Jewelry designer Garet James is the Watchtower—the last in a long line of powerful women sworn to protect the world from evil. Although she had once defeated evil in New York City, her pursuit of her true love, the 400-year-old vampire Will Hughes, has now unleashed an age-old evil onto the modern world, and the entire planet is at risk. Marduk, the ageless descendant of a demonic Babylonian deity, is now loose in Paris. He has joined forces with the villainous John Dee in a plan to destroy the world's economy and plunge the entire world into chaos. To fight this threat, Garet enlists the help of a modern-day band of knights who are dedicated to preserving the sanctity of the timeline. As she and her allies face this threat, new challenges arise in the form of a rival faction of knights who will stop at nothing to bring about the destruction of everything Garet holds dear. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A Thief. A Portal. A New World. But can she get back home again? Home alone over spring break, Dee looks forward to a week free from worries about her sliding grades, her lack of friends, and her mom’s overbearing boyfriend. But when she chases a thief out of her house, she ends up with a whole new set of troubles . . . in a whole new world. The Crescent. Where everyday objects possess extraordinary power. Where countless other worlds are mere steps away. And where the High Minister has a plan for a greater future . . . that Dee really didn’t mean to screw up. Really. Pursued by masked hunters, all Dee wants is to get back home again. Yet her every move only entangles her deeper in the fantastic and dangerous new world of the Crescent. Keywords: Young Adult; YA; Teen; YA fantasy books; YA fantasy romance; YA romance; Urban Fantasy; Teen book series; YA book series; YA adventure; coming of age; ya book; teen romance; paranormal romance; teen paranormal romance; teen adventure; free ya books; free ya romance; free young adult fantasy; free teen books; free young adult; free fantasy books, free teenage books, free teenage romance books, free teenage romance books for girls, free books to read

A delightful adveture full of humor and heart set in Elizabethan England! Widge is an orphan with a rare talent for shorthand. His fearsome master has just one demand: steal Shakespeare's play "Hamlet"--or else. Widge has no choice but to follow orders, so he works his way into the heart of the Globe Theatre, where Shakespeare's players perform. As full of twists and turns as a London alleyway, this entertaining novel is rich in period details, colorful characters, villainy, and drama. * "A fast-moving historical novel that introduces an important era with casual familiarity." --School Library Journal, starred review "Readers will find much to like in Widge, and plenty to enjoy in this gleeful romp through olde England" --Kirkus Reviews "Excels in the lively depictions of Elizabethan stagecraft and street life." --Publishers Weekly An ALA Notable Book

On 7 July 2005 a man disappears, believed dead, in the London bombings. Years later, a freelance journalist recognizes his photograph in a newspaper - the man she has just seen in a café. Her life now changed forever, Alice Myers is immediately pitched into a race against time that takes her from London, across Britain and into the heart of a mystery - the reason for his disappearance on that fateful day. Spurred on by her unwavering belief in his innocence regarding an unsolved murder on the eve of the bombings, she begins to question the official version of events. Then other developments start overshadowing her search for the truth which becomes a frantic battle for her own survival. For DI Jim Rodgers, this had been his final, most agonising case: a murder with no murderer, an inquiry ending in dead-lock and unfinished business, the aftermath still haunting him down the years. The tragedy begins on 7 July 2005. But it does not stop there. Fate catches up with everyone ... in the end.

Find her wolf, move out from her emotionally abusive adoptive household, and hopefully mate with her beloved boyfriend. That’s all that Bridget Lowe wants, and finally, she is close enough to getting her happily ever after. But on the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, a long-buried secret about Bridget’s soul surfaces, making her a dangerous taboo. Thrown into a frenzy of mind games and manipulation all while being under the mercy of a notoriously ruthless Alpha of all, Bridget cannot figure out who to trust, and who will bring her disaster. Will she survive this game of Russian roulette, or will she lose?

Battle fearsome beasts and fight evil with Tom and Elenna in the bestselling adventure series for boys and girls aged 7 and up. Back in Avantia from their exile in the Wildlands, Tom and Elenna face their deadliest enemy yet. Can they fight the ghoulish Beast Xerkan - and reveal the truth about the mysterious Prince Angelo before the kingdom of Avantia is changed for ever? There are FOUR thrilling adventures to collect in The Shattered Kingdom series - don't miss out! Querzol the Swamp Monster; Krotax the Tusked Destroyer; Torka the Sky Snatcher; Xerkan the Shape Stealer. If you like Beast Quest, check out Adam Blade's other series: Team Hero, Sea Quest and Beast Quest: New Blood!

“The stories here are the raw heart of Michael Moorcock. They are the spells that first drew me and all the numerous admirers of his work with whom I am acquainted into Moorcock’s luminous and captivating web.” –from the Foreword by Alan Moore, creator of V for Vendetta When Michael Moorcock began chronicling the adventures of the albino sorcerer Elric, last king of decadent Melniboné, and his sentient vampiric sword, Stormbringer, he set out to create a new kind of fantasy adventure, one that broke with tradition and reflected a more up-to-date sophistication of theme and style. The result was a bold and unique hero–weak in body, subtle in mind, dependent on drugs for the vitality to sustain himself–with great crimes behind him and a greater destiny ahead: a rock-and-roll antihero who would channel all the violent excesses of the sixties into one enduring archetype. Now, with a major film in development, here is the first volume of a dazzling collection of stories containing the seminal appearances of Elric and lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist John Picacio–plus essays, letters, maps, and other material. Adventures include “The Dreaming City,” “While the Gods Laugh,” “Kings in Darkness,” “Dead God’s Homecoming,” “Black Sword’s Brothers,” and “Sad Giant’s Shield.” An indispensable addition to any fantasy collection, Elric: The Stealer of Souls is an unmatched introduction to a brilliant writer and his most famous–or infamous–creation. “The most significant UK author of sword and sorcery, a form he has both borrowed from and transformed.” –The Encyclopedia of Fantasy From the Trade Paperback edition.

It is always summer in the secret town of Dreamville, a small village inhabited by artistic, scientific, and imaginative people dressed in colorful clothing. Simon Dreamlee is a musically dream inclined dreamer of twelve-year-old who has always known his town to be a place where dreams come trueuntil the day he realizes the principal of Dreamtrue School is after him for no reason at all. It is not long before Principal Toombsa man with yellow teeth, a pointy nose, and a mission to torment Simon and his friend, Almont Alldreamconfiscates Simons dreams. While he is banned to the principals office for a day of punishment, Simon observes the secretive secretary, Miss DreamNot, who, for some mysterious reason, is hoarding the computer chips that hold all the students dreams come true instead of recycling them as she should. Simon wonders who Miss DreamNot really is and why she and Principal Toombs are so miserable in such a lively town. Simons troubles are just beginning, though; he will have to stand trial and have his latest dream scrutinized and possibly banned. Before that happens, however, he and Almont must uncover the secret that these two peculiar characters are hiding from everyone in Dreamville.

In this second tale of the Guardian Angel series, it has been a year and a half since Michael was sent on his quest for redemption and things arent getting any easier. As the assignments from Jacob continue to roll in, Michael teeters on the balance of becoming homeless once again and is still no closer to finding his path. But theres no rest for the battered, world weary, and righteous; now a mysterious woman has stolen the soul of a person Michael was supposed to save and Jacob has told him he must track her down. To complicate matters, Michael begins to experiment with his powers and take on a self-made assignment that may jeopardize his redemption and begin his downward spiral into corruption. At least his life isnt boring; he has to save construction workers, little girls and drunken bikers, all while focusing on the most important goal stopping the Soul Stealer at all costs.