Freaky Crush A Mystic Caravan Mystery Book 15

Poet Parker is living a new reality now that she knows what she is. Unfortunately for her, she still doesn't know what she can do ... and she doesn't think she's going to figure it out in Little Rock, Arkansas. Since her uncle Sidney is in tow, Poet is hopeful for a quiet week. Little Rock has never been a hotbed of activity. Quiet isn't what she gets, however. What started as an irritation on the pedestrian bridge turns into a full-blown attack. It seems Little Rock has a seedy underbelly after all, and it's something Poet was never expecting. There's a craven on the loose, a woman who can control actions and emotions ... and she's set her sights on Kade. The craven has a specific type, and Kade fits it to a tee. Unfortunately for him, the craven's victims all end up dead. Poet is determined to keep her loved ones safe, but it's proving to be more difficult than she anticipated. With half her army vulnerable to the craven, Poet has to fight her own people, even as she desperately tries to protect them at the same time. Poet's new powers are necessary for the fight, but is she ready to embrace them? When the loas join the party and make things worse-because that's what they do-things spiral. It's up to Poet to fix what's been broken. That is if she can.

The Mystic Caravan Circus is a place of magic and mayhem. Unfortunately for Poet Parker these days, it's also packed full of lies. It's been more than a week since she found out an unsightly secret: Her boss Max is her boyfriend's father. Despite giving Max an ultimatum, he's yet to tell Kade Denton the truth, and that's left Parker in a sticky situation. When the circus goes to Nebraska, Poet can't dwell on her personal problems for long because a body is found in a nearby field and it's missing arms, legs and eyes. Everyone agrees there's something off about the death - other than the obvious, that is - but no one can figure out what kind of force the folks of Mystic Caravan are facing off with next. Between the emotional distress, her best friend Luke threatening to release embarrassing photographs, and a local police presence that is suspicious, Poet has her hands full. That's on top of a new clown that makes everyone suspect he's up to no good ... even as he leaves the female population salivating. The clues come together slowly, and when the end comes, the enemy is someone no one saw coming. What happens when the face of evil looks like a victim? And, more importantly, what happens when all of the lies are eradicated and Poet is stripped bare and forced to tell the truth? It's another fun-filled outing for the Mystic Caravan Circus - as long as everyone survives to see another day, that is.

Poet Parker put the past behind her. At least she thought she did.Life on the streets wasn't what she had in mind for her forever and she jumped at the chance to join Mystic Caravan Circus when an invitation was extended. She didn't look back.That was ten years ago, and now Poet is going back to the exact area she used to haunt ... and she's nervous.The friends she left behind are scattered. Some are dead. Some have moved on to other things. Some turned out to be something else entirely. Others simply disappeared into the wind.Unfortunately for Parker, forgetting isn't easy ... especially when a group of banshees start infringing on Mystic Caravan's territory and the creatures seemingly have ties to the people Poet left behind.Between the reapers also working the case - a crazy family called the Grimlocks who can't stay out of trouble - and the guilt weighing Poet down given the way she fled, she has her hands full.Someone is controlling the banshees, stealing girls from the streets and creating a merry band of monsters. It's up to Poet to find out who and protect two street girls who remind her of herself.Poet doesn't want to look back but she has no choice ... what she finds might be more evil than she ever imagined.

Winter break is upon Mystic Caravan, which is supposed to mean a full month of rest and relaxation. Upon arriving at their destination, however, Poet and company find that murder isn't far behind.Their off-season park is full of paranormals - something that normally makes Poet comfortable - but the death of a local girl points to one of their own being the culprit. Even though she's supposed to be taking it easy, Poet can't stop herself from digging ... and it leads her on a wild ride.Florida is hot, humid and bursting at the seams with supernatural friends. Unfortunately for Poet, it's also home to an ex-boyfriend who can't quite let go. Since he's a police officer ... and looking at Mystic Caravan's cadre of weirdos as potential murder suspects ... that only makes things all the more difficult.It's up to Poet to find the real culprit even as a shadowy and powerful figure stalks her. Kade's magic is growing but he's still learning, which makes for some hard battles. On top of that, he's keeping a secret with Luke, which has Poet teetering on the edge of sanity.It's supposed to be a break, not a break from reality, but Poet is ready to fight for her future. It's going to take everybody working together to figure out the truth ... and give Poet the one thing she's always wanted above all else.Peace.

The members Mystic Caravan have Georgia on their minds as they land in Savannah ... and immediately find trouble.In a city full of ghosts, Poet Parker expects a few magical things to happen, but when an evil cult sacrifices a young woman on the beach next to their camp, things take a turn nobody was expecting. Thankfully, she's not alone for this fight.Zoe Lake-Winters is considered the most powerful mage in existence. She's brash, full of herself, and ready for a brawl. When she and her husband bring their daughter to the circus, Poet is immediately intrigued. She can feel the power rippling off Zoe, and it's the sort of power that can force a reckoning.The cult has magic, but it's not enough to frighten Poet. It's what they're protecting that has everybody in a tizzy. It seems there's a door to another plane, and the enemy trying to cross over to a world they were driven from is significant.With Zoe and her mouthy daughter Sami on the prowl, Mystic Caravan is in a tumultuous state. On top of her normal worries, Poet also has to contend with her boyfriend Kade Denton, who is delighted to have another mage to learn from even as he struggles to trust his new abilities.Magic is might, and there's magic bubbling at every corner of Mystic Caravan. That's a good thing because for the final fight they're going to need every ounce of it they can muster.Worlds are about to collide, and nobody will ever be the same again.

After years in the military, James Hardy has opened his own security business. Mandy Avery, who has harbored a crush on James as long as she can remember, needs Hardy Brothers Security to find out who is threatening her.

The show must go on ... even when monsters are afoot. Poet Parker is Romani by birth and a fortune teller by choice. As a member of Mystic Caravan Circus, she's spent the past ten years using her psychic talents to tell people what their future holds by day and hunting paranormal monsters by night. You see, Mystic Caravan is more than just a circus - it's also a force of good in a world that needs help fighting evil. Poet is set in her ways - and happy with her life - until Kade Denton shows up and upends the entire operation. He's loud and proud - and Poet doesn't like anyone telling her what to do. As the new head of security, Kade thinks his only job is going to be tackling drunken revelers when they get out of hand. He's in for a rude - and bloody - awakening. When monsters strike and the truth comes out, Kade finds he has to learn on the job with Poet as his somewhat reluctant instructor. Sparks are flying - both real and figurative - and when a truly terrible beast targets the circus for extermination it's all magical hands on deck for the final showdown. Some things are born evil, but the people in Mystic Caravan were born to fight it. Prepare to be amazed.

The New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony-winning hit musical, soon to be a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire’s Wicked is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. Wicked relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and Judy Garland). In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination. Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens. But Elphaba’s Oz is no utopia. The Wizard’s secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas. Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name—one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel’s distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire’s Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch.