First Con

Married to the powerful leader of her people, safe among those gifted with great ability, Magda Searus is protected from a distant world descending into war. But when her husband, a man who loved life and loved her, unexpectedly commits suicide, she suddenly finds herself alone. Because she is ungifted herself, without her husband she no longer has standing among her people, and she finds herself isolated in a society that seems to be crumbling around her.

The New York Times bestselling aftermath of Halo: Combat Evolved featuring the Master Chief—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series! 2552. The theocratic military alliance known as the Covenant is showing no mercy as it continues to assault every human world...

I am writing about my two-year military experience; draftee, Non-Commission Officer Candidate School, the Chieu Hoi program, Vietnam combat, combat in the jungles of Vietnam to the DMZ, and the effectiveness of the Chieu Hoi program to an infantry squad. The journey is of taking a nineteen-year-old and forming him into a confident Non-Commission Officer through discipline, training, and leadership. These events are documented with a picture album, a book, and two magazines.

In the wake of the solar eclipse, a portal between our world and a paranormal realm opens—and a scientist’s life will never be the same, in this thrilling serialized adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hollows. Dr. Renee Caisson knows there are worse things than an...

An original full-length novel set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! Just hours following their climactic battle on the Forerunner planet Genesis, the Spartans of Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris find themselves running for their lives from the...

A sensational short story collection in the expansive universe of HALO, the New York Times bestselling series! Launch once more into galaxy-spanning conflict and legendary heroism…shards of an ever-expanding journey where human and alien alike find their finest hours in facing their greatest...

Five tattooed outlaws. Five forbidden love stories. One motorcycle club full of possessive bikers. Welcome to The Black Devils Motorcycle Club, where tattooed bad boys, possessive alpha males, and fiercely protective bikers don't do anything halfway. Especially when it comes to claiming the women they love. Get all five steamy biker romances in one complete collection! Rowdy — The MC President: Fresh out of prison, he falls for the police chief's daughter. Riot — The MC Vice President: She's thirteen years younger, completely off-limits, and the one woman he's determined to make his. ...

An original full-length novel set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! It has been six years since the end of the Covenant War...and yet on the planet Carrow, a world on the edge of the Joint Occupation Zone, a decisive new battle suddenly erupts...

An original full-length novel set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! Molly Patel was only seven years old when the alien alliance known as the Covenant destroyed her homeworld and killed her family. As one of the few to escape the glassing of...

My father is the chief of police. The man who knocked me up is the president of an outlaw motorcycle club. I've spent twenty-four years being the good girl. Following the rules. Keeping my secrets. Then I agree to dance at a biker's welcome-home party. Rowdy is forty, covered in tattoos, and fresh out of prison. He's everything my father warned me about. He's also the first man who's ever made me feel like I can be myself. One reckless night turns into something neither of us expected. Now I'm pregnant with the biker president's baby. My father would rather see Rowdy behind bars than ...

I am paralyzed with dread and uncertainty as I stand in the cold and bare examination room. I turn to face the metal contraption, a strange combination between a table and a chair with leather restraints at the foot and head area. I shiver and look at the large mirror covering almost half of one wall. The door opens with a squeak. I turn to face the person who has purchased me. I suck in a sharp breath. I know the man, everyone knows him. His name is Darian Brandt. He is tall, has broad shoulders, and has an aura of authority surrounding him. He is wearing a black suit that is tailored to ...

The thrilling novella from author Kelly Gay in the expansive universe of the New York Times bestselling sci-fi/action video game series! Find. Claim. Profit. In a post-war galaxy littered with scrap, it’s the salvager’s motto. And with a fast ship and a lust for adventure, Rion Forge has...

“Beautiful, devastating and complex.” —Chicago Tribune The award-winning debut novel from Jennifer Haigh, author of BakerTowers, The Condition, and Faith, tells the story of Birdie, Joan,and Dinah, three women who marry the same charismatic, predatory, and enigmaticopportunist: Ken Kimble...

An original full-length novel set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! Find. Claim. Profit. In a post-Covenant War galaxy littered with scrap, it’s the salvager’s motto—and Rion Forge certainly made her mark on the trade. All she wanted was to...

Her car broke down seven times in seven months. She told herself she had bad luck. She had a mechanic. Sam Deluca knows which window is hers. He knows the route she takes when it's dark, the Thursday habits she thinks no one sees, what her hands do when she believes she's alone. He's watched from the alley more nights than he'll admit. He put the tracker in her wheel well himself. He's been inside her car so many times he took something small from the cupholder and kept it in his jacket, close, for months. He planned every breakdown. He has been very, very patient. Tonight, the timing belt ...

Año 2130. Después del impacto de un enorme asteroide que destruye Padua y Verona, se crea en un sofisticado sistema de detectar la trayectoria de cualquier objeto que se detecte desde la Tierra De esta forma los astrónomos detectan un misterioso asteroide, al que bautizan como «Rama», que está a punto de cruzar el sistema solar. Se trata de un cilindro perfecto de unos cincuenta kilómetros de largo, que gira a una velocidad fuera de lo normal y viaja por el espacio en línea recta.

From romance author Kelly Collins comes Set Aside, a grumpy sunshine, enemies to lovers, second chance at life standalone novel set in Colorado. Holly McGrath rolls into town with nothing but nine boxes and a felony conviction. After two years behind bars for a crime that destroyed everything she loved, she's done with hope, men, and second chances. But when her friend offers sanctuary at a remote ranch, Holly figures she'll hide out until the world forgets she exists. Keagan McKinley has sworn off distractions, but the blonde ex-convict with fire in her eyes threatens to unravel everything...

Two secret identities. One epic Comic-Con. Zero chance their hearts leave unscathed. Jade has one shot to save Shadycade —the quirky vintage arcade bar that’s become her entire life. When her reclusive romance-author twin begs her to attend San Diego Comic-Con in her place, Jade grabs the chance to study the latest gaming trends and prove the bar can be a full-on nerd paradise…not the next Starbucks. There’s just one rule: no one can know her real name.

Non la lascerò morire. Non posso. Lei è già tutto per me. Sola a diecimila metri d'altezza, Charlotte è l'unica hostess a non aver perso i sensi. È terrorizzata, ma la sua voce scuote le mie difese come un fulmine a ciel sereno. Per salvarla, devo guidarla passo dopo passo ad atterrare quel gigante dei cieli. Devo rimanere calmo. Devo sembrare un esperto. E, soprattutto, non deve assolutamente scoprire che anche per me è la prima volta. Mentre le parlo attraverso la radio, un'incrollabile certezza si fa strada in me: siamo fatti per stare insieme. Non ha senso, ma lo so e basta. È ...

Me mudé al otro lado del país para ir a la Universidad Dogson y experimentar la vida real, no la existencia sobreprotegida que llevé durante el instituto bajo el control de mis padres ultrarreligiosos. Alcohol, fiestas, de todo... pero lo que nunca esperé fue sentir lo que siento por mi nuevo vecino de residencia, Jack. Nunca he tenido novia. Nunca me había importado. Entonces, ¿por qué este intimidante escalador miembro de una fraternidad se ha apoderado así de mí? Es el tipo de chico que me habría partido la cara en el instituto, pero en cambio, le encanta hacerle otras cosas. ...