The Dark Citadel: When a dark wizard takes control of Balsalom and forces young queen Kallia into marriage, slave boy Darik bands with griffin riders and knights to defend their city.

The Free Kingdoms: The Dark Wizard marches against the Free Kingdoms while a wizard, warrior prince, and a freed slave boy mount a heroic defense. A young queen struggles behind enemy lines to keep her city free from the enemy's grasp.

The Golden Griffin: The dark wizard's dragons attack the griffin riders in their aeries. With her father dead, the young leader of the griffin riders must venture into the northern wilds to tame the powerful and elusive golden griffin. If she fails, her people will be scattered and destroyed.

…If a kickass middle-aged bookkeeper got sucked into a spy’s life…

Despite her penchant for weapons and ripe language, Aydan Kelly’s resumé reads ‘bookkeeper’, not ‘badass’. She’s leaving the city to fulfill her dream of rural tranquillity when she gets carjacked by a man who shouldn’t exist.

When RCMP officer John Kane kills her would-be abductor, Aydan thinks her troubles are over. But Kane’s investigation implicates her in an international espionage plot, and criminal charges become the least of her worries when she’s targeted by the very spies Kane suspects her of aiding.

Pity her enemies. Because nobody’s tougher than a middle-aged woman who wants her dream back.

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Contains coarse language, moderate violence, and sexuality. The story can stand alone but will be more enjoyable if read in order.

If Janet Evanovich’s quirky humour met Robert Ludlum’s taut thrillers, the Never Say Spy series would be their love child: racy, fun, and action-packed!

Books in the series:
Book 1: Never Say Spy
Book 2: The Spy Is Cast
Book 3: Reach For The Spy
Book 4: Tell Me No Spies
Book 5: How Spy I Am
Book 6: A Spy For A Spy
Book 7: Spy, Spy Away
Book 8: Spy Now, Pay Later
Book 9: Spy High
Book 10: Spy Away Home
Book 11: The Spies That Bind
More books coming...

*New release pricing of $0.99 until August 17th*

The battle for Sol is now

The sphere ship gave Earth knowledge of the universe, but it came with a warning to stay away from the Star. After losing two children to the First Contact Federation, Empyrean sends a fleet of plasma ships and allies to Sol. Their one mission: to destroy humanity.

Can Earth defend itself against the imminent threat, or will they be destroyed so soon after starting to explore the universe around them?

Join many of today's top indie science fiction authors as they each write a story about the battle for Sol in the most ambitious shared-universe collection to date.

Prologue - Nathan Hystad
Nine Thousand Seconds to Earth - Robert M. Campbell
Field of Fire - Ralph Kern
A Million Points of Light - C.C. Ekeke
Friendly Fire - C. Gockel
The Hand of Empyrean - Scott Moon
Minimum Safe Distance - Scott McGlasson
The One Who Waits - Scarlett R. Algee
Shot in the Dark - Richard Fox
The Path to War - Josh Hayes
The Last Battle - Jay Allan
Epilogue - Nathan Hystad

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February, 2031: The global population now stands at an estimated 400 million, and every survivor bears the scars of humanity's struggle to defeat an enemy few believed could exist. Some nations have emerged stronger than ever. Others still struggle to survive. Some no longer exist at all.

In the aftermath of the zombie pandemic Keith Taylor, noted author of post apocalyptic fiction, traveled the world to gather the first hand accounts of survivors from every walk of life, culture and strata of society, ranging from American political leaders to British journalists to members of India's homeless underclass.

These chilling interviews describe the course of humanity's most brutal war, leading from the initial emergence of the virus in the Siberian wilderness to the visceral, heart-rending Shibuya footage, through the confusion of the US President's impeachment to the unintended and disastrous consequences of the UN's sweeping refugee amendment, and ending with us battered and broken, diminished but not defeated, in the fragile peace we now enjoy. Together these accounts represent the most illuminating and complete commentary to date of humanity's loss.

