Artemis Greenleaf Livres

This is a boxed set that contains the first three books in the Marti Keller Mysteries series: The Hanged Man's Wife, The Magician's Children, and The Devil's Advocate. Go with Marti to solve a murder, stop Ragnarok, and suss out just what the weird creature stalking her neighborhood is. If you like your mysteries with a splash of romance and a side of supernatural, this series is for you.

The only thing Kara has ever wanted for Christmas was a pony. Every year, her list was the same - one pony (pretty please with sprinkles on top?). Every year, she got pajamas and plastic horse models, but no pony. Her hopes were high when she and her mother moved out to her grandparents' old farm. But instead of ponies, she found a spoiled fairy princess! When she reluctantly agrees to search for the fairy's missing sugar bowl, she discovers a whole society of fairies, gnomes, and woodland creatures. With magic everywhere, will Kara finally get her wish?

"I start to open my mouth to yell, and water rushes in. I snap my lips together. I may as well be swimming in ink. I can't tell which way is up. Kicking my legs and flailing my arms, I launch myself headfirst into something hard. I feel hot blood spreading under my scalp, then nothing more." Mimi Sepulveda's world revolves around partying with her supposed friends. Her comfortable life never left space for angels, demons, or gods, until one night a clandestine pool party turns deadly. Mimi's life hangs in the balance as she finds herself on a surreal out-of-body mission with a dead girl she's never met. Together, they must correct a tragic mistake which could obliterate the human race in less than a generation. After a glimpse of a terrifying future, she's willing to go to Hell and back to set things right - but will that be enough?

Being a vegetarian vampire isn't always easy. Carl's dad works night shifts in a warehouse so that he can keep his family in synthetic blood, but longs to be a real estate agent. Carl, desperate not to become a scary vampire, would do anything to help him live his dream, even if it means taking a huge risk to find a mad scientist and getting into trouble. Carl's bat friends, Dari and Foxy, follow him throughout his adventure and share interesting bat facts with readers.

If Sarah Reeves was a faery instead of a human, it would be a whole lot easier for her to get what she wants: to ride Cheval Bayard in an elite competition; to earn a spot on the Mundane Intervention Team; and for Brendan Greenwood to like her. But Regan, her archrival at the stables is doing everything she can to steal Cheval Bayard out from under Sarah. There are more students than spaces for the Mundane Intervention Team, and competition is fierce. And Brendan inexplicably likes mean-girl Dahlia. It's enough to make Sarah wonder if she should leave the realm of Faerie and return to the Mundane world, where she might feel like less of a freak. After all, she seems to be the one person who is painfully ordinary in a place where everyone and everything is magic. But when she and her friends stumble upon a terrifying conspiracy, her humanity may be the only thing that can save both worlds.

"I didn't believe in ghosts, not until I became one." Schuyler Ramsey just wants to be like the other kids in school. Too bad she's dead. She haunts a farm in windswept western Ireland, along with some of its previous inhabitants. When she partially materializes in front of her sister at breakfast, she is propelled on a quest to stop a fake TV psychic and ghost hunter from visiting the farm and stirring up trouble. Along the way, she visits a famous pirate, helps a mermaid rescue a basking shark from fishermen, and encounters Nicniven, queen of the dark elphs. But Schuyler soon finds that the Haunted Planet television show is the least of her problems. As her world unravels, can she find the strength to save her sister from a monstrous terror?

Marti Keller was married to the man of her dreams and had a satisfying career as an emergency room nurse. But a soul-shattering tragedy turns her world upside down, leaving her desperately clinging to the one precious thing left in her life. After her search for a work-at-home job leads her to rediscover her long-suppressed ability to communicate with ghosts, she encounters Spam, the restless spirit of a murder victim, who begs her to help bring his killer to justice. She agrees, but her life quickly spirals out of control. Even as she fears she is descending into madness, a mysterious stranger named Quinn steps in to catch her fall. He always seems to turn up just in the nick of time. It's almost...preternatural. In fact, the more she discovers, the more she finds that everything she thinks she knows is wrong. And that the worst monsters are usually hidden in plain sight.

"It was just a simple computer prank. How could I have known that it would almost get us all killed?" When sixteen year old Cai Peterson poses as an online troll to relieve the boredom after being grounded for drinking at a party, he tangles with a cyberstalker who's not only willing to make his virtual life miserable, but his real life as well. As Cai searches for the stalker, it seems like nearly everyone in his sleepy Texas town has something to hide. Surrounded by suspects, Cai has to navigate a shifting landscape of treachery and truth to uncover a hidden enemy before he and his family pay the ultimate price.

Space City 6 is a collection of short stories from the weird to the wonderful, all with a Houston flair. We begin with the birth of Houston in a mosquito-and alligator-people-infested swamp where a mermaid is intent on stopping human encroachment. Fast forward to the 1940's where we join a soldier and his new bride as they struggle with the challenges of separation due to World War II. We take a funny and fantastical turn with a Louisiana transplant who learns the hard way that jackalopes do exist. And they have a penchant for blood and hard liquor. And then we journey to a darker side of the city as we find out what happens when an unstable woman with a loaded gun wreaks havoc on an idyllic community. Follow us on another twist as we explore the ins and outs of discrimination - all the new professor wants is to fit in, but students and faculty shun her as readily as she shuns the light. What's a vampire to do? Finally, travel to the far future on a treasure hunt. The Houston tunnel systems are in ruin and a wealthy real estate tycoon wants to revitalize, but he soon discovers more than just real estate under the rubble. This collection is a must for Houstonians and others who love the city.

Love them or hate them, we've all had first dates. From the first blush of romance to the slamming of a door, nothing can capture - or repel - our hearts so fully. Do we swoon with desire? Hope for tenderness? Or does the first meeting shatter any chance of two souls connecting? In "First Last Forever," each story follows the passionate, sometimes accidental rendezvous between two people as they fight to overcome the one obstacle between them and happiness - the disastrous first date. Will they end with a promise, a parting, or a pledge? Read these stories to find out. First: Valentine's Date by K. C. Maguire Should we be friends? Salt to a Wound by Mandy Broughton First world dating problems Speed Freaks by Monica Shaughnessy Five minutes to find forever. Prima Facie by Artemis Greenleaf Say no to drugs and yes to romance. Last: Date from Hell by Monica Shaughnessy Karma has never been so sexy. A Soliloquy of Survival or First Dates Suck by Ellen Leventhal Stalkers can be so hot. Dance by Artemis Greenleaf Killer dates come in small packages with excellent dance moves. Forever: Cassie by Artemis Greenleaf High winds lead to high romance. In the Mood by Mandy Broughton Principal Charming experiments with thermodynamics Famine's Daughter by Artemis Greenleaf Never force a woman's hand. Auld Lang Syne by Ellen Leventhal Can we call a do-over?