POLLEN PANTS!!!

WHEN THE TWISTED CORPSE of elderly zoo-owner Antonia Crow is found beneath the precipitous jaws of Dead Crags, and her twin Vivienne narrowly survives a life-threatening ordeal, locals invoke the legend of the Black Dog – a curse upon the controversial Crow family. Unearthly baying hound there may be, but it takes a finger to pull a trigger, and when a long-serving zoo hand falls victim to a rifle bullet, DI Skelgill senses there prowls a far more sinister adversary.

For human predators circle the ailing zoo and its valuable land. A property tycoon with bulldozers at the ready. A titled aristocrat who covets ancestral hunting grounds. Volatile animal rights activists that protest malpractice. Dark clouds gather above the isolated Northern Fells – some great storm is brewing – but to divine its nature defies all logical investigation.

Skelgill is drawn inexorably to Dead Crags – where presentiment prickles at his skin. But will his legendary intuition read the signs before the curse makes its final destructive strike?

BRUCE BECKHAM is an award-winning author and copywriter. A resident of Great Britain, he has travelled and worked in over 60 countries. He is published in both fiction and non-fiction, and is a member of the UK Society of Authors.

Chase Halloway’s father is the president of Atlas, the drug dealing motorcycle gang that terrorizes most of our desert town.

My stepfather turns out to be a rival drug dealer, and I’m pretty sure he killed my mom two years ago.

I’m not supposed to fall in love with Chase. He’s not supposed to know I even exist.

But when he finds me, he can’t let go.

And when I find myself in his arms?

I hold tight.

I have to.

Because if I don’t, I might just die.

The old farmhouse on Little Wye Creek is creepy enough to be a murder scene, and there’s even a dead man on the lawn, but Grace Reagan hopes the infamous Garret Bishop is just pulling another lame publicity stunt. Wealthy, eccentric Bishop has survived an avalanche, a hijacking, and a kidnapping plot. Did he die for real this time in a tragic accident, or was he helped along to his last headline?

Bishop’s death shocks everyone, especially Grace, who’s so close to escaping the village of Mallard Bay she can nearly taste the lime in a Key West daiquiri. She has a few things to do before she goes, though, and selling the old Morgan farm is on the list. Even though the purchase contract in Bishop’s coat pocket has a bullet hole in it, Grace isn’t giving up. She’s leaving Mallard Bay for good, and nothing’s going to stop her, not even a murder.

Meet the Space Punks — the only ones crazy enough to challenge the Pentad’s supreme power…

David wakes up in a high-security prison on the forsaken Martian moon Deimos with no memory of his past. A chance encounter with Aztec, a deadly purple-haired cyborg, propels him into a daring jailbreak. She brings him on board a mysterious warship manned by the most notorious and badass crew of the galaxy — the Space Punks.

One hundred years ago AI waged a devastating war against its human creators. Humanity won, but barely and at a horrible price. Ever since, the solar system has been strictly controlled by the Pentad, a ruthless coalition of megacorporations.

As David tries to regain his memory, he finds himself fighting battles between mechs, cyborgs, robots and super-soldiers alongside his new brothers and sisters-in-arms.

But is there more to the Space Punks than meets the eye? Everyone on board, human and cyborg alike, seems to have their own secret agenda.

Needless to say, the Pentad sends out their best people to get rid of this unruly menace.

And in the shadows lurks the seemingly defeated enemy, a threat to all humankind, ready to strike again…

Inspired by the true stories of women who served in France during World War I, Sadie is a sweet romance filled with courage, hope, and lasting love.

She yearns for far-flung adventures. He longs for the home he’s found in her heart. Will a world at war tear them apart, or draw them closer together?

For most of her life, Doctor Sadie Thorsen has imagined seeing the world on grand adventures. When America joins the war raging across the world in 1917, it seems her dreams are about to come true. She travels overseas as a contracted physician, eager to do her part to help the war effort. Endless streams of wounded push her to the limits of endurance, then she receives word Harley John Hobbs, the man she’s loved for years, is missing in action. Unable to bear the thought of life without him in it, she refuses to let go of her hope that he’s alive.

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Can deep, abiding love withstand the tragedies and trials of a world at war?

After Jim Wendell’s terrifying encounter with the bear in Arctodus, he visited his neighbor, Walter. The elderly gentleman kept his promise to share a story from his childhood. What is the meaning of several curious items in a living room cabinet? Jim will soon find out.

In the mid-1900s, four young Shoshone boys fled the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming to avoid capture by white men. If caught, they would have been forced into boarding schools to learn the English language and assimilate into a strange and foreign way of life.

Cameahwait, Pinquana, Tondzaosha, and Wirasuap planned to get away and rebuild their Shoshone nation within an isolated basin in the Wind River Mountain Range. After reaching a picturesque setting with a lush landscape and abundant wildlife, the boys were hopeful about their new lives and reuniting with their families.

But the foursome is oblivious to the sinister creatures who lurk in these mountains. Something evil will defend its territory from these young intruders. And they must eat.

In the rugged landscapes of the Crimson Frontier, Nate Garrett, a man entrusted with the most arduous tasks, faces his greatest challenge yet. Tasked by Union Colonel, Robert S. Harrison, with an almost impossible feat, Nate sets off to infiltrate enemy lines. His goal? To intercept a crucial cache of weapons coveted by the formidable Rebel General Thaddeus Crestwood. As he embarks on this treacherous quest, a lingering doubt surfaces…

Has he been led into a trap, a mere pawn in a sinister game?

Rescued from the brink of death, he finds himself thrust into a world where trust is as scarce as truth. Amidst the chaos, a bond forms between him and Nate, built on mutual need and unspoken understanding. However, as the layers of deception peel away, Skylar is left to wonder…

In this high-stakes game, is he a partner in survival or just another disposable asset?

Nate and Skylar’s quest morphs into a daring infiltration of the Rebel camp. Every step is a gamble against overwhelming odds, testing their grit and resolve. Can they turn a suicide mission into a fight for glory? Or will the unforgiving frontier claim their lives, swallowing their dreams in its vast, merciless embrace?