If the destruction of Earth and extinction of humanity were imminent, how far would you go to survive? Would you kill your body to save your mind?

Jack Mitchel is willing to risk everything to survive the apocalypse—including his essential humanity.

An EMT in 2042 San Diego, Jack knows he won't survive the impact of the massive asteroid hurtling towards Earth. After all, he's not one of the handful of lucky lottery winners scheduled for rescue. But he did luck into a NexGenVR capsule, which means Jack can risk a one-way trip to the virtual reality world of Viridan Gate Online, a completely immersive online multiplayer fantasy role-playing game, or RPG. 

The transition to Viridian Gate Online (V.G.O.) is irreversible, and will kill Jack's corporeal form. And once players transition fully into the world of V.G.O., the risks aren't over—from cutthroat fellow players to greedy developers eager to replicate the wealth discrepancies of Earth in virtual reality, V.G.O. is just as dangerous as the 'real world' was. If Jack can’t game the system, he’s going to be trading in a quick death for a long, brutal one…

LitRPG books combine tropes and themes from role-playing games with sci-fi and fantasy elements to tell a unique story that's exciting and super-relevant to today's world. Jack's adventures in a cutthroat virtual reality fantasy world will grip fans of Ready Player One and The Stormlight Archive alike. With over 200,000 copies sold, this is one series you don't want to miss!

She’s tasked with forming the first all-female Special Forces Team. He’s tasked with training them—and seeing to it they fail. She’s determined to prove women can keep up with the big boys, and he’s determined to break her—if she doesn’t break his heart first. As attraction explodes between Vanessa Blake and Jack Scatalone they have got to get this blazing heat between them under control. But, as events throw them together in a life-or-death race to find a missing team member, control is the last thing on their minds…

Cindy Dees is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 100 novels and creator/executive producer of an upcoming thriller television series. She draws upon her experience as a U. S. Air Force pilot to create intense suspense and love on the edge of danger.

Lovers of Dees’ high-stakes, fast-paced action will find exponentially increasing tension in each scene and pulse-pounding adventure that will keep readers enthralled. -- RT Book Club Reviews

Savvy Swift’s life is turned upside-down when she discovers her fiancé cheating. What’s a scorned girl to do? Take off in his classic Dodge Charger, of course!

Savvy is just settling into her new home in Wickerton Hollow when the woman who takes her in is accused of killing the town hussy. Strange things happen: a talking cat grants her wishes, the gnomes in the garden come alive, and she must steal back a relic a troll took from them because – whoops! – it is her fault he stole it in the first place. All this, while trying to solve the murder so she can spare her friend from prison.

Will Savvy have what it takes?

Perhaps. But it will take a whole lot of luck and a little bit of magic.

This is a full-length paranormal cozy mystery.

She discovered a body.
He needs to keep her from learning the truth.

One triplet has been murdered. One triplet finds the body. And now one triplet is under suspicion. Zara Hart is desperate to save her innocent sister and needs the help of her ranch’s new owner, a man she can’t afford to be emotionally involved with. Under orders to keep a low profile, navy SEAL Jake Thompson shouldn’t investigate a murder case. But he won’t let Zara lose her life searching for justice.      

From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.

Discover more action-packed stories in the Covert Cowboy Soldiers series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order:

Book 1: The Lost Hart Triplet
Book 2: Small Town Vanishing
Book 3: One Night Standoff
Book 4: Shot in the Dark
Book 5: Casing the Copycat

Dalton

The thing about love…

It’s kind & beautiful, soft & hard, forgiving & emotional, but love can also be blind. Love can twist and turn you into someone unrecognizable.

That’s the way it was for Josie and me. She became my everything. I fell heart over mind, allowing her to take the only thing that I could call my own. The life I envisioned for us was blurred by secrets, hard to overcome. She made me question whether what we had was based on truth or a lie.

Joselyn

Dalton was an obstacle in the way of what I’d always shied away from, and the only way to reach my end was through him. So, I made a choice to get close to him, even when I shouldn’t have. We were never meant to be what we became. I didn’t intend for something forced to turn into something real. In the end, Dalton was so much more than just a means to an end. He held the key to everything, including my heart. It was his to have, to hold, to break, and to mend.

