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Emma Wright’s world came crashing down when her husband blindsided her with divorce papers on their anniversary and left her for a younger woman. Starting over at forty, she moves into a quaint beachfront cottage on the other side of Hadley Cove with her beloved rescue dog, Riley. But just as she’s picking up the shattered pieces to her life, Riley goes missing.

In 2028, Mark Noble is conducting a survey of a moon crater. The entity secretly grabs a ride back to Moonbase on Mark’s buggy. Once in the habitat, it begins to take over the crew. They find themselves in a frightening, helter-skelter adventure with only two possible outcomes: losing or saving the Earth.

Everyone knows that if you want to have an incredible Christmas season, you go to Garland, Maine, where the entire town joins in on celebrating Christmas. Well, everyone except me. Every year since my parents’ divorce, they’ve fought to make Christmas at their place the best. Shuffling back and forth between the two and running ragged with all the activities has ruined the holidays every year. So this year, I finally tell them both I’m done celebrating Christmas. And they agree on one condition: I have to show the new guy in town the best Garland has to offer this year.

It's 2099, and the former United States of America is in the midst of another civil war. In the wake of a revolutionary technology that grants people a second chance at life, an impenetrable wall divides the prosperous nation of Zion from the slums of MiddleLand. Stuck inside the wall and desperate to reunite with his fiancée, contraband smuggler Asher is hell-bent on finding a way out.

Explore a medley of poetic beats, unique insights, and creative therapies in the author's first work of creative nonfiction. Tony Martello is an author like no other who combines sound and sanity to balance scholarly research with an enriched experiential existence. Creativity is king here and is grounded by peer reviewed studies on chronic pain both physical and emotional in nature.

At forty-two, Lisa Miller's life takes an unexpected turn when she inherits her late mother's struggling beachside bed-and-breakfast and her rescue dog, Daisy. Just as she's finding her footing, in walks Noah Jacobs—a famous author plagued by writer's block, looking for a change of scenery in Hadley Cove. A charming mishap with Daisy sets the stage for a creative collaboration that could save both Noah's novel and Lisa's business.

After years of digging into his wife’s death, Paxton has had enough. He left the force and opened his own PI firm. His first case is to help a family navigate their way through a kidnapping.

Charlotte MacMillan, the mother of three, found dead. Murdered in broad daylight. Only two know the twisted truth. The victim and her killer. To solve this case, Paxton must bring light to the unrelenting darkness. Unmask the truth behind the devastating lies. And unearth the shocking secret behind Charlotte's deadly double life. All while trying to save an innocent man from taking a fall for a crime he did not commit.

Shortly after detective Paxton takes on the case of Stella Hughes, he realizes this is no ordinary murder. It becomes clear very quickly that Stella, the girl Paxton had known, was the victim of another serial killer—a theory that’s quickly confirmed by a bright, quirky independent journalist named Marcy. As they dig deeper into this killer, they soon learn of his twisted obsession.

Three years after the 9/11 attacks, Mike a staff sergeant in the Army, has command of a squad of 10 soldiers stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan. The squads orders are to protect the Kabul markets as the city comes back to life after years of war. Mike learns of a time honored tradition favored by the Taliban warlords and corrupt businessmen. The buying of “Bacha Batzi Boys”, meaning “Boy Play”, boys trained to entertain for the Taliban warlords. The abused and exploited boys are taken to the caves deep into the Hindu Kush mountains.

At 40, Tamika Boone never imagined she’d become a walking cliché. Yet, the morning after a particularly drunken Christmas party, she finds herself waking up in a man’s bed. A man who happens to be her sexy employee, Carson Hollister. And Carson’s 15 years her junior. What was supposed to not go past the drunken party turns into an agreement—they continue a casual sexual relationship for 12 days until Christmas Eve. After that, they part ways. No feelings and a clean break. Easier said than done.

First love, second chances, and secrets that could destroy it all. When Ethan Bennett returns to Hadley Cove after twenty- two years, Kara Walker is forced to confront the past she thought she'd left behind. With his rescue dog, Hero, at his side, Ethan is stirring up more than just old memories.

The shell she gave away saved him. Now it might save her. After her Manhattan career implodes, Wendi Parker returns to Hadley Cove with her rescue dog, Max, and last of her savings to open The Painted Shell—an art store now weeks away from closing its doors forever. Miles Dalton arrives in town after his father's Alzheimer's worsens, never expecting to meet a shop owner whose dog inexplicably adores his dad. Neither realizes their connection began decades ago, when a grieving boy received a "magic" shell from a kindhearted girl.

In the shadows of grief, physicist Alex Mercer has lost his way. His beloved wife, Emily, passed too soon, trapping him in painful nostalgia. With each day, Alex feels his grip on reality slipping, his logical mind yearning for solace he can't find in science alone. Desperate for peace, he embarks on an unexpected journey into the quantum realm through meditation. Along the way, he encounters guides and teachings that reveal more about life-and the universe-than he ever thought possible.

The Awakening of Joel Singer presents the story of a young man who unleashes the latent abilities of body and mind due to a genetic experiment gone haywire. Joel joins the mysterious Dr. Harrington, CEO of Gnotech, and his thousands of “Community Volunteers”, enhanced humans loyal to Dr. Harrington, in creating incredible medical innovations, and on increasingly dangerous missions at home and abroad that push his abilities further. All the while, powerful forces conspire against them.

Asher has returned. After a decade of relative peace, Sarai leads Zion West as Prime Servant. Asher commands its army against the growing threats of Zion East's burgeoning military as Renatus's power continues to grow. But when Renatus finds out Asher and Sarai's son has the same genetic disorder as his wounded prince, he kidnaps him for his LifeCell in an effort to resurrect his own son. As Sarai and The Defiance are ousted in a coup orchestrated by her father, Asher does everything in his power to save their son.

Being a single parent is one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences a person can have. It can be overwhelming, exhausting, and emotionally draining—but it can also be incredibly fulfilling. Parents will do anything in their power to see their children thrive but what's upsetting is that single parents are known to be extremely busy and overwhelmed with the responsibility of raising children on their own.

As Wayne Scott faces the final moments of his life, he wonders about the contribution he made and what he managed to achieve in the years God granted him on Earth. Along with his grandson, the two explore some of the greatest questions any man can ask as he faces the end but mainly if he accomplished what God intended for him and how those he was leaving behind would cope.

When a mysterious monster storm reduces Emily's idyllic family farm to rubble, Emily embarks on a perilous road trip to find her family. Along the way, details unravel about a nefarious shadow organization using government resources to manipulate the weather via electromagnetic waves.

It's 2255 and times are good for the human race. We have peace and prosperity under the reign of the Order. This is the story of the end of that golden age. It's the story of how Katreen Roper's discovery pushed her brilliant son across the threshold of good and evil, drove her mate to the edge of sanity, and stripped a just man of his family, nation, and identity.