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Wedding season includes searching for a missing bride�and a killer . . .


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Masquerades, secrets, and a forbidden romance stitched into every seam.


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A vanished manuscript. A murdered expert. A castle full of secrets�and one sharp-witted sleuth.


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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


Skeleton in the Closet by Kevin J. Anderson

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Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars, August 2024
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The Funny Business, September 2023
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Skeleton in the Closet, August 2023
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Merciless Mermaids, August 2023
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The Dragon Business, March 2023
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Double-Booked, November 2022
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Dune: The Lady Of Caladan, October 2021
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Kill Zone, March 2021
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Vengewar, January 2021
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Spine of the Dragon, August 2020
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Spine of the Dragon, June 2019
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Hair Raising, May 2019
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Services Rendered, November 2018
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Tastes Like Chicken, December 2017
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Blood of the Cosmos, April 2016
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Writers of the Future Volume 31, May 2015
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Working Stiff, February 2015
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Slimy Underbelly, September 2014
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Unnatural Acts, April 2013
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Hellhole Awakening, April 2013
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Death Warmed Over, September 2012
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Sandworms of Dune, August 2007
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Hunters of Dune, August 2006
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Of Fire and Night, July 2006
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Scattered Suns, July 2005
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Skeleton in the Closet
Kevin J. Anderson

WordFire Press
August 2023
On Sale: August 8, 2023
286 pages
ISBN: 1680574353
EAN: 9781680574357
Kindle: B0C2DBNKKM
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Fantasy | Fiction Adventure

The Princess Bride meets Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels
Join former scamp Cullin and his merry band of confidence men (and one liberated princess) as they put The Sting in the Middle Ages. With dreams of being a hero, or at least a storyteller, Cullin travels with Sir Dalbry, a washed-up knight in shining armor; Reeger, ready and eager for any part of the dirty work; and Affonyl, former princess, who wanted to study science and alchemy, rather than embroidery.
Together, they cross the land with one scam after another, concocting their own heroic deeds, preparing mock dragon heads, or selling kraken tusks and mermaid scales.
But when attempting to con King Longjohn, whose castle is supposedly bursting at the seams with treasure, the caper turns sour. The powerful Wizard-Mage Ugnarok and his army of ugly and muscular (if not too bright) orcs takes over Longjohn’s castle, imprisoning the king, pillaging the halls, and carrying on with typical orc-like mayhem.
Cullin and his friends are trapped in the castle’s labyrinth of secret passages, just trying to survive … or is this the opportunity for a grander scam than they have ever attempted before?
Orcs are terribly superstitious—you can’t bash a ghost, after all—and it’s like Die Hard in a castle, as Cullin, Affonyl, Reeger, and Dalbry set up a grand haunting that will scare off even the scariest orc army.

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