That’s the thing about love…

It can’t be forced. It just happens, and once it’s in motion, it’s impossible to stop.

**This book contains mature content**

College. A secret job. A realistic brain weapon…

College life never held much interest for Lex. But coming from a big and accomplished family, certain things were expected of him, even if he has low test scores. When his friends head off to other universities, loneliness settles in.

Not that he’ll let that slow him down. He forces himself to learn more practical skills and in turn receives more learning opportunities and life lessons than many of his classmates would ever get. Outside of campus life, he also witnesses several important policies that would change his nation and his outlook on life.

Still, college life and summer vacation will not be easy for Lex. When his path crosses with a criminal organization during a routine side job, things grow more complicated. Soon there is real danger for Lex in the form of a strange new weapon that targets the brain.

Unusual and unpredictable don’t begin to describe this young adult’s first year of university.

Maniac and Patchwork is not just another “main character goes to college” book. It’s like a fictional memoir but with lots of villains in both everyday and unsuspecting forms where mystery, family drama, and crazy technology abound.

Alice Taylor was adopted in 1942 when she was three years old. Her adoptive parents never told her about her birth family and even changed her Christian name. Now, seventy-seven years later, she wants to know the truth.

Who were her birth parents?

How did her mother die?

What happened to her missing father?

Jayne Sinclair, genealogical investigator, has just a few days to discover the truth before she goes for a well-earned break in Australia.

Can she discover the truth hidden in the chaos of the war?


This is the ninth book in the Jayne Sinclair series but can be read as a stand-alone novel.

With her tattoos and piercings, MIT tech genius Cami Lark is rebellious and anti-authoritarian—and finds herself in deep trouble when she hacks the FBI. Faced with the choice of prison or aiding the BAU hunt down serial killers, Cami reluctantly partners. Yet when she is faced with a killer with a penchant for Augmented Reality, and with future victims lives on the line, Cami may have found more than she bargained for.

“A masterpiece of thriller and mystery.”
—Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

JUST ME (A Cami Lark FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 1) is the debut novel in a new series by #1 bestseller and USA Today bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose bestseller Once Gone (a free download) has received over 7,000 five star ratings and reviews.

With a list of suspects a mile long, and endless augmented reality dead ends, Cami’s first case does not look promising. Partnered with a condescending agent who resents her presence, Cami’ must find a connection to the physical world before time runs out. Working with the same people that fumbled her missing sister’s case when she was young, Cami must heal old wounds and lean into her tech genius to solve a case the FBI can’t.

Can Cami save the next victim—and herself—before it’s too late?

A page-turning and harrowing crime thriller featuring a brilliant and tortured FBI agent, the CAMI LARK series is a riveting mystery, packed with non-stop action, suspense, twists and turns, revelations, and driven by a breakneck pace that will keep you flipping pages late into the night. Fans of Rachel Caine, Teresa Driscoll and Robert Dugoni are sure to fall in love.

Books #2-#5 in the series—JUST OUTSIDE, JUST RIGHT, JUST FORGET, and JUST ONCE—are also available.

“An edge of your seat thriller in a new series that keeps you turning pages! ...So many twists, turns and red herrings… I can't wait to see what happens next.”
—Reader review (Her Last Wish)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Two widows, six kiddos, and a will that leaves them a massive cattle ranch, but only if they work it for a year.

Abigail and Amanda may have married brothers, but they have almost nothing else in common (and really, they never did get along very well). After their husbands both pass away, they have no reason to interact. Their connection drops to an awkward phone call on birthdays and an exchange of holiday cards.

Until an eccentric uncle of their husbands' leaves a massive cattle ranch to the women's minor children. . . if they work the ranch themselves. A ranch that's located near a small town on the border of Wyoming that isn’t too keen on outsiders.

They're both going to turn the bequest down, clearly. It’s not like either of them could properly raise their kids or find love again in a backwater province like Birch Creek. But when things at home change dramatically—for both moms—they decide to give it a try. . . just for the summer.

