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Patriotic young Emma Dodgson struggled to make it into the United States Marines, but now she’s there, she’s going to make sure it counts. Convinced that the United States is on the road to victory in the Great War, Dodgson’s world is turned upside down when on her first mission, she learns the USA has surrendered to the enemy. From the ashes of defeat, a new leader rises. Jenna Plural is determined to unite the free forces from across the solar system. Hope is restored to Dodgson, and she devotes herself to Jenna’s cause.

Orion and Elvin split up years ago because they wanted to father children and thought it would be too complicated trying to find a woman who would suit them both. Instead, they became an Alpha and his second first, and the closest of friends second. But when Megan disrupts their carefully constructed order, it might be a chance to forge something new.

He could be the one, really, the one. He seems like a great guy. He has a rock-hard amazing body, a gorgeous face with a smile that melts my panties, and sexually–oh yeah! No need to elaborate. The only problem is I don’t remember meeting him or going home with him, which is something I never do, never.

Entering her second year of vet tech school, Ling is caught between her best friend and her long-time crush. Ling wants nothing more than to tell Dakota how she feels, but she can’t risk upsetting the delicate balance of their friendship–until she discovers her best friend, Amber, is the third point in their love triangle.

She’s perfectly content with her close-knit friends, her avian research at the local university, and, well, her own hand is enough to satisfy her on lonely nights. But then her BFF starts a family, Kiran’s dean denies her tenure, and she breaks her wrist trying to tame a traumatized cockatoo. In just a few days, everything Kiran cares about is obliterated.

Are you looking for a steamy romance about a flying doctor racing across the Outback to rescue a beautiful damsel in distress? Well, I’m sorry to tell you, mate, you’ve come to the wrong place. This is all about how yours truly met Jenna Plural. Nicked a bloody spaceship. What Phelks got so wrong, and what happened after Jenna took control of the fleet. Best of all, it’s told by me, Stacey Grant. Yeah, I wrote a bloody book. Would you believe it? What more could you want? So grab yourself some tinnies, sit back, and let me tell you my story.

She thought she was rescuing them, but they'll be the ones to free her. Charlotte works for the Sacred Order, a very exclusive laboratory that deals in protecting all of mankind, not that Charlotte is sure just how they do that. One day, she gets a glimpse when she notices a trio of big cats a cheetah, a tiger, and a lion all being abused and experimented on. She takes matters into her own hands and steals them intent on delivering them to a sanctuary.

After receiving a substantial inheritance, 37-year-old aspiring writer, Theresa, moves to the High Country of Victoria, Australia, to finally write the novel she had always planned. Here, she meets and marries Rick Goodman, a former TV star and local entrepreneur.

Storms are brewing in peaceful Sunrise Bay as Charlie's boyfriend prepares to battle his vindictive ex for custody of their little girl. A night out at a fancy hotel with her book club pals is a ray of sunshine among Charlie's clouds—until a woman falls to her death from a hotel balcony. Was it a tragic accident or something more sinister? The woman's husband claims he was walking on the beach when she fell, but if that's true, why don't his shoes have any sand on them? And, speaking of footwear, why has one of the dead woman's own shoes gone missing?

Romance is in the air, and Charlie's first date with Sunrise Bay's hottest policeman is to the Yule Ball. Organized by Charlie's unstoppable Aunt Evie, the charity ball is the town's biggest fundraising night of the year. A dazzling sapphire necklace is the centerpiece of the auction and the bidding is fierce. But as the auctioneer's hammer comes down, the lights in the ballroom go out. When they come back on, the necklace is gone. Aunt Evie is devastated and Charlie is determined to use her newfound detective skills to find it.

Everything's panning out for Charlie in picture-perfect Sunrise Bay. She has a new dog, a brand-new photography business, and maybe even a fresh romance with the hottest policeman in town. Plus, her latest photo shoot is double the fun. Identical twins Sam and Jess want photos to celebrate their thirtieth birthday. But the party stops when Sam disappears. Rumors spread faster than you can say "cheese". Is her hot-tempered new boyfriend to blame? What did her neighbor really see?

Echoes of the Frontier gathers thirteen unforgettable tales by literary giants such as Jack London, Willa Cather, Mark Twain, and Bret Harte—each story capturing a different facet of life at the edge of civilization. From the perilous ride of The Denver Express to the poetic solitude of On the Divide, and from the chilling desperation of Love of Life to the dry wit of Nevada Sketches, these stories illuminate the grit, dreams, and humanity of those who dared to tame the wild.

Charlie was one of the gathered. Survivors of the earthquake that shattered the eastern U.S. and poisoned the land. Those who lived were changed, gifted with strange new abilities, and seized by the government to be turned into weapons. Years later, Charlie and her boyfriend, Tyler, escaped the Base and disappeared, using her power of premonition to stay hidden. But when Tyler learns his twin sister is still alive and trapped inside the Base, he’s willing to risk everything to bring her home. Charlie’s visions turn deadly. She’s seen Tyler captured, bleeding, lost.

The Wisdom Keeper’s Guide to Functional Living is a heart centered journey of self-help in fiction-form. The book is a mix of Eat, Pray, Love meets the magic of Harry Potter with a female lead. The book honestly addresses themes of cancer, pain, and death. Painful experiences become catalysts that transform Aurora into the Wisdom Keeper. The Wisdom Keeper’s Guide to Functional Living will touch your heart.

The heir to a multibillion-dollar company that spans the solar system lost everything on Last Day when her country was destroyed. Over the years, she struggled to regain control of the company that was taken from her. The woman who has almost everything has decided this is not enough. The stakes are high, but if the gamble pays off, Hannah Grant will gain a power that rivals that of the Confederation leader Jenna Plural. Told through the eyes of her personal security officer, Liam Marshall….

Sharon Smith is a senior in high school and the valedictorian of her class. She plays the cello and piano, volunteers at the library, tutors other kids, works part time at McDonald's, and has been running her paper route since she was eight. On top of all that she is taking college credits online, saving to buy a car, and applying to all the Ivy League colleges, but what matters the most to her is her bestfriend and next-door neighbor, Calvin.

When Charlie Carter catches her fiancé cheating with her best friend, she swaps power suits for swimsuits and moves to the idyllic seaside town of Sunrise Bay. Maybe a dose of vitamin sea can cure her broken heart. Beautiful beaches aren't the little town's only attractions. It's also the home of her feisty retired aunt, who soon has Charlie surrounded by new friends and fulfilling a lifelong dream of becoming a photographer. Everything is going swimmingly until Aunt Evie's book club pal Peggy turns up deader than Charlie's engagement.

When Last Day comes, and Australia falls, Harper finds herself recruited by a mysterious US marine called Jenna Plural. Unable to go home, Harper and her best friend, Stacey, must go into enemy territory and steal an advanced prototype.

When gorgeous new student Carter struts into Year 10, Harley knows it’s time to reinvent herself. Before long, she’s shedding not only weight but her friends, her family, and the person she used to be. Spiraling deeper into a world where nothing is as it seems, Harley is desperate to find her way back. But first, she must figure out why her dead grandmother is messaging her. Why her father is never home. Why the voice keeps making her do things she doesn’t want to do. Why everyone she loves is out of reach.

Unlike her half sister Hannah was raised in luxury as the daughter of a multi billionaire industrialist. Genetically designed to be flawless, she is rich, beautiful and spoiled rotten. The most popular girl in school she is also an unrepentant bully who stamps her authority on everyone around her. She has expensive luxury cars, chauffer driven limousines and the captain of the football team as a boyfriend. She has the life most of us can only dream of and stands to inherit her mother's corporate empire.