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Eighteen-year-old Corinth Taylor didn't sign up to become a Watcher-an elite warrior destined to restore balance to the human race-he was chosen.Corinth can barely control his own hormones... much less the deadly blade. And to make matters worse, his best friend, Larna, just so happens to be the very thing he's supposed to eliminate.But when vampires and slayer find a common enemy, Corinth knows it's his innate calling to hunt evil down. And evil has a name: Gabriel Stanton. The enigmatic vampire who escaped their capture, has plans for Corinth, Larna, and Alastair... and it's a threat they'll never see coming.When the line between good and evil gets crossed, devastating consequences start to happen. As Watcher and vampire worlds collide, Corinth must decide where to place his trust: with his old allies or his killer instincts. An upstart slayer. A clan of vampires.What could go wrong?It's only the end of the world.The Watchers is the second book in The Blood Dagger series, a high-octane paranormal YA thriller.If you like witty heroines, unconventional relationships, and friendships that can withstand the grave, then you'll love Misty Hayes' high-stakes story.Sink your teeth into a fun, fierce vampire series today.

As the nights get longer, snuggle around the fireside with this cosy book of ghost stories. Collected from the 2nd Crowvus Ghost Story Competition, this anthology contains fourteen stunning tales that will chill your bones or bring a tear to your eye.Follow the spine-chilling tales of haunted woods, haunted houses and even haunted buses in this thrilling volume of literary treasures.

Rule #1: Never go out after dark. Rule #2: Never go into large bodies of water. Rule #3: Stay off of social media.Myreen always knew her mom held some deep dark secret; the rules, the moving, the years of unanswered questions. But she didn't think breaking one rule, just once, would lead to the death of her mother. And she never expected to find out that she was a mermaid shifter, or that her mother was killed by vampires.Whisked away in the middle of the night for her own safety, Myreen finds herself in a secret school for shifters. But starting over in a new school in the middle of the year--even if it is for the millionth time--is never easy. With rumors swirling, mean girls circling, and two incredibly attractive guys tugging her in separate directions, Myreen just wants to get through the school year without having a meltdown in front of everyone.She's learning so much, but for every question answered, a new one bubbles up. Myreen will need to untangle the web of secrets surrounding her if she ever wants to find out why her mother was murdered. As she dives deeper into the mystery, she discovers a truth about herself that no one saw coming, and it will change the fate of the shifter world forever.

Firestorm Rising is John Clewarth's debut novel, for children aged 9 to 12+ years - and reached the finals of The People's Book Prize in 2013. Raingate Cemetery is the spooky playground of Tom Allerton, Daniel 'Doc' Studd and Jasmine 'Jazz' Baxter, and provides a great opportunity for them to play a practical Halloween joke on their schoolmates. Events take an unexpected turn when a freak storm occurs and lightning strikes an ancient and crumbling tomb. The children flee in terror, all except for Jazz who decides to investigate. Peering into the smoking rubble of the sepulchre, she is strangely drawn towards a weird pendant which unleashes a chain of terrifying and supernatural events. As the unearthly owner of the pendant endeavours to get it back, the friendship of the central characters is put to the toughest test, and they discover the true meanings of friendship, loyalty, truthfulness and fear. The children learn that there are far more things in the universe than they ever learned at school, as a terrifying monster is awakened from a long hot sleep...

Follow the story of Felix Moon on his mission.He found out he was not normal like any other 16-year-old on his sweet 16th, this is when it all began.After drowning he was taken to a white room where he was told he was an avatar, a very special avatar in fact in the way he gains and possesses his powers.His mission:To kill an evil avatar with the help from his two best friends Sean and Karl along with his love interest Star, he also roped in the Satan twins to help to take possession of his powers but how many times does he have to die?

Four girls. Four stories. And an ending none of them saw coming.When Vanessa, Lindsey, and Claire sneak away from Camp Kimi for a night of junk food and ghost stories, they meet Dani, a strange and distant girl none of them have seen before. As each tells her own scary tale, they reveal personal truths they could never share directly. But the newcomer has a story of her own, and before they know it, the three friends find themselves an unwitting part of it-and there might be no escape.

