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Wild Seed
Octavia E. Butler
Science Fiction & Fantasy
When two immortals meet in the long-ago past, the destiny of mankind is changed forever
For a thousand years, Doro has cultivated a small African village, carefully breeding its people in search of seemingly unattainable perfection. He survives through the centuries by stealing the bodies of others, a technique he has so thoroughly mastered that nothing on Earth can kill him. But when a gang of New World slavers destroys his village, ruining his grand experiment, Doro is forced to go west and begin anew. He meets Anyanwu, a centuries-old woman whose means of immortality are as kind as his are cruel. She is a shapeshifter, capable of healing with a kiss, and she recognizes Doro as a tyrant. Though many humans have tried to kill them, these two demi-gods have never before met a rival. Now they begin a struggle that will last centuries and permanently alter the nature of humanity. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author’s estate.
Demon Seed
Dean Koontz
Thriller / Mystery / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Susan Harris lived in self-imposed seclusion, in a mansion featuring numerous automated systems controlled by a state-of-the-art computer. Every comfort was provided, and in this often unsafe world of ours, her security was absolute. But now her security system has been breached, her sanctuary from the outside world violated by an insidious artificial intelligence, which has taken control of her house. In the privacy of her own home, and against her will, Susan will experience an inconceivable act of terror. She will become the object of the ultimate computer's consuming obsession: to learn everything there is to know about the flesh. . .
Dragon Seed: The Story of China at War
Pearl S. Buck
Fiction / Biography / Children's
A Nobel laureate’s gripping historical novel about the Japanese invasion of Nanking
Farmer Liang Tan knows only a quiet, traditional life in his remote Chinese farming community. When news filters in that Japanese forces are invading the country, he and his fellow villagers believe that if they behave decently to the Japanese soldiers, the civilians might remain undisturbed. They’re in for a shock, as the attackers lay waste to the country and install a puppet government designed to systematically carry out Japanese interests. In response, the Chinese farmers and their families form a resistance—which not only carries grave risk, but also breaks their vow of nonviolence, leading them to wonder if they’re any different than their enemy. Later adapted into a film featuring Katharine Hepburn, Dragon Seed is a brilliant and unflinching look at the horrors of war. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author’s estate.
Dark Seed
Part #0.50 of "DeBeers" series by V. C. Andrews
Horror / Romance
Dark Seed, reveals the disturbing early days of Willow DeBeers, the "dark seed" of the DeBeers family. This prequel to Willow, the highly anticipated first novel chronicling the DeBeers family, hints at the dark shadows that can haunt forever. Find out what secrets lie behind the begining of the tragic and flawed DeBeers family. Revealed as only V.C. Andrews can.
The Evil Seed
Joanne Harris
Literature & Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers / Mythology & Fantasy
'I'm still rather fond of this first book of mine, in spite of all the time that has elapsed, and in spite of the way my style has evolved.' Joanne Harris
Caution - May contain vampires.
It's never easy to face the fact that a man you once loved passionately has found the girl of his dreams, as Alice discovers when Joe introduces her to his new girlfriend. Then Alice finds an old diary and reads about two men and the mysterious woman who bewitched them both, buried in Grantchester churchyard half a century ago.
As the stories seem to intertwine, Alice comes to realize that her instinctive hatred of Joe's new girlfriend may not just be due to jealousy, as she is plunged into a nightmare world of obsession, revenge, seduction - and blood.
The Seed Collectors
Scarlett Thomas
Literature & Fiction / Contemporary / Memoir
Great Aunt Oleander is dead. To each of her nearest and dearest she has left a seed pod. The seed pods might be deadly, but then again they might also contain the secret of enlightenment. Not that anyone has much time for enlightenment. Fleur, left behind at the crumbling Namaste House, must step into Oleander’s role as guru to lost and lonely celebrities. Bryony wants to lose the weight she put on after her botanist parents disappeared, but can’t stop drinking. And Charlie struggles to make sense of his life after losing the one woman he could truly love.
A complex and fiercely contemporary tale of inheritance, enlightenment, life, death, desire, and family trees, The Seed Collectors is the most important novel yet from one of the world’s most daring and brilliant writers.
SEED
James T heart
Imagine Life without Fear, and now enter your greatest fears by spiritual trials with cognitive senses guiding you through your darkest days, survival is your questions in this dreamed nightmarePlant your thoughts ~SEEDFollow up to the original "Planet Me". Very little to do with Whisky, or even the Scottish. Simply "a book with some more stuff in it". A large glass of red should make the words go down easier. A humorous philosophical look at life in general and incompetence in particular. Check out the full original book Planet Me.
Hag-Seed
Margaret Atwood
Literature & Fiction
When Felix is deposed as artistic director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival by his devious assistant and longtime enemy, his production of The Tempest is canceled and he is heartbroken. Reduced to a life of exile in rural southern Ontario—accompanied only by his fantasy daughter, Miranda, who died twelve years ago—Felix devises a plan for retribution.
Eventually he takes a job teaching Literacy Through Theatre to the prisoners at the nearby Burgess Correctional Institution, and is making a modest success of it when an auspicious star places his enemies within his reach. With the help of their own interpretations, digital effects, and the talents of a professional actress and choreographer, the Burgess Correctional Players prepare to video their Tempest. Not surprisingly, they view Caliban as the character with whom they have the most in common. However, Felix has another twist in mind, and his enemies are about to find themselves taking part in an interactive and illusion-ridden version of The Tempest that will change their lives forever. But how will Felix deal with his invisible Miranda’s decision to take a part in the play?
Baal
Robert McCammon
Literature & Fiction / Horror / Historical Fiction
He is the foul seed of evil the dark prophet who sees what is - and creates what will always be. Across the earth, he spreads his fiendish blasphemy, unleashes his holocaust, proclaims himself messiah. But he is Baal, the prince of demons. Fear him. He will never be destroyed. A woman is raped and a child is born - they call him Baal. He is too much to handle and his mother puts him in an orphanage where he leads the children on a rampage of violence. This is the beginning of a life which unleashes unimaginable evil upon the world.
