by Jill Wolfson

Furious - By Jill WolfsonPROLOGUEIn times past, all dramas started with a prologue, the before before the beginning.Enter the character to tell you what you need to know.Enter me, Ambrosia.Here is what you see. Someone tall and...

by Julia Crane

Freak of Nature - By Julia CraneChapter 1Kaitlyn turned a corner and caught a glimpse of herself in a mirror. Seventeen years old. Long dark hair, grey eyes. At least her face hadn’t been marred by the accident, or the...

by Christine Conder

Forsaken An American Sasquatch Tale - By Christine ConderPrologueThe Sasquatch served no purpose, but still they fought to survive. There were different rules in every settlement, but no matter where they lived, three were fundam...

by Jamie Gibson

Forever Changed - By Jamie GibsonPrologueDon’t let go Elizabeth Lucas screamed at the top of his lungs.Please don’t let go, he whimpered.I can’t hang on much longer, I cried out.Lucas was hanging on to both of...

by David Jester

Forever After - By David JesterPart One1In the darkest corner of the dimmest bar in the dankest town, a man sat in silent rage; his only company a half-filled tumbler of whiskey and a lifetime of regrets.He mumbled under his...

by Maggie Stiefvater

Forever - By Maggie StiefvaterPROLOGUE• SHELBY •I can be so, so quiet.Haste ruins the silence. Impatience squanders the hunt.I take my time.I am silent as I move through the darkness. Dust hangs in the air of the nig...

by Ashlyn Chase

Flirting Under a Full Moon - By Ashlyn ChaseChapter 1Over the din of clinking ice and lively conversation, the entire bar heard waitress Brandee Hanson wail, Dumped in a text message? Really?Suddenly the place quieted. Heat cre...

by Kristen Callihan

Firelight - By Kristen CallihanPrologueIt was the mask engaged your mind,And after set your heart to beat.—W.B. YeatsLondon, November 1878The knowledge that Archer would soon end the life of another cut at his soul with every ...

by Stacey Kennedy

First And Last - By Stacey Kennedychapter OneNothing could have prepared me for what faced me now—nothing at all.Magnus, my destined mate, was dead, by my own hand. Since Magnus and I had completed the bonding ceremony, the ...

by Bianca_D'Arc

Firedrake - By Bianca D'ArcProloguePrince Nico—Spymaster of Draconia and now King-Consort of the Jinn Brotherhood—walked the battlements. The high towers of the Draconian royal castle were his home and among his most favored...

by Ally Shields

Fire Within - By Ally ShieldsChapter OneEddie West, crime reporter for The Clarion, slumped in the hard plastic chair of the Olde Town jail’s visitor room. His round, human face, usually boyish and open, reflected exhausti...

by Cornelia Funke

Fearless (Mirrorworld) - By Cornelia FunkeCHAPTER ONEWAITINGHe still wasn’t back.‘I won’t stay long.’ Fox wiped the rain off her face. With Jacob, this could mean anything. Sometimes he stayed for weeks. Some...

by Rachel Caine

Fall of Night The Morganville Vampires - By Rachel CaineINTRODUCTIONMorganville, Texas isn’t like other towns. Oh, it’s small, dusty and ordinary, in most ways, but the thing is, there are these – well, let&rsquo...

by Amanda Ashby

Fairy Bad Day - By Amanda AshbyCHAPTER ONEDemon, definitely, Emma Jones whispered as another sophomore made his way from Principal Kessler’s office to where everyone was waiting on the grassy quad. It was late afternoon an...

by Lacey Weatherford

Faery Kissed - By Lacey WeatherfordChapter OneDon’t tell me you give credence to all those old wives tales, Bran.Fergus shook his head at me in disbelief as he stared down at the Royal Fern Seeds I held in the palm of...

by Bryan Davis

Eye of the Oracle - By Bryan DavisBOOK 1: IN THE BEGINNINGPROLOGUESo he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tre...

