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24/7 Demon Mart: Publisher's Pack features two books from the 24/7 Demon Mart series: The Graveyard Shift, book one, and Monster Burger, book two. It also includes the bonus Hell for the Holidays, a 24/7 Demon Mart Christmas special. Lloyd Wallace is the most clueless crossing guard the intersection of hell and earth has ever seen. So clueless, that he doesn't even realize the beer cave in the corner store where he works is the gateway to hell.

Crystal Culling never should have moved to Lake Hancock. Her real estate agent had warned her: the property on the end of Fox Hunt Drive was cursed, and if the Dragon of Crystal Lakes ever roused from his slumber, shed be the first to be sacrificed to his appetite.Her new neighbors, upon...

It doesn't take long for DeeDee, Lloyd, and Kevin to figure out that living with the angel of death isn't easy. Lost souls. Angry exes. Ancient curses. Will the grim reaper ever get his afterlife together? The outlook is not so good. The reaper isn't the only angel who's out of sorts. Lloyd's devilish boss Faust hasn't been the same since a tentacle monster spit him out of an alternate dimension, and his ex-girlfriend tried to start the zombie apocalypse. And Angel eight ball? He's having a hell of a time juggling a terrible new boss and saving Lloyd from eternal damnation. 

The city of Rochester is in the grip of fear, a terrifying wizard killing at random just for the fun of it. But is he? Or do the victims have something very specific in common? They each received a business card before they met their ends and Tempest Michaels soon discovers the dead are not the only ones to have been contacted. He has clients lining up, all of them convinced they could be next.

Lloyd Wallace has been through a lot these past few months. He's stopped the zombie apocalypse, fought off demonic possession by the deadly sin of sloth, and helped the grim reaper get his job back. All he wants is to retreat to his oasis—Okay, so it's not an oasis. It's his childhood bedroom, in his parents' house, but still—to rest and recharge. Easy, right? Nope. First, he finds a mysterious hamster with a terrible attitude and sharp teeth in his closet. Then his manager—a salty, foul-mouthed hard-partying cockroach—moves in with him.

In the nation’s Capital, someone is re-enacting the murders from a series of grisly horror books, and all the evidence points towards the author as the perpetrator. The big problem with that? He died a year ago. In suspicious circumstances. There were rumours of murder, but no arrests followed the original investigation. Now the victims are those who were closest to him, and it looks like the author has come back from the dead to exact his revenge.

Verity King has a problem with her husband. He’s been turned into a frog, and contrary to opinion, that’s not an improvement. A cryptic message, a severed finger in her fridge, and no signs of forced entry make it clear to Tempest why he was called, but Mr King’s worrying transformation is just the first act. Almost before he can add up the clues, a second victim confirms the theme and Tempest finds himself up against someone performing modern retellings of the Grimm Brothers’ Fairy Tales … with real live human characters.

Officer McMarin of the NYPD is in for the ride of her life when the Chief Quinns storm into her station, promote her to the rank of detective, and relocate her to Manhattan. Saddled with the dubious honor of being Chief Bailey Quinn’s primary rider is only the beginning of her woes.

The next time a friend dared her to steal something, Kelsie would say no. Should the friend also be a succubus, not only would she say no, she would run for the nearest border faster than a bat fleeing the dark depths of hell.

Jackrabbit is stuck in a time loop, living the same day over and over again, and his only hope to free himself is to recover a mystical artifact called the Nick of Time. But first, he's got to survive long enough to find it against obstacles like a demonically possessed water heater, a vicious cat in a tree, and a team of supervillains headed by the dastardly Cheddarman.

Eine Buchreihe, so unsterblich wie Vampire selbst Seit mehr als dreitausend Jahren hat Santo Notte in Armeen rund um den Globus gekämpft. Doch als er in einer ruhigen Ecke im Upstate von New York auf Petronella Stone tritt, weiß er, dass diese Frau seine Gefährtin und gleichsam sein größtes Abenteuer sein wird. Aber ihrer beider Anziehung wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt, als Santo erkennen muss, dass seine inneren Dämonen Pet in Gefahr bringen. Und um eine gemeinsame Zukunft zu haben, muss er seine Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen. Für immer.

Eigentlich ist Raffaele Notte nur in das idyllische Inselresort gekommen, um seinem Cousin zu helfen. Doch als er eine spärlich bekleidete und völlig orientierungslose Frau aus dem Meer rettet, fällt er aus allen Wolken: Das Letzte, womit Raffaele gerechnet hatte, war, Jess das Wort "Vampire" flüstern zu hören. Offenbar wurde sie Opfer abtrünniger Vampire, die von ahnungslosen Touristen naschen. Bald schon muss Raffaele feststellen, dass Jess nicht nur seine Gefährtin ist, sondern weiterhin im Fokus der Abtrünnigen steht.

Auch wenn Elspeth Argeneau bereits über 145 Vampirjahre hinter sich gebracht hat - viel gelebt hat sie noch nicht! Aber jetzt hat sie die Zügel in die eigenen Hände genommen, ist bei ihrer Mutter ausgezogen und macht Jagd auf abtrünnige Vampire. Doch Elspeth wird dabei immer wieder in seltsame Unfälle verwickelt. Da springt Wyatt - Enkel ihrer Vermieterin und Elitesoldat - selbstverständlich als Elspeths Bodyguard ein, um die Frau zu retten, die für ihn die Ewigkeit bedeuten soll.

After a harrowing escape from the depths of Thannis, Grey Cloak and Dyphestive find themselves trapped by Drysis the Dreadful and the Doom Riders. With their lives on the line, it’s escape, die, or return to slavery. With Black Frost’s armies and forces of evil dragon riders conquering the land and skies, it will take more than wit and skill to destroy the flying tyrannical terror. The quest will demand guts and sacrifice, or the world called Gapoli will fall into the clutches of a maniacal monster forever.

Timothy Hope, desperate to impress the beautiful but disdainful Lady Misericordia, stows away on Lord Daunt's expedition to the North Pole, and finds himself caught up in an adventure of high seas, deep crevasses, slavering wolves, reindeer sleigh rides and much, much more, with only his wits and inventiveness to keep him and his friends alive.

She was once a whimsical wizardess solving magical mishaps on children’s television. Now she’s navigating midlife, burnout, and the absurdities of modern life—one disastrous spell at a time.

125 Jahre sind eine ziemlich lange Zeit, um seinem Schwarm hinterherzuschmachten. Und genauso lange ist her, seit Beth Argenis das erste Mal auf Cullen "Scotty" MacDonald traf - und er stehenden Fußes Traum ihrer schlaflosen Nächte wurde, nachdem er Beth selbstlos vor einem der Abtrünnigen gerettet hatte. Mittlerweile ist Beth selbst zur Jägerin geworden und braucht ganz gewiss keinen Schutz mehr. Auch wenn Scotty nach wie vor davon überzeugt ist. Beth hingegen würde viel lieber dieses unbändige Feuer, das zwischen ihnen lodert, mit wilden Küssen löschen.