A shifter novella by USA Today bestselling author Autumn Jones Lake Onyx Knight has yearned to leave her tiny hometown behind for years. With her parents’ support she attends the local university where she has developed a not-so-innocent crush on her Medieval History professor, Cole Radcliff. A family tragedy thrusts Onyx into a secret world she never knew existed and she discovers something about herself she could never have imagined. Family friends promise to help Onyx through this transition, but they demand certain things in return. Things she can't—and will not—give. When it becomes clear they are willing to get what they want from her by force, Onyx goes on the run. Cole Radcliff has his own secrets. When he finds Onyx in need of help, he takes her in, against his better judgment. He plans to keep her safe, but how can he keep her safe if he can’t even protect her from himself? Onyx Night is a 22,000-word novella featuring a virgin heroine, a sexy professor, and some sweet shifter-loving. *Onyx Night was previously published with Breathless Press. It has since been slightly revised and expanded. TOPICS: student teacher romance, shifter romance, paranormal, cat shifter, werecats, wizards, warlocks, virgin romance, novella

While vacationing in Rome with her wizard boyfriend Cole, Onyx Knight meets someone like her—a cat shifter who refused a forced mating. Kipp says she's not alone. Werecats all over are coming out of the shadows of tradition and striking out on their own. With the belief that joining forces can benefit everyone, Kipp encourages Onyx and Cole to join their group. At first Onyx is thrilled to be among fellow shifters, but the tension in the group is overwhelming. Are they really all on the same side? The more Onyx learns about the werecats, the more danger she places herself in. When one of their group goes missing, it will take more than magic to get her back. ONYX SHADOWS is the second book in the Catnip and Cauldrons series by USA Today bestselling author Autumn Jones Lake. Topics: shifters, shifter romance, cat shifters, opposites attract, travel romance, taboo relationships

In his latest soul-chilling novel, bestselling author Peter Straub tells of a famous children’s book author who, in the wake of a grotesque accident, realizes that the most basic facts of her existence, including her existence itself, have come into question. Willy Patrick, the respected author of the award-winning young-adult novel In the Night Room, thinks she is losing her mind–again. One day, she is drawn helplessly into the parking lot of a warehouse. She knows somehow that her daughter, Holly, is being held in the building, and she has an overwhelming need to rescue her. But what Willy knows is impossible, for her daughter is dead. On the same day, author Timothy Underhill, who has been struggling with a new book about a troubled young woman, is confronted with the ghost of his nine-year-old sister, April. Soon after, he begins to receive eerie, fragmented e-mails that he finally realizes are from people he knew in his youth–people now dead. Like his sister, they want urgently to tell him something. When Willy and Timothy meet, the frightening parallels between Willy’s tragic loss and the story in Tim’s manuscript suggest that they must join forces to confront the evils surrounding them.

Book II of The Legends of Capia series tells of twelve newly discovered ancient scrolls that may be found to be a missing segment of The Chronicles of the Capian Empire. This story is the first from among these scrolls which tell of life on the world of Monsro after the great plague. The adventure is only the beginning as Cassia-Ren finds herself obsessed with a legendary object that gives one visions of the future. She finds that this object is in the hands of an evil nightwalker queen who seeks to use its power to rule the world, threatening the peace in Nether World in the process. Five years after the devastation of the plague, the now Emperor Claudius Drudia shocks the public by naming a relatively unknown man to assume the throne of Capia after his death. This creates a storm of controversy as an assassination plot unfolds to rid the nation of this stranger. A Centurion General investigates a murder which eventually leads him to the discovery of the truth behind the Night Brigade and the existence of Nightwalkers. Join us in reading of a tale of intrigue and conspiracy among those that lead nations. They will find that their greatest enemy may not be across a border, but may actually be standing right next to themA tale that surely will have a little fact, a little fictionmixed with whatever you choose to believe.

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All that glitters isn’t gold. USA Today bestselling author Autumn Jones Lake’s Wheels of Fire concludes the ultra-romantic, emotional adventure that began in Kickstart My Heart. The most important lesson I’ve learned in Hollywood, is that besides Chaser’s love, most things that glitter aren’t gold. It’s time for us to decide if the struggles are worth the heartache.