Becoming Sarah
Becoming Sarah - By Miranda SimonIN THE BEGINNINGHey, girl, c’mere.I should never have answered him. I should have pulled my hand-me-down pea coat tighter against the night air and kept on walking. Instead, I paused and p...
Balance (The Divine Book One)
Balance (The Divine Book One) - By M.R. ForbesChapter 1There was something about the way she moved; the feline grace of her body, the softness of her steps. The way her arms swayed languidly back and forth as she sauntered ...
Awakening the Fire
Awakening the Fire - By Ally ShieldsChapter OneThe crickets stilled. Ari paused to scan the shadows in the sudden silence, looking for the source of the magic vibrating in the air. Maybe she was imagining things.A chill scurri...
Awakened (Vampire Awakenings)
Awakened (Vampire Awakenings) - By Brenda K. DaviesCHAPTER 1Shoving a strand of straggling blond hair aside, Sera balanced her books in her arms as she searched for her keys. Finally locating them in her cluttered pocket, she ...
Avenger (A Halflings Novel)
Avenger (A Halflings Novel) - By Heather BurchChapter 1The blur lasted only a second before Nikki Youngblood’s face exploded in blinding pain. And I thought karate tournaments were ruthless. Even the gentlest blow of this ...
Attica
Attica - By Garry KilworthCHAPTER 1Encounters in a GardenThe attic smelled of dust and ages. Jordy peered through a shaft of sunlight speckled with motes to a dim network of beams and rafters. He reminded himself he was a bo...
Asgoleth the Warrior
Asgoleth the Warrior - By Bill Kirkwood.CHAPTER ONEA tall young warrior strode fearlessly through the filth mired streets of the Haven. In this part of the great city of Torr lurked rogues of all nations. Here thieves and mur...
Ascendancy of the Last
Ascendancy of the Last - By Lisa SmedmanPRELUDEThe sava board hung in mid-air, a bridge across an endless divide...
As Twilight Falls
As Twilight Falls - By Amanda AshleyChapter 1Kadie Andrews eased her car to a stop when she reached the narrow bridge. She wasn’t afraid of heights, or bridges, but the wooden expanse didn’t look as if it would ho...
Armored Hearts
Armored Hearts - By Melissa Turner LeeChapter 1Twelve-year-old Tristan Gareth Smyth gripped the armrests of his wheelchair and said, This will do. I can make it the rest of the way on my own from here.His eyes trained up the...
Arcadia Burns
Arcadia Burns - By Kai MeyerTHE FIRST CHAPTERDADDY? SHE TUGGED AT his sleeve. There’s a dead cat outside the door.Good. One less in the world.When I’m grown up I want a cat of my own. Just for me.Cats can’t...
Apollyon The Fourth Covenant Novel
Apollyon The Fourth Covenant Novel - By Jennifer L. ArmentroutCHAPTER 1MY BLOOD ITCHED FOR A FIGHT. MUSCLES SCREAMED to engage. My thoughts were covered in a heady, amber haze of power. I was the Apollyon. I wielded control o...
Angelopolis A Novel
Angelopolis A Novel - By Danielle Trussoni33 Champ de Mars, seventh arrondissement, Paris, 1983The scientist examined the girl, his fingers pressing into her skin. She felt his touch against her shoulder blades, the knobs of her...
Angel Falling Softly
Angel Falling Softly - By Eugene WoodburyChapter 1The devil lives next doorBedlam beat against the boards. The oaken beams shuddered. The reverberations echoed through the great hall of the manor house. The sound of thunder, per...
Amaranth
Amaranth - By Rachael WadeCHAPTER 1RendezvousFor years I imagined what it must feel like to wake up on a beautifully dark, gloomy February day in the city that stole my heart so long ago. Paris. The city I’ve always lo...
Alone The Girl in the Box
Alone The Girl in the Box - By Robert J. CraneOneWhen I woke up, there were two men in my house. As alarming as that would be for most girls, for me it’s doubly so; no one but Mom and I are allowed in our house....
Alex Van Helsing Voice of the Undead
Alex Van Helsing Voice of the Undead - By Jason HendersonChapter 1Alex Van Helsing accelerated the gunmetal gray Kawasaki Ninja and watched the trees along the road around Lake Geneva melt into a twilight blur. Just a few mil...
Alex Van Helsing The Triumph of Death
Alex Van Helsing The Triumph of Death - By Jason HendersonCHAPTER 1Alex Van Helsing leapt from the plane without another thought, and in the corner of his eye he saw the black shape of the aircraft zip away, leaving him to...
Alanna The First Adventure
Alanna The First Adventure - By Tamora Piercechapter oneTwinsThat is my decision. We need not discuss it, said the man at the desk. He was already looking at a book. His two children left the room, closing the door behind t...
Adept (The Essence Gate War, Book 1)
Adept (The Essence Gate War, Book 1) - By Michael ArnquistCHAPTER 1Halthak watched the sword arc through the night air toward him. He resolved once more to deny his assailants the satisfaction of seeing him struggle further, a...
Accidentally_.Evil
Accidentally_.Evil - By Mimi Jean PamfiloffChapter 1Bacalar, Mexico. November 1, 1934Why is that man… naked?Dazed and flat on her back, twenty-one year old Margaret O’Hare observed the man’s bare backside as he stood ...
A World Apart The Jake Thomas Trilogy
A World Apart The Jake Thomas Trilogy - By Steven A. TolleCHAPTER ONE"Jake!"Jake Thomas winced at the angry tone of the voice that called out across the open area behind him. He had hoped beyond hope that Donald would not h...