What could possibly go wrong in a mere three months? (Or more importantly... what might go right?)

Publisher's Weekly says, "The Bequest [is] an endearing work of women's romantic fiction and the first in the Birch Creek Ranch series. [It] offers a compelling setup as two wildly different women are thrown together in the aftermath of their husbands' deaths. Baker's prose is candid, warm, and allows readers to feel immediately connected to the two protagonists. Baker brings freshness and fun to the story of two 'couldn't be more different' individuals who find they have more in common than they'd anticipated."

Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Pamela Kelley said, "B. E. Baker takes you right to the heart of the small town that two widowed sisters-in-law land in very unexpectedly. Can they survive the year they need to spend there to keep it? I really enjoyed reading Bridget's romantic women's fiction debut."

Can you find love while living on the ruthless Frontier? Follow four passionate romances as they try to find happiness in the dangerous untamed wild west.

Mathew Jenkins knows loneliness better than anyone. Jenny Philips needs to escape her domineering uncle who’s trying to sell her to the highest bidder.

A mail-order bride ad brings these two tortured souls together. Upon meeting the Virginia rose, Mathew falls hard and offers to help her get settled.

Although Jenny finds herself attracted to the kindhearted cattle farmer, she fears that a marriage amid deadly conflict between miners and natives could spoil their chance at happiness.

Can the couple survive a bumpy trail to love and begin a new life together?

Sheriff Jacob Benning dreams of only one thing: being a father. After placing a mail-order bride ad, an accident ruins his handwriting and with it, a chance to meet an educated lady.

He believes his dream of fatherhood is over.

But Rosa Casey, a woman battling anxiety and low self-esteem, finds the sheriff’s bad handwriting charming. For the first time in her life, she swallows her fears, packs her bags, and takes a leap into the unknown.

In the small Montana town, Jacob and Rosa begin to build a life. But dangers of the frontier lure at every corner, threatening to destroy a relationship that has just started to blossom.

Will Jacob and Rosa survive the dusty dangers to live happily ever after?

Dan Mavis, a schoolteacher in the small town of Bear Creek, Montana, believes the only way he’ll finally marry is if he mail-orders a wife. His elegant female colleague, Phoebe James, strongly disagrees.

After having her heart broken one too many times, Phoebe finds herself falling for a handsome educator, a man strikingly different from those who’ve previously courted her.

Just as Dan starts noticing the beautiful assistant and things start heating up between them, Dan’s advertisement reaches a woman keen to take up his offer.

Dan’s mail-order bride shows up at the worst moment, ready to break the starry-eyed couple apart.

Will this dramatic interruption ruin Dan and Phoebe’s best chance for a happily-ever-after?

When Edward James settled in Bear Creek to manage the mines, he didn’t plan on falling in love. Since the moment he met Morning Sun, his world has been turned upside down and he wants nothing more than to worship the Sioux beauty and be a devoted husband.

But the call of the tribe is strong.

Morning Sun loves Edward with all her heart, but her loyalty lies with her tribe.

Can she really ask Edward to give up his life to live with the Sioux? Does Edward love her enough to leave behind the life he built?

As doubts and fears plague the couple’s minds, the US military plans to banish the Sioux to a reservation, taking Morning Sun away from Edward forever.

If they run away together, they can save their love, but what will become of the tribe?

Can their love survive the harshest of tests?

In Bear Creek Brides: Books 1-4, you’ll find four exhilarating stories of how one brave act of venturing into the unknown can change your destiny.

Dive deep into a world of love and passion: scroll up and click “Add to Cart” right now.

Jim has nowhere to turn. His mentor is dead. Millions of dollars are missing. And he can’t remember the last six months of his life.

Working as an accountant for a Long Island investment firm, Jim Garvey is far more comfortable reviewing financial statements than he is exploring the local dating scene. While working late one night, his uneventful life is torn apart when someone burns his firm to the ground. The brazen attack leaves Jim physically injured and suffering from severe memory loss, his mentor dead, and the firm on the brink of financial collapse.

