Jerome Bixby was a 20th century American writer best known for sci-fi stories, but he also dabbled in other genres, including Westerns.

No one escapes The Great War, not even the stars themselves!3rd book in the BALADA series..........“When I dream of the stars, do they dream of me……………….of anything?” From his perch on what could be considered the top side of the ship, Metternich took in that small fragment of the vast visual wonder of the universe. He could see the light of countless stars that where so old they exploded hundreds of millions of millennia ago, yet continued to shine brightly in the night’s sky, the endless clouds of nebulas that from this distance seemed no bigger that a speck of dust, the great planets of the system he was passing, all shining brightly from the light of their sun, all with their unique beauty. The gas giants, whose immense gravitational pulls could shatter any comet that threatened its smaller brethren and had moons larger than planets that could sustain life. There where celestial bodies, that where so close to the sun that no water exited on them, instead there where rains made out of mercury and oceans of melted iron, inhabiting its surface. The distant bodies of the outer edge planets that during their many millennia long orbit moved so far away from the sun, that the atmosphere would freeze, encasing them in a giant shield of ice, giving the impression that some Titan had been here and created these wondrous sculptures for all mortals to look before them in wonder. And this was just one small speck, of one tiny fragment, of a single flake, from a great field of snow that was the great beauty of the galaxy and of the universe. Far beyond this system, he knew that there laid other things of wonder and beauty, to great to have ever been imaging by mere mortals, but was the creation of something grander than themselves. He gazed into infinity and although he could not see them directly, he knew that before him lay things like diamonds the size of planets, systems with multiple suns that graced them with eternal protection from the darkness of night. Worlds that left their stars and where now wondering the vastness of space, galaxies than seemed to be forever stationary but where forever moving, some were on a collision with each other, one that took thousands of years for it to begin, millions of years for them to finally meet, and a billion trillion years for the offspring of such a union to exist, until it too eventually finds its own pair. There where ice planets than burned hotter than any fire and bodies of fire that where colder than any winter, gas giants than rained diamonds, vast bodies of space dust clouds that stretched for light years and tasted like raspberries. Oceans that could encompass whole star systems, a cluster of stars and mass so great that the laws of physics’ denied its existence, yet there it had been for countless eons, ever present, ever defiant! Beyond where Titanic black holes, who generated massive thunderstorms, that could engulf anything. There was somewhere out there, stars bigger than any sun, as a sun is bigger than a speck of sand on a beach. There would be a great field of gas and matter, which existed from the very first moment of creation and would no doubt would sound the final rally, when the twilight of all would come. There would be countless bubbles of space and time always being born into existence, growing, expanding, popping, and from their remains new ones would emerge, each one of them was a universe that was new and young one moment and a whisper latter it would be old and then dying, only to be replaced by the next one. Nothing but a passing moment in the infinity of space, but an eternity among eternities for mere mortals! Despite all these wonders, the gaze of the young Commodore always shifted back towards the rear of his fleet, where the mighty Volunian host was chasing him. A fleet that was at least 15.000 ships strong moved through this system with a speed many times that of light, and as a cause of that they actually outran their own image. From the journal of Deux,

**Playing For Keeps** Grant Cassidy knows how to be a football star—flash that dazzling smile, throw the winning pass, get the girl. But while the hot quarterback loves the game and the lifestyle, no woman has come close to catching his heart. Then he matches wits with a smart, gorgeous model, and Grant finds himself wanting more than a fling. Supermodel Katrina Koslova might live in a world of glitz and camera flashes, but she works hard to provide for the family that relies on her. She doesn’t have time for fun—much less a boyfriend—but Grant seems determined to be the exception to Katrina’s rule. Their explosive chemistry is undeniable, but Katrina’s afraid to let go and rely on anyone but herself. Grant intends to ease her fears *and* prove he’s a man of style and substance

When Benjamin West was seven years old, the only thing in the world he wanted to do was draw pictures. For a time, that got him into a peck of trouble. Papa wasn't pleased when Benjamin "borrowed" his best quill pen. Mama wasn't happy that Benjamin would rather sketch the cows than milk them. And Grimalkin, the family cat, was not keen on being the source for paintbrush hairs! Truth was, there was nothing Benjamin cared more about than art, and that led him to some surprising adventures. Here, in lively easy-to-read words and vivid pictures, is the engaging true story of Benjamin West, the farmboy from colonial Pennsylvania who grew up to become the first world-famous American artist and a friend to Benjamin Franklin and the king of England.

