Head Over Tentacles

Private investigator Sloane Beaumont should be enjoying his recent engagement to eldritch god Azaethoth the Lesser, AKA Loch. Unfortunately, he doesn't have time for a pre-honeymoon period. The trouble starts with a deceptively simple missing persons case. That leads to the discovery of mass kidnappings, nefarious secret experiments, and the revelation that another ancient god is trying to bring about the end of the world by twisting humans into an evil army. Just another day at the office. Sloane does his best to juggle wedding planning, stopping his fiancé from turning the mailman inside out, and meeting his future godly in-laws while working the case, but they're also being hunted by a strange young man with incredible abilities. With the wedding date looming closer, Sloane and Loch must combine their powers to discover the truth--because it's not just their own happy-ever-after at stake, but the fate of the world....

Roland Smith makes his Scholastic debut with a middle-grade adventure novel about the search for a mysterious creature--the giant squid--in this sequel to CRYPTID HUNTERS.Marty and Grace O'Hara's globe-trotting parents disappeared while on assignment for a nature magazine, and now they're living with their Uncle Wolfe, a scientist fascinated by cryptids--creatures that appear in myths but haven't been proven to exist, such as the Loch Ness Monster. Wolfe is planning an expedition to New Zealand to track a giant squid, and he's rented a huge (and possibly haunted) freighter for the trip. But someone on board is determined to sabotage their mission--and if Marty and Grace keeping poking their noses into things, they might end up the saboteur's next victims!

Tattoo artist Catalina Brown falls head-over-tattoos for the stranger who asks for a tentacle tattoo on his…most sensitive body part. Normally, mixing business with pleasure isn’t her thing, but he’s a sensual magnet she’s instantly attracted to, particularly after she experiences a wicked-hot artistic high while tattooing his every succulent inch. Tentacle shifter Calder Croft catches the female’s scent when she passes his California marina, and he can’t ignore the way she fires his blood. After meeting her, he’s stunned to discover Cat has no idea she’s a shifter about to come into her Change. It takes all his self-control to keep from taking the sexy woman right on the spot. Calder has to tell Cat the truth about her heritage. Will she accept her birthright as a shifter—or succumb to madness, forever losing their chance at love? Grab Bared to Him ~ Book 2 of the Tentacle Shifter Erotic Romance Series

Tunicata -- Conchifera -- Brachiopoda -- Gasteropoda: Opithobranchiata ; Prosobranchiata ; Pulmonifera -- Pteropoda -- Cephalapoda.