NOWHERE TO RUN, NOWHERE TO HIDE Dr. Alastair Stone, Occult Studies professor and powerful mage, is walking off a breakup in San Francisco when he encounters a desperate woman preparing to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. She can't stop hearing voices and seeing her stalker ex-boyfriend--a man she's certain hasn't left his home in the Midwest. She's sure she's going crazy. Stone doesn't believe it. Convinced something supernatural is behind the manifestations, he's compelled to investigate--which marks him as a target as well. Before he knows what's going on, he's drawn into a web of murder, illusion, and jealousy that threatens not only the woman's life, but his own. When he finally discovers the truth about the stalker, the only way to stop the attacks is to take the fight to its source--knowing full well that if they do that, he and the stalker's victim could be walking into a deathtrap. TURN TO STONE is a standalone novella in the Alastair Stone Chronicles urban fantasy series. Don't miss the rest of the series: Stone and a Hard Place The Forgotten The Threshold The Source Core of Stone Blood and Stone Heart of Stone Flesh and Stone The Infernal Heart The Other Side Path of Stone Necessary Sacrifices and two standalone novellas: Turn to Stone Shadows and Stone **

What are the holidays without a little Magic? For less than the price of one greeting card, treat yourself to these four tales of holiday magic, Yuletide cheer, and feline hijinks from the Alastair Stone Chronicles urban fantasy series. Oh, and a little welcome payback for that creepy elf that spies on you from the shadows. •While delivering gifts for a colleague, Stone discovers a harmless holiday tradition harboring an evil force bent on stealing and enslaving children—and the magical power of homemade tamales. •Stone and his apprentice Verity, stopping at a remote diner to escape a snowstorm on Christmas Eve, save a lost child from a lonely ghost. •Eight-year-old Alastair, sad and disappointed when his father cancels their holiday plans, joins Aubrey for dinner at the village pub and learns a little bit about the meaning of Christmas. •A portal mishap switches Stone’s brain with Raider the cat’s. Can he set things right with some magical assistance from a snarky mouse and a holiday favorite? Pull up a chair and your beverage of choice and enjoy these Yuletide tales from the world of the Amazon-bestselling series! Don't miss the rest of the series: Stone and a Hard Place The Forgotten The Threshold The Source Core of Stone Blood and Stone Heart of Stone Flesh and Stone The Infernal Heart The Other Side Path of Stone Necessary Sacrifices Game of Stone Steel and Stone Stone and Claw The Seventh Stone and two standalone novellas: Turn to Stone Shadows and Stone **

A singular obsession. A safe hiding place. A never-ending search.The king’s guard has been searching all the lands of the realm for the missing Fairendale children. But, alas, Captain Sir Greyson has returned, after many days, to report to King Willis that no children have been found. The king, quite angry at this disappointing news, orders another search, this one closer to home—right inside the dangerous Weeping Woods.While the captain rallies all the king’s men and Prince Virgil wrestles with a great longing to see his friends again, the people of the village rise from their beds, summoned to life by miraculous taps on their doors. And somewhere in the forest, another story begins to move—will it mean safety or more danger for the missing children?The King's Pursuit is the second book in the Fairendale series, a magical middle grade series that explores the world of fairy tales, dragons, wizards, and other...

BLOOD IS THICKER THAN SHADOWS... JackPointer mage Winterhawk hadn't planned to accompany the expert team he'd hired to study ley lines in Boston's Quarantine Zone. But he also hadn't planned on a shocking and unexpected secret from his past catching up with him either. When the trip inside the Zone goes catastrophically wrong, 'Hawk finds himself alone in hostile territory—but his presence hasn't gone unnoticed. His only way out is to do something a shadowrunner is never, ever supposed to do: make a deal with a dragon. Faced with three separate missions to complete and limited time to do them, 'Hawk needs allies fast. He finds them in unexpected places—including his original target, who needs a lot less rescuing than he thought. But she's also nothing like he expected—and the complications she brings with her jeopardizes their chances of escaping the Zone alive.

SINS OF THE PASTAlastair Stone has barely begun to recover from the death of a friend when he's rocked by yet another—this time someone who was closer to him than his own father. It looks like natural causes—but a grief-stricken Stone isn't convinced.As England's magical community comes together to mourn the shocking loss, Verity meets a group of powerful female practitioners who offer to teach her potent new magical skills—a group whose leader seems strangely familiar. And meanwhile, Stone's shocks have only begun as new revelations come to light—revelations that point at horrific acts from his past, cast chilling new suspicions upon the accident that killed his father, and prove that everything he thought he knew about his dead mother was wrong.As Stone uncovers more terrifying secrets from the earliest years of his life, the darkness in his past at last catches up with him. To save those he loves and prevent some old enemies from committing a monstrous act, he'll have no choice...

When a friend asks Alastair Stone to question a disturbed child who's committed a horrific act, Stone has no idea what kind of rabbit hole he's starting down. His investigations uncover more instances of appalling crimes, all committed by people with no history of violence. And other people have turned up missing...It's not long before Stone crosses paths with Jason Thayer, a young man searching for his runaway sister who might be a victim of the same bizarre affliction. Together, Stone and Jason are embroiled in a network of odd homeless people, strange symbols, a growing conspiracy, and deadly danger. Even if they find Jason's sister in time, there's no way to know if they can help her—and it's soon clear that the problem is a lot worse than they originally suspected.What do you do when you discover an extradimensional plot that threatens the safety of the entire world, but you can't tell anyone about it because literally anyone on Earth could be part of it?

SAFE AS HOUSES It’s hard enough for Alastair Stone to keep his two lives—powerful mage and mundane Occult Studies professor—separate without an old friend asking him to take on a new apprentice. Especially after a university colleague wants him to investigate a massive old house for things that go bump in the night. Still, Stone figures it’s an easy job: just turn up, put on a little show, and announce that the house is clean. Only it isn’t. A malevolent spirit is reawakening in the basement, imprisoned between dimensions and intent on escape. If it succeeds, countless people will die. Worse, a trio of dark mages want to help it break free so they can control it for their own sinister purposes. They’ll do whatever it takes—including seducing Stone’s young apprentice and using him against his master—to get what they’re after. With time running out, Stone has to stay alive long enough to uncover the spirit’s secrets. But even if he does, he fears that his own power won’t be enough to send it back. Book 1 of the Alastair Stone Chronicles**