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Soldier Boy begins with the story of Ricky Richard Anywar, abducted at age 14 in 1989 to fight with Joseph Kony's rebel army in Uganda's decades-long civil war. Ricky is trained, armed, and forced to fight government soldiers alongside his brutal kidnappers but never stops dreaming of escape. The story continues 20 years later, with a fictionalized character named Samuel, representative of the thousands of child soldiers Ricky eventually helped rehabilitate.

At the age of 15, Dieter's blind devotion gets him promoted from Hitler Youth into the German army. Dieter's determined to prove his allegiance and bravery all costs. Spence, just 16, drops out of his Utah high school to begin training as a paratrooper. He's seen how boys who weren't much in high school can come home heroes, and Spence wants to prove to his friends and family that he really can be something.

Captain Ben Monroe has a panty-dropping smile. He's also my best friend's younger brother. And the worst mistake of my life. Or maybe the best. It's hard to tell. He was a blight on my childhood. A thorn in my side. I haven’t seen him in years, and now he needs a place to stay. What I didn’t expect was to find him naked in my kitchen, and he’s all grown up. But sisters before misters, I wasn’t supposed to look, let alone touch.

Two Wisconsin soldiers stationed in Kentucky escort a runaway girl to Ohio's underground railroad while ruthless slave catchers track them. They must cross 100 miles of unknown territory, outrunning their pursuers, and avoiding John Hunt Morgan’s Thunderbolt Raiders to reach Levi Coffin and the Underground Railroad. This emotional story based on true events during the American Civil War is about finding common ground, overcoming ignorance, and fighting the good fight. Soldier Boy explores the relationship between its title character, who is learning to trust again, and Sgt. Jesse Berch, ...

Gary Paulsen introduces listeners to Charley Goddard in his latest novel, Soldier's Heart. Charley goes to war a boy, and returns a changed man, crippled by what he has seen. In this captivating tale Paulsen vividly shows listeners the turmoil of war through one boy's eyes and one boy's heart, and gives a voice to all the anonymous young men who fought in the Civil War.

Kevin is a soldier posted in the dessert, bored with the lack of action. But just as he starts to notice the gorgeous Des, a medic who has just been posted to his camp, they are assigned to a mission to track down a local militia group. Can they work together to overcome the odds? Can Kevin work out why he’s so turned on by Des? He’s never been attracted to guys before, but he can’t keep his eyes off of Des.

His idyllic estate is falling down from neglect, and nightmares of war give him no rest. Then Devlin St. Just meets his new neighbor.... With her confident manner hiding a devastating secret, his lovely neighbor commands all of his attention, and protecting Emmaline becomes Devlin's most urgent mission.

Because it was a time before there were phones in every home, letter writing was an art. In "Your Ever Loving Soldier Boy-Korean War Love Letters" Hayward Thames mastered the art as he bared his soul to the only woman he would ever love thousands of miles away. His goal was to win the heart of that woman and to make sure that Navy boy "didn't beat his time". He didn't realize it, but he had help in the form of that woman's mother who wrote him a letter of her own, a secret letter revealed in these pages for the first time. Read that letter that even the family has not seen until now and ...

Hitler’s Last Resort: The Child Soldiers of the Third Reich As the Third Reich faced its downfall, Hitler turned to a desperate defense strategy: children. Fueled by relentless war propaganda, many members of the Hitler Youth believed that they could still achieve final victory and save Germany from collapse. By 1943, around 200,000 Luftwaffe auxiliaries, some as young as 15, were almost single-handedly defending German cities. In the fall of 1944, the Volkssturm became mandatory for everyone aged 16 and up, and by 1945, the Nazi regime even exploited 14-year-olds as stopgaps and cannon ...

This is a story set in the Terminus world. Karen met her husbands while working as a bartender. As the world fell apart, the three of them made a life for themselves, staying one step ahead of the disaster after the zombie apocalypse started.

What happens when you throw a combat soldier into one of the most dangerous prisons in Mexico? He either becomes prey—or he becomes a panther. For Gal Shefrau, a former Israeli special-ops commando, Mexico was supposed to be a fresh start. A high-risk job as a bodyguard in Mexico led to an even riskier obsession: high-stakes gambling, underground power struggles, and the kind of self-destruction that comes with constantly living on the edge. But as one bad bet followed another, he could feel his options slimming. And what is a man to do when he’s in the crosshairs of Mexican cartels and...

