Jonathan Waters

Terry Brandt plays role-playing games, passing his time in the pursuit of imaginary contests with monsters and magic. Aging and depressed, he works a dead-end job, lives with his father, and enjoys a romantic life that could best be described as empty. And for some reason, people are starting to die around Terry, killed in bizarre ways by seemingly otherworldly assailants that cannot be traced by the baffled police department. Whomever Terry holds...

The two luminescent eyes watched the long, deserted roadway from low on the gusty promontory. Moist and dark, like large oily pearls, the eyes shifted and widened almost imperceptibly at every movement a hundred feet below. They roamed among the dim lights and deep shadows, the tall waves of the sea beyond, the dark beach, the large sea animals that broke the surface in the distance, the night birds that soared and hovered above the rocks, the flat...

Power corrupts. Can Thomas resist the lure? Thomas may be the first magical cougar to go freelance, but he still has a lot to learn about selecting clients. Guilty over the injuries suffered by his friend and client O'Meara, Thomas resolves to collect enough magical essence to get her healed. Teaming up with an under-appreciated cabal of technomagi, Thomas finds himself battling encroaching mages, vicious spirits, and the forces of the multiverse...

Help isn't coming. When Carise wakes up on an alien planet, running is her only chance at escape, even if being caught means death. She'd rather die than face whatever her captors plan to do to her. Guerran is no safe place for healing, and every moment is fear. Until Jaek, a gentle giant of an alien, makes himself her protector. But when their fragile bond is tested, Carise knows she must find strength within herself to become brave enough to...

Excuses: Everyone uses them to cover for their failures, insecurities, and laziness. But, there's a problem: excuses are just that. Excuses. They are no physical manifestation, but just a figment of our imagination. But if you're going to be living in an imaginary world, why not make your excuses something that's actually productive? Author Nijel James argues that excuses stop people from making progress on their own terms and that by utilizing a...

An orphaned pioneer girl, an outlaw with a conscience, and a former Civil War captain influenced by the poetry of Walt Whitman...These three young castaways help each other erase wounds of the past and search for what they desperately need. This historical novel with romantic elements belongs next to books by Anita Stansfield, Julianne Donaldson, and Susan Wiggs.

Can a trip of a lifetime save a troubled marriage? When Edward and Kara embark on a tour around the world, they inadvertently shatter the boundaries of time -- and encounter mysterious men with a connection to Kara's soul. After getting blacklisted from the rich world of venture capital, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Vaughan will do anything to avoid telling Kara what happened. Even if it means agreeing to her dream of bicycling around the world. Kara,...

The betrothal is bad. Prince Saber regrets agreeing to an arranged marriage the moment he says yes. His bride is a dull aristocratic lady who he'll be bound to for the rest of his life. No fated mate. No adventure. No love. So when he's given an off planet mission he accepts it in a heartbeat. He can't escape the betrothal, but he can delay it. The ship crash? That's a disaster. Lady Mirage needs to talk to her betrothed. Alone. What better place...

He's supposed to be a prince, not a prisoner... Things are as bad as they can get for Ranger when he's thrown in a cell and told he's about to be sold for a profit. But his captors don't know he's a dragon, and he's ready to rain fire on them all in payback. Until he meets Sidney. She's stronger than she looks... When Sidney discovers Ranger on the ship, it throws her world into upheaval. She's no slaver. She'll do what it takes to free him, even...

I'm drowning in myself, ripping apart. Torn from my life, I'm in a world I don't understand. There are no masters, no kneeling, and no loving punishments to keep me grounded. Despite the smiles and care Jiao provides, I'm not his priority. I believe his concern is genuine, but his interest is professional. Casting my world into history is his aim, and for that I can't trust him. The voices are getting louder; I'm losing time. I need to hold on,...