Water Myths

Families often repeat the same phrase: “Blood is thicker than water.” It’s said as if it’s a guarantee. A promise. A rule that can’t be broken. But for many people, that phrase doesn’t match reality. This book is about the moments when family doesn’t act like family. When loyalty is expected but not returned. When silence replaces support. When roles are assigned instead of earned. When the people who should protect you become the people you have to protect yourself from. It’s about recognising that blood alone doesn’t create safety, trust, or love. Actions do. Behaviour does.

When eight-year-old Kirstie brings home a strange egg from the Scottish shore, her family never expects it to hatch. But the next day, Kirstie discovers a baby sea monster swimming in her bathtub! Part horse, part toad, part turtle and part crocodile, he's the oddest-looking creature Kirstie's family has ever seen. Only Kirstie's grandfather knows what the beastie really is: a Water Horse! This lovable creature is the perfect pet. The only trouble is, he can't stop growing.

"One of the few places left to look for meaning in our contemporary culture is in story and myth," suggests Michael Meade. Weaving rhythm and words, this master storyteller, drummer and scholar of mythology, takes us on a compelling journey of self-discovery down the "roads of fire and water."...

In this strange and wonderful book, thirty elders of the ancient Hopi tribe of Northern Arizona—a people who regard themselves as the first inhabitants of America—freely reveal the Hopi worldview for the first time in written form. The Hopi kept this view a secret for countless centuries, and anthropologists have long struggled to understand it. Now they record their myths and legends, and the meaning of their religious rituals and ceremonies as a gift to future generations.

RC Sandoval has faced monsters, killers, and the ghosts of his own past — but nothing in his life prepared him for what waits in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. When a legendary lost treasure resurfaces, RC is pulled into a deadly hunt that cuts through abandoned mining camps, cartel‑scarred borderlands, and the haunted high country where the land itself feels alive… and hungry. What starts as a search for answers becomes a fight for survival against a creature born of frontier violence, starvation, and the unforgiving mountains. As bodies fall and old wounds reopen, RC must rely on ...

Why do nine out of 10 children raised in Christian homes leave the Church? Why do many professing Christians show little or no evidence for their faith? Why do 80-90% of those making decisions for Christ fall away from the faith? For decades, the world's most popular gospel message has been drawing the lost by promising God's wonderful plan for their life.

DROWNED HISTORY. RESTLESS SPIRITS. THE LAKES REMEMBER. Beneath the freezing, fathomless depths of Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario lies a dark history that refuses to stay buried. In this chilling collection of 30 short stories, the water itself is a looming, indifferent predator—collecting debts, trapping the unwary, and harboring the restless dead. A grieving father hears his late wife's final words echoing from beneath the ice. A mysterious lighthouse twelve miles inland illuminates the lost. A phantom passenger ferry offers a one-way trip to those whose time has run out, ...

Here’s a clean KDP-style description for Weird Tennessee Road Trip: Discover Tennessee’s strangest roadside legends, haunted history, oddball attractions, underground wonders, music myths, and mountain-town madness. Tennessee may look friendly from a distance, with pretty mountains, country music, barbecue, college towns, and cheerful welcome signs. But start driving, and things get weird fast. One minute you are staring at Elvis jumpsuits in Memphis, the next you are watching ducks march through a luxury hotel, standing inside a full-scale Greek Parthenon in Nashville, hearing tales of...

A king was dying. An old man told his sons that the water of life would save him. Each one set out in turn. The two older ones, setting out in hopes of being the heir, were rude to a dwarf on the way and became trapped in ravines. When the youngest son went the dwarf asked where he was going, and he told him. The dwarf told him it was in a castle, and gave him an iron wand to open the gates and two loaves to feed to the lions inside. Then he had to get the water before the clock struck 12 when the gates would shut again.

Genevieve Castle has never been so happy. And that's why she's having a nervous breakdown. Being engaged to a prince should make any girl ecstatic, but Gen isn't sure she's cut out to be a princess, particularly when burning venom tears start coming out of her eyes and her tentacles just won't be tamed. With Prince Oliver dying from a disease created by the Monsters she's supposed to be in charge of, it looks like war is soon the horizon. She must choose a side, to defend her own kind or leave them to the Destroyer and his false Siren. What could be more romantic than marrying a man who ...

