Meet Rasheed, Jonathan, and Josephine and their magical animal helpers: Maximilian the fire fox, Dan the karkadan, and Quetzalcoatl the feathered serpent (but you can call her Quetzy). They're three unique kids who love mysteries (actually they hate mysteries, but they love solving them). Join them in their adventures where they take on evil doers and monsters while shattering the misconceptions and expectations of people who make the mistake of underestimating them On their fourth adventure, a perplexing problem presents itself in the form of powerful pharmaceutical companies, missing medicines, and a mysterious marauder: the Peryton. A hero? A villain? A thief? No one knows. It’s up to the kids to find out. Read on, as some pretty profound peryton predicaments are produced!
In elegant, sensual prose, Michael Crummey crafts a haunting tale set in Newfoundland at the turn of the 19th century. A richly imagined story about love, loss and the heartbreaking compromises—both personal and political—that undermine lives, River Thieves is a masterful debut novel. Published in Canada and the United States, it joins a wave of classic literature from eastern Canada, including the works of Alistair MacLeod, Wayne Johnston and David Adams Richards, while resonating at times with the spirit of Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain and Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy. An enthralling story of passion and suspense, River Thieves captures both the vast sweep of history and the intimate lives of a deeply emotional and complex cast of characters caught in its wake.
Meet Rasheed, Jonathan, and Josephine and their magical animal helpers: Maximilian the fire fox, Dan the karkadan, Quetzalcoatl the feathered serpent (but you can call her Quetzy). They're three unique kids who love mysteries (actually they hate mysteries, but they love solving them). Join them in their adventures where they take on evil doers and monsters while shattering the misconceptions and expectations of people who make the mistake of underestimating them.In this first adventure they cross the country and ocean in order to uncover who is behind the sweatshops exploiting the forced labor of magical creatures.Note from the Author: Last year my friend Macy, who uses a wheelchair and has an animal companion named Destry, approached me with a problem: there weren't enough kids' books featuring kids with disabilities--especially stories where they could see themselves as heroes. After discussion and in the spirit of BEING the change we want to see in the world, we decided: hey, let's write them ourselves. After all, I'm (Ted) a writer and I know something about stories. So with Macy as my patient guide, teacher, and consultant we dreamed up MYSTERY FORCE, a ten book series featuring three friends, Rasheed, Jonathan, and Jojo who go about solving mysteries, going on adventures, and generally being AWESOME, while living with (and sometimes enhanced) by their disabilities.Making these kids joyful agents of their own destinies was one of the guiding principles of the stories, as well as promoting understanding, tolerance, and resilience. The kids have their own animal companions, in the form of magical creatures--ones you've probably never heard of like karkadans, alicorns, and jackalopes. It's taken for granted in Rasheed, Jonathan, and Jojo's world that well-known fanciful creatures like dragons, unicorns, and griffins are not fantasies--the kids' geometry teacher is a Pegasus! But because of their lesser-known status, the kids' animal companions face discrimination and exclusion. That is where the kids of Mystery Force share their own lessons of resiliency coaching and helping their friends navigate intolerance, ignorance, and stigma.Aaaand they make time to solve some mysteries and save the world too!These are booked aimed at primary school age/early readers. The ten stories are COMPLETE. The first book is available now! But as a writer and not an artist I've reached out to the incomparable Suzi Spooner (some of her work here: https://www.suzispooner.com/) to illustrate the books. As you may guess the visuals for these books will be SO KEY to inclusive representation. So Suzi's work is the REAL magic here.To that end, even with a generous discount on Suzi's part because she believes in this project, great artwork takes work (and come one, artists need to EAT!) So we're raising money to pay for the rest of the series here on GoFundMe Mystery Force page: gf.me/u/ywig5r
Join the Cutie Mark Crusaders in the fourth book of the Ponyville Mysteries series as they solve the mystery of the Peryton Panic! A strange creature has been scaring the manes off the ponies in Ponyville, so Sweetie Belle and her fellow Cutie Mark Crusaders, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom, are determined to help. But if resident animal expert Fluttershy can't tell them what it is, what are the fillies to do? Luckily, their new friend, Lilymoon, might have some hints from her studies before she came to Ponyville...if their strange dreams and bouts of sleeplessness don't put them off the case first. And when Princess Luna starts showing up in their nightmares, the Cutie Mark Crusaders know that something big is ahoof! Ideal for younger readers, these mysterious and sweetly spooky stories are sure to appeal to all My Little Pony fans--both girl and boy.