MY BABYSITTER IS A VAMPIRESUMMER VACATION TURNS BATTY!Moose Island doesn't have many babysitters, so Meg and Trevor Swain figure they'll have to put up with what they get. But when weird Vincent Graver shows up at their front door, they know they're in for big trouble. Whoever heard of a babysitter who has pointy little teeth, carries a mysterious red liquid around in a bottle, and doesn't like pizza?When Meg discovers Vincent's fascination with sinking his teeth into other people's necks, she and her friend Jack decide what Vincent really is. If they don't act quickly to stop him, Moose Island will turn into Vampire Island before their very eyes! "Hodgman's writing style is excellent, building suspense chapter after chapter…. This is a good read, and kids will love it." -School Library JournalIllustration by John PierardCover illustration by Jeffrey Lindberg

WHEN CLASSES END, THE HORROR BEGINS…Posh Thaler Academy, nestled in the leafy Connecticut countryside, is one of New England's most exclusive boarding schools. For scholarship student Jennifer Field, it's a dream come true to be Thaler. Until the dream turns into a nightmare.Strange shadows flickering across the moonlit campus… a mysterious old building in the woods with a secret lab…a Dean of students whose startling eyes seem to convey unspoken evil. Jennifer is tempted to blame her imagination for her fears. Then she and her boyfriend, Lee, stumble across the body of a Thaler classmate in the woods. A body twisted in agony… from an encounter with something that only looks human…

WHAT. THE. HELVETICA?Tessa Hedgehog's about to lose it in THE TROUBLE WITH QUILLING. She's deep into the quilling process, the itching is driving her mad and if those two pesky boys don't leave her alone, they're going to feel the bite of her spines!Amelia knows her friends are keeping secrets in THE TROUBLE WITH HUMANS and she's on a hunt for the truth. Melvin knows discovery is imminent and he's okay with that, as long as he's not the one exposing the truth. Includes the Bonus Story, THE TROUBLE WITH PETS.Warning: This book contains shifty teen language, which does include the occasional swear word. It is also full of rampant, teen hormones and the subsequent fallout.

In a high school full of shifters, the bunnies are the ones to watch out for!Paulie Porcupine's acorns have gone missing in THE TROUBLE WITH THIEVES and his prime suspects are the rabbit shifters. With the help of his best friend, Melvin Moose, Paulie's determined to recover his acorns and catch the bunnies in the act.Katrina Tiger battles her predatory instincts in THE TROUBLE WITH TIGERS. It's all the bunnies' fault! If they didn't want her to take a nibble, they shouldn't smell so divine. Besides, there are so many of them, surely no one will miss one... or two... or ten.Warning: This book contains shifty teen language, which does include the occasional swear word. It is also full of rampant, teen hormones and the subsequent fallout.

Jon Blythe is sick of waiting for his Yoda. After years of hiding his magic, he's ready to retire from his mortal life, drop out of college, and jump into the world of demon hunters. He just didn't really expect a bleach blond bookstore clerk with light up toys for weapons. Unfortunately, Jordan is Jon's only hope. When rogue magic users come to Rochester with a malicious plan, the odd couple strikes out to save the day. Jordan might not be what Jon expected, but between demons and Econ homework, the demons win every time. Wild nights drag Jon further from normal into the world where his father vanished. Maybe he's becoming an addict. Maybe magic just comes with a price. Either way, he’s hooked.

The Ghosts of Old Cellar Road tells the tale of three spiders who have lost their jack-o'-lantern home. They must travel with trick-or-treaters down a winding, hilly road far away from the farmhouse porch of their origin in search of the abandoned Keller mansion, the perfect place for their cobwebs. Their travels are not without trials. They face a storm, a peremptory screech owl, and most harrowingly, Broken Lantern Cemetery, whose ghosts might haunt Old Cellar Road, and beyond!

