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Freshly wounded and fighting for survival, Luke is faced with terrible questions: Is Luke Peacekeeper or Lord Peace? Can he be both without killing himself? Will Sianna accept and welcome Luke's love? Better yet, will she respond in kind, allowing the binding of passionate love he has longed to feel his entire life? Can Luke find his place among the beast affinity shifters to save the innocent minds who will die without his help? Reaping reveals some hard truths about beast affinity society, history, and Darla's family.

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.

The Corvo Kingdom is on the brink of ruin. The wasting sickness is spreading, the queen is dying, and the people are living under the constant threat of invasion. The fate of the realm rests on the shoulders of a woman reluctant to embrace her destiny.

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.

Helen Chen had started to hope that she’d found peace. After fleeing New York, she’s settled in Hong Kong under a false name, found a job she loves, and even started to make new friends. But when an innocuous conversation makes her suspect her new boss, she can’t resist her nature and starts digging for truth. What she finds will change her life forever.

There's a corporate cabal that wants to rule the world. Some might say it has been doing it already for decades by whatever means necessary. But they are no longer content to hide in the shadows. They want to become true masters. Jason Hunt knows nothing about that world. But when his wife becomes ill, he finds himself pitted against the cabal that might hold the key to her survival. To save her, he needs to embrace technology he doesn't understand, take over a billion-dollar company, outsmart professional assassins, and land a contract with the DOD. But even that might not be enough.

Black Arrow mercenaries are patrolling the streets unchallenged. The president is missing. The last bastion of Jason Hunt’s forces—the missile silo compound—is all but besieged and is on the brink of starvation. And hidden somewhere in the heart of the Sahara Desert is a secret factory that should cement Alexander Engel’s victory once it becomes operational. After getting blindsided by the new enemy, Mike Connelly finds himself in a dilemma. His duty tells him to look for the people he had been sworn to protect.

The world is broken. While Jason Hunt continues to struggle with the implications of his actions, his nemesis has all but made up his mind. Alexander Engel doesn’t see himself as a villain. He sees himself as the world’s savior and is tired of playing in the shadows. He’s ready to seize power and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. He will raze cities if he has to. As unrest is spilling into the streets, Hunt and his allies keep finding themselves on the defensive. Facing increasingly long odds, sooner or later they’ll have to fight back to survive. But it may be already too late.

Alexander Engel is tightening the noose around the resistance. No longer concerned by the optics of his actions, he’s pressing his forces to finish the rebellion once and for all. But he’s not the only one taking his gloves off. As Max Schlager and Helen Chen go on a daring mission to even out the odds, Jason Hunt and his loyal crew prepare for the final showdown. With their backs against the wall, they must take a stand against the cabal and win the war. Or die trying.

It's 2007, and the world is edging towards the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. A secret international Corporate alliance, known as the cabal, is using the moment to spread its influence. Helen Chen and Andrew Hunt have little in common. She's a gray hat, and he's a senior CIA officer. But when Hunt is tasked to fight the cabal, and Chen becomes the alliance's latest target, they'll have to find a way to help each other or end up like everybody else who tried to stand up to the cabal--dead.

Coaching the River City Renegades is exactly where I want to be—hockey, small-town charm, and zero drama…but there's him. Dixon Andrews. The team's broody, infuriating, gorgeous goalie. He's got a jawline that could cut glass and a grudge he's pinned on me for something I didn't even do. Now, he's making my life turbulent one smoldering glare at a time.

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?

Landing a major interior design contract for the new winery in Dogwood Cove is supposed to be my fresh start. But sharing a house with the annoyingly sexy winemaker Finn McNeil? That wasn’t part of the plan… To make it worse, Finn’s made it very clear he doesn’t want me around - at work, or anywhere else. I’m determined to win him over with my charm and professionalism. Not only do I need this job, but this town has become more than a place to earn a living, it’s become home.