Operation Stealth Seed
George Amabile
NYPD Detective Nicola Cortese, veteran of three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, is leading a routine drug bust at a warehouse in the Bronx, but the SWAT team Commander pulls rank and starts a firefight that gets Cortese's partner killed. The tragedy triggers combat flashbacks, sleepless nights with cold sweats, nightmares, and violent outbursts during which he assaults fellow officers. He is demoted and transferred to a desk job in Operations. For months, all his appeals are denied. But when a new Precinct Commander returns him to active duty, he is elated — until he's told Captain Chase expects him to act out again and get kicked off the Force. His first case, a B & E homicide, leads him to uncover an international conspiracy that is using a genetically engineered seed to take control of the world's wheat. This draws him into deadly conflict with Corporate power backed by US Intelligence. Haunted by issues from his military past, he must survive attacks by contract...
Life Seed
Albert Nothlit
Gay and Lesbian / Science Fiction / Ebooks
Elias Trost will not sit idly by while the colony on New Skye starves, so he steals the Life Seed, hoping to return it to its rightful place and restore the ecosystem. But, pursued by colony soldiers, Elias soon runs afoul of a far greater threat....
Bad Seed
Gabriel Carle
A vibrant debut short story collection depicting the disillusionment that comes with being young and queer in Puerto Rico.The visceral, wildly imaginative stories in Bad Seed flick through working-class scenes of contemporary Puerto Rico, where friends and lovers melt into and defy their surroundings—night clubs, ruined streets, cramped rooms with cockroaches moving in the walls. A horny high schooler spends his summer break in front of the TV; a queer love triangle unravels on the emblematic theater steps of the University of Puerto Rico; a group of friends get high and watch San Juan burn from atop a clocktower; an HIV positive college student works the night shift at a local bathhouse. At turns playful and heartbreaking, Bad Seed is the long overdue English-language debut of one of Puerto Rico's most exciting up-and-coming writers.
Heirloom (Seed Savers)
Sandra Smith
Jason is ticked that the government put him in foster care and locked up his parents.Arturo's inconsistent English and penchant for mysteriously showing up would be suspicious if he wasn't so darn charming.Clare and Dante just want to garden.Lily, well Lily gets braver by the minute.It's late in the twenty-first century and large corporations have merged with U.S. government agencies to control the nation's food supply. Not only is gardening and seed ownership illegal, but fresh food is unheard of by the masses who are fed the processed food groups of Vitees, Proteins, Carbos, Snacks, and Sweeties.Thirteen-year-old Clare and her brother Dante have escaped to Canada where the old ways still exist. It is there that they make friends with the roguish Jason and learn the political history of their own country's decline of freedoms.Meanwhile, Lily, the friend who was left behind, begins her own journey to find the father she never met—a former leader in the ill-fated Seed Savers...
Diary of an Abducted Space Seed
Debbie McKelvey
Tozer had splendid plans for his life as a salad seed before he was rocketed into space. Terrified, but determined to save the day, he soon discovers he’s under the care of British astronaut Tim Peake on board the ISS. Based on the Rocket Science Experiment of 2016 in which thousands of UK schools participated, it's now possible through Tozer's diary to follow the journey those seeds had to make.Tozer had splendid plans for his life as a salad seed before he was bundled onto a rocket and propelled into space.Terrified by these happenings, but determined to save the day, this highly-strung seed soon discovers he’s part of the amazing Rocket Science Experiment and is being looked after by none other than British astronaut Tim Peake on board the International Space Station.This important role only serves to further inflate Tozer’s already over-sized ego - but he’s about to come back down to earth with a bump!The story is based on the Rocket Science Experiment of 2016, which caught the imagination of children across the UK as thousands of schools took part. Now through Tozer's diary, it’s possible to follow the remarkable journey these seeds had to make.
The Seed
Jonnelle Hayden
Can Matt Sinclair forgive his daughter’s killer? What difference will it make if he does? Is there any hope for the soul of someone who has murdered a fourteen-year-old girl? Will the murderer end up on death row? This is a story of crime, prison and redemption set in South Carolina. This is a Christian novella with approximately 20,000 words.Can Matt Sinclair forgive his daughter’s killer? What difference will it make if he does? Is there any hope for the soul of someone who has murdered a fourteen-year-old girl? Will the murderer end up on death row? This is a story of crime, prison and redemption set in South Carolina. This is a Christian novella with approximately 20,000 words. It is the intent of the authors that this story will illustrate the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to change lives no matter how broken.
The Seed Child of Sippar Sulcus
Part #4 of "Dekker's Dozen" series by Christopher D Schmitz
Fantasy / Science Fiction / Nonfiction
Seed Sovereignty, Food Security
Vandana Shiva
In this unique anthology, women from around the world write about the movement to change the current, industrial paradigm of how we grow our food. As seed keepers and food producers, as scientists, activists, and scholars, they are dedicated to renewing a food system that is better aligned with ecological processes as well as human health and global social justice. Seed Sovereignty, Food Security is an argument for just that--a reclaiming of traditional methods of agricultural practice in order to secure a healthy, nourishing future for all of us. Whether tackling the thorny question of GMO safety or criticizing the impact of big agribusiness on traditional communities, these women are in the vanguard of defending the right of people everywhere to practice local, biodiverse, and organic farming as an alternative to industrial agriculture.Contents• Seed Sovereignty, Food Security VANDANA SHIVA • Fields of Hope and Power FRANCES MOORE...
Seed No Evil
Part #14 of "Flower Shop Mystery" series by Kate Collins
It's finally time to say, "I do!" As long as I can keep my momout of jail long enough to get her to the ceremony....Someone's Biting Mad. Abby Knight's wedding is in less than two weeks, and everything is going wrong. The cooler in her flower shop is leaking, her neck has swollen to unnatural proportions, her groom is acting distant, and she still doesn't know where she's actually getting married! But things go from bad to worse when the director of her favorite charity, Protecting Animal Rights, is murdered, and Abby's mother becomes the main suspect. Abby's wedding worries will have to wait until she - along with her fiancé, Marco, and an adorable mutt named Seedy - can nose out who wanted the animal activist put to sleep. But they'll have to sort through the long list of suspects quickly, or her mom may be tossed in the slammer before Abby tosses the bouquet....
The Seed of Cain
Agnes Gomillion
Return to the startlingly original dystopian world of The Record Keeper in this stunning sequel. For readers of Octavia Butler, Kim Stanley Robinson, Nnedi Okorafor and Tade Thompson comes this Afrofuturist tour de force.General Arika Cobane, beloved leader of the worker rebellion, makes a bold—but illegal—move to ensure the people’s freedom. When her scheme fails and her co-conspirator hangs for treason, Arika—overworked and overwrought—blacks out. When she awakens, everything has changed. She’s been stripped of her rank and power and the new leader of the Kongo, Kira Swan, is a charismatic traitor bent on consigning the Kongo under the guise of peace. Desperate, Arika reunites with Hosea Kahn and seeks treatment for her blackouts at the Compound, deep in the deadly Obi Forest. Arika is determined to regain her influence, stop Kira Swan, and continue leading the Kongo to freedom, but time is...