by Priya Ardis

Ever My Merlin - By Priya ArdisPROLOGUEI helped my brother up the stairs of our small cottage. We were playing in the woods. He followed me everywhere, but I didn’t mind. He had small hands; mine were big. I was the ...

by Addison Moore

Evanescent - By Addison MoorePrologueIn the eyes of God, the truth is living and active, sharper than any double...

by Laura Wright

Eternal Beauty Mark of the Vampire - By Laura Wrightchapter OneThe light of predawn had mellowed to a cool gray blue as Petra ran with the Land Dwellers through thick patches of mist-coated fauna and over a series of perfect...

by Bryan Davis

Enoch's Ghost - By Bryan DavisPROLOGUEThe great dragon’s eyes glowed with bloodred luminescence, and his voice rumbled like distant thunder. Mardon, the time is short. When will the giants awaken to bring about our fina...

by Martha Wells

Emilie & the Hollow World - By Martha WellsCHAPTER ONECreeping along the docks in the dark, looking for the steamship Merry Bell, Emilie was starting to wonder if it might be better to just walk to Silk Harbor. So far, her...

by Gail Carson Levine

Ella Enchanted - By Gail Carson Levinechapter 1THAT FOOL of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. When I cried inconsolably through my first hour of life, my tears were her inspi...

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Elixir - By Jennifer L. ArmentroutCHAPTER 1ALEX CLENCHED THE TITANIUM BARS HONED BY Hephaestus and Apollo, amber-colored eyes burning with hate. But those eyes… they didn’t belong to Alex.Alex’s eyes were warm and bro...

by Lara Adrian

Edge of Dawn - By Lara Adrianchapter 1HUMANS.The night was thick with them.They choked the dark sidewalks and intersections of Boston’s old North End, overflowed from the open doorways of dance clubs, sim-lounges, and cockt...

by Alyson Noel

Echo Soul Seekers - By Alyson NoelprophecyoneDaireHorse carries us across an expansive terrain with Raven riding high on his neck. His steps measured. Sure. The sound of his hooves meeting the earth resulting in a satisfying sh...

by Mark Teppo

Earth Thirst (The Arcadian Conflict) - By Mark TeppoONEIt's her, isn't it?She tries very hard to look like the rest of the crew—bulky sweater, heavy pants, rubber boots, red hair pulled back into a pony tail beneath a...

by Devon Ashley

Dust Of Dust and Darkness (Volume 1) - By Devon AshleyFantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? ... If wevalue the freedom of mind a...

by Graham Joyce

Dreamside - By Graham JoycePROLOGUEBehold, this dreamer cometh —GenesisLee was having trouble sleeping. It was already near dawn, and blades of light were slipping between the ribs of the blind. He'd spent the night on the...

by C. Robert Cargill

Dreams and Shadows - By C. Robert CargillBOOK ONECHAPTER ONETHE BEAST THAT ABSCONDS IN THE NIGHTOnce upon a time, there were two people who fell very much in love. They met in a high school library, peeking over tenth-grade ...

by John Corwin

Dread Nemesis of Mine - By John CorwinChapter 1I was at Jack Borathen's funeral when I saw the young blonde girl watching me as she leaned against a towering gravestone. I noticed the family name etched into the dark mar...

by S.J. Wist

Dragon Aster Trilogy - By S.J. WistBOOK ONEBetween Heaven and Hell there are Fay.Those in darkness have seen into the future.Those blessed by the light would shine it on the past.They see all destinies within the Threads that...

by J. Leigh Bralick

Down a Lost Road - By J. Leigh BralickChapter 1 – ChangeAll I wanted was my change, but Mr. Dansy acted like it was a bank heist.I’d known him as long as I could remember, and I’d never seen him like this...

by David Stahler Jr.

