The bird flu out of China has mutated. Now able to latch on and replicate within humans, the virus will spread swiftly throughout the world. When you spread a virus before you even know you have it, everyone becomes a carrier. There is no preparation, and there is no cure. You can only hope that you are one of the few who are immune, or can survive long enough to fight. Wendy and Arthur have spent their lives in service to others. Having raised one child, and learned to live off the land, their only wish is for their son to give them grandchildren. They want to retire in comfort, knowing that they are self-sufficient and able to take care of themselves. Having never been apart for more than a few nights, Wendy has the opportunity to take a well deserved ladies vacation. Little do they know that their entire world will change in an instant, and they ll be left alone to live, or to die, a thousand miles apart.

    Visions and dreams aren't the normal way archeologists uncover artifacts, but that's what guided him to the Ancient ship.The discovery should be the greatest triumph of his career. Instead, it ends in disaster and leads to his son, Siv, being placed in cryogenic sleep.A century later, Siv wakes to a world in decline, a world where you do what you must to survive. With the help of Silky, his father's old neural-interfacing AI companion, Siv becomes the best procurement specialist on the planet. But his services belong to the criminal Shadowslip Guild who owns him. After a job goes sideways in the worst way possible, the last thing Siv expects is to be offered his freedom. But there's a catch. His target is so hot that rival criminal guilds, foreign governments, and religious extremists will risk war to get it.The Outworld Ranger series packs all the action and sci-fi fun of the stories that inspired it: Star Wars, The Fifth Element, and Guardians of the Galaxy. It has sentient AI's, alien mysteries, starship battles, quirky robots, and a space messiah.The Benevolency UniverseFor over three thousand years a superintelligence called the Benevolence guided humanity through an age of unprecedented peace, prosperity, and technological advancement. Now, a century after its collapse, our enemies multiply as we struggle to maintain our starfaring civilization and recover technology we once took for granted. But the Benevolence kept many secrets to itself, secrets that could shape the future of humanity.  Also in the Benevolency UniverseForbidden System (Fall of the Benevolence Book 1)

    She studies the energy flows of the universe and—for a price—will harness them to her employer’s purpose. Wormholes are a whole lot safer to travel when a shaman guides the jump. Vulf Trent is a bounty hunter. It was that or join the family business, piracy, and Vulf is too much the lone wolf to tolerate the demands of a large pirate crew. Where his family enjoys the bonds of pack, he prefers the freedom of ranging the universe, alone. Seven generations ago, humanity evacuated Earth and the shifter clans’ ability to transform into their animal forms was one of the most terrible losses of that time. Now, the werewolves, werebears and other shifters are trapped in their human bodies and slowly losing the essence of their primal souls. Jaya is determined to heal their torn transformational abilities, but Vulf doesn’t believe her. He didn’t kidnap her for her healing abilities. *** “Her Robot Wolf” is a fabulous adventure in which rare, mystical science replaces magic, pirates are taught to respect lone women, the galaxy is imperilled —and perhaps, rescued—and a fated mate pair contemplate kicking Fate in the teeth. Have fun! Don’t forget to buy Galactic Insurance before leaving Earth! Space opera, paranormal romance and a galactic array of aliens, mysteries, startling revelations and breath-taking heroics.

    When she finally talks them into getting a second ship and letting her fly it, it doesn’t faze her that the craft is decades old and looks like a turtle. This is the chance she’s craved for years. But it’s not long before the opportunity to rescue mistreated lab animals lures her from her parentally approved cargo run and embroils her in a battle between warring corporations. To further complicate matters, her childhood friend Thorian, prince of the now defunct Sarellian Empire, is in trouble with Alliance law and needs her help. Torn between her duty to her family and doing what she believes is honorable, Jelena is about to learn that right and wrong are never as simple as they appear and that following your heart can get you killed.

    Later. She wouldn’t escape his tender clutches. But he would behave himself for now, because this particular outing was apparently an important event in Human culture. He was about to meet the mother of his mate. * * *
 The Earth Files are short stories (novella-length) set in the world of the Dark Planet Warriors. You can expect sweet, steamy, and offbeat stories about the colorful characters from the main series. They are intended as accompaniments to Dark Planet Warriors, and may contain the occasional spoiler. Book 1 features Arin and Rykal, our protagonists from Forged in Shadow. It's set after Brilliant Starlight (Book 8), when the Kordolians have returned to Earth. Although it’s a spinoff, it isn’t the spinoff. That’s coming soon.

    TELBAT, author of The COIL Series—a virus has ravaged America. There is no Internet, no federal government, no safety. Bandits and renegades roam and loot. Fresh water and food are scarce. What the pandemic didn't kill, panic in the aftermath has destroyed. Millions are dead. Eric Radner is one of the survivors. For five years, he has hidden alone in the mountains of Wyoming. Now, a cautious run for supplies changes everything. His safe refuge, while waiting for Christ to return, is disrupted by a call that tests his faith. Others will die unless he responds and stands against a new breed of evil. This novella series follows a Christian survivalist through the heartache and heroism of living in America's collapsed economy, following a pandemic scenario. Christian persecution abounds and fear cripples, but one man rises above the uncertain past and looks to a certain future in the hands of a Mighty God. In the midst of America's Last Days, Eric Radner is . . . STEADFAST! Bonuses include: FREE map downloads, note from the author, character sketch, glossary, and a Bonus Chapter on the bad guys in the story! Cover design by Quest Publications. Steadfast Book Two is next in The Steadfast Series. Read about other steadfast characters in the Steadfast Short Stories at ditelbat.com/extractions-and-longer-s....

    Under its guidance we have spread amongst the stars and experienced an unprecedented age of peace, prosperity, and technological advancement. All of that is about the change.While on a covert mission to spy on the Krixis, a telepathic alien race, Empathic Services agent Eyana Ora uncovers a plot to destroy all mankind. She launches a desperate bid to stop a group of insurgents from obtaining a secret super-weapon stored within an Ancient outpost on world sacred to the Krixis.Gav Gendin is an archaeologist obsessed with the Ancients, an extinct race of highly advanced aliens. After years of searching, he locates one of their temples on an abandoned Krixis world. But when it turns out the system is guarded, his research expedition becomes a gamble that could cost him his life.Neither one of them has a hope of accomplishing their missions without Silky, a snarky neural-interfacing AI companion. It's his job to piece together the secrets they each unearth, secrets that will shape humanity's future.

    Until Now. The battle in Greece is over, and he’s ready to make her his. Marley Sperry, everyone’s favorite waitress, can’t believe the handsome Chief has his sights set on her. She is nothing special – but to Dane, she is everything. The Unholy are uprising, and unbeknownst to the Stone Society, they haven’t seen the last of the Greeks. Three rogue Gargoyles are on the loose in New Atlanta, ready to stir up trouble. When Marley gets caught in the crossfire, can Dane save her before it’s too late?

    It outrages pirate captain Kohia Jekyll’s sense of justice. No one deserves to die agonizingly of radiation poisoning, especially not on the planet humanity had to evacuate seven generations ago. So Kohia intends to close the prison camp down. She didn’t count on an infuriating shaman healer hitching a ride aboard her starship. Nairo Bloodstone isn’t going to Earth to be a hero. He learned the hard way that when you’re a healer, doing your best for people is never enough. One miracle leads them to demand another and another. Heroes die exhausted and alone, and the galaxy continues with billions of people still clamoring for a miracle-worker to save them. No, Nairo isn't going to Earth to be a hero. He intends to change what it means to be human. *** "Shattered Earth" is a stand-alone novella in the Shamans & Shifters Space Opera series.

     EMPIRE OF BONES After a terrible war almost extinguished humanity, the New Terran Empire rises from its own ashes. Sent on an exploratory mission to the dead worlds of the Old Empire, Commander Jared Mertz sets off into the unknown. Only the Old Empire isn’t quite dead after all. Evil lurks in the dark. With everything he holds dear at stake, Jared must fight like never before. Victory means life. Defeat means death. Or worse. VEIL OF SHADOWS Princess Kelsey Bandar made a terrible, life-altering mistake. Her enemies gave her unspeakable agony in return. She must forge the iron will to control the weapon her body has become. If she fails, the monsters who tortured her come for humanity. And horrors worse than she knows wait in the darkness. COMMAND DECISIONS Commander Jared Mertz thought the glories of the Old Terran Empire once more within his people’s grasp. One bold strike to make them his. But no plan survives contact with the enemy. With the odds stacked against him, the battle to save humanity starts now. FIST OF GOD With tens of thousands of lives on the line, Princess Kelsey Bandar must harness the power of Imperial technology to stop terrorists with a nuke. Her friends call her plan suicidal. If they only knew how dangerous it really was.