The Icing on the Cake
Linda Seed
Romance / Contemporary
She's a baker without a kitchen. He's got a double oven to spare. It's a recipe for success, until his mother starts stirring up trouble ...Cassie Jordan has a sweet dream to open a bakery specializing in wedding cakes. The problem is, the Airstream trailer where she lives has a kitchen the size of a postage stamp, and her job as housekeeper for a vacation rental agency doesn't pay enough for her to find other arrangements.When the renters at one of the houses in her care cancel their stay, leaving the house empty and its top-of-the-line kitchen unused, who could blame her for seeing it as an opportunity? But Cassie's unsavory plan starts to look like a mistake when the owner's son shows up unannounced, catching her with her pants down—literally.If Cassie can sweet-talk her way out of trouble, setting up her business might be a piece of cake. If not, it's going to be a bitter setback ...The Icing on the Cake is a stand-alone installment in...
Outlanders 42 - Satan's Seed.
James Axler
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Comics / Thriller
As humanity emerged from the rubble of nuclear war, so didhistory's darkest secrets, deliberately concealed beneatha cunning web of lies, half-truths and contrivance. Now,as alien overlords ready their blueprint for absolute controlover planet Earth, daring rebels fight back against grim oddsand an enemy of superlative power whose only failing maybe their inability to grasp mankind's fierce will to survive.The Cerberus warriors must endure the most frighteningtests of their ingenuity when they discover secrets linkingalien technology, Nazi time-travel experiments and a260-year-old nightmare time-trawled in a new quest forpower. The Pacific is swarming with SS troopers led by adangerous woman and her strange advisor whose capacityfor evil is rooted in the dark energy of the occult.…
Love and Joy
Linda Seed
Romance / Contemporary
She's jumping into a drastic change of lifestyle. He's determined to help her see everything she's been missing ...Joy Maxwell has a life people envy. An upscale Los Angeles condo, designer clothes, a big following on Instagram, and looks other women would die for. But it's not easy being in the public eye, and when her career as an influencer starts to go south, Joy goes north—to the small coastal town of Cambria, where she plans to blog about her new, minimalist lifestyle, hoping to parlay it into a book deal.Nix Landry sees the tiny house he built with his own hands as more than a place to live—it's a statement about sustainability, simplicity, and being present for what's important in life. When Joy applies to be his tenant, he's skeptical that this woman with her designer shoes and her salon hairstyle will last more than a week. But the more he gets to know her, the more he takes it as a challenge to show her how much more fulfilling life can...
The Wanting Seed
Anthony Burgess
Nonfiction / Literature & Fiction
Tristram Foxe and his wife, Beatrice-Joanna, live in their skyscraper world where official family limitation glorifies homosexuality. Eventually, their world is transformed into a chaos of cannibalistic dining-clubs, fantastic fertility rituals, and wars without anger. It is a novel both extravagantly funny and grimly serious.
Shadow Seed
Jose Rodriguez
~BOOK TWO~ The Rheans return to their homes only to find out that the Pelasgians now threaten to strike at every city in Rhea. Unable to unite their forces, the Rheans are forced into a desperate struggle for survival. Meanwhile, Sara will come face-to-face with Nibiru. As she learns more about the Pelasgian, she will uncover a horrible secret Leon has been hiding.~BOOK TWO~ The Rheans return to their homes only to find out that the Pelasgians now threaten to strike at every city in Rhea. Unable to unite their forces, the Rheans are forced into a desperate struggle for survival. Meanwhile, Sara will come face-to-face with Nibiru. As she learns more about the Pelasgian, she will uncover a horrible secret Leon has been hiding.Vampires, mummies, werewolves and other creatures of mythology are reimagined as various races who must join forces to confront an ancient evil.
Legendary Dungeon Seed
Part #1 of "Legendary Dungeon Seed" series by Marc Robert
CRAFT DUNGEONS ...CULTIVATE MONSTER GIRLS ...... BECOME A KING?
Osman Spar just made a very dangerous bargain ...
To try and cheat death, he agrees to play a new VR-based fantasy roleplaying game. However, Osman won't be playing as a warrior or a wizard, but as a dungeon core.
Now he must build an underground labyrinth of tunnels and chambers formidable enough to withstand any and all attacks.
But, in order to do that, Osman needs to learn dark magic, summon powerful minions, and cultivate gorgeous monster girls to be his loyal level bosses.
WARNING: This story contains dungeon building, harem building, lewd content, foul language, and explicit scenes ... plus: epic brawls, video game violence, mana cultivation, LitRPG stats and level progression, and a little corgi dog who thinks that he is a dragon!
18+
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Seed Seeker
Pamela Sargent
An adventure in colonization and conflict from acclaimed SF writer Pamela SargentSeveral hundred years ago, Ship, a sentient starship, settled humans on the planet Home before leaving to colonize other worlds, promising to return one day. Over time, the colony on Home divided into those who live in the original domed buildings of the colony, who maintain the library and technology of Ship, and those who live by the river, farming and hunting to survive. The Dome Dwellers consider themselves the protectors of "true humanity" and the River People "contaminated," and the two sides interact solely through ritualized trade: food and goods from the River People in exchange for repairs and recharges by the Dome Dwellers.Then a new light appears in the night sky. The River People believe it might be Ship, keeping its promise to return, but the Dome Dwellers, who have a radio to communicate with Ship, are silent. So Bian, a seventeen-year-old girl from a small village, travels...
Mrs. Amazing and the Seed
Julie Lavender
At a time when belief in anything out of the ordinary is not tolerated, Faye and Frank Faultsom are daring to be different. Determined to guide their four free-spirited children on a risky quest to enter the mysterious and mystical realm known only to them as Wonder, they attract the malicious attentions of the sinister Ms. Imperia Beasley, Director of the local Grown Up Factory, where helpless children are conformed to the Prescribed Order as their imaginations are crushed. When one of Faye's wacky schemes to help her kids discover Wonder precipitates a predicament that threatens to tear their family apart, a bold act of belief catapults the Faultsoms into a bizarre and often comical world in which they experience a strange and overwhelming Life Force. Just when they begin to understand its compelling beauty and power, the family learns they must return home to face a heartbreaking crisis — a crisis that may result in their teenage daughter losing Wonder forever.
