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"A gorgeous novel of coincidence and redemption….A story that will impact our own lives profoundly."-Katrina Kittle, author of The Kindness of Strangers. A wonderful new literary voice in the vein of A. Manette Ansay, Ami McKay, and Joanne Harris, Anne DeGrace makes her U.S. debut with Far From Home-a thoughtful and lovely novel about the chance encounters that can change our lives forever. Paulette Jiles, the New York Times bestselling author of...

A collection of three m/m sci-fi novellas by Madeleine Urban: Enhanced, Close Encounter, and Following the Sun. Enhanced: In Earth s not-too-far future, a talented scientist stumbles over a plot to use the genetically enhanced military to declare martial law and take over the government. Dr. Ryne Siler enlists his friend, Dr. Cary Matthews, a brilliant engineer, to figure out how to stop it. When the investigation goes awry, they re on the run, and...

This anthology collects some of his best short work. Full of wit, surprise, dark humor, and deep emotion, these stories pack a punch-and are ideal for fans of his longer work or those looking for an introduction to one of America's most iconic sci-fi writers.

Author's notes: Edited. Jared's new independent life in the big city was going perfect, until he was abducted by aliens the first night there. Planned to be sold on the galactic black market, Jared and the other human captives were soon shortly rescued by the galactic police force hunting these alien poachers. Unsure what to do with them after, and not wanting to leave them locked away in some evidence locker, it was decided to adopt these humans...

Far from Home is a collection of twelve short stories, taking the reader on a journey from the desert sands of the Middle East to a forbidden Caribbean island, and many points in between. Though two of the stories are set in the U.S., others find gay people dealing with gayness in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Spain, Turkey, Cuba, Mexico, and the Netherlands, places where the characters are physically and psychologically far from the comfort of home. Most...

Someone has made bold promises to the Highland witches in exchange for disposing of Michael MacClellan. But the nigheanan sgàil, the daughters of shadow, do not engage in murder and instead put the fierce warrior into a deep sleep, hidden inside the earth in 14th century Scotland. Kayla Forbes is thrilled to leave the States, putting her recent break–up far behind her to study abroad at the university near Fort William in the Highlands. She had...

A very ordinary eleven-year-old girl, finds herself on the brink of adventure. As she is, whisked away to the land of LeeChee (teeming with flying bicycles, Flycycles, and Thunderbirds), she must decide if she is willing and able to help the Resistors restore the Everything and conquer the evil Shoeboxians. Gear up, future Oracles in Training, your journey to LeeChee is about to begin. The first book in the new Far From Home series, City of Lights...

In July 1944, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris. Half French, half German, she is happy to be back in France, where her husband, Gregor, a retired colonel, will join her soon from Germany. Arielle and Gregor have thus far been able to hide their private opposition to Hitler. Then her world falls apart. She receives word that Gregor was part of Operation Valkyrie, a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in Poland,...

When young Zita discovers a device that opens a portal to another place, and her best friend is abducted, she is compelled to set out on a strange journey from star to star in order to get back home.