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CIA agent Asahi Tanaka grew up hearing tales from his grandfather about a mysterious realm where magic and monsters are real. His quest for answers takes him back to Yachats, Oregon, his childhood home. His personal investigation of a series of disappearances leads to a break in the case, and he finds himself in a strange but eerily familiar world.

Star Strauss has always been a fighter. From the time she was born prematurely to her life on the road as a circus performer, she has never let her small stature keep her from achieving her dreams. Her love of being up high and flying free has helped her overcome the challenges she faces when she is on the ground. But her life changes when she finds herself on a distant world where every creature seems to tower over her.

Avery Lennox has been called many names, but bond mate was never one of them. Her position as Chief Security Officer for Cosmos Raines guarantees that her life will never be boring - especially after her genius boss decides to open a portal between Earth and Baade, a world filled with an annoying, male-dominated species called Prime. But after meeting one particular alien, Avery decides to pursue him through the portal. The trip to another world was...indescribable, but it’s when she returns home that Avery is in the most danger.

Allie Whitewater was used to living between two worlds. She embraced the Native American heritage of her father and the white heritage of her mother. She was happy with both and didn't have the identity crisis many of her friends had. Growing up on a large working ranch in Montana, she had no desire to live in town, or worse, a large city. She planned on spending the rest of her life on the ranch her father started.

Sci Fi Shorts is a collection of classic science fiction stories from the golden age of space stories. This group of five unabridged short stories by various authors covers such adventures as space-going disasters, culture-shocked Martians, minds being stolen, alien flying cities and ancient artefacts being discovered in the far future.

Lisa Tootles steps through an enchanted doorway. On the other side is a prince that has been cursed. Sharden is running out of time. Cursed before he was even born, he waits by the doorway for the one the witch said could break the spell. What he gets is a curvy human woman who doesn’t have a clue that his world even existed, much less how to break a curse. Internationally acclaimed S.E. Smith presents a new action-packed story full of romance and adventure. Brimming with her signature humor, vivid scenes, and beloved characters, this book is sure to be another fan favorite!

Yolanda Yates’ life has been one of hardship and despair. She finds a new lease on life when she discovers an abandoned baby behind a dumpster in a back alley. She will do everything in her power to love, protect, and teach her daughter that families aren’t always born together, sometimes you have to find and make them.

Aditsan Claw is a successful modern-day entrepreneur trying to escape from the life he left behind. His grandfather’s death forces him back to the reservation where he embarks on a dangerous journey. Lost, alone, and near death, he accepts that he will soon leave the world of his people. When the vision of a woman appears before him, he concludes he must be dreaming — until he feels her gentle touch against his skin.

Sometimes life begins after you die. At least it has for Lily O'Donnell. Lily O'Donnell had always wanted to find a love as beautiful as her parents had. When her father suspiciously dies in an accident and her mother is brutally raped and murdered, Lily has to fight for her life. When she is trapped by the man who murdered both her parents and threatens to do to her what he did to her mother, Lily feels she has only one choice to avoid a fate worse than death. Reborn to help others, Lily reappears time after time to help families in need, only to die again once the families no longer need her.

Alone in a world gone mad with just her younger sisters, Jesse Sampson has learned to use the darkness and the remains of Seattle to keep what is left of her family alive. She has seen the savage side of human nature and found they are not much different from the aliens who conquered Earth, but when Jesse sees an alien who will suffer a horrible death if she does not free him from his human captors, her own nature won't allow her leave him to his fate. That decision will change everything.

Rune August has lived through many time periods but has never found tranquility until she walked into St. Agnes Home for Orphans, a place she can call home. She will do everything she can to give the children in the orphanage a better life. When a developer sets his sights on the property, she doesn't hesitate to fight back - and win. But that win comes at a terrible price: her life. Refusing to leave the children unprotected, she watches over and protects them as the beloved statue in their center garden.

Quando la Terra ricevette i suoi primi visitatori dallo spazio, il pianeta precipitò nel caos e nel panico. I Trivator erano giunti per condurre la Terra all’interno dell’Alleanza dei Sistemi Stellari, ma furono costretti ad assumere il controllo del pianeta per evitare che gli umani lo distruggessero in nome della loro paura...e per proteggerli dalle forze militari degli altri mondi. Ma i Trivator non sono pronti all’effetto che gli esseri umani avranno sulle loro vite, a partire da una famiglia di tre sorelle....

