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Cash Cassidy’s life in Wales can’t compare to the thrills she experienced in El Dorado. But now, the reality of pregnancy results in that familiar restlessness and an urge to flee. Cash is tormented by dreams and visions that she can’t remember. The fallout is that she repeatedly becomes the gone girl who rushes off to find mythical treasures and leaves her life—and her husband’s heart—in shambles. While attending a book launch party, Cash wants to start a new book and jet off on a research adventure, but her agent, publisher, and husband want her to stay home and not write ...

William Perkins has the gift of gab, and his younger twin, Robert, rarely speaks at all. On the scorching Llano Estacado, the stakes are high as they desperately search for water in a landscape once called the Great American Desert. When William's gifts fail to placate a greedy land speculator, a deadly faceoff ensues. But Robert has an edge: a mysterious power that not even the might of Sam Colt's invention can rival. A storm brews on the High Plains of Texas, and Robert knows how to speak to it.

Video clip promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNJLmcNsUbE These stories consist of a variety of genres including adventure, corporate intrigue, Old West satire, romance and science fiction, and provide an engaging combination of conflict, action, love, sex and killings. They are also included in the subsequent collection "Willful Women". *** "About Sam" has a seemingly ordinary housewife who is secretly a Homeland Security agent. Share in her conflicts, family issues, adventures and romance. *** "Lost in Space-Time" is based on rumors, physics blogs, and NASA videos found on the internet...

En un antiguo rancho, Juan, bajo la tutela de su padre Nahum y su mentor Sebastián, se prepara para un torneo de artes marciales entre clanes. Enfrentando rivalidades ancestrales, Juan se ve envuelto en un conflicto que desafía su coraje y lealtad. En una comunidad con sus problemas violentos, Juan descubre una fuerza interior que lo guiará hacia la resiliencia y el triunfo. "El Campeón Oculto" es una emocionante historia de acción y valentía, donde los lazos del pasado se entrelazan con el destino del futuro.

A new warlord, Malik Khan, has appeared inside Afghanistan. A common bandit and a thief, but clever enough to cloak his rampage of murder and pillage under the mantel of Islam. He takes a hospital in a remote area as his base of operations, a former stone built military post perched on a hilltop and said to be impregnable. Safe behind his walls and with the medical staff held hostage, he is free to continue his campaign of robbery and murder unmolested.

Antonio J. Hopson blends speculative fiction, historical fiction, and narrative force to imagine what it would be like if our nation's forefathers were attacked by the world’s most deadly war machine: The United States of America. Washington, Franklin, and Revere are insurgent foes pursued by Allied Forces. An embedded reporter pens a stark, first-person reflection of America’s war on terror/war on itself.

Jake Logan is a cowboy and a drifter. He served with the Confederacy during the Civil War. Since the end of the war, he has traveled from town to town with no real purpose in life but survival. When he arrives in Baker's Town, he finds the love of his life, but he realizes he may not get out alive. Even if he does, his life will never be the same.

The authors within have freshly crafted the concept of “Alice in Wonderland.” Modernized with hardship and disease, futuristically advanced with time travel, and tangled within Wonderland itself in new adventures. Dive down the rabbit hole with these exciting characters and see where the madness takes you. Down the Wishing Well by Hui Lang Snicker-Snack by Marcus Bines Friendship by A.M. Cummins Rogue Flowers by A.R. Wilson Case of the Missing Looking Glass by A.A. Rubin Down the Hole by M.D. Kubit

Fallen from grace, cast out of heaven, or grim reapers in their own right, these characters all share two things in common: darkness and wings. Read these five enticing stories by the following authors: Hui Lang, Layne Calry, AJ Claymore, and A.M. Cummins.

In the shadowed alleys of Umbra City, where power is seized in the silence of the night and loyalty is as fleeting as the whispers in the dark, I found myself caught in a dangerous dance of desire and deception. My name is Stella Delacroix, a member of the family that controls the shipping yards, but I had bigger dreams, dreams that accidentally led me straight into the arms of Dante Moretti—the city's most feared Don. From the moment our paths crossed at the Grand Gala, a night of masked elegance and hidden dangers, our fates became irrevocably entwined. Dante, with his enigmatic allure ...