From these candid interviews emerges an image of early 21st century civilization as it truly was: imperfect, fragmented and wholly unprepared for a disaster on such a scale. This is the Way the World Ends takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the world we had and lost; a look at the pain we suffered due to our inability to accept a single, simple truth:

Zombies are real.

Note: Readers who lived through the pandemic may find the interviews contained within this collection distressing. Discretion is advised.

Comets have inspired dread and panic through millennia. When Halley's Comet made its spectacular appearance in 1910, sweeping the earth with its tail, many feared being poisoned by gases or worse. Churches did a booming business, scoundrels peddled "comet pills," and some desperate souls committed suicide rather than go through what they imagined to be the coming conflagration.

The newspapers of the day eagerly printed every scrap of comet news they could find, or in some cases, invent. From the sober-minded utterances of learned astronomers to reports of "comet party" riots and mass prayer processions - even rumors of Midwestern cultists attempting to sacrifice a virgin to the comet - it was all grist for the mill.

Besides covering the public fascination and hysteria aroused by the comet, some reporters couldn't restrain themselves from fanning the flames. While assuring their readers that "probably" nothing bad would come of earth's encounter with the celestial wanderer, they sometimes went on to note all the horrible things that "might" happen. If that seems irresponsible, just remind yourself of how today's cable news stations seem to thrive on stoking fear in their viewers. In some ways the mass media haven't changed!

The story of Halley's Comet, especially its 1910 fly-by and the popular reaction to it, has been told before. However, this is the first compilation in one volume of such a large and representative sampling of the actual coverage given to the comet by the newspapers of that era. The selections cover the gamut, from serious scientific essays to wild-eyed speculative pieces to reports of people behaving oddly under the grip of comet madness. There are even a couple of comet-themed short stories, as well as writings by youngsters imagining the adventures they could have riding the comet's tail. Many of the selections are accompanied by Steve Smith's editor's notes, providing brief biographies of individuals mentioned in the articles (such as eminent astronomers), and other background information.

Whether your interest is astronomy, journalistic history, events of the early 20th century, or "popular delusions and the madness of crowds," you'll find some fascinating reading here, straight from the pages of yesteryear.

Note: The Vintage Newspaper Mining Project mines for the gems of literature and odd news stories buried in the pages of newspapers published in the 19th and early 20th centuries. These wonderful stories and articles deserve to see the light of day again and to be made available for modern readers. Other volumes (all available as Kindle books) include Dogs! Read All About 'Em: Best Dog Stories & Articles from the Golden Age of Newspapers (Volumes 1 & 2), and Sticky Buns and Jolly Girls: Vintage Advice to Ladies on How to Catch A Man, with many more to come.

Sometimes the Good Guys are the Bad Boys

Mouth, Echo and Sharp Locke are identical teenage triplets — and master thieves — who live in the magical world known as The Dea. Each brother is gifted in one way and disadvantaged in another: Mouth is hard of hearing but has a voice powerful enough to level buildings, Echo is legally blind but has enhanced hearing that can even decipher information being transferred along radio waves, and Sharp is mute but has vision so enhanced that he can see great distances as well as in different spectrums of light. Working together, they make a proficient team of teenage thieves.

Their first official job is to steal a mysterious artifact, The Key of the Spire, from the metropolis of Avidity. The job becomes complicated when what they've stolen turns out to be an ancient relic that mercenaries, monsters, and madmen covet and will go to any lengths to obtain. This pairs them with an unlikely group of mercenaries known as Solas for help, although they have their own agenda for aiding the brothers.

From fleeing the city of Avidity, to being trapped by ghosts and monsters in the darkness of Black Harvester Forest, to being captured by air pirates known as the Crimson Corsairs, to battling hybrid man-bat mutants and their sinister master Von Strauss, this urban fantasy adventure is filled with vibrant characters, imaginative locations, and fast-paced action.

For fans of Potter, Percy, or Peregrine, this fast-paced fantasy adventure story is for you!

