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Since his mother’s death and his brother’s imprisonment, Maven Gold has been in a vicious cycle of sleeping with a different woman every other night to numb the pain. Frequenting a local sex club gives him access to various flavors to satisfy his palate. When a chance encounter with a blast from the past arouses more than his libido, he vows to make her his.

There are a lot of things to call me, but most just call me Rogue. A name feared by the truly unforgivable who betray The Gambit, our leader King, and our extensive criminal network. After all, I may run the hit men for the crew, but I personally only take on those who deserve it. I do have some morals left. When I’m tracked down by a security team that wants me on their side, it’s an easy choice to unite and attempt to take down their corrupt bosses, and mine, too. So long as they’re willing to help me in return.

Enter the world of Millie Maven, a twelve-year-old orphan who embarks on a great adventure that takes her to the distant, mysterious world of FIGS, the FarPointe Institute for Gifted Students. There, she discovers that there is more to her than she ever dared imagine or believe....and that there are some truths that change everything.

What if your patient confesses to murder… and you’re legally bound to stay silent? Dr. Sarah has always believed in helping people heal. As one of the city’s most respected psychologists, she’s no stranger to secrets, guilt, or pain. But nothing prepares her for the day a new patient calmly describes — in chilling detail — the murder of an innocent victim. Sarah is horrified. But as a therapist, she’s sworn to protect patient confidentiality. If she reports him, she risks her career, her license, and everything she’s worked for. If she stays silent, more innocent lives may ...

Josie, nicknamed the Maneater, is part of an elite group of private investigators who use their beauty, brains, and society's habit of underestimating women to get the intel they need to solve crime and investigate for clients. Her particular strength is in her ability to seduce men and convince them to tell her whatever she wants to hear. She often goes on dates with high-profile men to find out what she needs to know, be it cheating, embezzlement, or the sharing of trade secrets.

On the anniversary of her husband's death, all Verity Cade wants is a quiet night in with her besties. The next morning, she's shocked when the body of one of their group is discovered at the bottom of an abandoned quarry. Although the sheriff rules it a suicide, Verity is sure her friend couldn't have killed herself. Determined to uncover the truth and give the grieving family closure, she scours the victim's journals and discovers a web of lies and secrets.

I'm on a strange planet surrounded by blue aliens and women who clearly have Stockholm syndrome. I'm not content to pump out alien babies and have dinner cooking for my guy after he returns from a long day of hunting and gathering. Independence is great until my solitary exploration leads me right into the hands of a savage, horned alien who barely speaks but has no intention of letting me go. The worst part? His survival skills are actually kind of turning me on.

The job is supposed to be easy. All I have to do is deliver a spaceship of living cargo to the vile Uldani and they'll release my brother. If I fail, they'll take it out on him. Except the cargo is something I've never seen before - human females. The one called Frankie is beautiful and soft, and I've already spilled blood for her. Now how am I going to save my brother? Because this human female is mine.

Veronica Ashford built the perfect AI security system. She never imagined it would witness the perfect murder. On Christmas Eve, tech CEO Theodore Marsh collapses dead at his own celebration. The house AI—speaking in Veronica's voice—locks everyone inside. Multiple suspects. Multiple poisons. Multiple motives. Detective Asha Kade must solve the murder before a 24-hour countdown exposes everyone's darkest secrets. But in a house where everything is monitored, the real question isn't who killed Theodore Marsh. It's who will survive the truth.

A Gripping Murder Mystery Thriller About Four Chilling Cases Murder hides best where no one is looking. At first glance, Willowbrook Extended Care is just another place where the forgotten go to die. But night nurse Emily Carter notices what others dismiss, and when residents begin passing too quickly, too quietly, she uncovers a horrifying truth: these deaths aren’t natural. They’re murders—carefully staged and signed off as peaceful endings. When no one believes her, Emily turns to Marcus Reid, a disgraced detective clinging to the ruins of his career. Together, they unravel not one...

