Does pride come before the fall? Can two of the most formidable beings in the universe put theirs aside to save themselves? Only one thing's for certain: Destiny will not be denied! He is proud. He is powerful. He is unstoppable.His is The King.There is nothing he can't do…Except convince his Mate they were made for each other. She is a force of nature. She is the daughter of a god. She is an Empress Eagle Shifter unlike any other.She is his Queen.There...

She can't remember her kidnapping. After watching her husband die on the bridge of the CCS Alexander and being used as bait by Earth's government,Laura Howard has found a second chance at love on a planet light-years from Earth-until she falls, and a head injury erases her time on Tolar. Angry, frightened, and impulsive, she rejects the Tolari ruler who loves the woman she was before the fall, vowing to live free on Tolar and master the empathic gifts...

In this eclectic collection of poems we encounter spiritual, sensual, narrative, observational and political poems pertinent to our times. Very simply written, each poem takes us on a unique journey through space and time. Through the poet's own vivid imagination we are taken to forests and fields, sands and seas, but most importantly we journey into the depths of our very own being.The poems vary from very stark dark depictions of the world's current...

Every man seeks out the ideal woman. despite the fact that their specific criteria for a lady vary. Finding someone who is willing to experience life's ups and downs with them and who they can depend on is a recurrent topic, nevertheless. They hesitate to commit because of this.Finding "the one" is an important choice that men make in their lives. They gave it considerable thought. They are seeking a woman who is not just decent, who can assist them,...

When the very much alive Leocadia Arlington requests her own obituary by the end of the week, and then turns up dead, obituary writer Winter Snow falls under suspicion and, with the help of friends and family, must uncover the killer before the next obituary written is her own.

"A ghostly estate. A handsome caretaker hiding a secret. And the intrepid Hyacinth Bell who is set on solving the mystery of both. 1887, the Cornwall coast. For years, rumors have flown through the village of Suttonsbury about Ashthorne Hall-that its occupants hoard pirate treasure, that a ghost walks its halls-but botanist Hyacinth Bell only cares about the estate's extensive, one-of-a-kind orchid collection. As an independent woman, she is eager...

"Amelia Bae-Wood's life is falling apart. Unemployed, newly single and completely broke -- for reasons she hasn't told anyone yet -- she finds herself hitchhiking across California to deal with the fallout of her mother's eviction from the family estate. Amelia needs somewhere to live and time to figure out what to do with the rest of her life, so moving with her mother and sister to Arcadia, the cancer retreat center where her sister volunteers,...

"Antarctica is a land of extremes--the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest place on the planet. It's a world where the sun stays hidden half of the year and where visitors must undergo a week of special training before it's safe to go outside (watch out for lava bombs!). It's also a place of stark beauty, history, and endless scientific research. Join beloved author G. Neri on his long-dreamed-of voyage to the ice, where he taps into his inner...

"Every day, more and more people fleeing war in the north show up at Kyung Tak and her family's house on the southeastern shore of Korea. With nowhere else to go, the Taks' home is these migrants' last chance of refuge "before falling into the sea," and the household quickly becomes crowded, hot, and noisy. Then war sirens cry out over Kyung's city too, and her family and their guests take shelter underground. When the sirens stop, Kyung is upset--she...

"Violet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from rural Abbott Falls, Maine, is being released from prison after serving twenty-two months for a drunk-driving crash that killed a local kindergarten teacher. Harriet Larson, a retired English teacher who runs the prison book club, is facing the unsettling prospect of an empty nest. Frank Daigle, a retired machinist, hasn't yet come to grips with the complications of his marriage to the woman Violet killed....