Winner of Amazon's reader-powered Kindle Scout program. Seventeen-year-old Lisa Jacobs is determined to solve her father's gruesome murder. But before she can investigate in her own small town, she is forced to spend the summer with her Uncle Clayton, the owner of Grand Hallow--a massive funeral and mortuary operation the size of a small city. Her move to Grand Hallow only deepens the mystery as she begins to suspect the strange and chilling occurrences there are linked to her father's death. With the help of her acid-tongued best friend and deadbeat brother, Lisa must unravel the secrets of Grand Hallow--before it's too late. In the Graveyard Antemortem is a mystery/suspense novel with a healthy dash of horror.

A Fiji paradise saved. A girl’s body torn on the reef. Detective Joe Horseman, washed-up rugby star, must discover the connection.

Horseman is a rugby legend, and in Fiji that spells hero. But now injury has wrecked his rugby career and he dreads returning to the tedium of police work.

When a girl’s body is found snagged on the coral reef at high-end Paradise Island resort, the joyful festivities for a new marine reserve stop dead. Horseman no sooner lands at Suva airport after a year’s rehab in the U.S. than he is packed off to investigate. While he wrestles with his future, his new sergeant, uber-efficient Susila Singh, is ambitious. As the pair pursue leads in idyllic coral islands, a marine science institute and diesel-polluted Suva streets, they forge a tentative partnership. To discover why the girl died, Horseman and Singh must drag to the surface secrets that have no place in paradise.

Death on Paradise Island is the first of the Fiji Islands Mysteries. Crime fans who enjoy discovering exotic settings will love B.M. Allsopp’s thought-provoking insight into contemporary Fiji. Dive into the fragile beauty of the Fiji islands: pick up Death on Paradise Island today.
 

I can’t pay him with money. So I pay him with something that’s all mine.
I’m alone on the farm.
After Pa died, I was left to run this place by myself.
It was tough. The farm is big and I’m just one girl.
But then Tyler Morgan showed up.
A handsome cowboy looking for work, he offered to help.
Sowing the fields.
Plowing deep.
Reaping a harvest.
But the thing is, I have nothing to offer him.
My bank account’s empty.
Nada, Zip, Zilch.
So I pay him with something that’s all mine.
Soft.
Warm.
Wet.
Willing.
It’s so wrong, trading my body.
But now I’m addicted … and I just want more.

A dead body isn't the best way to start a semester or a romance.

Sheridan Hendley is a professor and psychologist, not a sleuth. When her colleague is murdered and her good friend becomes the prime suspect, her curiosity and logical mind have her putting pieces together. It also becomes apparent that Sheridan is attracted to the handsome Detective. As Sheridan tries to connect all the people in Adam's life, she finds that many women have a motive for Adam's murder. When Sheridan's tires are slashed and then she is assaulted, it's clear someone is afraid she's getting too close.

An ancient prophecy. A terrifying threat. A regular girl who's destined to become a hero - whether she wants to be or not.

Yesterday, Astrid was a normal sophomore at an elite college in a sleepy California town. Her biggest problem was trying to figure out how to get hottie Chad Olson to notice her. But today, after an otherworldly meteorite nearly destroys her home, she discovers a shape-shifting bounty hunter is hot on her trail. Her only hope for survival is to team up with Jax, the arrogant handyman, who works for her uncle. 

Lucky for Astrid, Jax turns out to be more than meets the eye. In her quest to stay alive, Astrid learns the dark truth about her past, along with the knowledge of how she fits into an ancient intergalactic prophecy that foretells the fate of the entire planet.

