Showing results for "The Nose" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Hayley Van Helsing, a twenty something vampire hunter, has always known her destiny was to become the leader of the Van Helsing dynasty, a clan made of supernatural hunters but she has always wondered if her life was meant for a different path, wishing for a normal human mundane life. That is until she meets Darius, a tall dark mysterious man with piercing blue eyes, in a graveyard one night and unbeknown to her, he's not just your average guy.

I wasn’t sure what to expect when arriving in Salem. Forced to marry a man I’ve never met, attend a private university I’d never heard of, and the whispers of a rumored secret society filling the halls. This life would be near unbearable with my insufferable fiancé if it wasn’t for his uncle, his best friend, and his enemy. When none of them are willing to let me go, it sends us down a path I’m not sure any of us will survive. The life I was promised is distorted behind smoke and mirrors. The truth cloaked by Deceit.

My name is Rosa Capelli. I’m a vampire hunter with a side hustle in snarky comments, and my mission is simple: Protect the innocent from the predators that prowl among them. I kill monsters for a living, and I love my job. At least I did until he walked into my life—tall, dark, handsome…and very, very dead. He should be my sworn enemy. So why do I feel like he’s my soulmate, my lover, and my savior all wrapped up in one sinful package? Luca da Firenze is completely wrong for me. He’s too bossy, too powerful, too…deceased.

A blink of an eye. That was all it took for my world to end. For it to literally crumble beneath my feet. The Rift that tore through the land and opened it up to unearthly danger. After that, everything changed, and I had to change with it. Any hopes for the future I may have had, now lost and a new me forced to be reborn. Each day in this brutal new world was a fight for survival. One filled with living nightmares and all those myths and monsters I had once read about as a kid. But there was one important thing I had never learned about in school…

For my birthday, my best friends Gilly and Pippa signed us up for a weekend at the Central Midwest Spa Convention. Yay. Massages, fine dining, maid service, and best of all, as long as we attend a few workshops, the weekend is a tax write-off. It should be all sunshine and roses, right? Wrong. My former intern at Belliza Beauty aka the Job Stealer, Carmen Carraway, is a featured presenter. Yuck. Throw in an ex-boyfriend, a number one fan, a brewing scandal, and a dead body, and my relaxing birthday weekend is DOA. 

In a world where vampires have only just emerged from the shadows, an uneasy peace hangs in the balance. Rhyland, a battle-hardened vampire with a Viking past, has grown weary of the endless conflict. But when he encounters Dr. Danica Pierce, a brilliant and alluring geneticist with an enigmatic past, everything changes. Their attraction is primal, igniting a desire that consumes them both. Rhyland becomes obsessed with possessing Dani's body and soul, even as he struggles against his vow never to love again.

Since the Final War, I’ve been doing just fine. I have a lovely cave, a darling vegetable patch, forest views . . . and if loneliness sometimes squeezes my aching heart, well, my books have always kept me company. That is, until a pack of hunters chase me from my home and right into the arms of several rather large, rather brutish ex-Army Rangers. And those brutes have the nerve to make me the rudest offer I’ve ever heard. Their protection—for my body.

He’s waited a long time for me, but I’ve waited longer for the truth. Not even the king himself could keep me from the only ties left to my identity. Then I meet him, and I’m stuck between uncovering who I am and discovering who I’m meant to be.

A queen turned mercenary. A long-lost love. An ancient evil reborn. With her home kingdom destroyed and her family considered dead, Aelia Springborn makes a living, using her abilities to break minds for anyone with enough coin. Content to live a life in the shadows, her world is turned upside down when her former lover, Caiden Stormweaver, tracks her down at the edge of the world with a proposition she can't refuse: help him thwart her former husband, King Gideon, from obtaining the deadly army of the Alder King.

Three hot werewolves, sexual tension thick enough to cut with a knife, an impending Colorado winter, and a rambunctious pack of werewolf pups. Stand back and watch the fur fly. When Kenneth Marcon loses his nanny to a bite from one of his inherited kids, he knows he needs someone strong to contain five werewolf children. What he finds isn't a stalwart nanny, but a werewolf manny named Jack. Jack's got what it takes to keep the kids busy - and attract both Miles's and Kenneth's attention.

Tinker Bell and I have lived a life no one remembers, including her. I was supposed to die, take my secret and our time together to the grave. But fate had a crueler plan. Immortality. Bought for a price I’m intent on never paying. But when the horrors from our past come back to haunt her, there’s nothing I wouldn’t do to defend her honor. Unfortunately, I soon learn protecting her comes with a costly burden that rivals my first.

I've been a lone wolf in this broken, desolate world for four years. Until one fateful night with Cal exposes our secret desires, forging an unexpected bond despite our age difference. But he ran afterwards. And even when he returns, the lingering pain continues to haunt me. So I keep him at arm's length. When old friends arrive, their presence breathes new life into our home, easing the tension between Cal and I.

When Peter Pan discovers his forbidden magic, he’s faced with an ultimatum. Stay in London, or escape to a whole new world. A place where a fairy named Tinker Bell is his most loyal companion, pirates rule the seas, mermaids are friends with the fae, and lost boys live out their childish dreams.

Avery is a Golden Child with the ability to heal any illness or injury. She lives a sheltered life, dutifully healing hopefuls from around the globe. Although she dreams of freedom, she fears disrupting the status quo—that is, until her powers go on the fritz, threatening her health and her relationship with her government caretakers. In search of answers, Avery travels through The Rift to the realm of the fae, intimidatingly beautiful beings with powers humans don’t understand.

Mitchell Thacker and Captain Rengar Falger travel to a strange world seeking alien technology that will give their cause help in undermining their nemesis, the Polaris Corporation.

Conquer what may destroy you, though resilience can only get you so far. After one fateful night, Blake's destiny comes into view, and she finds that her life is not of this realm. Asgard is her true home, and she must stop Ragnarök from coming. Will she be able to conquer the darkness within or will it consume her?

Herbert George "H. G." Wells (1866 - 1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called a "father of science fiction". THE MAN WITH A NOSE: "I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire, and Dives that lived in purple, for there he is in his robes, burning, burning." "My nose has been the curse of my life."

Ten years have passed since Marcia de Souza fled through The Rift to the fae realm in search of freedom. With a new name and a place to call home, she fills her days doing odd jobs alongside a diverse band of misfits. Things are going well… until a high-risk opportunity throws a wrench in things. The job sounded simple: find the missing heiress, bring her home, and claim the substantial reward.