    But the bond will fade without consummation. Can Dallas resist his insatiable desire for the powerful beauty? Or will she lead to his ultimate downfall?Originally published in the Blood Red Kiss anthology.

     Captain Aurora Hawke loves a challenge. But her first mission comes with an unexpected catch. She has to accept the help of Cade Ellis, a man she’s spent years trying to forget. She doesn’t want his help. She wants to blow him out an airlock. Or let Jonarel Clarek, her overprotective engineer, tear him to pieces with his bare hands. Instead, she must convince the two hot-headed males to work together without killing each other. She’ll do whatever it takes. The survival of a planet depends on it. But what starts out as an investigation into a potential biological attack quickly reveals a much more insidious threat, thrusting Aurora into a face-to-face confrontation with a mysterious enemy of incredible destructive power. And triggering an unearthly ability she’s kept secret for twenty years…

    And on the world of Celta, they are very smart. They can be Familiar Animal companions, bonded with a person. These stories are seen from the cat’s very own eyes, and are six never before published Cat Stories, including the first Top Cat of Celta, Peaches; as well as a trio of stories about that favorite Fam, Zanth. Peaches Arrives on Celta, Plenty of problems for Peaches to fix: challenges to his status; people lying about Peaches’ human companion and Peaches himself; Grandma’s acting mean...and there’s that very real concern that the Ship just might not land safely, fear he must overcome… Zanth Gets His Boy, Zanth’s meeting with a noble boy running from evil people changes both their lives in ways he couldn’t imagine Pinky Becomes A Fam, Pinky is a smart enough cat to know that there is a difference from being a regular cat and a Familiar Companion Cat, and bonding better with his boy. He’s determined to make the leap from cat to Fam, but didn’t realize exactly what that meant… Zanth Claims Treasure, Yes, the southern estate smells great, even better smelling is the glass orb full of magic that he finds, and will fight to keep… Baccat Chooses His Person, Life on the streets in the winter isn’t what Baccat deserves, and he’s determined to find a good person to take care of him. After all, he has so much to offer…but does he really deserve what he gets? Zanth Saves The Day, A FamCat on a beach just can’t sleep with all that odd hatching and squeaking going on. Zanth finds new friends and defends them against bullies…

    A prodigy is a talented youth. Put them together and people die. Welcome to the world of 271 B.C. Going further than historical fiction, the Clay Warrior Stories are adventure books that make you want to grab a gladius and join the fight. Set in the years before the First Punic War, they follow the exploits of a young, hot-headed swordsman. From a lad on his father’s farm, to a Legion training camp, to the Capital of the Republic, Alerio Sisera learns that sharp steel and quick reflexes aren’t always a Legionary’s best assets. Clay Legionary is the 1st book in the Clay Warrior Stories series Other books by author J. Clifton Slater Clay Warrior Stories series: Clay Legionary Spilled Blood Bloody Water Reluctant Siege Brutal Diplomacy Fortune Reigns Fatal Obligation Call Sign Warlock series: Op File Revenge Op File Treason Op File Sanction Galactic Council Realm series: On Station On Duty On Guard On Point Short Story: Serpent Circles

    In Bill Myers's "The Revealing," the team finds themselves in Rome trying to retrieve the mystical spear Hitler once owned--the very spear that pierced Christ's side. This task will take them from hidden chambers inside the Vatican to a mysterious seaside cave with powers they could never expect. Frank Peretti's "Infestation" unleashes a microscopic evil on the world that deceives, blinds, kills, then spreads. The Harbingers team must confront a monster bent on seducing and destroying mankind. In "Infiltration" by Angela Hunt, the team is wounded and barely holding together. Forced to split up, they realize their investigations have led them into dangerous waters. Alton Gansky's "The Fog" unleashes a supernatural mist unlike any other. There are vicious things in the fog that kill whatever they find. One team member realizes that the ultimate sacrifice may have to be made.

    Josh's frequent rule-breaking exploits are focused on a single question - how did we get here, and where are we going?But Josh goes too far when he steals a space-suit and travels to the surface to explore.As punishment, the governing Council forcibly enrolls him as a novice monk at Saint Carmine's, the Station's resident monastery. At first desperate to escape, Josh is drawn into the monastery's ancient texts.Deciphering an encrypted journal hidden for centuries, Josh learns that a computer complex believed critically damaged in an ancient asteroid strike holds the answers he's been seeking, and is all that stands between the Station and certain destruction.When the deranged head of the Council is determined to obliterate the complex and doom them all, Josh leads a desperate battle to stop him.But can Josh and his tiny band of followers prevail in time to avert catastrophe?

    She’s worried that she only has a year left before she enters the Lottery of 2532 to have her abilities assessed. Lottery will decide her hive level, her profession, her whole future life. Amber fears that her lack of any obvious talent will mean she’s sent down into the depths of the hive, but her friend, Forge, is addicted to taking risks. When Forge chooses exactly the wrong moment to put himself in danger, Amber must stop worrying about the future, and concentrate on surviving the present. Perilous is a prequel novella in the Hive Mind series.

    Humanity has travelled to the stars through interstellar portals, but the rebels and criminals were left behind on a ruined Earth. Eighteen-year-old Blaze is one of the last seven hundred people scavenging a living in an increasingly lethal New York. Her mother died six years ago. Her brother turned traitor. She believes her father is Donnell, the leader of the uneasy alliance between the remnants of the Earth Resistance and the old criminal gangs. She’s not sure what Donnell believes because he’s barely spoken to her since her brother betrayed him.Blaze has survived this long by being too unimportant to kill, but now the alliance is on the brink of starvation, and an old enemy is trying to seize power. When an aircraft carrying three privileged off-worlders crashes in New York, it adds more fuel to an already explosive situation, and Blaze is forced to step into the spotlight. Can the traitor’s sister convince Donnell, the warring divisions, and the off-worlders to work together to leave the death trap of New York? Blaze thinks that failure will mean the death of everyone she knows, but then she discovers the off-worlders’ secret. The stakes here are far higher than just seven hundred lives.Scavenger Alliance is set in the same future timeline as the Earth Girl trilogy, but takes place several centuries earlier, and features an ancestor of the trilogy’s main character, Jarra.

    Things change when Bang-Bang leads Lukas to starpilot Captain Carlynn Riga. The tough war hero learns what it means to surrender--his heart.Lukas's struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, threaten to tear the three of them apart, but nothing threatens them more than when Carlynn goes missing in action. Now the rugged Marine and his K-9 partner must find Carlynn and bring her home, or risk losing everything he has finally found worth fighting for.

    Lucy’s Day, teen Werewolf Grazi Kelly is on the run. The Hounds of God have been disbanded, the High Council wants her captured, and what's left of the Scarred Sisters Coven want her dead. Grazi finds herself far away from her family and everything she has ever known. What will she do when a group of Werewolves in Northern Florida need her help? Find out in this Grazi Kelly Short!

     Arak, a Krinar, prefers to avoid the weak, technologically backward humans, but the moment he meets Caitlyn, he wants her. Getting her to submit to his dark desires consumes him, and he sets out to seduce her. Falling under Arak’s spell, Caitlyn begins to doubt her beliefs and her mission. She doesn’t know who to trust--her colleagues at Viral News who warn she’s becoming too close to a dangerous alien—or her own heart that urges her to get even closer by becoming Arak’s mate. Making the wrong choice could mean her life…

    Truth is, she’s a magnet for trouble and she wouldn’t know what caution looks like if she bumped into it. But even she knows the delicious hunk she meets at the club is dangerous; he might have saved her once, but he could as easily destroy her and no one could do a thing about it. His kind is above reproach, above the laws, above humanity. She should stay away. She won’t. After thousands upon thousands of years, seeing empires rise and fall, Zarken is indifferent to everything, and entirely focused on his work. Until her.

     Tane, a hydroponics farmer with some mad cereal crop gene-splicing skills, decides to get chipped. The operation gives him full control over his autonomic nervous and endocrine systems, plus the ability to install custom memories. All seems well until a couple of days later aliens come knocking at his door. And they aren't the friendly type. Soon Tane finds himself on a frenzied flight across the galaxy with a woman who can warp the very fabric of spacetime, her bodyguard--who’d just as soon kill Tane than protect him--and a starship that calls him snarky pet names. He's on the run not simply from the aliens but the whole damn human space navy. He only wished he knew why. Unfortunately for Tane, the answer might just destroy him. Not to mention the entire known universe.

