This collection of twelve short stories and one essay by Vietnamese writers reveals the tragic legacy of Agent Orange and raises troubling moral questions about the physical, spiritual, and environmental consequences of war.Between 1962 and 1971, the U.S. military sprayed approximately twenty million gallons of Agent Orange and other chemical defoliants on Vietnam and Laos, exposing combatants and civilians from both sides to the deadly contaminant dioxin. Many of the exposed, and ...

Did the Christian Church rewrite history?In the midst of her research on the historical Jesus, scholar Lena Einhorn stumbled upon a surprising find. While reading through narratives of the Jewish revolt by first-century historian Flavius Josephus, Einhorn encountered a number of similarities to the Bible. These parallels-all limited to a short period of time-include an unnamed and mysterious messianic leader strikingly similar to the Jesus described in the Gospels-...

Harlequin Intrigue brings you three full-length stories in one collection! Dive into action-packed stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Solve the crime and deliver justice at all costs.SMOKY MOUNTAINS MYSTERYby Lena DiazWhile Lance Cabrera’s company, Unfinished Business, specializes in solving cold cases, he has no interest in the one officer Keira Sloane brings them. If Keira discovers Lance knew the murder victim, t...

In 2195, GreenCorps controls the arid western lands of the former United States. They regulate water and sell only terminator seeds-forcing ongoing dependence on the corporation.Elsa has the key to the Doomsday seed bunkers; taking it north to Canada is the only way to ensure its safety.The rebels send help, but her group is betrayed before their departure. Fleeing in the night, Elsa and her friends disappear into the mountains, only one step ahead of GtreenCorps soldiers.

A shocking act of violence tore them apart.Now they must join forces to find answers…Peyton Sterling is determined to prove her brother’s innocence. Despite her volatile past with U.S. Marshal Colin McKenzie, she knows she needs his help to discover the truth. But secrets in Peyton’s family could prove to be more dangerous than anything they've faced before.

**To rescue the son he never knewHe’ll protect the woman he can’t forget.**Six years ago, First Daughter Harper Manning destroyed Gage Bishop’s Secret Service career. Now his beautiful charge is back with shocking news: their baby lived and is being held hostage. Gage vows to find and protect the child, even as Harper threatens his professional restraint. As they peel back the layers to get to the truth, can they also uncover why their baby’s life became such a gut-wrenchin...

This “claustrophobic and dark” sci-fi thriller debut is “full of twisting ship corridors and unreliable characters” as it explores AI ethics and the effects of climate change (Kirkus Reviews).Aboard a ship manned by humans and androids, one doctor must discover the source of her crew’s madness—or risk succumbing to it herself.Misanthropic psychologist Dr. Grace Park is placed on the Deucalion, a survey ship headed to an icy planet in an unexplored galaxy. Her purpose is to ...

A SWAT officer in small-town Tennessee will do anything to protect an innocent woman targeted for murder in this Southern romantic thriller.It can't be a coincidence that in the past twenty-four hours, three different thugs have tried to kill or abduct Ashley Parrish. Sexy SWAT team leader Dillon Gray saved her, but now he wonders why someone would want to murder the beautiful accountant—and why he finds her so infuriatingly attractive.Then the FBI comes afte...

ALICE is the third book in the Rogue Angels MC series by USA Today Bestselling Author Lena Bourne. HEA Guaranteed!AliceHe thinks he knows me. He sees the tough Sarge of the Rogue Angels MC—the one who keeps her crew in line, handles the heat, and never backs down. What he doesn’t see is the girl I used to be… the one who learned too early that monsters sometimes wear collars and call themselves holy.I found him—the priest who stole my child...

Be careful what you wish for . . .Living in poverty in the Kentish marshes, young Kate dreams of a life of abundance and riches in the castle that towers over her village. So when the beautiful Lady Evelyn descends, requesting Kate to be her personal maidservant at the castle, it looks like the first stage of a dream come true.But there are blackhearted men to contend with, evil in thought and deed, and they have a sophistication well beyond that of anyone ...

Episode Three of the Not Looking for Love series. For the full enjoyment of the series please start with Not Looking for Love Episode One, as this is an ongoing series. Secrets have a way of messing everything up.Very little made sense in Gail's life before, and now nothing does. She's not even sure how to begin picking up the pieces of her life, let alone start putting them back together. But perhaps things just need to get worse before they get bet...

A second mystery for thirteen-year-old Agatha Oddly – a bold, determined heroine, and the star of this stylish new detective series.Agatha Oddlow’s set to become the youngest member of the Gatekeepers’ Guild, but before that, she’s got a mystery to solve!There’s been a murder at the British Museum and, although the police are investigating, Agatha suspects that they’re missing a wider plot going on below London – a plot involving a disused Tube station, a huge fireworks dis...