Family Operas

From the bestselling author of The Notebook comes a moving tale of redemption and first love when a rebellious teenager decides to spend the summer with her estranged father. “Raw emotion, young love, family angst, and—ultimately—sweet resolution.” ―BookPage Seventeen-year-old Veronica...

Stranded on a dead planet with her mortal enemy, a spy must survive and uncover a conspiracy in the first book of an epic space opera trilogy by an award-winning author of The Protectorate series. "A body-hopping, zombie-popping rock licking good time." —Emily Skrutskie, author of Bonds of...

He hauls anything. He leaves no one behind. Captain Tam Kincannon runs an old freighter on the ragged edge of human space, where news travels only as fast as a ship can fly and the nearest marshal is five days away. So when a struggling miners' co-op on the ice moon Cauldry needs nine tonnes of blasting charges delivered, and every other hauler in the system is too scared of the Tessaly Combine to take the job, Tam signs the contract. A contract is a promise. Keeping this one will mean a sabotage attempt before he even leaves dock, a night raid on a frozen landing pad, a canyon rigged to ...

The spellbinding series continues. Following the bestselling The Seven Sisters, The Storm Sister is the second Instalment in Lucinda Riley's epic saga of love and loss, inspired by the mythology of the Seven Sisters constellation. Read by Hattie Morahan (The Burning Chambers, Girl with a Pearl...

My husband has been taking his ex-wife on luxury vacations for our entire marriage. Eight years of "fishing trips with the boys." Eight years of king suites, champagne, and oceanfront dinners at a resort he told me we couldn't afford, because he had to reinvest in the business — while I slept on a saggy mattress at his family's lake house and got told Barbados was "too expensive." He doesn't know I discovered his affair. He doesn't know I booked a room at the same resort. And he definitely doesn't think I remember the infidelity clause in the prenup he made me sign — the one that says ...

Luke Blackburn had a peaceful job as an Airport Director in an out-of-the-way community in central Nevada. He wanted to live quietly and let old scars heal. But then a spaceship landed. The lone occupant, a guy named Sam, gave Luke the keys and said it was up to him to stop a massive alien invasion that was on the way. At first, Luke thought it was a hoax. The problem was, Sam had the proof. Luke has to try, but the job is too big to go it alone. WHO VOLUNTEERS FOR A HIGH-PAYING JOB? Lots of people if you don’t tell them it’s on the Moon. Luke begins building a hidden community ...

It’s all fun and games until you bet the ship. Captain Jax Dart should never be allowed in a casino. But when the crew stops at a sleazy asteroid strip-station, she loses The Lucky Bastard in a high-stakes game of cards. Now the ship belongs to Arelle, the ruthless casino boss—and another one of Jax’s furious ex-lovers. To win back the Bastard, Jax has to enter an underground cage-fighting tournament where the rules are rigged, the odds are bloody, and the house always wins. Her crew isn’t much help: Zorblax has become drinking buddies with the pit fighters. Rob is entered into the ...

Welcome to The Wayfarer's Rest, the cantina at the edge of Harrow Gate where every traveller has a story, every meal is shared, and no one is ever truly alone. Behind its worn wooden bar, Osric Fenmere and his unlikely family of regulars have seen pirates celebrate weddings, forgotten heroes receive their final fare, impossible luggage find its rightful owners, and passengers return decades after stepping outside for a cup of tea. Within these twelve interconnected tales you'll discover mysterious guest registers, lost heirlooms, extraordinary acts of kindness, impossible coincidences, and ...

HE DIDN'T ASK FOR A CLASS. HE ASKED FOR HIS FIANCEE BACK. Ezra Kade is a broke, half evicted chemist with one dismissed footnote and two hundred failed experiments behind him. Attempt two hundred and one breaks something in the laws of physics, and it comes with a user interface. Before Ezra can figure out what CLASS: UNASSIGNED actually means, a corporation with a private army decides his discovery is worth more than his life, and steals the one thing he actually cares about protecting: Wren, the woman he was supposed to marry. Now Ezra has a level counter, a locked skill tree, and exactly...

