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Braddock is now the Meadow Master. His people are building a town in the wilderness, his women are pregnant, and he has a powerful ally in the smuggler merchant, Red Eyes. Things are going well. But life on Tardoon is never easy. Now, Braddock must rescue Cascadia from the river hag, explore the dangerous city of Black Harbor, petition a powerful sorceress, and free a mysterious woman imprisoned in gemstone. Meanwhile, huge predators menace his people, marauding centaurs hunt Elizabeth, and the wicked sprite queen, Hortensia, plans to kill everyone Braddock loves.

Laid-off teacher Olivia Crawford feels lost without the everyday, personal interactions with her students. Attracted by the salary and the potential for a career change, she considers an offer to become a beta player for a new Jane Austen virtual world within the VR universe of Allworld Online. Swallowing her fear, she accepts the position…and the invasive neural implant that will give her access to the virtual realm.

As a mountain man, cowboy, and cavalry scout, Jedediah Braddock handled every challenge on America’s Western frontier. Then he’s transported to Tardoon, a magical world full of deadly predators, gorgeous monster girls, and brutal centaurs. Most men would have died on arrival, but Braddock has enough love and courage to forge a new destiny in this mighty land. Filled with tough optimism and pioneering spirit, he vows to build the desperate monster girls a sanctuary in the wilderness. There is much to do.

Seven writers have fled to Mirror House, a picturesque mansion by the sea. Each member of the group is running from a terrible premonition of their own death on July 24th. What they don’t know is they were, in fact, prophesizing the end of the world, for on that very day, billions will die from a relentless heatwave triggered by global warming.

When Elizabeth Bennet and Catherine Morland travel into Kent to visit the recently married Collinses in the village of Hunsford, Lizzy is annoyed to discover Mr. Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam at Rosings, while Cathy is certain that novel-worthy romance will ensue. Neither expect the sudden arrival of a vampire into their midst, and Mr. Darcy’s ardent admiration of Elizabeth Bennet is shaken by her expert handling of his frantic, fanged sister.

William’s bad luck is about to turn - for the worse. Trapped behind enemy lines on the eve of revolution, the British officer has evaded colonial militia so far. When he stumbles across a quiet village, his hopes of escaping to the relative safety of Boston suddenly look promising. Until he runs into something worse than vengeful patriots prowling the darkness. Caught between the undead and roving bands of minutemen, William devises a desperate plan to make it out with his life.

Finn Carey never quits. A young Irishman working in the mills of Massachusetts, he’ll fight tooth and nail for his family. But when the ship carrying them from Ireland drifts ashore with no one left alive, Finn refuses to believe they’re gone. Tales spread of an evil escaped from the ship, of churches and cemeteries defiled. Convinced they’re connected to the whereabouts of his kin, Finn leaps into a desperate race against a foe whose determination matches his own.

This story takes Melville’s Moby Dick and adapts it into a cowboy western. It is a definitive tale of revenge in which Ahab hunts down the wanted criminal Moby Leviathan Dick. You will love this seafaring classic turned dry. A discussion guide is included in this book. This book is dedicated to Herman Melville and all the writers, cartoonists, artists, animators, actors, directors, producers, and orators who have made Moby Dick so enjoyable at so many different angles.

Winter has come to Werth Towers, and brought a deal of trouble with it. Not that any of it is the fault of Miss Gussie Werth. To be a one-woman catastrophe might be seen as a misfortune, but really, there can be no hope of a cure. What with murderous Books on the rampage, Lady Maundevyle brewing plans for Christmas, and a couple of dragons on the loose, a quiet life is not likely to be had. Still, in times of crisis, there is always Lord Felix. The disreputable old revenant might have a few odd ideas; but you’re at Werth Towers, now. The merely unusual comes as a matter of course.

Experience Dickens’ classic tale in iambic pentameter! Ebenezer Scrooge is a wealthy theater owner with a stingy heart, until he’s visited by his old partner, Marlowe. The ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future become Puck (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Falstaff (the Henry V plays), and the ghost of King Hamlet.