A Thief in the Night
A Thief in the Night - By David ChandlerPrologueIn a place of stone walls, attended by his acolytes and warriors, the Hieromagus knelt in the dawn rays of the red subterranean sun. Both sorcerer and priest, he wore a simple...
A Tale of Two Goblins
A Tale of Two Goblins - By H. P. Mallorychapter OneI yawned but forced the desire to crawl back into bed out of my mind. Exercise was important in my line of work, and although it was only five in the morning, it was my...
A Symphony of Cicadas
A Symphony of Cicadas - By Crissi LangwellPreludeWhen a moment is so tremendous it knocks the familiar part of the world off balance, you’d think there would be some sort of clue before it happened. Maybe just a hint, ...
A Soul for Vengeance
A Soul for Vengeance - By Crista McHughChapter 1Kell dangled the mirror in front of him, the light from his lamp flashing on the smooth surface with each rotation as it swayed in time with the rocking of the ship. Arden ha...
A Shore Too Far
A Shore Too Far - By Kevin Manus-PenningsChapter 1In the fourth month of the Year of Rains, my father returned unexpectedly from his prayer vigils at Ith-Mock and Savrin. I received his summons in the early hours while I met...
A Reckless Witch
A Reckless Witch - By Debora GearyChapter 1Sierra looked up and down the beach carefully before she walked out into the water. She didn’t want any stray tourists freaking out about her little swim.Not that there were a ...
A Quest of Heroes
A Quest of Heroes - By Morgan RiceCHAPTER ONEThe boy stood on the highest knoll of the low country in the Western Kingdom of the Ring, looking north, watching the first of the rising suns. As far as he could see stretched...
A Princess of Landover
A Princess of Landover - By Terry BrooksIT’S ALL HAPPENING AT THE ZOOThe crow with the red eyes sat on the highest branch of the farthest tree at the very back of the aviary, dreaming its dark and terrible dreams. Had...
A Night of Dragon Wings
A Night of Dragon Wings - By Daniel ArensonZARThe ropes chafed his wrists, and the blindfold squeezed his head like a vise, but Zar kept walking. He must have been walking for hours. A spearhead goaded his back, and he stum...
A Modern Witch
A Modern Witch - By Debora GearyChapter 1I like the lingerie, Nell. Can I meet the woman it fits?What? Nell was trying to debug a couple of uncooperative lines of code, and her brother Jamie wasn’t making any sense.I&rs...
A Mischief in the Woodwork
A Mischief in the Woodwork - By Harper AlexanderPrologueThe Echoing PlaceSomewhere beneath the rubble, there was a story to be told. But if anyone read the testimony of those long dusted-over textures, it was only the looters.T...
A March of Kings
A March of Kings - By Morgan RiceIs this a dagger which I see before me,The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.—William ShakespeareMacbethCHAPTER ONEKing MacGil stumbled...
A Highland Werewolf Wedding
A Highland Werewolf Wedding - By Terry SpearPrologue1782, St. Augustine, FloridaThe heat of the October day made Elaine Hawthorn wilt as tears blurred her eyes. She choked back a sob as men shoveled the dirt onto her mother&rs...
A Hidden Witch
A Hidden Witch-by Debora GearyChapter 1It wasn’t the first time in her life Elorie had wished for magic of her own, and it likely wouldn’t be the last.Sean James O’Reilly, you’ll be walking the plank, mat...
A Feast of Dragons
A Feast of Dragons - By Morgan RiceCHAPTER ONEKing McCloud charged down the slope, racing across the Highlands, into the MacGil’s side of the Ring, hundreds of his men behind him, hanging on for dear life as his horse ...
A Day of Dragon Blood
A Day of Dragon Blood - By Daniel ArensonSILASThree dragons flew in the night, seeing demons in every shadow.The swamplands rolled below into darkness. Mist rose from the mangroves like ghosts, only to disperse in the flap of...
A Dawn of Dragonfire
A Dawn of Dragonfire - By Daniel ArensonMORIMori was standing on the fortress walls when she saw the phoenix rise.A bird of fire, it soared from the snowy horizon, wings outstretched like sunrays. It must have been huge—the ...
A Dance of Cloaks
A Dance of Cloaks - By Dalglish, David.PrologueFor the past two weeks the simple building had been his safehouse, but now Thren Felhorn doubted its safety as he limped through the door. He clutched his right arm to his muscu...
A Dance of Blades
A Dance of Blades - By David Dalglishchapter 1Haern watched the ropes fly over the wall, heavy weights on their ends. They clacked against the stone, then settled on the street. The ropes looked like snakes in the pale moonl...
A Clash of Honor
A Clash of Honor - By Morgan RiceCHAPTER ONELuanda charged across the battlefield, narrowly avoiding a galloping horse as she weaved her way towards the small dwelling that held King McCloud. She clutched the cold, iron spike ...
A Bloody London Sunset
A Bloody London Sunset - By Jaz PrimoPrologue: CalebCaleb Taylor’s heartbeat thundered in his ears as he raced down the hallway. Have to help Katrina! Speeding through the living area into the dining room and wielding the...
A Betrayal in Winter
A Betrayal in Winter - By Daniel Abraham"There's a problem at the mines," his wife said. "One of your treadmill pumps."Biitrah Machi, the eldest son of the Khai Machi and a man of fortyfive summers, groaned and opened his...