Family Operas

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. She's a revolutionary. Humanity is running out of options. Habitable planets are being destroyed as quickly as they're found...

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 ...

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 ...

On opening night, murder takes center stage. Savannah Stanton's perfect date night turns deadly when Spring Grove's dinner theater production ends with a real murder instead of a staged one. The murder weapon? Sweet Springs Bakery's engraved cake knife. The suspects? Nearly everyone in the theater company. As Savannah and Sheriff Cole Hensley navigate backstage drama, bitter rivalries, and opening night chaos, they'll discover that behind the curtain, someone has staged the perfect crime.

She’s a pirate captain fighting for freedom. She’s the scientist who built the empire’s deadliest weapon. To save the galaxy, they’ll have to trust each other. Captain Xylia is a legend and a ghost, a rogue pirate carving out a life of defiance in a galaxy choked by the tyrannical, patriarchal Commonwealth. With her loyal all-female crew aboard the formidable Stardust Siren, she strikes at the heart of the empire, liberating oppressed worlds and fighting for a future she’s not sure can exist. Dr. Adelia Reyes is a mind without equal, trapped by her own genius. The revolutionary ...

Out from under my brother’s thumb, I want only one thing: survive. Falling for my green protector? Definitely not part of the plan. Elyssa I’ve spent my life under my brother’s iron control. When I finally escape, my goal is simple: deliver the data I stole to the one person I can trust. But fate has other ideas. An explosion leaves me stranded and surrounded by my brother’s vengeful gang. Desperate, I have no choice but to trust the last male I should—a green-skinned, feral warrior who’s as deadly as he is tempting. Tass claims he’s here to protect me, but the look in his ...

Galactic Mayhem Meets an Unlikely Hero He’s an accidental captain; she’s a stunning alien genius. Love, adventure, humor, and cosmic secrets entwine in this star-swept odyssey! Carson Twiddle hadn’t planned on his day being interrupted by a sentient cube. Then again, nothing in his life ever went according to plan. A file clerk with no ambition and even less confidence, Carson was content with his unremarkable life—until a database error accidentally erased all record of his existence. By an obscure bureaucratic twist of fate, he's suddenly promoted to captain of the Rusty Bucket, a...

He stole my freedom to save his honor. I’ll steal his heart to reclaim my future. Alexandra This is not how my story ends. I’m Alexandra Turner—Manhattan-born, Prada-bred, and impossible to break. Sure, my bank account might be empty, my credit cards maxed out, and now I’m abducted by some muscle-bound alien brute. He watches me like I’m his prize, but if he thinks I’ll play along, he’s delusional. Fine, he stole me. Big deal. I know how to survive, and I’m not above playing dirty to win. He’s all brawn and fury, but there’s something in his gaze that stirs me—a ...

Lee's parents and their business partner, Gordon, found a class A habitable planet. They thought their quest as explorers was over and they'd live a life of ease. But before they could return and register their claim, Lee's parents died doing a survey of the surface. That left Lee two-thirds owner of the claim and their partner Gordon obligated by his word with her parents to raise Lee. She had grown up aboard the ship with her uncle Gordon and he was the only family she'd ever known. Him adopting her was an obvious arrangement to them.

They came to train. They found a war that began 50,000 years ago. In the swirling crimson mists of the Carmine Nebula, what starts as a routine training mission for Crix Nakato and his navigator protégé, Izzy, turns into a nightmare. A haunting disturbance in the Vermillium network—what Izzy can only describe as screaming—triggers echoes of an ancient threat long thought vanquished. When Pixel, the strange fox-like companion linked to Izzy, begins to change, the danger becomes impossible to ignore. Called back to the heart of the Navigator Collective, Crix must confront a chilling ...

When Charise Lee, a young Asian Canadian soprano, is found stabbed in the heart backstage during rehearsals, she suddenly goes from scarcely being seen as a star to taking center stage. Georgetown law professor Mac Smith thought he'd just be carrying a rapier in Tosca as a favor to his beloved Annabel, but now they're both being pressured by the panicked theater board to unmask a killer. Providing accompaniment will be former homicide detective, current P.I., and eternal opera fan Raymond Pawkins.

Dying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the Devoured Worlds trilogy by award-winning author Megan E. O'Keefe. Naira and Tarquin have escaped vicious counter-revolutionaries, misprinted monsters, and the pull of a dying planet. Now, bound...

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...

It’s midwinter in Maine, and the biggest problem is a snowstorm. Only Liz Stolz, the senior doctor of Hobbs Family practice, is paying attention to the strange virus in China that’s roiling the financial markets. Police chief Brenda Harrison is interested in Liz’s new physician’s assistant, but after witnessing police violence, Cherie Bois despises cops. As the pandemic closes in, the friends are pushed together during the lockdown. Friendships and relationships are strained. Can the women of Hobbs forge deeper bonds by helping one another and the town survive?

In this fifth volume of the series, the residents of Hobbs, Maine, are relieved to have gotten through the summer relatively unscathed by the pandemic. Town doctor, Liz Stolz, is warning about a fall surge, but everyone is ready to get back to normal. Liz has agreed to help her friend, architect, Sam McKinnon, build a sound-proof practice room over Erika Bultmann’s garage. As the days grow shorter, Erika is worried about her wife, former opera singer and Episcopal rector, Lucy Bartlett, who walks alone on the beach before dawn. Fortunately, the early Christmas gift is ready before tragedy...

They can rip me apart, but they’ll never tear me from her. Tyrxie I didn’t know I was human until Xandor told me, promising to show me Earth after his mission. But aboard the Mutalisk's Hammer, Scythian drones attack. My fated mate saves me and the crew, but his reckless heroics crashes him onto Nebia—enemy territory. Through our bond, I feel his pain, his life slipping away, and I’ve spent too long running to lose him now. If the Nebians won’t listen, I’ll save him myself, no matter the cost. Xandor risked everything for me. I’ll do the same for him. Xandor Krogoth didn’t ...

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...

Baked with love. Served with murder. Savannah Stanton thought the biggest challenge at the Spring Grove High School bake sale would be selling out of her cousin Holly's maple pecan scones. She was wrong. When a prominent town official is found dead during the fundraiser, Savannah finds herself caught up in another murder investigation. In a small town where everyone knows everyone's business, it turns out the victim had a talent for making enemies. Between permit denials, petty citations, and a rigid devotion to rules over people, half the bake sale had a reason to want him gone. Can ...

Discover a fantastical story inspired by The Phantom of the Opera, as musical magicians compete for the once-in-a-lifetime role as the King's Mage, but only if their magic—or fellow contestants—don't destroy them first—perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Erin Morgenstern. For as long as...

Fleeing the Solar System after an attack by North America, the three Home habitats now have to seek their own fortunes. Heather, Sovereign of Central on the Moon, saved them, but now has to make certain the USNA can never threaten them again. What was a tentative research partnership with the Red Tree Clan of Derfhome becomes a full alliance of equals. Lee finds she has to grasp authority and act for the Red Tree Mothers and herself to repossess the planet Providence she and Gordon discovered, while the Claims Commission on Earth has collapsed without the leadership of North America.