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When Clair discovers a book of spells, she quickly learns that she can’t solve her problems with magic. Teased by her older brother, bullied by the popular girls at school, and plagued by a blistering pimple that has surfaced on the tip of her nose, twelve-year-old Claire Murphy wishes she could shrivel up and die or spontaneously combust. But when a mysterious book appears at her feet in the checkout aisle of a grocery store, Claire is confident all her troubles are over.

Set in the final days of the first millennium, Mad Boy Chronicle hauls the Hamlet story howling back to its origins. Join the Mad Boy as he sets out in fierce pursuit of his destiny, in a world where wolves, elves, spirits, and Jesus Christ all compete for the future of humanity.

Dead Ever After marked the end of the Sookie Stackhouse novels--a series that garnered millions of fans and spawned the hit HBO television show True Blood. It also stoked a hunger that will never die...a hunger to know what happened next. With characters arranged alphabetically-from the Ancient Pythoness to Bethany Zanelli--bestselling author Charlaine Harris takes fans into the future of their favorite residents of Bon Temps and environs.

With her knack for being in trouble's way, Sookie witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte's the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is now known to be two-natured, suspicion falls immediately on the anti-shifters in the area. Sookie suspects otherwise, but her attention is divided when she realizes that her lover Eric Northman and his "child" Pam are plotting to kill the vampire who is now their master. Gradually, Sookie is drawn in to the blot--which is much more complicated than she knows.

Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera knew by accepting the love of John Hayden, she'd be forced to live forever in the Underworld. But now her happiness and safety are threatened because the Furies have discovered that John has broken one of their strictest rules, and the only way to fix the balance is for someone to die.

After learning the devastating reason why vampire hunk Eric Northman has been cooling on their relationship, clairvoyant waitress Sookie Stackhouse becomes embroiled in a shocking murder that sends all of Bon Temps reeling.

Kay's animal desires take physical form during each new moon, when her wolfish nature is unleashed. But that isn't Kay's only secret. In her basement, she keeps the vampire Gideon, helpless to free himself from the silver chains binding him. With every passing day, Kay senses the power within him and wonders if giving herself to the blood drinker might fulfill both their destinies.

Photographing ghost towns across the American West, Kadie Andrews takes a wrong turn and ends up in Morgan Creek--a spot that isn't on the map. It's a quaint little place, but there's something off about its complacent residents. And when twilight falls, it takes on a truly sinister air. Unable to run, or to find any way out, Kadie finds herself a prisoner, hunted for her blood. Still more disturbing, her spirit and beauty have captured the attention of master vampire Rylan Saintcrow. When he looks into her eyes, she can see his hunger.

Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor must deal with the consequences of her trip to Hell with her sister Laura, as well as Sinclair's new ability to tolerate sunlight and Jessica's pregnancy.

Davidson's trio of novellas feature Undead Queen Betsy Taylor, round-the-clock superhero Karen Kilher and leader of the Pack Lara Wyndham. Matters of the heart take center stage as each of these mystical women struggle to find the answer to the ultimate question: How far do you go for love?