You can't go home again....East Texas wasn't much of a home for Cullen Baker. Few liked him, and some even tried to kill him. Yet after three hard years of wandering, he's come back to farm the land that's rightfully his.Only Cullen's in for an unwelcome homecoming: his neighbors have long memories, the Reconstructionists have greedy hearts, and his worst enemy has teamed up with a vicious outlaw. But Cullen isn't about to back down. Instead, he's intent on perfecting a new way of gunfighting--the fast draw. And now, with enemies closing in on three sides and threatening the woman he loves, he'll have to be faster than lightning--and twice as deadly--just to survive.From the Paperback edition.

It's August 1941 when Sumiko Adachi starts at a new school in Phoenix, Arizona. In spite of her first-day jitters, she finds a friendly face in Emi Kuno. But everything changes after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, and the United States enters World War II. Suddenly the girls are faced with anti-Japanese sentiment from classmates and neighbors. When an arbitrary dividing line is drawn through Phoenix, the girls find themselves on opposite sides. Can Sumiko and Emi maintain their friendship when one of them is forced into a confinement camp, and the other is allowed to remain free? It's the storytellers who preserve a nation's history. But what happens when some stories are silenced? The I Am America series features fictional stories based on important historical events from people whose voices have been underrepresented, lost, or forgotten over time.

New York Times bestsellers P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast return with Draw Down the Moon, the first book in a new duology set in a dark and magickal world filled with incredible danger and irresistible romance.A mystical school. A mysterious death. A magickal romance.Wren Nightingale isn't supposed to have any elemental powers. Born of magickal parents but not under one of the four fated astrological full moons, she is destined for life as a Mundane—right up until she starts glowing on her eighteenth birthday. In a heartbeat, Wren's life is turned upside down, and she's suddenly leaving her home for the mystical Academia de la Luna—a secret magickal school on a hidden island off the Seattle coast.Lee Young has always known about his future at the academy. He has three goals: pass the trials, impress the Moon Council, and uphold his family's reputation. But he wasn't expecting to be attending alongside the girl he's been...

As spring rolls around in the Twin Cities, Kate uncovers a baffling new case. A millionaire recluse has been found with a spear through his heart—dead on his own private island. Detective Rosetti is called in to peel back the layers of the most unusual homicide she's seen yet. To add fuel to the fire, Kate's ex-boyfriend now occupies the desk next to her. It's a little hard to focus on her burgeoning relationship with one handsome billionaire when remnants of her past are visible at every turn. When the case, and her relationship with the two men in her life, all come to a head at an exclusive resort in northern Minnesota, Kate realizes she's going to have to choose her path forward—and fast. At the rate bodies are dropping around Detective Rosetti, she knows it's only a matter of time before she's next…

Appalachian artist and local guide Miranda Trent opens a new murder investigation after her Paint & Shine tour group discovers the remains of a missing hiker along an ancient trail . . . For her latest excursion, Miranda is thrilled to take a close-knit group of rock climbers, the Risky Business Adventurers, up the challenging Battleship Rock Trail to paint and sample moonshine. But the outing is cut short when they discover a skeleton near the trailhead. Even more startling, the bones belong to Howard Cable, Miranda's cousin...and a former classmate of the Risky Business group. The sheriff chalks it up to a hiking accident, but Miranda isn't convinced that Howard, an experienced woodsman, died within sight of a well-marked trail. So, with the help of Ranger Austin Morgan, Miranda sets out on her own investigation and discovers that the Risky Business group is keeping plenty of secrets. But is one of them hiding the truth...

As a djinn, Abdel Malek – Abbie, to his friends, if he had any - has a bad case of theblues. Blue mood. Blue skin. And thanks to his Master - Warlock, hillbilly Godfather, andworld class S.O.B. Glower McCracken, he's blue in ways a gentleman doesn't mention.McCracken has been forcing Abbie to use his unique powers to hide the entire town ofBackcrack Creek, KY from even Baba Yaga herself! And he runs that town as a BlackMagic black market paradise with his henchmen - a Warlock named Tran "Psycho"Ward and a massive WereElk named Hugo "The Bastard" Bastien. And they both liveup to their names.His only hope of freedom is Jazzlyn Horne. She's a Witch with a nose for strange magicand curves that would make a mountain road blush. And she's going all in to save big,blue's butt and lasso his lamp in a high-stakes game of DJINN, LOSE, OR DRAW!

