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Earth Government turned soldiers into cyborgs to terraform Mars. After a decade of hard, lonely work they are little more than the machines as which they are treated—until the arrival of female settlers awakens feelings they have almost forgotten....

While paying their last respects to her father, widower Shelby Copeland and her daughter Eva are targeted by a gunman during the graveside service. If not for staff sergeant Aiden Finnegan, they’d both be dead. Especially since they are found again at Shelby’s home. Shelby teaches fourth graders, there’s no reason for anyone to harm her. Unless this is related to her deceased husband or father.

When ER physician Sloane Marshall is called in as a last-minute replacement for a federal outreach mission in the remote mountain town of Coulter’s Gap, she views the temporary assignment as an unwelcome interruption in her “real” work of actually saving lives. Jax Kincaid, a sharp-edged helicopter pilot and former Army flight medic, is tasked with medical evacuations and disaster logistics. She's none too happy about a lead physician who's never been to battle, and the increasingly worsening storm predictions might turn out to be just that.

Lord Sindri of the light Fae and Raerdel Sullivan were married after falling into reluctant love on her part. Now the dark court is demanding Raerdel meet the duties of being the next heir. This new responsibility threatens to tear Raerdel and Sindri apart, but could lead to war if she refuses. When a shadow threatens all that they have, they will have to work together. Raerdel must survive being tugged between dark and light magic, and resist the seductive lure of the dark magic when those she loves are in mortal danger.

Across an empty laneway in Paris, through my hotel window, He saw me first. I stopped undressing . . . but only for a moment. The next night, he was waiting for me. He sat there in his expensive suit and watched. No participation. My only acknowledgement was the look of lust in his eyes. It...

Paul Morgan has been running his luxury camping tour business in Kakadu National Park for the last five years, taking small groups glamping, hiking, climbing, and swimming. It’s been a busy five years—a hard five years—as he tried to forget the man he left behind.

When Pope left our hometown my life changed. When he came back and saw his nemesis's ring on my finger, I knew he would be angry, but people change, right? When he found out I had a little girl he demanded I call things off with Kal. He says he refuses to let a man like him raise his child. I told him she wasn't his, but he still won't back down.

Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Mad by Chloe Esposito, read by Emily Atack. Seven days of sin. Seven days of secrets. Seven days to steal her sister's life. Beth has always been the golden girl, leaving her identical twin, Alvie, in her shadow. She has...

EMT Matthew McCabe has seen it all—heart attacks in moving ambulances, overdoses in alleyways, even the occasional gunshot wound. But nothing prepares him for the man pulled from a wrecked car with no ID, a bullet in his side, and a story he won't tell. By the time Matthew goes looking for answers, the stranger has vanished. Until he shows up again at Matthew's door—bleeding, hunted, and very much alive.

A dig on the border of Scotland sends a free-spirited damsel tumbling through time to medieval England. Jennifer Wilson was happy spending the summer on a dig and putting off finding a job. When the earth swallows her during a terrible storm, she finds herself looking at a bustling Somerforth Castle not the ruins she’d been painting. Medieval England is full of interesting sights…and knights. Perhaps, she could stay a week or two, it would be the adventure of a lifetime.

A young woman stuck in a rut is dragged by her grieving grandmother to hike the Inca Trail – but can a holiday heal heartbreak, or will long-held secrets tear them apart? A heartwarming novel from the acclaimed author of Someone Else's Bucket List. Heather Russo is miserable – work is...

Essa é uma história que mergulha nas profundezas da paixão e do desejo, revelando um mundo onde as regras são quebradas e os corações são afetados. Prepare-se para uma jornada intensa, repleta de emoções explosivas, encontros e desencontros, onde uma questão é primordial: Conseguirão eles superar os obstáculos que os separam?

As head winemaker of the Los Caballeros winery, I like to keep it cool, collected, and smooth. Knowing my weakness, my sister sends in a secret weapon—Addison Reagan—to convince me to be in the bachelor auction. There’s no way I can turn her down. After all, she’s everything I’ve been missing. With her unassuming and kind nature, I am bowing down to her every need, and measuring every moment.