Sam, a half-fae Void, is ostracized by her own people, much less the humans who control her home—the Illinois Mystical Reservation. Packed into the Reservation with vampires, werewolves, faes, and mages alike, Sam does her best to travel below the radar, but when her only friend asks for her help she can’t say no. Her work to solve a fae’s murder brings her to the forefront of vampire politics and changes her life forever.
Evil is everywhere. It surrounds us like a black stain. We try to keep it at bay with our good deeds—helping the elderly with their groceries, holding open the door to the lift—but these small acts mean little in the face of such resounding wickedness. Reese understands this better than most. He sees the darkness closing in on humanity and before he leaves the Sol System, he must make one last bid to push the darkness back. While trying to capture proof of the foul play inside the Indentured Servant program, Reese loses June to the hands of human traffickers. Now, Reese must go up against a vile plot that goes all the way to the very top of the Sol System. While Reese battles the evil around Seattle, Bit must fight her own demons lurking in the shadows of the Caprice. If they would only take on human form she could conquer them with her fists, but the longer she battles the more she realizes her issues aren’t with other crew members but with her own memories.
Facing your past is never easy, and made even harder when it's a literal face from your past. The crew of the Caprice has stumbled upon a ship they thought was destroyed. Hidden within it lies the crew—copies of themselves from long ago transported into enemy space. Will the duplicates come to Jack and Bit’s aid, or are they just there to torment the battered crew of the Caprice as they fight against the Lang?
SUCKED IN Struggling vampire romance novelist Ashley Hawn was living her dream. By day she worked as a clerk at a local grocery store, and by night she immersed herself in the imaginary world of sexy vampires, shirtless men, and endless parties. Between work, her writing, and her best friends- Chloe and Jordan- life was good. She was even dating a mysterious and sexy man (or so she thought) by the name of Isaac. Then in a flash, her whole world changed and she discovered herself turned. Quickly she finds that life as a vampire is less sexy shirtless men, endless parties, and is more running for her life as she tries to dodge the attacks of every mythological creature in the area. SUCKED AWAY Barely surviving the resurrection of the warlock Sedgrave, Ashley has healed in body, if not in mind. As she slowly tries to piece together her mind, sorting past from present and friend from foe, the time of her joining- a ritual designed to bind her to her seethe-comes upon her. Before the ritual can be completed in full, it is interrupted by a ragged pack of werewolves seeking asylum and protection. Meanwhile, a storm is brewing in the mystical world with Ashley at its center, and before she knows it, her calm existence is once more Sucked Away. THAT SUCKED Ashley Hawn's vampire existence has been anything but calm. Turned for the sole purpose of raising a long-dead warlock from the grave, Ashley has spent her new life fighting against those who would use her. Now the warlock is back, and Ashley finds herself connected to him in every way possible. She must work alongside her friends to stop him from enslaving the entire human population. Meanwhile, the men in her life continue to show her romantic inclinations. As Ashley works to break the connection between her and the warlock, she ducks and dodges the attention of her male friends, doing her best to ward them off without ending the friendship. Will Ashley kill Sedgrave, and will she have any friends left when it is all over?
Jean-Paul Sartre's technical and multifaceted concept of magic is central for understanding crucial elements of his early philosophy (1936-1943), not least his conception of the ego, emotion, the imaginary and value. Daniel O'Shiel follows the thread of magic throughout Sartre's early philosophical work. Firstly, Sartre's work on the ego (1936) shows a personal, reflective form of consciousness that is magically hypostasized onto the pre-reflective level. Secondly, emotion (1938) is inherently magical for Sartre because emotive qualities come to inhere in objects and thereby transform a world of pragmatism into one of captivation. Thirdly, analyses of The Imaginary (1940) reveal that anything we imagine is a spontaneous creation of consciousness that has the power to enchant and immerse us, even to the point of images holding sway over us. Culminating with Sartre's ontological system of Being and Nothingness (1943), O'Shiel argues that Sartre does not do away with the concept, but in fact provides ontological roots for it. This is most evident in Sartre's analyses of value, possession and language. A second part shows how such Sartrean magic is highly relevant for a number of concrete case studies: the arts, advertising, racism and stupidity, and certain instances of psychopathology. O'Shiel shows that Sartre's magical being is important for any contemporary philosophical anthropology because it is essentially at work at the heart of many of our most significant experiences, both creative and damaging.
As the crews of the Caprice and Lenore struggle to keep the damaged ships in orbit around an alien planet and find a way back to the Sol System, Bit must come to terms with a life-altering injury. Can the crews and the aliens below come together to find tech in the jungles to get them home, or will danger and romantic entanglements ruin their hopes?
A beautiful, bold sixteen years old teenage girl by the name Clara Jackson who just only arrived at Great Hills High after she had to move away from her former School and Town due to her mother's new job, falls in love with a charming,exceptionally talented and strong boy in the name of Adams. Who actually is a werewolf. While seeking a romantic life with this charming young man, Clara's life would change forever when she discovered a Truth about herself. She also isn't human. Not only was she the daughter of a powerful, ruthless Hybrid she had a deadly curse placed on her when she was just a little infant and even worse she only has to her seventeen birthday to live. Time is running out fast for the sweet Clara. She needs all the help she can get from her friends and most especially from her powerful, hybrid father if she is to survive past this. But who exactly is this her powerful hybrid father and why is she only getting to know about him now? Will he be willing to help her since he is ruthless? Who actually was the one who placed a curse on her when she was little? Find these and many more in this supernatural, romantic novel.
Just one more time. Just one more sip. Samantha will tell herself anything when the need for more power comes on her. She’s not an addict. Really. She’s fine. The world isn’t, but Sam’s fine. The humans’ hatred for the mystics reaches a peek when a few vampires massacre a Senate Committee meeting. As the human population turns on the mystics, the clock ticks down as Sam fights to free those trapped inside the Illinois Reservation.
*This is a finished series* A peasant in a 16th century Russian market. A lawyer with a scheming wife. A maiden forced into an arranged marriage. A noble trapped in a life of duty. A cowboy with a knack for train heists. What do these people have in common? Each on is about to die, only to rise again. As vampires they will eventually unit against a common enemy, but for now they must first learn to survive their own transition. This compilation of five short stories can be read at any point in the “Series That Just Plain Sucks.”