Navy SEAL Forbidden Romance

Aria—I teach mermaid fitness at a ritzy hotel next to the Naval Amphibious Base. I know better than to let one of those famous frogmen chase my tail. But in a moment of weakness, I submit to Erik, a tattooed badass Navy SEAL. After one night of incredible passion, I can’t stop thinking about his cocky ways and his dirty mouth.
But I am about to train to be the first female Navy SEAL.
When I show up on the first day of training, I’m horrified to realize that Erik is my BUD/S instructor. He’s the only person who stands in the way of me achieving my dream.
I’m not a quitter. He can taunt me, tease me, and run me ragged, but I’ll never ring that bell.
Erik—Aria is the most incredible woman I’ve ever met. She won the gold medal for synchronized swimming, and she looks like a little mermaid the way she moves underwater. Once I find out that the sexy redhead is teaching aquatic classes next to my base, I vow to do anything to make her mine.
After a mind-blowing month together, she tells me she needs to go away to train. I assume it’s for another synchro competition.
I’m dead wrong.
She shows up in BUD/S as a member of the first class to let in women. And I’m her instructor.
There’s no way in hell I will lower the standards of my Team to please the brass and make a political statement.
It doesn’t matter how much I want her because she’s forbidden to me now. She will obey my every command.
She can try to pass hell week, but she will fail.
I’m a Navy SEAL, a Triton, a god of the sea.
And she will never be part of my world.

TRITON is a full-length stand alone romance novel with a HEA. No cheating. No cliffhanger.

Who am I? I’m Tommy Mason, UCONN’s top guard and I’m on my way to the pro league.
The guys wanna be me, the girls wanna be with me. Everyone knows who I am – everyone except her.

Grace. She’s a freshman, and she just moved onto my floor. She’s drop dead gorgeous and doesn’t even know it. And the best part? She’s a virgin.

She walked in on me in the shower and ran for cover. Seeing her blush got my blood pumping downstairs, and now I know I have to have her. But she’s afraid of me – afraid of what she might do if we’re alone, and she’s been ducking me ever since.

So what did I do? I made her my partner for class, now she has to spend time with me. Her grade depends on it.

She may be able to teach me some things in the classroom, but I’m the teacher when it comes to the bedroom, and what she doesn’t know is that beneath those Plain Jane clothes she wears, there’s a body like a pornstar and an attitude to match. All she needs is the right guy to bring it out of her.

And I’m just the guy to do it.


Coming Off the Bench is a stand alone, super spicy romance with no cheating, no cliffhanger, a wonderful HEA, and all the spice and steam you've come to expect from Autumn. Disclaimer: not responsible for Kindle screens that melt from how hot this is!

Fifteen years ago, at the beginning of the Third World War, Others--demons, vampires, werewolves, and everything in between--made their existence public on live broadcast, plummeting the world into turmoil. Four bloody years later, the war ended, governments banded together, and universal law came to be.

A sexy, selfish demon knight. A courageous vampire slayer.

The job seemed straightforward enough. Hunt and bring in a Fallen's vampire-turned friend for reconditioning. What vampire slayer Elise Castle didn't expect is for the vampire's friend and boss to be so dangerously seductive.

After her Fallen father had left her mother for a woman with money and power, Elise vowed never to get involved with a Fallen. After her cop boyfriend was killed by her Slayer energy during their first time having sex, Elise swore never to sleep with a man again.

Xavier Doom could have her breaking her promises.

As a man, he's dangerous to her heart with his charm and willingness to protect her at all costs. As a Fallen, he might be strong enough to handle her half Fallen, half Slayer energy. Falling for the dangerous, rich and powerful demon knight is the last thing Elise needs in her complicated life.

When an alliance is revealed that will guarantee Xavier more money and power, will he stay true to his feelings for the stubborn, loyal and fierce Slayer? Or will he break her heart and go after what he is born for? Fallens are known for their insatiable appetite for women, money and power.

Lives are at stake and loyalties are put to the test. Danger closes in around them, and Xavier and Elise must work together to discern who is a friend, and who is the true enemy.

One of Pamela Ann's best-selling series. This bundle contains approximately 1,368 pages...A ten-book box set.