Harvey Anderson always knew the universe was against him, but there's a lot of stuff he never expected to happen, like having a crush on the most popular girl at school, and then falling into a giant hole in the middle of nowhere with her. And if that wasn't enough, somehow they managed to release a soul-sucking, ancient witch as well. So yeah, there's that. You'd think it'd be pretty hard to beat, but knowing Harvey's luck, it's about to get a whole lot worse.

Charlotte Usher, a.k.a. ghostgirl, discovers that the afterlife isn't quite what she expected when she's forced to intern at a hotline for troubled teens. She may be dead, but the phone lines sure aren't. So, when duty calls, Charlotte has to take the risk of a lifetime--or call it quits for good.

Ellen Theodora Madigan sees past events in her dreams and has the smarts to solve the mysteries they hint at. At age fifteen, she moves to Rangeley, Maine after spending much of her life living near her dad's archaeological dig sites in other countries. She and her family spend her dad's sabbatical year at her grandparents' lake house. She befriends a loner girl at school, starts having dreams about the first inhabitants of the area, Abenaki Native Americans, and keeps encountering loons that she feels are trying to communicate. With the help of her first boyfriend, she solves the three mysteries: Why is the girl so alone? What are the dreams and the loons telling her? and Why did the Abenaki leave?

Middle school is scary. So are skeleton girls. To win at both, you've got to put some skin in the game.Cindy might appear to be your average twelve year old, but since her mother's death she has a secret. Every night she turns into a boney, white skeleton.As if that wasn't bad enough, Cindy's dad is afraid of her. She has an evil stepmother who makes her do crazy chores, some of them with a toothbrush. And then there's the werewolf with intentions of making Cindy his midnight snack.The Spring Fling dance is fast approaching and Ethan, the cutest boy in sixth grade, doesn't seem to know Cindy exists. She doesn't think letting Ethan know she's a cursed skeleton-girl is the best way to introduce herself. Determined to break the curse, Cindy travels to the Underworld where things aren't quite what they seem, including Mr. Death, the strange and creepy undertaker.With a jar of pickled pig's feet, a wacky fortuneteller, and a cranky skeleton mouse, Cindy is afraid this curse has really gotten under her skin.

No one comes between the Devil and his pride.To save his friends, Finn Wager opened a bridge between worlds. But the dark magic he used exacted a terrible price. Unable to remain on the Soulkeeper team, he joins a coven of magicians in New Orleans, vowing to undo the damage he’s caused. But when he tries to save the day, he ends up making everything worse.The Soulkeepers are more vulnerable than ever. The new Healer is reluctant to replace Hope on the team. Even if he decides to try, he’ll have to pass an initiation by the Immortals with life or death consequences. Meanwhile, the Soulkeepers are without the leader they need.Twice, the Soulkeepers have evaded Lucifer’s clutches and injured his pride. Now it’s personal. He’ll stop at nothing to exploit their weaknesses, take back his power, and end the Soulkeepers for good. Unless through courage, loyalty, and self-sacrifice, they can find a way to become a team again.

WHEN EVIL IS THE ENEMY, POWER IS A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND.Now that she’s fully accepted her role, Hope takes up the mantle of Healer to lead a new team of untrained Soulkeepers. Repurposing Revelations to be a training ground won’t be easy, not when the source of its power has been disrupted, and the only woman who knows the island’s secrets is on her deathbed.Time isn’t on Hope’s side. Lucifer is on the move, injured and unable to return to Hell. He’s found a way to amass power by consuming human souls. Worse, if he grows strong enough to get his hands on an ancient weapon before Hope does, everything the Soulkeepers fought for could be undone.Sinister plots, unlikely allies, and old temptations plague the new team. Can Hope’s promise lead them to victory? Or will her inexperience doom them all?

