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Today’s high schools aren’t about books. They’re about texts, tweets, and social media postings…silly, gossip, and sometimes mean, until the random murder of a well-liked high school teacher. But is it random? Vinnie Briggs can’t find any explanation…except he notices links to other accidents among teachers, principals, and high school parents. He recruits a martial arts expert, Rita Light, to help the investigation. Vinnie seeks hard evidence; Rita her invented inventive yoga sex among the widowers. It works, except she falls in love with one of the parents.

A chance meeting of a former high school best friend causes Vinnie Briggs' Sicilian vacation to fall apart even before he checks into his hotel. One friend asks for a "simple" favor, the other dies. Vinnie knows it's a bad idea to get involved, yet he can't refuse. He's asked to link the Brooklyn mob to human trafficking in Sicilian refugee camps. The favor brings complications. The body count grows.

In all his travels across the state, there is one place that Hubie hasn’t been able to access: Trinity Site at the White Sands Missile Range, where the first atomic bomb was detonated. Deep within the range are ruins once occupied by the Tompiro people, whose distinctive pottery is incredibly rare and valuable. When an old associate claims to have a buyer interested in spending big money on a Tompiro pot, Hubie resolves to finally find a way into the heavily guarded military installation.

Maybe it was the chance to make an easy $2,500. Or maybe it was the opportunity to examine a treasure trove of Anasazi pots - or maybe it was just a slow day at the antiques shop that convinced Hubie Schuze to agree to a strange proposition. A reclusive collector wants a confidential appraisal, with one catch: Hubie must be blindfolded and driven to an unknown location by a chauffeur. Sure, it’s an odd setup, but what could possibly go wrong?

A dealer of ancient Native American pottery, Hubert Schuze has spent years combing the public lands of New Mexico, digging for artwork that would otherwise remain buried. According to the US government, Hubie is a thief - but no act of Congress could stop him from doing what he loves. For decades, Hubie has worn the title of pot thief proudly. Outright burglary, though, is another story. But an offer of $25,000 to lift a rare pot from a local museum proves too tempting for Hubie to refuse.

Private investigator Vinnie Briggs knows three things about his client Gunter Hoffman: he's built like a superhero yet clings to a warped self-image of being puny, but despite his timid nature he's more than capable of extreme violence. Gunter witnesses a murder that entangles him in a terrorist plot. Vinnie and co-investigator Rita Light must prove Gunter's innocence by any means: illegal, lying, and sex, to uncover the terrorists and save Gunter - and puts innocent lives at risk.

Caught between his divorced parents and friendless except for Saffron, the girl he pines over, LeRoy Jupiter Jenkins resigns his victories to the "let’s play" videos on his retrogaming YouTube channel. But when he stumbles across a game cartridge that shouldn’t exist, Saffron drags him on an unauthorized side quest across the country to solve the mystery of its existence.

His son is dead. His ship is dead. His career is dead. But Spectre is very much alive. And with his plans of galactic domination laid bare, Captain James Mattis must gather what allies he can to stop him. Admiral Pippa Spears and the HMS Caernarvon make a mysterious discovery in the wreckage of the USS Stennis, one that could change the outcome of the war.

Humanity is desperate to find a way to quickly end this catastrophic war before the aliens can overwhelm them with sheer numbers.

With nowhere else to go and separated from their friends, Avery and Clesandra head into the dark mist with Commander Smith hot on their trail. Endless are the rumors about the mist, what lies within it, and its shrouded secrets. Avery cannot worry about those rumors. Other problems plague his mind. Where is Jace? Is he safe? Where are the others? How will they find them without getting lost themselves? Will he and Clesandra live long enough to see their child born?

Book two in the Sentience trilogy: Interstellar civil war rages. An incredibly powerful sentient computer chafes at the limitations of being confined inside hardware and plots to rectify that situation. Predatory feline aliens launch humanity's greatest nightmare: alien invasion.

A race of feline aliens have discovered a new source of prey. Unfortunately, humanity is distracted as a sentient bio-computer is orchestrating an interstellar civil war. Neither side is yet aware that they have been detected by a star-faring race of predators, who are already making preparations to unleash humanity's greatest nightmare: alien invaders.

Quentin needs to put it all behind him, enough of the pity brigade. What better way to do just that than by jumping into Sorrowsong, the greatest MMO that ever existed, that's now available in true VR? But there’s always a catch, or more like a big flaw, unless you consider a mind-reading quest-giver to be a minor glitch. Now the QG is in his head, rooting up memories that are best left buried. The game is playing Quentin.

Rocio Lopez and Finn Lockwood are finally reunited - but under desperate circumstances. Magic is raging, and the mage community is in chaos as the Confed struggles to hold onto its secrets. Rocio believes exposing those secrets is the key to saving the world's magic. She never wanted to become the leader of a revolution, but with her unique understanding of the crisis, taking charge may be the only way to see her mission through.

When the grumpy firefighter falls for the sunshine girl who turns his world upside down . . . Elsa Whitney walks into my life like she owns the sun, all warmth and light, and shatters the quiet I've been clinging to. Not that I can blame her. She's impossible to ignore. And somehow, I'm the...

Dr. Sam Harper thought he was starting over. A move from the city to a quiet town. A fixer-upper house. A quieter life for his wife and son. But when he steps in to stop a late-night assault, he sets off a chain of events more dangerous than anything he left behind. Greg Sanders arrives the next day—a handyman ready to help the Harper family with their copious house repairs. Friendly. Resourceful. He even bonds with Sam’s autistic son.

Villains Online: Big Bad is a Superhero LitRPG adventure that combines superhero action with everything you love about LitRPG. Strategic battles, character progression, and unpredictable twists and turns that await in this exciting new series.

The doorbell rings in the home of a prominent Palm Beach citizen, quickly followed by a shotgun blast that shatters a window, cracking the calm of a cool January night. Rodger Kriger falls to the floor, mortally wounded, leaving a wife and six children. Murder in Palm Beach: The Homicide That Never Died is closely based on a sensational, real murder that happened in the posh oceanside town in 1976. In the thin guise of fiction, the audiobook contains shocking new information never before made public.

The Ragnarok Tournament is in full swing and The Family Jewels are finally getting the hang of things. They’re leveling up, working as a team, and proving they’ve got the stones to compete with the best. Ben’s confidence is growing—maybe even a little swollen—and for once, it feels like the family might have the tournament in the bag. But just when Ben thinks he’s found his groove, his old guild rolls in and stirs up trouble, leaving the whole crew facing stiff dungeon time.

Maelstrom's victory over the Winter League is short-lived. Disastrophe, the original supervillain from Capes Online's beta era, rises to power with a sinister agenda: To escape the virtual world by seizing Maelstrom's real-life body, even if it means his death. With Adventure City at stake, Maelstrom forges unlikely alliances with heroes and villains alike to thwart Disastrophe's deadly plan for him and the city as a whole.