Set in a quaint college town of Santa Barbara, California...meet the vivacious four: Emma, Lindsey, Trista and Amber. Four best friends who fell in love with irresistible bad boys who pushes their buttons, challenges them to a point of madness and loves like no other.

Michael Matthews has been in love with Katherine Moore since the second grade. In Michael's mind there is absolutely nothing that will ever be able to keep the two of them apart. The night Michael is set to propose to Katherine the evening is interrupted by an unexpected tragedy that tears the two of them apart for good.

Three years have passed since that fateful night when Katherine, now known as Kate meets Daniel. After an awkward start sparks fly between them. Daniel and Kate fall hard and fast into the most passionate and intense love affair of their lives. In three years a lot can change, Michael knows he made the biggest mistake of his life when he left Katherine and he will do anything to get her back. Asking his best friend Daniel for help is his first step in righting the wrongs he made so many years ago. Unfortunately, neither of them realizes that Michaels long lost love Katherine is Daniel's true love Kate.

While attending the engagement party of a mutual friend, all of their paths collide. How is Kate supposed to choose between the two men that mean the most to her in the world? Kate has to push past her heartache and put some serious thought into what comes next. One wrong choice and not only could she lose them both but Daniel and Michael may never recover their friendship.

Breaking Kate is the first book in the fully completed Acceptance Series. This series was designed to be read in order. Each book unless specified as a novella is a full length novel.

Breaking Kate - Book One
Catching Kate - Book 1.5 novella
Releasing Kate - Book Two
Loving Kate - Book Three (Final book in the series)
Christmas with the Houstons - Book Four (Jake and April's story)
Newly re-edited March 2017
*Mature Content- This book contains situations not intended for persons under the age of 18. Including, but not limited to - sex, cursing, alcohol and/or drug use, and possible triggers.*

Find the Science Fiction and Fantasy reads you've been craving! Whether it's alien invasion or dark fairytales, heart-pounding galactic adventures or cyberpunk romance, Dominion Rising will satisfy with a thrilling mix of 22 all-new full-length novels set in fantastical realms.

Sword and sorcery, far-flung galactic empires, alternative history, epic magic, slipstream futures: this collection of carefully selected, exclusive novels is sure to delight readers of speculative fiction.

Over five thousand pages packed with aliens, faeries, vampires, gargoyles, warriors, telepaths, space pirates, starship captains, hapless mercenaries, street urchins, robots, cyber-enhanced humans, badass heroines, and lost princesses.

These award-winning, New York Times, USA Today and international bestselling authors have left no stone unturned in the science fiction and epic fantasy universe to bring you the very best escape from planet Earth.

All the novels are available exclusively in the Dominion Rising collection.

BLURB
Well-bred and genteel, Valerie Johnson travels by train and stagecoach from Boston to join her husband three thousand miles away in Virginia City, Nevada, only to discover she is a widow. Low on money, unable to find respectable employment, she accepts a temporary position as a courtesan at Rosie's Parlor—an elegant Virginia City brothel.

When godlike Duke Dugan picks Valerie, they both wonder if it is lust or love at first sight.

Fascinated by the beautiful, flaming-haired prostitute he calls Red, Duke, wishing to learn more about her, takes her to dinner in Virginia City's finest restaurant. To her dismay, Valerie finds out that Duke is a rebel captain, who, along with his two brothers, is on a desperate mission for the despised Confederacy. She would tell the authorities, except there's one problem—she's fallen in love with him.

EXCERPT Before you leave, I want you to go into Carson City and get provisions.

Cody looked surprised. "Isn't that dangerous?"

"Yes, that's why I want you to take Valerie with you. You'll look less suspicious if a woman's with you."

"As you wish, Cap'tin." Cody turned to Valerie. "Are you ready?"

Valerie was taken totally off guard, but she understood the reason Duke wanted her to go with Cody. It made sense. They would appear as a farmer or a rancher and his wife, buying provisions for the fortnight. "I didn't bring a dress?"

"Doesn't matter. Half the women hereabouts wear men's clothing. It's more functional."