Keeping a hibernating dragon should have been a simple thing. Should have been, but it was not. Apparently, nothing involving dragons was ever simple, at least not for Anne Elliot, junior keeper to dragon Kellynch. With the estate in debt, Anne’s father in denial, and the dragon’s treasure missing, Kellynch’s awakening is shaping up to be nothing short of catastrophe. Not to mention, there was the pesky matter of her own broken heart and resentment against the old friend who had caused it.

The luxury starliner Sovereign of the Stars makes an unscheduled and unannounced landing at Armstrong Base, mankind’s first permanent facility on the moon. Armstrong’s commander, Colonel Michael Hansen, boards the vessel and discovers the mummified remains of the passengers and crew. A single comatose survivor is found. A team from earth arrives to begin an investigation. They are led by Lindsay Dwyer, a bureaucrat who far outranks Hansen and who becomes the de facto commander of Armstrong.

Holmes is just days away from bringing down the biggest criminal ringleader in London. But his quick and wicked foe is as cautious and intelligent as he. When Moriarty learns of Holmes' plans against him, he releases an evil on England the likes of which no civilized man had ever seen. In a desperate attempt to save England and, perhaps, the known world, Holmes and his trusty friend Watson travel across Europe to find the source of Moriarty's newfound power and end him and his wicked plan for good.

Six outlaws, barely a day ahead of their pursuers, find shelter in a freshly deserted New Mexico town. With no water, and one of them gravely wounded, they realize too late they're trapped inside the lifeless town. As they soon discover the grisly truth behind the disappearance of the townsfolk, the outlaws find themselves hunted by something far worse than anything they've faced yet - an unspeakable evil that seemingly cannot be killed.

This story takes Melville’s "Bartleby the Scrivener" and mashes it up with high school football to make a looney story of a player getting on the coach’s last nerve. If you played high school football (or any sport) you will love this story. This audiobook is dedicated to my football coaches. Especially the one who I’ve contributed to their bald spots and chewed me out when I had it comin’.

Two years into her new life in Cornwall, and while Alice Griffiths’ own romantic hopes have been dashed, it appears that whichever way she looks, her friends are getting hitched. A handsome stranger at Bea’s wedding could well change Alice’s fortunes but she may be better off ploughing her energies into her working life. While each season brings a new wedding, the months leading up to Christmas, and David and Martin's big day, become about taking risks for Alice. Should she leave the safety of the Sail Loft Hotel?

One would think Anne Elliot, a baronet’s daughter, would find the marriage mart far easier to navigate than a more ordinary woman. One would be wrong. After refusing a poor, but otherwise perfect sailor, on the advice of her friend Lady Russell, Anne finds an unhappy choice before her: marry deathly dull Charles Musgrove or hope against hope that another suitable proposal might come her way before she becomes a spinster on the shelf.

They took away my life. They sucked the air from my lungs. When they left me a clue as to who they were, I knew I would get my revenge. I planned and plotted. I watched her from a distance. What a better way to hurt the ones that hurt me. I will take their daughter and use her to my liking. When she’s broken and begging for death, I will send her back to them ruined. My plan was working perfectly right up until it was time to let her go. Now I don’t think I can and that’s a problem. A huge problem.

I had my whole life mapped out in front of me from childhood. I was going to marry my best friend, and we were going to have a perfect life together until we grew old and died together. Funny how life isn’t so simple as we would like it to be. Marrying my childhood best friend seemed like everything was going to be perfect. One night, my best friend, my love, my husband was snatched away from me in a blink of an eye by death himself. After a year, I sold everything and moved away from our home, our past, to start anew.

A mashup of science fiction, historical fiction, and fantasy, set in New York during prohibition, the characters interact with actual historic figures, including mobster Jack “Legs” Diamond, heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey, and World War heroine Edith Cavell. The story follow an alien anthropologist, Tashan Zho, on a rescue mission to the distant planet Earth in 1926. Zho, is transported into the dying body of bootlegger Ryan Costello.