It's the classic story—boy goes off into the world to fulfill his dreams and leaves the girl behind. Not every boy returns home, and I wish Ben Noughton wouldn't have come back to our small ranching town at all after he retired from playing professional football. I figure it's a quick layover for him. He always wanted out of this town and off his family's ranch. I just have to bide my time until he turns his back on all of us again. Then he takes on the coaching position for the high school football team and starts milling around too much, bulldozing the protective walls I've built around myself. But he goes too far when he takes my son under his wing to help him be the best player he can be. Leaving me to protect not only my own heart but my son's too. Because I promised myself a long time ago that I'd never be the girl in the rearview mirror again.

A Special Operations "fixer" for Homeland Security, U.S. Marine General Ray Hauser, teams up with Air Force Special Agent Sunny Hicks to recover a stolen GAU-8, the Gatling-gun like nose cannon of the military's most destructive gunship, the A-10 Warthog. The weapon fires three thousand rounds a minute, each round's explosive power equal to a stick of dynamite. Attached to a flatbed trailer, parked near Los Angeles traffic at rush hour, three thousand people could die within police response time. Ray has another, more personal incentive to find those who stole the horrific weapon. His wife, Alissa, went missing years ago investigating a similar theft inside the same Arizona desert. If he can solve the GAU-8 case, there's a chance he can discover what happened to his presumably dead wife, even catch her killers. But that stolen Gatling-gun-like cannon also holds special attraction for Jessie Maris, unhappy wife of the weapon's chief thief, Nolan Maris, a career...

Nora Bauer, once Hollywood's elite fixer, now finds her reputation shattered. Exposing a crime rather than concealing it has rendered her a pariah in an industry where secrets are currency. When Daphne Belle, a faded actress desperate for a comeback, enlists Nora's help to avoid tabloid scandals, it seems like a straightforward gig. But after a night they can't remember, filled with drinks, drugs, and decisions they wish to forget, Nora and Daphne awaken to a scene straight from a horror film: they're drenched in blood with zero memory of how it happened. The duo's frantic quest to piece together the night leads them into the darkest corners of Hollywood, a place far removed from its shimmering veneer. As they delve deeper, whispered secrets in dive bars and encounters with shadowy criminals reveal a chilling conspiracy. Nora and Daphne face a critical choice: uncover the truth and risk everything, or become the next...

In a city full of bachelors, no one is quite what they seem... THIS BOX SET INCLUDES: The Brush-Off (Modern Love #0.5) Before The Bartender, there was The Brush-Off—the place where enemies to lovers began... When a blind date turns disastrous, Whitney Knight's life changes forever and there's only one person to blame: Cole Webber. Charmed by the Bartender (Modern Love #1) Who knew sleeping with the enemy could be this much fun? By the time I'd figured out WHO the bartender was, I was already falling for him. Hooked on the Boxer (Modern Love #2) Who knew a bad boy could mend a broken heart? Until I discovered he was so much more than just a BOXER. Left hook. Right to the heart. Mad About the Banker (Modern Love #3) Who knew my brother's friend could be Mr. Right, not just Mr....

It's the classic story— best friends since childhood agree to a fake marriage, thinking they can pretend to love each other without their relationship changing. Jude would do anything for me. He's stood by my side since we were six, and I've done the same for him. When my father dies, leaving our family farm drowning in debt and on the brink of being auctioned, I'm not surprised Jude steps in to help. I just never dreamed he'd fall to bended knee and devise a plan for us to fool everyone into thinking there's more than a lifelong friendship between us. Soon, I'm moving into his house, we're planning a wedding on his family's ranch, and we discover a new side to our relationship. I keep reminding myself it's not real—it's only to secure a loan to save the farm. I've secretly loved Jude all my life, and now that I know how good we are together, I'm not sure we can return to being just friends.

BRAND NEW from bestselling author Alex BrownMamma Mia meets Shirley Valentine in the brand-new holiday romance for 2024 from the International No.1 bestseller.Gina Bennett has had enough after her husband of twenty-seven years lets her down one time too many. Deciding to choose herself, she embarks on a transformative solo journey to break free from the monotony of her life.She escapes to the gorgeous Greek island of Kalosiros, where she holidayed in her youth, and where she had her first romance with the handsome Nico. Encountering two kindred spirits in Rosie and Deedee, the women bond over art classes and cocktails, renewing their lust for life and a shared quest to find Gina's lost love.Together, they navigate the challenges of middle-age, self-discovery, and the liberating power of skinny-dipping. Will Gina find love again with her teenage sweetheart Nico, her husband, or with someone new? Bring Me...

All Giselle ever wanted was a family... who can accept her for what she is, a werewolf. In a world where supernatural creatures are not out and proud, this has been a problem for 16 year old Giselle. A child of the system, she's been bounced from home to home for as long as she can remember. As soon as the moon calls out her inner wolf, it's back into the system she goes.Against the odds, a new family is found for Giselle. One that may prove the answer to all her dreams and wishes. But this family comes with a deadly secret that could send Giselle six feet under instead of back into the system.Amid factions of warring witches and werewolves, and deadly curses with no hope for a cure, the way will not be an easy one, but if Giselle can call upon her skills as a lone wolf, she may just be able to unearth the truth keeping her from the one thing she's ever wanted... family

Bellamy Stone and Shane McGovern shared a storybook, high-school-long romance that made them the envy of Tallulah Cove. That is, until Shane gave up his first love for the college of his dreams and hightailed it out of town without looking back. Twelve years later, Bellamy Stone has built a fulfilling life in Tallulah Cove, without Shane and his promises of forever. She owns her own home and business, has friends, and contributes to her community. So what if her dates lack a certain spark. A girl can't have it all, right?Shane never intended to see Bellamy again. He'd managed to avoid her for twelve years, through a marriage, the birth of a son, and the death of them both. When one more tragedy strikes, Shane is called home to stand in for his father in the family business forcing him to face the woman he left behind, and the dormant feelings for her that flare back to life.Can Shane forgive himself for the way he ended things with Bellamy, the death of...

After burying two husbands, a man is not part of widow Kate LeBlanc's vision for the second half of her life. Especially not the intriguing younger man with shadows in his eyes who charmingly crashes her trip down memory lane in the Tallulah Cove sand. The age gap between them alone would set the town talking about the pitiful older woman pathetically chasing after the younger man. A pro athlete to boot, it's not like she had a chance in hell at holding onto a millionaire hottie like him. She didn't need their laughter to tell her they were from vastly different worlds and better off remaining there. But what if she didn't try to hang on forever and instead scratched that particular itch by tossing some hot fling treatment on this case of opposites attract?Recovering from an injury that could threaten his major league shortstop career, Sebastian Macina adds blackmail to the string of bad luck. Thrust into the spotlight by a woman claiming he fathered her unborn baby...

Abigail Ames never considered herself brave, especially after the death of her husband in a motorcycle accident that left her a struggling single mother. But two years later, and with a new career, Abby chances a better life for herself and her young son by leaping toward a fresh start in Tallulah Cove. While she hopes to one day find a safe and stable man, she never expects he might just be sitting on the barstool next to her after a defunct girls' night out.Ben Davenport isn't a man accustomed to running away, but relocating to Tallulah Cove to open a second branch of his business is a good way to escape his haunted past and lingering ghosts of his decades-old mistake. No longer believing in his own happily ever after, he's surprised by a chance encounter with a pretty brunette and the yearning she awakens with the delivery of the single most intriguing line ever.    Their growing attraction seems unstoppable, until the past...

**The war on drugs. A deadly cartel. One Marine fighting back. ** It's 1983 and we're losing the war on drugs. When a network news report exposes the flood of narcotics coming into the United States through the Caribbean and South America, the President has had enough. He tasks his inner circle to take the fight to the Medellín cartel. To even the playing field. But with fragile alliances on the line, the White House wants to keep the fight off the front pages. Time to deploy one of the Marine Corps best. Sergeant Lenny Cox. No one knows how to cause trouble like Lenny. When Lenny is witness to the sad reality of the drugs on Washington streets, he becomes even more motivated to hunt down the people responsible. But as he follows the trail into the Caribbean, he finds that even people within his own government have ulterior motives, and Lenny is being set up to fail. But Lenny has a secret weapon: An old friend from the Australian Army with a penchant for mischief—Lucas Burnside. Together, Lenny and Lucas will take the fight to the cartel, with deadly consequences.

A Prime Minister Assassinated. An Island Paradise in Turmoil. 600 Students Trapped Under Military Rule. 1983. The invasion of Grenada. When the Prime Minister is assassinated after a military coup, a campus full of American students is trapped under socialist rule on the island of Grenada. The President wants to mount a rescue mission. But is the US response designed to save the students or an attempt to quash a Soviet-backed outpost in the Caribbean? Without a diplomatic or intelligence presence on the ground, the Marines and US Army soldiers tasked with the operation are flying into the unknown. But Marine Sergeant Lenny Cox and Australian SAS Sergeant Lucas Burnside have just wrapped an operation in the Caribbean. Together, they have to discover the regime's plan, protect the Governor General of Grenada from becoming the next political assassination, and save six hundred students, all while trying not to set off Cuba and the Soviets onto a path to World War Three.

Best friends for life. That was their pact. Feisty, spitfire Hannah Prescott yearns to get the bulls she raises to the top rodeo circuit finals. Being a woman in a male-dominated career means she fights harder for what she wants, and romance plays no part in her goals. But when everything's on the line and her best friend asks her to play pretend, what's a girl to do?Sexy, life of the party cowboy Cody McCall is determined to save the legacy of his family's ranch and give his beloved, widowed grandfather something to live for again. Options are limited until he hits on the perfect plan—pretending to marry the girl who's been his confidante and friend all these years. After stealing sweet kisses with Hannah, Cody starts to dream of something more permanent...if he can only convince Hannah to agree that the move from friendship to marriage is worth the fight. He wants a forever bride, but there's only one cowgirl he desires.

Rising country music star Cassidy James McCall is living her own version of a bad country song. After undergoing vocal chord surgery, her future is uncertain. To escape the constant presence of tabloid reporters, she accepts an invitation to celebrate Christmas with her McCall cousins. But her idea of a quiet and peaceful holiday comes to a screeching halt the moment she crashes into her former boyfriend, the tough yet noble cowboy that she's never gotten over. Widowed, single father and ex-rodeo bull rider, Ryder Hadley, longs to raise his precious little girl in his safe, secure small hometown of Honor, Texas while bringing his ranch back to life. It's a simple wish that goes haywire when the mega country sensation and the woman who stole his heart years ago gallops back in to town, igniting a firestorm of emotions in her wake. As Ryder tries to protect his heart from falling once again under Cassidy's spell, he soon learns he's not the only one who can't resist her—his...

It's the classic story—girl returns to her hometown only to end up moving in with her high school crush, who she hates. Returning to Willowbrook was my only option after Chicago chewed me up and spit me out. Technically, it wasn't Chicago's fault. It was his fault—the man I thought I knew who turned out to be a liar. My older sister, always the one to swoop in and fix things, secured me a job as a yoga instructor on her fiancé's family ranch. As my self-assigned protector, she's keeping one eye on me and one eye on Emmett Noughton, her fiancé's brother. He's the charming, fun-loving, take-life-as-it-comes kind of guy, and once upon a time, his name was scribbled in my notebooks. Back then, I was invisible to him. Now, he's looking at me like I'm the only thing in the room. But he lost his chance with me a long time ago. It's easy to keep him at arm's length and nurse the grudge I've held onto for years. Until the house...

