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The tale of Mary Hope MacLaren is a story of hope. It is the story of a young woman's hopes and dreams, shattered, as her new husband turns violent. It is the story of hope enduring over the years, but of hope renewed at his untimely death. Most of all, it is the tale of a woman's fight back to who she had been before and of her renewed hope for the life she once wanted, dreamt of having.

Tired of relationships that could easily be replaced by a fresh set of batteries, six women decide to break out of their ruts and find a love that will meet all of their needs. Divorced Constance needs someone who will court her and treasure her. Davie needs someone who doesn’t fear her love. Widowed Elaine needs a new dance partner. Hard working Kenzie needs someone who won’t take her for granted. Artistic Heather needs somebody to remind her of the world beyond work. Engaged Aileen needs somebody far better than her drunken fiancé.

Defiant young Annie Laurie Balfour is sent to a distant land in hopes of avoiding a devastating public scandal. There she acquires a dark and dangerous ally, a guardian angel of great, and terrible power. Together they return to Scotland to extract vengeance and gain justice for Annie. Will they succeed or die in the attempt? Only time will tell.

For thousands of years, the High Born Elves have languished in the chains of slavery, their great strength gone, their extra keen senses dulled, and their immortality broken. Somehow, in spite of their harsh master’s efforts, the royal line managed to survive. Now, with the aid of a deadly assassin, the heir is about to shake off the chains of slavery, expose the lies, and bring her people to freedom. And she has no idea the magnitude of the task she has undertaken.

Oona, a slave beaten and tortured, is saved from certain death by a pirate queen. Nurtured and nursed back to health by Red Meera, Oona becomes the Second Queen of the Westermen, the largest fighting force in the known world. When Meera falls near death from poison, Oona becomes First Queen. Will she use her newfound power to avenge herself on her former master? Indeed, she will - him and those who originally took her. The wrath of the Westermen is about to fall on the slave masters. There will be no mercy.

The terrorist attack of 9/11 had far reaching effects, disrupted lives in many countries. Kassidy Wells, an upwardly mobile young woman was one such unexpected victim. This is her story, a story of success, loss, and love in the wake of disaster.

A woman is taken, tortured, and suddenly Rhonda’s thrust into a position of command that she doesn’t want. What if she screws it up? What if it all goes wrong and blows up in her face getting everyone killed? She’s utterly terrified, and the man she depends on most just sits there waiting for orders. Will she succeed on her own or fail and bring ruin to all?

If the Novans thought their victory in the Galactic War would allow them a lifetime of peace, they were wrong. Enemies are popping up everywhere, suspicions abound, and they are left with nowhere to go. When the Novan Witches blew apart a sun, they created a gap in space-time-reality. That gap is growing, and now, they have nowhere else to go. Can they survive in the Gap?

The vampire king's promise of sanctuary, a safe haven for all nonhumans, hangs in the balance. Reluctantly, he sends his youngest agent to retrieve and hide a maddened werebear. If she can't keep him out of the public eye, then all will be lost, and she's not doing so good. The bear is elusive, savage, and on a killing spree. If the humans find out about nonhumans, they will hunt them into extinction.

Melanie had been teenager when she'd been driven to flee Harker's Island and the madness that surrounded her family there. She hoped to find some peace and closure, but it is not meant to be. Small towns have long memories. Melanie has not been forgotten, nor forgiven. When trouble erupts, will she rise up and become the hero needed to save the town, or will she walk away and leave them all to their fate?

The humans of Earth have been guided and nurtured as they bred indiscriminately. Now the puppet masters are returning for the harvest. At the moment of our greatest danger an unexpected ally returns from the stars and a leader of incredible ability arises from the vast numbers of the marginalized. She seizes command of the allies and leads them against the enemy. Will they succeed? Can we even survive? And if we do, will there be anything left of our poor battered battleground of a planet?

For long ages, the Children of the Wolf have managed to remain hidden, but the modern world has found them. Hunted and captured by a criminal mastermind, only a precious few remain free. Helpless to aid their captured kin, they turn to the Vampire king and the saber tooth tiger who serves him for help. However, this demented man may just be too much even for the mighty vampires to overcome.

It was such an odd thing to most people. Arlessa, the most powerful witch in generations, High Priestess of the Borelian Temple, was in hiding, serving on the battlefield as a healer/dispatcher. They did not know, could not know, that for Arlessa to return to the Temple would mean spending the rest of her life in a marriage she did not want or in a prison from which there would be no escape.

Bram Stoker got it wrong. For millions of years, a rogue meteor hurtles through space toward Earth, glowing from the vast fields of radiation through which it has passed. A primitive human female gazes in wonder as the burning invader hurtles toward the ground, unaware of the great beast stalking her. All three meet in an instant. Flash forward to the present, yes, she is still here. She has always been here, in the shadows, ready to strike from the darkness with gleaming fangs.

Both men tried to shoot her then, and the two women were stunned at the speed with which she moved. Penny charged straight at the gunmen then dove under their fire. Spinning on her back she kicked the legs from under one man, and as he fell, she kicked the gun from the other man’s hand. Spinning back to the first man she saw the gun barrel moving toward her, and she lashed out with her foot. Her boot crushed his skull and she rolled to her feet to grab the last man in a neck lock. A quick twist and he lay lifeless in her arms.

Echoes from the past ripple through to the present as the last humans search for a new home. A close fly over shows a planet that was colonized once before but had since been abandoned. Who was here and why did they leave? More importantly, what might they have left behind? Despite her misgivings, the Reacher’s captain agrees to investigate further.