     Zip is the last of his friends to find his female, the one being meant for him. He isn’t certain she exists until he hears her voice over a transmission. A self-proclaimed systems deity, he researches his curvy little human and discovers she dreams of being abducted by a big, strong warrior. Zip plans to make his female’s fantasies come true. Ryssa wants one gift for her birthing planet rotation—to be captured by a warrior, preferably a tall, muscular cyborg with black hair, gray skin, and brilliant blue eyes. When Zip arrives on her planet, claiming to be her male, Ryssa assumes one of her friends has ordered the experience for her, and throws herself into the encounter, losing herself in Zip’s hot kisses, sensual touch, dominant embrace. When the fantasy fades, will their love survive? Knowing Zip is a short companion story in the Cyborg Sizzle series and is meant to be read after Seeking Vector. It is also a BBW Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes violent universe.

    Or to get married, even, really. After the revelation that she is actually of Luthor blood after all, she's quite set on ending the family line with her and not taking the risk of any more drama.Then Lorelai L. Danvers crashes into her life, claiming to be her seventeen year old daughter from the future.

    She fights the few baddies who wander into her town, understands the importance of silence, and learns the true meaning of isolation. For two long, lonely years. Then, with the arrival of one strange little girl, everything changes. Teagan discovers just how isolated and sheltered she's been when the outside world stomps into Crowbridge, bringing with it darkness, death, and destruction. When something unspeakable occurs and changes everything she is, the hunted becomes the hunter as Teagan prepares to take back her world. She must conquer her demons as she begins her search for two things--the precious one she lost and the savage, evil beings who want to enslave her. --

     Don’t get me wrong. Their leader is super hot despite his likely shared ancestry with Godzilla. But he’s all about sexing me up and implanting his eggs in my you know where. And yes, I said eggs. If that’s not bad enough, my besties have been abducted, too, but by entirely different aliens and are on an entirely different planet. I’ve got to get out of here and pull off some heroic sh*t ASAP. Only problem, outside of the whole “I don’t know how to fly a spaceship” thing? I may have gotten a little carried away while playing “just the tip” with my hot alien abductor. And now…well…if I could update my social media status I’d be going from single & ready to mingle, to it’s WAY complicated.

    Her agent and ex-boyfriend, Marcus, has fled, leaving her stranded on the Venus Hive pleasure barge. His creditors want compensation and with Marcus nowhere to be found, they’ve decided Grace will do nicely. Desperate for help, she turns to Anton Myers, the wealthy and ruthless owner of the Hive Network. He agrees to help her. The terms: anything he wants for six months.Anton has waited a long time for this moment. Grace may not remember him, but he hasn’t forgotten her. Signing herself over to his every command will not keep her safe. A Braxian never forgets a slight to his honor. And Grace will pay… with interest. Anton's Grace is a twisted tale of unlikely second chances that will leave you squirming in your seat. Can you stomach the darkness?WARNING: Adult reading. This book contains scenes that may be disturbing to some readers including dubious permission and graphic violence.

    The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed—and more than half of the world’s population was decimated. Where there had been order, there was now chaos. And as the power of science and technology receded, magic rose up in its place. Some of it is good, like the witchcraft worked by Lana Bingham, practicing in the loft apartment she shares with her lover, Max. Some of it is unimaginably evil, and it can lurk anywhere, around a corner, in fetid tunnels beneath the river—or in the ones you know and love the most. As word spreads that neither the immune nor the gifted are safe from the authorities who patrol the ravaged streets, and with nothing left to count on but each other, Lana and Max make their way out of a wrecked New York City. At the same time, other travelers are heading west too, into a new frontier. Chuck, a tech genius trying to hack his way through a world gone offline. Arlys, a journalist who has lost her audience but uses pen and paper to record the truth. Fred, her young colleague, possessed of burgeoning abilities and an optimism that seems out of place in this bleak landscape. And Rachel and Jonah, a resourceful doctor and a paramedic who fend off despair with their determination to keep a young mother and three infants in their care alive. In a world of survivors where every stranger encountered could be either a savage or a savior, none of them knows exactly where they are heading, or why. But a purpose awaits them that will shape their lives and the lives of all those who remain. The end has come. The beginning comes next.

    There’s no time to think as she’s stalked by carnivorous predators and rescued by genetically engineered warriors calling themselves the Badari. Turns out they and she, along with her whole colony, are now prisoners of the Khagrish, a ruthless race of alien scientists. Working for enemies of the Sectors, the Khagrish have created the Badari to be super soldiers. Aydarr, the Badari alpha, isn’t sure he can trust Jill but his attraction to her is undeniable. He impulsively claims her as his mate to prevent her death at the hands of the Khagrish. Can he continue to protect her from the experiments already underway? Will his claiming her put his pack in jeopardy from their alien masters? As Jill searches for a way to rescue her fellow humans and get them all to safety, she finds herself falling for Aydarr, despite the secrets he’s keeping. She has a few of her own. The situation becomes dire when Aydarr and his pack are sent offplanet on a mission, leaving Jill unprotected, prey for the senior scientist. Can she escape the experiments he has in mind for her? Will she be able to thwart the Khagrish plans and liberate humans and Badari alike? How will she and Aydarr reunite? This is the first book in a new scifi romance series and each novel has a satisfying Happy for Now ending for the hero and heroine, not a cliffhanger. Some overarching issues do remain unresolved in each book since this is a series but romance always wins the day in my novels!

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     The aging cyborg had never really recovered from being betrayed and enslaved by his superiors in the Army, and the final insult of being permanently classified as “defunct military ordnance” had been a bitter pill to swallow. Now, he spent most of his time drinking beer and working as a fixer for the crime families in 25th-century Boston. It was easy money if you were the kind of guy who was bullet-proof and could pick up a house. But then Lucia Ribiero stumbled into his favorite watering hole dragging a squad of bounty hunters behind her. Shadows from his own dark past, and old debts still unpaid conspired to drive the old war-horse out for one more mission. Like any good soldier, the mission is all that matters for Roland. Linked by a shared connection to her kidnapped father, the duo will face veritable armies of criminals, mutants, cyborgs, and corporate executives as they search for the missing man. The secrets of the Ribiero family are exposed as they approach the center of the labyrinth, and Lucia’s mental and physical issues present an even deeper mystery than her father’s disappearance. Roland will have to face the horror of his past one more time, and Lucia will need to get a grip on her future if they expect to survive a running battle with an entire galaxy’s worth of mad science gone awry; and ultimately prevent a terrible history from repeating itself.

    That doesn't mean they can't have some fun with their differences. Semeera needs a plan for starting her life over. After divorcing a controlling husband, she’s ready to enjoy freedom at last. Too bad she gets abducted by aliens before she can decide her next move. Captain Kader is an alien warrior trapped in a dead-end assignment where he will never see battle again. There are no more challenges to his life, no chances for glory. And then a dangerous experiment brings him an unexpected visitor who changes everything. They are as different from each other as night and day, but those differences only entice Semeera and Kader into finding out just how physically compatible they are. What should have been a little fun causes the resurgence of a disease long thought extinguished. If Semeera triggered it in Kader, will others succumb? And will the scientists be able to get past Kader to find out? Most importantly, can a beautiful black woman really love an alien male with scales, claws, and a tail? Title is 69,000 words with an HEA. No cliffhangers. No cheating.

    It is a bonus scene from Escaping Fate, Veredian Chronicles Book 1 told in Lhor's POV. Please read Escaping Fate first to fully enjoy this bonus scene. EXCERPT Her sultry voice stirred the embers, deep in my gut, of a fire I had not felt in years. The same powerful connection struck me when our eyes met. My skin tingled and my pulse perked up. Her throat worked and her pupils dilated. She quickly looked away, breaking the bond. Goddess have mercy.

