King Arthur’s Sister in Washington’s Court
by Kim Iverson Headlee
Genre: SciFi Time Travel Fantasy
How sick are
you of US politics? How doomed is the world because of who
has claimed the Oval Office throne—er, chair?
Refresh your spirit by laughing along with what Mark Twain
might have written about today’s political falderal.
“Solidly entertaining.” —Publishers Weekly
WINNER 2016 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal for
Science Fiction & Fantasy.
Morgan le Fay, sixth-century Queen of Gore and the only major character
not
killed off by Mark Twain in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s
Court, vows revenge upon the Yankee Hank Morgan. She casts a spell to
take her to 1879 Connecticut so she may waylay Sir Boss before he can
travel back in time to destroy her world. But the spell misses by 300
miles and 200 years, landing her in the Washington, D.C., of 2079,
replete with flying limousines, hovering office buildings,
virtual-reality television, and sundry other technological marvels.
Whatever is a time-displaced queen of magic and minions to do? Why,
rebuild
her kingdom, of course—two kingdoms, in fact: as Campaign Boss for
the reelection of American President Malory Beckham Hinton, and as
owner of the London Knights world-champion baseball franchise.
Written as though by the old master himself, King Arthur’s Sister in
Washington’s Court by Mark Twain as channeled by Kim Iverson
Headlee offers laughs, love, and a candid look at American society,
popular culture, politics, baseball… and the human heart.
Mark Twain began work on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s
Court in
1879—the same year the Yankee Hank Morgan departed for his sojourn
in sixth-century Britain. The first edition was published in 1889 and
features more than 200 illustrations by the man who later would
become founder of the Boy Scouts of America, Daniel Carter Beard.
These illustrations are now in the public domain, and a handful have
been incorporated into King Arthur’s Sister in Washington’s Court as
an artistic homage to this classic edition of the first time travel
story in all literature.
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Kim Headlee lives on a
farm in southwestern Virginia with her family,
cats, goats, Great Pyrenees goat guards, and assorted wildlife.
People and creatures come and go, but the cave and the 250-year-old
house ruins–the latter having been occupied as recently as the
mid-twentieth century–seem to be sticking around for a while yet.
Kim has been a published novelist since 1999 with the
first edition of Dawnflight (Sonnet Books, Simon & Schuster) and
has been studying the Arthurian legends for nigh on half a century.
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Operation Boyfriend
by Molly Zenk
Genre: Contemporary Romance
It’s safe to say
my love life stinks. As if getting dumped for another guy
by my long-term boyfriend isn’t enough, my hopes at finding a
boyfriend get crushed with a string of disastrous dates.
But then I meet the strange bus boy who has been staring at me for the
last three months. He’s awkward, goofy, and has no fashion sense.
Corin is the exact opposite of what I should want in a boyfriend, but
I feel drawn to him in a way I can’t explain.
There’s also Daniel. Smart, charming, successful, and well-dressed. He’s
the
perfect man, the kind of guy I should want. Even my family is
convinced we’re meant to be together.
Somehow, I went from the girl with a catastrophic love life
to a woman with one too many options.
Now I need to decide whether to follow my
head…or my heart.
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Captivity
Captivity Book 1
by Molly Zenk & Sarah Biglow
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy
In a future that holds shifters captive, what will they risk to
break free?
Lorelei, a siren, has spent the last three years searching for the man she
loved after he was abducted in front of her. When the bounty for an
escaped phoenix crosses her desk at the Phoenix Location Agency, she
expects a typical bag and tag. Instead, she discovers the target,
Aiden, is none other than her lost love.
Aiden has no memory of the sultry siren who insists they were once in love.
Rising from the ashes comes with a price—he’s a new person, with
no memories of his former lives. After years of being kept in bird
form to harvest his healing phoenix tears, Aiden is not the man
Lorelei knew.
When both are taken in by
the Magical Creature Underground, reconciliation
seems possible. But Aiden’s captivity comes with a dire
consequence: a deadly poison is working its way toward his heart. The
only known cure is a long shot at best. Can Aiden and Lorelei reclaim
their stolen past before the clock runs out?
