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Hillary "Lary" Wilkes is at the lowest point of her life, having lost her dream job to a younger woman. But enough of the self-pity: This is the year she will find herself an exciting new career, lose the 20 pounds for good, and find the perfect mate. Quit smoking. Sort out her finances and...well - maybe she can’t do it all at once. But with the help of her best friend Becks; her wonderful neighbor Howard; her lovely niece Pumpkin, and her loyal brother Roger; and the cheery encouragement from a new friend Dudley, she knows she can do it. One step at a time.

Sally Jean Compton is in love. And this time it's with a man who isn't in love with someone else. Dr. Brett Gorman arrives in Victory to help the veterans of Deer River with PTSD military symptoms. When tragedy strikes, neither Sally Jean nor Brett are prepared for what happens next. The shocking aftermath of the terror of PTSD untreated leaves the entire town of Victory reeling. But none are more affected than Sally Jean and Brett, who must deal with their own pasts and the trauma left behind.

Café at the End of the Internet, G. Michael Rapp’s debut speculative fiction story collection, will take you from the far edge of the galaxy to the peripheries of the seedier side of the World Wide Web. Each story explores a range of sub-genres, with unique characters who come to life. From an interstellar spy on a backwater planet, to a movie rental store guru who hates his job, to a former cop who wears the uniform once more in a post-apocalyptic landscape.

Denny’s wife - the only woman he’s ever loved - died the year before, and his friends are intent on finding him a new love. Jill’s first experience with love in college left her skeptical that she would ever be able to find love. Both the widower and the bachelorette hope for a second chance at love. When Denny and Jill find themselves lustfully drawn to one another, they’re ashamed of their secret encounters.

Six years of traveling for her reality TV series has left Kiley Nelson, a dedicated career woman, longing for a place to call her own. Spending a weekend at her girlfriend’s beach house is the perfect reprieve, especially when she purchases property to finally settle down. But her peaceful escape is shaken when she smashes into a car containing the sinfully sexy and infuriated passenger Jeff Hammond, who immediately melts her heart.

1896. In the vast network of the Niger Delta waterways, where palm oil and blood flow from the hinterlands, the ancient kingdom of Benin is under siege. Legendary trader and leopard hunter Brendan Donivan battles to protect his adopted homeland's sacred civilization from the colonial expansion of the British while balancing his commerce with the White man's world. Brendan's reality is fractured by the arrival of....

Dr. Nicole Phillips gets dumped by her fiancé, Dr. Winston Thorpe. She takes revenge and is fired by the hospital. Upset and out of work, she heads home to mend her broken heart. Along the way, she runs into a fence owned by the RFK Ranch. She meets cowboy Ross Kincaid, a man with a body and a hot temper that matches her own. The two get along like oil and water.

Billionaire Val Dragomir was offering to help fulfil her lifelong dream of becoming a famous published author. But only if she agreed to help fulfil his dream of being a father. However, Val was more than a secretive billionaire. He was a werewolf - a werewolf with enemies. And if Hazel were to decide to have his baby, she would have her work cut out in more ways than one.

Deanne Stephens Nuwer explores the social, political, racial, and economic consequences of the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Mississippi. A mild winter, a long spring, and a torrid summer produced conditions favoring the Aedes aegypti and spread of fever. In late July New Orleans newspapers reported the epidemic and upriver officials established checkpoints, but efforts at quarantine came too late. Yellow fever was developing by late July, and in August deaths were reported. The fever raged until mid-October, killing many.

Will Cannon hears about a gang of outlaws that have taken over the small northern New Mexico town of Cimarron. Will hopes he has found the Blackman Gang. Blackman and his gang of cutthroats killed Will's family many years ago in Virginia, and Will swore to avenge the deaths of his family by killing Blackman and every member of his gang.

Cyrus Callister deserted his pack to join the Civil War and came back a three-legged wolf. By rights, he should have been exiled, but his alpha granted him mercy. Now, his alpha needs a favor, and Cyrus can't say no. She-wolf Remember Pritchett is pregnant and ruined. She begs her uncle to find her a husband among the wolves in his pack. She will take any man who will have her as long as it gets her away from the man who fathered her child during a brutal assault. Remember doesn't know if she will ever feel safe again, but she will stop at nothing to keep her child safe.

Jocelyn McLaren is a beautiful, hardworking, yet naive visual artist who, through a twist of fate, ends up working for a major US defense contractor during the lead up to the Iraq war. She unknowingly witnesses and unwittingly participates in crimes that haunt her and are ultimately interlinked with the most nefarious psychopaths on the planet.

When Sal Williams is found dead on the trail, a local Sheriff has to find out who murdered him, and track down his killer. Will one local Sheriff be enough to take down one of the most notorious murderers in the West?

When Rhetta McCarter's '79 Camaro is destroyed in a fire, her best friend and mechanic Victoria (Ricky) Lane, finds a replacement, a vintage Camaro in perfect condition, except for one major flaw: a body buried beneath it. Later, Ricky is arrested when a second victim is found murdered in the same barn. Rhetta is convinced not only that Ricky is innocent, but that the two murders are connected.

Local landowner James Francis goes up against a corrupt sheriff, his hometown, and the Confederate army to save his son. In this new country & western novel from author Michael Haden, hell hath no fury like a father scorned.

In the years after the American Civil War, the West is wild, and the East is run by the robber barons battling each other for power and money. The range is untamed and blood-soaked, and the cities are dazzling tributes to culture and questionable scientific development. Outlaws roam free on the frontiers, and crooked lawmen and Pinkertons compete with lawless bounty hunters for the prices on their heads. Tess Mercury and her posse are the best damn bounty hunters in the West.

A tragic accident ends Laura Nelson's career as a surgeon. After accepting a position as Vice President of Research at a large pharmaceutical company, Laura works to finalize the imminent approval of the company's groundbreaking new drug. But Jake Harter, a malicious Food and Drug Administration employee, cannot let that happen. He is obsessed with Adawia Abdul, the beautiful Iraqi scientist who discovered the drug. As soon as the drug is approved, Adawia will collect a substantial bonus and reluctantly return home.

Part family saga, part love story, “Royalties” traces the rise of two immigrant families, whose paths would romantically, and, sometimes, tragically cross throughout much of the 20th century. From the humble beginnings of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley to the glamour and power of Hollywood at its zenith, this multi-generational tale weaves the indelible story of struggles, sacrifice, and love. The year is 1908 when Eve Solomon, an 18-year-old orphan, arrives in New York to live with her aunt and uncle and pursue her dream of becoming a concert pianist.

Divided into three books, Security Through Absurdity is the story of corporate shenanigans, an uneasy home life, and a quixotic presidential campaign. These situations propel Jocelyn through a believably bizarre journey and into dangerous psychological territory. In a matrix of life-threatening situations, she is forced to question the very fabric of her Gen-X American upbringing. Bubbles Will Pop is the second book in Jocelyn's journey.

Righteous Rewards Retreat has its own unique aura - one of death. After the second mysterious death at the retreat, Rhetta McCarter re-examines her decision to help the neighboring landowner - a Native American tribe that her foundation selected as its first project - build a museum. Avery Fielding, the enigmatic leader of the retreat is determined to own the tribe's land and warns Rhetta away.