When Taggert's adopted daughter goes missing he suspects the hand of an old enemy. He gathers friends, family, and even those who don't quite trust that he has left his violent past behind. But their search leads them to an unexpected place, the past, and the consequences of their journey have a price that is higher than they can afford.Praise for The Liminal People:"A great piece of genre fiction. But picking which genre to place it in isn't easy. The first in a planned series, it's got the twists and taut pacing of a thriller, the world-warping expansiveness of a fantasy yarn, and even the love-as-redemption arc of a romance. Oh yeah, a lot of the characters in it have superhuman powers, too."—The Rumpus"Ayize's imagination will mess with yours, and the world won't ever look quite the same again."—Nalo Hopkinson"An action-packed thriller and a careful look at the moral dilemmas of those whose powers transcend... Views: 71
The gifts bestowed by One not of this world, to the Man who had lived longer than most. The Empire ruled by a King who would swallow the world in his madness. The Warrior who chose to rise against her own kind in order to defeat him. Discover the extraordinary beginnings of the Immortals and the unforgettable story of the Princess who would become a Legend. In a time when sickness covers the world in shadows, Romerus, descendant of the first man and woman to walk the Earth, ventures into the desert to find a cure for his dying sons. The gifts he receives from the mysterious stranger he meets on his crusade turn his children into beings who can defeat death itself, carving a destiny that makes them Immortal kings of an empire spanning hundreds of years and thousands of leagues. Mila, third daughter of Crovir and last-born grandchild of Romerus, knows the evil that resides in the heart of her father. When she dares challenge his increasing tyranny by sparing the life of a human governor, his twisted fear of her grows, triggering a chain of events that culminates in her witnessing his final, unforgivable sin. Accused of a crime she did not commit and forced to flee the empire of her birth, her path collides with that of an enigmatic captain who proves to be more than he claims. As the promise of war darkens the lands, the most powerful and fearless of all the Immortals must shatter old alliances and create fresh ones in order to forge a new destiny for her kin and mankind.
The compelling fifth installment and genesis story of AD Starrling's multi-award-winning, action thriller series Seventeen. Views: 71
From the bestselling author of The Girls of Mischief Bay and The Friends We Keep comes a twisty tale of family dynamics that explores what can go terribly, hysterically wrong when the line between friendship and family blurs... Zoe Saldivar is more than just single—she's ALONE. She recently broke up with her longtime boyfriend, she works from home and her best friend Jen is so obsessed with her baby that she has practically abandoned their friendship. The day Zoe accidentally traps herself in her attic with her hungry-looking cat, she realizes that it's up to her to stop living in isolation. Her seemingly empty life takes a sudden turn for the complicated—her first new friend is Jen's widowed mom, Pam. The only guy to give her butterflies in a very long time is Jen's brother. And meanwhile, Pam is being very deliberately seduced by Zoe's own smooth-as-tequila father. Pam's flustered, Jen's annoyed and Zoe is... Views: 71
A rebel cowboy returns a single dad. Can he find redemption in Love, Alaska?Back in Love, Alaska, Joshua Ransom comes face-to-face with ex-fiancée Honor Prescott. A single dad of an infant daughter, Joshua's no longer the reckless cowboy who broke Honor's heart. But discovering he's selling his late grandfather's land to developers puts them at odds. With the Diamond R's fate unclear, so is their future. Will this second chance lead to Joshua being one of Love's Alaskan Grooms? Views: 71
At the age of 50, newly widowed Rowena Hill feels only relief to be free of her penny-pinching fusspot of a husband. As she makes her stumbling efforts to become fulfilled as a woman and a wage-earner, well-intentioned friends and her overbearing daughter all make plans for her future, with results that are sometimes comical, sometimes disastrous. However, Rowena's growing taste for independence leads her to a solution to her problems that no one could have predicted and which astonishes even herself. First published in 1991, A Serious Widow collected glowing reviews. Views: 71
An exhilarating debut story collection that explores the mysterious, often dangerous forces that shape our livesNamed one of 2018's must-read books by Elle, Book Riot, and AM New York and one of February's top reads by Entertainment Weekly, Harper's Bazaar, Refinery29, Shondaland, PopSugar, Fast Company, and Bustle "Anjali Sachdeva is a fascinating storyteller, willing to push her inventiveness as far as it will go, and I cannot wait to see what she writes next."—Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See Spanning centuries, continents, and a diverse set of characters, these alluringly strange stories are united by each character's struggle with fate. In a secret, subterranean world beneath the prairie of the Old West, a homesteader risks her life in search of a safe haven. A workman in Andrew Carnegie's steel mills is turned into a medical oddity by the brutal power of the... Views: 71
The Demonworld saga continues in Shepherd of Wolves.
Rumors about the flesh demons withdrawing from the wasteland grind to a shrieking halt when an entire nation is overrun and destroyed in a single night. In the aftermath of the demonic onslaught, an army of subhuman cretins gathers under the standard of Khan Vito, a legendary soldier who has sworn to cleanse the world of the great lie of civilization. He leads his horde of dogmen on a death march through the wasteland… and they will not stop until Pontius has been put to the torch.
As Pontius prepares for war, the financial elite promise wealth and glory to anyone with the guts – and stupidity – to face the horde and slow its advance. Even though he knows that the Suicide Contracts were never anything more than a public relations maneuver, Wodan joins the enterprise. But as plans fall apart and give way to terror, the people of Pontius soon realize that the seven doomed boys whose lives they threw away may be their only hope for survival. Views: 71
Re-read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer When rakishly handsome Raff Quinlan accidentally knocks down Rhea-Jane, he whisks her back to his country manor to recuperate. Her beauty beguiles him and the passion between them is instantly sizzling! Curious about his mystery houseguest, Raff learns that Rhea-Jane needs a job and offers her a position as his personal secretary... But Raff is unaware that Rhea-Jane hides a secret. And the tighter the desire coils between them, the harder it will be for either of them to walk away unscathed! Originally published in 1991 Views: 71
