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Lyndsey Collins is in a big damn hurry. She's on the wrong side of the galaxy — and running out of time. Her primary mission — find Kyle Ranz — has been delayed and jeopardized by another equally important one: to capture a prototype mech that's guaranteed to wreak havoc in the Messa system. On board the battleship Abyssinian, Lyndsey's loyalties to unexpected friends will be brutally tested against her resolve to get to Kyle. With every delay and detour, her good options all fade away like screaming into the vacuum of space.

My partner, my confidante, my friend, and my lover. At least that's what she thinks. After all, she's been through, I'll keep up the charade. It's the least I can do for the beautiful, feisty, smart woman who stole my heart. After the truth comes out, she leaves without a trace. But when she's in danger, I'll move mountains to get her back.

The K19 Security Solutions team is typically ready to serve and protect at any given time. But the holidays call for even more vigilance and protection - from each other. As families navigate through Thanksgiving and Christmas, more conflicts arise. Just as Zary and Gunner discover a Christmas miracle, Ava and Razor have a secret of their own. Can the K19 Security Solutions team get to the New Year without destroying the magic of the holidays, or will the season bring more than they bargained for?

Savannah Caleman’s family has been coming apart since the early 1920s. Now, in the late 1980s, the evil plaguing her family dons a suit and tie and introduces himself, giving Savannah an ultimatum: Endure endless terror or grant his freedom. She must decide between her sister’s safety and aiding a monster that can’t be identified as an angel or a demon. Either way, Savannah is torn and takes to single-handedly running the family affairs with precision as she takes care of her sister.

First loves torn apart.... With a Tuscan backdrop of romance and innocence, 16-year-olds Miles "Grinder" Stone and Pia Deltetto learn of love and loss. After a whirlwind romance, they return to their separate lives with a hope of reconnecting someday. Broken and battered.... Severely wounded in battle, Grinder refuses Pia's sympathy and pity. However, when he realizes the true danger Pia is in, Grinder will do anything to save the only woman he's ever loved.

After surviving a plane crash and a kidnapping, I just want to lie low. But when one of our own goes missing, K19 Security Solutions needs me. And I can’t refuse. I owe them my life. With a trip to Italy to find the missing debutante, one thing is certain: She’s in over her head. I just can’t figure out if she’s a pawn in her father’s game, or if she’s helping run the show.

Falling for the enemy never felt so good. K19 Security Specialist Gunner Godet is so deep undercover that nobody on his team knows where he is or what he's signed up for. And now that he's vowed to help a sexy and mysterious woman from the dirtiest Russian organization in all of Eastern Europe, his only chance at survival lies in her hands - and arms. Luckily, Gunner refuses to give his heart to a woman ever again. Otherwise, he'd be in more danger than he ever imagined.

The bar is open and all your friends at Ruby’s are back. Christmas is usually Rey Madrona’s favorite time of year, but with eviction from her apartment looming and problems at the hospital where she works, Rey’s only bright spot in life is her friends at Ruby’s - especially her sexy roommate, Marty. When Marty Heath finds herself in Rey’s arms under the mistletoe, her wishes about her roommate seem ready to be fulfilled. At least until her phone rings to ruin the moment and sends her life spinning out of control.

Vince Kolya inherited only one trait from his biological father: a need to be on the sea. The rest of his life, he has tried to emulate what he learned from his unofficial adopted family, the Belgardes: dedicating his life to helping others instead of abusing them. Unfortunately, he’s yet to find a woman who wants the same things he does in life.

Going back home changes everything.... He's cocky, funny, and a little bit grouchy.... Freelance contractor for security and intelligence, Decker Ashford's a rugged and tough ranch manager with a brain to match. But when a woman dies in his arms on a dark road, Deck's hellbent on uncovering the mystery behind her death. She hung up her cowboy boots for city-slick stilettos.

Former M15 agent Keon “Edge” Edgemon is counting the seconds until he can get back to the one woman who’s piqued his interest. After a perilous mission for the Invincibles, Edge spends months in recovery from a gunshot wound that almost ended his life. Finally back home in Texas, he discovers that Lucy “Rebel” Marks is in jail for murder. Edge won’t rest until she’s free - and back in his arms.

In Dance Life: Movin' & Groovin' Around the Globe, Lisa Alpine combines her three all-encompassing passions - writing, travel, and dance - into a bouquet of 27 stories that span her lifetime and the globe. From twerking with a nun in an Albanian orphanage to salsa dancing with a hottie under the burning sun in Cuba, to braving an attempt at flamenco on a Parisian tabletop, these toe-tapping tales will inspire you to follow the call of a wild life, leaving home with your passport in hand and your dance shoes stuffed into the suitcase. 

Caleb Davenport has spent the last decade traveling around the world building an international company into a billion-dollar enterprise with his business partners, but unfortunately, he hasn’t stopped thinking about Kira Bancroft since high school. He assumes she’s living her dream as a concert pianist — until one evening, fresh off the plane from Hong Kong, he gets the shock of his life when he runs into Kira waitressing at a local Denver restaurant.  

Alex Belgarde has carried the guilt of his father’s death for more than 10 years. Every year, as his family’s company falls deeper into debt, the guilt eats away more of his soul until there’s only one answer. Prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice to save his father’s legacy, Alex takes off on a frigid winter day with no radio and very little fuel in his seaplane. He’s using up the last of his reserve tank, preparing to drop from the sky, when he sees plane wreckage below. 

It happened suddenly. Overnight. Inside Spring Lakes Assisted Living, seven residents - 69 years of age - died mysterious deaths. Only, they aren’t really dead. Their bodies remain still, their staring eyes void of life. Yet, their hearts continue to beat, their lungs fight for oxygen, and somewhere within their petrified bodies, their souls cling to life.

For Kate Howard, former Army Special Forces Sergeant, life as a one-woman personal protection detail comes with challenges. Wearing civilian camouflage while guarding high-profile clients is a dangerous game of rock, paper, hollow point. After an explosive and deadly end to her client’s reelection fundraiser, which left his young son in critical condition, Kate must accept help from an unwanted source: the soldier she loved and left in Afghanistan, bloody, broken, and barely alive. 

I’ve been tortured ever since, and not just by the frustratingly beautiful Grim that recruited me into Reaper Collective. A little drool and pining won’t stop my supernaturally beating heart. It’s been three years and my persistent death nightmares have become a total snooze-fest, but the who and why gnaws on my nerves at night. If I can keep kicking soul-collecting ass and keep my mouth on a tight leash, I just might get the answers I’m dying to know.

After witnessing a murder, Nora Molina needs to get away - fast - and her best hope to escape without her passport is Alaska. A native of Argentina, Nora's accustomed to harsh winters and high elevation, so she gets more than a little irritated when some tracker thinks she needs rescuing. Even if he is get-out sexy. And even if he's the guy she stood up before leaving town. It's going to be a long few days.

Three fairy tales unlike anything you've ever heard before: "Red Greta" by James Agee, Jr., "The Place Where Nightmares Come True" by Chris Manning, and "The Frog Princess" by Katie Johns.

Amy has finally graduated, and she's excited to move on to her internship with a law firm in London. What she doesn't expect is to be invited to a ball by an eccentric old woman - or that she actually decides to go. Spontaneity is not her thing. When she's pulled back in time, Amy is thrown into a world of balls, picnics, and suitors.