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 ...