Sheri Tyler had a simple undercover assignment: work the docks at Nobu Station, monitor the illegal trade, and report everything back to Intelligence Command. Now a botched robbery has forced her to hide among a crew of smugglers and put her on the run from the Spider Queen, one of the TriSystem's most dangerous crime lords. Worse, it's left her working alongside a brooding security officer who reminds her of everything she shouldn't desire.Rayan Barr only wants three things: keeping his ship secure, his friends safe, and his pet goanna well-fed. None of those include overseeing a dockrat whose stories don't add up, and who has a mad idea to sell their illegal cargo in one of the largest black markets in the Three Systems. Now his captain has demanded he keep a close watch on her, something his eyes are already all too eager to do.Forced to rely on each other, Rayan and Sheri get pulled deeper into the Spider Queen's web of deceit. And while Sherri might let Barr...

"Brimming with kindness, forgiveness, humor and love and yet (magically) also a page turner that held me captive until it was finished. This is Emma Straub's absolute best and the world will love it. I love it." -New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett"A totally engaging and smart book about the absolutely marvelous messiness of what makes up family; a wonderful book." - New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth StroutNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by The Today Show, Good Morning America, Vogue,Real Simple, Marie Claire, Good Housekeeping, Town & Country, The Washington Post, USA Today, Buzzfeed, GoodReads, and many more.A warm, funny, and keenly perceptive novel about the life cycle of one family—as the kids become parents, grandchildren become teenagers, and a matriarch...

It could start anywhere…At a summer vacation at the lake, just before heading off to college. In a coffee shop, when the whole world is new. In a dragon's cave, surrounded by gold. At a swim club, with the future in sight.In Short Stuff, bestselling and award-winning authors dial down the angst in four meet-cute LGBTQ young adult romances.

Loving an outlaw isn't easy... but it sure is fun!Carrie Ackerman is on a quest for vengeance.Her older sister stole her fiancé, and Carrie plans to get even.But Carrie's broke. All her family's money went to save their farm.Carrie needs a ticket to Montana, even if she must become a mail order bride to get it.The bandits who robbed her stagecoach are evil! Villains! Scoundrels all!But one of them has eyes like a stormy sea and a smile that could charm the devil out of her.She can't take her eyes off Fred Connor, even if he is an outlaw.When the robbery goes wrong, only Fred can save her. But does he want to?She was supposed to be a mail order bride, not the wife of an outlaw.Every time Fred looks at her, Carrie feels something build inside her. She doesn't think she can...

A body in a ditch, a missing wife, money in short supply, and a stud horse wanted by the leader of a brutal Australian gang - Sergeant Frank Hardy has a lot to handle. The third book in this gripping historical mystery series set in New Zealand in the 1880s continues the story of ex-Diehard Sergeant Frank Hardy and Danish settler Mette Jensen, now his wife.The temperance movement has taken hold in New Zealand, and the country is locked in the depths of a depression as a new land war threatens. When Sergeant Hardy and his new wife find themselves in financial straits, Hardy takes on Dead Shot, a stallion from a town near the front wanted by a brutal Australian gang trying to take over the racing world. Murder soon follows. When Hardy's wife disappears, apparently kidnapped by the gang, Hardy must track down the mysterious leader of the gang and take him out of commission.This well-researched novel...

Not even gods are safe from the power of the fabled Doom-Forged weapon.Grim Jack didn't set out to be the leader of Eldgard's united armies, but with dungeons falling one by one and hordes of Vogthar pouring into the material plane, it's up to him to save both citizens and travelers from digital destruction. His doomsday weapon will take him straight into the heart of Morsheim, but once there, even the combined might of the Empire and the Crimson Alliance might not be enough. He'll have to uncover secrets buried for millennia just to get within striking distance of a death god gone mad, and the choices he'll make will change him and the world forever…From James A. Hunter the Bestselling Author of the Yancy Lazarus Series, Rogue Dungeon, and Bibliomancer (The Completionist Chronicles Expanded Universe) comes the seventh installment in the LitRPG epic, Viridian Gate Online! Jack's adventures in a cutthroat virtual reality fantasy world will grip fans of Ready Player One and The Stormlight Archive alike. With over 250,000 copies sold, this is one series you don't want to miss.

*Lucifer has created his own version of the love boat, which means no one is safe. Not even a witch.My crazy witch of a grandma placed a spell on my locket.A love spell.I don't think so. Which means I'll have to find my cursed necklace and nullify the magic. But first, I apparently have to go on a cruise with Grandma.She's booked a berth on some fancy boat with others like us. You know, the special folk—as in horns, magic, and a bit of fur. No sooner do I park my broom and find my sea-legs when the locket turns up on board—thankfully, not in the possession of the annoying shapeshifter.Oz is hot, but he's not my type. Neither is the pirate whom the locket tries to hook me up with. Or the sea monster who gets it next and tries to drown me.Busy avoiding potential suitors, I find myself hoping the locket will end up in the one place it doesn't belong: in the grasp of the lion who makes me purr.

Is he the man she thinks he is?Their first encounter was unforgettable,Now it's time for round two.Lauren Roberts might have mistaken Sutton Wingate for his twin brother once, but now that the masquerade is over, there's no mistaking their chemistry. Yet their reignited passion also sparks Sutton's deep-seated suspicion. Proving she's not a spy plotting to bring down his family's business empire won't be easy. But will the embattled CFO allow her to see the man behind the mask?

After an injury forces Ria off the diving team, an unexpected friendship with Cotton, a guy on the autism spectrum, helps her come to terms with the abusive relationship she's been in with her former coach.Ria Williams was an elite diver on track for the Olympics. As someone who struggled in school, largely due to her ADHD, diving was the one place Ria could shine.But while her parents were focused on the trophies, no one noticed how Coach Benny's strict rules and punishments controlled every aspect of Ria's life. The harder he was on her, the sharper her focus. The bigger the bruise, the better the dive.Until a freak accident at a meet changes everything. Just like that, Ria is handed back her life, free of Benny. To fill her now empty and aimless days, Ria rekindles a friendship with Cotton, a guy she used to know back in elementary school. With Cotton, she's able to open up about what Benny would do to her, and through Cotton's...

Landon ‘Lambchop’ Johnson, Navy SEAL, Team Leader of Shepherd Security’s Delta Team, strong, resilient, proud, brave, highly trained, patriotic, Pastor. His teammates wonder how he reconciles the job he does with his deep, abiding faith. Lambchop was brought up going to church services with his momma and grandma in Pittsburgh, before enlisting in the Navy at the age of eighteen. But it was on the battlefield that the teachings in his youth made sense to him, and his religious self was born. There in hell, while he viewed levels of death and inhumanity that he could not have fathomed his belief and love for Jesus Christ took hold of his soul. He never hesitated to do his job as an Operator. God would sort them out. That was his job. Lambchop’s was to execute each mission with precision and to perform exceptionally, which is what he did. He quickly earned the respect of his fellow Operators and the officers within the Teams. He was known as a straight shooter, a SEALs SEAL, a leader, and a Pastor. When Shepherd recruited him, he eagerly accepted the offer. He found a home at Shepherd Security and formed intense connections to the other men and women who worked there. He’s watched his brothers fall in love, married them, baptized their children. In this installment of the Shepherd Security Series, Lambchop finds his soulmate amid the chaos of missions. Even though the story does continue from book to book, each is a stand-alone story and can be read without reading the prior book(s), but they are best enjoyed in order.