    It’s just that the holidays are a minefield of memories and mixed feelings, and he’s better off working late than celebrating. Then, on Christmas Eve, Jack experiences a freak accident — the catalyst for a mysterious journey that sends him thirty years into his own past. As his history unwraps itself, Jack is propelled through his most pivotal Christmas Eves — reliving lost love, family dysfunction and personal secrets, this time as a bystander in his own life. At this holiday crossroads, Jack’s past is repeating and his future is in jeopardy, forcing him to finally confront the many past versions of himself — and maybe even the meaning of Christmas. “A gem… I was spellbound.” - Bethany A. Jennings, author of Threadbare and Dragon Lyric “Emotional and vivid.” - Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer, author of the Choctaw Tribune series

    She’s tired, weak, and still trying to find her place in the universe, but she knows exactly what she wants when it comes to the handsome liaison officer who frequents the sanctuary. From the moment he set eyes on the Tarin beauty, Liaison Officer Eli Eaton was mesmerized. Cerys is fragile, a little unsure of herself, but he doesn’t mind taking things slow. There isn’t anything he wouldn’t do to see her smile—even follow her to the ends of the galaxy. As their relationship progresses, Cerys finds herself frustrated by Eli’s desire to protect her from everything, including himself. In fact, she’s beginning to worry that no matter what she does, he’ll never see her as anything more than broken. 3013: TRINITY Helios shifter Natalia Hess spends her life in the ring, moving from one fight to another, but she has always fallen just short of her dream—winning the grand prize at the annual Baxxtora Tournament. Maybe she’d have better focus if she wasn’t so distracted by a couple of gorgeous, persistent elites she can’t get out of her head. More like brothers than friends, Commanders Oz Michaels and Quaid Jansen share everything…with one major exception. They refuse to share a female just because the Alliance declared it. Then, three years ago, a feisty Helios female waltzed onto their station, captivating them both, and nothing has been the same since. When they show up in Natalia’s locker room after a fight, asking her to decide between them, she doesn’t know whether to laugh or scream. Asking her to choose is like asking her not to breathe, and she’s never exactly been one to follow the rules. Can she convince them that three is better than two? Or will their stubbornness ruin any hopes of a happy trinity? Includes Bonus Short 3013: FAMILY

     That is the startling conclusion of the authors of this book, all of them leading experts in the geophysical effects of climate change. They make a strong case for a link between the sun’s cycles of behavior with highly destructive earthquakes. The authors explain that when the sun goes into a reduced energy phase, it produces colder weather and the worst earthquakes we’ve ever seen. Their easy-to-understand charts and graphs clearly show that we face an imminent threat. Find out the status of the threat for California, Alaska, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and other states and regions—as well as when and where the next catastrophic quakes will most likely strike. The authors also share the latest damage and loss-of-life assessments from the federal government, and they argue that we’re not doing enough to confront the threat. The United States could face up to $600 billion in damages, and tens of thousands of people could die beginning in 2017, they warn. Prepare yourself, your family, and your business for the most dangerous earthquakes you’ll ever face with Upheaval!

    A prophetic dreamer, a divine healer, and a soul reader on life's discovery of love, friendships, and destiny. The Ditch Lane Diaries follows three childhood friends from college to adulthood. An afternoon adventure uncovers a hidden room and mysterious stones in Campbell Ridge cave unlocking their supernatural powers. The prophetic dreamer, Ruby's Choice is a coming of age tale of firsts including the angst of falling in love. Ruby’s Choice lays the groundwork for the storyline and introduces the main characters in the collection with a splash of paranormal. One choice can change everything.Anna's Way is the second installment of The Ditch Lane Diaries. Anna is a healer who must decide between the love of her life or her divine calling. However, Anna learns quickly that true love doesn't come in a nice and neat package. She's in love with Jerry, but things change when Anna goes away to medical school.In Anna's Way, the Ditch Lane Diaries characters evolve with adult problems. Anna meets her guardian angel, Ralph, who teaches her how to use her gift to help others without drawing attention from demons. Anna's friendships and the promise of true love binding them together while facing supernatural battles against the master of all evil, Luc. The clairvoyant, Sandy's Story is the last book of the Ditch Lane Diaries. This fast-paced, gripping thriller keeps the reader on edge, and the pages turning. Investigative reporter, Sandy Cothran follows a murder lead on Music Row which uncovers Luc's Testament along with a string of related crimes.Sandy's guardian angel, Baldric is sworn to protect her but finds himself falling in love with Sandy breaking all the rules of heaven and places her in grave danger because Luc is waiting in the wings on his given moment to pounce.

    As they struggle to escape City guards, cyborg soldiers, desperate scavengers, and ravenous aliens, they find in each other something they never expected: family.During a battle, an attacking cyborg manages to overcome her programming just long enough to deliver a cryptic message. The trio is forced to decide if they will risk death - or worse, capture - to seek out the truth about the City, or if they will fight only for themselves.This fast-paced, gritty first book of the Malfunction Trilogy introduces a future caught between destruction and oppression, where Menrva and her friends must decide if the ends justify the means.

    . .. . . A fighter pilot from the past.The revolution begins.While flying a peacekeeping mission over North Korea, Air Force pilots Bree “Banzai” Maguire and Cam “Scarlet” Tucker are shot down and captured. Put in bio-stasis, they awaken 160 years later to a shattered world. With the help of a determined, decorated SEAL and one sexy emperor, each fights to save her country.

    They may be destined mates, but can true love flourish when one side must give up everything they have ever known? Includes exclusive bonus scene: 3013: CELEBRATION

     She joined the Commonwealth Space Fleet to please her mother, a high-ranking military officer; he joined as an escape from the crushing poverty and crime of the Trans-Angeles Public Housing Blocks, and the unlikely friends envisioned boring, peacetime careers as shuttle pilots. The Tahni Imperium had other ideas… Caught in the desperate fury of the Battle for Mars, the two young pilots wind up the last defense against an alien armada, but their war is just beginning. Recruited to fly the Fleet’s newest weapon in this new war, they take the fight deep into the heart of the Imperium and battle not just against the enemy but against incompetent leadership and ineffectual tactics. Can the unconventional strategies of a pair of hotshot young pilots change the course of the war? And when the time comes that a choice has to be made between duty to command and loyalty to a friend, which of the two will be willing to make one last flight alone…

    But she survives, thanks to a poisonous red-headed krait. The medical community is excited since there is no known cure for the virus, but Anna and her snake, Red, have a symbiotic relationship-containment, not cure. If she is ever separated from Red, she will die.Anna struggles through foster homes. As her krait becomes known and valuable throughout the three star empires as one of only a handful of such snakes, she fights off attempts to kill her and snatch Red. She even comes to wonder if her brilliance in school and eventually at deciphering code is somehow connected to her constant companion.When the Naval Intelligence Agency, the NIA, recruits her, her adventures grow beyond fending off thieves and killers to tracking down interstellar smugglers as part of an elite team, but the smuggling cartel are quick to fight back. In the midst of space battles and well-placed assassins, Anna is convinced that Red's presence may make the difference in survival or death, not just for her but her entire NIA team.

    Her off-the-charts military testing gets her placed on an experimental ship bound for the outer reaches of known space. Once in the void, her willingness to question authority, uninhibited behavior, love of ancient ‘rock and roll’ music, and absolute sense of right and wrong, put her in disfavor with the ship’s crew. After rescuing an enormous alien war-dog, then blowing an alien slaver camp sky-high with her own brand of energy magic, Sasha is considered a freak of nature and disavowed. Set adrift in space, she collects a family of like-wise disenfranchised, yet talented, aliens and sets out to command her own future, ship, company, and planet. Nothing will stop this renegade redhead once she’s on a roll. For lovers of science fiction, science fiction and fantasy, chick lit, romance science fiction, romance action and adventure, space opera, womens fiction and anyone who admires a good woman doing what she wants.

    Trev is there as part of an arrangement that might finally free him from his father’s control. Khim, formerly a combat android, snaps when he is sold into the pleasure trade and murders one of the men who sexually assaults him. At first they are at odds, but despite secrets and their dark pasts, they form a pact—first to survive the prison, and then to escape it.But independence remains elusive, and falling in love comes with its own challenges. Trev’s father, Dante, a powerful underworld figure with sweeping influence throughout the galaxy, maintains control over their lives that seems stronger than any prison security system, and he seeks to keep them apart. Trev and Khim must plan another, more complex escape, and this time make sure they are well beyond the law as well as Dante’s reach.

     As the flagship of the Spire Empire, Vengeance is a legendary AI whose broken heart has proven his greatest battle yet. But his new telepathic link, a little girl named Hayley, finally teaches him to love again—until rogue AIs attack her planet and level her home in a storm of fire and destruction. Vengeance is left with only one hope in his potentially immortal existence: the chance to avenge his innocent link. Twenty years later, a young engineer joins his crew, and he’s inextricably drawn to her. But the closer he tries to get to her, the harder she pushes him away. Olivia Hawthorne risks everything—her friendship with her telepathic sisters and even her life—to assume a new identity so she can serve aboard Vengeance. After suffering at the hands of rogue AIs, she should be wary of trusting one again, even her old friend. And yet, she can’t seem to stay away from him. But when rogues raid Spire colonies, Vengeance and Liv must learn to overcome the fears shackling them to the past. Because if they want to survive, they’ll have to seek vengeance together.