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The Tragedy of Macbeth, Part II: The Seed of Banquo
Noah Lukeman
Nonfiction / Literature & Fiction
“Lukeman’s sequel to the Scottish play succeeds as both a fascinating literary exercise and an entertaining play in its own right….[A] poetic, well-paced drama.”—Booklist “Lukeman did a top-notch job creating a fresh play in the style of Shakespeare. The story moves quite briskly, and takes quite a few intriguing twists...."“An audacious achievement.”--Jennifer Lee Carrell, Ph.D. (Harvard)New York Times Bestselling author of Interred With Their Bones/The Shakespeare Secret“Lukeman’s sequel to the Scottish play succeeds as both a fascinating literary exercise and an entertaining play in its own right….[A] poetic, well-paced drama.”—BooklistRecommended Reading, New York Magazine Fall PreviewIn 1610, The Tragedy of Macbeth was first performed. 400 years later: the sequel, written as a five-act play in blank verse.Ten years king, Malcolm sits on an uneasy throne. If Malcolm’s mind is haunted by the ghosts of his royal father (“gracious Duncan”) as well as the thane and lady who so bloodily betrayed him, Malcolm’s soul is sickened, as was Macbeth’s, by the witches’ prophecy that from Banquo’s seed would spring a line of Scottish kings: a prophecy that remained unfulfilled at the end of Shakespeare’s play. The witches also taunt Malcolm with riddles all his own: that sorrows will visit him from Ireland (where his younger brother fled upon their father’s death); that his love for Macbeth will breed fresh treachery. True to the Shakespearean model, its devious plot unfolding in five acts and its speech set to the measure of blank verse, Macbeth, Part II, draws bold the tragedy of a powerful man undone by the terrors he imagines and the truths he fails to see."Noah Lukeman's bold sequel to Macbeth, written in blank verse, is a fierce, memory-ridden love letter to Shakespeare, and an enthralling reminder that, in our imagination, Shakespeare's greatest plays have no end."--Nigel Cliff, author of The Shakespeare Riots “Lukeman did a top-notch job creating a fresh play in the style of Shakespeare. The story moves quite briskly, and takes quite a few intriguing twists....The rhythm of the words and the drama of the story would make for quite a suspenseful and entertaining show.”—Fashionista Piranha“Lukeman truly has mastered the Shakespearian art and created a play that can stand as a sequel to the great Shakespearian play.”—A.M. Perez, Amanda's Weekly Zen
Seed of Desire
Ellen Parker
Beth Cosgrove keeps her private life private. Most people in the tiny community of Crystal Springs, Wisconsin know her as an accountant, dog breeder, and 4-H volunteer. Only her family is aware that her refusal to date is tied to her husband's disappearance three years ago.Attorney Jackson Dray changed jobs and moved across the state to lend a hand at his brother's apple orchard. While judging a 4-H dog show, he's intrigued by one of the project leaders.Rural life is not a simple thing. Soon an ex-girlfriend, puppies, lawsuits, and Beth's brother-in-law attempt to keep the couple apart. Will the seed of desire be allowed to flourish?
The Bad Seed
Part #1 of "Battle for the Heavens" series by Michael Lackey
It was early morning when Zachery Morely's mother asked him to fetch some herbs from the garden. Unknowingly, this simple chore was going to turn into a life-altering event for him and, ultimately, his world. It was during this simple task that he found himself face to face to a powerful unknown being bent on destruction. It was this being... a demon who planted the bad seed, which would give rise to a horrific army. Zachery and his father, George, set off to seek the help of King Gabriel and his court to determine what kind of horrors could come from what looked to be an ordinary tree. It is not until it consumes a living creature and ultimately a human, did they realize this tree housed a demon. Their world was in trouble, and Zachery joins forces with the king and his guards on an epic journey through the lands of men, dwarves, and elves, in search of a hero. Zachery meets wizards and befriends a dragon in this fight against evil, and for all that is good. It is during these epic battles he discovers something- himself. Zachery realizes to find a hero; he had to be one. Through this, he sees that he is more powerful than he ever could imagine. This story will take you on a fast-paced adventure with battles that could determine the future of the world and forges a boy into a hero...
The Seed of Apostasy
Ian Everett
Comics / Graphic Novels
Jusong, a young Firebrother who worships one of five eldritch gods that gifts mankind with magic, finds himself caught up in a political and religious plot that involves his close friend.Skyler Appleby is just a normal kid living a normal life in a normal school when her world is suddenly changed forever on her tenth birthday. Finding out you are an honest to goodness witch is enough to make any kid think they’ve won the lottery, but unfortunately it comes with bad news too...she has to move to a brand new school for magical kids and leave her ‘normal’ friends behind. While trying to deal with bullies, spells, and potion making, Skyler and her new friends must work together to save their school and teachers from the scary Grogs who are trying to steal the Scroll of Death which contains a spell that can bring back Moruga, one of the most evil witches of all time.
Searching for Sunshine
Linda Seed
Romance / Contemporary
She hires a contractor to fix up her house, then realizes it's her life that needs a renovation ...Breanna Delaney is a devoted mother, a loyal sister, and a grieving widow who always thinks of others before herself. But lately, she's been wanting more. If she can just restore her ramshackle beach house to its former glory, it will be a big step toward taking care of her own needs for a change.Jake Travis, battered by a recent divorce, goes into his job as Breanna's contractor expecting nothing more than a paycheck. Sure, she's attractive as hell, but she's way out of his league. But the more closely he works with her, the more he thinks maybe he has the tools to repair both of their lives.Searching for Sunshine is the fourth book in Linda Seed's Delaneys of Cambria series.