The galaxy is burning. And Jack is the one who struck the match. Jack wanted to destroy the Hegemony and free the countless worlds trapped beneath its rule. Instead, he shattered the empire into warring factions. Now admirals slaughter one another for power, entire planets are reduced to glass, and billions of innocent people are caught in the crossfire. The Hegemony may be dying, but it’s taking the galaxy with it—and Jack’s brilliant plan is responsible. For once, the sarcastic combat android has no joke, no clever explanation, and no one else to blame. But Jack isn’t ready to ...

"A boldly imaginative SF epic that mixes rousing action with plangent psychological depth." —Kirkus Reviews ⚠ WARNING: This book contains multiple graphic depictions of face-melting guitar solos. As the solos exceed the number of faces you own, reader discretion is advised. Sam Stonewell captains a stripped-down colony ship, still paying off a 250-year mortgage his ancestors signed betting the bank couldn't outlive Earth. They were wrong. But today, he finally clears the debt. Today is also the day he meets Kingsley, who hires him for a truly absurd job: find the thieves who stole his ...

They crossed the stars to build a new home. But by the time they arrived, humanity was already a ghost. After the harrowing journey of the Aurora across centuries and light-years, Captain Morrow and her mismatched crew hoped to find an untouched world ripe for hope and rebuilding. Instead, they awaken to a silent planet—its cities shattered, its stations derelict, and the only survivor a centuries-old, half-human being whose memories might be as dangerous as they are vital. Determined to understand their fate and claim a place in this impossible future, Morrow’s crew must navigate the ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE FINALIST A propulsive literary page-turner about a family torn apart by a mother’s obsession with a sound that no one else can hear One night, while lying in bed next to her husband, Claire Devon suddenly hears a low hum. This innocuous sound, which...

HUMANITY HAS FALLEN. ONLY ONE SHIP CAN SAVE US. After a disastrous encounter with an alien species, Captain Roc Masters finds himself exiled on a rundown station in the asteroid belt, commanding an ancient starship with a near-mutinous crew. Just as he finally resigns himself to his fate, the aliens return to attack Earth. With the inner worlds crumbling and most of the Earth and Martian navies sidelined or destroyed, it's up to Roc and his lone starship to hold the line. He knows he must gather together what little humanity there is beyond the asteroid belt and make a stand against the ...

A betrayed political trophy wife falls for a much younger man and reconsiders her ideas of life and love in this fun, steamy novel—perfect for fans of Tia Williams and Shonda Rhimes. "The Art of Scandal hit every beat for me. This wildly steamy, utterly heartwarming novel is all about finding...

SHE’S A BOUNTY HUNTER WHO CAN CATCH ANYONE. EXCEPT THE ONE WOMAN INFILTRATING HER SHIP. Captain Alexandra Ridgeway knows how to hunt people. She’s built a career tracking down the galaxy’s most elusive targets, bringing them in, and collecting the credits. She’s independent, stubborn, and perfectly comfortable working in the lawless shadows of the sector. Then Antonia “Tony” Sato joins the crew of the Artemis. Tony claims she’s just a mechanic. Nobody believes her for long. Mechanics don’t handle military-grade plasma rifles with terrifying precision. They don’t remain ...

Worlds will collide and fates will be rewritten in the thrilling conclusion to the Devoured Worlds space opera trilogy by award‑winning author Megan E. O’Keefe. Naira and Tarquin have found a new home on Seventh Cradle. But the peace they’ve built is short-lived as mysterious assailants...

Brought to you by Penguin. The Union-Congregate war rages onward and the Union's premier fighter pilots, the Homo Eridanus, start encountering deadly resistance from strange pilots on the Congregate side. Among wreckage, they find that new Congregate pilots aren't human, but Homo quantus, with...

"Narrator Torian Brackett contrasts a tranquil delivery of narrative with Jal's wariness, Eoan's mix of coyness and kindness, Saint's façade of crankiness, and Nash's quirky practicality. They're a prickly and heartwarming found family amid the whizbang of outer space."—AudioFile L. M...

Dying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second book of the Devoured Worlds trilogy, by rising space opera star Megan E. O'Keefe. Naira and Tarquin have escaped vicious counterrevolutionaries, misprinted monsters, and the pull of a dying planet. Now, bound together...