the coven that has been her life tries to use her for their selfish ways. Turning her back on them felt right at the time. Maybe she made a huge mistake, but she was never letting them use her. Drik's life has been nothing but fun and games, spreading evil as much as he can. He know there is a light witch that is destined to destroy him, but he has come up with a plan to change that destiny.

Due to her mother's curse, Medea turns into a cat at night. Her mother, Dima, has a shape-shifting stone. She is 130-years-old but appears to be 18, the same age as her two daughters. Nikki works as a maid, rather than in the family witchcraft business of fortune-telling, seances, and other witchery-for-hire. She was born a Marilyn Monroe lookalike. Despite her beauty, jealousy eats away at Nikki because her mother and sister have magic. Nor is Nikki allowed near the books of spells, enchantments, and potions Dima stole from Russian monks.

The Roswell Chronicles tells the story of Samantha Haut and her cousins as they find themselves caught between a group of greedy Wall Street bankers and some pissed off aliens from outer space. Ever since the Roswell crash in 1947, the Haut family has secretly held onto a series of journals that contain details of advanced alien technology. Whenever the family has needed money, they quietly sold one of the inventions in those pages. This is fine until an investment banking executive learns about these journals and steals them.

There is nothing more dangerous than an insane witch. Liliya Romanov is bipolar and schizophrenic. Her mother, Dima, had no choice but to curse her with an invisible fence. Nineteen-year-old Astra Romanov is an outsider among normal people. She would like to be anybody but who she is, a third-generation witch. Her family are magical. Astra struggles at the family witchcraft business. Her grandmother Dima is a 187-year-old shapeshifter.

Lilya, Dima's third daughter, may be a hippy and a Natural Witch who dabbles in plants, but Liliya is trouble. She has an unhealthy obsession with the weather, forcing the Romanovs to flee once again. The women finally move into a home that reflects their royal blood, a rundown mansion at the bottom of Witch Hill. Liliya has given birth to a daughter.

Forty-seven stories - from flash fiction to full-length works to deeply felt and autobiographical fiction - unfold across the decades from the 1960s to present day and reveal hopes and fears, truth and grief, and love. This award-winning, debut short story collection will break your heart and carry you home.