Despite all that he has gone through, Jim is the only person his boss trusts to help get the firm back on its feet. Upon returning to work, it doesn’t take him long to discover that nearly $5 million had been wired to a mysterious company the day before the fire.

That discovery leads him down a path filled with treacherous questions he must answer before it’s too late. To uncover the truth, Jim must navigate the secretive worlds of shell companies, corporate fraud, and money laundering. However, he can’t trust a soul with what he comes to learn along the way.

Get your copy of Shell Games now but be prepared for where the truth leads you.

***

“This book is exactly how money laundering is completed through the banking system. While reading the captivating story, it was obvious that the author has intimate knowledge of common money laundering schemes. Awesome book for those who love reading about financial crimes.”

- Robert Nordlander, CPA, Host of Fraud Fighter Podcast

"It is very refreshing to see Mr. Krepp explain the actual mechanics of how money laundering can operate under the radar which is a key component of this fictional story. The plot incorporates the variety of methods that fraudsters use to hide the proceeds of crime. Readers will gain a true understanding of how we 'follow the money' from corporate fraud, consumer fraud and threat financing to find the bad guys."

- Suzanne Lynch, Director of Financial Crime Programs, Utica University

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Thomas J. Krepp began his legal career through the Attorney General’s Honors Program as a Trial Attorney in the United States Department of Justice’s Tax Division, Criminal Enforcement Section. Since 2012, he has been an Assistant United States Attorney in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law, where he has taught the upper-level courses “Criminal Pretrial Motions” and “Asset Forfeiture and the Bank Secrecy Act.” Prior to attending law school, he was a National Security Agency intelligence analyst for three years.

Mr. Krepp is originally from Long Island and now lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and children. Shell Games is his first novel.

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All of the views expressed on this page and in this book are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of the US Department of Justice or the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia.

When a faceless body is found in a tranquil valley just south of the village of Swainshead, Chief Inspector Alan Banks soon finds that no one in the village is willing to talk about it, except to say, “Not again.” An unsolved murder from five years before and the unsolved disappearance of a prominent local man’s girlfriend appear to be connected. As Banks delves deeper into the mystery, someone begins to intentionally slow down the investigation. When events take a turn, Inspector Banks must track his killer across the Atlantic and find a way to make a break in the case before time runs out. Fourth in the critically acclaimed Inspector Banks Mystery Series.

Intrepid heroines and wickedly hot noblemen turn up the heat in this collection of three historical romances novels sure to scorch up your reading…

What readers have said about these stories:

“[B]eyond my wildest expectations. Definitely one of the best authors I have ever read. I could not turn the pages fast enough. I will definitely find more of her books and read them all with pleasure. I will not even tell you anything about the content of the books I will only tell you please read!!!!!” – Kindle Customer

“This one made me go WOW! I read it in a few hours which technically I probably should have gotten more sleep, but for me it was that good that I deprived myself of sleep to finish this most awesome story!” -- Goodreads reader review of MASTERING THE MARCHIONESS

“I loved this book. Clever dialogue that kept me laughing, delightful characters and a wonderful story. I am not generally one who likes historical fiction but this book carried me along from page one.” -- Goodreads reader review of CONQUERING THE COUNTESS

This super hot historical romance boxset includes:

Mastering the Marchioness
In a marriage of obligation, the Marquess of Dunnesford and his new wife have an agreement not to interfere in each other’s lives. But when his wife unexpectedly shows up at the Cavern of Pleasures, Dunnesford risks exposing his identity to both protect her and teach her a lesson. He soon discovers, however, this feisty wife of his isn't so easy to tame.

Conquering the Countess
Plain and awkward Gertie Farrington has a secret identity as the domineering Lady Athena, ice mistress of the Cavern of Pleasures. But has Lady Athena met her match in Sir Phineas Barclay, a notorious rake returned from exile? He has his sights set on Lady Athena, but will it be Gertie whom he needs to conquer?

