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Fifteen-year-old Brandy Shaw, like most girls her age, deals with private demons. Forced to leave her hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Denton, Florida, she manages to forget the boy she left behind for a new one, Travis Daly. But Travis has his own problems that end up affecting Brandy in a number of destructive ways.

Ex-military man, Lynx Anders has one surefire weapon that destroys all of his pain and suffering—sex. Lots of raw, unattached, uninhibited sex. Sure, it doesn't cure him of all that he's seen—all that he's done in combat, but it helps—for the time being.

Two years ago, Mia had everything she thought she wanted. She loved her job, and her best friend Nicole was finally recovering from losing her family in a car accident. When they met rock star Zack Walters and were given backstage passes for his concert in their hometown of Minneapolis, Mia had no idea she would get involved with the band's drummer, Chase Harper. It was simple, fun, and exactly what Mia liked best—no strings attached. Then Chase decided to change the rules, and Mia did what she's always done best: She ran.

Nicole Parsons had the perfect life, made complete with the suburban home and the proverbial white picket fence. When tragedy struck and she lost the most important people in her life, she turned away from everything she loved before, shutting out every reminder of the perfect life she lost. It has been one year, three months, one week, and six days since the accident, and Nicole is ready to stop counting the days she’s survived, and begin living again.

As 1947 opens, Eva Cardon is the twenty-four-year-old owner of Washington, D.C.’s, most famous Black-owned restaurant. When her path crosses with Courtland, a handsome white senator from Georgia, both find themselves drawn to one another—but the danger of a relationship between a Black woman...

My brothers were back to thinking I had an easy lot in life. They weren’t wrong. It would be a sweet gig. Sianna would be Overlord. I would be Peacekeeper. We’d have our shared love bonds. Well. Maybe. Sigh. A portion of beast affinities, including my ex-girlfriend, wouldn’t follow Sianna as a leader. After attacking my family, my circle, and random bystanders, it was clear the opposition didn’t mind collateral damage. If they wouldn’t come at us directly, we’d need to unite the splintered shifter populations and force action.

Jack Turner has returned to his hometown of Denton, Florida, to live there for the first time in 18 years. Despite a career as a criminal defense attorney and the companionship of his new dog, Brinkley, Jack is haunted by what is missing in his life. Whether it’s the unanswered questions about his brother, Rick, who never returned from Vietnam, or a budding romance with Jenny Walton, Jack is wary of getting close to anyone beyond a few trusted friends and his beloved dogs.

Meet Kelly, a world-renowned classical pianist who gave it all up to be a Grammy Award-winning rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. The love of his life died, he withdrew, and for seven years he's been living in his camper and playing in dive bars to get by. In a chance encounter, he meets a woman who brings him back to life, but he loses contact with her. His only chance to get her back is to write and record a hit song that she'll know is for her. Can he climb to the top a third time? The odds are against him.

Eric Northcraft is struggling to raise his three daughters without his wife, who recently died of cancer. While he misses his late wife Emily, he must do his best to be both a father and mother to his young daughters. Lisa, the oldest at 14, is horse-crazy, an interest not well-supported by his teacher's salary. Grace, his middle child, is intellectually challenged, mentally more like a five-year-old than a girl of 11. Monica, the youngest, is the rebellious one and is convinced her father loves her sisters more than her.

My relationship with Cole isn’t a simple one. It’s complicated, frustrating and, at times, downright ugly. You see, I fell for a man who couldn’t love me back. Hard as I tried to avoid the dimpled prince of Seattle, life threw us together. As much as I resisted temptation, he burrowed his way into my heart. Sinful as our attraction was, our destinies were entwined.

It's 1968 in the rural coastline town of Denton, Florida, and the only thing with a tougher life than 12-year-old Jack Turner is a starving dog named Bones. When they meet while Jack is fishing, Jack knows that he and Bones are meant for each other, and he promises his oft-absent alcoholic parents that he'll somehow get a job to pay for his new dog's food and care.

I wanted to be left alone to build my art until she entered my world with a bubble gum scent and heartbreak. Now, I don't know what I'll do once she leaves me...as they all have. As a recovering alcoholic and a rude bastard, Seth Carmen knows he's better off alone. He's made a success of himself by focusing on the one thing he's good at: turning garbage into something stunning. But when feisty blogger, PJ Hensley, enters his world with her fairy-like quality, he suddenly can't imagine a life without her in it.

When Vietnam veteran Edmond Tate emerges from a 32-year coma, he discovers that his mind has been working the entire time and he’s developed enhanced mental abilities. While at his menial job, he’s given an ancient set of pearls, which may be worthless, or incredibly valuable. He journeys from his small mountain town in California to Japan, to sell them. What does the Japanese mafia, a set of ancient pearls, the relationship between a Shinto priest in 1760, an injured Vietnam veteran, and the most revered man in Japan have to do with each other? In this story, a lot.

“I need you to find my daughter. She’s been missing for eight months.” If you’re a cop, you don’t want to hear those words because eight months means there’s no hope at all. If you’re a private detective, you might like those words because parents will keep you in billable hours for a long time because parents will keep you in billable hours for a long time. On any given Thursday, though, you don’t want to hear those words if you’re a private detective like Marty Gecko. Thursday’s aren’t work days. Thursdays are drinking days.

The Guardians have returned. As Moriel's reincarnation nears, Lyr is determined to fulfil her oath: harness the power of the red shard and defeat him. But Lyr has uncovered the Empire's darkest secret — her cousin Jules still lives and the Emperor is enslaving vorakh for their forbidden magic. Now, she's vowed to bring the Empire to its knees. But freeing the realm will require more power than even Lyr and Rhyan combined possess. Their only opportunity is to make a far more sinister deal with the person who has the most to gain — and the person Rhyan trusts the least.

As the assistant to the coach of the River City Renegades, my life is a whirlwind of schedules, crisis management, and saving the day when things go sideways. I love my job, but sometimes I wonder if there's more for me out there. Then, I discovered my dad needs help. I'll do anything to support him—even if it means stepping out of my comfort zone. So when the team's publicist decides Ollie Decker, my long-time friend and the Renegades' star defenseman, needs a fake girlfriend to boost his image, I volunteer. After all, it's just pretend, it pays, and who knows Ollie better than me?

Finding themselves in uncharted territory, both physically and morally, and with the universe around them reshaped by their recent conflicts, Eboni and her five children form the backbone of Troy’s fleet. Troy must navigate the complex dynamics of a much larger command and seek out her last two children, uniting them against the enemy they now know is there—Atayu’s brother, Set.

Paul Hanson's life is anything but ideal, but it gets worse when he is burned in a house fire that kills his mother. In addition to dealing with the pain and suffering involved in recovery, he is also ostracized by his peers and is being questioned about the fire. His life takes a turn for the better when he is taken in by Jack Turner and his wife, Jenny. Jack had suffered an unhappy childhood himself and knows that Paul is going through more than any thirteen-year-old should.

After defeating the evil behind the attacks on the southern lands of Caldumn, Wren and Tyran settle into their new life that begs to be calm… or so they thought. Amid questions surrounding the Red Kingdom’s threat and the aftermath of Rhonin’s advance, Wren and Tyran receive an ominous letter from a mysterious magic kind that has remained hidden, warning of the Red Kingdom’s motives.

AUSA Today bestselling author invites you to the delightful town of Sweetwater Springs, where the magic of Christmas brings two strangers together in the most unexpected way. Featuring a bonus novella. "Settle in with a mug of hot chocolate and prepare to find holiday joy in a story you won't...