by Alan Campbell

Scar Night - By Alan CampbellSynopsisSuspended by chains over a seemingly bottomless abyss, the ancient city of Deepgate is home to a young angel, an assassin, and a psychotic murderer hungry for revenge—or redemption. But soon...

by H.M. Ward

Satan's Stone - By H.M. WardCHAPTER ONEThe weapon was gripped tightly in my fist, hanging by my side. The silvery lethal tines were extended. Moving forward, I took another step down the dark hall. Ornate frames lined the...

by Grady Hendrix

Satan Loves You - By Grady HendrixTerminal C of the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport at 8AM on a Monday morning was no one’s idea of a good time. And right now, with the fruits of a freak snowstorm clumping on t...

by Joel Shepherd

Sasha - By Joel ShepherdSASHA CIRCLED, a light shift and slide of soft boots on compacted earth. The point of her wooden stanch marked the circle's centre, effortlessly extended from her two-fisted grip. Opposite, Teriyan th...

by Richard Morgan

The Steel Remains-by Richard MorganCHAPTER 1When a man you know to be of sound mind tells you his recently deceased mother has just tried to climb in his bedroom window and eat him, you only have two basic options. You can...

by Renee Travis

Rose Blossom By Renee TravisDedication:This is book I for mom, from her Best and Brightest, without her I would...

by Jenna Black

Rogue Descendant (Nikki Glass) - By Jenna BlackONEIt’s time, Nikki, Anderson said.I made a very undignified squealing sound and almost dropped my towel.Goddammit, Anderson! I snapped, my heart pounding. The sun hadn’t r...

by Anna Carey

Rise An Eve Novel - By Anna CareyoneCHARLES RESTED HIS HAND FIRMLY ON MY BACK AS WE SPUN once, then again around the conservatory, the guests watching. I kept my eyes over his shoulder, steeling myself against his short brea...

by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Reign of Beasts (Creature Court) - By Tansy Rayner RobertsPART IThe First Saturnalia1They called me Boy back then. The spruikers, the stagehands, the tumblers, the columbines, the songbirds, the masks. Even the other lambs of th...

by Benjamin David Burrell

Red Leaves and the Living Token - By Benjamin David BurrellTo my wife and my children,You make everything worth while.Alone in his private study, the School Master leaned closer to a large, worn book laying open on his desk....

by Lili St Crow

Reckoning - By Lili St CrowCHAPTER ONEStealing a car was easy. The hard part was putting up with the whining.I can’t believe we’re doing this, Graves muttered for the fiftieth time. I kept the speed steady, an even...

by Rachel Vincent

Reaper (Soul Screamers) - By Rachel VincentTod Hudson was a typical teenager. He liked girls, sports, food and tolerated his younger brother, Nash. In fact, he had his whole life in front of him—and due to his bean sidhe he...

by Beth Bernobich

Queen's Hunt - By Beth BernobichCHAPTER ONEONCE, WHEN HE was a young child, six years old, Gerek Hessler had asked his great-grandmother about her life dreams, those vivid imaginings of past lives that came like nightmares ...

by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Promises to Keep - By Amelia Atwater-RhodesWhose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queerTo st...

by Brian McClellan

Promise of Blood - By Brian McClellanChapter 1Adamat wore his coat tight, top buttons fastened against a wet night air that seemed to want to drown him. He tugged at his sleeves, trying to coax more length, and picked at th...

by Charles Gilman

Professor Gargoyle - By Charles GilmanONERobert Arthur was surrounded by strangers.He stood outside the entrance to Lovecraft Middle School, watching the students pass by, searching for a familiar face. Everybody was talking to so...

by Bianca_D'Arc

Prince of Spies - By Bianca D'ArcDedicationAs always, I dedicate my work to my family and those who believed in me when I decided to make a break from the corporate world and try this writing thing. I couldn’t have...

by Shannon Mayer

Priceless A Sexy Urban Fantasy Mystery - By Shannon Mayer1The couple in front of me looked like any other paren...

