Maggie Shayne tops today’s Buffet with Eternity, the first installment in her “Immortal Witches” paranormal romance series. If you liked the TV Series “Highlanders,” you’ll like this book.

Maggie is the bestselling author of more than forty novels, including the groundbreaking vampire series “Wings in the Night,” the most recent of which is called Prince of Twilight. Her numerous awards include two Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards, the National Readers Choice Award, and the coveted Romance Writers of America RITA Award.

Maggie lives in a small town in southern central New York.

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Eternity: Immortal Witches Book 1 (The Immortal Witches)

 Romance > Paranormal > Witches & Wizards

Eternity: Immortal Witches Book 1 (The Immortal Witches)

300 years ago, Raven St. James was hanged for witchcraft. But she revives among the dead to find herself alive. She is an Immortal High Witch, one of the light. A note from her mother warns that there are others, those of the Dark, who preserve their own lives by taking the hearts of those like her.

Duncan Wallace’s forbidden love for the secretive lass costs him his life.

300 years later, he loves her again, tormented by hazy memories of a past that can’t be real. She tells him of another lifetime, claims to be immortal. Though he knows she’s deluded, he can’t stay away. And the Dark Witch after her heart is far closer than either of them know.

Carmilla

 Horror > Classics

Carmilla

Before Dracula, there was Carmilla—the first seductive vampire to haunt readers’ imaginations.

This classic of Gothic horror follows Laura, a woman haunted by a girlhood dream of a beautiful visitor to her bedroom. Now, a decade later, Laura finds Carmilla, who appears to be her own age, on the side of the road after a carriage accident. The two recognize each other from the same childhood dream and become fast friends. Soon after, Laura begins to experience mysterious feelings and is once again haunted by nightmares. She finds Carmilla strangely irresistible and longs to be with her.

But as the two friends grow closer, Laura’s health begins to fail. It becomes apparent that her enchanting companion is harboring a sinister secret. To free herself from Carmilla’s grasp, Laura and her family must fight for their lives.

Quitting Cold Stone (And Other Struggles)

 Humor > Essays

Quitting Cold Stone (And Other Struggles)

Why is cauliflower criminally underrated? What makes Bob Ross the most important painter who ever lived? And why does quitting menial jobs feel so right?

In his second book, New York Times bestselling humorist and life critic Sam Neumann employs his unique brand of snark to answer these questions and many more. In an earnest effort to make sense of – and yes, make fun of – the absurdities of everyday life, this collection of short essays is at once hilarious and thought-provoking.

Believed to be the first book to analyze automated phone systems, obligatory Facebook comments, and the stages of dog love, Quitting Cold Stone (And Other Struggles) is Neumann’s manifesto of everything that is right and wrong with the world. With the balls to take on Audi of America and the audacity to defend Nickelback, Quitting Cold Stone brazenly barges uninvited into most every realm of modern society, and does not leave a tip.

Good Stock: Life on a Low Simmer

 Biographies & Memoirs > Culinary

Good Stock: Life on a Low Simmer

Good Stock is the story of Sanford “Sandy” D’Amato’s journey from young Italian kid who loved to cook to unknown culinary student with a passion for classical French cuisine to one of the most respected chefs and restaurateurs in the country. Featuring more than 80 recipes and full-color photography throughout, Good Stock weaves together memoir and cookbook in an beautiful and engaging package.

Sanford, the restaurant D’Amato opened in 1989 and sold to his longtime chef de cuisine in December 2012, has been one of the highest-rated restaurants in America over the past 20 years, earning accolades from Bon Appétit, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Esquire, Wine Spectator, Zagat Guide, and the James Beard Foundation. D’Amato has cooked for the Dalai Lama and the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, and was one of 12 chefs chosen by Julia Child herself to cook for her 80th birthday celebration. The story of Sanford and Sandy D’Amato is in part the story of America’s embrace of fine dining and its acceptance of chefs as master craftsmen.

What We Won’t Do For Love (Love, Lies & Lust Book 1)

 African American > Women’s Fiction

What We Won't Do For Love (G Street Chronicles Presents The Love, Lies & Lust Book 1)

Octavia Ellis is a sexy and independent woman who plays it safe when it comes down to relationships. She lives by one rule: keep it strictly sexual. Octavia is living her life just the way she wants. No man. No issues. No drama. When she meets the handsome Damon Whitmore, everything changes. Octavia soon finds that Damon has become a part of her world and her heart. However, when temptation comes in the form of a sexy- hardcore thug named, Beau, Octavia finds herself caught in a deadly love triangle. She soon learns in life and love, there are no rules and she’s surprised at what she herself, will not do for love.

I Love My Breakup: Jessica’s Erotic Romance (I Love My… Book 1)

 Romantic Comedy

I Love My Breakup: Jessica's Erotic Romance (I Love My... Book 1)

Jessica here. I was dating David. Actually, we lived together. It was great, so I never saw the breakup coming. I never saw the cheating, lying, dirtbag, jerk-a-hole, I’ve-been-sleeping-with-someone-else, heart-shattering BOMB… coming. 

