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Nigel Shirazi was first in line for the chairmanship of Asbaran Solutions, one of the prominent "Four Horsemen" mercenary companies. First in line...until his drinking and temper caused him to fail out of college and get disinherited by the family. Now he leads the life of a playboy, enjoying a stipend from the family to stay out of the way. But someone is out to get his family, and Nigel is all that stands between the hidden enemy and the destruction of Asbaran Solutions and the Shirazi family.

Russell “Lucky” McCoy is the Vice President of the Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club. He’s also the adopted father of his two abandoned siblings, one of which has Down Syndrome. He’d resigned himself to the life of single fatherhood until he meets Harper Hannigan, the school’s newest special education teacher. Nothing matters but winning her heart—not their 14 year age difference, the obstacles determined to keep them apart, or even her father, the town’s new sheriff who’s determined to take down the motorcycle club by any means necessary.

Bounty hunter Jack Coltrane finds a burning wagon lying on its side in the Wyoming Territory. The ground is littered with the dead, but he finds one survivor, a woman named Bridget Decker. Jack gets her to a doctor in Cheyenne. He discovers the Wyoming Raiders, a band of outlaws, are the ones who attacked the wagon, and they want to make sure there are no witnesses. And now the Raiders know about Jack, too. Who will survive the deadly showdown?

Captain Bartholomew Quasar and the crew of the Effervescent Magnitude are on their maiden voyage - and on the run from dangerous bounty hunters eager to collect a reward on the captain's head. Just when Quasar thinks he's escaped them, his ship is stranded in the middle of a heated civil war in an unknown corner of the galaxy. Quasar must rely on his wits, his charm, and his resilient crew in order to survive the ordeal that follows, culminating in an epic space battle where sworn enemies must join forces to repel an even greater threat.

Join Captain Bartholomew Quasar and the crew of the Effervescent Magnitude in this hilarious collection of short stories as they confront bands of nefarious space pirates, cantankerous bandits, exotic aliens, devious powers of persuasion, mysterious ghosts from the past, deep space identity crises, a runaway hyper-speed train, an insidious computer virus, and a villain with the fastest thumbs in the quadrant.

All three Tombstone Jack stories now in one volume! Tombstone Jack, Tombstone Jack and the Redwing Saloon, and Tombstone Jack and the Wyoming Raiders. Please note this is a collection of the three Tombstone Jack stories listed above. He's a tough bounty hunter tracking down outlaws in the Old West and bringing them to justice with fists and guns.

When bounty hunter Jack Coltrane delivers his latest catch to the sheriff in El Paso, Jack is hoping to take a few days to relax and then collect his cash and hit the trail. But now the sheriff has been shot, and the Belton boys are on the run. Jack sets out to catch them. But Marcus Tanner, the brother of a man Jack killed, is hot on Jack's trail and eager for vengeance.

Bounty hunter Jack Coltrane arrives in the most dangerous section of San Francisco, the Barbary Coast. An old friend needs Jack to find her son, who was last seen at the Redwing Saloon. The manager is a wanted man with a hefty bounty on his head, but no one is brave enough to try and collect it. Except Jack. But there's more going on than meets the eye, and if Jack can't sort out the good guys from the bad guys, he's going to end up going home in a pine box.

I eye the shadowy figure looming over me. Everything in me wants to scream out that it isn't fair he knows all of me - so I do. It isn't fair he's had months to stalk me like prey. Like a game of chess, he's calculated every move. I am blinded by the darkness in this place I've come to term as the cellar. Now, I feel as if that same darkness inhabits my soul. I want to scream, to fight, to lash out - so I do. He has robbed me of my freedom and my control. He will never rob me of my will to fight....

What happens when an ex-cop decides to buy a motel and train young private investigators? When retired cop Jack Heitman buys a motel and begins the daunting job of training young private investigators he gets more than he bargained for. Mix in a serial killer, a house full of alpha males, strong independent women, plenty of twists and turns, lots of sexual tension, and you get Urban Renewal. Get ready for a thrilling ride full of twists, turns, and unpredictable relationships and cases.