Redemption Seed
J Niessen
Bill Redding faces the realization of never seeing his wife Madelyn. Her life support system is set to be shut down. Learning how to bring her out of a coma, greater troubles develop. The solution to remedy Madelyn’s condition threatens the safety of the colony Bill lives in. Dreg, Bill’s alter ego and a sleeper agent with military ties, gains the hope of postponing man's global extinction.The wizard apprentice Galzuth has poisoned the Well of Mladris with the blue caladium. The Eloen Witches, caretakers of the Three Moons of the Nerinx on the planet Nefelahar are dying, and Queen Halaema must send the apprentice witch Nissa and Darcassian of the Vandorien Knights to find the black unicorn Sotiris before it's too late. A short fantasy story written for the inaugural edition of The Kingdom of Fantasy Magazine. Please keep in mind this was written as a short story for a magazine submission and will be continued, merging into the Chronicles of the Eloen Witches serial at a later date. Right now, I'm focused on the Kurai Utopia trilogy.
Seed of Souls
Part #1 of "L.A.S.S.A (Luanda Anthology Short Story Anthology)" series by Hergy Tomatala
Seed of Souls is a fantastic short story about a new vision on the creation of life the Universe and on Earth. An ancient being gave birth to the progenitor of life. It created emotions and thoughts, and gave them a mission. Seed of Souls is the first short story in L.A.S.S.A (Luanda Apocalypse Short Story Anthology) and the prequel of the novel Cycle of Souls.
The Cooked Seed: A Memoir
Anchee Min
Biographies & Memoirs / Historical Fiction
In 1994, Anchee Min made her literary debut with a memoir of growing up in China during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution. Red Azalea became an international bestseller and propelled her career as a successful, critically acclaimed author. Twenty years later, Min returns to the story of her own life to give us the next chapter, an immigrant story that takes her from the shocking deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of the promised land of America, without language, money, or a clear path.
It is a hard and lonely road. She teaches herself English by watching Sesame Street, keeps herself afloat working five jobs at once, lives in unheated rooms, suffers rape, collapses from exhaustion, marries poorly and divorces.But she also gives birth to her daughter, Lauryann, who will inspire her and finally root her in her new country. Min's eventual successes-her writing career, a daughter at Stanford, a second husband she loves-are remarkable, but it is her struggle throughout toward genuine selfhood that elevates this dramatic, classic immigrant story to something powerfully universal.
First Crush
Linda Seed
Romance / Contemporary
He broke her heart back in high school. Now, eighteen years later, he's the only one who can heal it ...Bianca Russo is happy enough practicing pediatric medicine, sharing a house with her sisters, and dating a decent but dull gastroenterologist who's her best bet to give her the marriage and children she craves.When TJ Davenport reenters Bianca's life after almost two decades, the passion she felt for him when she was sixteen is more than just a fond memory—it's a fire that reignites, threatening to burn down her safe and sensible plans.
The Seed
Jaco Basson
Christian / Philosophy / Spirituality
Revelation awaits, as you journey from the beginning of time, taking in a fresh and exciting new perspective, unlike anything you have ever read.Gain intimate knowledge of a heavenly creator, who's actions and intentions are revealed in a way you've never seen before.Be inspired as you are in essence introduced to a loving God, that has your best interests at Heart.In the Beginning He already existed, He was One! Triune in excellent splendor. For He was the First and He was also the Last, the rank supreme power. All of creation was in perfect submission to His rule and most supreme majesty. Not only in Heaven, but all of Creation was in perfect harmony to His Kingly dominion, rule and reign. The most grandeur design was yet to unfold even before the first tick of time was ever put in place or ever recorded.He was Perfect! No fault nor blemish was to be found in Him! He was Holy. He was also Love! Love in itself in its perfect nature and form was impossible to be retained, yes! Even by love Himself. He was perfect love, He did not create love, love was His Heart. This most powerful force of Life could no longer be contained.
The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds
George Henry Weiss
The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds By George Henry Weiss
The Inroad Chronicles (Book 1): Legion Seed
Part #1 of "The Inroad Chronicles" series by Erickson, Brian
Seed to Harvest: Wild Seed, Mind of My Mind, Clay's Ark, and Patternmaster
Octavia E. Butler
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The complete Patternist series—Butler’s acclaimed vision of a world transformed by a secret race of telepaths and the violence, intolerance, and plague that follow their rise to powerIn the late seventeenth century, two immortals meet in an African forest. Anyanwu is a healer, a three-hundred-year-old woman who uses her wisdom to help those around her. The other is Doro, a malevolent despot who has mastered the power of stealing the bodies of others when his wears out. Together they will change the world. Over the next three centuries, Doro mounts a colossal selective breeding project, attempting to create a master race of telepaths. He succeeds beyond his wildest dreams, splitting the human race down the middle and establishing a new world order dominated by the most manipulative minds on Earth. In these four novels, Butler tells the story that began her legendary career: a mythic tale of the transformation of civilization. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author’s estate.
Seed- Part One
Part #1 of "Keepers of Genesis" series by D B Nielsen
A powerful, hidden artefact is unearthed and, with its discovery, an ancient conflict is reignited. Seventeen-year-old Sage Woods, the daughter of an eminent archaeologist, uncovers the artefact’s disturbing secret and is placed in terrible danger. Unwittingly, she has stumbled into an invisible war between two primordial dynasties of a supernatural order – a war in which she has a fateful role to play in a race to control the power of the SEED.Embroiled in a quest that takes her from the British Museum to the Louvre to the Vatican Secret Archives, Sage realises that her blossoming romance with the mysterious, alluring St. John Rivers is inextricably tied to the artefact. Up until now, St. John has managed to keep his true identity hidden, but Sage is determined to delve deeper to uncover his dark secret and his connection to the SEED. It is a decision that will have a devastating effect on humankind…SEED: Part One is the first book in the Keepers of Genesis Series.'You know that thrill when you discover an author whose every word draws you in and you cannot put the book down? This is one such book and this is one such author. I absolutely adored SEED. I did not want to part from it, did not want it to end. I am so very glad that there are more books in this series. Beautifully written, meticulously researched, this book draws you in and keeps a hold on you right up until the last page. Fast paced, with action and romance, history and intrigue, flitting between London, Paris, Rome and ancient Mesopotamia, this book is a delight with something to appeal to every reader. I was transported; felt I was living in so many different worlds. The characters are expertly drawn, I could visualise each and every one. I loved the way the author contrasted the twins’ characters, how they complemented each other. There is just so much to admire in this book. The writing is evocative and stunning, the dialogue pithy and sharp. I especially loved the descriptions of Sage’s visions. The author is brilliant at building atmosphere and suspense. From the first page, I was immediately right there, in the action. The descriptions are very visual and I think it would make a fabulous movie.' Renita D'Silva, bestselling author of Monsoon Memories and The Forgotten Daughter.
