HEROIC HEARTS

In this short story collection of courage, adventure, and magic, heroes - ordinary people who do the right thing - bravely step forward. But running toward danger might cost them everything. This anthology features an all-star urban fantasy lineup: #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, and more.

In Jim Butcher's "Little Things," the pixie Toot-Toot discovers an invader unbeknownst to the wizard Harry Dresden... and in order to defeat it, he'll have to team up with the dread cat Mister.

In Patricia Briggs's "Dating Terrors," the werewolf Asil finds an online date might just turn into something moreif she can escape the dark magic binding her.

In Charlaine Harris's "The Return of the Mage," the Britlingen mercenaries will discover more than they've bargained for when they answer the call of a distress beacon on a strange and remote world.

And in Kelley Armstrong's "Comfort Zone," the necromancer Chloe Saunders and the werewolf Derek Souza are just trying to get through college. But they can't refuse a ghost pleading for help.

The collection also includes stories by Annie Bellet, Anne Bishop, Jennifer Brozek, Kevin Hearne, Nancy Holder, Kerrie L. Hughes, Chloe Neill and R.R. Virdi.

Jim Butcher, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files, turned to writing as a career because anything else probably would have driven him insane. Kerrie L. Hughes is a paranormal girl in a way too normal world. She's primarily known as an anthologist and short story writer but recently ventured into novels.

Kerrie L. Hughes is a paranormal girl in a way too normal world. She's primarily known as an anthologist and short story writer but recently ventured into novels. Cauldron: Tales from the Great Lakes Grimoire is her first series, featuring witches, wizards, shifters, dragons, ghosts, and the Fae.