For eighty-year-old Bryce, life didn’t hold much hope or promise. Since his wife had died and his children had grown, his health had failed, and his doctors doubted he would live more than a year or two. But all that changed one fateful day as he was clearing out his rat-infested garage. For among the debris and detritus of his long life, he discovered a miraculous find—a magical box of brilliant yellow that had the power to transport him to the magical land of Xanth! And there he found himself transformed by a mysterious spell that gave him the body of a much younger man. A high-stakes wager between three cosmic Demons decreed that Bryce would face competition from a slew of suitable suitors to win the hand of the Princess Harmony. The only advantages Bryce possesses in this quest he has been forced to enter are a magical pen and pad that allow him to bring whatever he sketches to life, and the wisdom of his long years that tells him he is far too old for an impetuous princess barely out of her teens. As the half-dozen contestants travel together to the far corners of Xanth, facing obstinate obstacles, tantalizing temptations, and pun-filled perils, Bryce begins to realize that in this enchanted realm nothing is quite what it seems, and the loser in this dangerous game might be the greatest winner of all.

Eve Stratton is on the other side of fifty. Up till now, she's kept everything together despite being perimenopausal with teenagers, working a stressful job and having a husband with a wandering eye. Yet she knows she's never fulfilled her potential or ever really lived. The discovery of the family Hob Goblin in her cellar promises to change all that, along with a sudden ability to affect the future through her drawings. Has she really hexed the rival for her husband's affections? Before she can enjoy exercising her newly found powers, rival Fae factions vie for her loyalty and she's caught in the middle of a deadly game of cat and mouse. She has to find her Great-Grandmother's mysterious Books in order to save herself, her family and her husband's lover, and there isn't much time.

He may get a second chance at his one true love—if someone doesn't kill her firstWhen Garrett Sterling leaves for a horseback ride through his family's sprawling Montana property, he's expecting a relaxing break from the construction at the Sterling guest ranch. What he gets is something far more sinister. It all happens so fast that it's hard for Garrett—and the authorities—to sort out the facts. Two things are certain, though: someone is dead and the killer knows there was a witness.But when the one woman he could never forget emerges as a key suspect in the investigation, Garrett will do anything he can to help clear her name. She's still keeping secrets from him—that much is clear. But Garrett won't rest until he uncovers what really happened that day, how she's involved—and why everything she's ever told him is a lie.

This collection of six exciting Western stories from early in Louis L'Amour's career begins with "Fork Your Own Broncs," in which Mac Marcy, who had saved for seven years to run his own small cattle ranch, sees his dream come true, only to have it threatened by Jingle Bob Kenyon.In "Keep Travelin', Rider," Tack Gentry returns to Sunbonnet and his uncle's G Bar Ranch only to find that his uncle, a Quaker, has been killed in a gunfight. A faction has moved in and run roughshod over the town and the ranches, including the G Bar.In "McQueen of the Tumbling K," ranch foreman Ward McQueen looks out for his boss, Ruth Kermitt. When Jim Yount shows up at the Tumbling K looking to buy cattle to stock worthless land he won in a poker game, McQueen can't help but question his true intentions.In "Four Card Draw," Allen Ring wins the Red Rock Ranch in a poker game, but he soon finds that he has stepped into a hotbed of fear and danger; several years back, Sam Hazlitt was killed on...

When a marriage of convenience is the only play left... Special Agent Emmitt Marshall knows how to: Wear a cowboy hat. Hack anything. Win at chess. Fall in love with emotionally unavailable men. He even knows the perfect play to catch the terrorists who killed his mentor. Special Agent Levi Bishop doesn't know how to: Move on after his wife's death. Help his grieving son. Pay off his mountain of debt. Fix the mess some cowboy cyber agent made of his case. The same cowboy who proposes a marriage of convenience to stop a common enemy. Marsh is either the answer to Levi's prayers—or a handsome nightmare in a Stetson. Levi doesn't know. But both men do know their cases and lives are at a dead draw. There's only one play left... I do. Layla Reyne returns with an all-new m/m romantic suspense series featuring a cocky hacker with a heart of gold, a widowed father who needs so...