by John Grover

Possessing the Grimstone - By John GroverChapter 1The First People traded their wings so that we may fish in the rivers and farm in the fields. It is because of them that we now run across those same rivers and span the f...

by Bridget Zinn

Poison - By Bridget ZinnTHE MASTER TRIO POTIONERS’ flat didn’t look impregnable. From the outside it j...

by Justin Gustainis

Play with Fire - By Justin Gustainischapter OneAuthor’s note: the events in this story take place shortly after those described in the most recent Morris and Chastain novel, Sympathy for the Devil.ON THE DAY that Quincey ...

by Pierre Pevel

The Alchemist in the Shadows - By Pierre PevelJUNE 1633It was that uncertain hour just before dawn, when the wind dies down and the mist begins to rise, the morning still a pale promise at the edge of night. A veil of dew...

by Siobhan Burke

Perfect Shadows - By Siobhan BurkePART ONE:SHADOWS IN THE SUNOR AN UNDEAD MAN IN DEPTFORDChapter 1Kit! You, Kit! Come here, I want you! Tommy, Sir Thomas Walsingham, called as I crossed the great hall in search of coals for ...

by Anna Carey

Once An Eve Novel - By Anna CareyoneI STARTED OVER THE ROCKS, CLUTCHING A KNIFE IN ONE hand. The beach was strewn with sun-battered boats, long since wrecked on shore. The ship before me had washed in just this morning. It...

by S. B. Alexander

On the Edge of Humanity - By S. B. AlexanderCHAPTER 1I WAS TRAPPED IN A WORLD where I didn’t belong. A world where my dad had discarded me as if I were a piece of trash. A world where danger constantly surfaced, eve...

by Robert J. Crane

Omega The Girl in the Box - By Robert J. Crane1.They’re coming for me, he thought, as he hurried down the sidewalk. The wind cut straight through him like a razor as it whipped through the space between the buildings ...

by SM Reine

Of Wings and Wolves - By SM ReineprologueGwyneth Gresham stood in the doorway of the new world with an infant cradled in each arm. She had expected something monumental to mark her passage into an entirely different universe—...

by Brian D. Anderson

Of Gods and Elves - By Brian D. AndersonPrologueGewey felt cold, smooth stone pressed against his face, and a terrible wind roared in his ears. He opened his eyes. Nothing but pitch-blackness surrounded him. He remembered his ...

by Aaron Pogue

Oberon's Dreams - By Aaron PogueCHAPTER ONEIn the high desert south of Jepta, where the sand and sheiks alike wore blinding white, the man at the edge of the market crowd stood out like a signal fire. He bore the fine,...

by Rachel Vincent

Oath Bound (Unbound) - By Rachel VincentOneSeraI’ve never been very good with the word no. I have trouble saying it. I have more trouble hearing it. And accepting it...well, I find that damn near impossible. Always have....

by Rachel Ward

Num8ers - By Rachel WardCHAPTER ONEThere are places where kids like me go. Sad kids, bad kids, bored kids, and lonely kids, kids that are different. Any day of the week, if you know where to look, you’ll find us: behi...

by T. R. Raven

Not What She Seems - By T. R. RavenChapter 1That was the one. The man sitting at the end of the bar nursing a beer. Sylvia licked her lips in anticipation as she sauntered over to him, the sway of her slim hips commandin...

by Valerie Douglas

Not Magic Enough and Setting Boundaries - By Valerie DouglasChapter OneThe pounding on the heavy wood of the doors of the homestead sounded loudly above the shriek and howl of the storm raging outside. Pulling on her threadbar...

by Dawn Rae Miller

Nightingale (The Sensitives) - By Dawn Rae Miller1My name is Lark Greene.A white light flashes, blinding me. I can’t see beyond the small circle of darkness, but I know they’re out there, pressing in on all sides, ...

by Elizabeth Bear

New Amsterdam - By Elizabeth BearLucifugous(March, 1899)The zeppelin Hans Glücker left Calais at 9:15 in the evening on a cold night in March, 1899, bound for New Amsterdam, the jewel of British North America. Don Sebastien...

