Triumph, hardship, true grit...and one crazy dream.An inspirational story about one woman, with one dream, and one almighty driving passion.A story inspired by Australia's first female open bullrider.Grace Lucas knows from an early age that climbing onto a bucking animal and holding on is exactly what she wants. When Grace wins her first poddy ride at the age of twelve but is refused the first prize trophy because she's a girl, it stirs a fierce streak that won't rest — not until she's allowed to compete in the sport she loves as an equal and be recognised for it.Erin Blackwater comes into Grace's life many years after her bull riding days are over, at a time when she has questions and doubts about how her own life is tracking. Employed by a medical research company to record Grace's miracle recovery, Grace teaches Erin the importance of living life to the fullest without fear or regrets. Or...

He'll have to trust a woman who knows too muchTo solve his biggest homicide case yet LAPD detective Denver Holt doesn't know what to make of true crime blogger Ashlynn Hughes—no matter how attracted he is to her. The stubborn writer has inside information that can help him crack his biggest homicide case yet. But as anonymous tips carry them further into danger, Denver wonders if he can keep a target off Ashlynn's back...or if she'll be silenced for good.From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.Discover more action-packed stories in The Lost Girls series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Canyon Crime SceneBook 2: Lakeside MysteryBook 3: Dockside DangerBook 4: Malice at the Marina

A novella that introduces book detective Benny Morgan from the acclaimed, multiple award–winning author of the Lake District Mystery series. Book collecting seems a rather harmless hobby—unless it's someone like Felix de Lisle doing the collecting. He's rumored to have ties to the mob. What's been proven is that he has a penchant for the spy novels of Simon Verity. Some might call it an obsession . . . It's this passion—and a bag of cash—that draws book scout Benny Morgan into his circle. De Lisle has gotten wind of a dust jacket that was commissioned for his favorite Verity title. It was never used and supposedly destroyed, but if there is a copy that exists, de Lisle must have it. As Benny searches for this elusive art in his world of collectors and dealers, he discovers the missing jacket and a dreadful secret that will put his honor—and quite possibly his life—on the line . . . Praise for the...

In this thrilling addition to the Whispering Pines middle grade series that's Stranger Things meets The X-Files, Rae and Caden venture into the monstrous Other Place to rescue their captured friends and save their town.Eyeless horrors. Giant, flesh-eating bugs. Despite everything Whispering Pines has thrown at her, Rae has never given up searching for her missing father. But when she discovers a surprising connection between his disappearance and Green On!, the shady alternative energy company that runs her town, she'll be forced to confront a monster more dangerous than anything she's ever faced before. Meanwhile, now that Caden's vindictive older brother is gone, it's up to him to uphold the family business and ensure that the evil in the Other Place never breaks free. But when a mangled body is discovered in his backyard, he realizes that he can't protect Whispering Pines from the monstrous creatures of the Other Place—because they're...

New York Times bestselling author Adrienne Young returns to the world of The Narrows with Saint, a captivating prequel to Fable and Namesake.As a boy, Elias learned the hard way what happens when you don't heed the old tales.Nine years after his lack of superstition got his father killed, he's grown into a young man of piety, with a deep reverence for the hallowed sea and her fickle favor. As stories of the fisherman's son who has managed to escape the most deadly of storms spreads from port to port, his devotion to the myths and creeds has given him the reputation of the luckiest bastard to sail the Narrows.Now, he's mere days away from getting everything his father ever dreamed for him: a ship of his own, a crew, and a license that names him as one of the first Narrows-born traders. But when a young dredger from the Unnamed Sea with more than one secret crosses his path, Elias' faith will be tested like never before. The greater...

This is the eighth annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the selected year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to reach more readers. The Long List Anthology volume 8 collects 21 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from that nomination list, totaling over 400 pages of fiction by writers around the world. From magical couches to impossible radio broadcasts, from robotic uprisings to rogue artist AIs, from gigantic alien telepaths to elaborate death trials held on a deadly stage. There is something here for everyone. The following stories are in the anthology: "For Lack of a Bed" by John Wiswell "The Cold Calculations" by Aimee Ogden "Laughter Among the Trees" by Suzan Palumbo "The Revolution Will Not Be Served...

I will take this secret to my end. Two years ago, the Guild of Guardians killed my parents for a crime they didn't commit. They tried to kill me too, but I got away. I buried the past and made a new life for myself, hidden in a world not my own. The human world, where faeries belong in stories and magic is unknown. But now the Guild has found me. He's found me. (The boy I once loved.) The boy who tried to kill me. And this time ... he wants my help. With magic, action, and delicious slow-burn tension, you won't be able to stop turning the pages! - - - NOTE: While this series is set in the same fictional world as Rachel Morgan's bestselling Creepy Hollow Series, you do not have to read that series before reading this one.

For readers of Dopesick and In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a celebrated cannabis attorney's personal look at the War on Drugs and what comes next for the drug legalization movementGetting high is something most of us do, and in many cases do safely—yet drugs remain a singular public enemy. In a ranging blend of memoir, pop culture, policy critique, and social analysis, LA-based criminal defense attorney Allison Margolin explores why—and what we can do about it.Informed by Margolin’s experiences as a drug user, advocate, and the daughter of California’s most renowned (and infamous) cannabis attorney, Just Dope offers a look at where our current drug policy fails. It exposes the true history of drug prohibition in the United States, sharing why it started, how it evolved, and where it stands now. And it looks unflinchingly at the false dichotomy between “good” drugs and “bad” drugs and Margolin’s...