When life gave Fenrir Goldson a second chance, he asked for a gift receipt. Mr. Goldson is filthy rich. He's also callous and cruel and hasn't got a festive bone in his ancient body. Naturally, he's due for a holiday haunting. When his business partner, Bolbi Baggs, announces that they're to be visited by three spirits, Mr. Goldson braces himself for a whirlwind tour of his past, present, and future. Typically, a trio of time-traveling ghosts heralds a heartwarming tale of hope and redemption for the human race. Mr. Goldson, however, isn't a member of the human race. He's a Dwarf, and Mr. Baggs is a Halfling, and the adventure that's about to take them across the enchanted world of Arth is anything but typical. Holiday magic and economic realities collide in A Song of Three Spirits. It's A Christmas Carol for the 21st century, with a dash of high fantasy. Read this hilarious satire of Charles Dickens's classic today!

Escape to Mulberry-on-Sea... It's summer in Mulberry-on-Sea and with the arrival of warm, sunny evenings and happy tourists full of candy floss and ice cream, Bridget's Bicycle Bakery has gone from strength-to-strength. There's only one small croissant-shaped problem – her cosy kitchen isn't big enough for all her delicious bakes! The seaside-town's old, boarded-up bakery would be perfect for Bridget's scrumptious sausage rolls and sourdough loaves but she'll have to breathe life and love into it, just the way she did with the local community. With the help of the her local friends and her gorgeous beau Jack, could Bridget's Bakery dream be coming true, or is she about to wake up to a new surprise? Praise for Alex Brown: 'I adored it' Milly Johnson 'A really lovely read' Sarah Morgan 'Very lovely' Jill Mansell. 'An intriguing and heart-warming story you will love' Katie Fforde 'Warm and cosy' Lucy Diamond 'Poignant and moving, the cleverly entwined stories kept me turning the...

Melanie Hawkins knows two things for sure: She's running late to her family's Thanksgiving dinner, and she absolutely hates small spaces. Yet, there she is, running to catch the elevator so she can get the train to her parents' home. The two things she doesn't know are that the elevator contains her crush and that it's going to stop working while they are inside. Xavier Torres is heading out to a friend's Thanksgiving meal. Since moving to the city, he's seen his attractive neighbor a number of times but hasn't found the right way to strike up a conversation beyond a simple greeting. When these two neighbors are forced to spend hours together in a confined space, they find out they have more in common than just living in the same building. They might just find their next love in an elevator.

And the Dead Spake • (1922) • shortstoryThe Outcast • (1922) • shortstoryThe Horror-Horn • (1922) • shortstoryMachaon • (1923) • shortstoryNegotium Perambulans • (1922) • shortstoryAt the Farmhouse • (1923) • shortstoryInscrutable Decrees • (1923) • shortstoryThe Gardener • (1922) • shortstoryMr. Tilly's Séance • (1922) • shortstoryMrs. Amworth • (1922) • shortstoryIn the Tube • (1922) • shortstoryRoderick's Story • (1923) • shortstory

Reconciliation • (1924) • shortstory by E. F. BensonThe Face • (1924) • shortstory by E. F. BensonSpinach • (1924) • shortstory by E. F. BensonBagnell Terrace • (1925) • shortstory by E. F. BensonA Tale of an Empty House • (1925) • shortstory by E. F. BensonNaboth's Vineyard • (1923) • shortstory by E. F. BensonExpiation • (1923) • shortstory by E. F. BensonHome, Sweet Home • (1927) • shortstory by E. F. BensonAnd No Bird Sings • (1926) • shortstory by E. F. Benson (variant of "And No Bird Sings")The Corner House • (1926) • shortstory by E. F. BensonCorstophine • (1924) • shortstory by E. F. BensonThe Temple • (1924) • shortstory by E. F. Benson

