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Ghoul, n. A demon addicted to the reprehensible habit of devouring the dead. Who would have guessed something he'd penned in jest would turn out to be real and swarm his island retreat? Yet for Ambrose Bierce, renowned nineteenth-century wit and author of The Devil's Dictionary, the joke was on him. If he didn't want to be digested--and he didn't, much--he had to stay alive. [Jackson] "has a wonderful way with descriptive language. There are some great connections with previous books and a surprise at the end." ---RT Book Reviews His reputed disappearance and death in Mexico in 1914 had ...

Who is Damien Ruthven? In 1816, Lord Byron stayed at the castle of Dr. Johann Dippel, the inspiration for Mary Shelley's Baron von Frankenstein. Trapped there by a lightning storm, he was approached by the doctor and promised a cure for his epilepsy. The "cure" changed him forever. And is he "Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know?" In the 21st century, Brice Ashton wrote a book. Like all biographies of famous persons, her's on Lord Byron was sent to critics in advance. One Damien Ruthven responded. He contacted Brice from New York suggesting her work contained two errors—and that only he could ...

The third book in Melanie Jackson's Wildside Series. "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." --WritersWrite.com Lyris knew all about goblins. She had spent much of her adult life trying to prove one was behind the assassination of JFK. But was Quede the biggest threat in New Orleans, this strange monarch who owned the plantation Toujours Perdrix? Or was the biggest threat Romeo Hart, the fey who laughed at death and quickened Lyris' blood? This courier mission was trouble. No question; Lyris was in danger of losing her life, her soul, or her heart-- and by the time she discovered which, it ...

Mystery thrived while the twenties roared. Fire, Nevada is a town barely clinging to life and it is there Jane Blackthorn goes to hide from her family as she waits for her wedding day. Her beloved Uncle Jack is distracted by troubles at the silver mine. He and his partner are being pressured to sell to an Arizona conglomerate and the mine is being plagued by accidents which the men blame of the tommyknockers. Jane doesn't believe that the accidents are supernatural in origin but can she and her college friend, Bea Childe, prove it before the situation turns fatal? "Death in a Low Place" is ...

Juliet Henry accepts Esteban's invitation to the Dias de los Muertos celebration in Mirada, never expecting that the guests at the family bed and breakfast would end up being those among the dead-- put there by a killer's hand. The murderer has struck once. Can Juliet stop him from turning the festival into a bloodbath?

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