She has died before. He has waited centuries for her to return.Elowen is photographing an abandoned warehouse when an electrical fire traps her inside. She wakes hours later in the arms of a mysterious stranger with eyes like banked coals. His name is Ash, and he calmly informs her that she has died and been reborn many times across the centuries. Every life has brought her back to him.According to Ash, Elowen is his immortal mate, part of a supernatural bond forged through...

Hill Country Ball traces the vibrant emergence of baseball in a unique corner of the American West, where German settlers transformed the national pastime into a Sunday tradition. From the post–Civil War era through the trials of the Great Depression, town ball flourished in communities like Fredericksburg, Boerne, Kerrville, and Comfort, creating a cultural bedrock that melded athletic competition with social affairs and community picnics.In the 1930s, fierce rivalries ig...

BETWEEN TIDE AND SHOREBy Elizabeth ButlerHe belongs to the sea. She accidentally becomes the one thing keeping him on land.Finn is a selkie, a mythical shapeshifter who can move between human and seal forms. After rebellious teenage years spent living among humans, Finn knows their world all too well—and he hates it. To him, humans are destructive, controlling, short-sighted, and dangerously careless with the ocean he calls home.Then Lena Voss finds somethin...

Fifty essential works, one sweeping introduction to the world's greatest storytellers. This first volume gathers Jane Austen's social wit, Charles Dickens's unforgettable characters, Fyodor Dostoevsky's psychological depth, Victor Hugo's romantic grandeur, Herman Melville's seafaring epic, and Edgar Allan Poe's dark imagination alongside giants from Cervantes to Tolstoy, the Bronte sisters to Shakespeare. Spanning centuries and continents, from the Spanish Golden Age to Gothic romance, Vic...

**Includes a new introduction by Kristofer Goldsmith, the nation’s most recognized authority on the targeting of American troops and veterans with disinformation and extremist recruiting efforts.Updated with fresh material, this edition brings the prophetic warnings of the 2-time Medal of Honor recipient to a new generation."A short, blunt, and extremely vigorous blast." —The New York Times**Smedley Butler, a retired Marine Corps major general and the most ...

Expelled is an award-winning drama comedy that unfolds over an explosive week in a privileged South African family.Lou and Rich have staked everything on their son Alex: he has a place at an elite boys' school, is popular, and is on the first rugby team. His status seems untouchable until a reckless moment with the wrong friends is caught on camera and goes viral.Overnight, reputations shatter, secrets erupt, and the family fractures. Teenage impulsiveness spirals ...

For fourteen years, alpha wolf Jason has stood in the shadows, watching his partially marked mate, Cadence, live her life without him. Bound by duty and guilt, he's pushed her away, but now circumstances force his hand. He must break through the wall of buried memories that keep them apart—before another wolf steps in to claim her.Cadence has loved Jason with every beat of her heart for as long as she can remember, but his rejection has left her drowning in anger and shame. No othe...

Jacob Payne, bounty hunter, is on the trail in the Arizona Territory.The town of San Adrian has been taken over by an outlaw, a wife-murderer, and violent man who won't succumb to Jacob's usual methods.He must protect the sheriff's widow, the townspeople, and himself all while unmasking this despicable character.If you love traditional westerns, with noble men fighting for what's right, you're going to love Jacob Payne.This novella is 15,000 words and can be...

Sable Quinn just inherited a fortune.Unfortunately, the fortune comes with a dragon.Twenty-eight-year-old Sable is unemployed, practical, sarcastic, and definitely not looking for adventure. Then she inherits a mysterious stone vault from a great-uncle she barely knew, along with an iron key and one warning:Don't open it after dark.Naturally, she does.Inside is a legendary dragon's hoard filled with mountains of gold, priceless jewels, and ancient ar...

A mortal caught in the crossfire of ancient monsters. A forgotten deity who reclaims his throne. To survive the coming darkness, she must place her faith in a force that could either save her—or burn the world to ashes.

When fire tears through her family's century-old distillery, Wren Ashworth is left fighting for everything her ancestors built — and confronting a truth she never saw coming.

"One of the BEST FRIENDS TO LOVERS romance reads!" - Lamplight Review and PromotionsHe's the hottest handyman on TV, but only wants his best friend.Kit Carlyle isn't just some woman. Beautiful? Yep. Seductive? Damn straight. She's also my best friend...and my co-worker. But, hell, I'm a guy with a pulse. Every once in a while, I take a look and think filthy things about her that maybe I shouldn't.But when her cousin dies and leaves...