Showing results for "Frost" in Anthologies & Short Stories

In Whitby, the frost gets into everything. The cobbles. The bones. The truth. For thirty-three years, Barnaby Scaife has lived on the edge of Whitby — homeless, voiceless and shunned — because an entire town decided he was guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Lilly Ackroyd, after she vanished without a trace.

When Elizabeth flees to London, a surprising letter from Mr. Darcy sets off a heartfelt correspondence neither expected. Misunderstandings give way to growing affection, but secrets threaten their fragile connection. A sweet, early HEA story where love blossoms through letters and trust is the key to everything.

Five full-cast BBC Radio thrillers from renowned crime writer R.D. Wingfield Author and dramatist R.D. Wingfield was best known for creating one of Britain's most beloved fictional policemen, Inspector Jack Frost, who featured in 10 bestselling books and a hit ITV series starring David Jason...

Levi Walker died by Truck-Kun and found himself reincarnated on the magical world of Taryl. With a new body comes a whole new curriculum as he's expected to enroll in the Otherworld Academy, a prestigious institute that trains magi to hone their magical prowess. If that's not enough, Levi's been sorted into the smallest house in the school, told he's a Demon Lord, and his dominant magic is beast taming. But Levi's never been one to focus on the negative. With beautiful classmates, entrancing faculty, and a very sassy squirrel at his side, he's ready to make Taryl his new home.

A classic tale featuring two of the most-memorable characters in sword and sorcery, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.

Over a span of 50 years, the late Fritz Leiber wrote dozens of adventures, set in the fictional city of Lankhmar, featuring the seven-foot-tall barbarian and the diminuitive thief. The stories were recognized with both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.

Maxine was made to do one thing: die. Except the minor non-player character in the world Riley is building makes her own impossible decision - veering wildly off course and exploring the boundaries of the map. When the curious Riley extracts her code for closer examination, an emotional relationship develops between them. Soon Riley has all new plans for her spontaneous AI, including bringing Max into the real world. But what if Max has real-world plans of her own?

Ein rachsüchtiger König. Eine verlorene Prinzessin. Und ein tödlicher Plan. Seit zwölf Jahren verfolgt Tavish, der König der Unseelischen, nur ein Ziel: Rache für den Mord an seinen Eltern und die Rückeroberung seines Reiches von den Seelie. Nur ein Hindernis stand ihm im Weg – die...

United by destiny and bound by love, Pen, Flint, Marc, and Sharpe summon unwavering courage to work together and safeguard Clearhelm from encroaching shadows, facing danger, love, and sacrifices beyond imagination.

The body of a woman found in front of Nordby City Hall has a message for Emma Frost carved into the skin. Behind this ruthless murder stands a ghostly figure that likes to play childish games. Soon, this killer brings a reign of terror to the small Danish island—and especially to the life of Emma Frost. While Emma's personal life is in a mess, she also has to hunt down a cruel predator who seems to be targeting people with serious mental illnesses. It's spring break in Cocoa Beach, and evil is lurking everywhere.

Two engulfing tales from the Amazon All-Star best-selling author Willow Rose: There's No Place like Home and Slenderman.

A"POPULAR" fête with a philanthropic object had been arranged on the Feast of Epiphany in the provincial town of N——. They had selected a broad part of the river between the market and the bishop's palace, fenced it round with a rope, with fir-trees and with flags, and provided everything necessary for skating, sledging, and tobogganing. The festivity was organized on the grandest scale possible. The notices that were distributed were of huge size and promised a number of delights: skating, a military band, a lottery with no blank tickets, an electric sun, and so on.

Dans ce second volet, Nina, gendarme spécialisée dans l'auscultation des anomalies acoustiques, ne fait plus face à de simples incidents isolés. Elle découvre une réalité plus sombre : le territoire français est parcouru par un réseau invisible de "fractures" temporelles et vibratoires...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. “Gods of the North” (also known as “The Frost Giant’s Daughter”) is one of Robert E. Howard’s earliest Conan stories. Set in the icy lands of Nordheim in the far north, it follows Conan, a young warrior from Cimmeria, as he becomes the sole...

Welcome to Tales of the EdgeWorlds—an off-the-walls sci-fi fantasy action comedy series with no rules or limits! This wild, 4-story package takes you on an adventure through the disorderly and broken edge of a multiverse that's like nothing you've seen before and delivering unforgettable laughs and thrills along the way! You'll meet mutants, space vampires, interplanetary mafias running giant casinos, and cyborg space pirates. Anything and everything goes in the EdgeWorlds. Get ready for a wild ride!

As Merry Claus embarks on a heartwarming journey back to her childhood home this holiday season, her life takes an enchanting turn when she crosses paths with the son of Jack Frost. In a world where both families guard countless mysteries, the question arises: can the bonds of love prevail? Amidst the backdrop of holiday magic and Yuletide wonder, a heartwarming tale unfolds. Join Merry as she navigates a landscape filled with secrets and unexpected connections, where the frosty touch of destiny and the warmth of love collide.

For as long as Holly could remember, storytelling was her escape from a tumultuous home life. But when her Creative Writing Professor criticizes her year-end paper as "stale" and suggests she "write from experience," she's left feeling defeated. After all, her only experiences involve keeping her alcoholic parents from fighting and dealing with a cheating ex.

Jack London was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild, White Fang, The Sea Wolf and many other wonderful stories. The Children of the Frost is unique among his works in that it features the tragedies, travails and triumphs of the native Indians of the frozen Northland.

Things are going well for Emma Frost, for once. She has a sweet boyfriend and has just finished a new book. Her daughter Maya is doing well in high school and even her special-needs son Victor is thriving and playing with his new best friend, the strange girl who fell from the sky. But soon, a murder shocks the island of Fanoe when a woman is found dead in her bed with no apparent signs of having been killed. But as they find out she died by drowning, and more deaths like it begin to occur around the peaceful island, Emma finds herself following signs that lead to her own front door.

Two breathtaking tales from the Amazon all-star, best-selling author Willow Rose: Where the Wild Roses Grew and Waltzing Mathilda.

Was macht eine moderne Hexe, die Verletzungen und Krankheiten heilen kann? Sie studiert Medizin und rettet als Ärztin in einer renommierten Bostoner Klinik Menschenleben. Als sie Teil eines diagnostischen Teams wird, spitzt sich die Lage zu. Anastasia deckt die schmutzigen Machenschaften einer Organhandel-Mafia auf, in die auch ihr charismatischer Vorgesetzter, Dr. Sutton Riggs, verwickelt zu sein scheint.