15 Short Stories about people and places descending into madness, in one way or another. Includes award-winning story “The Lamp Shop,” published in Best New Writing. The story of a family forced to confront the changes to its war-torn home. Also includes previously published stories “Horse With Sunglasses,” about finding a lost brother, and “The Loop,” about scientists stuck in a disintegrating time loop. You’ll also read about... a piano's journey. A witch in the Costa Rican cloud forest. A mysterious buzzing drives the world mad. Two brothers have to open a secret box. A son...

Over a period of more than forty years, the author, an Army veteran, presented his wife Karen with a unique Christmas present. Under the family tree, neatly wrapped, lay a short story written especially for her. The result is this collection of the best of those tales. These stories contain equal parts romance and "ah shucks" derring-do in wartime. Kuzminski will stir readers by presenting his all-too-human tales of heartache and triumph.

A short novella about a brave nation attempting to slay a terrible beast that no one has seen.

A collection of pulpy adult tales. Meet assorted unusual women of a different nature, ones who prefer the improper and inappropriate. Many are bisexual and into abuse, manipulation, domination, submission, sadomasochism, killing, romance, gunslingers, prostitution, gambling, sex slavery and more. WARNING: Segments of this sexually-oriented material could easily be offensive to some readers and are restricted to adults open to such entertainment. Some of the stories are included in other collections, so you may have already them. Part One – Naughty Housewife Jenny's marriage was in trouble...

This is the 3rd short story/prequel to the first novel, Break the Stone. Learn about Private Phoenix Peterson before his journey begins in the Golden Chains series. The chronological order of the short stories/prequels are in this sequence: Raelyn's Last Shot Kody's Secret Phoenix's Spies Cali's Escape William's Lies Break the Stone (novel 1) Hunt the Storm (novel 2) Joanna's Sacrifices Stop the Clock (novel 3)

Essas histórias de Graciliano Ramos têm um caráter leve e divertido. Alexandre empolga-se com a narração de suas aventuras, muitas vezes impossíveis e inacreditáveis, mas recebe sempre o apoio de sua mulher Cesária. Os vizinhos, acocorados ao seu redor, encantam-se com os “causos”, que só são interrompidos de vez em quando pelo cego Firmino, que pede esclarecimentos de um jeito muito divertido.

Shaméd convinced Rae to return to his home world and become king. Now that the process of him becoming the new king has started, Rae begins rebuilding his world. Rae has recovered the children that were taken. He has met with other the rulers and they have agreed to follow him. All except King Devlin, who is still trying to find a way to assassinate him. As Rae is returning home, Ann contacts him that they have been attacked. Not by land or sea, but from space. Ships have broken through their outer defenses and landed on one of the planets where the AI Terry lives. The good thing is the ...

Ein satirischer und humorvoller Blick auf das Spießbürgertum und seine Doppelmoral. In 12 Episoden erzählt Thoma die Streiche und Auflehnungen gegen Autoritäten des Schülers Ludwig. Erwachsene haben nicht immer Recht. Das zeigt Ludwig seinem strengen Umfeld ganz deutlich. Angelehnt an Thomas eigene Jugend begleiten die Hörer*innen Ludwig bei seinen lustigen Abenteuern.

The Silver Sphere Trilogy is updated and thoroughly edited for your reading pleasure. Read and enjoy the entire story in one book. A two-chapter introduction to “Time Terminus—Expect the Unexpected” is included as a bonus. The story begins with mystery writer Jacob Casell strolling on a moonlit beach contemplating the ending of his over-due manuscript. When Jacob stumbles upon a shiny silver sphere, the artificial intelligence inside speaks to him telepathically. Jacob's startling discovery is only the beginning of a real-life adventure that goes beyond anything his creative ...

Five stories about a man who seeks justice for those who have been wronged after the system has failed them. Paul Jekyll, a man of the sea--a renegade, a pirate, a violent man--he seeks out truth and justice for those who have been denied by corrupt government officials by means not available within the system. At his side supporting him are Hibiscus, a voodoo princess, and Blackbeard the parrot--named by none other than Edward Teach three hundred years ago. The first story, Escape, takes place during the era of pirates, buccaneers, and HMS ships roaming the coast off Charleston. Our next ...