    Places that didn't exist. At least not anymore. Ruben is a triumph of Bruce Whatley's imaginative and technical skills.

    Due to a virus that affects male embryos in the womb, there is a shortage of men. For decades, her people have enticed ships to their planet and tricked the men into staying. However, a ship hasn’t been spotted in eight years. So when the blip finally shows on the radar, Taryn is determined to conquer the newcomers at any cost to ensure her people’s survival. Prince Kason tro de Vallen needs to find a suitable planet for his people to colonize. The Kelderans are running out of options despite the fact one is staring them in the face—Planet Jasvar. Because a group of Kelderan scientists disappeared there a decade ago never to return, his people dismiss the planet as cursed. But Kason doesn’t believe in curses and takes on the mission to explore the planet to prove it. As his ship approaches Jasvar, a distress signal chimes in and Kason takes a group down to the planet’s surface to explore. What he didn’t expect was for a band of females to try and capture him. As Taryn and Kason measure up and try to outsmart each other, they soon realize they’ve found their match. The only question is whether they ignore the spark between them and focus on their respective people’s survival or can they find a path where they both succeed?

    He carries her to his cabin and she finally awakens. She claims to know him. She also claims that she is from another time. Upon witnessing increasingly amazing events, Jarrod not only begins to believe her, he begins to fall in love...

    Injured and cut off from any hope of rescue, Jar'ek must save his friend and shipmate, Kallehn from imminent death. The Ranger team will need to use every bit of knowledge and skill they possess if they want to survive.Unknown to the Ranger Team, this Planet is not as uninhabited as their surveys had indicated. Something else is there…. Something old beyond counting—watching—waiting—judging them. When Jar'ek and his team set foot on Jaden-325-4, they set into motion a future they know nothing about—yet may shake the very foundations of civilization. This book is recommended for Sci-Fi enthusiasts 14 to 99.ProfanityExtensive ViolenceLimited Sexual ContentSome romantic involvementsSpace Opera Classification

    Their first worldwide devastation, named the Accident, was unforeseen by everyone. Well, almost. Seven men knew of the approaching destruction and acted by preparing six islands as a place of refuge. Rescuing thousands of people, these Keepers decided to get the next generation ready for war; in their own way. Through training, experimentation, and study, the men created an army of young Bionics, Mutants, geeks, doctors, farmers, and militia to fight the battle.However, things do not go as planned.Alison is a Bionic who still has faint memories of her past life. These memories continue to haunt her and make her doubt the Keepers who saved her from an explosion eight years ago. She knows in her gut that something else is afoot, but cannot find out what. On the other hand, Sami and Aaron, a Mutant and a geek, have absolutely no memory of the world before and continue to do as they are told. Despite their obedience, their suspicions are aroused repeatedly and cannot shake the feeling of uncertainty.The flame of these teens’ doubts is fanned by one interesting character that subtly creates chaos on the Isles.​Read the record logs of Alison, Sami, and Aaron and join them on their journey to find the truth in their islands of lies. Follow them on their adventure as they put themselves in the lines of danger and learn to use their abilities in combat. The roller coaster of suspicions will have you on the edge of your seat until these teenagers find the answer and do something about it.

    On the brink of war, the world is on the verge of actually seeing time travel achieved in order to fix all the mistakes we've made. But, Baltimore cop, John Revele is lost inside the human condition. His passion for retribution of the innocent drives him to madness as he realizes there is not much he can do within the law. Outside of it is a different story all together. He rises up to battle evil on the streets in a vigilante blitz, but he learns that more is going on in the spectrum of good and evil then he realized. Supernatural forces are at play and God and the devil have made an arrangement for the souls of humanity. From street thugs, to mob kingpins, sex traffickers, and demonic forces, Revele brings his fight full force, but only to realize there is a much bigger war going on. In the face of evil--true evil--he will have to defeat his greatest nemesis--himself--in order to truly be ready for the next stage of the fight...

    She has been confined to the Aerie, until after the birth of her child, but there are limits to what she can do to pass the time.Mitchell understands, although there is little he can do about it. He doesn’t have the time to deal with her moods and needs.Erin, remembers what it was like for her, when she had carried Karia, but the requirements of her position with the new inhabitants of Tantalus, due to Karia’s pregnancy, is taking up every moment she has to spare.Only one, Alena, seems to know what to do to soothe her granddaughter as she enters the final stages of her pregnancy. She enters the room, sits by Karia’s chair and begins to speak: “Let me tell you of a very young Tantalarian girl, a handsome young Tantalarian Guardian and the love they shared.”

    The USA is struggling to get back on her feet. While camping in the Oklahoma wilderness of the Ouachita Mountains, Deputy Marshal Samson Crow discovers four girls fleeing an age-old enemy that thrives on evil. An enemy that has left nothing but destruction in its wake. With no one to turn to, Sam sets out alone with his horse Patton, traveling across the country to seek out and destroy this enemy. On his seemingly one man crusade, he discovers that there are still many true patriots willing to lend a helping hand.

     Maya Oman is the daughter of the woman who controls what’s left of civilization, the CEO of Ascendant Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Her smile is as ubiquitous as air, selling everything from vital medicine to vanity drugs with risky side effects. Lifelike android clones reside in over a dozen homes, shielding her from the violent resentment of a population straining under her mother’s boot heel. Ascendant’s power comes from Xenodril, a drug capable of reversing the effects of Fade, a disease some claim came from aliens or from the governments that predate the war. Only Ascendant sells it, and at a price only Citizens can afford. The rest are left to die. Maya’s earliest memories are of living alone in a penthouse apartment, desperate for the attention of a mother who never visits. Forbidden to go out except to record advertising video, her only friend has been the ‘net. When she is taken for ransom by a group of mercenaries with nothing left to lose, she discovers her life may not be what she thought it was—or wants.

    . . and waiting.On New Earth, Tremain has made a new acquaintance, but Alice is not what she seems. She hands him a calling card, but it can’t be deciphered. Tremain is called to view a satellite image which shows something that should not be there. Upon investigating, they find Alice.She brings Tremain and Christopher face to face with a vengeful being who resents humanity’s growing presence on his planet. The two have one chance to prove that humanity is worth preserving.Can they pacify the Wrath of the Revenant?

     Ami is a soldier, nothing more than cannon fodder in a war that’s threatening to tear her world apart. When creatures from a cross-dimensional rift spill over her world, society as she knows it shatters. All must fight to live. But when a creature with near limitless power choses her to save her world, Ami is swept into a fight for everything and everyone. … An action-packed sci fi, Star Soldier is sure to please fans of Odette C. Bell’s Axira.

    Pulsus, an organization working to build a better future by saving people from the past, sends Landry’s team back to Nazi Germany to save a Jewish doctor working on a cure for cancer. For the first time on a mission, she’s distracted by thoughts of a woman—the enticing basketball player, Jade Carter.Jacqulyn Delaney, a Pulsus Operative, waits in a concentration camp for Landry’s arrival. Her job is slowly messing with her mind, as is her desire to be more to Landry than just a friend with benefits. When an unexpected relationship blooms in Germany, it puts a new perspective on the future.Can they save the doctor? Or will their personal demons leave them stuck in the past?

    All Commander Lexa wants is to protect her people (and maybe forget the tragic death of her mate for a few days). When a sudden burst of acid fog leaves them stranded together in an isolated bunker, the two of them will have to find a way to deal with each other—and with their very inconvenient desires.Words: 151858

    But now, they will meet the women who will change…everything. “Danger’s Edge”Tait has laid claim to the fearsome reputation of raider. His overwhelming presence and fierce sexual prowess makes people both burn for his touch and cower in his wake. Elenthea has spent her whole life on the Raft, a floating city known for being much safer than the ravaged land. But when Raft politics leave Elenthea a breath away from stranded in the sea, she turns to the blisteringly hot warrior to help secure her place on land. But will this bargain of survival be consumed by passion?“Need’s Edge”Matylda felt she had no choice but to become a mail order bride, but Zavier isn’t at all what she expected. He’s dark and forbidding, and his sexual expectations are demanding… and hungry. Very, very hungry. It isn’t long before Matylda finds herself more than a little addicted to her mail order husband’s touch… but he has the option to trade her in at the March equinox. Will he return her like every other bride before her? Or will this commanding raider keep his explosively passionate mail order bride?“Raider’s Edge”Mighty warrior Jurin stepped up and claimed Melyssa’s baby when she first came to the clan. As kind as he is fierce, as gentle as he is brutal, Jurin took a vow to act as friend and father to Melyssa’s family. But doing so means ignoring the surge of sensual awareness that simmers barely repressed between them, and soon Jurin must decide whether to play the role of distant protector— or claim her as his woman for good…

    When a tragic accident destroys the generation starship, Aquilo, Jahira is forced to start a new life on the ground on a planet that should never have been colonized. Her grief is soon overshadowed by worry for her friend and co-pilot, Magnar. Jahira witnesses Magnar drinking from the planet's mysterious silver pools. When his erratic behavior takes a turn for the worse, she knows she must find a way to help him, but has no idea what to do. Meanwhile, Krnar, a native inhabitant of the planet Leron, risks everything to prove his worth to himself and his people. He believes he could be the one to fulfill the prophecy. What he discovers will change his life forever.

