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This ex-military biker will do anything to protect the people of Wild Heart Mountain, but this runaway bride will test him in ways that will either heal him or break him in two… Calvin I find her walking barefoot on the mountain road, the runaway bride with nowhere to go. Grace is everything I’ve forgotten how to be: fun, spontaneous, happy . . .and reckless. But when she goes too far, how can I protect her? I’ve already lost someone to the mountain. I can’t risk losing another… Grace The Sheriff is uptight and grumpy. He’s forgotten how to live, how to have fun. I love pushing ...

The war continues…Two days after the events of Extinction Aftermath, European Unified Command calls on Team Ghost for a top secret mission. The residents of a small Inuit fishing village in Greenland have gone missing and reports of Variants unaffected by Kryptonite have surfaced. Fatigued, injured, and unaware of the events back in the United States, Master Sergeant Joe Fitzpatrick leads Team Ghost into the remote and alien winter landscape to determine the fate of the missing villagers.

A judge’s first murder trial. A defense attorney in over his head. A prosecutor out for blood and glory. The accused, who is possibly innocent. And the killer, who may have just committed the perfect crime.

Idella Brooks, a mail-order bride, finds her husband-to-be a deal-breaker. Wyatt is not the man she thought he was, and she doesn’t know how to break the relationship. She finds herself with no choice but to tell Wyatt she can’t marry him, but he won’t take ‘no’ for an answer. However, another man in town does catch her attention. Even if she manages to rid herself of Wyatt, how does she get closer to his business associate, the blacksmith? Will she lose her chance with the man that makes her heart beat faster?

He’s a wounded ex-soldier, and she’s the older woman who’s off limits… Mel’s confident and smart with curves for days. But there’s no way this sophisticated city girl would want a damaged veteran like me. I’m rough around the edges, damaged from the military, and working as a bartender for the Wild Riders MC. I’m a bearded, tattooed biker and she’s used to suave city men. There’s no way I even stand a chance. Until she climbs into my bed and takes control, taking what she needs from me and driving me wild. When Mel goes back to the city, she takes a part of me with her, ...

Los cuentos que consagraron a Fernández Cubas.Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas 2023. Entre los trastos polvorientos de una buhardilla abandonada, o en el patio de un apacible internado, agazapada tras una exótica flor, aguarda la espina envenenada, el terror paralizante, aquello que no nos atreveríamos a nombrar. Los relatos de Mi hermana Elba y Los altillos de Brumal son una incitación a la aventura y lo desconocido. Un viaje por los caminos de la memoria, por espacios asombrosamente cotidianos cuyos límites se desdibujan cuando el lector menos se lo espera.

For the past twenty years, Lee Child has been one of the bestselling authors in the world, thanks to the popularity of his iconic and instantly recognizable hero Jack Reacher. But even at the height of Reacher's fame, Child's short story writing was not confined to the series; throughout the course of his career, he published tales about a range of characters on both sides of the law, including assassins, a body guard, CIA and FBI agents, gangsters, and more.

From USA Today bestselling author Claudia Burgoa comes the fourth novella in the Kentbury Tales series.

A curvy girl with amnesia and an ex-soldier who becomes her protector, until she discovers who he really is… She's the one woman I'm not meant to fall for. But when Kaci Peterson stumbles out of the ashes and into my arms, I’ll do anything to make her mine. The accident made her forget, and she can't remember who I am. I have until her memory returns to make her fall in love with me. My Mountain Man Protector is an age-gap, instalove, steamy romance featuring an ex-military firefighter and the curvy woman with amnesia he vows to protect. Authors note: My Mountain Man Protector is a ...

A definitive new collection featuring all of the previously published Sookie Stackhouse stories, along with a new introduction from the number one New York Times best-selling author of the series. Return to Bon Temps, Louisiana, with these listener favorites featuring spunky telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse and her paranormal friends.

Sophie is left alone and running out of money after her husband dies. Desperate to get out of Boston before she lands on the streets with her unborn child, she corresponds with Adam. Adam is a blacksmith in Colorado, seeking a marriage of convenience. His home needs a woman's touch and his shop needs an assistant. Love has no part in Adam's plan. But Adam does not know about Sophie's lie, and the distrust he feels for her has Sophie planning to go back to Boston and a lonely life on the streets.

In the wilds of a jungle planet, the Legion fights in brutal combat as Republic marines fly their SLICS from one tragedy to the next. H292, a repurposed warbot, shows the heart of a hero as he wades into the battle not to destroy - but to save.

In this short fantasy tale, a clueless, bombastic, and loving father moves his family to another country so that his brilliant younger daughter can attend a magical academy. He knows his elder daughter is unhappy with the move, but he doesn’t realize that her talent for sewing is not as ordinary as he imagines.

Gathered together for the first time and featuring two brand new stories, this collection contains all of the short stories and novellas featuring Bunny McGarry, star of the million-selling Dublin Trilogy. Spanning his entire career in law enforcement and beyond, these stories give a whole new perspective on Ireland’s most truly unconventional police officer as he juggles being a force for justice and managing the world’s worst under-12s hurling team.

A searing, unflinching collection of stories set in Nigeria that explores themes of community expectations, familial strife, and the struggle for survival.

A fake relationship for a weekend between a biker who wants more and a shy girl who can’t give him the one thing he craves… Mom’s coming to visit, and she expects to meet my new boyfriend. Spoiler alert: I don’t have a boyfriend. I pretended I had one to get Mom off my back. I didn’t expect her to show up on the mountain to meet him. In steps Arlo, the bearded, tattooed biker I’ve been crushing on since I started working at the Wild Riders MC HQ. We’ll pretend to be together to keep Mom happy. But as the weekend goes on, I’m falling for the easy-going ex-military biker. But ...

In eight years Marlon James will be one of the brightest rising stars in the music industry. Bristol Gray will be his tough, no-nonsense manager. But when they first meet, she's a college student finding her way in the world, and he's an artist determined to make his way in it. From completely different worlds, all the things that should separate them only draw them closer. It's a beautiful beginning, but where will the story end?

"Is that how the weak humans in the Silver District take you?" Vorok's voice rumbled with something dark. "A few thrusts and they call it done?" He took a step towards her and pulled off his top. Meda snapped her gaze to the headboard. Even in the dim light of the room she could make out the contours of Vorok's chest and it sent a pulse of desire right to her core. "Look at me," Vorok demanded. She couldn't refuse. Vorok knows the rules of the Red District. Bust heads. Take names. And never cross the boss. But when the boss's daughter tries to run away from an unwanted engagement, Vorok has...

Tackling some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine, these stories will change the way you think, feel, and see the world. They are Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic, revelatory. Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine.

Edgar Allan Poe was a writer, poet, editor and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre, and is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature. Poe was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story and considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as a significant contributor to the emerging genre of science fiction.