Getting run over by a bus can ruin your day, but it doesn't have to ruin your summer. The accident leaves ninth grader Kyle Hickman seemingly dead at the scene as he makes a quick visit to an unexpected afterlife. He awakens unscathed with a new sense of being, an unclear mission, and mystical healing powers. Holy Fudgesicles follows Kyle as he comes to terms with the new life resulting from his powers, while taking on the increasingly difficult tasks of covering his tracks and fulfilling his purpose.

A lawyer who’s smarter than she looks and more stubborn than anyone expects opens her own practice in a small Florida town in this charming mystery. December Vaughn is tired of her roots. Not the ones in her hair—she is a real blonde after all—but her life in Ohio as a corporate attorney. She’s used to turning heads, but now it’s time to turn her life around. And what better way to prove all those dumb-blonde jokes wrong than by opening up her own practice in Florida? She’s going to take the Sunshine State by storm… Soon, she’s hired by a man whose wife died because of defective insulin. Now, the drug company and its ruthless lawyers are doing anything in their power to derail the case—and December. It’s enough to give a girl split ends. Luckily her over-the-top office manager, a card-sharp housewife, and a drop-dead gorgeous P.I. are on her side. Because December Vaughn may have parted ways with her old life, but she’s not about to give up her new one without a fight… From the Paperback edition.

With each issue of the Bards and Sages Quarterly, we strive to bring fans of speculative fiction an engaging and entertaining variety of stories from new and established authors in the horror, fantasy, and science fiction genres. In this issue: stories by Tom Barlow, Jason Bougger, Milo James Fowler, Blake Gilmore, Rebecca Linam, Matthew C. Lucas, DC Mallery, Matthew McAyeal, Dennis Mombauer, Aisha Phoenix, Robin Reed, Daniel Ryan, Nicholas Stillman, Daniel Stride, Harold R. Thompson, and Sophie van Llewyn.

She wanted a simple life, and got werewolves instead. Meet Whoopsie, a somewhat sheltered young woman whose life was filled with love, laughter, and joy. She recently finished her university degree, got a job at the veterinarian’s office in her hometown, and moved into a comfy lakeside home with her best friend. Life was good. Simple. But that all changed on her twenty-fifth birthday. Her body was changing, and not in a normal, human way. Her hair and eyes had a mind of their own, and she was attracting a lot of attention from people with a strange glow to their eyes. She thought she was losing her mind, until her parents told her the truth about her family and the world around her. Shapeshifters were real, and now that she was twenty-five, the beasts were going to be coming for her. And they did… _____________ The Whoopsie Daisy series is a medium-burn paranormal romance / urban fantasy series where the main character may decide to pick more than one mate from a selection of love interests (reverse harem). It features a quirky main character who grows into her strength while surrounding herself with all sorts of shapeshifting creatures (werewolves, vampires, cat shifters, and more). ⚠️ This is not a series for children (contains content intended for mature audiences including coarse language, violence, and steamy scenes). Content notes are available on the copyright page and the authors website. This is a rewritten edition of the previously published book “Whoopsie Daisy” by C. Sunrise. ⚠️ _____________ C. Sunrise is a Canadian author who spends too much time in the great Canadian outdoors and takes way too many pictures of her dogs (and the beautiful scenery, of course). She hasn't spotted a werewolf, bear shifter, or sasquatch... yet. Until then, she'll keep adventuring and writing fictional stories about fantastical creatures. Keywords: paranormal romance, shifter romance, shape shifter romance, shape shifters, werewolf, reverse harem romance, why choose romance, strong female lead, alpha werewolf, paranormal suspense, paranormal thriller.

Sixteen-year-old Janie Ridley is a varsity soccer player at Chuck Yeager High School doing her best to not think about the pressure she is receiving from her teammates, who all made a pledge by Christmas Eve to score a lot on the field and at least once off the field, to lose her virginity before she turns seventeen. Justin Alito, along with other boys, is all too happy to assist any of the girls on the soccer team in fulfilling their pledge to be in the Christmas Eve Club and has already initiated a few of the girls to prove his point. As Janie downs alcohol in an effort to tame her nervousness and inhibitions, she experiences an internal battle that does not end that night. But as the boys become “men” and the some of the girls attempt to fend off bullies and stand up to peer pressure, fate steps in to intervene. Will a mysterious geeky classmate be able to stop Janie from losing her virginity before it is too late? The Christmas Eve Club is a tale of forgiveness, faith, chastity, and relationships as a high school girl is pressured to lose her virginity before her seventeenth birthday.

When a 3,000-year-old demon grim reaper discovers someone's killing witches, he'll do whatever it takes to stop them -- but everyone knows you can't cheat Death. 3,000-year-old demon grim reaper, Aiden Finn has been in trouble with Management before. Back in 79 A.D., he did some serious time in Hell for disobeying the orders of his boss. He just wants to do his job and stay off of Management's radar, but all that's about to change when he tries to get his latest Charge, Carol, to board the ferry and cross the River Styx after she becomes the latest victim of a serial killer targeting witches. When Carol refuses to go, Finn promises to find her beloved cat a new home so she'll cooperate. His plan to drop the cat off at a local shelter takes an unexpected turn, however, when he arrives at her apartment and meets Chloe, the stunning red-headed witch who lives across the hall. Hoping to see her again, Finn decides to pet sit the cat instead. As the number of murdered witches grows, Finn must figure out who is behind the murders before Chloe becomes the next victim. He'll do whatever it takes to stop them, even if it means risking an exorcism by walking into a church and sitting down for tea with a Catholic priest. Of course, if he does find a way to stop the killer-even a grim reaper knows you can't cheat death.

Sometimes, the only hope is the enemy. Leif Metcalfe is done waiting for answers and seizes control, a move that comes with a high price and a deadly risk: teaming up with the enemy. He can only hope that what he uncovers will heal the wounds he's inflicted on those he loves. Iskra Todorova believes Leif is on a collision course with death and knows firsthand the irrevocable cost of that path to the soul. While trying to protect her daughter and intervene with Leif, Iskra is forced to set her sights on the man behind the evil organization ArC--Ciro Veratti. Torn apart by injuries and opposing views on how to handle Leif's act of treachery, team Reaper hunts one of their own. The only thing they agree on is not stopping but starting the final battle prophesied in the Book of the Wars.