    In a distant solar system, a war breaks between the Webbur Union, its ally the Kingdom of Torrance, and their rival, the Axx Republic. Byllard Iddo is a young man who accidently killed his father in a martial arts training session. He left to join the Space Navy. Now a lieutenant in the powerful Webbur Navy, Byl will serve in different ships and face danger as the war grows in violence. Refusing to disappoint his new family, the Navy, he embarks in a desperate mission to diminish a ruthless threat: the invisible Silent Boats that prey on the convoys that cross the void Dark Sea space between Webbur and Torrance. He is sure of only one thing: many will die in the battles ahead and he will do whatever it takes to bring the war closer to an end. As he walks this path, through tales of love, pain and sacrifice, he becomes the youngest and most decorated Captain in Webbur Space Navy’s history. Award-winning author Bruno Martins Soares comes back with a new scifi novel that will bring you to a dark hard world at war. What if WWII’s Battle of the Atlantic happened in Space, thousands of light-years from Earth?

    His daughter was abducted three years ago, and now he'll stop at nothing to find out what happened to her. At his wit's end, an elusive Thin Man offers him answers in exchange for taking on a simple security job. How could it go wrong? Framed for murder and on the run, Hunter has more than just shady mobsters to contend with. Something old and eldritch lurks beneath the streets, waiting to be reborn… Blackwater: Vol. One is the first book in the Blackwater supernatural thriller trilogy. If you like psychotic gangsters, desperate vigilantes and all things Lovecraftian, then you’ll love T.W.M. Ashford’s darkest world to date. Download Blackwater: Vol. One and start exploring Blackwater today.

     When Mace’s father announces that it’s time his sons settled down and began having children, Mace immediately begins to weigh his options. His preference for male lovers presents a challenge, but the universe is a big place, filled with many different kinds of beings. Mace takes a chance on his next mission, only half believing he’ll have any luck finding a mate, and unexpectedly discovers the passion he’d never even realized he was missing in his life.

    Without his father looming over him, he’s finally able to live peaceably while Faelan enjoys the spoils of life without bars. However, all of that is threatened after an assassination attempt on Virion reignites the war with Santain. Trusting her once again with his sister’s well-being, he sends Faelan to protect her only to desperately need her help when he’s captured and taken prisoner. Will he survive long enough for Faelan to save him or is he and his planet already lost? A Hopeful Mother Being wife to the Patriarch has never been easy, but Cetha has managed to persevere. She dreams of the day her son replaces his father as Santain’s ruler, but her dreams aren’t enough to stop the war or her own suffering. She’ll do the best she can to stay strong, but protecting her son will require her to walk a precarious line between him and her husband. In the end, she’ll make any sacrifice to keep her son alive, even if it means bringing more suffering upon herself. It is her greatest hope that he survives to bring honor back to their planet. A Defiant Rebel As a warzone surrounds all of Callana, Faelan is determined to rescue the man she loves and discover the key to ending the war between the two planets. If she can free Virion, can she keep him out of Santain custody and get him to safety before everything is lost?

    His survival depends on finding the last of the Resistance, said to be hiding in an ancient, flooded forest. Accompanied by his faithful mongoose, Tikki, Fenn must embark on a journey that will take him deep into the treacherous marsh and closer to the secrets of his past. But as the water levels continue to rise, his mission to unite the Seaborn people has never been more desperate.

    Between the forced labor and nights spent dreaming of a home she’ll never see again, quick glimpses of her sometimes lover Kaz are the only bright spot.But now Kaz is dying, and the thing he wants most is the one thing Katryn can’t give him…freedom.

    A revolution to regain society has emerged and sixteen-year-old Leeyah is thrust in the middle of the war against the corporate controlled police.Will a growing ability put her life at risk?Immerse yourself in the universe of the Influence series with this origin novella. Discover the beginning of the Influence phenomenon.

    He and his daughter, Isobella, are weeks away from living in the Gutter.Enter Jono Falanges, a greasy stockbroker who promises Paul all the money he needs, and more. The only catch is, Paul must invest Isobella’s health on the stock market.Plunge down the slippery slope of morality with Investing Isobella, a horrifying sci-fi novella. You won’t look at your investments the same way, ever again.

    The only saving grace is, they don't know he's a cyborg. When an innocent, fresh-faced Alliance pilot lands inside with no clue how to survive, Cole has a decision to make... Focus on his own escape to rejoin the war effort? Or try and salvage his honor and help her survive a prison filled with murders, rapists, and psychopaths.

    Others make it worse... The Thressl’n are a race built for war, and they are stuck struggling to make up for the sins of the corrupt men who came before them. Thressl’n females are used to their place on the planet Jenal’k, but when the planet faces a gender disparity, chaos ensues as independent women from earth turn their world upside down. These women think for themselves and speak their minds, and although it goes against the customs, the Thressl’n men find these women irresistible. Follow the journeys of these strong heroines and the Thressl’n warriors who have claimed them, invoking passions beyond their wildest dreams on earth in this hot sci fi alien romance series! Dr. Lain Brousseau is on the verge of scientific stardom. But when she is suddenly abducted by the Thressl’n, the entire game changes. Now, it’s a struggle every day between trying to escape and observing the actions of the intriguing alien race that has taken her. Lain defies the Thressl’n customs – not to mention sedatives – with one stubborn goal in mind. Survival. However, all of her efforts come to a screeching halt when she is faced with a man who makes her question everything she thinks she knows. Second-in-Command Zerk’k Arkti is too busy trying to fix his planet’s problems for mating. But all of that changes when, while collecting humans, he sets his eyes on an irresistibly sexy female. In that instant he knows that he has to have her, despite the taboo against mating for life with anybody but another Thressl’n. Fate, however, is valued highly among the Thressl’n race, and Zerk’k knows that, against all odds, he will fight for the female he wants. Even if that means putting everything he’s worked for on the line. As corruption and deceit work against him, Zerk’k is forced to choose. Risk his fated mate, or risk the future of his people? Book #1- Zerkk Book #2- Laike Book #3- Chazz Book #4- Aloitus This is the complete box set for Aliens Of Jenalk Standalone Series. All books in this page-turning SciFi romance series can be read as Standalones, there are no cliffhangers, and happily ever afters are guaranteed! Note: Adults Only!

    When the Intergalactic Empire has a tough mission, they send in a wizard scout. When they have an impossible mission, they send in Wizard Scout Trinity Delgado. The planet Cavos is on the verge of civil war. Only an outmanned, outgunned force of Empire peacekeepers prevent an outbreak of bloodshed on a global scale. When the peacekeepers’ commander requests an armored regiment as reinforcements, the Imperial High Command sends him Wizard Scout Trinity instead. With only a fresh out of the university grad student and a half-crazy old pilot as allies, Trinity has to find the source of Cavos’s troubles before the Empire becomes part of a disaster far greater than a mere local civil war. Caught between the peacekeepers’ resentful commander and suspicious local government officials, Trinity and her battle computer, Jennifer, have their work cut out for them. Together they must weave their way through one mystery after another leaving a trail of bloody bodies along the way until they find the answer. That is, if they can remain alive long enough to find it.

     Gripped by a fierce mating fever, Prince Korven is ordered home to marry highborn stranger. The three month long journey is filled with peril and he must keep his identity secret. As fate would have it, he crossed paths with Adelle, a most intriguing and infuriating human female. Primitive instinct claws inside him demanding the curvy woman with the insolent tone yet fragile gaze. He wants to own her, to make her his mate and rule his kingdom with her at his side. She can deny him all she likes but he sees the desire in her eyes. Her whispered protests only make him want her more. And the prince always gets what he wants. A woman guarding her heart. Orphaned Adelle might be curvy and girlish but she knows her craft, and she doesn’t need an expensive certificate to prove it. No one understands deep space engines like she does. She's determined to keep head down and do her job, earn enough credit and finish her schooling. She doesn't have time for some oversexed alien, even if he is the most gorgeous male she's ever encountered. She’s a nobody. They’re not even from the same planet. But stranded alone on an empty world, they must work together to survive and discover they can’t deny the fire that rages between them. Happily Ever After! Stand alone story with blazing hot passion. No cheating and no cliffhangers.

