A battered but undefeated AllianceA war they cannot win by forceA plan to turn the tide of historyFor two years, the Castle Federation and the Alliance of Free Stars have stood against Marshal James Walkingstick of the Terran Commonwealth and his mission of conquest. Battles have been won and lost, worlds have died, and soldiers like Admiral Kyle Roberts have been forged on the anvil of war.But the Alliance cannot win. The Commonwe...

You help wipe out the crime lords of a city, and suddenly those in power want you dead or gone. The city's council just needs to figure out how to get him to leave.His axe finished, Skharr needed to deal with getting the prized relic to the DeathEater clan. He decided to exchange a favor, for a favor. The timing couldn't be better.No gods to deal with, Skharr has to undertake safely moving a young dwarf back to his family's cla...

Conor Malachi presents Book 3 in the Event Horizon series.

The Secrets of Story is a revolutionary and comprehensive writing guide for the 21st Century, focused on clever ways to get an audience to fully identify with an all-too-human hero. Authors will learn to how to cut through pop culture noise and win over a jaded modern audience by rediscovering the heart of writing: shaping stories that ring true to our shared understanding of human nature. Providing conversational advice that spans multiple disciplines—from fiction to film to crea...

In the era of mass incarceration, over 600,000 people are released from federal or state prison each year, with many returning to chaotic living environments rife with violence. In these circumstances, how do former prisoners navigate reentering society? In Homeward, sociologist Bruce Western examines the tumultuous first year after release from prison. Drawing from in-depth interviews with over one hundred individuals, he describes the lives of the formerly incarcerated and demon...

**This big-city girl is ready for Serendipity.**But is Serendipity ready for her?No sane woman breaks off an engagement to an extremely handsome, rich man, right? But Nicole Farnsworth is tired of being the good daughter, and she’s sick of being her fiancé’s arm-candy. So she flees to Serendipity. She can’t think of a better place to find some peace and figure out what comes next.“Next” shouldn’t include falling for the man who once slapped handcuf...

A kidnapper on the loose, and a brother hell-bent on revenge.Fifty million dollars. That's how much my sister's freedom cost.She's moved on. I haven't. I think about the horror of her kidnapping every day. Every hour. Every goddamn second.Someone has to pay.Yet despite my relentless searching, each road leads to a dead end. Until a chance meeting with my secret high school crush changes everything. She promises answers where I only have ques...

My life was ordinary, but never boring. That is, until a colossal tower landed smack-dab in the middle of the city. What should have followed was mass panic and hysteria, but I never got to that part. Why? Simple. I was taken along with 99,999 other people from Earth and dropped onto an unknown world.Strange beings appeared before us—floating, featureless figures that call themselves demi-gods. They ruled this place, this fantastical world called Gaea. The reason w...

She won’t let any man stake a claim—but for him she might make an exception.Nash Barron may be cynical toward love but he still intends to enjoy his brother’s wedding. Especially when a beautiful woman lays a surprise kiss on him that tempts his resolve. But Kelly Moss is the last woman he should want considering her complex connection to his family.That kiss, though… it’s still taunting him days later.Kelly has learned a lot about herself ...

Carrie Bohlig and Craig Clickner started side hustles to make their lives better—to break free from the limitations of corporate America and have more time with their kids and each other. Today, they're entrepreneurs who have built multiple thriving businesses and helped thousands of people through mentoring, coaching, and sharing their insights across the globe.In So You Want to Start a Side Hustle, you'll learn all the secrets of their successes: Through real-life storie...

If you dont have gray you dont get to play! Eric Summers gives us the men you want to call Daddy and the boys who are the lucky ones in a collection by the most popular writers in gay erotica.The mature man knows how to make love slow and steady wins the race. Do you want to be wined and dined? Do you want to be dominated by a hot man with graying temples? Do you like a real man? Do you have daddy fantasies? If you answered yes to any of these questions then what are you waiting for? Open ...

Hollywood's script guru teaches you how to write a screenplay in "the 'bible' of screenwriting" (The New York Times)—now celebrating forty years of screenwriting success!Syd Field's books on the essential structure of emotionally satisfying screenplays have ignited lucrative careers in film and television since 1979. In this revised edition of his premiere guide, the underpinnings of successful onscreen narratives are reve...