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When an alien ship crashes into the space station and diplomatic post Labyrinthe VII, the precarious balance between Harmony's High Preistess Sissy and Confederated Star System Agent Jake begins to dissolve. Suddenly they are caught in a web of deceit and intrigue as undercover agents for both the humans and the aliens vie for control not only of the space station, but of a new and unclaimed planet that may hold the answers many of them seek - or prove to be a deadly trap.

Within a space opera landscape, Harmony explores the spirituality of a different human culture bound by a rigid caste system. Laudae Sissy, the new High Priestess of the world called Harmony, reaches across all seven castes of her society, seeking a new unity that will protect their isolation from the rest of the galaxy. But other cultures and races are testing their borders, searching for the most valuable commodity in civilized space.

Abby is a Ranger, part of an elite group who defend the border against Reapers - humans infected with a parasite that turns them into mindless cannibals. Rangers are immune to Reaper infection, and as one of the only female Rangers, Abby is expected to settle down and breed more Rangers-a fate she's keen to avoid. When she's ambushed on the plains, she's ready to go out with guns blazing - until a mysterious, handsome cowboy rides to her rescue. Jake has his own motives for helping Abby, beyond aiding a damsel in distress.

There's no place like Texas. And there's no one like a Texan! Twinkie Sue Carmichael and her mother own the Clown Motel in Mirage, Texas, known for its mysterious desert lights. She's also the mayor. Like everyone else in these parts, Twinkie's worried about the goings-on at nearby Fort Huacha, an abandoned military facility, which has been taken over by a group of men calling themselves the Brothers. When Cole Thornton comes to Mirage - with his own questions about the Brothers - Twinkie's hormones go on high alert.

The over 800 radio broadcasts summarized in this book combine exciting, high-technology advancements of the 1940s with high adventure! This is why Captain Midnight riveted over 20 million people - equally among youths and adults - to their radios around the globe. It's also why many fans went on to become career aviators. Originally written by military pilot Robert M. Burtt, and recovered by screenwriter and novelist Leonard Zane, these post-WWII thrills are back! So come climb aboard prop and jet planes, and haaaapppyyy laaandiiiings!

A kidnapped child. A nation in crisis. A woman who knows no limits...Maya Raines is a spy caught between two cultures. She's half-Malaysian and half-American. Her skills are razor-sharp, but her soul is eternally conflicted. Now she finds herself drawn into a web of intrigue when a crisis erupts in Malaysia. A female terrorist named Khadijah has kidnapped the young son of an American businessman. It's a brazen act that marks the beginning of a civil war that threatens to destabilize Southeast Asia. Who is Khadijah? What does she want? And can she be stopped?

Trapped in a suffocating marriage, Molly Sand's life is spiraling into chaos. With her controlling husband's grip tightening, she is desperate to break free and escape with her children. But beneath her fragile facade, a fire burns, fueling her overwhelming urge to shed the realities of her current life . . . even if it means descending into the darkest recesses of her psyche.

Mike Krentz presents Book 2 in the Mahoney & Squire series.

2012. Navy Captain Kate "Scarlett" Mahoney never backs down from a challenge. Determined to prove her mettle as the new Director of Operations for the US Seventh Fleet, the single mom naval aviator entrusts her sister to care for her fourteen-year-old son in California. After embarking in the Japan-based Seventh Fleet flagship, her strategic expertise proves vital when two rival Korean warships attack each other and fuel a looming international crisis.

One woman’s struggle through 3 stillbirths, 3 miscarriages and 3 healthy, successful pregnancies, all within 10 years…

Growing up, Andrew Gillingham paid little attention to Amanda Abbott. Thinking of her only as the neighbor’s bothersome younger daughter, his interactions with her mostly involved rebuking her girlish adoration. Years later, when they are reintroduced to polite society, Andrew is taken aback. Amanda, fresh out of finishing school, is no longer the shy, lanky slip of a girl he remembered. What’s more, she seems entirely unaware of how lovely she has become–or that Laurence du Campion has set his sights upon her.

Anna Gillingham has only been to a handful of balls, but when she slips into an empty room to escape an impossible suitor, she knows enough to realize one shouldn’t be stealing paintings from the library. To her surprise, the man she startles with a rolled-up canvas under his arm is none other than Duke Albion Weatherwax.

Virginia Gillingham has watched her older sisters marry for love. Of course, she wants the same…only she craves a little adventure first. With her friends, Selina and Madeline du Campion, the trio set off on a series of dares, each one more exciting than the last.

Penelope Gillingham knew it was her duty to marry. But she never could understand her father's insistence on a hasty match with the first eligible, titled gentleman he could foist upon her. When she meets a duke who shares her views on the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, marital bliss suddenly becomes an enjoyable prospect. But, alas, things are never as simple as they seem.

In 1816, Captain Rosario is enjoying his life of adventure on the high seas until he and his crew are forced into a partnership with a ruthless band of space pirates, the Maraudians, who use the buccaneers as unwilling time travelers in their insatiable quest for gold. After narrowly defeating the infamous Blackbeard, Rosario returns from his adventures in the past, disfigured and craving revenge.

Jackson Barrington, the future Earl of Norwich, is enjoying a pleasant sojourn at Sunningdale Manor. He has just completed his studies and is planning to see the world before joining the peerage.

Out on another of their treasure-hunting diving adventures, brothers Eli and Zoe and their Dad come upon an earth-shaking discovery when a powerful storm leaves them shipwrecked on an unknown tropical island. In the jungle, they soon encounter 19th-century buccaneers who never age but can barely fend off the Jurassic creatures who rule this place.

The Motor City boasts a long and sordid history of scoundrels, cheats, and ne'er-do-wells. The wheeling and dealing prowess of founding father Antoine Cadillac is the stuff of legend. The slovenly and eccentric Augustus Brevoort Woodward, well known as a judge but better known as a drunkard, renamed himself, reshaped the city streets and then named them after himself, creating a legion of enemies along the way. Local historian and creator of the Prohibition Detroit blog Mickey Lyons presents the stories of the colorful characters who shaped the city we know today.

Despite the high number of programs and their evident popularity, paranormal reality television has to date received little critical attention. Ghost Channels provides an overview of the paranormal reality television genre, its development, and its place in television history. Conducting in-depth analyses of over thirty paranormal television series, author Amy Lawrence suggests these programs reveal much about Americans' contemporary fears.

Harbour Grids is a long poem in four parts that investigates ideas of community and belonging. Beginning as a meditation on the surface of New York Harbor, the poem radiates outward through issues of labor, location, history, belonging, and subjectivity. How do we experience our complex relations to the world we live in?