Annie Bellet

Supposedly, nature abhors a vacuum. I'm finding this is true in the worst way...Defeating her evil ex-boyfriend hasn't exactly been the reprieve from trouble that Jade hoped for. When Alek's mentor shows up with an injured Justice and government agents start asking questions she doesn't want to answer, Jade's problems are just beginning. Enemies new and old make their moves as a war looms on the horizon in this exciting ninth book in the Twenty-Sided Sorceress series.

This is the second volume of the USA TODAY bestselling fantasy series combining the next three books--Heartache, Thicker Than Blood, and Magic to the Bone. Separated from her friends, their fates unknown, and without her magic, Jade must stop fighting on Samir's terms or else her next battle will be her last.Level up. Or die. Jade Crow and her friends faced their worst enemy, her ex-boyfriend Samir, the most powerful sorcerer in the world, and they now lie defeated, and flung across the wilderness. Samir had trained Jade to be a sorceress, to mold her in his image, until she rejected him and escaped here to Wylde. Jade must stop fighting on Samir's terms or else her next battle will be her last. Leveled up and wiser, Jade stands a chance this time, if she follows the true calling of her power, and changes the playing field. Everything has been leading up to this...Roll for initiative This is the omnibus of the next three volumes in the USA TODAY bestselling fantasy series, Heartache; Thicker Than Blood; Magic to the Bone, collected together for the first time in print.

Boss Fight: Samir Roll for initiative... Bruised, battered, but not even close to broken, Jade and her friends must reunite, and get ready to take out her psycho ex once and for all. Leveled up and wiser, Jade stands a chance this time.As long as she takes out Samir BEFORE he turns into a god... This is book seven in USA Today bestselling The Twenty-Sided Sorceress urban fantasy series.

If you are going through hell... keep going... Wounded, defeated, and flung across the wilderness, Jade Crow and her peeps faced their worst enemy and not all have escaped... or survived.Separated from her friends, their fates unknown, and without her magic, Jade must discover her own heritage and unlock her true powers... or else her next fight with Samir will be her last.For Jade, life has come down to two choices...Level up. Or die.

"Life-changing moments are sneaky little bastards. Often we don'teven know that nothing will be the same until long after, only inhindsight can we look and say 'There That was it That changedeverything.'At least we could, if we're alive to do it." Gamer and sorceress Jade Crow's psychotic ex-boyfriend, Samir, shows up for a final showdown, and nothing in Wylde will ever be the same.Heartache is the fifth book in the bestellingTwenty-Sided Sorceress urban fantasy series.

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. Nothing more...Demon hounds. Celtic legends coming to life. Angry druids.Just what gamer and sorceress Jade Crow needs to help her days feel complete. All her hits will have to be crits to get out of this one as enemies and friends collide and the lines between the two blur.Hunting Season is the fourth book in The Twenty-Sided Sorceress urban fantasy series.

Let sleeping dogs lie. Wolves, on the other hand...Recovering from a broken heart and coming to terms with her family history, all sorceress Jade Crow wants is to resume running her comic book store and gaming with her friends. With a town full of strange wolf shifters, a hundred-and-fifty-year-old peace accord hanging in the balance, and the Justice who broke her heart back in her life, Jade's plans go out the proverbial window.Wolves are killing wolves, innocent human lives are caught in the crossfire, and not everyone in town is who they appear to be. As the bodies stack up and the doubts build, Jade and her friends race to find the true killer.And then Jade's evil ex-lover makes another move...Pack of Lies is the third book in The Twenty-Sided Sorceress urban fantasy series.

They say you can never go home again. If only that were true...Game store owner and nerd sorceress extraordinaire Jade Crow knows death stalks her in the form of her murderous ex-lover, Samir, a sorcerer who wants to eat her heart and take her power. With the help of her friends, and sexy tiger-shifter Alek, Jade trains for the inevitable confrontation.Until her estranged father shows up begging for help. Someone or something is murdering the crow shifters of Three Feathers ranch and her father believes sorcery is the only way to stop the killings.Faced with an unknown foe, a family that exiled her decades before, a deepening relationship with Alek, and Samir's ever-present threat, Jade will need all the power she's gained and then some to stop the Murder of Crows.Murder of Crows is the second book in The Twenty-Sided Sorceress urban fantasy series.