    When a Jendari warrior decides to handle her demonstration personally, Jasmine realizes she’s in way over her head. Tallis Ba’reah has no interest in the humans whose planet his people now share, and he’s done with the endless anti-alien protests. Until he confronts a soft, sexy, protest-of-one and he becomes far more interested than he should be. Interspecies relationships are forbidden, and Tallis does his best to avoid temptation. But when Jasmine is put at risk because of her ties to him, he’s forced to admit his heart is in charge – not his head. Tallis may not be able to claim her for his own, but he’ll do whatever it takes keep her safe. #BBW #scifiromance

    If she hadn’t stayed—hadn’t gone in the first place—she wouldn’t be in this mess. But she had, and she was. And now things were different. Very different. When you wake up one day with a whole range of new abilities, life gets interesting quick. You can fly, disappear, and shoot deadly flames from your finger tips. Suddenly, being an orphan who’s forced to live at your high school seems like no big deal. Now your biggest worry is that people have started to notice. And they won’t seem to leave you alone. For Lexi, navigating this new world is no easy task. Can she control her abilities? Whom can she trust? Has she said goodbye to ‘normal’ forever?

    Van RisseghemAward Winning author Jody A KesslerInternational bestselling author T.F. WalshUSA Today bestselling author Lia DavisInternational bestselling author Christopher ColemanInternational bestselling author Danielle AnnettAward Winning author K.J. McPikeInternational bestselling author A.M. YatesAward Winning author Lisa ManifoldInternational bestselling author Rebecca ChastainUSA Today bestselling author Victoria PinderInternational bestselling author LG CastilloInternational bestselling author W.J. MayInternational bestselling author Jill CooperInternational bestselling author Khloe WrenInternational bestselling author Gaja J. KosInternational bestselling author Angela RoquetInternational bestselling author Chrissy PeeblesInternational bestselling author Sabrina SableInternational bestselling author Siana Wineland

    Millions of Christians disappeared, apparitions of the Virgin Mary have reappeared, meanwhile the Antichrist begins his beastly career. The apocalypse has finally arrived! Take an end times journey with an American and Israeli family as they experience the ancient biblical predictions roll off their parchments and pound onto the pavement packing a powerful global punch. Will the Thompson’s survive this perilous apocalyptic period? George and Mimi Thompson believe their grandson Tyler lives in the final generation. Lovingly, they prepare the child for life after the destruction of Damascus, the nuclear disaster in Iran, the final Arab-Israeli war of Psalm 83, the Russian led invasion into Israel of Ezekiel 38, nuclear terrorism in America, and the coming world religion and global government of Mystery Babylon. The Apocalypse Revelations chronologically orders the events that takes you through the Church Age and beyond into the time-gap period that follows. Experience the End Times through the eyes of the Thompson family, and discover how their gripping story uncovers the silver lining of hope against the backdrop of global gloom and doom... Their family tale could soon become your reality!

    The old stuffed teddy bear that helped him assemble puzzles when he was a child might have been too much of a secret for his adoptive mother to keep. His friend Quincy, who had abilities similar to his, might have been scared away by Arthur’s abilities. And his grade school teacher is still harboring a secret about his biological father that she can only hope to be true.Once Sandra is alive again, things become more complicated. She claims Arthur is not who or what he thinks he is. Her ire shines a spotlight on the insidious but most likely true, unspoken nature of their relationship. In the meantime, a mysterious smell envelopes the community—a stench so heinous it can be fatal. As the number of deaths from the stench mounts, Arthur must decide who to animate back to life and who remains dead.

    With the reward, she can pay for her brother's surgery and finally get out of Basilica City. Trouble is, her line of work's not exactly legal, and she's barely staying ahead of the cops who want her target, too. Detective Rhys Carver may be a little unorthodox, but he's a good cop. Born and bred in Basilica, he does his part to keep his city clean. As clean as it gets, at least. And with Adria suddenly in his sights, it's going to take more than falling in love for him to let her go. As the pair close in on their mark, they are unwittingly drawn into a high profile conspiracy that could thrust the whole of Basilica into chaos. Can Adria and Rhys set aside their differences, and their desires, to save the only home they know? ** A Siren Erotic Romance

    Each visit ends the same way: one hundred thousand people vanish. If rumors are true, the abducted are fodder for an alien world’s appetite. Like everyone else living under the totalitarian regime of the North American Alliance, Adelyn Innsbruck fears the Aoilites. She doubts they’ll ever threaten her home, though; Juno Ridge is too small a community for the mass harvesting of people. She’s more concerned with caring for her five-year-old brother, Nikeen, and coming to terms with Kaden, the young man who blames Adelyn—not without reason—for his parents’ deaths. Then the Aoilites come to Juno Ridge. When they depart, Nikeen is gone, and Adelyn and Kaden find themselves alone and unable to cope with the loss of their loved ones. War with the Aoilites is imminent, and after the capture, the duo are on the run from the government that now deems Adelyn as much a threat as the aliens. Adelyn doesn’t have time to consider the consequences. She’s only got one goal—to rescue her brother. To do so, she’ll defy anyone in her way, be they alien or human.

    Marshall is sick of the apocalypse happening on a weekly (if not daily) basis. Life is constantly in peril, continually disrupted, but nothing significant ever happens. The emergency is always handled. Always. Marshall wants out; he wants it all to stop…one way or another. Apocalypse All the Time explores humanity’s fascination with the end times and what impact such a fascination has on the way we live our lives.

    Seven years into the war, Ariana's team of Orbital Drop Marines is sent on a desperate rescue mission to Midas IV. Ariana is experienced in the chaotic frenzy of battle, but this drop is different. Instead of a heated battle, she emerges into an eerie calm. Separated from their platoon, Ariana and her team need to discover why this place is untouched by the all-out war raging everywhere else on the surface. Finding the answer leads Ariana to a discovery that will change her forever—but will the cost be too high? -- Echo is the first book in the Echoes in the Black universe—the story that started it all.

    Now what? With the help of two other inmates, they might just manage an escape. That is unless the Alliance has anything to say about it!

    When the cruel King Taen attempts to appropriate the lands of Lord Mavren, he instead makes an enemy of the once-loyal lord, and turns all the power of the Empire against itself in a brutal civil war. Young and ambitious Nact moves swiftly up the ranks of Mavren's rebel army to the coveted post of General. To cement his position, and prove once and for all the lower castes are just as capable as the highest nobility, he has only one task left to accomplish: capture Lord General Naiomonni, the brilliant, lethal head of King Taen's military… and Mavren's defected lover.When the disastrous aftermath of a battle flings Nact and Naiomonni beyond the charted galaxy to land on a hostile planet, their only hope of survival lies in cooperation. But being enemies makes finding common ground impossible, and no matter how compelling Nact finds the beautiful, intelligent Naiomonni, it's hard to trust someone known not only for his prowess in war, but for his treachery…♦ 53,000 words.

    However, her 13th birthday brought many new adjustments, including being sent to boarding school. At Grimsby School of the Republic, Elena faces many new challenges as she tries to make friends, deals with overwhelming class work, and struggles with a demanding Drill Instructor. In addition to this, the school proves to be a mysterious place. Elena soon finds herself on an unexpected journey with her friends. Will her adventure lead her back home? Or is she on a path to unknown places? Only time will tell...

    In less than a decade his gilded prize switched from monetary to human flesh.After the ice from a mini global freeze melted, people began to emerge from their underground complexes. Unprepared for a harsh surface life, the naïve were butchered while the shrewd adapted. Reduced to using crude black powder, rival clans hunted each other for meat.Sarah was brutally hobbled after her family was butchered. Her foreign beliefs made her baulk the laws governing her captures. Curious about the fate of the rest of her clan, she joined some of her capturers in their bloody quest to survive.Amidst the battling hordes of cannibals and cunning opportunists, no was safe. As the species fed upon itself, even man's future was bleak.