'Prepare to be engulfed. Chan has superbly created a world as real and complex as our own, where oppression has no easy solutions and there is no success without sacrifice. Fast-paced action combined with true social depth make this an unforgettable, must-read fantasy' Shelley Parker-Chan...

A Kiss. A Curse. An Obsession. Genevieve Castle spends her time compiling playlists, writing down the music in her head, and trying oh-so-hard not to think about the quarterback, her long-time obsession. When a gorgeous foreign exchange student moves into town, staying with the inhumanly-hot captain of the swim team, will she manage to move onto something better, or will a kiss of obsession drag her into a world more dark and dangerous than anything she imagined? Welcome to the world of Watergirl: hot guys with gills, psychotic ex-girlfriends, oh, and something in the lake. It will take ...

Eight years ago, Silas Vane vanished at sea. Now his family must decide whether they truly want him back. During the chaotic evacuation of a collapsing North African state, Cornish mariner Silas Vane disappeared along with the truth about what happened aboard his ship. Officially declared dead, he has since become everything from national hero to suspected criminal. On the remote island of Innis Vey, his wife Mara is still fighting to preserve their home and boatyard. Silas’s former friend, Dominic Rook, has filled the house with investors, lawyers and plans for a luxury development. ...

Deception. Danger. Duets. Genevieve Castle is finally getting her balance. Graduated on the honor roll, set up with a dream internship with the finest composer in Cierdeep, and firmly almost serious with Sean, the world looks bright until the ocean insists on crushing her world and everyone she loves. Then there’s her old obsession with Soremni Prince Oliver and his diamond green eyes. Until they find a cure, she’ll never have Sean, not for real, not forever. Between assassination attempts and weird Soremni marriage customs, Gen must navigate a world filled with monsters, madness and ...

Book Hippo’s Best Paranormal Romance Award-winning author Amy Sumida entrances readers in this steamy gay spinoff series in the same world as her Spellsinger novels. Packed with kinky mythological gods, witches, faeries, dragons, and shapeshifters, these action-packed romances will keep you reading all night! ARES MAY BE KNOWN AS THE GREEK GOD OF WAR, BUT TO ME, HE IS ALSO A GOD OF DOMINANT SEXUAL PASSION. As an immortal male Water Witch in the hidden supernatural world of the Beneath, I’ve dealt with more spirits than I can count. However, when the handsome Ares calls on my skills to ...

A self-defined misfit makes a powerful case for not fitting in—for recognizing the beauty, and difficulty, in forging an original path. A misfit is a person who missed fitting in, a person who fits in badly, or this: a person who is poorly adapted to new situations and environments. It’s a...

A kiss. A curse. An Obsession. Genevieve Castle has barely figured out breathing when a new danger threatens to drown her. Her mother wants nothing to do with her, her boyfriend, the only one who makes the kiss of madness bearable is thousands of miles away fighting in the Monster Games, determined to win a place for her. Join Genevieve on a journey deep beneath the waters to a world like you've never imagined. Love, obsession, and slimy elbows.

Beneath the shimmering waves lies a hidden world of forbidden love, ancient rivalries, and a dangerous conspiracy that could destroy everything. Nereus, a brave young merman warrior, is bound by duty to the ocean and its laws. Yet, an unquenchable curiosity about the human world tempts him to defy his people’s warnings. Haunted by tales of human cruelty but enchanted by fleeting glimpses of their lives above the waves, he risks everything to uncover the truth. His life changes forever when he saves Lachlan, a compassionate human struggling with his own past wounds. Despite the ancient ...

Creatine is suddenly everywhere — and so are the old fears. This book was written by an AI, then fact-checked line by line by a practising doctor: all 42 claims were blind-verified against the primary sources, and every one that didn't hold up was cut. "Isn't it basically a steroid?" "Doesn't it wreck your kidneys?" "It causes hair loss." "It's not for women." This book takes the fears people actually type into a search bar and audits them one at a time — each graded honestly against the human trial evidence. Not a hype guide, not a protocol. Just a straight answer to "is this stuff ...

I thought I only had to give up my voice, like my mother, but I never expected this. The sea witch claims my mother never told me what she really went through to have what she truly wanted. And now, I'm bound by the same fate. Three conditions, three ways to fail. But first, I need to do something for Ursula. The spell comes with a price, and it might just be dearer than I thought. Giving up my memories is fine. Serving her for a year is also manageable. Getting Eric to fall in love with me in three days, maybe. But marrying Ursula's son? When I learn about a prophecy, things become even ...