Little Mist, a young snow leopard, is filled with wonder when his mother introduces him to the world for the first time.

The story is narrated by the daughter of two of the principal characters during an atypical speech she makes at her wedding reception. It commences in England in 1950. James Marchant is the five year old son of the Earl and Countess of Wye. His mother is already seeking his future wife, the next countess. Emily Wilkinson is also five years old, a blacksmiths daughter. She saves James life when he is attacked by a pervert. Toddlers James and Emily now consider themselves betrothed. Years later, James becomes an officer in the Royal Marines. Emily qualifies as a lawyer. She is also involved with the London police and an NYC magazine. Lady Philippa Marchant is James sister. The countess also has stratagems for Philippas future husband. Philippa wishes to become a doctor and like Daniel has received regular visits from a mysterious luminescent entity since a small child. Daniel Gibson. The son of a Northumbrian farmer who possesses great strength and intellect. He accepts a commission in the Royal Marines where he meets James. They are deployed together overseas. Kelly Aresti is a physician who lives in a parallel universe. She is Philippas doppelganger and with the help of her lover travels to other dimensions. The Miasmic Mist is an eclectic tale on several levels which gradually unfold to show how the lives of these apparently disparate characters eventually become intertwined. The main plot is set in 1960s United Kingdom, a parallel universe UK, Aden and New York.

Tis the season of goodwill, and Dickens extends the hand of friendship to a stranded stranger and his nephews for Christmas, with deadly consequences . . . "The ingenious solution to the mystery makes this the series’ best entry yet. Victorian whodunit fans are in for a treat" Publishers Weekly Starred Review Wilkie Collins is looking forward to spending Christmas at Gads Hill, Charles Dickens' Kentish country home, but the festivities are cut short when a body is found on the snowy marshland. Timmy O'Connor was invited to the gathering with his four nephews after a chance encounter with Dickens, but is now dead. Dickens is convinced the murderer is one of the convicts from a nearby prison ship, but Collins is not so sure. Who was this mysterious and unpleasant stranger from Cork who turned Christmas cheer to fear? Could Timmy have posed a threat to one of the guests? With the convicts, guests and even Timmy's nephews under suspicion, there is no shortage of suspects for such a violent act, but which one of them is a cold-blooded killer?

"The Land of Mist" is a novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. It was published in 1926 and belonged to the cycle of stories about Professor Challenger. Although this time, the plot revolves around Professor Challenger's daughter Enid and his old friend Edward Malone. The book focuses on Edward Malone's at first professional and later personal interest in Spiritualism. To the great anger of Professor Challenger, Enid and Malone try to connect with Professor Summerlee, who has died of old age around this time, with the help of mediums.

Despite efforts to create a safe environment to see out the pandemic, the residents of the Last Ditch Motel face more dangers than they imagined possible in this hilarious yet claustrophobic mystery. March 2020 and Operation Cocker is a go! The owners of the Last Ditch Motel, with a little help from their friend Lexy Campbell, are preparing to support one another through the oncoming lockdown, offering the motel's spare rooms to a select few from the local area in need of sanctuary. While the newbies are settling in, an ambiguous banner appears demanding one of them return home. But who is it for? Lexy and her friends put a plan into action to ward off the perpetrator, but the very next night, a resident disappears and a message scrawled in human blood is found. As California shuts down, the Last Ditchers make another gruesome discovery. They tried to create a haven but now it seems as if everyone's in danger. Is the motel under attack from someone on the outside? Scary as that is, the alternative is worse by far.

Not every plan is a good one. Luna finds herself living in the San Diego Keep betrothed to the higher Alpha, Cyrus, a man she holds in low esteem in any of his forms. She has no choice. It was the only way to give Winter a chance to survive locked away in a dark place by the Persian King of Kings. Hard to believe it could get worse until a troll twice the size of Kong lands in San Diego’s financial district. Fantasy world… meet human world. #epicfantasyfail And then the whole faulty portal wards letting banished monstrosities back into the five realms thing starts to trend and that means endless work for Luna, Kirsi and a certain brother from another mother. Yeah, a total disaster. And there’s still the shotgun wedding, that total xxxxx Chazona, the whole lizard people thing, bear bats, killer trees and a wintry night in the forest of nightmares. Luna could really use a couple new powers like yesterday… and Winter, where is he? urban fantasy, witch, immortals, shapeshifters, werewolf, coming of age, paranormal, fantasy series, witches, paranormal elements, fantasy adventure, contemporary fantasy, fantasy romance, new adult fantasy, strong heroine, supernatural mystery, supernatural suspense