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They destroyed his world. They killed his father. And now one of them is his prisoner. Ted James hates the Skya’ja, the fish-faced aliens who destroyed the Earth. Promising humanity the clean, renewable energy that transformed them into a peaceful spacefaring species, the invaders lured scientists like Ted’s father into their project. Instead, the explosion known as the Cataclysm wiped out electrical grids, governments, and militaries. Two years later, the Earth is a scrapheap where the remaining few humans and aliens war for the resources that are left.

With their countries on the brink of war, Damen and his new master, Prince Laurent, must exchange the intrigues of the palace for the sweeping might of the battlefield as they travel to the border to avert a lethal plot. Forced to hide his identity, Damen finds himself increasingly drawn to the dangerous, charismatic Laurent. But as the fledgling trust between the two men deepens, the truth of secrets from both their pasts is poised to deal them the crowning death blow.

Trapped in a twisted and dark courtship with a secret woman who needs my strength to survive, I will be wed. Walking the thin line between lunacy and reality, I am now the protector of my future captive bride. So I have no choice but to recite the vows: I take thee. In this arranged matrimony. Until we are parted by death.

Marcel's suspicions regarding Albertine's lesbian desires lead to his keeping her a virtual prisoner in his Paris apartment. The Captive is a masterly portrayal of obessional jealousy.

Scotland has been torn apart by civil war, and the young and passionate Catholic Mary Queen of Scots is in the hands of her enemies. Under duress, Mary abdicates in favour of her son, James VI, and flees to England for safety, boldly seeking refuge with her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. But Elizabeth has never trusted the ambitious Catholic queen and has Mary imprisoned.

LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER A spellbinding debut novel about the trailblazing Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad, who defied society’s expectations to find her voice and her destiny “A complex and beautiful rendering of [a] vanished country and its scattered people, a reminder of the...

Brooke and Heather had been prayer partners for over twenty-five years. They had each been awakened during the early hours of the morning and urged to pray. They just knew that young women with blonde hair and blue eyes were in danger, and the Lord needed them to pray. After several months of praying, they were urged to go to a small mountain town in Northern Kentucky to meet together to do battle against the forces of darkness.

After a long, perilous journey, Hell Divers Xavier Rodriguez and Magnolia Katib discover the Metal Islands, a sunny, habitable zone where thousands of people live by fishing and farming. But this "paradise" is really a violent warrior society ruled by the cannibal King el Pulpo. For the first time in X's life, he is forced to lay down his arms and surrender.

You don’t choose them. They choose you. ‘Tense and atmospheric’ Lisa Hall ‘Chillingly authentic’ Guardian THE THRILLING SEQUEL SHADOW OF FOG ISLAND IS AVAILABLE NOW! Sofia has just finished university and ended a troubled relationship when she attends a lecture about a New Age movement...

The Forerunner has decimated the Vanguard Islands in a surprise attack from the Trident warship. King Kade Long—seeing no alternative—accepts a peace deal, committing to a perilous mission with X, the “Immortal,” to activate weather-modification reactors at the poles. But as Kade and X set off, the fragile peace is threatened by Gran Jefe’s one-man guerrilla war against the psychopathic knight, General Jack. Meanwhile, halfway across the world, Michael and his family begin to settle into their new life in the Canary Islands, only to discover that it’s not the sanctuary they believed it was.

A rural noir about a woman on a pulse-pounding expedition to deliver a fugitive—and forced to confront her own past on the journey In a secessionist rural state that has cut itself off completely from urban centers, where living is hardscrabble and poor but “free,” Brooke Holland runs a...

The riveting story of a woman convicted of a brutal crime, the prison psychologist who recognizes her as his high-school crush—and the charged reunion that sets off an astonishing chain of events with dangerous consequences for both. As an inmate psychologist at a state prison, Frank Lundquist...

What does it take to change the world? The “epic adventure” (Booklist) of a band of unlikely heroes on a quest to save one innocent life who may end up saving us all. For decades, Judge Margot Burr-Nadir has worked tirelessly, case by case, to administer justice from the federal bench of the...

Charlie and Annie Cooper never imagined the Millstone administration would be able to gain enough power to destroy the country they once loved. Defiants are banished to work camps, face public executions, and border walls are built, hindering people from being able to leave. Manhunts begin for any Defiant who has gone missing. Charlie knows that if he is caught, death is inevitable. He is a Defiant on the highest disciplinary level, and the government has scaled a full-force investigation, tracking every step he makes as he desperately tries to keep his family free.

The gripping third installment of the 24690 series, nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award, plunges into the chilling darkness of Whitlock as three scouts venture deeper into its sinister heart, hunting for its next victims in a world where survival demands unimaginable sacrifices. Welcome...

From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses stationed in the South Pacific who wage their own battle for freedom and survival. The Philippines, 1941. When U.S. Navy nurse Eleanor Lindstrom, U.S. Army nurse Penny Franklin, and Filipina nurse Lita...

In this epic Biblical narrative, ideal for fans of The Bible miniseries, a young woman taken into the prophet Isaiah's household rises to capture the heart of the future king. Isaiah adopts Ishma, giving her a new name--Zibah, delight of the Lord--thereby ensuring her royal pedigree. Ishma...

The second book in the bestselling Goodreads Choice Award–nominated series about a woman kept within the walls of a terrifying dystopian prison, where her survival means fighting back against the very men who have been raised to subjugate her. The second book in the dark, twisted, and riveting...

Five broken souls gather at the river's edge, each carrying unbearable pain. Geshriel meets them there—casting demons from Mary's tormented mind, promising separated Lydia she'll see her daughters again, releasing builder Matthias from seven years of guilt, turning revolutionary Cleopus from violence to hope, rescuing adulteress Tamar from death by stoning.

An unmissable thriller from the master of the genre An unsolved historical mystery. A brutal bomb attack. Only one man can track down the killers that link them both. It’s 2005: Ben Hope, recently retired from the military, is living in Ireland and using his SAS skills to find and rescue...