Gamer. Nerd. Sorceress. Jade Crow lives a quiet life running her comic book and game store in Wylde, Idaho. After twenty-five years fleeing from a powerful sorcerer who wants to eat her heart and take her powers, quiet suits her just fine. Surrounded by friends who are even less human than she is, Jade figures she's finally safe. As long as she doesn't use her magic. When dark powers threaten her friends' lives, a sexy shape-shifter enforcer shows up. He's the shifter world's judge, jury, and executioner rolled into one, and he thinks Jade is to blame. To clear her name, save her friends, and stop the villain, she'll have to use her wits... and her sorceress powers. Except Jade knows that as soon as she does, a far deadlier nemesis awaits.Justice Calling is the first book in The Twenty-Sided Sorceress urban fantasy series.

The mute elven archer known only as Killer. Azyrin, a half Winter-orc shaman and his human swordswoman bride, Makha. Drake, the charming, swashbuckling rogue. The fireball-slinging pixie-goblin, Rahiel, and her mini-unicorn, Bill. These are the Gryphonpike Companions. This omnibus collects the first four novellas in the Gryphonpike Chronicles Witch Hunt Arriving in Strongwater Barrow, the Companions find the town riddled with plague and death. Ending the curse and saving the survivors means going into the swamps where monsters lurk and witches wait. Sounds like exactly their kind of day. Twice Drowned Dragon On route to the town of Coldragon, the Companions find a peaceful monastery threatened by necromantic evil and get a chance to answer an important question: How many times can you kill a dragon? A Stone's Throw A magical scabbard and a hundred year old story send the companions down into the caverns beneath the Barrowlands. Surviving the caverns and finding the legendary rapier will test Killer's friendship with the roguish Drake. Far more than half-truths and forgotten stories lurk in the dark beneath their feet. Dead of Knight As the Companions travel across the Barrows to join up with the High Road again, a terrible and unnatural earthquake unleashes an ancient evil on the quiet town of Fallbarrow. An undead army gathers and hellspawn await to destroy Killer and all she now holds dear. Can the cleverness, magics, battle-fury, and determination of the Gryphonpike Companions hope to stand against the Saliidruin and the powerful Death Knight leading them?

In this large collection, author Annie Bellet demonstrates her gift for the short form, offering readers twenty short stories, novelettes, and novellas that are compelling, beautifully imagined, and entertaining. Till Human Voices Wake Us contains 20 stories ranging from hard science fiction to space opera, sword and sorcery to magical realism, some in print for the first time. Included in this collection are: Falls the Shadow on Broken Stone Till Human Voices Wake Us No Gift of Words Pele's Beekeeper Crawlies Delilah No Spaceships Go All-Purpose Luck Roping the Mother Winter's Bite Broken Moon All is Violent, All is Bright The Scent of Sunlight Light of the Earth As Seen from Tartarus Nevermind the Bollocks Delivering Yaehala Of Bone and Steel and Other Soft Materials La ltima Esperanza A Hunter's Memory of Winter On Higher Ground

In an ancient Wales that never was...Aine, a changeling woman with Fey blood and Selkie gifts struggles to fit into the human world. The twin brothers Emyr and Idrys are cursed by a scorned Fae to live as hounds, Emyr by night and Idrys by day. Chief to their people, the twins hide their curse by pretending Idrys is dead as he plays the part of his brother during the nights. Tragedy strikes and leaves Aine alone and injured, only to be rescued by Emyr and his faithful mutt. Aine discovers Emyr has his own secrets and slowly learns the truth.The power of dreams...Confessions of love between the three leave Aine in despair; her role as a wise woman means she can never marry her lovers. But when a mystical dream shows her a way to break their curse, she embarks on a journey to the realm of the Fey to confront not only the curse but her own gifts and heritage.Love will set her free... Or bind her forever... The first book in the Cyrmu That Was Duology, an exciting dark fantasy fairytale by Annie Bellet.