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Sanctuary
Captivity Book 2
Have Lorelei, Aiden, and their MCU allies escaped their city prison only to die searching for a shifter haven that may not exist? Time is running out for Aiden and Lorelei. Chased by a deadly shiver of sirens and plagued by disaster after disaster, they must run and fight at every turn for a chance at health and freedom in Sanctuary. The blood graft stealing Aiden’s life is worsening. His only hope of lasting long enough to make it across the country is to let Xander use Phoenix Tears to keep the Burning at bay. A sacrifice Aiden isn’t willing for Xander to make now their relationship has a chance. The hybrid baby growing double time inside Lorelei keeps her from being focused on the mission. As does Douglas’s ultimatum for their future. It’s throwing her off her game. That means she’s bound to make a mistake. One that could prove deadly for them all. Their only hope of survival as they race across the barren wilderness is to rely on each other. With hearts and lives on the line, each decision Aiden and Lorelei make brings them one step closer to freedom … and one slip away from certain death. Goodreads* Books2Read
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Roman Toguri finds
himself burying the body of a nun in Boone, North
Carolina. As the skies darken and it begins to storm, he is forced to
shove the corpse into his trunk and take it home for the night,
unaware of the torment that playing God will bestow upon him.
Enter Hell with two bonus short stories: The White Shade, an ultra-
violent
look into the mind of a mass shooter, and The Black Box, a
psychedelic dive into weird horror.
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When I came close enough, I grabbed one of the wooden planks and hoisted myself into the
next room. Gazing around, this room immediately seemed fairly ‘cozy.’ The entire room was
constructed from the worn wooden planks that were around the edge of the hole. Several feet
across from the entrance to the tunnel was a lamp whose shade had turned an ancient shade of
brown, filling the room with the orange light that I had seen from the underground, signalling that
I had returned to civilization, or at least somewhere with working electricity.
Perhaps the most important feature of the room was a red velvet couch right next to the map, on
which sat my familiar friend, the homeless man. A blank, soulless expression covered his face,
his eyes unblinking in his focus, or lack thereof.
This was the first time I had seen him in clear lighting, and the black spots on his face
resembled a growth or a scab, seeming to extend and pile up over the top of his skin like mold.
It was truly disgusting.
I slowly moved to a wooden door near the couch, waiting for him to stop me, but he stared off in
the distance, as if he was watching something behind me. I took another step towards the door
when my foot planted down on top of something with a gentle crunch, and seemed to stick to
the sole of my shoe as I bent down to examine in; hundreds of black specks scurried away from
my feet. Each of these specks hurried past me in a large pack, then crawled underneath the
couch where the man was sitting, disappearing from sight. My body locked up and I was forced
to cringe when I realized that these specks were baby spiders, and I had just stepped on a large
sac.
“Don’t step on those,” the man muttered, his voice sounding hazy and distant, as if the two of
us were miles apart.
“What?” I asked, unsure if I had heard him correctly.
“Don’t stomp the eggs,” he replied. His eyes were still locked on something behind me. I
glared back, half expecting something to be standing there.
“Why not?”
“Because I like them, and they like the cold.”
I watched several of the baby spiders move through the holes in his clothes, crawling into them
and creating tiny bulges beneath the fabric. I shuddered, and then his head began to turn. It was
a painfully slow motion that seemed to last decades, until finally, his eyes rested on me.
“I’m finally free, you know.”
There was a ticking noise, as if the second hand on a clock was moving, then the orange glow
of the lamp was replaced with darkness. The light had been turned off. I wasn’t sure how the
man had turned it off, or if the light had simply given out, but despite this, more light leaked into
the room from the cracks in the wooden door leading outside, giving a dimmed view of the man
on the couch. I glanced back to the floor to see that dozens of the eggs had appeared all across
the ground. Had I not seem them earlier? They were a milky white color and about the size of
baseballs. A handful of the eggs seemed to wriggle every few seconds, as if they were about to
hatch. The light reflected off of them, giving them a shiny appearance in the light.
I looked around, shrugged, then decided it was time to leave. I tiptoed to the door in a state of
horrified confusion, leaving the man and his eggs behind.
Once Upon a Death
Days of Death Series Book 1
by Dzintra Sullivan
Genre: Cozy Mystery
I never chose death—death chose me.
Now I choose change.
Kaah Maah had been the reaper for over a millennia. The mundane repetition
of collecting souls night after night from an ever-increasing
population was beginning to grind on him. Kaah had witnessed an ocean
of unique faces, all confronted with their final moments on earth.
Though different in appearance they all showed one final
emotion—fear.
Kaah wanted a change. He craved quiet serenity, where he could perfect his
yoga poses while listening to his favorite singer Michael Bublè.
Kaah wanted nothing more than to retire and become a ‘no one
special’ in a ‘nowhere special’ town.
When strange things began happening in Deadend, Ohio,
the
question had to be asked.
You might be able to take the reaper away from death, but can you ever
actually take death away from the reaper?