The Wattle Seed Inn
Léonie Kelsall
Warm, witty and brimming with big-hearted country characters, renovations and romance. A fabulous, feel-good rural read!' Maya Linnell, bestselling author of Bottlebrush Creek.Three aching hearts, a ramshackle country pub and a tangled web of secrets.PR executive Gabrielle Moreau knows she has an easy life, but when her business partner claims she lacks career passion she takes ownership of a dilapidated pub in a tiny riverside settlement to prove she can be a success without falling back on her privilege.Eighteen months ago, Settlers Bridge stonemason Hayden Paech had it all: a job he loved, good mates and a close family. All he needed was the right woman to come along and he was ready to settle down. But one poor choice stole that chance and he'll never risk caring for anyone again.Living at Wurruldi Hotel for ... goodness, so many years, Ilse has seen more changes of ownership than she can recall. Clinging to her failing memories, she's tired of...
Seed on the Wind
Rex Stout
Mystery & Thrillers
One woman, four men, countless temptations on the streets of New York. This lost novel from legendary "Nero Wolfe" creator Rex Stout—unpublished for more than 90 years—presents a gripping psychological puzzle and a heroine you’ll never forget.WHO WAS THE FIFTH MAN?The lawyer, the jeweler, the art critic, and the oil-company man…self-possessed, independent Lora Winter has had a child with each of them. But when one of these men drives up to her house with a fifth man in the car, Lora runs to hide. That’s how this extraordinary novel opens – and by the time it ends, you’ll have pieced together a masterful psychological jigsaw puzzle that is miles from a traditional crime novel, but whose desperate characters nevertheless resort to kidnapping, blackmail and possibly even murder. Long before he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, before he created the immortal Nero Wolfe, Rex Stout wrote this...
The Chosen Seed: the Forgotten Gods
Sarah Pinborough
Thriller / Young Adult
The tables have turned, and now Detective Inspector Cass Jones is a wanted man on the streets of London. Framed for murder and hunted by his former colleagues, Cass needs every ally he can get—including a very unexpected figure from his past. While detectives Hask and Ramsey search for the killer behind the lethal Strain II virus, Mr. Bright continues to pull strings from the shadows, and there are dire warnings of a final battle that could tear everything apart. As he searches for his kidnapped nephew while eluding his own pursuers, Cass is determined to find the answers—even if he has to confront the darkest secrets of the history of humanity to do it.
Blind Seed
Olivia Gaines
Romance / Interracial Romance
At a remote campsite in the mountains of North Carolina, a woman arrives seeking the protection of Boyd Glover, the technician known as Falling Rocks.Falling Rocks is renowned for being a careful, meticulous planner who leaves nothing to chance. He thinks everything through, six times over, before making a move or a decision. However, the skills of the accident specialist paled in comparison to their team leader, The Archangel. A leader, three steps ahead of everyone in the game, especially Falling Rocks, who enjoys the life of a loner. Charlotte Worthington didn't want to be under the protection of such a man, nor to be forced into his company, but she needed a change in her life. If the Archangel said this is where she needed to be, then she trusted his guidance. She understood why Falling Rocks was chosen to be her champion, and also realized he was the man the Archangel had chosen to be her husband. Too bad no one told that to Falling...
Fixer-Upper
Linda Seed
Romance / Contemporary
She's an up-and-coming interior designer with a multimillionaire client. If only she could make him see that it's his life—not his house—that needs a remodel ...Martina Russo's career has been coming along nicely, including a write-up in a regional design magazine. When tech mogul Christopher Mills asks her to freshen up his historic Victorian mansion, it's the kind of job that has the potential to launch her business to the next level, making her a premier designer to the rich and famous.The problem is, she's got a nagging feeling that a new kitchen and a bigger master bath are not the kinds of changes he really needs. He's looking for a bigger renovation—one that will bring love and meaning to a life that's in desperate need of repair.Fixer-Upper is the third book in Linda Seed's Russo Sisters series, but it can also be enjoyed as a stand-alone romance.
Seed to Harvest
Octavia E. Butler
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The complete Patternist series:
Butler’s acclaimed vision of a world transformed by a secret race of telepaths and the violence, intolerance, and plague that follow their rise to power.
In the late seventeenth century, two immortals meet in an African forest. Anyanwu is a healer, a three-hundred-year-old woman who uses her wisdom to help those around her. The other is Doro, a malevolent despot who has mastered the power of stealing the bodies of others when his wears out. Together they will change the world. Over the next three centuries, Doro mounts a colossal selective breeding project, attempting to create a master race of telepaths. He succeeds beyond his wildest dreams, splitting the human race down the middle and establishing a new world order dominated by the most manipulative minds on Earth. In these four novels, Butler tells the story that began her legendary career: a mythic tale of the transformation of civilization.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author’s estate.
Demon Seed
Tymber Dalton
Romance / Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Can you find Heaven on Earth in the arms of an archdemon? Bet your soul on it.
Kalyani Martin is a virginal preacher’s daughter. Waiting for Mr. Right is Kal’s plan, which doesn’t include the hunky, standoffish Will Hellenboek.
Will cohosts the Otherworlds ghost hunting show with cousin Aidan Faust. All Will wants to do is end his life following his wife’s murder twenty-five years earlier. Falling for Kal would jeopardize everything.
Ryan Ausar’s job as head of the Firm is to protect the Earth. Unfortunately, archdemon Will refuses to return to work. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Ryan holds a secret that, if revealed, would devastate Will and Aidan, men he once called brothers.
With lives on the line, Kal, Will, and Ryan must choose to give up what they most hold dear. Can Kal turn her back on everything she knows and help heal a hellishly hunky archdemon’s heart?
NOTE: This book was previously published with another publisher.
