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There are ghosts at every corner. In the stolen kisses while I waitressed at the diner, in the town festivals in the square, in the many jokes about Betty Bagley and her pie at the Fall Farmer’s Market, and in countless nights spent watching Clay make drinks with that handsome smile of his plastered on his face while I sat on a stool at the bar.

Emery Thompson hates Calvin Chamberlain. From the way he acts like he’s better than everyone to the way he moves through the world thinking his podcast is the cream of the crop, every little thing about the man gets to him. Even that dashing, oh-so-confident smile. He’d rather be caught dead than be around the man any longer than necessary—or admit that last part out loud.

In the wake of the Galactic Republic's fall, Magnus and the Gladio Umbra learn of a new superpower that hopes to unite all orphaned star systems in peace. But Magnus's suspicions grow as the Luma Alliance of Worlds uses anything but peaceful methods to co-opt allegiance in the post-Republic landscape. Meanwhile, on the fringe of the galaxy, a dark shadow looms. Moldark, the sworn enemy of a growing number of species, amasses power through a new partnership with the Obscura. With their combined forces, there is no telling what evil may rain down upon the galaxy's sentient worlds.

Throughout history, there's been one indelible quality that great leaders, makers, artists and fighters have shared. The Zen Buddhists described it as inner peace, the Stoics called it ataraxia and Ryan Holiday calls it stillness: the ability to be steady, focussed and calm in a constantly busy world. This quality, valued by every major school of thought from Buddha to Seneca, John Stuart Mill to Nietzsche, is urgently necessary today. And, Holiday shows, it is entirely attainable.

Contains books one, two, and three of the Deliver series. She is a Deliverer. She lures young men and delivers them to be sold. She delivers the strikes that enforce their obedience. She delivers the training that determines their purchase price. As long as she delivers, the arrangement that protects her family will hold. The one thing she can't deliver is a captive from slavery. Until him. And her stubborn slave thinks he can deliver her...from herself. 

In the bestselling tradition of Malcom Gladwell, James Gleick, and Nate Silver, prominent professor László Barabási gives us a trailblazing book that promises to transform the very foundations of how our success-obsessed society approaches their professional careers, life pursuits and...

In a post-apocalyptic world scorched by flame and fear, fifteen-year-old Finn Camlock is nothing more than a burden. Powerless. Unwanted. Forgotten. While others wield nova energy to protect their crumbling settlements, Finn scrapes by with menial tasks—until a journey to the Iron Mountain awakens something unexpected. Something impossible.

He's been ambushed before. Never by a woman in lace. Reaper, the lethal VP of the Lone Star Mavericks MC, hates the holidays. Hes spent nearly forty Decembers waiting for the month to end. But now he has a house full of tinsel and an old lady whos made the season her entire personality. Eva has...

A dedicated space captain collides with a sexy, charming smuggler.Previously published - has been lightly editedAmbitious captain Nissa Sander has spent three years at the galaxys edge, keeping law and orderand chasing scoundrel smuggler Justyn Phoenix. The charming rogue has always outwitted...

An idealistic heir comes of age in the furnace of Victorian politics. Harry Coningsby—Eton-bred, brilliant, and headstrong—discovers a calling larger than party labels as Britain reels from the 1832 Reform Act. Guided by the enigmatic financier Sidonia and tested in the glittering...

What happens when a lifelong dream collides with faith, family, ambition, and the question of what you were truly meant to do?In It Was The Write Thing To Do, author Aaron Ryan takes you on a candid, often humorous, deeply personal journey through a lifetime of creativity, unexpected career...

Am I happy? How would I know? What is the measure of happiness? Deep thoughts to indulge on my birthday, while at a funeral. As I stare down into my grandfather-in-law’s grave, it’s all I can think about. When was the last time I felt truly happy with my life? Those questions linger long after the funeral, eating away at my tranquility like a necrotic wound, until one night I finally ask my husband if we can open our marriage to "live a little." Surprisingly, he says yes. I throw myself headlong into an adventure through the bars and bedrooms of Austin, Texas.

Aran awakens in chains with no memory. He’s conscripted into the Confederate Marines as a Tech Mage, given a spellrifle then hurled into the war with the draconic Krox and their Void Wyrm masters. Desperate to escape, Aran struggles to master his abilities while surviving the Krox onslaught. Fighting alongside him are a Major who will do anything to win, a Captain who will stop at nothing to see him dead, and a woman whose past is as blank as his own.

Known as the NHL’s grumpiest player, it’s obvious that I’ve always made it a point not to get to know anyone outside of my family or my team. After losing my dad as a kid, I never wanted to put myself at risk of feeling that kind of loss ever again. And it’s been easy to go through life this way—closed off. At least...until I'm forced to volunteer at a youth hockey clinic.

Chuck has spent his entire life being judged by the one thing he can’t change—his appearance. Oversized, disfigured, and dismissed by society, he’s learned to survive by keeping his head down and losing himself in the one place he feels in control: the kitchen. But when an unexplained twist of fate hurls him into a primitive, technology-free world, everything he thought he knew about beauty flips upside down.

“[Fer Broca] achieves a lyrical simplicity. . . . thought-provoking advice.”—Kirkus Reviews Shares eight universal laws to live in harmony with the natural order, deepen your spiritual practice, and realize true happiness Offers practices and methods for dedicated study to gain...

Welcome to the small town of Lovewell Landing, where seasonal shenanigans include holiday festivities and fall flair in two delightful romantic comedies about second chances at love over 40. THE HOLIDAY POST An empty-nester, single moms sudden gloom during the hap, hap, happiest time of the year...

Fall in love like your life depends on it in this twisty romantic thriller perfect for fans of Navessa Allen and Brynn Weaver. Romance is in the air on our private tropical island and we’re excited to introduce viewers at home to Courtney Thompson--the latest contestant in our brand new...

In a world where dragons dominate the skies and colossal worms tunnel through mountains, three nations teeter on the brink of war. Like every Elucian, Kailin must brave the perilous pilgrimage to Mount Hope's summit, where an ancient shaman will decide her fate. A select few are destined to bond...

She was simply a part of his missionuntil she became everything worth fighting for.Separated from his team during a mission gone wrong, left behind with no supplies, unable to speak the language in a country with tenuous ties to the US. All of that would be bad enough on its own. But Isaac...