Binding the Baroness
To save his family estate, Montague Edwards agrees to seduce a young widow, the Baroness de Barlow, away from the son of a disapproving Earl. In doing so, Edwards must enter the dark and seductive world of the Cavern of Pleasures. The last thing he expects to find there is love, but the Baroness may command a price he can’t afford to pay…

If you like your romances scorching, brimming with sumptuous settings, and full of passion with swoon-worthy alphas who have met their match, then dare to enter the Cavern of Pleasures. Grab this boxset today and get ready for some wickedly hot reading!

The discovery of the defiled body of a local Jewish businessman in a Harbin back alley threatens to tip the city into mob violence...

It's 1932 and Borya Melnikov returns to police ranks after the Japanese take over Harbin and end Soviet control, only this time with the Judicial Police of the new state of Manchukuo. Now he has the opportunity to pay back the Soviets for the death of his Russian father by thwarting their subversive efforts.

Then the killing of a local Jewish businessman threatens to plunge the city into political turmoil. Borya is assigned to the case along with a police intern from Okinawa, whom Borya isn't sure is an ally or a spy for his Japanese handlers. They find their list of suspects run the gamut from Russian Fascists to Soviet agents to the Anti-Japanese resistance.

The closer Borya gets to the truth, the closer he comes to being the killer's next victim. Leaks and deadly attacks convince him he can trust no one except maybe his Japanese partner. Together they are in a race with the killer that takes them to the northern frontiers of Manchuria.

Special District: Harbin: Book 2, The Tigers of East Mountain is an International Mystery & Crime police detective novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It is the second book of the award-winning Harbin Mystery Series.

If you like a story that is full of action and intrigue, this book is for you…

First place winner of the 2021 North Street Book Award for Genre Fiction

A mixed-race patrolman at the bottom ranks of Harbin's Special District police force. A dismembered body. A raging Red Terror campaign. A brewing war with the Soviet Union…

1929: Borya is at the bottom ranks of Harbin's Special District police force. His meager salary is the only thing that keeps his widowed mother and sisters fed. When fate takes him from chasing pickpockets to pairing him with one of the force's premier detectives, his life changes forever. They are assigned to investigate the dismembered body of one the city's foreign businessmen uncovered in the nearby Japanese zone.

The trail takes them from the upscale boulevards of Harbin’s New Town, to the seediest neighborhoods of the lower city, and beyond to the frontiers of Manchuria. Slowly they are drawn into a potential war with the Soviet Union that could tear apart the whole balance of life as they know it…

Can Borya and Inspector Chinn stay alive long enough to solve the crime?

Special District: Harbin, Drawing the Tiger’s Bones is an International Mystery & Crime police detective novel that keeps you on the edge of your seat. If you like fast-paced mystery thriller suspense and thriller crime novels that keep you surprised with every turn of the page, then you will definitely love this book by author Tim Stickel

Scroll up and click Read for FREE on Kindle Unlimited or Want to Buy to order this book now and dive into the adventure…

The winner will be crowned Ambassador's Bride. The losers will meet certain death.
 
When you're living inside a dwarf planet in the cold abyss of space, life is only easy if you're rich. 17-year-old Marishel Vance works as a seamstress - but when she's selected to compete in a brutal contest for the Ambassador's hand in marriage, she's quickly catapulted into a life-threatening struggle.

Marishel hates the idea of fighting for some stuck-up rich guy - no matter how handsome he is. But after her attempts to escape are thwarted, she becomes desperate to find a way to end the Blood Match and save the lives of the girls she's training with. The key could lie in Ambassador Quin himself ... but as she tries to win his friendship, her growing feelings for him only complicate the matter.

As the Blood Match looms closer, Marishel spirals deeper into a world of intrigue, danger, punishment, and secrets. Trusting the wrong people means game over. If Marishel wants to save herself - and the other fifty-nine girls sentenced to death - she'll have to break every rule in the book to do it...

As a riveting and imaginative science fiction novel that expertly weaves exhilarating action and nail-biting suspense with a futuristic death game like no other, Hierarchy of Blood is a page-turning read that's perfect for fans of books like The Selection and The Hunger Games. Scroll up and grab your copy today...