by R.A. Salvatore

Neverwinter - By R.A. SalvatorePROLOGUEThe Year of the Reborn Hero (1463 DR)DAHLIA’S LIPS CURLED INTO A SMILE AS SHE WATCHED THE DARK elf dance. Stripped to the waist, Drizzt Do’Urden moved through his attack and def...

by E. Van Lowe

Never Slow Dance with a Zombie - By E. Van LoweChapter One"Do you think I'm a failure?""Absolutely," replied Sybil Mulcahy, my best friend in the world since the eighth grade. Or should I say former best friend, considerin...

by Josh Reynolds

Neferata - By Josh ReynoldsPROLOGUEThe Silver Pinnacle(–15 Imperial Reckoning)Bones rubbed softly together within tattered scraps of armour as the skeletal sentries shifted aside their spears. Eyes burning with witch-fire, Arkha...

by Jacqueline Carey

Naamah's Blessing - By Jacqueline CareyONEUnable to sleep, I stood in the stern of the ship, watching the past fall farther behind me. The moon was bright and full, turning the ship’s wake into a wide, silvery path ...

by Rabia Gale

Mourning Cloak - By Rabia GaleTHE MOURNING CLOAK FLUTTERS AGAINST my shop window, eyes dark and wide, mouth open in soundless desire. Her pale hands scrabble against the glass that separates her from my bottles—the opaque gree...

by Christopher Golden

Mind the Gap - By Christopher GoldenChapter Onelittle birdsEven before she saw the house, Jazz knew that something was wrong. She could smell it in the air,ifting shadows of the trees lining the street, hear it in the expecta...

by Aaron Patterson

Michael (The Airel Saga, Book 2) - By Aaron PattersonCHAPTER ISawtooth mountains of Idaho, present dayALL I COULD FEEL was speed. Everything was racing along under me and my body was like an arrow shot at the speed of sound,...

by Isobelle Carmody

Metro Winds - By Isobelle CarmodyMETRO WINDSSo there was a girl. Young but not too young. A face as unformed as an egg, so that one could not tell if she would turn out to be fair or astonishingly ugly. She was to be se...

by Robert Treskillard

Merlin's Blade - By Robert TreskillardPROLOGUETHE DRAGON STARBOSVENNA MOORIN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 407The pine trees mocked his youth, their thin, green fingers fretting in the wind. If he didn’t move fast, they would b...

by Tamora Pierce

Melting Stones - By Tamora PierceThis book is dedicated to Bruce Coville, Grace Kelly, Brett Hobin, Todd Hobin, David Baker, Dan Bostick, Moe Harrington, Timothy Liebe, Alice Morigi, and the rest of the wonderfully talented cast...

by Paula Flumerfelt

Mathieu (White Flame Trilogy) - By Paula FlumerfeltPrologueTHE body in his arms was broken and shattered, left to decay on the side of the road. It had once been a she; a vibrant, loving, gentle she. But now it was just co...

by Ally Condie

Matched - By Ally CondieCHAPTER 1Now that I’ve found the way to fly, which direction should I go into the night? My wings aren’t white or feathered; they’re green, made of green silk, which shudders in the wi...

by Denise Tompkins

Legacy - By Denise TompkinsPrologueI once heard someone say it’s a good thing the world sucks or we’d all fall off. At the time, I laughed. Now I’m thinking of having it tattooed on my ass. Everything has ch...

by Amanda Hocking

Lullaby (A Watersong Novel) - By Amanda HockingONEAftermathHarper woke up when the sun was just beginning to set, and squinted at the dim orange light streaming in through her curtains. For one moment—one brief, glorious moment...

by Unknown

Lover Uncloaked (Stealth Guardians #1) - By UnknownONEAiden launched his dagger at the demon, aiming for his forehead, but the weapon missed its target as the bastard spun with superhuman speed. Whirling to the left, Aiden avoi...

by Caroline Hanson

Love Is Darkness - By Caroline HansonProloguePrague, Czech Republic15 years agoHe wasn’t God.Although there had been a handful of years between his ascendancy to the throne and the killing of the Others, where he may as w...

