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Katrice Wylde, ex-Empire special forces, has just finished stealing the most advanced starship in the known galaxies, along with the AI that controls it. This task has taken two long years, but home is finally in sight. Ryker Mallory, her lover and employer, is waiting for her but the reception is not what she expects. Her ship and crew are destroyed before her eyes while Ryker watches from safety. Smiling, he sets off one last explosion to kill her.

The galaxy is at war and Jake Cutler is at the heart of it. With his friends and allies captured, it's up to teenage space pirate, Jake, to go into battle and take down the corrupt Interstellar Government once and for all. But in order to win this battle, Jake must find his father and confront secrets from his own past.

Reese is still trying to convince Laura that the two of them are a perfect fit. Laura has a lot of reservations given the situation and wants to make sure that Mira's birth mother isn't going to swoop in and take her away or change her mind. Finding out what actually happened to the birth mother puts Laura and Reese in an awkward situation, and they need to find a way to work through it together. Reese wants to marry Laura, but Laura is hesitant and wants to see how things play out before she agrees.

For Saundra Smith, life is seemingly perfect. With a home of her own on the horizon, her teaching career set to begin soon, and a loving relationship with her longtime love, Langston, life couldn't be any more perfect...until she's blindsided by news that turns her perfect world upside down. Langston made a mistake - a costly mistake. As if cheating on Saundra wasn't devastating enough, he also confesses to having fathered a child with the other woman.

Who is she? Are the answers as simple as the questions? In the end what can we know is real?

What would you do if you were called to another world; a world filled with seemingly impossible things? Faced with this choice, Davie, Ben, Anne, Chrissie, and Billy embark upon a mysterious quest, finding themselves transported to the spectacular and extraordinary world of Avalon, whereupon they are catapulted into one of the uncountable heptagonal pieces that make up the magical sphere of the Orb of Caprice; namely, the Star Realm.

Reese was a rich CEO minding his own business when a baby landed in his lap. Stunned, he had to figure out what to do with an infant while he had no prior experience with parenting. He called his lawyer, a private investigator, and a pediatrician. In that order. Taking the baby to the doctor to make sure she was healthy and getting a DNA test became priority number one for him. Reese had to make sure that the baby was actually his. When Reese meets the beautiful doctor, Laura, he's completely smitten.

The Box That Jane Built is a short story from a collection called Figments, however, deserves a starring role. Four stories to chill the blood, unless you already have ice in your veins?

Air Robertson was fine with dreaming of the perfect guy, the perfect romance, and the perfect life. But after she meets her dream guy, her own sense of doubt tries to sabotage her growing feelings for this wonderful man. How can someone as handsome and charming as Corey Travis still be single? Air wants to believe that it is fate, but she can't be sure. All the while, strange things have been happening around Air's apartment, from her front door getting vandalized to her cell receiving strange text messages.

Aspiring romance author Courtney Malone lives a rather humdrum life. Between working as a studio musician and writing her books, nothing exciting ever really happens for her. That is, until a chance meeting with a handsome man at the mall changes everything. Elijah Sharp is many things - a champion boxer, a kind soul, and the son of a billionaire boxing promoter - but what's he's not is a man in love...yet.

Driven by his single mother's dreams for his survival and success, Kevin Powell became the first in his family to attend a university, where he became a student leader keenly aware of widespread social injustice. But the struggle to define himself and break out of poverty continued into adulthood, with traumatic periods of homelessness and despair. As a young star journalist with Vibe magazine, Powell interviewed luminaries such as Tupac Shakur, writing influential chronicles of the evolution of hip-hop from his eyewitness view.

Martha Tidberry grew up knowing she was different. But that difference was far from what anyone could imagine. Even herself, in the beginning. What was she to do with that puzzling brain of hers? Except believe in the impossibility of the possible....

Across the room, through the fog of tobacco smoke, Betty notices him. His teacup is empty, his eyes are low and he doesn't speak. She wants him to notice her. She wants to impress. Fifteen-year-old Betty Broadbent helps her erratic and beautiful mother run the Hotel Eden, a boardinghouse now besieged by reporters, keen for juicy gossip and eye-catching headlines. They are there because the Cornish seaside town has recently witnessed a string of murders, young girls stabbed to death.

It is the year 2049, and humanity is on the brink of extinction. Tania Deeley has always been told that she's a rarity: a human child in a world where most children are sophisticated androids manufactured by Oxted Corporation. When a decline in global fertility ensued, it was the creation of these near-perfect human copies, called teknoids, that helped to prevent the utter collapse of society.

A weird dream tips Henry Ian Darling into the Shadowlands. What has this to do with Brett? Ms. Peabody has a plan, but will Henry survive his quest?

On the surface, Saundra Smith seems to have her life in order. As a dedicated kindergarten teacher and loving friend, she's content - enough. But beneath that happy façade, Saundra is also hesitant to love again after a breakup shattered her heart into a million pieces. Corporate executive Chris Parrish is anxious for a fresh start in a new town, far from his ex-wife and the problems that came with her.

Penny Sanders knows nothing about football, much less anything about a second string quarterback named Eddie Jay Lennox. All she knows is that there is a handsome, athletic stranger walking around her bookstore, and she is curious about him. When she goes over to talk to him, she doesn't expect to get into a deep discussion about dreams, happiness, and reevaluating one's life.

Now, working as an elementary school receptionist by day and training as a Jujitsu fighter by night, Angie is anxious to make her own mark in the sports world. After a near win with a fierce opponent, Angie receives the opportunity of a lifetime: a one-on-one training session with third degree black belt and renowned champion Isac Cortes.

Scarlet LeBlanc, a famous actress known for getting extremely immersed in her roles, just wants to focus on studying the Miami Warriors to prepare herself for her next role in a dramatic film about a baseball team. However, when she accidentally breaks up the first baseman - Anton Alvarez - and his girlfriend, Scarlet finds herself becoming more intrigued by Anton than by the movie she is supposed to be preparing for. Despite Anton's reputation for being a womanizer and for sleeping around, he is still rather charming and sweet, and it doesn't take him long to capture Scarlet's heart.

Sara is Mike's dream girl, and he's never met anyone like her before. She's the daughter of his team's owner and the second he meets her, Mike knows he's in love. The more time they spend together, the harder he falls. She seems to be just as enamored with him, but there's just one small problem.... The love of Mike's life is already engaged.