My own people tried to kill me. Now I need to convince this grumpy gladiator to help me. Camila Getting myself stranded, drifting through space was not on my to do list. But when the Alliance I’ve served for years suddenly tries to kill me, I’ve got little choice but to brave the endless void. Now who do I trust? Then there’s the big, leather wearing, pierced and tattooed gladiator who has it in for me. We trade sparks as easily as insults, his sexy as sin body, and bad boy vibes getting right under my skin. But it’s the pain he hides, even from his gladiator brothers that gets to ...

For the first time, you can have three Chloe Plume bad boys in one scorching collection! 1. Douche Yeah, I'm a real a**hole, a grade-A DOUCHE, but I always get what I want. Or I did, until SHE came back into town. Zayde Knight is bad news. He's a typical pop star: arrogant, rich, and a complete douche. He's also my stepbrother. So why can't I get him out of my mind? Zayde Knight doesn't do commitments. He's got enough trouble as it is. He’s stuck back in his stepfather's home for the summer trying to rehabilitate his image so he can go back to being the world's currently most adored pop ...

Second chance for a Wounded Veteran and a Hollywood Starlet. LILY Men have fawned over me since I learned to bat my eyelashes. I was two. What no one knows is that I still have my V-card. (I keep it in my Hermès handbag.) I was saving it for Bo Abernathy. Until the numbnutz betrayed me. Yes, the high-maintenance beauty-queen-turned-Hollywood starlet is a reject. Now I’m back for revenge. BO She’s back. A spoiled brat who’s never heard the word no. Who dumped me just before I deployed. I’m back too, worse for the wear, but alive. She plans to marry a big-shot, douchecanoe? That's ...

ONE NIGHT. It was only supposed to be one night... How did it turn into so much more? Emma Waterhouse doesn't have time for guys. College classes and fun with her roommates are more than enough to keep her busy. But when her roommates drag her out for a night of drinking and dancing, she's ready to let loose for one night and break all her own rules. Lorenzo Romano is the hottest guy Emma has ever seen and he seems to only have eyes for her. Is he too good to be true? What can one night hurt? One night of hot, mind-blowing action with Lorenzo will be enough, right? Things take a turn when ...

Dark. Damaged. Dangerous. He will ruin me. I should run. Blake Harrison is everything I've been taught is wrong. The handsome billionaire is hiding a dark secret and the longer I stay, the more I fall under his spell. We are both running from something, but our secrets threaten to tear us apart. The darkness is starting to feel more comfortable than the light. Can we find salvation in our ruin? Note: This is a standalone romance with a HEA and no cliffhanger. It was previously published under a different name.

Malgré le génocide et la destruction à l'échelle mondiale, la Cabale tente toujours de sauver son plan directeur pour l'humanité. Au Royaume-Uni, cela implique l'élimination des derniers habitants piégés dans les villes, ceux qui ne s'intègrent pas dans le nouvel avenir. Dans les villes en ruine, les enclaves pacifiques et celles dominées par les gangs commencent à réaliser que le temps est compté. Pour certaines villes, il est déjà trop tard, mais même quelques survivants dévoués peuvent constituer un sérieux revers pour la Cabale. Ailleurs, les plus violents profitent ...

F**k Commitment. Dean Hunter I don’t get involved. I was a Marine. And then I lost everything. Now I drown myself in booze and f**k every woman who throws herself at me. All I knew was fighting. Until her. She’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever laid eyes on. I can’t get her out of my mind. She’s also the one girl absolutely off limits to me. Choosing her means losing everything I have left. Is a chance at happiness worth putting it all on the line? Saylor Larson My life has been a series of mishaps. Until I met Dean. He saved me from a world I never thought I could escape. But ...

When Chad Young moves home, it’s not a decision he makes lightly. A former military man, he doesn’t make any decision lightly. But his father’s passing has left the family—and their business—reeling. Now more than ever, they need to stick together. Britt Starkweather moved to Maine with her boyfriend, never imagining he’d abandon her there. With no money and nowhere to go, she accepts the Youngs’ offer of a job and room on their property. What more does she have to lose?

Willi Langbein was just thirteen when the Nazis took him away from his parents under the pretense of protecting him. Their real reason was to turn him into cannon-fodder for use against Hitler’s enemies. Deployed to the collapsing Eastern Front in the last days of the war, Willi, now aged fourteen, and his schoolmates were ordered to stave off the relentless Russian advance. None were expected to return alive from the final battles of the Third Reich.