by Gregory Frost

Lord Tophet - By Gregory FrostITHE BLIGHT OF COLEMAIGNEONEEverything has its own vortex, said a deep male voice.Whoever spoke must have been right at her back. Leodora glanced behind herself but saw only a great expanding gyre,...

by Jessica Andersen

Lord of the Wolfyn - By Jessica AndersenPrologueOnce upon a time in a magical land, a dark sorcerer—the Blood Sorcerer—coveted the only power denied him: the right to rule. So he led his army in a vicious attack on the Ro...

by Kelley Armstrong

Living with the Dead - By Kelley ArmstrongADELETo call Portia Kane a waste of space was being charitable. She was negative space—a vacuum that sucked in everything around her. An entire industry had grown up to service this ...

by John Crowley

Little, Big - By John CrowleyBook One - EDGEWOODI.Men are men, but Man is a woman.—ChestertonOn a certain day in June, 19—, a young man was making his way on foot northward from the great City to a town or place called ...

by Nicholas Taylor

Legon Awakening - By Nicholas TaylorPrologueA New StarThose at the serpent’s head first swallow the tail of defeat.-Articles of the MahannThe Senashow walked down a passage taking in his surroundings, trying to remember how...

by E.J. Stevens

Legend of Witchtrot Road - By E.J. StevensChapter 1I heard the harsh, grinding creak of a ship’s hul straining against stormy seas just as I felt the vertiginous tilt and rol of the waves beneath me. I considered lettin...

by J. L. McCoy

Legacy of Blood - By J. L. McCoyChapter OneI slowly opened my eyes and saw I was lying in an endless field of scarlet paintbrush wildflowers. I gasped at its beauty as I stood up and took in my surroundings. Tall hills ro...

by Mercedes Lackey

Legacies (Mercedes Lackey) - By Mercedes LackeyPROLOGUESomeone was moaning. Spirit wished whoever it was would be quiet. It sounded horrible, like a dying animal. Why didn’t someone do something about it?And her bed was mov...

by Jonathan Grimm

Last Witch Standing - By Jonathan GrimmChapter 1Monday, May 14, 1973The Citadel UniverseKatie ran through the undergrowth, stirring up clouds of spikelets from foxtail that flourished by the lake. The Citadel stood proudly atop t...

by Trudy Canavan

Last of the Wilds - By Trudy CanavanPrologueReivan detected the change before any of the others. At first it was instinctive, a feeling more than a knowing; then she noticed that the air smelled duller and that there was a ...

by Gena Showalter

Last Kiss Goodnight - By Gena ShowalterPrologueFOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD VIKTORIJA LUKAS RACED between the circus tents, her throat and lungs burning as she gasped for breath. Though it was well past two in the morning, many of the per...

by Skylhur Tranqille

Landed Wings - By Skylhur TranqillePROLOGUEMy hand grips the water bottle that Slade brought me and squeezes. A little water falls from the top before I realize what I am doing. The water dribbles onto my hand and I anxiousl...

by Erin Hoffman

Lance of Earth and Sky - By Erin HoffmanEthos anthropos daimon.—HeraklitusThe blast of gale-force wind knocked Vidarian into the brush. He crumpled instinctively, protecting his torso with his arms and knees, leaving his back ex...

by Shelley Adina

Lady of Devices - By Shelley AdinaChapter 1London, 1889To say the explosion rocked the laboratory at St. Cecelia’s Academy for Young Ladies might have overstated the case, but she was still never going to hear the end of...

by Robert E. Keller

Knights The Heart of Shadows - By Robert E. KellerChapter 1: The Assassin"Two Knights were found dead," said Jerret Dragonsbane, his handsome face grim in the torchlight that partially lit the stone tunnel. "Jace thinks they we...

by Robert E. Keller

Knights The Hand of Tharnin - By Robert E. KellerChapter 1: Promotion Day"Less than a week to go until Promotion Day," Lannon Sunshield said apprehensively, drumming his fingers on the tabletop. Lannon, Timlin, Aldreya, Vorden, ...

