Kirjahaku

She traded her halo for a hospital badge. When a deadly virus spreads through Toronto, she'll need more than medical training to stop the apocalypse. Sarah Malak excels at saving lives in the ER, but she used to save souls as an angel. A fallen angel, exiled from Heaven and stripped of most of her powers, she's found purpose helping humans as a doctor. But when patients start dying from a mysterious new disease, Sarah discovers this is no ordinary virus - it's been engineered to be more deadly and contagious than anything she's seen before. With the help of her exiled angel sisters, Sarah uncovers a terrifying truth: The virus is just the beginning. The Four Horsemen are gathering their forces, and this pandemic is only part of their plan. If Sarah and her sisters can't stop them, half of humanity will perish. To defeat the Horsemen, Sarah must restore her angelic powers by discovering which deadly sin caused her fall from grace. But with a pandemic spreading, time running out, and Famine growing stronger, even an angel's power might not be enough to prevent the end of the world.

The unspoiled, wooded landscape of the Arkansas Ozarks is steeped in traditions, where legend and myth are a huge part of history. During the Civil War, when Maranda Simmons boldly retrieved her stolen horses from a Union camp, soldiers believed she was a haint. When a cast-iron stove fell on Grace Sollis's baby, she gained superhuman strength, picked up the stove to free the baby and then ran circles around the log cabin until she came to her senses. After patiently waiting years for her promised dream house, Elise Quigley and her five children tore down their three-room shack and moved into the chicken house after Mr. Quigley left for work. Join author Cynthia Carroll, a descendant of six generations of Ozark natives, as she details the legends and lore of the Arkansas Ozarks.

She traded in her wings for a badge. When Conquest, one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse arrives, he'll have to get through her first.Rachel can out-fight and out-swear the saltiest of sailors, but she used to hang out on a cloud, watching over people. When she's exiled from Heaven and stripped of her powers, she has no trouble fitting in at the Toronto Police Department. Beneath her tough exterior, however, she cares about the humans she protects, and when she saves a prostitute from a violent fate, she's determined to protect future victims.After uncovering plans for an all-out gang war on the streets of Toronto, Rachel finds backup in three more angels that fell from Heaven's favor. As they dive deeper, Rachel reaches a shocking revelation: The gang war is just the first phase of an apocalypse. If she's right, that means the other three horsemen won't be far behind.To restore their heavenly powers, Rachel and her angel companions must discover the truth behind their exile. Only then can they defeat the horsemen and save all of humanity.

Orphan Alexandra is about to be homeless, jobless, and magicless. Maybe signing up to hunt monsters wasn't a good idea.About to be kicked onto the streets, Alex has nowhere to turn until she learns what really lurks in the dark, and the magical powers that might be locked inside of her.Nearly eighteen and about to leave her hated foster home, Alex Kavanagh's plans go awry when a demon blows into her barista shift, leaving wreckage behind. Blamed for the destruction and fired, Alex doesn't know what to do or where to go, until a mysterious stranger appears and tells her she's fated to be a demon-hunting witch.Desperate for any security, Alex agrees to attend an academy for demon hunters. There's just one problem, she doesn't have a magical bone in her body. Working hard doesn't stop her endless mistakes, or the torment from the school bullies.Alex fears the failures will lead to her losing the only secure place she's found, and she'll soon be thrown out, to the demons waiting to hunt her down.Join her as she discovers powers she didn't know she had, makes friends she didn't know she needed, and learns more about her parents who were taken from her at an early age.

Orphan Alexandra is about to be homeless, jobless, and magicless. Maybe signing up to hunt monsters wasn't a good idea.About to be kicked onto the streets, Alex has nowhere to turn until she learns what really lurks in the dark, and the magical powers that might be locked inside of her.Nearly eighteen and about to leave her hated foster home, Alex Kavanagh's plans go awry when a demon blows into her barista shift, leaving wreckage behind. Blamed for the destruction and fired, Alex doesn't know what to do or where to go, until a mysterious stranger appears and tells her she's fated to be a demon-hunting witch.Desperate for any security, Alex agrees to attend an academy for demon hunters. There's just one problem, she doesn't have a magical bone in her body. Working hard doesn't stop her endless mistakes, or the torment from the school bullies.Alex fears the failures will lead to her losing the only secure place she's found, and she'll soon be thrown out, to the demons waiting to hunt her down.Join her as she discovers powers she didn't know she had, makes friends she didn't know she needed, and learns more about her parents who were taken from her at an early age.