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  Every Hour until Then (Timeless...

  Gabrielle Meyer

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  Two lifetimes. One destiny. She must risk it all to put a stop to Jack the Ripper. 
   
  Gifted with the ability to time-cross between Victorian-era London and World War II Washington, DC, Kathryn faces two lives fraught with danger. In 1938 amid the looming shadow of war, Kathryn is invited to the London Museum as a guest curator to create a groundbreaking exhibit on Jack the Ripper and his reign of terror. As she delves into her grim research, she uncovers a chilling truth: Her own sister is destined to become the Ripper's final victim decades earlier.   
   
  In 1888, in a race against fate, Kathryn is assisted by her handsome childhood friend in hunting down history's most elusive killer. As they unravel the threads of mystery woven through time, Kathryn must decide if she'll unmask the murderer history has chosen to hide, forfeiting a life with the man she loves to save her sister.  
   
  "A fresh and innovative twist on time travel. Each book of the Timeless series features clever heroines, emotionally charged love stories, and unpredictable twists that will keep readers engrossed until the last page."--ELIZABETH CAMDEN, RITA award-winning author  
   
  "Meyer's expertly written blend of historical and time-travel fiction . . . features compelling dual timelines and passionate narrators navigating complex challenges."--Booklist starred review of For a Lifetime 
   
  Fans of Outlander and Downton Abbey will be captivated by this clean historical romance of time travel, a murder mystery, and the friends-to-lovers trope set during the Victorian-era and World War II.

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  The Vengeful Dead

  Darcy Coates

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  How far will she go to save the damned? 
  Keira is caught in a deadly battle. Her ability to help ghosts move on from the mortal world has made her a threat to Artec, a powerful corporation intent on trapping the tortured dead for profit. They've been tracking her for years and now, finally, there's nowhere left for her to run. 
  Artec fears Keira and everything she's capable of. They will stop at nothing to eliminate her-including sending armed men after everyone she holds dear. 
  Desperate and quickly running out of time, Keira races to hone her abilities as she searches for a way to destroy the twisted organization for good. But at least now she's no longer alone. Her friends have offered to follow wherever she leads, even if that means a direct strike deep into the heart of Artec's central base...and to the certain death waiting for them there.

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  The Fearsome Touch of Death -...

  Robert E. Howard

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  A man volunteers to keep vigil beside a corpse in an isolated house, dismissing superstition as foolishness and fear as weakness. As the hours drag past midnight, the silence thickens, the darkness presses close, and each small sound begins to carry a weight far heavier than it should. 
  What begins as mild discomfort sharpens into something far more dangerous. The mind, left alone in a room with the dead, has a way of filling the void. A sheet shifts. A lamp goes out. A memory of cold flesh lingers on the skin. Falred prides himself on his rationality, yet reason becomes fragile when sight fails and imagination takes control. The question is no longer whether the corpse will rise. The question is whether a living man can survive the night with his sanity intact. 
  “The Fearsome Touch of Death” is a tightly constructed tale of mounting dread. Robert E. Howard strips the setting to its essentials: one room, one corpse, one man who insists he is not afraid. The story advances with relentless clarity, each moment tightening the pressure until a single, irrevocable action brings the night to its conclusion. 
  Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) is best known as the creator of Conan the Barbarian and a central figure in the pages of Weird Tales. Beyond his sword-and-sorcery epics, Howard produced a wide range of short fiction that explored horror, the uncanny, and the fragile edge of the human mind. His work appeared regularly in Weird Tales throughout the early 1930s, alongside H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith. In stories like this one, Howard demonstrates that terror does not require ancient tombs or exotic realms—only a quiet room, a restless imagination, and the courage to face what may not be there at all.

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  Rogue Community College - A...

  David R. Slayton

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  From the author of White Trash Warlock and Dark Moon, Shallow Sea, Rogue Community College is a delightful fantasy full of magic and mayhem … 
  Isaac Frost is an assassin. Raised in the Graveyard of the cruel and mysterious Undertaker, he has mastered the deadly art of the knife and the skill of survival, together with scores of others just like him—young men taken from their families to become the most infamous killers throughout the realms of elves and humans. But Isaac is unique: a single drop of another’s blood can confer upon him the knowledge and power of friend and foe alike. 
  After crossing paths with the elf queen Argent, Isaac is sent to a strange magical school for wayward practitioners in the hopes that he can learn where he—and his unusual talent—fit in the world. Isaac is charmed by the school’s chaotic nature and finds himself unexpectedly drawn to Vran, a Sea Elf haunted by secret knowledge. 
  But Vran isn’t the only one with secrets, and Isaac’s arrival is no accident. The Undertaker has charged him with infiltrating the school for the purpose of destroying it utterly, and his future rests on completing his mission—before the Undertaker takes matters into his own hands. 
  A new novel set in the world of the Adam Binder series!

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  The Billionaire's Crush - Luck...

  Bree Livingston

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  He purchased the resort town with big plans to renovate. She’s sticking close so he doesn’t ruin it. 
  After purchasing Luck Lake, South Dakota, Pierce Westwood returns to his frequent childhood vacation spot with the plan of fixing it up—until he runs into Bethany Holland, the girl he crushed on as a kid. Only, she has no idea who he is which isn’t surprising since he wasn’t exactly Mr. Popular. 
  Bethany Holland expects a typical rich guy when she meets the billionaire who now own her hometown. Instead, she finds a down-to-earth guy with a killer smile. When he lets it slip that he vacationed in Luck Lake a kid, she’s shocked to find she can’t remember him. 
  When he asks her out on a date, she agrees… with one stipulation: he has to give her a week to figure out who he is. Will this wager lead to disappointment or will luck be on their side? 
  Take one hour, add a short story, and you’ve got the makings of a fun escape that ends in a satisfying happily ever after. Grab this short read now!

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  The Malaspiga Exit

  Evelyn Anthony

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  Katherine Dexter’s brother is dead. It was heroin that killed him, but Katherine can’t help but blame his death on the organized crime so rife in Italy. The drug trade may not make much money for the small-time pushers, the petty crooks, and the addicts. But for the men at the top—men like the Malaspigas, who run their yachts and their big houses on the profits of other people’s misery—drugs are big money.   The Bureau of Narcotics are determined to nail these men once and for all. It’ll be a dangerous enterprise, full of deceit. And they want Katherine Malaspiga Dexter to help them. . . .

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