“A YA Mad Max—thrilling and deep, with richly drawn characters and spot-on pacing. With the sequel every bit as good as the predecessor, Dyer’s Untamed Series is a must-read for dystopian fans.”T.A. Maclagan, author of They Call Me Alexandra GastoneAfter the terrible battle against the Enhanced Ones, Seven and Corin find themselves on the run. With the Enhanced closing in, Seven knows they need to find other people on their side. So, when the opportunity arises to join the Zharat, one of the last surviving Untamed tribes, it seems like the perfect solution.But the Zharat lifestyle is a far cry from what Seven’s used to. With their customs dictating that she must marry into their tribe, and her relationship with Corin breaking down, Seven knows she has to do something before it’s too late. But that’s easier said than done in a tribe where going against the rules automatically results in death.And, with the...

The latest book of travel essays by prize-winning writer and poet Robert Minhinnick, Island of Lightning documents his travels from his home in south Wales to locations such as Argentina, China, Finland, Iraq, New York, Lithuania, and the titular island itself, Malta. In conventional essays and leaps of imaginative narrative, the author describes the annual Elvis convention in Porthcawl, Wales; Neolithic sculptures; the cruelties of late 20th-century communism and its aftermath; rugby union; the Argentinean writer Alfonsina Storni; poets playing football; and other scenes. In doing so, he touches on several universal themes, including the relationship between man and the landscape, man and time, man and nature, immigration and war—even humankind itself. Readers will be entertained, informed, and provoked by this series of essays in which a range of subjects are examined for new perspectives and understanding.

Fans of Abbi Glines and Katy Evans will adore Take the Fall, the first spinoff novel from Marquita Valentine’s New York Times bestselling Boys of the South series. In this emotional new romance, passions run hot as a rugged, brooding Marine rekindles an old flame. As a teenager, Seth O’Connor went to jail for a crime he had nothing to do with. He took the fall to protect the girl he loved, but the cruel realities of prison hardened him. After doing his time, Seth shuts her out and enlists in the Marines—until his grandmother’s funeral forces him to come home and face Rowan Simmons once again. The woman she’s become puts all his high-school memories to shame, and Seth wants her more than ever. Can he be honest about why he denied her for so long?After Seth pushed her away, Rowan swore that no man would ever hurt her again. But the boy who broke her heart has become a sexy Marine, capable of fulfilling her every desire—and now that he’s back in town, old feelings are simmering to a boil. Rowan wants to stay strong, even as her body surrenders to his expert touch. She only hopes that by taking him back, she can finally help heal the wounds that drove them apart.

A 10 year old girl goes to visit her eccentric aunt who lives in a cottage by the sea.

It's almost summer on Cape Cod, where Willa Havisham and Joey Kennelly are finally enjoying their status as the most compatible couple at Bramble Academy. When the community theater advertises auditions for Our Town, Willa and Joey seem fated to play the romantic leads. But when Marielle, the dazzling new girl, offers up some dramatic competition, Willa turns greener than the lawn at her parents' inn. With two inn weddings the same weekend in June, Willa, who is now the official assistant wedding planner, has enough to do just helping Chef Rosie bake the wedding cakes of the century, and keeping sixteen beauty pageant bridesmaids in check. When a dance with a Southern gentleman sends her spinning under the stars, there's no telling what is destined for Willa and Joey.

THEY WERE AN IDYLLIC SUPERSTAR COUPLE AND THEIR DARKEST SECRETS WERE ABOUT TO BE EXPOSED...After fifteen years of a storybook marriage and seven children, British singer-songwriter J.D. Borders and his American wife, Maggie, were icons of rock 'n' roll. They were destined to be together, forever...until the morning Maggie walked into their London hotel suite and found J.D. in the shower and gorgeous Glory Fielding in a towel. Now as they face one last TV interview, J.D. must risk sharing the memories of a lifetime with an infamous journalist in order to win Maggie back.She was Maggie Callahan when they met, an accountant in Philadelphia, divorced and wary, but she had abandoned all caution when J.D. swept her into his rock 'n' roll world. J.D. was dazzlingly sexy and sweet, and Maggie had eagerly accepted his life and his friends as her own...guitarist Rick Daily, who'd fallen in love with her beautiful, melancholy friend Lindy and tried to make her happy...and jazzman Hobie Narood, whose bitter past had come so close to destroying them. After all they'd been through, good times and bad, Maggie thought she knew J.D. to the depths of his soul, but his betrayal with Glory was the one thing she couldn't bear.Hilary Gates was known as the "Bitch of the BBC," with a genius for nailing her guests that made her Britain's top TV sensation. Seeing J.D. and Maggie on edge, she knew she had the chance for a real ratings-breaker. First, she'd put them at ease. Then she'd attack...with rumors of old lovers--and newt--of discord, devastation, and dangerous too-close friends. She'd find the weak link. Hilary always did....

The legendary assassin’s life is in grave danger. With the deaths of a dozen princes and a king on his tally, the Queen’s Blade is a target for vengeance, and his enemies are powerful. No one knows if Blade is dead or alive when he vanishes again, but the Regent mourns his loss. Two queens, a regent and a king hunt for Blade, who must fight free of fate’s cruel grip.

In the quaint Southern town of Port Bella Rosa, something sinister lurks beneath the cobblestones. When hunger stirs a centuries-old evil, a demon awakens, releasing its hunters in search of prey. Jackals swarm from the mist, seeking out quarry, sating their master with offerings of human flesh.

The Cartel series is back...and more deadly than ever.Las Vegas. A city built on obscene wealth and corrupt deals, cunning entrepreneurs, and the ruthless mob. The Cartel's plan to open a casino will rake in cash, but comes with great sacrifice. The stakes have never been this high, and rules of the game have never been this hard to manipulate. And when one dead girl, one scorned wife, and one hole in the desert launch a chain of catastrophic events, The Cartel is sent on a downward spiral as they battle the Arabian mob and fight traitors within their circle. Will the Cartel prevail...or fall victim to the city's black cloud? And if there's one rule in the town of Vegas, it's that when the dust settles, there can only be one winner.

If his beauty was of the Devil, and this an enchantment, she did not care. . .Lord Karolan Rakka is no stranger to death: sensual, mysterious and endowed with an arcane knowledge of alchemy, he has achieved immortality. Deeply lonely and tormented by the Fetch - the dark and wanton spirit who feasts on his fleshly desires - Karolan endeavours to resist the brief solace of sexual pleasure . . . Instead he longs for a kindred soul. And when he finds her in the ravishing form of Garnetta - a young woman, both innocent and lost - Karolan wastes no time in making her his own.But when Garnetta discovers the shocking truth about their overwhelming bond of desire, she flees Lord Rakka - and finds herself in mortal peril. Only Karolan can save her. Will he make a leap of faith for the woman he has grown to love . . . before time runs out?The Flesh Endures is a breathless tale of faith and love, and the bonds of desire from which there is no escape.