After twenty-five years of active duty, US Navy SEAL Commander Eric Lopez chafed at his forced medical retirement. Bored, he jumped at the opportunity to work for a DHS Secret Division Command.The new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility had just opened and was already embroiled in controversy. One group protesting the facility wants it shut down due to safety concerns. A contingency of foreign scientists will be holding their annual meeting nearby and the cyber security chatter is that someone there will be threatening the facility. With his background in biology, Eric is sent in to assess the situation as part of the foreign delegation, but when one of the lead scientists is kidnapped, he is tasked with finding them.Dr. Lydia Hughes works in a low-security position at the Facility but, just her luck, she is at the wrong place at the wrong time and ends up in the hands of kidnappers who have mistaken her... Views: 223
Perfect for fans of If There's No Tomorrow by Jennifer L. Armentrout, What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum, and All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven, I Love You Like That is the second book in a poignant young adult duology about addiction, sexuality, peer pressure, and first love. Reeling from the recent death of Deacon, her dark and mysterious former boyfriend and first love, sixteen-year-old Hannah Zandana lets herself fall into the arms of the wrong boys—even as her mother's growing addiction continues to pull her family apart. With her mother hardly functional and her father in full-blown denial, Hannah and her little sister are left to their own devices—and no adult support—in their lives. After waking up in a strange hospital outside of town, meanwhile, Deacon learns that his convenient "death" has placed him in the middle of a federal undercover sting operation. He's soon thrown into the dangerous world of Miami drug cartels. Will a cruel... Views: 222
Of Murders and Mages: Casino Witch Mysteries 1
Three ways that Ella's life is totally messed up:
__ her new coworker is as cranky as he is attractive
__ a mischievous cat has decided she needs a familiar
__ she just found out she's a witch who can read the emotional hologram of a magical death (and isn't that a mouthful)
And oh yeah, there's five dead bodies, and no one knows how they are connected. Now she’s drawn into a madcap investigation at the casino where she's managed to snag a job. She must navigate learning her new mage abilities, a topless burlesque show, a jealous girlfriend, gamblers of all varieties, and magical chocolate cake, all while not setting herself or others on fire before the murderer makes her the next victim.
Which Mage Moved the Cheese? Casino Witch Mysteries 2
Ella's Super Awesome Guide to Paranormal Cheese:
1. You eat it, but there are weird side effects.
2. The ingredients can be really gross.
3. You don't use it to squash people.
When the ex-president of the Paranormal Cheese Council is found dead under the world's largest wedge of cheese, Ella is on the case! Unable to admit who she really is, she goes undercover. But can she, her klutzy sidekick, and the world's most arrogant familiar escape the Booby-Trapped Queso of Doom, or stop eating the magically addictive beer-cheese fondue without giving things away to the anonymous villain? Views: 222
From an Aurora Award-winning author comes a new fantasy epic in which one mage must stand against a Deathless Goddess who controls all magic.Only in Tananen do people worship a single deity: the Deathless Goddess. Only in this small, forbidden realm are there those haunted by words of no language known to woman or man. The words are Her Gift, and they summon magic.Mage scribes learn to write Her words as intentions: spells to make beasts or plants, designed to any purpose. If an intention is flawed, what the mage creates is a gossamer: a magical creature as wild and free as it is costly for the mage.For Her Gift comes at a steep price. Each successful intention ages a mage until they dare no more. But her magic demands to be used; the Deathless Goddess will take her fee, and mages will die.To end this terrible toll, the greatest mage in Tananen vows to find and destroy Her. He has yet to learn She is all that protects Tananen from what waits outside. And all... Views: 222