A Siren Erotic Romance
The Chronicles of Jonathon Postlethwaite : The Seed of Corruption
David S Denny
Deep in the dark depths of the dystopian city of Dubh, a young man begins his battle against a being with no soul. With all his family murdered by the sadistic Silus Flax, Jonathan Postlethwaite beings his campaign to avenge his family and destroy his evil nemesis and the city that has spawned him. Page turning plot propels the story to a scintillating and apocalyptic finale ...Deep in the dark depths of the archaic dystopian city of Dubh, a young man begins his battle against a being with no soul. With all his family murdered by the sadistic Silus Flax, Jonathan Postlethwaite begins his campaign to avenge his family and destroy his evil nemesis and the foul city that has spawned him. Flax soon senses Jonathon’s presence and the threat he poses to his plans to rule Dubh …and break out of a captive dimension to present day Earth and beyond.So begins a battle against time for Jonathon as Flax puts his plans into action to claim Dubh as his domain and its corrupted citizens as his slaves; and find a way to Earth. Day by day Flax seeks out the young Postlethwaite and his unlikely and contrasting group of allies, while Jonathon slowly formulates a plan that will create the Destruction of Dubh – unless Flax finds him first.Full of splendid, believable characters and dark humour, the Seed of Corruption is set against the gloom and misery of the City of Dubh and the deep struggle that takes place there. David Denny creates a novel which is an intense and entertaining story which explores human nature at its extremes. Page after page of tense drama unfolds in a hurtling narrative taking the tale to a scintillating and apocalyptic finale….but with a twist.
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[Lady Justice 38] - Lady Justice and the Bad Seed
Part #38 of "Lady Justice" series by Robert Thornhill
Walt is surprised to learn that his old partner, Ox, has a brother. Ox had never mentioned Lenny who was serving time in prison.
Ox was just as surprised when Lenny showed up at his door claiming he had found religion and turned his life around. He was even more surprised to learn that his brother, the bad seed of the family, was now an ordained minister.
As Lenny's ministry grows by leaps and bounds, Walt and his friends are skeptical. Was Lenny's conversion real or is it an elaborate con?
Walt is faced with the age-old question - can people really change? What do you think?
Time blew away like dandelion seed
Thomas Thurman
Fantasy / Poetry
Over a hundred formal poems: sonnets, ballades, triolets and others.INSIDE — Nadia Bjorlin Exclusive: Is She Back on DAYS or Not? Find Out! Exclusive Interview with B&B’s Katherine Kelly Lang: Her Myriad Emmy Snubs; Bill Bell And His Legacy; Brooke’s Scandalous Sexual Past; And Why She’s Look For A New TV Gig! Deets: Another ABC UpFront Fan Rally! May Sweeps Fearless Predictions! Rumour: Is Y&R’s Cane Tucker’s son? Is Y&R’s Julia Pace Mitchell Out? Ewww-Alert: Part Two of Y&R’s Sharon and Victor! Blind Item: Another Major Star Bolting? Did GH fire Brandon Barash? Every Week: Fearless Predictions! Plus: Last Week's Reviews, Unbelievable Blind Items, and Next Week's Cheat Sheet!
Keeper (Seed Savers)
Sandra Smith
As James Gardener works to keep Seed Savers from splintering, Lily, Clare, & Dante become reckless and begin sneaking out of their hidden safe house. Will their desire to meet with an old friend lead to forgiveness, or will it end in betrayal?
A Seed
Mozambican Writers
Who can express their own feelings about love, death, hope, despair, all the big questions? Can a man imagine the deepest feelings of a woman? A young person those of an old person? These new poets from Mozambique are trying to do this, in a language which is not their mother tongue.Who can express their own feelings about love, death, hope, despair, all the big questions? Can a man imagine the deepest feelings of a woman? A young person those of an old person? These new poets from Mozambique are trying to do this, in a language which is not their mother tongue.The official language of Mozambique is Portuguese, but many people have Xitswa, Changana, Gitonga, Cicopi, or another language as their first language at home. Maybe one day the rich oral literature of these languages will be written down, but to be heard on the world stage new African writers are more-or-less compelled to use English. Here nine poets are discovering their own voice and their own style, with striking originality. They have chosen the title "A Seed," in the hope that it may one day grow into a flower, a tree, or even a whole forest!
Seed Savers-Treasure
Sandra Smith
Two kids, two bikes, and an idea they can change their world.It's 2077. There's no apocalypse, but some things are different. Things like the weather, the internet, and food. In twelve-year-old Clare's world, blueberry is just a flavor and apples are found only in fairy tales.Then one day Clare meets a woman who teaches her about seeds and real food. Ana tempts Clare with the notion that food exists other than the square packaged food she has always known. With Ana's guidance, Clare and her friends learn about seeds and gardening despite suspicions that such actions are illegal.When the authorities discover the children's forbidden tomato plant and arrest their mother, Clare and her brother flee. Clare has heard of a place called "The Garden State," and with their bikes, a little money, and backpacks, the children begin a lonely cross-country journey that tests them both physically and spiritually. Will they succeed in their quest...
The Omega Seed
J E Moore
Romance / Historical / Historical Fiction
After several thousand years of visiting and abducting humans an alien fleet is sent from another star system to invade Earth and within all this conflict develops a love story. Also included is a Bonus from: Twisted all to Hell, the best short story collection you will ever read - guaranteed and which is also available for your entertainment.Alien spaceships come to Earth through a worm hole and hide beneath the oceans in preparation to complete a centuries-old mission. above the submerged starcruisers are tens of thousands of Earth's citizens - gifted people, who have been secretly imprisoned for decades. The world's governments have devised a plan to eliminate their imagined threat from these 'different people - genocide, then cover it up, but first they must repel the attacking extraterrestrial invaders. It's a race against time to destroy the prisoners and fight the aliens. The story incorporates: people with extraordinary mental and sensory powers, a naïve protagonist, spies, ufo's and their weapons, a Russian space station, a gun fight on a train, nuclear weapons, fighter jets, hired thugs, a fanatical military leader, politics, First Americans, attempted rescues, an Airborne battalion, and entwined within develops a love story.
