Alida was stunned when she spotted the planet just drifting behind the sun's corona, but she would've put it down to an illusion if not for the bogie that appeared directly behind the sighting.And the massive alien ship that appeared not far behind that.Commander Vulcan Aurelious was sent to determine the human threat. The one he found was one he hadn't counted on.

Before The Batman™: An Original Movie Novel—An exciting new story inspired by the all-new motion picture The Batman, which swings into theaters in theaters on March 4, 2022! Warner Bros.’s The Batman releases in theaters March 4, 2022, bringing with it all the adventure and action of one of the most popular Super Heroes in the world. We all know that billionaire Bruce Wayne is secretly Gotham City’s vigilante detective and protector, The Batman—but what road led him there? Find out in Before The Batman: An Original Movie Novel, which includes an exciting original story of Bruce Wayne's early adventures on his way to becoming The Batman! This novel features an eight-page full-color insert and a pull-out poster!

Five can keep a secret if four are dead. On a cold fall night in a small Canadian town, four of Chelsea's friends are found dead, victims of a brutal stabbing—a selfish act of revenge.The only witness, Chelsea spends the next five years struggling to bury her trauma. The victims' families call her a hero. Her fiancé calls her the love of his life. Her best friend tells her there's nothing more she could have done for her friends. She's almost convinced herself that it's true when she attends an anniversary memorial held at the scene of the crime. But Chelsea's ability to ignore the past comes to an end that very night when she receives an intimidating message. Tell the police the truth about what you all did that night or I will.You have 24 hours to confess. Is it an empty threat from someone digging for facts they don't actually possess? Or does someone else know Chelsea shared a...

"Passion, heat and deep emotion—Naima Simone is a gem!" —Maisey Yates, New York Times bestselling authorAs the ex-mayor's daughter, Jenna Landon has spent her life aiming for perfection—and missing. The pressure and disappointment turned her into a bit of a mean girl, but now she's tired of protecting her soft heart, of hiding her losses—she's ready to leave Rose Bend and start over. But before she can leave, she has to endure the town's carnival fundraiser, her father's reelection campaign...and the pain-in-the-tail giant who just moved in next door.Wrestling coach Isaac Hunter didn't mean to disturb his neighbor with his music while fixing his car. But if anyone could use "messing with," it's prissy, perfect, sexy Jenna Landon. Soon their clashes turn into something hotter. Recently divorced, his focus should be rebuilding his life, not an... entanglement with a woman who spells nothing but trouble. Because Jenna is leaving Rose Bend. And they...

A PERFECT SCIENCE, PERFECTLY APPLIED...Dr. Robert Wheatleigh is the ideal family man - an impeccable father and husband, admired by all.Except, perhaps, by Samantha, the young woman he has just kidnapped.Alone and afraid, in a dark, windowless room, she awakes to the sound of screaming.For, underneath his veneer of perfection, Robert guards a terrible - and difficult to stomach - secret. ________________________The Homestead is a literary thriller which follows Robert, a sophisticated doctor, and his charming family, including his troubled son Alexander - and Samantha, his latest captive. Against a backdrop of unsettling domesticity, Alexander must come to terms with his family's traditions, and the multi-generational struggles inherent in their peculiar, and yet oddly relatable, way of life. All the while, Samantha must endure unspeakable horrors and...

Grief-stricken over the loss of her husband, Luda Managan and her two teenaged children try to make a home for themselves on a collection of harsh and haunted Scottish islands. Luda, a photographer, is mesmerised by the extraordinary magic of the islands and soon finds herself condemned by the local community after publishing images documenting the death of a local child. Alienated, Luda turns her attention to the records from the 17th century island witch-hunts and the fragmented life stories of the executed women. Min, restless and strong, tries to fill up the space in their family left by her father. She soon finds comfort in the depths of icy North Sea and in an unlikely friendship with the elderly and irreverent local "witch". The only thing that beautiful and gifted Darcy cares about is getting marks high enough for entry into university – one very, very far away from his mother. Until he meets the wild foundling, Theo. When a...

The recently discovered diaries of the young Arthur Conan Doyle contain the startling adventures of Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and the Edinburgh surgeon, Joseph Bell in Russia during 1881. At the time, Holmes, a medical school dropout, had become a skilled anatomist, diagnostician and surgeon. Even his most devoted admirers are unaware that Holmes was an undercover agent for Her Majesty's Secret Service before he became a private detective.Holmes and Doyle accompany Dr. Bell when he travels to St. Petersburg to lecture on antiseptic surgery. Doyle's diary of their adventures reveal the origin of Sherlock Holmes's addiction to cocaine as well as the plots by Prussians and Americans to assassinate Tsar Alexander III. The British are particularly concerned about an ex-officer, driven mad by torture during the Afghan-British war, who is determined to assassinate the Tsar. Holmes, with his uncanny ability, solves a series of murders by observing seemingly insignificant clews, such as...

“You can’t prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel.” —John Irving, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The World According to Garp “Exceptional, layered and compelling…This book moves like a freight train.” —Amy Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of In LoveFrom the New York Times bestselling author John Boyne, a devastating, beautiful story about a woman who must confront the sins of her own terrible past, and a present in which it is never too late for braveryNinety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same well-to-do mansion block in London for decades. She lives a quiet, comfortable life, despite her deeply disturbing, dark past. She doesn’t talk about her escape from Nazi Germany at age 12. She doesn’t talk about the grim post-war years in France with her mother. Most of all, she...

When a plague wipes out most of the world’s male population and civilization crumbles, women struggle to build an agrarian community in the English countryside.Imagine a plague that brings society to a standstill by killing off most of the men on Earth. The  few men who survive descend into lechery and atavism. Meanwhile, a group of women (accompanied by one virtuous male survivor) leave the wreckage of London to start fresh, establishing a communally run agrarian outpost. But their sexist society hasn’t permitted most of them to learn any useful skills—will the commune survive their first winter? This is the bleak world imagined in 1913 by English writer J. D. Beresford—one that has particular resonance for the planet’s residents in the 2020s. This edition of A World of Women offers twenty-first century readers a new look at a neglected classic. Beresford introduces us to the solidly bourgeois, prim and proper...

Never fall for the Boss's Daughter. Brianna Worthington had everything. A good family. A good career. The only thing she did not have was a boyfriend. Not that she was looking. But when Jackson shows up in her life, Daddy-approved, will she give him a chance? Jackson Fleming. A pilot from Denver found himself back in his hometown of Houston. Not sure why he had stayed away so long since Houston had everything he needed. A new job. And maybe even a new girlfriend. Already drawn together, fate gives them a push in the right direction. Will Brianna and Jackson find their true magnetic north? If you love happily-ever-after love-at first-sight romances, this book is for you. Download it today and fall in love along with Brianna and Jackson.

Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince, this gorgeous young adult fantasy follows a girl who discovers she's spent her life under an enchantment hiding her true identity on her quest into the magical Otherworld to unlock her powers and discover her destiny.Even the most powerful magic can't hide a secret forever. Croi is a brownie, glamoured to be invisible to humans. Her life in the Wilde Forest is ordinary and her magic is weak—until the day that her guardian gives Croi a book about magick from the Otherworld, the world of the Higher Fae. Croi wakes the next morning with something pulling at her core, summoning her to the Otherworld. It's a spell she cannot control or break. Forced to leave her home, Croi begins a journey full of surprises...and dangers. For Croi is not a brownie at all but another creature entirely, enchanted to forget her true heritage. As Croi ventures beyond the forest, her brownie glamour begins to shift and...