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“All I want is some peace and quiet,” Kaah whispered with a renewed hope that the small-town life is
precisely what this reaper needed.
Rork loaded himself up with bags and left.
Kaah took a final look around his office and nodded. “Thanks for the memories.” He then silently wished
his replacement luck as he shut the door on his old life…
What Kaah walks into is more than a Deadend
Seducing the Darkness
The Darkness Series Book 1
by Shiela Stewart
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Trinity was once
a fragile girl. Being taken by a powerful vampire prince
changed her. Discovering him in the arms of another woman changed
destiny. Alone, she’s learned fast how to be tough, how to survive,
and how to protect the people in her city from the evil that lurks in
the dark. She was managing just fine, until Basil walked back into her life.
Basil Hawthorn has been the reigning prince of vampires since banishing
his
father to the Realm of Dark Mystics decades earlier. When a prophetic
dream makes him realize Trinity’s life is at risk, he decides the
only way to save her is to push her away. Doing so is not easy.
Trinity is the only woman he has ever loved, ever will love, and he
can’t seem to let her go.
When rumors arise of a plan to raise the King and blot out the sun, both
Trinity and Basil know they must do everything to stop it. Even if it
means working together. Despite the betrayal and the threat, they
find themselves drawn to each other. Love has no boundaries,
especially in the face of danger. But will they be able to stop the
ritual before it’s too late?
Or will the darkness capture them both?
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Desiring the Darkness
The Darkness Series Book 2
With the cloak of
darkness surrounding Jacob’s Cove, Dante Vega must
work to protect the humans from the blood-thirsty vampires trying to
take over the human race. When a half-naked young woman races into
his arms begging him to protect her, he is compelled to help despite
the fact that she is a vampire.
Before all hell broke loose, Gypsy Dawn was an average woman carrying
on
with her ordinary life…until she’s turned into a vampire. With no
family and no where to go, she clings to Dante. Aside from his dark,
mysterious, good looks, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to him.
And when his life is threatened she discovers just how protective she
has become.
Trying to bring back the sun is not easy, especially when the creature
responsible, has gone into hiding. With Dante’s long lost brother
working with the enemy, one friend is killed and another is taken hostage.
Will Dante be able to save him before it’s too late?
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Embracing the Darkness
The Darkness Series Book 3
One upon a time
Jonah Moore had it all. Then his wife and unborn child
were taken from him, leaving his life darker than when Chaos and his
evil vampires stole the sun. Now, Jonah has lost the will to face
another day, which could be a problem, considering he’s just been
turned into a vampire and is now destined to live for eternity.
As a nurse, Raven Moony is used to tending to
the needs of others. Until
an accident changes everything. When she is abducted and forced to
tend to Chaos’ needs, she is more than ready to give in and
willingly accepts her role as his slave.
When Jonah enters the picture, she finds herself fighting for his safety
and freedom as well as her own. Can she convince Jonah to go on
despite her own doubts? And can they open their hearts to love and
learn that there is indeed life after death?
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Charming the Darkness
The Darkness Series Book 4
Daniel Vega had
never been comfortable as a human so when he was offered
eternal life as a vampire, he turned his back on his family and
welcomed the darkness. Then Chaos, the one man Danny thought he could
always count on, goes missing. Now, shunned by his own kind, it seems
that leaving Jacob’s Cove is his only option. Until he crashes into
a high-spirited redhead.
Born from witches, Starla Raine has spent her entire life learning to
control and manage her powers. Drawn to Jacob’s Cove, a city
magically cloaked in darkness, Starla runs into Daniel, a man
connected to the infamous spell, and she knows just what to do. Hold
him hostage and, use any means possible to make him give her what she wants.
The two forge an unlikely partnership, with Danny agreeing to help
Starla
find the ritual, but only if she’ll work with him to locate Chaos.
At first he doesn’t mind using her magical abilities, or her body,
for his own gain. Sex is just sex, after all… until someone’s
heart gets in the way.
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Tempting the Darkness
The Darkness Series Book 5
For twenty long
years, Cooper Hawthorne has kept the brightest light in
his bleak existence a deeply hidden secret. All this time, his
beloved Gabriella has slept safely in cryogenic stasis, awaiting the
day he finds a cure for her terminal cancer. As love blooms amidst
the Darkness, and still no cure in sight, loneliness drives Cooper to
drastic measures. He awakens Gabriella and breaks his last promise to
her—by turning her into a vampire. Gabriella’s sense of betrayal
weighs heavily on her attempts to deal with what Cooper has done to
her. Pushing him away, she turns to his friends for support—and
finds she isn’t the only one hurt by his actions. Cooper fights the
temptation to use his powers to wipe her mind of the damning
memories. But, when he comes face to face with the monster that
created him, he knows what he must do.