She shrugged her shoulders. "I'm ready when you are."

He grabbed her hand. "Let's go."

She accompanied Cody, riding the same sorrel mare on which she rode to Carson City. They hadn't ridden a hundred yards when Cody exclaimed, "Whoowee, look who's playing married with the pretty lady. Too bad I don't get to try out the side benefits of being married."

Valerie bit her tongue to keep from smiling. "You are incorrigible."

"Does that mean, can't act normal?"

She did laugh. "Something like that. You are acting much too joyful for a morose farmer."

"Let me tell you. Even a morose farmer would be joyful around you. You're like a ray of sunshine."

Time to change the subject. "Cody, what do you want to do after the war?"

"I want to start a ranch. Then, I'd like to find a classy woman as pretty as you and make her my wife. I would never treat her like some men treat their wives—beating them, going to saloons or even brothels. I would treat my wife like a queen."

Valerie couldn't think of what to say after that, so she rode on in silence.

Cody laughed. Then he leaned across the space between the horses and kissed Valerie's cheek.

Wide-eyed and mouth open in shock, she turned to Cody. "What—"

His lips formed that bad boy smile that made her think of sex. "Sorry. I just felt like kissing my future sister-in-law. If'n I can't have you, the next best thing is you being my sister-in-law."

"You are—"

"I know, incorrigible. Watch this." Cody whipped his dark brown stallion with the rein until it galloped. When he was a hundred yards ahead, he pulled the horse to a stop and started galloping back.

Valerie began to worry when, under a full gallop, he stood up on the saddle. Holding the reins in one hand, he waved his wide-brimmed western hat in the other. Then, as he passed, Valerie's mouth dropped open when he jumped up and spun in the air, landing in the saddle sitting backward and waving to her as he rode away from her.

She laughed. Crazy kid sure is lovable
.
She watched as he swung his legs around and once more faced forward. He pulled his horse up, turned around again, and raced back to Valerie. "Well, did you like it?"

"I loved it, but you shouldn't risk your neck showing off for your future sister-in-law."

"You're right. We're getting too close to town. I better put on my morose look."

One person is an impostor, one a traitor, and one is flirting with insanity.

Tina Green's husband is presumed dead from a Maui surfing accident and now she's being haunted by otherwordly dreams. When former boyfriend, Jamey Dunn, turns up at her Lahaina dive shop and offers to help, she can't believe his preposterous claim -- he can enter dreams. Along with Tina's friend, Noble, they piece together clues to her husband's disappearance but secrets, lies, and heartbreak rise to the ugly surface to reveal no one is entirely who they seem.

*Winner of Best Paranormal Mystery/Thriller
*Nominated for Best Indie First Book

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"Fast, fun, unique, and sexy..." -The Romance Review

"Intrigue. Secrets. And a strong heroine. Who could ask for more?" -Ilsa Madden-Mills, Wall Street Journal bestselling author

"It had me on the edge of my seat, biting my nails, and blushing like crazy!" -Shayna Renee's Spicy Reads

A sexy con artist.
A playboy prince.
A job gone terribly wrong.

Let the games begin...

Runaway Zelda Wilder will do whatever it takes to secure a better life for her and her sister Ava. Crown Prince Rowan Westringham Tate will do whatever it takes to preserve his small country.

"Playboy Prince" MacCallum Lockwood Tate will do whatever it takes to steal Zelda's heart...

When Zee is blackmailed into humiliating the brooding future king, she never expects to be pulled into a web of international intrigue--or to fall for Rowan's naughty younger brother Cal.

Cal is determined to capture the sexy player, but Zelda is in over her head with very dangerous men. Time is running out, and it may be too late for the prince to save this player.

Cinderella meets Oceans Eleven in this CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE featuring secrets, lies, royal high jinks, scams and double-crosses; breathless, swooning lust, cocky princes, dominant alpha future-kings, and crafty courtiers, who are not always what they seem.