The Step • (1926) • shortstoryThe Bed by the Window • (1929) • shortstoryJames Lamp • (1930) • shortstoryThe Dance • shortstoryThe Hanging of Alfred Wadham • (1928) • shortstoryPirates • (1928) • shortstoryThe Wishing-Well • (1929) • shortstoryThe Bath-Chair • shortstoryMonkeys • (1933) • shortstoryChristopher Comes Back • shortfictionThe Sanctuary • shortstoryThursday Evenings • (1920) • shortstoryThe Psychical Mallards • (1921) • shortstory

The Sanctuary • (1934) • shortstoryMonkeys • (1933) • shortstoryThe Bed by the Window • (1929) • shortstoryAnd No Bird Sings • (1926) • shortstoryThe Face • (1924) • shortstoryMrs. Amworth • (1922) • shortstoryNegotium Perambulans • (1922) • shortstoryThe Horror-Horn • (1922) • shortstoryThe House with the Brick-Kiln • (1908) • shortstoryThe Thing in the Hall • (1912) • shortstoryCaterpillars • (1912) • shortstoryGavon's Eve • (1906) • shortstoryThe Room in the Tower • (1912) • shortstory

The first novel in the epic sword & sorcery series readers are comparing to Robert Jordan and Terry Brooks. A #1 Fantasy Bestseller Loren dreams of escaping her cruel parents and becoming a great thief: Nightblade, a warrior of darkness and a champion of the light. Following the fugitive sorcerer Xain out of her forest home, she wears a stolen noble's cloak of fine black cloth and carries a dagger the world has not seen in centuries—a blade that can turn enemies to allies when she least expects it. Yet something keeps her from using that dagger to take a life. Soon she crosses paths with the smuggler family of Yerrin, invoking their wrath by stealing their most precious treasure. Yerrin’s reach is long, and they will not stop until they silence Loren forever. If she can survive, Loren may become the most infamous thief in the world. But if she fails, she will be only the first to burn in a war that threatens all the nine lands. The Nightblade Epic is a #1 fantasy bestseller, hailed as one of the best new sword and sorcery books in years. Your journey begins here. JOIN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF READERS ON AN EPIC ADVENTURE. **

A cozy debut science fiction novel by National Book Award–winning writer William Alexander, this story of found family follows a planetary courier training adolescent androids in a solar system grappling with interplanetary conflict after a devastating explosion on Earth's moon.Captain Tova Lir chose a life as a courier rather than get involved in her family's illustrious business in politics. Set in humanity's far future, hiring a planetary courier is essential for delivering private messages across the stars. Encouraged by friends, Tova begins mentoring baby bots, juvenile AI who are developmentally in their teens, and trains them how to interact within society essentially becoming their foster mom. Her latest charge, Agatha Panza von Sparkles, named herself on their first run from Luna to Phoebe station. But on their return, they encounter a derelict spaceship and a lurking assassin, igniting a thrilling chase across the solar system. Tova and...

Once you become Untamed property, there is no way out. Anara Kaiser was betrayed once by a man that lived the MC lifestyle and vowed to never get caught up in it again. But of course, that's now how things work out when she moves to a town that's basically run by the Untamed MC. Meeting Dirty, aka Samuel Daily, wasn't in her plans. Dirty, is all about the club life. Getting down and 'dirty' with the women, the freedom, the brotherhood. When he wants something he goes after it, and what he wants is Anara, no matter how much she pushes him away. This book is not a standalone, please read Falling For The Biker before reading This book.This book is a prequel to the Untamed MC Series

Once you become Untamed property, there is no way out.Anara and Dirty have loved each other for years. Finally, they're together, seemingly happy. But when an earth-shattering video gets sent out, everything comes crashing down.Hunter 'Chaos' Jackson lost Anara once. But now that Anara is newly single, will she give him a second chance or is the love they used to have over for good?Two men, two different clubs, both fighting for the same woman.Who will get her in the end?

