Talitha is a twenty-five-year-old telepath that can read your mind, erase your memory, see your aura-and she's been on the run from the lab that created and continues to torture her for more than two years.Jonas, the Originator, and creator of all Enhanced Beings is determined to replicate the formula for immortality to fully control the entire human race. All he needs is Enhanced Being 815, also known as Talitha, to fall in line and become one of his soldiers. The only problem is Talitha hates Jonas - not only for making her a freak, but for killing her boyfriend, Reed, who had the power to resurrect others, but not the ability to save himself.Unable to find her way back to her mentor's enchanted manor, Talitha hides in Baltimore, but she's running out of hope and is even contemplating turning herself over to Jonas when she meets Carl - one of only two people in the world who have a blue aura. He agrees to lie for her, takes her home for a...

What do you get when you don't care about anything but winning?A confrontation that turns everything into a battle for victory.ChanceChance McCellan didn't have many hardships. In fact, his life had been paved in privilege since before he'd even been born. A Sands Cove child, and a Windsor Academy baby, Chance had always been able to get away with murder. Still, he wasn't the only one. His entire family were able to do whatever they hell that they wanted, and that was something that Chance had always taken advantage of.Despite his charmed life, there's one regret that has haunted him for three years, and not one to let life control him, Chance finally decides to do something about it. Though he's never been the type of guy to apologize for himself, this goes beyond an apology. With his keen mind, exemplary fighting skills, and unrelenting nature, he dares anyone to try to stop him.Nothing will stand in his way of her.HarperHarper...

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...