"Cole's splendid ear orchestrates awakenings." —Forrest Gander, author of Twice Alive Peter Cole's luminous new book is in many ways his freest and most moving to date. In Draw Me After, Cole evolves a supple, singular music that charts regions of wonder and danger, from Eden as a place of first response and responsibility to modern sites of natural and political catastrophe.At the heart of the volume lie two remarkable series: one translates drawings by Terry Winters into a textured language spun from the material abstractions of Winters's art; the other winds through the book in dreamlike fashion, offering prismatic and often haunting meditations on the letters of the Hebrew alphabet—in kabbalistic tradition, the building blocks of existence. Inventive and receptive, physical, metaphysical, and playful, Cole's poetry disturbs and enchants with "a quiet, streaming power . . . that leads the reader back to it over and over...

In the stirring conclusion to THE STAFF AND THE SWORD fantasy epic, after the king’s death Illustra faces threats both inside and outside its borders. Will the next king be revealed in time to save their world? The Staff and the Sword book 3.

A Publishers Weekly Book of the WeekThe Draw is a coming-of-age story about a boy striving to make his way up through society and out of a family that has been emotionally and psychologically devastated by economic misfortune. Lee Siegel's father, Monroe, a kind and decent man, accumulates a crushing debt to the company he works for, a real estate firm that has been paying him an advance, or "draw," against future commissions. "The more he depended on the Draw to live," Lee writes of his father, "the more it shrank his life." As the recession hits in the mid- 1970s, Monroe finds himself without commissions, and thus unable to pay back his employer. Fired from his job, he is pursued by the law, loses his wife to divorce, and eventually declares bankruptcy. Lee's mother, Lola, confronting a bleak and tenuous future, experiences a breakdown that transforms her into a seductive yet vindictive adversary of Lee, her older...

A reader gets sucked into the book she’s reading and is trapped, unless she convinces the hero of the story to send her home. Just her luck - the story is unfinished, and its sexy hero is far more alpha male than she’s prepared to handle. What Naia doesn’t know: the story – and its hero – have been expecting her for quite some time, even though she has no idea what she’s doing there.

The Colt fell the short distance onto the worn carpet and Herne's body straightened up like a whiplash. But the hand that had dropped the gun didn't come back up empty. It had the hilt of the bayonet in it and midway through the movement the blade was unleashed across the room. Seth's mouth stayed open, words drained in mid-sentence; he moved the gun to fire but something plunged its way into his shoulder blade and pinned him to the door. His hand opened in spite of itself and the pistol slipped out.

There are things in Winter, Wisconsin, folks just don't talk about. The murder way back in '45 is one. The near-suicide of a first-grade teacher is another. And then there is 17-year old Christian Cage. Christian's parents disappeared when he was a little boy, and ever since he's drawn and painted obsessively, trying desperately to remember his mother. The problem is Christian doesn't just draw his own memories. He can draw the thoughts of those around him. Confronted with fears and nightmares they'd rather avoid, people have a bad habit of dying. So it's no surprise that Christian isn't exactly popular. What no one expects is for Christian to meet Winter's last surviving Jew and uncover one more thing best forgottenthe day the Nazi's came to town. Based on a little-known fact of the United States' involvement in World War II, Draw the Dark is a dark fantasy about reclaiming the forgotten past and the redeeming power of love.

A case of theft spirals into murder in the latest intriguing Alex Quick mysteryFormer police detective Alex Quick finds it impossible to refuse when a young family friend begs for her help in discovering which of his friends is a thief. Following a dinner party he'd held at his uncle's grand Venetian apartment, a pair of valuable items went missing, only to turn up at a London pawnbrokers. But why would a wealthy guest, a member of the glamorous Anglo-Italian jet-set, need to steal in the first place?Before Alex can discover more, one of the dinner party guests is found murdered. Could there be a connection to the theft? As she heads to Venice to pursue her investigations further, Alex receives news that another person present that night has disappeared and the case spirals into something altogether darker and deeper.

When Clint Adams lends a gaggle of stranded ladies a hand, it ends up crushed under their wagon, leaving him to rely on his cross draw. And when word gets out, every lowlife gunhand comes around to take on the Gunsmith.

