Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

Two astronomers have detected a strange, pulsing signal from deep space. Within hours, the US government goes into lockdown, restricting airspace and scrubbing scientific data. Was the signal an intercepted communication revealing alarming plans for an enemy’s military strike? Or has humanity at long last found proof of extraterrestrial life?

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

This delightful cozy mystery set features eleven holiday stories by Meredith Potts including: Christmas Cookies with a Side of Murder Candy Canes with a Side of Murder Christmas Gingerbread Cookies with a Side of Murder Peppermint Latte with a Side of Murder Hope Hadley’s Holiday Hysteria A Not So Merry Christmas Murder Killer Holiday Office Party Christmas Cookies, Cravings, and a Curious Case Christmas Chocolate, Caution, and Crazy Consequences Christmas Desserts and Devious Deeds A Majestic Cove Christmas Conundrum Fun-filled parties. Beautiful decorations. Delicious food. Fantastic ...

You break into the wrong house. You find a woman locked in a box. You die nine days later. When Jimmy Magwood breaks into a house, he's shocked to find a young woman locked in a metal box. A few days later, after he's arrested for burglary, he decides to tell Detective David Hudson about the woman. However, he's poisoned before he can tell the detective the kidnapper's name and address. Hudson has no doubt that Magwood's murder was arranged by the kidnapper. A search of missing persons reports reveals that the woman in the box is Michelle Garnett, who disappeared a month and a half before. ...

The Commonwealth Games have come to Manchester and the city is buzzing. Caught in the commercial feeding frenzy is Tom Benwell, an advertising executive. But the pressure is getting to Tom - too many deals to make and too many lies to tell. Meanwhile, his friend DI Jon Spicer is on the fast track, showing a love for the job that borders on obsession. Then, in the aftermath of the Games, a string of brutal murders shatters the city's newfound spirit.

This Christmas, find love under a sky of falling snowflakes...In Evergreen Hills, Christmas isn't just a season, it's a promise of new beginnings and whispered dreams taking flight. Rachel Turner, escaping heartbreak and city shadows, seeks solace in this enchanting haven. Stranded in a snowstorm, she is rescued by handsome Evergreen Hills local, Ethan Harper, his smile as rugged as the pines. They share book-filled nights and family traditions waiting for the storm to pass, Ethan's frozen heart finding solace in Rachel's vibrant spirit. Yet, shadows linger. Ethan grieves a lost love, ...

Daniel Summerhill gets up one day and walks out of his college class. This novel takes place in the chaotic year of 1970 in Greenwich Village. Daniel is confused. He has to face the draft, angry parents, newly-liberated girlfriends, and total uncertainty about his future. Carefully, he decides to explore being a writer. He gets advice and meets a variety of famous and rebellious people. There is the painter who lives in a treehouse, figures in the music business, writers among the Beatniks and others. Trying to find his self and be true to it, Daniel struggles to write, to find love, and to...

2021 Paranormal Award Winner! INTO THE STORM by D.J. Adamson offers a gripping and suspenseful thriller that delves into the murky world of illegal trafficking and reality perceptions. The story follows four narratives: Sheriff Boggs, Sheriff of CircleGold County; Jake Cahill, a kidnapped teenager; Major Noah Sears, Special Units officer of the FBI; Chief Moore, Chief of Police of the City of Pinkerton; and Officer Hayworth of the PPD. The story follows each of these protagonists as they find themselves embroiled in a dangerous game of deceit and conspiracy. With its fast-paced plot, ...

On every cobblestone street in Savannah, mysteries whisper! When a bank executive returns to her hometown of Savannah with her young son, she hopes her family and friends and the charm of the low country will heal their grief and bring them peace. Instead, she’s thrust into chaos—a crumbling family business on the brink of bankruptcy, mysterious bodies surfacing with ties to her family’s name, and whispers of long-buried secrets threatening to come to light. What begins as an attempt to heal becomes a desperate fight for survival as danger closes in from every side, leaving her ...

