On a secret military base tucked in a remote desert mountain, a dangerous machine lies hidden from the American public.Known as "The Actuator," this machine is capable of transforming entire communities into alternate realities. In theory, these often terrifying realities are reversible. The scientists in charge of this machine employ operatives called Machine Monks, who attune their minds to manifest single ideas from the realms of fantasy and science fiction. These ideas are then...

The Pursuit of God is "a modest attempt to aid God's hungry children so to find Him" by A. W. Tozer. Excerpt: We pursue God because, and only because, He has first put an urge within us that spurs us to the pursuit. "No man can come to me," said our Lord, "except the Father which hath sent me draw him," and it is by this very prevenient drawing that God takes from us every vestige of credit for the act of coming. The impulse to pursue God originates with God, but the outworking of that imp...

I've hated Theo Thompson ever since he crashed my twenty-first birthday and gave me a lap dance. Now I'm stuck in a cabin with the obnoxiously hot pro hockey player for the next two months.He's been suspended from his team for his party boy ways, and is laying low at his cousin's cabin to get out of the public eye. And since his cousin is my best friend, I promised her I'd look after her place so Theo doesn't trash it.But the more time we spend together, the more I realize ...

The things that go bump in the night are supposed to be headboards, not monsters.Leaving my husband was hard. Trying to face the world alone with my teenage daughter is the sort of thing nightmares are made of, but I caught a break. My best friend just hired me for a great job. It's not anything special; simply managing the leasing office of this very fancy and highly exclusive neighborhood, yet the perks mean I get my second chance.Speaking of perks, my re...

Corner a wolf and she will always fight back.I finally did it. I took that last step, and it was everything I wanted. My relationship with my five mates has never been better. They've embraced not only me as a part of their lives but also my daughter, and this feels like the family I always dreamed of. I don't mean just myself and my mates, but the entire pack. They call me "Alpha". No, I'm not the alpha, but I'm learning how to step up. I got this. I'd better, sin...

Some risks are more dangerous than others...Judd “Judge” Scott lives a simple life running a successful business with his cousin, Deacon. As a bail bondsman and bounty hunter, he’s good at what he does.He never expected Trip to come home and resurrect the Blood Fury MC, reopening old wounds. Being asked by the new prez to fill his late father’s boots as the Sergeant at Arms should be a hard no for Judge. Not only are they some pretty big boots to f...

Welcome to Shadow Valley where the Dirty Angels MC rules. Get ready to get Down & Dirty because this is Dawg’s story…She has a secret. But little does she know, so does he.With a past he’s not proud of and a secret only recently discovered, Dawg’s life is about to change when a kindergarten teacher walks into Heaven’s Angels Gentlemen’s Club, a DAMC business he’s run for the past fifteen years. With no experience, her dancing sucks but he ...

There are some things you just don't do…Don't lie. Don't steal. Don't break the law. And absolutely do not, under any circumstance, sleep with your best friend's son.I've always prided myself on being a good man. I am a doctor after all. I consider myself to be a by-the-book man. A man with strong morals and a clear conscience.That is until a night out of town with too many drinks finds me naked and sweaty with the one person I shouldn't be rolling ...

CRYPTOGRAPHY, INFORMATION THEORY, AND ERROR-CORRECTIONA rich examination of the technologies supporting secure digital information transfers from respected leaders in the fieldAs technology continues to evolve Cryptography, Information Theory, and Error-Correction: A Handbook for the 21ST Century is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the secure exchange of financial information. Identity theft, cybercrime, and other...

You must fall before you can rise...Former Delta Force Operator. Scarred inside and out.In the military, Mercy had seen and done things most people could never imagine. Now working for In the Shadows Security, dangerous jobs are his specialty, the more difficult the better... until his boss assigns him to protect a spoiled, rich woman who never shuts the h*ll up. He has two ways to stop her running mouth, but either could get him fired.Howe...

The plan is simple: fake date my best guy friend.Tyler Grant is charming, funny, and ridiculously hot. I've had a crush on him for years, but we're just friends. Everyone tells me not to get involved with him because he's a ladies' man and will break my heart. He's sick of being set up on dates by his meddling family, so he asks me to pretend to be his girlfriend. It's the perfect plan. He'll have a date to his brother's and sister's upcoming weddings, and I'll get...

I just slid into the DMs of the hottest guy on TikTok and asked him for the most outrageous favor . . .Desperation makes you do crazy things . . . like slide into the DMs of TikTok hunk Gage Grant. That's exactly what I do after my cheating ex empties my bank account. I DM Gage and ask if I can film sexy TikToks of him and post them to the account of my struggling ice cream shop, Sweet Cheeks, so I can go viral and make more money.To my shock, he says yes. ...