Woken with a kiss.It wasn't exactly a kiss that woke Don…more like a tourist copping a feel.And he wasn't exactly asleep…more like turned to bronze by a vengeful demon.But unbronzed with the squeeze of an ass-cheek didn't seem a fitting tale for a prince of hell.It wasn't long before Don determined that his non-metallic state might only be a temporary reprieve. How did the frumpy little tourist from Idaho free him?If he could find the disappearing dowd, he might have a shot at a permanent solution.Lucky Magic is set within Robyn Peterman's Magic and Mayhem Universe and guest stars Baba Yaga!

He’s a young, up and coming businessman with the keys to his family’s Italian wine enterprise. I’m a fine arts student, navigating life in the Big Apple, my pencil and sketchpad in hand. We meet. We fall in love. But it’s not that story. Sometimes, by a rare gift of fate, two lives cross paths. And hey, if that happens to occur when staring at Michelangelo’s naked masterpiece, even better. We can tell our future children how a seventeen-foot tall marble guy named David brought us together. But there’s always more to a relationship than its beginning and ever after. In life, there’s a whole lot of backstory. There are ex-fiancés and hot roommates and family members whose advice continues, even beyond the grave. When you say you love someone, it’s never just that one person you’re saying it to. And it’s never just that one moment that sets everything in motion. There is always more that draws you in.

Will one man's loss be Hardy's gain?'I'd read about it in the papers, heard the radio reports and seen the TV coverage and then forgotten about it, the way you do with news stories.'A missing girl, drugs, yachts, the sex trade and a cold trail that leads from Sydney to Norfolk Island, Byron Bay and Coolangatta.The police suspect the father, Gerard Fonteyn OA, a wealthy businessman. But he's hired Cliff to find her, given him unlimited expenses and posted a $250,000 reward for information.Finally there's a break - an unconfirmed sighting of Juliana Fonteyn, alive and well. But as usual, nothing is straightforward. Various other players are in the game - and Cliff doesn't know the rules, or even what the game might be. He's determined to find out, and as the bodies mount up the danger to himself and to Juliana increases.

In Regina Cole’s steamy novel of hot ink and delicious angst, two tortured artists take a leap of faith—but the past threatens to tear them apart.After her parents pull the plug on her college fund to finance their nasty divorce, Hailey Jakes is desperate to pay her own way and finish her degree in graphic design. She can hardly believe her luck when the sexiest guy she’s ever seen hires her to be the receptionist at his tattoo shop. With sea-blue eyes, jet-black hair, and full sleeves of tattoos on his muscular arms, Neill Vanderhaven looks like the kind of guy who wouldn’t give her the time of day. In fact, he’s mesmerized by her—and it doesn’t hurt that she’s talented as hell.But Hailey and Neill have more in common than instant chemistry: They’re both carrying serious baggage. Hailey’s parents split after years of blowout fights and sloppy affairs. Neill just got out of something serious with a woman who loved her bad habits more than she loved him. When they take the plunge on a new relationship, they’re both breaking their own rules.But then a terrible misunderstanding brings Neil’s worst fears to life, and their connection threatens to come crashing down. What they have is more than skin-deep, but now Hailey and Neill need to decide whether the kind of love that lasts forever is worth such exquisite pain.

When prospector William Crowley found a fabulous diamond, he thought he'd made his fortune, but three months later he lost it in a poker game. William never saw his diamond again. Fifteen years later William's son Jackson discovers that the diamond is again at stake in a poker game, this time presided over by the entrepreneur Meeker Trent. With the help of his father's old friends Finbar Stuart and Preston McBryde, Jackson vows to win it back. But the game attracts a motley collection of card sharks and gunslingers, and they soon discover that winning the game will be only half the battle. The hardest task will be staying alive for long enough to leave the poker table.

"Fans of epic Christian fantasies will enjoy discovering a new voice."--Library Journal* (starred review)* Their journey to Merakh should have made Errol and his companions heroes of the realm. Instead, much is changed on their return. In the wake of the king's death, Duke Weir is ruling the country--and his intentions are to marry Adora to bring an heir. With Errol and the others imprisoned and the identity of the rightful heir to the throne still hidden in secrecy, Illustra is on the verge of civil war--and at growing risk from the armies of Merakh and Morgol. A dangerous mission to free Errol succeeds, but the dangers facing the kingdom are mounting with every passing moment. The barrier has fallen, ferals are swarming toward the land, and their enemies draw near. Will the revelation of Illustra's next true king come in time or will all be lost?