Seed- Part Two
Part #2 of "Keepers of Genesis" series by D B Nielsen
“You still think that you have to protect me from who – what – you really are … But it doesn’t matter to me what you are or what you think you are because I’d still love you…” The SEED has awakened … and so has Sage Wood’s feelings for the enigmatic and sexy St. John Rivers. Despite the mixed signals which he has been giving her, Sage experiences a profound bond to him – though even she does not know the extent of this connection nor how it will impact on her life; placing her in imminent danger. Caught up in a deadly game between supernatural foe, Sage is determined to know the truth and choose her own destiny – uncovering a twisted history of secrets, passions and obsessions; at the heart of which lies the ancient artefact … and St.John. But what happens when she no longer has the ability to choose but, instead, is the chosen? SEED: part two is the second book in the Keepers of Genesis Series
Moonstone Beach
Linda Seed
Romance / Contemporary
She’s a divorcee who’s still struggling to recover. He’s notorious for his reckless ways with women. What could possibly go wrong? MOONSTONE BEACH is the first book in the Main Street Merchants series by Linda Seed. Read the novel readers have called “funny,” “delightful,” and “captivating.”She’s a divorcee who’s still struggling to recover. He’s notorious for his reckless ways with women. What could possibly go wrong?Kate Bennet owns a small bookstore in the breathtaking Central Coast town of Cambria, California. Two years out from a divorce that left her emotionally fragile, she’s starting to think that maybe she’s ready for love again—or at least for a fling with a hot man. Jackson Graham is a local chef who’s controlling when it comes to food, careless when it comes to love, and temperamental when it comes to just about everything.When Kate’s friends set things up between Kate and Jackson, she expects some casual pleasure followed by a hasty goodbye, but Jackson’s long-term crush on Kate means that he’s in this one to win. The problem is, neither he nor Kate knows whether he can change the self-defeating habits that usually send women scurrying for the door.MOONSTONE BEACH is the first book in the Main Street Merchants series by Linda Seed. Read the novel readers have called “funny,” “delightful,” and “captivating.”
A Seed in the Sun
Aida Salazar
A farm-working girl with big dreams meets activist Dolores Huerta and joins the 1965 protest for workers’ rights in this tender-hearted novel in verse, perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia and Pam Muñoz Ryan.Lula Viramontes aches to one day become someone whom no one can ignore: a daring ringleader in a Mexican traveling circus. But between working the grape harvest in Delano, California, with her older siblings under dangerous conditions; taking care of her younger siblings and Mamá, who has mysteriously fallen ill; and doing everything she can to avoid Papá’s volatile temper, it’s hard to hold on to those dreams.Then she meets Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong, and other labor rights activists and realizes she may need to raise her voice sooner rather than later: Farmworkers are striking for better treatment and wages, and whether Lula’s family joins them or not will determine their future.
Seed of Life
D.E.P.
Children's / Art
The trees let their leaves to fall upon the ground and be crushed before darkness falls upon the land unknown by human eyes. Destinies begin to revolve to be revealed through the journey through the land of Malum himself. It is no secret that the journey once meant to protect a queen now embraces the protection of the land itself from the darkness that proceeds from destiny. Beasts thrive to die.Is it destiny that triggers the evil in all hearts? The Vines of Fatum reveal an unfortunate destiny for the inhabitants of the land. The first known twins are born in the land, leaving their mother to have her soul depend on the life of a withering rose. Fortis, the king, has no option but to seek help from the Ape in the high mountains. Through the sky he sails along with two trusted warriors and a vampire assassin. Yet, the journey turns to be one of dread as their ship is demolished. Through the Forbidden Forest they must venture to unravel the secrets preying upon the land. Fortis, Invicta, Sicarius, and Magni take a different path to uncover what once was and what shall be. The destiny lies within their hands, for the Vines of Fatum always gives hope.
With One Lousy Free Packet of Seed
Lynne Truss
Nonfiction
Lynne Truss's first novel. With it she joined the ranks of the very best comic writers. 'It was nobody's fault, this widely held assumption that Come Into the Garden had long since sought eternal peace in the great magazine rack in the sky. Nevertheless, it required strength of character for those intimately acquainted with the title not to take the comments personally. After all, it was a bit like being dead but not lying down'. Osborne Lonsdale, a down-at-heel journalist mysteriously attractive to women, writes a regular celebrity interview for Come Into the Garden. This week his 'Me and My Shed' column will be based on the charming garden outhouse owned by TV sitcom star Angela Farmer. Unbeknown to Osborne, driving down to Devon to interview Angela in her country retreat, the sleepy magazine has been taken over by the new management. So it happens that Osborne's research trip is interrupted by a trainload of anxious hacks from London - Lillian the fluffy blonde secretary, Michelle the sub-editor who has a secret crush on Osborne, and Trent Carmichael, crime novelist and bestselling author of S is for... Secateurs!
A Seed Planted
Cat FitzGerald
Julia (JuJu) Ready begins life in a hard place. Born to an unwed teenage mother in 1948, she is eventually given up for adoption at the age of eleven months, handed over to a couple who probably should never have had children. As she grows, the rejection by her birth mother, coupled with verbal abuse and neglect from her adopted parents, leads her to resentment that grows deeper and deeper into a series of bad choices.JuJu's saving grace and refuge has always been her Grandma Jean who lives across the highway on the family farm. Despite her grandmother's unconditional love and fervent prayers, JuJu grows distant following a tragic event that hardens her heart. She withdraws from her friends, intent on graduating high school early and leaving the small town of Serendipity, Georgia far behind. JuJu's good intentions to stay in touch with Grandma Jean are overcome by the freedom she has at college, and when tragedy occurs, she finds herself without an anchor in the adult...
November Seed
David Nadas
Science Fiction / Thriller / Fiction
In less than 24 hours, Phragmites will release their seed to the world, carrying the contagion with it. Fast-paced scifi techno-thriller novella reads like it could happen today.Every November, in the northeast, when the air is crisp and strong gusts sweep against a quilted sky, Phragmites will jettison their seed in one spectacular and wondrous event that can easily be mistaken for the first snow flurries of the season. But their legions are on the move, quietly increasing their ranks.Two field biologists from N.J. Fish & Wildlife discover a pair of waterfowl clinging to a metal cleat with twig-like growths protruding from their skulls and have traced the contagion to a common marsh grass called Phragmites. Shortly after their reporting to the CDC, the contagion has found a human host, then another and another. In less than 24 hours, Phragmites will release their seed to the world, carrying the contagion with it. The event happens quickly and is known among those who study this grass as, November Seed.
Seed Money
B. E. Baker
Some people have all the luck alright, but so far, Seren's has all been bad. Seren Colburn's had nothing but bad luck her entire life, so she's not surprised when Dave, a possible buyer for her family mansion, mistakes her for a vagrant squatting in the unfurnished home. If she wasn't about to lose her movie-star grandmother's house to the bank, she wouldn't even be selling it. But after he realizes Seren's the owner, Dave has an idea. He suggests they work together to turn the mansion into an inn, capitalizing on her grandmother's graceful and timeless image. Seren really doesn't want to, but she's out of options. Dave quickly realizes he wants her as more than just a business partner, but can he convince Seren that her luck's about to change. . .if only she'll take a chance on him?