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When I was a kid, my best friend betrayed me in the worst way possible, ripping my family to shreds in the aftermath. She ruined my life in one fell swoop, and didn’t even have the heart to warn me. Now, nearly a decade later, I’m back in the town I grew up in, determined to make her pay. They say revenge is a dangerous game, but I’ve never been one to play it safe. There is nothing I’ll love more than to find her weakness and use it to destroy her. The lie she told all those years ago will be her undoing.

Hidden in the midst of a remote Surrey village (at the top of the hill, opposite Budgens) is top-secret scientific research institute Clayton Grange. There, a team of bumbling boffins, led by the keen but hopeless Professor Linden Saunders, try to fulfil their government brief to solve the global fuel crisis, cheer people up and make war just a bit more gentle. Sadly, they're as rubbish at science as they are at life—but they're not going to let mere incompetence stop them from pushing the boundaries of human knowledge.

Emma Chase, New York Times bestselling author of the Tangled series, returns with a funny, romantic, sexy story! A knight in tarnished armor is still a knight. When you’re a defense attorney in Washington, DC, you see firsthand how hard life can be, and that sometimes the only way to survive...

Former air force combat rescue officer Special Agent Clayton White now works for the Secret Service performing routine escort missions for politicians. These missions may not be quite as exciting as his time in the military, but Clayton’s okay with that. It gives him more time to see his girlfriend, Veronica Hammond—an archaeologist who also happens to be the vice president elect’s daughter. But Clayton’s seemingly manageable new routine takes a startling turn when South African mercenaries target Veronica at an awards gala celebrating her work.

Lucas looked up at the water-stained ceiling and sighed. It was time to get moving. It was time to follow through with his task. Psychopathic serial killer Lucas Bruesh lives in squalor with his college girlfriend, Suzy, because it suits his needs. But Suzy’s weakness for drugs and deviant sexual escapades are starting to grate on him. He has other, more important things to do.

When the Spacehawk drops onto Ganymede Mine 12-C, Team Lead, Alpha, expects a routine welfare check. Instead, she finds a dead comms grid, doors booby-trapped for overpressure, and a warning finger-scribbled on glass: DON’T ANSWER THE LIGHT.

Clayton Smith presents Book 4 in the Apocalypticon series.

In a future closer than you think, the once-united republic has shattered. States have seceded. New flags rise where old ones once flew. Texas declares independence. California votes to return to Mexico. Alaska and Hawaii forge global alliances. And in the heartland, ordinary people are forced to choose between loyalty, survival-and freedom.

My name is Emma Brennan, and I never thought I’d find myself in this position—standing on a Cape Cod beach at sunrise, wondering which of my friends is a killer.

A noted scientist dies a gruesome and mysterious death. Discovering why reveals a conspiracy about the deadliest terror weapon in history. Hannah is shocked when her friend Amy Perry, a noted scientist and bioengineer, shows up at her door—close to death, almost incoherent, and ranting about a deadly mist. Before she can learn more, Amy succumbs to a painful and gruesome death. The police respond to Hannah’s emergency call. After a suspiciously brief investigation, Amy’s body is taken away with a disturbing lack of information gathered.

After a spectacular explosion involving an armadillo, some homemade hooch, and very questionable decision-making, Ordell Clayton Hart finds himself at Heaven's gates — only to be told he's not quite ready for admission. Instead, he's given a unique opportunity for redemption: returning to Earth in various animal forms to learn what he's been missing in life. Under the guidance of an angel named Gabriel, Clay gets a second chance to learn a valuable life lesson. Each transformation brings him closer to understanding what he lost twenty years ago when his childhood sweetheart Maddie moved away.

Dragged away from the Magic Kingdom by the same Red Caps that helped Bloom hunt him down, Patrick Deen comes out of his injury delirium somewhere on the North Carolina coast, one thousand miles from Ben. One thousand miles from home. To get back to Fort Doom, he'll lead a ragtag crew across a cruel and forgotten country. When they meet the charismatic Roman Marwood, they'll join forces to try to make it to the Gulf . . . but it won't be smooth sailing.

A fully-realized historical thriller in the tradition of James Clavell's Shogun and Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth. One of the most haunting mysteries in American history - The Lost Colony of Roanoke - comes roaring back to life in White Seed, with a compelling cast of characters,

Humanity, through its own arrogance, has caused its downfall. An event known as The Shift has occurred. Prehistoric creatures have been brought to the future. A future unable to cope with the primal savagery. Modern society has been swept to the wayside. Thirty years have passed since The Shift and the world has limped on. Isabella Myers is a 20-year-old living a carefree life with her family in a small town. They live a simple life without any cares. It all comes crashing down when her father and uncle are taken by someone from their past.

A week has passed since the Empire was nearly destroyed by the dark god Xanos. Now the leader of the most powerful government in the world, Kalibar must protect his people against Xanos's undead army. But when an assassin nearly succeeds in murdering Kalibar, he realizes that the Empire stands little chance against Xanos's enormous power.

Following Sergeant Paul Myers' tragic demise in the Iraq war, memories weren’t the only legacy he left behind for his family. His daughter Sammy inherits from Paul a symbolic gift—a stuffed bear complete with a recording alluding to the Dreaming Tree, a cherished bedtime story the father and daughter once bonded over. Little did she anticipate the profound impact this gift and its message would have on her journey through grief and life overall.

"Tate blends fact and fiction with elegance...A captivating, emotionally resonant portrait of a singular woman who refused to be diminished." — LIBRARY JOURNAL "Tate has a rare gift for storytelling that strikes straight to the heart." — SADEQA JOHNSON, New York Times bestselling author of...

It was a loving family or so it seemed on the surface. Mary had lived a good long life but had she deserved to die? Marion didn’t care about that. She wanted to catch the killer and bring them to justice and it would suit her just fine if it was Fiona. There was something uncomfortably annoying about this case and she wanted it closed as soon as possible. And what did Frances have to do with it? And did she actually care about that?

Resiliency: The Spirit Within utters a narrative into the listeners's mindscape unlike any other. While based on true events with in the life of the author; many lives which had intersected with his tell of the unique battles they fought. It is a narrative about the human condition that serves as a reminder of how many of us find ourselves standing before our giants and falling at their feet. Yet, it is through resiliency we are able to look those giant's in the eye even while on one knee and yell back "Carpe Diem" which is the Latin for "Seize the day".

The Burgers Brothers' Family Funeral Home is dying, and Donnie Burgers wants out. When Donnie expresses his desire to sell the family business, he expects the passionate resistance he receives from his younger brother, Frank. What he didn't expect from his brother was the dirt-covered, bulky trash bag now hiding on his closet floor. Convincing Frank to close the home won't be as easy as Donnie imagined.