After a hate crime occurs in his small Texas town, Adrian Piper must discover his own power, decide how to use it, and know where to draw the line in this stunning debut novel exquisitely illustrated by the author.Adrian Piper is used to blending into the background. He may be a talented artist, a sci-fi geek, and gay, but at his Texas high school those traits would only bring him the worst kind of attention. In fact, the only place he feels free to express himself is at his drawing table, crafting a secret world through his own Renaissance-art-inspired superhero, Graphite. But in real life, when a shocking hate crime flips his world upside down, Adrian must decide what kind of person he wants to be. Maybe it's time to not be so invisible after all—no matter how dangerous the risk.

Jake Samson and his carpenter-sidekick Rosie Vicente, the Bay Area's unique detective duo are back! Unafraid, unlicensed, and, in this case, unpaid, our two eccentric detectives set out to clear a friend of a murder charge. The victim is found stabbed to death in a damp redwood canyon in woodsy, wealthy Marin County, outside San Francisco. It's up to Jake and Rosie to find the real killer, and they've got a number of suspects: the victim's fellow executives at a questionable correspondence school, his divided and bitter family, and his quirky Marin County neighbors--a truly odd assortment of California woods dwellers.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a superhero drawing book! Professional comic book artist and YouTube guru Robert Marzullo teaches you the building blocks of creating your own action heroes and explosive comic book scenes. Easy to follow step-by-step demonstrations break down advanced drawings into basic shapes and shading for you to replicate and master before applying your newfound knowledge to create your own dynamic comic book characters and settings. INCLUDES50+ step-by-step demonstrationsChapters on drawing faces, bodies, character details and scenesInstruction on depicting both superhuman men and women using different perspectives, expressions, proportions and posesIdeas for costumes, such as basic cuffs, capes, helmets, armor and weaponryTips for rendering power effects, from flying and wall smashing to magic-orb wielding and energy blastingLessons on blocking in a scene to create powerful comic panels...

Famous works of art are going missing. Atticus is on the case. The prime suspect is Ricardo Butteredsconi - Italian theme park entrepreneur and art connoisseur. Then Inspector Cheddar goes missing from the Tate Modern, and Atticus and his friends suspect Butteredsconi and his evil pet pig. In the scariest adventure of his nine lives, Atticus has to act fast if he wants to stop Inspector Cheddar becoming a waxwork!

Unemployed and alone, Stanford grad Michelle sells drawings on a Manhattan street corner to eat. Lonely, she draws a portrait of a handsome English attorney that walks by her each day; William Montgomery sees the picture and eventually, the two meet. One hitch: Michelle's nutty, estranged uncle is William's new boss. having finally found his niece, Oscar Maclane is determined to find out if this Englishman is good enough for her. Books one of a series.

After twenty years as a political wife, the now-divorced Helen Binney should be able to organize a small event for the local library without breaking a sweat. But she didn't plan on the guest speaker, a controversial celebrity poker player, literally drawing a hand of death. Whose buttons did he push a little too hard? Was it really, as the police believe, the niece of Helen's handsome lawyer/friend, Tate? Getting to the truth would be a lot easier if it weren't for a cranky runaway cat, a group of poker players who put the "fanatic" in fan clubs, and death threats that may or may not be imaginary from an end-of-the-world cult. With the stakes so high, can Helen save Tate's niece without drawing death herself?

His name's Sam Cooper, and he's always been such a good little boy—gifted and talented, content and compliant. And somehow everything always seems to go just right for him and his parents—they've got lots of money, a beautiful home, and when the time comes, Sam breezes his way into the most exclusive and desirable prep school in New York.But what is it that Sam is always sketching in the notebook he carries with him everywhere? And why is it that when his mother learns the answer, it unleashes a series of bizarre and terrifying events that shatters the Coopers' perfect world forever?He wields a strange and terrible power he cannot understand, and there is somebody—something—after him that will stop at nothing to gain control of it.