Will Gabriella be able to save him before it’s too late? Or will the
Darkness swallow him whole?
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Penetrating the Darkness
The Darkness Series Book 6
A kidnapped
child, a young woman in charge of protecting her, a newly
created vampire, and a city cast in darkness. Three innocent lives
are about to change.
Amara loves her job caring for Felicity, the child stolen from her parents
by the vampire queen. Gifted with more power than a child should
possess, Felicity escapes to look for her mother and father, and
takes Amara with her. Thrust into a strange, dark world, Amara’s
loyalty and caregiving skills are put to the test.
Dusty hoped to finish college and become a biologist. Until a sadistic
vampire kidnapped, tortured, and turned him. When he’s taken to
find his own victim, Dusty’s chance to free himself arrives in the
form of a bright white flash, a beautiful young blonde, and a small
child with the ability to incinerate anything and anyone with merely
a thought. As the three work together to find Felicity’s parents,
Dusty and Amara discover a deep affection for each other.
Can their budding relationship survive the power struggle
between warring vampire factions?
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Consuming the Darkness
The Darkness Series Book 7
In Jacob’s Cove,
where death is as common as apple pie, a serial
murderer is a first. Lieutenant Sienna Storm, the town’s newly
minted homicide detective, is eager to prove she’s up to the job of
tracking down the demon who rips out his victims’ still-beating
hearts. Even if it means using her abilities.
Detective Nathan Powers lost his partner to the aptly named Heartless
Killer,
and the trail of bodies leads him to Jacob’s Cove, a strange world
populated with bloodthirsty demons and run by a vampire. Still, the
leggy blonde, Sienna, is a pleasant distraction. Until he discovers
she’s after the same killer—and she’s not sharing.
On the hunt, the more they cross paths, the harder it is to stay apart.
Together they discover not only clues, but a searing desire, one that
may be their downfall when the killer targets Nathan, and Sienna
risks everything to get him back.
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Surviving the Darkness
The Darkness Series Book 8
You can run, but
you can’t hide.
Surviving an abduction,
and running home to hide, might seem like a good idea.
Except home is now run by vampires.
Deborah Carmichael had
it all. Fame, fortune and an amazing gift bringing songs to
life on her piano. Until a madman began stalking her. At first he
seemed harmless, attending her concerts, asking for autographs. Then
he turned creepy, sending photos of himself wearing identical dresses
she wore, dressing up mannequins in her likeness. But she made a
vital mistake, sending her bodyguard away. It was the perfect
opportunity for her abductor to strike.
Rich, debonair, and owner
of the only vampire/demon establishment in Jacobs Cove, Zachary
Adams has it all. Or so he thought. When a beautiful, troubled young
woman walks into his club, he is instantly taken by her.
Helping her overcome her fears, teaching her to stand up and fight,
Zach knows she is the one.
When her abductor finds
her, and takes her captive, Deborah fears this will be the end.
Will Zach find her on time, or will Deborah find the strength to fight?
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“Remind me again why I have to be the bait?”
Dante heard Jonah’s voice in his ear as he hid behind the dumpster. Lowering his voice, he
replied, “Because I was bait last time.”
“Right. You’ll tell Ariel I love her if I don’t make it?”
“You’ll be just fine, Jonah. I’ve got you covered and Basil is lurking about, ready to jump in and
snatch the bastards. Just stay calm.”
“Yeah, easy for you to say. Oh shit! Bloodsucker, eight o’clock.”
Dante swiveled in his spot behind the garbage bin, looking in the direction Jonah instructed. He
saw the chubby guy heading Jonah’s way and prepared himself for the attack. The vampire’s
ugly yellow eyes caught sight of Jonah and Dante could imagine what was going through his
mind.
Fresh meat.
Not this time.
“Get ready.”
“I’m ready.” Pulling the tranquilizer gun from his belt, Dante aimed it at the vampire and waited.
Because Jonah had the microphone pinned beneath his jacket, Dante could hear everything,
including the vampire’s comments.
“Well, looky here. What have we got? Oh, and I smell lots of fear. Gonna be a nice snack for
me.”
“You don’t want to drink me. I’m anemic. I won’t satisfy you much,” Jonah added with a great
deal of quiver in his voice.
“Oh, I’m betting you’ll be just what I need.”
