Piracy isn't all that different from business. Except the wrong move doesn't get you fired; it gets you dead.When a routine raid turns out to be a trap, business executive-turned-pirate Sam Yeager learns that someone wants him and his crew dead. If he's going to remain the captain of his uncommon crew, he needs to find out who set the trap and teach everyone involved what giving no quarter really means.Piracy is a take-no-prisoners proposition. Will the Gen...

When Holly Burke saw who she'd drawn for Secret Santa, she knew she had to do something to make it special. It was Christmas, after all, and if anyone deserved some extra Christmas cheer, it was Mo Davy.

I've rebuilt my life from the ground up. My business is thriving, my best friends and family stand by my side, and I'm healing, day by day, from a devastating breakup. I don't need love. I don't need distractions. I want a sweet, simple life.Then there's Beau "Big Daddy" Boone. Tall, dark, devastatingly handsome, a professional football player, and a single dad who worships his little girl, he's everything women dream about. But not me. At least, that's what I tell myself....

When Quinn Haavik arrives in Newport Beach for the city's annual holiday market, all she's expecting is a week of sun and sand and a few good days of business. Christmas magic was nowhere on her radar until she crosses paths with Nora Kile and finds herself knocked off her feet. One look into Nora's eyes is all it takes for Quinn to be hooked, but time is not on her side. Will the magic she found on the sunny shores of Newport slip through her fingers, or will she be able to find a way to ...

The next in the BRAND NEW thrilling, action-packed House of Mercia series from BESTSELLER MJ Porter. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Matthew HarffyThis is Mercia.The year is 758.In the space of just a few months, two kings have fallen.Now the royal helm stands unclaimed, and ambitious men across the kingdom believe it should be theirs.King Æthelbald is dead. So too is the man chosen to succeed him. Though Off...

The storm is coming. Now the search begins.Erann has vanished.One moment he is standing beside Sereh on the ice fields of Vatna Jokull; the next, he is gone without a trace.Refusing to abandon hope, Sereh follows the dragonpath to a hidden mountain sanctuary where ancient secrets, forgotten histories and dangerous prophecies lie buried beneath the stone.But answers are hard to find, and with each day that passes, the memory of who Erann even...

An exciting dark and steamy futuristic urban fantasy series from RITA® Award nominated author M.J. Scott.My mother was a wicked witch. Turns out my dad wasn’t so great either. I’ve paid for their choices and I use my magic for good. But that doesn’t mean the darker side of the magical world will leave me alone…After thwarting my father’s attempts to summon a demon, I thought I’d finally have some peace and quiet. But my sister has ...

ClaudiaI swore I would never fall for another hockey player. Not after a fling turned into a pregnancy, and when I offered him a chance to walk away, he took it. I can raise my daughter alone. I'd been raising myself for years. PhD completed and a job lined up, I didn't need him or his money. She was almost four months old when he demanded to meet her in New York. I flew out, only to find he had forgotten to book the hotel room he promised, and every room in the ci...

Janavi is a merperson and the ambassador between her people and the land walkers of Ember—a role she inherited upon claiming her true gender. When she takes custody of a human for Ember's council, she expects to have some fun at his expense.But an enemy pod tries to seize her family's home, and they are forced to fight for survival at all costs. Janavi is caught between the needs of her pod and navigating the politics of the land walkers.Now Ember, the land itself, has star...

Hideaways is divided into four parts: pain, love, dreams, and ending; because that's the shape a life tends to take. We start in the dark, learning how to carry what hurts. We find love, for others, and slowly, painstakingly, for ourselves. We return to the dreams we almost let go of. And we find a way to make peace with our ending, whatever it may look like. This isn't a collection about having it all figured out. It's about still standing after all the times you weren't sure you would. I...

Jillian: My whole life, I've been a planner. Every aspiration I've ever had was on a spreadsheet, chart, or graph that flowed from one step to the next, all leading to my goal. I, Jillian Hart, younger sister of two professional athletes, would be the first in my family to hold a Doctorate. After graduating with honors in both of my majors, I was sure I'd soar to the top of all the acceptance lists of my dream colleges. When I received my first acceptance letter t...

The autonomous supply chain is the emerging attack surface of the next decade. When AI decisions can drive physical action, the execution perimeter becomes the new security boundary. Explore the threat chain across the physical–digital convergence through a practical approach to implementation, with 17 customizable artifacts from the ASCR blueprint to turn security strategy into action.Key FeaturesMap the new attack surface from agentic decisions to physical con...