Fantasy

Seven full-length magical novels by seven bestselling urban fantasy authors. Included titles: Dire Straits by Helen Harper Dog with a Bone by Hailey Edwards Dead Rising by Debra Dunbar Influential Magic by Deanna Chase Forbidden by Selene Charles All for a Rose by Jennifer Blackstream The Keepers by Donna Augustine

After the death of her parents, Kat Thomas retreated from college life into an online fantasy game. But what if the game she plays is closer to reality? Kat discovers she's the daughter of a powerful mage when a panther shifter delivers the news of her mother's murder...and now the killer is after Kat. She must navigate a world of magic and intrigue, fight the forces who want her dead, and protect her friends from becoming collateral damage—all while coming to terms with her new identity.

Royal assassin, Rothar, is on a routine mission. Tasked with quietly eliminating a lecherous merchant with a penchant for young children, Rothar's blade strikes without hesitation. But when more children go missing, Rothar digs deeper and discovers an insidious network that reaches high up into the echelons of nobility. What started as a simple mission has become a dangerous quest for justice. Rothar must call upon all his skill to punish those responsible, and rescue the innocent before it's too late.

A stranger arrives in Ellishome, Colorado astride a black horse. His face is that of death, but he is no bogeyman. He is a purveyor of lost souls, and he has come to Ellishome to claim the lives of men, women, and children. Seth Auburn, an innocent boy, is deeply affected by the horrors plaguing his small town. When Ben, a magical tiger appears in the meadow beyond his backyard, the stranger is suddenly all too real, and Ben needs Seth's help.

Ten-year-old Andy Smithson believes he is merely a kid too often in trouble until his destiny as the Chosen One to break a 500-year-old curse is revealed. Swept away to the land of Oomaldee of medieval times, he discovers he must collect several ingredients for a magic potion to defeat the oppressive curse that plagues the land, the first of which is the scale of a red dragon, the fiercest of all dragon species.

A bitter civil war from a world of magic has spilled over into a small California town. In a desperate act, a warrior from the world of Ruach gives soul armors—the ultimate weapons of his world—to four high school students.