Once you become Untamed property, there is no way out. Justine has it all, a great new house, the perfect boyfriend, but when she comes across a rugged man in leather, she starts having second thoughts about her perfect life. Hangman hasn't had it easy. Two children, with random women, and an ex-wife he drove away, but when a new beauty moves in down the street, he'll do anything to own her. Will Hangman finally get the girl and have it all? Or will he continue to make the same mistakes he always has and end up with nothing? This book is UNSAFE AF

It’s been a year since Giulia Falcone fled the nunhood and now she must face her worst nightmare: going back. A young novice has died at Giulia’s former convent and the formidable Superior General hires Driscoll Investigations, hoping the P.I. firm will confirm the death was suicide in order to squelch a lawsuit. Gathering every ounce of courage to confront the past, Giulia dons the dreaded habit and returns to the Motherhouse to investigate. What she uncovers is less than holy.

THE TRUTH HIDES IN THE DARK Kate Marshall's investigation into a young boy's disappearance sends her down an unexpectedly twisted path in a riveting thriller by multi-million bestselling author, Robert Bryndza. When Private Investigator Kate Marshall is rushed to hospital after being pulled into a riptide current in the sea, the near-death experience leaves her shaken. During her recovery, she befriends Jean, an elderly lady on the same ward. Jean tells the harrowing story of how her three-year-old grandson, Charlie, went missing eleven years ago during a camping trip on Dartmoor. By the time Kate is well enough to go home, she's agreed to take on the case, but when Kate and her trusty sidekick Tristan start to look at the events of that fateful night, they discover that Jean has a dark past that could have put Charlie in jeopardy. Was Charlie...

If the Night Stalker is watching, you're already dead. In the dead of a swelteringly hot summer's night, Detective Erika Foster is called to a murder scene. The victim, a doctor, is found suffocated in bed. His wrists are bound and his eyes bulging through a clear plastic bag tied tight over his head. A few days later, another victim is found dead in exactly the same circumstances. As Erika and her team start digging deeper, they discover a calculated serial killer - stalking their victims before choosing the right moment to strike. The victims are all single men, with very private lives. Why are their pasts shrouded in secrecy? And what links them to the killer? As a heat wave descends upon London, Erika will do everything to stop the Night Stalker before the body count rises, even if it means risking her job. But the victims might not be the only ones being watched: Eri

When schoolgirl Janey Macklin disappeared from the seedy side of London in 1988, her case went cold, with no body and no witnesses. Now, thirty years later, private detective Kate Marshall has been approached by a true crime podcast producer with an intriguing question they need her help answering: What if Janey was killed by Peter Conway, the notorious Nine Elms Cannibal? The contract would be the most lucrative of Kate's career, but it comes with a price of its own, dredging up a sordid, complicated past that she would sooner forget . . . one that the paparazzi are determined to keep in the headlines. As Kate and her partner, Tristan, scour King's Cross for clues, no two leads seem to point in the same direction. The last person to see Janey alive has already been tried, convicted, and then acquitted of her murder, Peter Conway is in poor health and fading fast, and the line between their...

Alison Bliss shares her smart, sexy, contemporary voice in this new rom-com about a curvaceous heroine falling for her personal trainer, and Booklist raves that "fans of Jennifer Weiner will enjoy Bliss."

If you knew how your life would turn out, what would you change now?The second brilliantly uplifting and page-turning novel from the multi-million bestselling author of Geek Girl and Reese's Book Club Pick Cassandra in Reverse.Margot Wayward is in manically gleeful self-destruct mode. Following the implosion of a ten-year relationship, she's wilfully derailing her successful career, joyfully taking down men on dating apps, and living in total chaos.Until one day, when Margot has a vision of herself with a man she's never met before. She doesn't believe in fate. But when Margot meets single-dad Henry, the vision comes true: exactly as she'd foreseen it.As her future continues to reveal itself, a glimpse at a time, Margot realises she knows exactly what's going to happen, and when. And there's nothing she can do to change any of it.So Margot has to decide how to live, how to love again, and how to be herself... Because...