Sometimes it takes unbelievable heartbreak to change us for the better, which is total bulls***.A couple months after finding out her live-in boyfriend was cheating on her, Assistant Fashion Editor Jessica Harper does something wild: She answers a sex ad… and right before the insanity of Fashion Week. What’s a heartbroken girl to do? Maybe go on the ride of her life…

Phoebe and Seithe (Neuripra Book 1)

 Romance > Paranormal > Vampires

Phoebe and Seithe (Neuripra Book 1)

Phoebe has the worst taste in men and after storming out on Brian she goes from the hearth into the pyre. Seithe has an immediate hold on her from the moment they touch. He’s more dangerous than Russian roulette and yet he makes her feel alive, exhilarated, safe. Infected by his intoxication she is obsessed with the man who changes more often than a chameleon at a disco.

Seithe is more than a man, he’s a supernatural, one who puts Phoebe into immortal danger. Now she’s hunted, betrayed, and deliberately misled.

This is a scorching journey to reawaken your senses. Phoebe’s light can only be found in the darkness of Seithe’s home, in his bedroom, in his arms.

TODAY’S BARGAINS……………What’s this?

A Matter of Grave Concern

 Historical Romance > Victorian

A Matter of Grave Concern

When Maximillian Wilder hides his noble identity and joins the notorious body snatchers known as the London Supply Company, the last thing on his mind is love. He’s worried about Madeline, his vanished half sister, who was last seen in the company of Jack Hurtsill, the gang’s conscienceless leader. Raiding graveyards, stealing corpses, and selling them to medical colleges as dissection material is dirty work, but Max knows he must gain Jack’s trust. He’s determined to find out what happened to Madeline—and to bring Jack to justice if she was murdered for the coin her body could earn.

Beautiful, spirited Abigail Hale, daughter of the surgeon at Aldersgate School of Medicine, detests the challenging, hard-bargaining Max almost as much as Jack. But she must procure the necessary specimens if she is to save the college and her father’s career. She believes she is going to be successful—until Jack double-crosses her. Then she’s swept into a plot of danger and intrigue, one where Max must intervene to protect her, no matter the risk to his plan…or his heart.

Wonders of the Invisible World

 Science Fiction & Fantasy

Wonders of the Invisible World

Stylistically rooted in fairy tale and mythology, imperceptible landscapes are explored in these opulent stories from a beloved fantasy icon. There are princesses dancing with dead suitors, a knight in love with an official of exotic lineage, and fortune’s fool stealing into the present instead of the future. In one mesmerizing tale, a time-traveling angel is forbidden to intervene in Cotton Mather’s religious ravings, while another narrative finds a wizard seduced in his youth by the Faerie Queen and returning the treasure that is rightfully hers. Bewitching, bittersweet, and deeply intoxicating, this collection draws elements from the fables of history and re-creates them in startlingly magical ways.

Get Big Fast and Do More Good: Start Your Business, Make It Huge, and Change the World

 Business & Money > Entrepreneurship

Get Big Fast and Do More Good: Start Your Business, Make It Huge, and Change the World

Get Big Fast and Do More Good is a guide to modern entrepreneurship and accelerated brand-building from the founders of Yes To Inc, the company behind the breakthrough natural beauty brand Yes to Carrots.Ido Leffler and Lance Kalish, two 29-year-old Australians with very different back-grounds and skills, cofounded their company in 2006 with little more than a dream—and made it big. Yes to Carrots has become one of the biggest natural beauty brands in the world and is one of the fastest-growing skincare brands. Leffler and Kalish have accomplished it all while maintaining solid principles, investing in meaningful business relationships, giving back to the community, and still making it home in time for dinner.

The authors started their business with nothing but chutzpah and great instincts for products with potential. They’ve since made lots of great decisions and some really, really bad ones, and are ready to share their hard-won secret to success: a strong, resilient, trusting partnership coupled with a great sense of humor.

Wreck Me (Nova) (Breaking Nova)

 Women’s Fiction > Romance

Wreck Me (Nova) (Breaking Nova)

When Avery Hensley met Conner Wellings, she thought she’d found the guy she was going to spend the rest of her life with. She got married young and had the most beautiful son in the world.

Life seemed perfect.

But not everything is what it seems.

Turned out Conner had another side to him, a darker side that Avery didn’t see coming. He wrecked and broke her into a thousand pieces, leaving Avery to put herself back together. From then on, Avery vows never to let a man into her life again.

But then she meets Tristan Morganson. He’s sweet and sexy and wrecks Avery in a different way than Conner did, the kind of way that makes her feel alive again, the kind of way that makes her think maybe not all guys are bad. But can Avery trust him enough to let her walls come crumbling down?

Corpus Christi (The Legacy Chronicles Book 1)

 Action & Adventure > Fantasy

Corpus Christi (The Legacy Chronicles Book 1)

Haunted by the toxic memories of a torturous foster-father, Jacob Hope yearns to make a difference in a world gone awry, trying to accomplish some small scrap of good in an ocean of wrong. Tumbling through life with no true direction, Jake unwittingly reveals a nightmare.

The gates of Hell have been unlocked, and something long imprisoned has broken loose from its shackles to roam free upon the Earth. It cannot be bargained with, it cannot be defeated, and it exists with only desolation in its heart….

Longing to confront such evil but not knowing how, Jake must embark upon a journey not only of destination, but of self-discovery. In his attempts to thwart a fallen angel, Jake must also come to grips with his own part in this almighty drama.

For above it all haunts the inheritance he alone must bear, a legacy which will save or doom all of mankind.

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