A deadly disease.Worldwide pandemonium. An ancient riddle.A single plateful of food could save us all.With two mysterious tablets still to discover, time is running out for the Heirs of Eden.While the ghost, Cain, delivers his deadly virus as humans sleep, Commissioner Stone, head of coordinating the disaster recovery, has concluded that responsibility for the worldwide catastrophe lies directly with Archie, Daisy and Isabella. With Stone's men closing in on their remote farmhouse, each Heir of Eden - Archie, Daisy and Isabella - must put aside their differences, decipher the ancient code and eat their greatest fear. Only if they succeed will they come out of the Chamber of Truth alive. The Chamber of Truth, the third book in James Erith's acclaimed Eden Chronicles series, continues the acclaimed English teenage fantasy drama of 'The Power and The Fury' and 'Spider Web Powder'.Praise for The Chamber of Truth:"... so much fun to read. Full of intrigue and adventure.""Just brilliant - the words truly paint a picture.""The gripping sequel to the two previous volumes in this series. Written for a younger audience I, as an adult, have found it engaging and a thoroughly good read and would recommend it to both an adolescent and adult readership in the same way that JK Rowling's Harry Potter books appealed to all ages."James Erith's Eden Chronicles are: Book 1 - The Power and The Fury Book 2 - Spider Web Powder Book 3 - The Chamber of Truth Book 4 - The Dragon's Game Eden Chronicles Book Set: Books 1-3

The zombie apocalypse is over... Now even undead kids have to go to school.

A nameless girl, who dwells in the small New England town of Paper Falls, recalls a mysterious autumn experience. One October night, a storm lashes through the quaint little village, leaving behind a cold and eerie mess of trees and fog. The girl, a lonely connoisseur of imagination, takes a stroll to the graveyard the morning after, carefully passing the disheveled white house that stands near the graveyards front gates. An old woman who lives inside has remained a mystery to the girl for years, as well as to the town, but after a series of enchanting events, the girl comes face-to-face with the woman who encourages her not to waste her gifts of perception, expression, and words.

All Matt Legend wanted to do that dangerous summer was to win the affections of a certain Southern small town girl and head home to L.A. But when they happen across the bones of a Nephilim inside an ancient burial mound they are warned if they tell anyone terrible things will happen and terrible things do. He doesn't believe in the devil or ghosts or giants or God. That is all about to change.They have stumbled across a stasis giant, an entity Abraham Lincoln once told of. Having a normal life ever again is out of the question a Matt and a super-heroine-like girl of his dreams, a Young Marine, find themselves in a war against the spirit world. It is a war they can't possibly win. When they are joined by his cousin, a hip-hop mogul wannabe, and her brother, an obnoxious computer hacker, an evil force pulls the stops to try to kill them, their families and their friends. Things go from terrible to worse when they tell the world what they found and discover ghosts are not dead people! But the evil has an even deadlier secret to protect - extraterrestrials are not extraterrestrial.For the young demon fighters it's a race against time. If they win, Matt will get the girl. If they lose, seven billion people will perish. This is the first of the Matt Legend series of adventures of the supernatural kind that deal with everything from giants and mermaids, to aliens, to UFOs, cryptids, fallen angels and other extra-dimensional beings, the hollow earth, the hollow moon, subterranean civilizations, chemtrails, forbidden archaeology and all other strange and terrible things. Heralded as a paranormal Spykids meets Raiders of the Lost Ark, this thrilling series is inspired by covered-up true events.The much anticipated second installment, Matt Legend: The Hollow Earth, is due in 2020. The legend continues.

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The end is near.Book 6 of 6 in the bestselling Soulkeepers Series.Just when the Soulkeepers think they've established a foothold in the war between Heaven and Hell, the playing field shifts. Enraged by Cord's disappearance, Lucifer replaces his right-hand man with the Wicked Brethren, three Watchers so formidable even their own kind fears them.The Soulkeepers struggle to survive in an increasingly deadly world while continuing to defend human souls. How far will they go when saving the world means sacrificing their most precious team member?Other books in The Soulkeepers Series! The Soulkeepers, book 1 Weaving Destiny, book 2 Return to Eden, book 3 Soul Catcher, book 4 Lost Eden, book 5Read the bestselling series that readers call "captivating and exciting. A must read!"