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Desperate times call for desperate measures. Trapped on the low-tech planet New Eden after a devastating earthquake, Hannah's last-ditch attempt to save her people via a galactic SOS brings help in the form of a cyborg crew in need of a new place to live, led by the enigmatic RH103.Rebuilding the ravaged New Eden is only one of the crises RH103 is facing. He doesn't know why he and his crew were created, how they acquired their starship is a mystery, and worst of all, his cybernetics are failing. His attraction to Hannah is a distraction he can't afford. But her returning his feelings is a surprise, and might be just what he needs before a total system shutdown.

Samuel Seecombe hasn't been himself since a routine vampire hunt went horribly awry, and a trip to New York for an acquaintance's wedding might be just what he needs to move on. What he doesn't anticipate is meeting his beautiful vampire hunting counterpart in Violet Singer.Violet wants a change of scenery. News of a vampire infestation at the Canadian border has her packing her stake, mallet, and holy water to take care of her wanderlust and the bloodsuckers at the same time. Samuel-a quiet, mysterious Englishman who can wield a stake like no one else-accompanying her is an unexpected gift.But Niagara Falls isn't just for lovers and newlyweds. Vampires are increasing their ranks, and Violet and Samuel may find themselves outnumbered before they can sort out their feelings for each other...

Here I Am is a collection of seven stories about loss and our capacity for self-deception. In settings as diverse as an egg factory, a mental hospital and the border of Zaire, these stories deal with lives that have taken a disturbing and unexpected turn. The storytellers include: a sardonic trial lawyer confronting her mortality, a young girl whose unusual bond with her twin brother is tested by their father's incomprehensible act, a newlywed at odds with his wife who discovers the price of marital peace, a teenage rebel forced to reconsider her corrupting influence on a younger brother, a boy whose feelings for his imprisoned father are shaped by seventeen years of contentious correspondence, an American tourist encountering unforeseen danger at a border crossing in Africa, and an adolescent boy struggling to understand why he killed his grandfather. These people share only one thing in common -- they find it easier to delude themselves than to acknowledge the truth that they know in their hearts.

Edgar Burgess has devoted his life to keeping New York free of vampires, and is usually successful at sensing and staking them... at least until the night his beautiful next door neighbor and unrequited love is enthralled and kidnapped by one. Finding Molly McKillip becomes his life's focus at the expense of everything else.Molly has always liked the rambunctious Burgess family, especially Edgar, and never thought she would see them again after being lured away from her home by a monster. Edgar's rescuing her from a vampire den is a shocking and unexpected surprise, and it's only the first one he has to deliver. Hearing him pour his heart out to her is the second. But before they can sort through their feelings for each other, they have one thing standing in their way: the vampire that's still stalking Molly.

All Lily wants is to start over. A move to the city, with a new job in a cryonics lab is the perfect way to rebuild her life. She just doesn't expect her employers to be a pair of violent, power-hungry aliens with time travel abilities.Hauling a pile of museum artifacts in a dilapidated patrol ship, the worst things Captain Rian Marska expects to deal with are bickering crew members and a long, lonely trip across the galaxy. An Earth exhibit coming to life and claiming to be from the twenty-first century is the last thing he wants to deal with, as are the feelings she stirs in him.When Rian's superiors sweep Lily under the rug, they take it upon themselves to find out why she was taken from her own time and what her kidnappers want. What they discover has implications not only for them but for the entire civilized universe.

Lieutenant Honora Kharn lives and breathes the Kurran Empire's Special Ops unit. A highly skilled fighter pilot and warrior, she is selected to go back in time and thwart a plot by the Nym, the number-one enemy of civilized space. When she returns home with a man critically injured by Nym agents, she finds herself dishonorably discharged from Special Ops, and responsible for a man centuries from where he should be.Andrew Claybourne realized too late that the scientists he trusted to handle his final affairs were anything but. When he finds himself hundreds of years into the future with only the irritable and antisocial Lieutenant Kharn for company, it's difficult to find an upside to the otherwise interesting new time he's landed in.Unable to get along but strangely drawn to each other, they try to forge new lives for themselves as they travel through space together. But when the opportunity to go home surfaces, neither of them are sure if that's where they truly belong.

