Can there be restoration for a soul keeping herself in the bondage in which others have placed her? Believing she's been shot and trapped inside the library surrounded by her dead friends, Diana journeys through the faces and experiences that brought her to this moment. When the grotesque, slithering figure keeping her company refuses to leave she asks, "Where is God? Where is freedom?"

A cat's loyalty is not easily earned. Yet Boo, a resourceful young feline with a keen eye and inquiring mind, has grown intensely devoted to her human companion, Carrie. But several days ago Carrie suddenly went away, leaving her family in disarray. Her husband, Tommy, is distant and distracted even as he does his best to care for Boo's human siblings, especially baby Finn. Boo worries who will fill her food dish, and provide a warm lap to nestle...

In Asteroid Hunters, author Carrie Nugent describes what known impact asteroids have had: the extinction of the dinosaurs, the earth-sized hole Shoemaker Levy 9 left in Jupiter just a few decades ago, how the meteorite that bursted over Chelyabinsk in Russia could have started a war, and unlucky Ms. Anne Hodgesthe only person (that we know of) in US history to be the victim of a direct hit. Nugent also introduces the telescope she uses to detect near-Earth...

In this excerpt from Combat Shooting, Massad Ayoob covers the serious business of learning the reality of winning in a gun fight. Gain expert knowledge on concealed carry from instructors and survivors of gun fights.

"Vivian Borne - true-crime author, antiques dealer and ex-sheriff of Serenity, Iowa - is looking forward to meeting her new editor in London. Flying first class, rooms at the Savoy . . . Her long-suffering co-author, daughter Brandy, worries the trip will bankrupt them both, but the alternative - Mother travelling alone - is unthinkable. Brandy's almost tempted to make her fiance, Tony - Serenity's Chief of Police - call Scotland Yard and warn them...

Sufjan recounts the indignities of our world, of technological distraction and sad sex, of an age with neither myths nor miracle - and this time around, his voice carries the burden of wisdom.

"Worlds lie between the marketplaces of India and the halls of a magnificent country estate like Highland Hall. Will Julia be able to find her place when a governess is neither upstairs family nor downstairs help? Missionary Julia Foster loves working alongside her parents, ministering and caring for young girls in India. But when the family must return to England due to illness, she readily accepts the burden for her parents' financial support....

Dagan Zoelner has made three huge mistakes. The first two left blood on his hands. The third left him wondering what if? What if he had told the woman of his dreams how he felt before his world fell apart? Spitfire CIA agent Chelsea Duvall has always had a thing for bossy, brooding Dagan. It's just as well that he's never given her a second look, since she carries a combustible secret about his past that threatens to torch their lives.