Unemployed and alone, Stanford grad Michelle sells drawings on a Manhattan street corner to eat. Lonely, she draws a portrait of a handsome English attorney that walks by her each day; William Montgomery sees the picture and eventually, the two meet. One hitch: Michelle's nutty, estranged uncle is William's new boss. having finally found his niece, Oscar Maclane is determined to find out if this Englishman is good enough for her. Books one of a series.

Buying a lotto ticket with her two best friends didn't change Zoe's life. Only following her heart would do that . . . Sure, winning the lottery allows Zoe Ferris to quit her job as a cutthroat corporate attorney, but no amount of cash will clear her conscience about the way her firm treated the O'Leary family in a wrongful death case. So she sets out to make things right, only to find gruff, grieving Aiden O'Leary doesn't need—or want—her apology. He does, however, need something else from her. Something Zoe is more than willing to give, if only to ease the pain in her heart, a sorrow she sees mirrored in his eyes . . . Aiden doesn't know what possesses him to ask his family's enemy to be his fake fiancée. But he needs a bride if he hopes to be the winning bid on the campground he wants to purchase as part of his beloved brother's legacy. Skilled in the art of deception, the cool beauty certainly fits the bill. Only Aiden...

"All my life I'd always known what the Gentry boys were. A set of fraternal triplets born to a depraved family, they were rough, sexy and wild as wolves." SAYLOR...I don't even know if love is real. After running from the bastard who brutalized me, I limped back to Arizona, choosing a vibrant college town in the hopes of starting over. I never expected to find him there.Cord Gentry.He and his brothers were tough, lusty forces of nature I'd known since childhood. Years ago, Cord seduced me as a sick game. I've hated him ever since. Now here he is again, a man who beats other men bloody for money.Cord has always been heartless, dangerous, not to be trusted.And I want him so much I can't think. CORD...They called us 'those white trash Gentry boys' until we believed that's what we were. Our people squatted at the edge of a hellhole prison town for generations. The childhood we endured was the stuff of nightmares. I'd learned early on that my brothers, Chase and Creed, were the only people on earth worth my time.They all told us we were bad, that we'd always be bad.The horrors of the past have scarred my soul.But now I need to be better.For her.

Book DescriptionYou can't go home again.... East Texas wasn't much of a home for Cullen Baker. Few liked him, and some even tried to kill him. Yet after three hard years of wandering, he's come back to farm the land that's rightfully his. Only Cullen's in for an unwelcome homecoming: his neighbors have long memories, the Reconstructionists have greedy hearts, and his worst enemy has teamed up with a vicious outlaw. But Cullen isn't about to back down. Instead, he's intent on perfecting a new way of gunfighting--the fast draw. And now, with enemies closing in on three sides and threatening the woman he loves, he'll have to be faster than lightning--and twice as deadly--just to survive. From the Paperback edition.

This cowboy is a sure shot to the heart... Riley Lawrence is an expert at moving on and not risking his heart. Helping pastry chef Dani Boatman is a onetime deal—she's got her hands full giving her orphaned niece a stable home. But someone with a vicious grudge has a target on the curvaceous redhead's back. And destroying her life is just the start... Dani doesn't trust easy—a lesson she learned the hard way. This freewheeling cowboy with an irresistible grin insists on putting himself between her and harm's way. But the desire getting hotter between them can't promise anything more than heartbreak. And with unsuspected danger also closing in, Dani and Riley's one chance for love could prove forever lethal. The Kavanaughs

YOU NEED A GOOD FOUNDATION Lindsey Morales is a decorating genius with a natural flair for design and an eye for a bargain. As a contributor to a popular lifestyle blog, she can take anything from trash to treasure-except for her own life. Burned once, and badly, she's more than twice shy, especially when it comes to the breathtaking builder who broke her heart... BEFORE YOU CAN BUILD HAPPILY EVER AFTER Architect Derek Walsh has made a name for himself designing sleekly modern buildings, but when renovating a hundred-year-old farmhouse gives him the chance to see Lindsey again, he jumps at it. Still dreaming about her after eight long years apart, he'll do anything to prove that he's serious about spending the future with her. Can he convince sassy, stubborn Lindsey that they can DIY their own happy ending? "Sexy and exciting...this is a book that makes falling in love even more fun."-RT Book Reviews