#1 Bestseller in Psychological Thrillers in Kindle Store!After years as a homicide investigator in a big city, Detective Sidney Becker accepts the position of police chief in her hometown—a peaceful mountain community in Oregon. Life is good. Beautiful scenery. Low crime. Close to family. Then a woman is found brutally murdered in the woods. The staging of the body resembles a victim found in the same area years earlier. The case went cold. Now the killer has come out of hiding. The only clue found at the crime scene is an origami butterfly with a handwritten verse inside. Sidney finds ...

Check what's under your tree this Christmas! The Billionaire's Christmas Gift: Everything in his life is planned. How’d she get on his agenda? Quint Fairchild, head of Fairchild Films, learned long ago that in Hollywood everything’s make-believe, including love. So why can’t he resist the small-town innocence of struggling scriptwriter Chrystelle Bach? She’s entirely too fascinating, but he can convince himself he doesn’t want her⸻he wants her script. Chrystelle wishes she could spend Christmas with her beloved grandmother in her Colorado hometown. Then Quint offers her a ...

A southern belle accidentally falls for a northern spy in this sweet and swoon-worthy, opposites-attract romance! To escape the bitter division of loyalties in her family during the war, Anna Kate Monroe accepts an invitation to serve as a companion to her spinster aunt in Cedar Falls, Texas. She meets a handsome fellow traveler, whose charming company makes the long train ride west an adventure she doesn't want to end. Even more surprising is the discovery that they are heading to the same small town. Captain Gregory Armstrong has been sent undercover from the north to investigate the ...

Sounds like the start of a crude joke, right? Yeah, well, the joke's on me because I'm investigating the gorgeous one in the heels with the great body. Jensen Montgomery. Now, I'm treading that area between right and wrong, good and bad, where sin and honor meld to become gray.

You feel ecstatic! Until you kill yourself. The Happy Chip is the latest nanoengineering wonder from the high-flying tech company, NeoHappy, Inc. Hundreds of millions of people have had the revolutionary nanochip injected into their bodies, to monitor their hormonal happiness and guide them to life choices, from foods to sex partners. Given the nanochip's stunning success, struggling science writer Brad Davis is thrilled when he is hired to co-author the biography of its inventor, billionaire tech genius Marty Fallon. That is, until Davis learns that rogue company scientists are secretly ...

After an ill-timed heartbreak, Craig Swagger takes, what he thought would be a directionless drive. Instead, he finds himself broken down in the small town of Lakeside, Oregon with no vehicle, no place to go, and an evaporating bank account. By necessity, or fate, Craig runs into the owner of The Chariot, a local bed and breakfast. Jasmine O’Hara, a modest, single-mother, seems to resent unsolicited, unregistered, visitors, and only begrudgingly agrees to rent Craig a room for an extended time period in exchange for basic assistance with repairs and maintenance. In this down-to-earth ...

In the second installment of the Keys of Life trilogy. The violent war between the Pure of Heart and the Children of the Nephilim continues and Cordy and Ash run from Europe to New Orleans. The pair, along with a new ally, search for hidden family treasures to help them defeat the Nephilim. Meanwhile, the Guardian, a spirit of Earth, warns them that their next battle could be the most catastrophic the planet has ever seen rivaling the Great Flood. Jon Lafitte, are reformed pirate and consummate Frenchman, vies for Cordy's affections while steering the trio along the Louisiana bayou to their...

Rumrunners. Secrets. Murder. In the 7th thrilling addition to the Logan McKenna Mystery series, Logan’s persistent digging is about to get her killed. Things are changing for Logan McKenna. She bought a fixer-upper with Ben on the Oregon coast and is about to meet her half-sister, Olivia, who, until last year, she didn’t know existed. But the remodel is going smoothly and Logan begins to relax and even look forward to the upcoming visit with Olivia. Before Logan gets the chance to meet her new sibling, a young woman, Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Collins, is found dead—drowned in the pool ...