Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

Who is Audrey Hoedemaker? It's a question her sister Maureen has heard more times than she can count, and she doesn't know what the short answer would be. Little sister, troubled teen, backpacker, musical theatre coach, con artist, childcare worker. Murderer. A tragic, traumatic childhood casts a long shadow on the Hoedemaker sisters. Maureen has worked hard to move beyond the violence of the past and build a good, honest life for herself. Audrey, however, just can't seem to do the same, careening from one state of chaos to another.

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

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.

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.

When the stakes are as high as the mountains around them, falling is the only option… Rafe Sheppard couldn’t join the Xtreme Ops team fast enough. After all, it was the perfect opportunity to put his Marine training and passion for extreme sports to good use, and exorcise some personal demons in the process. He was ready for anything. Except her. Nothing could’ve prepared him for the gutsy skier who saw way more than she should’ve that day… Zoe Brady had one last chance to medal for the US Alpine Ski Team, and she was training harder than ever. It was going perfectly, too. Until ...

A scarred special operative meets his match with the woman determined to save him from himself. It was just a little accident—but it changed his life. Special Xtreme Ops team, River Hepburn wakes in the hospital to the sight of Sascha—his best friend’s little sister—watching over him. Their emotional bond over her brother’s death is undeniable, but he isn’t prepared to feel more. All he wants to do is return to the line of duty. Accident and injuries are words Sascha Lacey understands, but the name connected with them take her by surprise. Agreeing to nurse River’s injuries is...

This special operative and a K-9 handler must work in close proximity to stop a bomber. They might kill each other...or wind up in bed. After a string of deaths are linked to a man locked up for another crime, Special Operative Alix Broshears and his team are racing against the clock to stop him before another person dies. Bringing in the gorgeous handler from a local K-9 unit makes sense—unless you ask Broshears’ libido. When it comes to the intelligent woman who thinks on her feet, his control is tested every damn minute. Vivian Valentine is up for the challenge of joining the team on...

The mafia, a smuggling ring and the wilds of Alaska are no match for this special operative. But a brazen redhead might be. Elias Gasper’s known as the do-it-all guy. From HALO jumps to calming hostages, he’s on it. When he stumbles across a woman in hiding, he meets a new challenge in getting her to talk. While he’s willing to add breaking through her silence to his list of skills, fighting his attraction still needs work. Ruby Ryan is an alias, but doing anything it takes to save herself is real. She’s used to switching sides, so cozying up to a hunky military man proves easy…...

A woman on the run from her stalker lands in a Christmas wonderland with the only man who can save her. As the lead dog handler for an elite search and rescue group in the Alaskan mountains, Hunt Cason knows stress. And he’s ready for a short breather from it all by spending the holiday season in a remote cabin. Being alone on Christmas might sound depressing, except he’s got everything he needs from firewood to his best friend and K-9 partner, German Shepherd Aries. But all too soon his peace is shattered when a half-frozen and beautiful woman knocks on his door. What can he do but ...

This special operative is her only chance. How can he refuse her? After a major leg wound, Special Operative Chris Paxton is about to finally leave the facility where he’s been recovering. So when he wakes up with no clue where he’s at or who’s kidnapped him, things are about to get lethal. Jersey has no choice but to find herself a bodyguard. Who better than a man sporting enough military tattoos to be his own platoon? She hopes this guy’s as badass as he looks because her family is out for blood—hers. Not only are they gunning for her, but the clock is ticking before more people...

In matters of life and death—and love—sometimes Xtreme Rules apply… Bruce Winston spends most of his time on skis. Whether it’s taking out national security threats with the Xtreme Ops team or just for fun, his life is all about hitting the powder. Lately, though, he’s found yet another reason to be on the slopes: a stunning ski instructor who might’ve gotten herself into the kind of trouble only someone like him can fix. Cleo Carver is used to men hitting on her at work. But Winston is different. Together, they generate enough steam to melt every slope in Alaska. But just when ...

Jenna has a better likelihood of surviving a grizzly attack than military man Lipton. Special Operative and second-in-command for the Xtreme Ops team, Harris Lipton, aka Lip, finds himself sidelined after an accident. Then he’s saddled with a free-spirited hippie park ranger set on nursing him—and driving him crazy with a cute factor he never saw coming. Pain-in-the-neck Lipton is demanding and bossy with monumental ideas about nabbing the park bomber…but he does have enough fire in him to warm her through the coldest of Alaskan nights. While they band together with the Xtreme Ops ...

Their lives are on the line. So are their hearts… Captain Penn Sullivan was no stranger to deadly conditions. So, he’s more than ready to chase an elusive drug trafficker through the Alaskan wilderness. But nothing could’ve prepared him for his untimely attraction to the beautiful, bossy bush guide who claims to know the land better than his military GPS. Cora doesn’t need a special ops unit with more muscles than brains to find the hijacked plane. She’s perfectly capable of figuring out where it went down on her own. But that doesn’t mean she can’t appreciate having a strong,...

She's capable of saving herself...but having a hot special operative as backup sure is nice... Avery Aarons believes it’s fate that she will die by the hand of a criminal. As a child, she hid in a cupboard while men ransacked their home. In college, she met with an attacker walking home on campus. After that, going into law enforcement is her only path to protect herself and others who can’t. She’s never felt so empowered, until she ends up in the wrong place without backup. When Jess Monet attends a CPR refresher course and runs into the sexy brown-eyed officer his special ops team ...