Despite being the 'fairer' sex, women have long demonstrated that they possess great strength. They instinctively know there is a time for everything and they face it with Strength, Dignity and Determination. Following in the footsteps of our award nominated first volume; this collection will present you with women: Are willing to risk their souls to avenge a wrong done to another Are willing to risk their lives to challenge an unjust social system Are willing to risk their status to save others from walking blindly into danger Are willing to risk everything to save those who would ridicule them These are the stories selected as the Best of The Lorelei Signal 2008. Come in and share in their strengths, triumphs and sorrows. Remember there is always - A Time To...

Lillith Brown's a daimon muse, a fairy creature who inspires humans to be the best they can be. Her job used to be a lot easier when humans thought muses, like all fey, were imaginary. But then something happened that changed the world forever; all fairy creatures became visible to humans. Now Lillith functions as a counselor while she finds and inspires humans. It doesn't help that humans confuse the word daimon with demon. It also doesn't help that Lillith looks the part. In her free time she assists the local police in cases involving the fey. Her life is complex, but pretty humdrum; that is, until her newest client is murdered. Lillith, along with her friend, Sergeant Frank Peters, are sent into a whirlwind of excitement and danger as they discover the murder is only the tip of the iceberg.

Connor "Constance" Christensen is far from your ordinary private detective. For one, her partner is a 1940's fedora-wearing ghost named Phil. And then there are the cases: a regular day on the job could see the pair facing anything from fairies to vampires, werewolves to aliens. Some of these paranormal beings move on willingly. Others need a little...coaxing. Hunting down forlorn spirits in the local flea market on the weekend is one thing, but when Connor and Phil stumble into murder-soaked mystery, it quickly spirals out of control. Connor and Phil find themselves caught up in a case that may be a little too big for them. Between portal-hopping to Japan, pseudo-suave thugs, a library of knowledge past and present, and human possession, they will travel to places darker than they have ever been before. The question is will they make it back? The Prodigy is a genre-melding whirlwind that whips together equal parts macabre horror and tongue-in-cheek humor.

Q'ella might appear to lead a glamorous life: her appearance is human standard perfect and unlike many fairy creatures, her kind is admired and sought after. Meet Que, short for Q'ella; a former royal forest fey, now the owner of a dance studio post-Reckoning, the day when all fairy creatures became visible to humans. Que doesn't like humans all that much, but does her best to get along in a world she's rather have no part of. But involved she becomes when a handsome new dance recruit draws her into realms of magic outside her own, and in the process she realizes her heart and mind have been locked tighter than she ever knew...or wanted.