Maximilian Sterling has spent his life doing what he wants, when he wants, until he receives a summons home: his uncle has been murdered, found drained of blood in a London alleyway, and Max must return to England to settle his affairs. It can't hurt to have one last night to himself with a charming Parisienne... who unfortunately turns out to be a vampire, and is looking forward to having Max for supper.American vampire hunter Ada Burgess just wanted to take a much-needed holiday. Yet duty won't let her ignore the bloodsuckers leaving a trail of destruction across Europe long enough to sightsee, including one trying to lure a delectable Englishman to his gory demise. But saving Max Sterling means having yet more problems to solve. Why was Max's uncle murdered by vampires? What do they want with Max? And does a devoted monster hunter like her have a chance at happiness with a wealthy bon vivant?

When Kai and Brya fled their home planet for Alliance space as teenagers, their lives took dramatically different paths: Kai joined the Alliance military, and Brya found herself tangled in a smuggling operation.Twelve years later, Brya has reformed and wants to leave that life behind, with one more illegal run to complete before she can. A random encounter with Kai at Karys Station means she doesn't have to make that last, dangerous trip alone. But old feelings have a way of resurfacing when there are few ways to pass the time aboard a clunky old space freighter...

Stay alive. Trust no one. Save your family...if you can.Frustrated and tired after a long day at work, Ben is just trying to get home to his family when disaster strikes. Stuck in Thursday evening gridlock, he's caught in an explosion that flips his truck and sends him spiraling into unconsciousness.A sole survivor on a burning freeway, Ben struggles to find safety. A decision between the road on fire and the nearby forest seems easy...until he runs into armed strangers holding people hostage.And that's only the beginning.As Ben soon finds out, there are more of them-and they're taking innocent lives. With danger lurking around every corner, he must use all his wits to survive, while trying to piece together what exactly is going on.What he can't figure out is who to trust...or how to keep his beloved wife and children safe. Neither a soldier nor a spy, Ben is just a normal guy faced with an impossible situation.With time running out, there's only one thing he can do.And as a devoted husband and a loving father, he will do anything to end this nightmare and protect his family.

Dead men tell tales when the right person is asking questions, as private detective and necromancer Merritt Sloan knows all too well. When he's hired to investigate the death of one of the richest patent medicine peddlers in England, he assumes it will be an open and shut case: he was murdered for his money. All Merritt has to do is summon the dead man's spirit and find out who did it. Unfortunately, the spirit is nowhere to be found.While Ivy Thaddeus didn't enter her marriage for love, she certainly had nothing to do with her husband's death. Her stepson hiring a detective to prove she killed him for his estate is a waste of time and money, not to mention an unneeded distraction to a widow still in mourning.With personal and professional lines blurring between them, Merritt and Ivy must work together to find out who killed her husband and stole his soul. Because whoever did it isn't finished, and Ivy is next.

They say a twin bond is one that can never be broken.But can it survive murder?Ed and Emmie have grown up under the same roof but the treatment from their parents couldn't have been more different. Emmie is the shining star while Ed is the outcast, the prime target for all of their father's brutality, and the first to take the blame when something goes wrong.Now in their mid-twenties, Emmie is starting to realize just how not okay her brother is, and she's determined to be there for him no matter the cost.Ed is a social pariah, especially at work. When his coworkers start going missing one by one, he's the prime suspect...and for good reason-he has reason to want each of the missing employees dead. After all, he's been the butt of their jokes for far too long.When Ed is sent to prison for the crimes he...maybe...committed, Emmie is doing her best to convince him he needs to fight the charges. Her brother could never hurt someone. Could he?¿¿¿¿¿¿¿When lines are crossed and decisions have to be made, Ed and Emmie will find out just how deep their bond runs...And how easy that bond can break. CONTENT WARNING:This novel contains themes that some readers may find disturbing. For more information see the author's website.

Antarctica is no place for a human. Civilization is no place for a dragon. A solo dirigible trip to Antarctica should have been within Arabella Greaves's abilities until a winter storm takes down her vessel, leaving her stranded. She's the only human for thousands of miles in every direction… except for Dr. Xavier Kinnon. As an exiled paleontologist and the world's only dragon shifter, Xavier keeps himself away from the rest of the world for its own safety. Antarctica is his, along with everything else in it. Including the beautiful pilot that's fallen out of the sky.