    The White House fears that if the public discovered that deflected bodies—asteroids, planets, or the comet itself—pose a threat to Earth, the nation would erupt in panic and chaos.When rookie astronomer Irina Kirilenko warns her friend Ariele Serrafe of the impending danger, she unleashes an explosive chain of events, and both find themselves in the crosshairs of federal agents.The Rogue is the first volume of the Planets Shaken series, a thought-provoking thriller based on the mysterious line in Luke 21:26, "the powers of the heavens shall be shaken." This unique take on the apocalyptic genre mingles hard science, historical analogy, Bible prophecy, and subtle dystopianism.

    With her peaceful utopian world crumbling and humanity’s very existence under threat, Kala must travel back in time to 2079—when a synthetic viral pandemic is raging across the globe—in a desperate attempt to change the course of the future. She must succeed. But if she does, it could mean the end of her people forever.

    Telepaths are registered and recruited by a government with no qualms about invading the minds of its citizens. Fugitive psychics are hunted by the Bureau of Counterpsychic Affairs, or Countermind.Alan Izaki is one such fugitive, as well as a hacker, grifter, and thief.Countermind agent Jack Smith is hunting him through the twisted underbelly of Hong Kong.But Alan possesses a secret so dangerous and profound it will not only shake Smith’s loyalties, but the foundations of their society.And Alan isn’t the only one on the run. Rogue psychic Arissa binti Noor escapes Countermind, in search of brilliant game designer Feng Huang. She hopes that together, they can destroy the government’s intrusive Senex monitoring system.Their goals seem at odds, and their lives are destined to collide. When they do, three very different people must question their alliances and their future, because everything is about to change.

    The next moment she wakes up in a completely different place and time. It’s the twenty-third century—at least that’s what she’s being told by a group of scientists who aren’t at all happy to see her. Their agent, a man sent back in time to kill a dangerous terrorist, has been killed by the terrorist instead. So now the scientists are proposing to send Dani back in time to finish the job.It sounds great to Dani, who only wants to get home. Except for one thing—her trip into the future has totally erased her from the past. Her wife Gemma doesn’t know her. Her parents and siblings have never met her. And the police force has no record of her.Could she start over? Could Gemma fall in love with her all over again? Dani has only two weeks to find out before she must return to the future. But is two weeks long enough to fall in love? Or is it only long enough to say goodbye…

    He gets a break with an interview of Owen Friedland, the newly appointed President of the US. But Robert soon learns there's more to the story than just the average profile about the man behind the office. Now he's got to decide how much are his hopes at stardom worth, if it means exposing the leader of the nation for who he really is.

    At the time of the writing of this short novel, the football protests were costing the NFL many dollars in ticket sales and lost advertising revenues. The premise of the novel is a billionaire team owner blames right wing Christians for destroying his dreams of greatness and vows revenge, plunging America into a twenty-five year downward spiral of political corruption and propaganda aimed at Christians who stand on Biblical principles. This novel takes you into the lives of a dedicated group of twenty-first century Christians. They must band together for support and protection or face being eaten by lions in the old football stadiums. Considering current levels of hatred and animosity that exist towards Christians who try to follow Bible based beliefs, it leaves one wondering if things really could deteriorate this far in the next twenty-five years. If you like a book that takes you to the edge of your seat and beyond as you become invested in the lives of the characters, then this book is for you.

    government has found pyramids on Callisto, a Jupiter moon. They are etched with ancient hieroglyphs that no one can understand -- no one but archaeologist Kaden Jaxx. What's more, the pyramids are giving off energy. Lots of energy. Enough to power half of the United States. But Jaxx discovers his Black Ops bosses are hiding an Earth-shattering truth -- an ancient civilization may still be on that moon. And a secret launch to that moon is imminent. Jaxx hires a brilliant but impulsive reporter who digs into the agency's mandate. When they learn too much, the hunt is on: they're on a government hit list and are now trapped in a race against time to blow the lid off the secret plans, save themselves, and maybe even mankind.

    With no women left on Auxem, the aliens turned to Earth for their brides. But nothing's happened the way I imagined.He hardly speaks to me. I know he's never had a woman around before, but why is he acting like a complete jerk? Ayrie's used to getting what he wants, but underneath his confident, chiseled exterior, he's hiding a big secret. Now we're stranded together on a remote planet.He's got a perfect body. I hope he knows how to use it.Ayrie is a STAND-ALONE, full-length science fiction romance. There are no cliffhangers, and a happy ending is guaranteed! Auxem (TerraMates #13; Auxem #1), Water World Confidential (TerraMates #3), Alpha's Enslaved Bride (TerraMates #4), Auctioned to the Alpha (TerraMates #5) and Abduction: Part 1, an exclusive, never released work are included as bonus books

     As the commander in charge of the Super Artificial Intelligence program in Eudaiz, a universe far from Earth, Lyla has it all. Beauty. Intelligence. Power. She has never failed a mission, until she detects a shadow in the main frame system. The shadow is built on elusive magical power and human emotions—neither of which she has training for or first-hand experience with. Combining with the force of dark energy, by the the shadow is on a mission to not only destroy the legacy her father has built but also kill millions of citizens across the multiverse. It will invade and enslave universes—Earth included. Time is not on her side. But if she fights now, she will be on her own.

    This episode was written by Matt Cody. You live. You love. You die. Now RUN.Upon arriving at Sanctuary, the group is faced with two clearly malicious and dangerous caretakers. But they’ve come this far, and are determined to get inside. The only thing to do is stand and fight—whatever that may take. One moment proved fateful for a group of teenagers—and not just because it’s the moment they all happened to die. At the moment of their deaths, they were snatched forward into the future and remade in a world they hardly recognize. Now, after facing murderous robots and an unpredictable environment, the teens have begun to find their footing. But can they survive long enough to figure out why they were remade? And will they ever be able to stop running?

    This time the great detective and his stalwart companion will venture into alternate universes, histories, and futures to solve puzzling cases of the paranormal far beyond the bounds of imagination. An Old West town plagued by a legendary beast, a dystopian future where black snow falls on Baker Street, a cyborg Holmes engaged in a psychological game with an ancient enemy, a world-weary Holmes and Watson who must choose between vampiric immortality and oblivion, and a classic noir with dames to kill for are just a few of the strange adventures that await you in Curious Incidents. Grab your deerstalker and hold on tight! The game is afoot!

    The only catch was they had to be put into cryostasis. Having no other alternative they accepted. When Kat wakes up she's alone and abandoned in a building falling to pieces. When she finds out she had slept through 500 years she knew the experiment did more than cure her cancer. With her twin's cryo chamber empty and only a note telling her Kris might be alive, Kat needs answers. She sets off to find them and ends up on a spaceship, the Wolfegang. On a course to find her brother the government gets wind of her and chase her and the crew through the stars. A handsome Captain Wolfe decides to take her on his crew despite the risk and join his band of smugglers and misfits. As the adventure continues Kat wonders what exactly she got herself into by agreeing to take the job. (an epic space opera adventure)

    They range from murders in once loving families to mass killings in churches and venues throughout America. You can brush it under the rug like most people have but the stories are only growing worse as the days wear on.

    Before there was an Internet, before there was Amazon, Bethany Burke had penned Hidden Worlds, the original kink classic. It’s been expanded into a three book trilogy, available to modern readers for the very first time! Four hundred years in the future, life on Earth is perfect. The genders are equal. War is non-existent. Everything is clean, safe, and wonderful, due to one cause: In the early years of the twenty-second century, over 90% of the Earth’s population was relocated by force to colony planets spread over the galaxy. Jen Marin has a gift for languages. When she’s slotted at the last minute into an off-Earth expedition to study the linguistics of a colony planet, she never questions the assignment. It’s a perfect opportunity to get an advantage over her fellow academics on Earth. She, along with her companion Christy, also never questions a recreational trip to an isolated area of the planet’s surface, that is until they go back to the space craft – and it’s gone. As impossible as it seems, they’ve been abandoned. But why? And to what? Jen’s new reality is a world where her body is not her own, filled with heavy handed warriors, cruel Matrons whose sole purpose is “training” young women for their marriages, a prince who wants Jen for his own, and mysteries that seemingly have no answer. It has to be a mistake, right? The ship is coming back for them, right? Or have they been betrayed in ways they can barely begin to imagine? Publisher's Note: “Betrayed: Hidden Worlds Book One” is the original sci-fi kink classic, set in a world where domination and submission is the norm. It contains explicit scenes of discipline and sexual training, against the backdrop of a fantastic science fiction adventure. If explicit scenes offend you, please do not buy this book. Watch for: Scarred: Hidden Worlds Book Two – Available January 2018 Avenged: Hidden Worlds Book Three – Available March 2018