by Robert E. Keller

Knights The Eye of Divinity - By Robert E. KellerChapter 1: The Sacred TextLannon Sunshield's father seemed w...

by Carrie Vaughn

Kitty Rocks the House - By Carrie VaughnChapter 1FOR ALL the death I’d seen, I’d been to very few funerals.This one was fraught, and I couldn’t sort out my feelings, or what I was supposed to be feeling. Gra...

by Sierra Dean

Keeping Secret (Secret McQueen) - By Sierra DeanChapter OneVampires can’t fly, but a grown man can if you throw him hard enough.That was the hard truth vampire hunter Shane Hewitt learned when I chucked him off the top ...

by Melissa F. Hart

Keepers of the Flame (Trilogy Bundle) - By Melissa F. HartSynopsisBook 1: The Stone ProtectorA few months to her 17th birthday, Luanne Kylor begins to experience weird attacks. When she’s almost killed at a shopping mall,...

by Khelsey Jackson

Kallos (Kallos Series) - By Khelsey JacksonPROLOGUEAphrodite looks at the young girl and prays that she will make it. Come on, you can do it. It isn't fair that Aphrodite must watch from up here and not do anything to h...

by Steven Luna

Joe Vampire - By Steven LunaPOST 1My Name is Joe, and I'm a Vampire…NOTE TO THE READER: If you are female, between the ages of thirteen and forty-two, and you've stumbled onto my blog thinking we'd be chatting ab...

by Jl Bryan

Jenny Plague-Bringer - By Jl BryanPrologueWard Kilpatrick and his friends stalked the prissy glam boy as he left the broken sidewalk to squeeze through a ruptured chain-link fence into the abandoned railyard. The boy’s name...

by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Invincible Chronicles of Nick - By Sherrilyn KenyonCHAPTER 1They say when you’re about to die, you see your entire life flash before your eyes.They lied.The only thing Nick Gautier could see flashing was Kyrian Hunter&rsquo...

by Fionn Jameson

Invincible (A Centennial City Novel) - By Fionn JamesonPrologueDon’t!My eyes stung from the blood.I’m begging you!As if I had any say in the matter.My hand slipped further up the sword hilt and I clenched tighter. I...

by Deanna Chase

Influential Magic - By Deanna ChaseChapter 1The ugly concrete building loomed before us, making my body itch with unease. I gritted my teeth and tried to mentally prepare for the long flight ahead. There was a reason faeries ...

by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Infinity Chronicles of Nick - By Sherrilyn KenyonPROLOGUEFree will.Some have called it the greatest gift bestowed on humanity. It is our ability to control what happens to us and exactly how it happens. We are the masters of ...

by Kelley Armstrong

Industrial Magic - By Kelley ArmstrongPrologueGOT ANOTHER CSI QUESTION FOR YOU, GLORIA SAID AS Simon walked into the communication hub with an armload of papers. If you’re not busy.Perfect timing, Simon said. I’m just...

by Jordan Dane

In the Arms of Stone Angels - By Jordan DaneprologueI sleep with the dead.I don’t remember the first time I did it and I try not to think about why. It’s just something I do. My fascination with the dead has be...

by Angie Fox

Immortally Embraced - By Angie Foxchapter oneMedusa, serpent-goddess, executioner of men, scourge of Kisthene’s plain, stabbed a clawed finger in my direction. Tell me the truth, human, she hissed. No more lies.I straightened...

by Samantha Adams

Immortal Prophecy - By Samantha AdamsFive years earlier…Two sixteen-year-old girls huddled together outside the billowing silk tent, beneath a sign that read ‘Fortune Teller.’Kathryn, the young auburn haired girl, was ne...

by Hal Johnson

Immortal Lycanthropes - By Hal JohnsonI. The DerailingPerchance, said he, as the five lads lay in the rustling stillness through which sounded the monotonous cooing of the pigeons—perchance there may be dwarfs and giants and dr...

by Carol van Atta

I Kissed a Dog - By Carol van AttaChapter 1June 12, 2011 – The Oregon CoastThe lion paced to the left, top lip curled back, revealing his pointed teeth; he snarled at me for good measure.Wary, I watched as his tail w...

