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Belinda is arranged to marry the Duke of Romsdale, but rather than acquiesce to tradition, she flees to Devon. She soon discovers that the Duke is in pursuit of her, and, disguised as a gypsy, he’s endeavoring to win what he believes is his birthright: her heart

Matilda’s father loses everything because of his irrepressible gambling, including her hand in marriage. To avoid becoming the wife of the brutal Earl of Tark, she courageously flees for her freedom and secures a survival position in the kitchen of a London Inn. While her culinary abilities are exploited by the innkeeper, she has captured the...

While eighteen-year-old dancer Alixe Blair is walking the streets of London after giving a memorable performance as Myrtha in the ballet Gisselle for the Royal Ballet, she’s cornered in a dark alley by a gang of monocle-wearing hoodlums. Fellow dancer and rising superstar, Marc Dumont, comes to her rescue. Shortly after, they begin a romance,...

It’s 1856 and eighteen year-old Brittania Layton is en route to India to be reunited with her parents, whom she hasn’t seen in a decade. During her voyage on the S.S. Cleopatra, Tania’s heart is awakened for the first time when she meets Captain Adrian Fairmont. Her friend, Dr. Adam Baird, steadfast and affable, has only aroused feelings of...

After her husband passed away, Lauren Rose’s entire life became her clothing line, September Song. With one of the biggest fashion competitions of the year being held on the luxury ocean liner, Queen Elizabeth II, Lauren finally has a shot to get her business to new heights. There’s plenty to distract her, including models who need hand-holding,...

Button Gwinnett’s first semester in college is fraught with excitement. She’s supposed to attend the Freshman Welcome Hop with BMOC Bill Major, but while escaping the unwanted attentions of Dr. McGavin behind the library, she witnesses a murder. The police show up and find a body at the bottom of the cliff. Soon the body count rises, and Button...

Four horror short stories, including the award winning “The Thing in the Toyshop.” “The Thing on the Stairs”Werewolves have guests for dinner, literally.“The Thing in the Toyshop”A father should be more careful about living a secret life.“The Bridge and Supulchre”A Nostradamus prediction comes to horrific fulfillment.“Jacob and the Ganglion...

A car looks as if it’s hit a brick wall, but it hasn’t impacted anything. The jewel thief inside is killed instantly, and paranormal detective Jamie Jarvis is put on the case.

A short story.

When Wilfred first meets Lydia, she’s in the midst of a face-bashing, hair-pulling brawl in a dirty alley in Italy. He breaks up the fight and, feeling sorry for her, gives her the business card of his valet, Wiggins.

Wiggins is then murdered.

The Assistant Commissioner reluctantly sends for Jamie Jarvis, though dubious of his so-called “special...

On a dull grey morning in August, a boy climbing along the rocky shore near the resort town of Torbay in the south of England discovers a dead body in the surf. When he reports it to the police, he describes seeing a hooded figure atop the cliffs, beckoning him. With this testimony, paranormal police detective Jamie Jarvis knows exactly where to...

A frail creature crawls in from the heat of the desert, clinging to life. Bill and the town doctor try to communicate with the being, and soon discover that it’s from another planet. It has journeyed to Earth to offer an astonishing treasure in exchange for the medicine that will cure the children of its world.

A short story.

In a post-apocalyptic world, there’s a million-to-one chance that Steve Vannevar can succeed where the rest of the Suicide Squad had failed. Succeed, that is, in traveling back in time—reaching back into the months or weeks before that first attack, and persuading the nations of the Earth to hold their fire for the sake of the human race.A short...

While on a top secret mission investigating the strange happenings in Ore Valley, FBI agent Phil Norton goes missing. The Pentagon brings in Philâs secret wife, the exotic dancer Valentine Norton. Sheâs willing to do anything to help get Phil back, even go under cover in a town now overrun by an alien race known as the Masters.

A humorous look at one woman’s battle with a sewing project.

A girl believes she doesn’t fit anywhere until she gets a visit from an alien.

A short story.

On a routine flight from Earth to Mars, Captain Mark Rand discovers an attempt to smuggle drugged women in a cargo container. He and the ship’s Factor are brought before the Controller. Soon after, the Factor winds up deadâ__and Captain Rand is falsely accused. But Captain Rand knows exactly who killed the Factor. It is the same man who poisoned...

The power of the imagination reigns supreme as a mother and her son troll a junkyard for the parts to build a spaceship in their backyard.