Vikings. I was going to meet Vikings. Real, fricking Vikings in the past. That was worth studying for. Lainie is busy with her studies, but her Old Norse teacher Hjalmar is doing everything he can to distract her. It's hard to concentrate when you've got a hot Viking vying for your attention. Then there's the mysterious (and very good looking) Archivist who gives her a secret mission that may lead her all the way back to Viking times... One thing's for sure, Lainie's second week at the Academy won't be any easier than the first. A time travel reverse harem full of action, intrigue and hot Vikings. Part of the Time Travel Academy world. This is a serial split into five episodes, perfect for sweetening your lunch break or as a quickie before bedtime. Episodes will be released every two weeks. Search terms: reverse harem romance, academy romance, college, university, menage, Viking, Norse, London, Britain, UK, English, time travel, futuristic, science fiction romance, love, new adult, mfmm, serial, teacher, professor, mystery, library, mission, steamy.
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Dive into this action-packed shifter urban fantasy with a slow burn reverse harem romance! Assassin. Private Investigator. Cat shifter. Kat is used to killing people, but for a blank cheque, she's willing to do the opposite and help solve a murder - even though it sounds boring as hell. That is, until she finds some body parts in her fridge, makes friends with the neighbourhood cats and realises there may be an assassin better than her… Suddenly, things have become purrfectly exciting. An urban fantasy book full of cats, secrets and murders. This is a slow-burn reverse harem where Kat will find her love interests over time. Book one in the completed Catnip Assassins series. If you love strong heroines, werewolves and other shifters, action, private investigators, and don't shy away from a bit of murder, then start this free novel today! Also available as audiobook narrated by Melody Muzljakovich (who also voiced ACOTAR).
Nobody can resist his call…. not even her… The Piper's music is alive, drawing souls from the world of the living to the lands of the dead. Those who hear him have no choice but to follow - when the Piper calls you, you will do as you are told. Everything changes…even the unchangeable… Autumn is on the run from the Cult of the Hundred after witnessing something she should never have seen. She's fighting for survival; she doesn't have time for distractions. That is, until she meets a man nobody but her can see. He's intriguing, gorgeous and mysterious - and he lies to her whenever he opens his pretty mouth. She needs to leave, needs to run from the Cult, but his music touches something deep within her. A new song has begun… He's played his tune for a hundred years, but no living human has ever seen him. Until Autumn. His music is only supposed to control those destined to leave this world, but to make Autumn stay with him, he might have to change the rules. Forever. Because he'll never be able to let her go. Set in the same fantasy world as the bestselling Catnip Assassins series, this romantic Pied Piper retelling will sing to fans of Laura Thalassa and C.N.Crawford. If you enjoy haunted, flawed anti-heroes, strong heroines and love stories that will make you swoon, read this gripping romance today! Part of the Once Upon A Fairy Tale Night Series, a collection of multi-author fairy tale romance retellings.
Assassin. Private Investigator. Cat shifter. Books 1-4 in the action-packed Catnip Assassins urban fantasy series in one volume! Assassin, sociopath, and catnip addict, Kat, finds herself from going lone panther to being surrounded by friends and a team she can trust. Add in a bunch of enemies determined to harm those she loves, secrets from her past, and three pesky men she can't shake, and her life is nothing short of chaos. Start the bestselling series with this handy boxed set to find out how many body parts fit into a fridge, if a werewolf can ever love a cat shifter, and what happens when a murderer tries to solve a mystery. This is an urban fantasy adventure full of cats, secrets and dark humour. It includes a slow-burn reverse harem romance where Kat will find her love interests over time. Also available as audiobook! "A promising, expansive new universe. This delightful paranormal mystery is perfect for fans of Nalini Singh." - Publishers Weekly "Purrfect start to a new series. MacKinnon sunk her claws into my mind right away with her unique world and loveable assassin, and she wouldn't release me until the last word." - USA Today Bestselling Author Catherine Banks This collection includes: Meow Scratch Purrr Hisss Search terms: urban fantasy, urban fantasy romance, reverse harem, why choose, action, paranormal romance, werewolf, shifter romance, complete series, strong heroine, friends to lovers, slow burn romance, private investigator, menage, polyandry, poly romance, funny romance, alpha males, contemporary fantasy, humor, long series, boxed set.
