Nils wants nothing to do with his family or their magic. He hopes for nothing more than to live a normal life. Kasey offers him that life, but more importantly, she offers him love. When Nils' father warns him against marriage, Nils refuses to listen. He vows to fight his destiny and win. But at what cost?Part of Warlocks, an Uncollected Anthology.

Oathbreaker: part of Warlocks - Uncollected Anthology, #14

Cats find themselves in all sorts of situations, sometimes comic, sometimes scary, sometimes just plain headshaking. In fact, for some reason, cats tend to draw crazy situations to themselves like the old cliché, moths to a flame. But nothing attracts cats like a good mystery, particularly of the cozy kind. Cats love crime; they love to solve crimes, to observe humans trying to solve crimes, and occasionally even to commit crimes, because, you know-cats. The felines in this volume do all of the above and more. Grab a comfy chair and a purring feline, and dig in. Includes:"Lin Jee" by Mary A. Turzillo"The Maltese Double Cross" by Carole Nelson Douglas"Scrawny Pete" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch"The White Cat" by W. W. Jacobs"Uncle Philbert" by Dory Crowe"Cat Nap" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch"Mystery Cat" by Dean Wesley Smith"The Christmas Kitten" by Ed Gorman

The Year of the Cat: A Cat of Cozy Situations - The Year of the Cat, #5

Shelton believes flowers save people, so Ruth-Anne Grant's demands that he remove her name from his floral delivery list appall him. Because it turns out the roses he spent his morning crafting came from her stalker. Shelton, embarrassed and frightened for her, gives her the stalker's name, thinking his involvement will end there. Only it doesn't. The police show up at his flower shop two days later, and they don't care about a stalker. They want to catch a murderer. And they need Shelton's help."Kristine Kathryn Rusch's crime stories are exceptional, both in plot and in style."-Mystery Scene Magazine

Thorns

The Moon, shaken by the Anniversary Day tragedies, deals with devastation. The Earth Alliance believes another attack imminent, but no one knows where or when it will strike. Just like no one knows who ordered the attacks in the first place. The Moon's chief security office, Noelle DeRicci, does her best to hold the United Domes government together. But Retrieval Artist Miles Flint, dissatisfied with the investigation into the Anniversary Day events, begins an investigation of his own. He builds a coalition of shady operatives, off-the-books detectives, and his own daughter, Talia, in a race against time. A race, he quickly learns, that implicates organizations he trusts-and people he loves. Rusch offers up a well-told mystery with interesting characters and a complex, riveting storyline that includes a healthy dose of suspense, all building toward an ending that may not be what it appears.-RT Book ReviewsThe latest Retrieval Artist science fiction thriller is an engaging investigative whodunit starring popular Miles Flint on a comeback mission. The suspenseful storyline is fast-paced and filled with twists as the hero comes out of retirement to confront his worst nightmare.-GeneGoRoundReviews.comWe have to admit that we're a newcomer to the series, but may have to dig in to the earlier books. Blowback does stand on its own as a great read!-Astroguyz.com

Blowback: A Retrieval Artist Novel - Retrieval Artist, #11

Cat's love for John inspires the bestselling romances she writes. Her heroes and heroines experience what she cannot: John's touch. John, too, longs for Cat's touch. Instead, he protects her. But protecting the living comes with risks. If he goes too far, he could lose her forever. When Cat's romance novels bring an uninvited guest to her door on Christmas Eve, the choices she and John make could finally allow them to consummate their relationship-or end their time together forever.

Inspiration

When veteran New York Times reporter Frank Butler vacations at his grandmother's old house in Bonner Bay, Oregon, he ignores the town's strange goings-on. The locals usually appreciate his discretion. Except this year. This year, everyone has an opinion about the new strangers in town, and no one agrees. Not even Frank, who might have to give up some journalistic integrity to save his favorite place on Earth. Like early Ray Bradbury, Rusch has the ability to switch on a universal dark.-the Times of London

Fit to Print - Seavy Village

Whenever things get rough, Roxanne escapes to other worlds. She possesses a talent that skips generations, a talent that no one else believes exists. Except her granddaughter Marissa, who exhibits the same talent. Marissa, who can open windows to other worlds with the movement of a finger. Roxanne wants to train Marissa to live with her talent, but the rest of the family wants to stop her. They fear Marissa will end up like Roxanne: difficult, unreachable, distant. Worse, they fear Marissa will not survive Roxanne's training-or her love."Kristine Kathryn Rusch may be one of the most sure-footed authors in science fiction, never straying from the path of good story-telling as she dissects her characters and their situations for the reader's benefit."-Science Fiction Weekly