The first in a must-read middle grade series from Girl Scouts of the USA about a group of fifth graders with lots of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. This novel written by award-winning author Yamile Saied Méndez is perfect for readers who love The...

In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by a Marine Corps colonel haunted by the deaths of US troops and prospect of AI-enhanced rivals, the Project Maven team raced to send AI into combat, igniting controversy and forever changing the US military. Summoning the mayhem of a tech startup, the group wrestled Pentagon bureaucrats and each other, enlisted an initially reluctant Silicon Valley, and convinced US forces to deploy little-tested AI systems in hot wars.

Mortimer Blackwood isn't just a mortician; he's a confidant to the dead. He's been preparing the departed for their final rest for two decades, but for him, the silence of the grave has always been an illusion. The deceased whisper their final truths to him—secrets they couldn't share in life. When the body of a seemingly unassuming librarian arrives, her spirit reveals a chilling murder mystery—a death that was no accident. Her voice is the first to expose a vast, sinister conspiracy far more complex than a simple cover-up. Mortimer is thrust into a terrifying world of powerful ...

Penelope: One minute I'm conducting important research on a distant planet, and the next, I've fallen through a crack in the surface and am transported to an underground world with terrifying fanged creatures who want to eat me, an army of feathered warriors who rescue me, and a massive horned demon leader who gains power through pain . . . except he's only giving me pleasure.

A King sits at the head of the table, but it’s time for a Queen to take over. After all, everyone knows she’s the most powerful on the board. All sides are laying their pieces on the playing field, making alliances, and maneuvering pawns into place when a new player slinks out from the shadows to join the game. Let’s just hope our new allies know how to play. The only question is, what am I willing to lose to get what I want? Is there a price too high? Because to take a King, everyone must make sacrifices.

Returning to everyday life after a honeymoon in the islands complete with a traditional Hawaiian wedding shower, lei’s and gifts can be a drag on anyone’s ideas of happily ever after endings. Fly back home with Brad and Casey as they return to Lyonsville, a friendly, sleepy, little town with big problems. From kidnappings, murder, and what appears to be a terrorist bombing, the couple return bearing gifts, back to a town turning vigilante, with an influx of federal agents and a nervous populace. Hidden kinship ties prove generational abuse leads to twisted ideas of justice and the quilt...

For some, destiny is a warm embrace, but for others it is a stranglehold. In the vast, sprawling continent of Pan’gea, a clandestine organization is rising to power. It is called the Remnant Order, a group dedicated to preserving order in a chaotic world. At the heart of the Remnant are a husband and wife, Romulus and Diánna. Romulus is one of the Order's most steadfast champions, a paragon of fairness and stability.

The experiment isn’t over. It’s only just begun. A single file — marked Subject One — shatters Dr. Sarah Chen’s fragile grip on reality, revealing a new patient more dangerous than any before. As the network of murders and mind games tightens, Sarah must face the truth she’s feared since the beginning: She may not be the doctor in this game… she may be the subject. Dr. Sarah Chen thought she had uncovered the truth behind Subject Zero. She was wrong. A single file — marked Subject One — has torn open a new nightmare, revealing a patient far more dangerous, far more ...

Some records are never meant to be kept. Some witnesses are never meant to survive. When government archivist Mara Devlin is sent to restore a long-abandoned records facility known only as Vault B, she expects dust, silence, and the slow crawl of fluorescent light. What she finds are files that shouldn’t exist—records of events that haven’t happened yet, documents written in her own handwriting, and recordings that whisper her name in the dark. At first, Mara blames exhaustion, the hum of the servers, the loneliness of underground corridors lined with forgotten history. But as she ...

The remnants of the Expeditionary Force stranded on the alien-controlled planet "Paradise" get a chance to prove themselves, in a simple off-world training mission with a ship full of teenage alien cadets. When the mission goes horribly wrong and the survival of everyone on Paradise is at risk, the Merry Band of Pirates may have to come to the rescue. Unless they get killed first....