by Abigail Owen

Hyacinth - By Abigail OwenChapter 1Selene jerked awake and clutched the sweat-soaked bed sheets in her hands. Her breath came in panting bursts, and her heart refused to slow its furious pounding. A low, animalistic groan sound...

by Jax Garren

How Beauty Loved the Beast - By Jax GarrenChapter OneGrant Barrett wrinkled his nose as he shoved the pretty little redhead down the hallway toward his office. She’d had the nerve to try sneaking into the chemical plant...

by Nancy Holder

Hot Blooded (Wolf Springs Chronicles) - By Nancy Holderchapter 1I outran them.Katelyn McBride soared into the spotlight on the Mexican cloud swing. The swing was a thick rope of braided fibers connected by either end to the sk...

by Amanda Carlson

Hot Blooded (Jessica McClain) - By Amanda Carlsonchapter 1The knife pressed against my neck pissed me off. You’re kidding me, right? I couldn’t see what was behind me, but it smelled faintly of eggs. Half a beat la...

by Ian Thomas Healy

Hope and Undead Elvis - By Ian Thomas HealyForewordAllison M. DicksonHope and Undead Elvis is not a typical Ian Healy story, and as someone who has read nearly every scrap of his work, I feel qualified to say so. I also kn...

by Alyxandra Harvey

Hearts At Stake - By Alyxandra HarveyPROLOGUELucyFriday, early eveningNormally I wouldn’t have been caught dead at a field party.If you’ll pardon the pun.This was a supreme sacrifice on my part for my best friend, Sol...

by Cynthia Garner

Heart of the Demon - By Cynthia GarnerPrologueZombies got a bad rap these days. At least that’s what the drunk one kept telling Finn Evnissyen as he sat at the bar nursing his beer.I mean, come on. Do I look like I&r...

by Boris Akunin

He Lover of Death - By Boris AkuninHOW SENKA FIRST SAW DEATHOf course, that wasn’t what she was called to begin with. It was something ordinary, a proper Russian name. Malaniya, maybe, or Agrippina. And she had a family...

by Alyxandra Harvey

Haunting Violet - By Alyxandra HarveyPROLOGUE1865I was nine years old when my mother decided it was time I took part in the family business. I was pretty enough now, she said, that I might be of use. I’d grown into my...

by Kelley Armstrong

Haunted - By Kelley ArmstrongAcknowledgmentsAs always, I’m deeply indebted to everyone who helped get my book from that first spark of an idea to a complete novel. Heaps of thanks to my agent, Helen Heller, and my editor...

by Abigail Boyd

Gravity - By Abigail BoydChapter 1Fifteen candles set the top of the cake on fire. Another year disappeared."Make a wish, Ariel." I sucked in all the breath my lungs could hold and blew the candles out. I wished for my year...

by Lisa McMann

Gone - By Lisa McMannACKNOWLEDGMENTSMany thanks to all my invisible friends who shared their painful stories about what it’s like to live with an alcoholic parent, and to Carl Loerwald at the Washtenaw Alano Club in Ann ...

by Jenna Black

Glimmerglass - By Jenna BlackprologueThe absolute last straw was when my mom showed up at my recital drunk. I don’t mean tipsy—I mean staggering, slurring, everyone-knows drunk. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, she...

by Elizabeth Bear

Garrett Investigates - By Elizabeth BearThe Tricks of LondonLondon, April 1879One foot up and the other foot downThat’s the way to London town—Nursery rhymeThat’s the third damned dead whore in seventeen days, Detect...

by Blameless

Gail Carriger - By BlamelessCHAPTER ONEWherein the Misses Loontwill Cope with Scandal in Their MidstHow much longer, Mama, must we tolerate this gross humiliation?Lady Alexia Maccon paused before entering the breakfast room. Cuttin...

by Ros Baxter

Fish Out of Water - By Ros BaxterPrologueIn the beginning, before The Awakening, the earth was a place of rage and heat.Greed fanned murderous embers among the children of the land.Aegir, God of the Boundless Seas, looked on ...