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What happens when all the myths, legends, and things that go bump in the night come out to the world as real? Well, the world does as it always does: It rejected them. Welcome to Avalantis, Alaska, the world’s first supercity with over 50 million myth and mundane citizens and home of those rejected by society. Although due to pesky things like murder end explosions, there are a few fewer citizens. When the former Greek god Hermes dies, three unusual cops from the Avalantis PD are recruited into a secret organization known as Mortal.

Amy Penrose knows how it feels to grow up in a home where your parents harm you more than raise you. Now an adult, she’s newly qualified as a child psychologist and hopes to help children who’ve gone through struggles of their own. When a father brings a 12-year-old boy into her office, she recognizes the bruises and the way the boy withdraws into himself. And she wants to help. As she delves into the family’s past, and starts to feel unsafe in her own home, she starts to wonder if this is one child beyond her help....

Human cloning. Technology evolves faster than we do. The law shields us from our worst temptations. But the opportunity is there, dangling just out of reach - perfection and ascension or delusion and destruction. The choice is ours. In this collection of clone-themed stories, 10 of today’s top speculative fiction writers explore our morality and built-in societal restraints and reflect upon our state of grace. Similar is not necessarily the same.

This collection features two books from the Chloe Cook Cozy Mystery series including Death, Divorce, and Dessert and Murder and Salt Water Taffy. Chloe is on the hunt for two killers. Is she up to the challenge? Find out by buying a copy of this set right now....

This collection includes two cozy mysteries from the Daisy McDare series including The Deadly Judicial Affair and The Deadly Fiery Affair.

When another murder occurs in Cape Cod, it shakes Chloe Cook to her core. Unfortunately, that isn't the only bad news that Chloe receives. Much to Chloe's dismay, one of her good friends gets arrested for the murder. Chloe believes that the police have made a huge mistake. In Chloe's mind, there is no way that her friend is guilty. Chloe can't get the detective to listen to her, however. It soon becomes clear that there's only one way for Chloe's friend to get her freedom back. Chloe will have to catch the real killer herself. Is she up to the challenge?

Plum's thrilled about her arranged marriage. Becoming the daughter-in-law of a great chef will let her take her magical cooking skills to new heights. Then her little sister Dami dresses up as a boy and joins the army-a crime punishable by death. To keep her sister safe, Plum abandons her wedding, assumes Dami's identity, and reports for her sister's duties scrubbing dishes at the palace.

Just when it seems like the drama is going to cool down in Daisy McDare's coastal hometown of Cozy Creek, things heat up again in the worst possible way. The amateur sleuth finds herself staring down another murder case. This one isn't like the others, though. The killer has gone to great lengths to cover their tracks. Will Daisy be able to uncover the truth?

At the dawn of time, young Perl awakes at the base of the ancient Bodhi tree, the only source of the last remaining life-giving fruits of wisdom. She's met by a mysterious deity named Ohm, who eases her reawakening before hastily setting her on a path into the unknown, tasked with choosing twelve primitive beings to receive the blessing of self-awareness, so they can join Perl in her newfound godhood and help lay the foundations of civilization.

With their backs against the wall, Garrett and the rest of the survivors no longer have a choice.... Fight, or lose it all.... Knowing that an attack could occur at any moment, the horizons appear bleak for the survivors of Trinity Ranch. With Garrett’s confidence in his own leadership beginning to falter, can he pull it all together and ensure everyone’s safety? Will he and Alice survive to see the sun rise on another day, or might this dusk be their last?

After escaping their previous predicament, Garrett, Alice, and the others are struggling to live in a world without electrics. With a new community - Trinity Ranch - and hope for a brighter tomorrow, things finally seem to be working out, but danger lies on the horizon. Can Garrett and the Trinity Ranch community fight for everything they hold dear and reclaim the remnants of New Mexico for their own?

What if it were possible to live two very different lives in two separate worlds? What if the dreams we awaken from are the fading memories of that second life? Only one person in a generation may cross the worlds. These chosen few are the Gifted, called from Earth into Lael to shape the epochs of history - and Chris Redston is one of them. But before he figures that out, he accidentally endangers both worlds by resurrecting a vengeful prince intent on claiming the powers of the Gifted for himself.

Garrett is an architect, of sorts. A renovator of unique dwellings, he makes his living creating luxury doomsday bunkers for a wealthy, paranoid clientele. He never thought he’d end up living in one.... As a mysterious “nano virus” ravages the world above, Garrett hunkers down in a former missile silo in the New Mexico desert. Underground, he’s as equipped and prepared as can be, save for the grinding loneliness, and mounting horror of witnessing the fall of human civilization.

In the wake of a recent invasion, Dora, a scared but strong human is searching for safety as the human population is systematically hunted down and tagged. On a deserted stretch of road her run comes to an end and she is captured and catapulted into a world of vicious bargains and survivalism. Follow her journey from freedom to servitude and addiction and back again as she learns what the alien invaders are after and why no one can stop biting their nails.

With a murder trial taking place in Cozy Creek, Daisy McDare is having trouble focusing on her interior decorating work. The last thing she wants is for the defendant, Corey Kincaid, to get acquitted. In Daisy's mind, Corey is guilty. In fact, Daisy's amateur sleuthing played a huge role in Corey's arrest. As Daisy nervously waits for the jury to reach a verdict, another big mystery begins to unfold in town. And this new mystery comes with a twist that Daisy isn't prepared for.

From hayrides, corn mazes, Jekyll n Hyde, warped games, witches, demons, and death personified, Autumn Nights: 13 Spooky Fall Reads brings together the very best in chilling tales to hear under a harvest moon. This audiobook is for those who get excited about Halloween and crisp fall weather (and yes, even pumpkin spice lattes). Are you the type to dream of windy nights and tumbling leaves even while summer days stretch on? Do you want scary bonfire stories with doses of humor and twists on classical tales? This collection is perfect for you.

It is election season in Cozy Creek, and the race for mayor has really heated up. So, when the front-runner, Adam Mitchell, is murdered a week before the big vote, his political rival becomes an obvious suspect. But Daisy McDare believes this case isn't as clear-cut as it appears to be. There are a number of other people in town who wanted Adam dead, and Daisy isn't going to stop until she discovers who was really behind the murder.

When the program manager of a local radio station is murdered, a recently fired morning show host becomes the prime suspect. But that host is more than just a murder suspect. She's also one of Daisy McDare's good friends. And Daisy doesn't believe for a minute that her friend is guilty. So, Daisy sets out to prove her friend's innocence. But, is the truth more complicated than it appears to be?

Daisy McDare's latest decorating job turns into a crime scene when Adam Dunning, the arrogant owner of a French restaurant, is found stabbed in the back. As Daisy starts digging deeper, she realizes Adam had a knack for making enemies. Between Adam's bitter wife, needy mistress, unhappy staff, and scheming daughter, Daisy has her hands full in trying to crack the case.

When Daisy McDare goes to Vancouver for the weekend to attend the launch party of her old friend Chloe Wilson's latest book, she expects revelry to be in the air. Instead, the party devolves into a series of in-fights and blowups between the publishing company's staff. So, when the egotistical editor-in-chief publishing Chloe's book turns up dead the next morning, and Chloe is named as one of the suspects in the murder, Daisy jumps into action to exonerate her old friend by finding the real killer.