Worlds Enough...and Time

Triwell doesn't adopt strays. He feels like a stray himself, a man who has lost everything even though he has a house and an antiquarian bookstore in Seavy Village on the Oregon Coast. But the cat adopted him. And she proves a mystery. A mystery who lives with him. A mystery he will solve one summer in a surprising-and deadly-way."Rusch is a great storyteller."-RT Book Reviews

Cat Nap

The Fourth Volume in the Acclaimed Series!For more than four decades, New York Times and USA Today bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith wrote professional science fiction short stories that won awards and sold millions of copies. Now, for the first time, they collect together 120 of their science fiction short stories into a six-volume set called Colliding Worlds. Sixty stories total from each author, with ten stories from Rusch and ten from Smith in every volume. Volume 4 explores the rich meanings of the term "goofy." Rusch offers up a guidebook for space travel with "Amelia Pillar's Etiquette for the Space Traveler" and a very determined little girl in "Advisors at Naptime, " while Smith takes readers aboard the Titanic with Sherlock Holmes and contributes his Nebula Award-nominated tale of a vampire saying goodbye to a mortal lover with "In the Shade of the Slowboat Man." A do-not-miss volume!

Colliding Worlds Vol. 4: A Science Fiction Short Story Series - Colliding Worlds, #4

Thrilling, powerful, and intricately written, New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch's The Rival furthers the pulse-pounding saga of the quest for power fought over generations. Twenty years after they first tried to conquer Blue Isle, the Fey return to seize the strategic island, led now by the all-powerful Black King Rugad. But the epic battle between patriarchs over control of their joint heir threatens to annihilate both bloodlines. In a thrilling battle for the rule of two nations, Kristine Kathryn Rusch's brilliant storytelling pits family against family in a gripping saga borne of love and power. From its sweeping opening to a shocking attack, this no-holds-barred saga furthers Rusch's mastery as the greatest storyteller of our time."A very good, very large fantasy...nicely done and with a particularly satisfying and unexpected resolution."-Science Fiction Chronicle on The Sacrifice"Rusch's greatest strength.is her ability to close down a story and leave the reader feeling that the author could not possibly have wrung any more satisfaction out of the piece."-The Kansas City Star"Kristine Kathryn Rusch integrates the fantastic elements so rigorously into her story that it is often hard to remember she is not merely recording the here and now."-Science Fiction Weekly"Whether [Rusch] writes high fantasy, horror, sf, or contemporary fantasy, I've always been fascinated by her ability to tell a story with that enviable gift of invisible prose.  She's one of those very few writers whose style takes me right into the story-the words and pages disappear as the characters and their story swallows me whole.. Rusch has style."-Charles de Lint

The Rival: Book Three of The Fey - The Fey, #3

The kids at school call Wilhelmina "Cry-Baby Witch." Kinda true. At least about the witch part. But they don't know that, and Willi still struggles to control her magic. So, when she gets caught using her magic to help one of the animals in Mrs. Anderson's room, Willi fears the worst. Because creepy Craig Maddson now knows Willi's secret. She knows he plans to tell on her. But she has no idea how to stop him. "Rusch's short fiction is golden."-Kansas City Star

Chameleon

Grief often transports us to the past. But for one woman, the transportation becomes more literal. She lives more in the past than the present, her beloved grandmother often tells her. Until one final moment of grief changes her forever. A powerful tale about the impact of love and family."Rusch's short fiction is golden."-The Kansas City Star

Perennials

Rachel knows the law better than most judges, and the clients she defends pay her accordingly. Especially boneheaded clients, whom she charges a stupidity fee. But as New Year's Eve approaches, someone from her past needs her help. A sexy someone. Someone she doesn't want to represent. Someone who might just cause more trouble that Rachel imagines."Kristine Kathryn Rusch's crime stories are exceptional, both in plot and in style."-Mystery Scene Magazine

Other People's Stupidity

When tragedy took everything from Violet, she left home and never looked back. Until now. Her mother's funeral. Violet hopes she can settle her mother's affairs and quietly return to the life she built after that day. Until she sees him. Skeeter Johnson. The boy who shot her in the face. In a moment, her past returns to haunt her. A past she thought she left behind. A past, she comes to discover, full of her mother's secrets. "Kristine Kathryn Rusch's crime stories are exceptional, both in plot and in style."-Ed Gorman, Mystery Scene Magazine

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