He heard the growl, heard Jonah scream, and took his shot. The dart hit the vamp right in his
backside and as
Dante stood up, he saw the vamp pull back in shock. He didn’t waste any time and took another
shot. This time he hit the vampire in the arm. The vamp looked up, searching for where the shot
had come from as Dante raced towards him.
“Took your time. He was about to bite me.” Jonah took a couple steps away from the vamp.
“I had to make sure I got a good shot.” The vampire hissed as he approached, then his knees
gave out and he went down. “Damn, I was hoping to knock him around a bit first.”
“You’ll get your chance later.”
“Jesus Christ, Basil! I hate when you do that.” His heart pounding, Dante aimed a steely glare at
Basil. The guy loved to make an entrance, but did he have to appear out of nowhere without
warning and scare the living shit out of him?
“Good shot,” Basil stated as he lowered down to the vampires body. “But next time, aim higher.
If you can get the neck or near the heart, he’ll go down with one shot.”
“Yeah, thanks for the advice.” He’d only known Basil a few short days and was still on the fence
about him. The guy was the last of the true vampires and had several advantages over the rest
of the vamps. For one, he could materialize at the blink of an eye and transport himself
anywhere. Two, he could transform into any creature and blend in everywhere. And anyone that
didn’t know him personally would think he was your typical average human being. Until he bore
his fangs and his icy blue eyes began to glow. Only the truest vampires had the icy blue eyes,
all the others were yellow.
A sign of their impurity.
“He one of Chaos’ men?” Dante asked, looking down at the unconscious vampire.
“Won’t know until he wakes up and talks. Let’s call it a night for now and get some rest.” Basil
hoisted the vamp over his shoulder. “You can ride with me, Jonah, and make sure this guy
doesn’t wake up before we get to the castle.”
“Gee, thanks, boss.”
“You can follow us in your car, Dante.”
While the sun was nonexistent they had all agreed to stay at Basil’s castle. It was a smart idea,
keeping them all under one roof, but Dante was feeling the crunch of hanging around the same
people day and night. He needed a bit of a break now and then, and though Basil’s place was
huge, he still managed to run into someone often enough. He was used to living on his own,
having no one around but himself.
He missed his privacy.
But he climbed into his car, ready to follow them anyway. Glancing in his rear view mirror, he
watched them pull away and saw what looked like a woman, running towards him. He turned
around to get a better look, then hustled out of the car. It had been a woman running towards
him, clad in only a bra and panties.
And two burly men were right behind her.
“You’ve got to help me. Please, help me,” she screamed as she ran.
Running towards her he pulled out his revolver. “Get behind me,” he ordered to her and took
aim. It utterly shocked him when the two men halted then spun around and took off in the
opposite direction. “Fuck!” He turned to the woman who was shivering in the cold air. “Get in the
car and lock the doors. I’m going after them.”
“No, no, please, don’t leave me.”
She grabbed hold of his arm and pressed her body so tightly to his he could feel the curve of
her breasts through the thickness of the suede jacket he wore. “I have to go after them.”
“No, please, just let them go. I don’t want to be alone.”
She clung to him even tighter.
What was he going to do, shake her off of him and drag her to his car? Not likely. So the only
chance he had was to stick by her. “Okay. I won’t go after them. You can give a description of
them to the cops—”
“NO! No police. Please, don’t take me to the cops.”
He didn’t know what her deal was but she sure was adamant about not involving the cops. And
that worried him some. “You have to tell them you were attacked.”
“I don’t want to follow up on this. Please, don’t make me. I don’t trust the cops,” she sighed, still
clinging to him.
He could feel her body tremble and he wasn’t sure if it was entirely from the chill in the air, or
from fear. “Okay, I won’t take you to the cops. You’re cold. Let me give you my jacket.” When
she didn’t release him, he patted her arms. “I need you to let me go so I can take off my jacket.”
“Oh, okay.” She released him and wrapped her arms around her chest.
He striped from his jacket then held it out to her. “Here, put this on before you catch a cold.”
She took the jacket and hurriedly slipped into it.
“Thanks.”
“No problem. So why don’t you tell me where you live and I’ll give you a ride home.”
“I don’t have a home.” Dante’s brow lifted and she continued. “I was evicted a few days ago.”
He heard glass breaking in the distance and assumed someone was breaking into yet another
building. “This isn’t the safest place to be right now. Why don’t I take you to my place and we
can figure out what we’re going to do next.”
He held his hand out to his car then walked with her to it, holding the passenger side door for
her. After she’d settled in, he hurried to his side and climbed behind the wheel. He got them
rolling and was damn glad they were only three blocks from his office/apartment.
“My name is Dante, Dante Vega.”
“Gypsy Dawn.”
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