Southern California Book Festival: 2022 Winner--Young Adult
Paris Book Festival: 2022 Second-place Runner up--Young Adult
New England Book Festival: 2022 Second-place Runner up--Science Fiction
New York Book Festival: 2022 Honorable Mention--Science Fiction
Hollywood Book Festival: 2022 Honorable Mention--Science Fiction

• enemies to lovers
• coming of age
• action adventure
• dystopian society
• first love
• opposites attract

The world’s banks have adopted a new technology called blockchain. But is it safe? To be sure, they hire cybersecurity super-sleuth Frank Adversego. Soon, he’s faced with massive hacker attacks, a crisis between Russia and the US, and an unstable genius bent on overthrowing global governments to create a brave, new, anarchist world.

Andrew Updegrove brings a rare combination of drama, satire and technical accuracy to his writing. The result is a book you can't put down that tells you things you might wish you didn't know.

- Admiral James G. Stavridis, retired Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and current Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Andrew Updegrove's Frank Adversego thrillers are realistic page-turners, making it clear that if you're not worried about cybersecurity you're not paying attention.
- Internationally renowned security technologist Bruce Schneier

Ru’s species is cursed. He’ll be dead by his next birthday if he doesn't find his mate...
Ruwen knows he's a goner. His alien species is cursed by a deadly genetic quirk and he'll be dead before the month is out, unless he finds his fated mate. She's the only woman in the universe who can save him. It's too bad that most Detyen women are dead. But could he find hope with a human?

Abducted, ditched, and on the run from vicious aliens...
After being kidnapped from Earth by unknown foes, Lis has been dropped on a inhospitable planet with little food and no hope. She'll do anything to find a ship to take her back to Earth, but Polai is hostile to all alien life, and Lis is running out of places to hide. Can she trust the alien who looks at her with heat in his eyes?

An impossible chance...
From the moment he sees her, Ru knows Lis is his mate. But she's already wounded and distrustful of aliens. How can he prove that he’s trustworthy? If he can’t overcome Lis’s fears, their bond will break before it has a chance to form, leaving Ru dead and Lis all alone in a hostile galaxy.

Detyens are doomed to die young if they don't find their fated mates. The Mated to the Alien series can be read in any order and there are no cliffhangers! Get your taste of these fated mates in ebook, audio, and print!

Adrian and Delanie Michaels need a new beginning in their marriage.

Old grievances have almost buried them. To begin again, they need new scenery. They need a new environment for themselves and their young son, Trey.

They never imagined they would be able to afford a home the size of the two-story Victorian they find in an older, upscale Colorado neighborhood.

They know the home is newer than those around it, and they know this is because the original home on the site burned to the ground.

They don’t know, though, what caused that fire. They don’t know the history behind the young couple that previously lived in the original home, and they don’t know that the couple burned to death in the fire.

They also have no idea of the thing that dwells inside of their new home. The restless thing that waits on them.
Only their elderly next-door neighbor, Elise Hollings, knows the extent of the burning hatred that emanates from within their new home.

Elise has seen the dark shape in the window next door for years. It’s always there, watching and waiting. It waits on its opportunity for revenge. It has been waiting years for Adrian and Delanie’s arrival.
Only Elise has the knowledge Adrian and Delanie need to survive the anger and venom of - The Bound Woman.

- A thrill ride for fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz!!!

Two dragon Alphas upended my life.

I didn’t ask to be put in the middle of a war.
Yet here I am, a mutant with the ability to take on partial dragon traits.

My future offspring could end or save the world.
Which leads to me being kidnapped by the Plex who want to extinct the human race.
Just as I begin to wonder if this is the end for me, two Dragon Alpha males free me.

Mace and Brandon want to be my protectors and mates.
It’s too much to wrap my head around.

Mace is take-charge, no-nonsense, and terrifying in battle.
Brandon is a more diplomatic Alpha with a wicked sense of humor.
They terrify and arose me in equal measures.

My head tells me to be cautious.
But my body yearns for their touch.

This menage is inescapable.
Will it break me or rescue me?

My Dragon Protectors is a paranormal romance with a HEA and NO cheating!

Get your copy now before the price changes.