Doppelganger - By David Stahler Jr.PROLOGUEHe had been watching for most of the day, watching the far mountains as they faded in and out of clouds, then the trees closer by as they came and went amid the mist as well. Late...

by Melody Manful

Dominion (Guardian Angels) - By Melody ManfulPROLOGUEI should have called the police the moment I woke up, but what was I going to say? Hello? 911? Help! I think I’m going to die because I had a dream that I died. Ye...

by Terry Pratchett

Dodger - By Terry PratchettCHAPTER 1In which we meet our hero, and the hero meets an orphan of the storm and comes face to face with Mister Charlie, a gentleman known as a bit of a scribblerTHE RAIN POURED down on London ...

by Ann Macela

Do You Believe in Magic - By Ann MacelaPROLOGUEFloating along on a bed of rainbow colors, he’d never felt so pleased or comfortable or happy or smug in his life. In a few minutes, his soul mate would be there, and th...

by Jennifer Sights

Divided - By Jennifer SightsCHAPTER ONEMs. Ronen, I need you to help me find my daughter, and I’ve heard you’re the best. Alexis Carmen pushed a photograph toward me across my office desk. A pretty young girl with...

by Colee Firman

Dissever (Unbinding Fate Book One) - By Colee FirmanPrologue: Black DeathThe church in the center of the village was always his final stop yet Oren still felt uneasy. The smell of the charring human remains didn’t even r...

by Trisha Wolfe

Destiny's Fire - By Trisha WolfeChapter OneI WAS LOSING CONSCIOUSNESS, becoming lightheaded and dizzy. If I could just wedge my fingers beneath his arm, maybe I’d loosen his hold from around my neck.Don’t fight it...

by Juliana Haygert

Destiny Gift (The Everlast Trilogy) - By Juliana HaygertChapter OneIf telepathy, soul-seeing, or palm-reading existed, Dr. Brown was using her powers and performing one of those, if not all, on me.Her lips were pressed into a t...

by Deanna Chase

Demons of Bourbon Street - By Deanna ChaseChapter 1My ex-boyfriend’s childhood home loomed in front of me. Once upon a time, the sight of the old farmhouse filled my heart with joy,comfort, and even contentment. Three emo...

by Connie Suttle

Demon's Dream - By Connie Suttlechapter 1"Bring everything out that you have taken." Gavril had to be held back by Aurelius; the full force of his compulsion might have torn the woman's mind apart. Her husband stood ne...

by Cidney Swanson

Defying Mars (The Saving Mars Series) - By Cidney Swansonchapter 1HAUNTEDAn image haunted Jessamyn Jaarda as she journeyed home to Mars. She saw her hand, pressed flat against the viewing portalwhile Earth rocketed from view: fi...

by Anne Greenwood Brown

Deep Betrayal - By Anne Greenwood Brownchapter 1NO COWARD SOULDeath finds us all. Yet I was impatient and had gone looking for it; now there was no going back. My toes curled over the edge of the rock. I welcomed the feeli...

by Jess Haines

Deceived By the Others - By Jess HainesChapter 1My hands shook as I put my pen to the contract laid out before me. The Notice of Mutual Consent to Human/Other Citizen Relationship and Contractual Binding Agreement that would ...

by Eileen Wilks

Death Magic - By Eileen WilksONELILY Yu was at the shooting range at FBI Headquarters when she saw the ghost.Her ears were warm beneath the headgear. Her bare arms were chilly, with her left arm out and steady; the right on...

by Stacey Jay

Dead on the Delta - By Stacey JayOneLosing your lunch sucks. It sucks even more when you’re not hungover.My view on upchucking is that you should’ve earned your punishment. But I haven’t earned it, and neither...

by Jocelynn Drake

Dead Man's Deal The Asylum Tales - By Jocelynn DrakeAcknowledgmentsWRITING BOOKS IS about dreaming big dreams while your eyes are wide open. It’s about playing God and battling demons. With this book, I want to thank ...

by Charlaine Harris

Dead Ever After - By Charlaine HarrisACKNOWLEDGMENTSFor the past fourteen years, I’ve lived with a young woman named Sookie Stackhouse. She has become as familiar to me as the back of my own hand. It feels almost incredi...

by Susan Illene

Darkness Haunts - By Susan IlleneChapter OneA true friend will always be there for you when you need them, but they’ll also be the first to drag you into a pit of vipers. If snakes hung out in this place, I doubted ...