Abby Tanner war zufrieden damit, auf ihrem Berg zu leben, Kunstwerke zu schaffen und die Ruhe und den Frieden zu genießen - bis ein goldenes Raumschiff mit dem schwer verletzten König der Valdierer dort abstürzt. Zoran Reykill brauchte einen sicheren Ort, um sich nach der Flucht aus einer kurizanischen Militärbasis zu erholen.

Destin fera tout son possible pour reconstruire sa ville natale, même si cela signifie travailler avec un autre ambassadeur extraterrestre. Le précédent a fait qu’il hésite à faire confiance aux diplomates extraterrestres qui ont pour mission de reconstruire Chicago, mais Destin sait que s’il refuse de travailler avec eux, il sera remplacé, et il ne leur fera pas ce plaisir. Jersula Ikera, dite Sula, est envoyée sur Terre par l’Alliance et le Conseil usoleum.

Trisha Grove aime son travail en tant que pilote pour Boswell International mais elle réalise que quelque chose manque encore à sa vie : sa famille. Elle était prête à laisser tomber et à rentrer chez elle dans le Wyoming, où vit son père, lorsque son dernier vol pour Boswell s’achève avec un voyage imprévu hors de ce monde ! Au début, Trisha ne sait pas ce qui est réel et ce qui ne l’est pas, mais elle est déterminée à retourner auprès de son père, peu importe ce que cela en coûte.

Abby Tanner est satisfaite de vivre dans sa montagne, créant des œuvres d’art et appréciant la paix et la tranquillité jusqu’à ce qu’un étrange vaisseau spatial doré vienne s’y écraser, portant avec lui le Roi de Valdier, grièvement blessé. Zoran Reykill savait qu’il devait trouver un endroit sûr pour guérir après sa fuite du poste militaire curizan. Lorsque son vaisseau mère symbiotique l’emmène sur une planète inconnue, il y trouve bien plus que ce à quoi il s’attendait ; son âme sœur.

Cara Truman ist ein kleiner Wirbelwind und ihre Neugier bringt sie immer wieder in Schwierigkeiten. Ihr nächstes Abenteuer führt sie jedoch weiter, als sie jemals gedacht hätte - auf eine Reise in eine andere Welt. Trelon Reykill dachte, er hätte alle Hände voll zu tun. Eine militante Gruppe der Kurizaner hat seinen Bruder Zoran gefangen genommen. Trelon hatte versucht, die Abwehr der Valdiere gegen die Sarafin zu stärken und sein Drache verlangte immer wieder brüllend von ihm, sich eine Gefährtin zu suchen.

Als die Erde ihre ersten Besucher aus dem All bekam versank sie im Chaos. Die Trivatoren waren auf die Erde gekommen, um sie in die Allianz der Sternensysteme aufzunehmen, aber dann müssen sie die Kontrolle über den Planeten übernehmen, um zu verhindern, dass die Menschen ihn in ihrer Panik zerstören. Die Trivatoren waren kein bisschen darauf vorbereitet, welchen.

USA Today best seller! Lina Daniels ist es gewohnt Feuer mit Feuer zu bekämpfen. Sie füchtet sich nicht vor dem Tod, aber sie hat Angst vor Gefangenschaft. Auf der Erde war sie eine Widerstandskämpferin und sich stets der Gefahren bewusst gewesen. Aber in dieser außerirdischen Welt, in der sie sich nun befindet, wirken alle die früheren Bedrohungen unbedeutend.

Destin Parks würde alles tun, was nötig ist, um Chicago wiederaufzubauen, auch wenn dies die Zusammenarbeit mit einem Botschafter von einem anderen Planeten bedeutet. Der Rat hofft, dass Jersula “Sula” Ikera mit ihrem logischen Verstand und ihrem ruhigen Auftreten die Unruhen, die durch den früheren Botschafter verursachten wurden, beruhigen kann, aber niemand hätte Sulas Reaktion auf den starrköpfigen Mann, mit dem sie zusammenarbeiten soll, vorhersehen können.