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Sci-Fi Shorts is a collection of classic science fiction stories from the golden age of space fiction. This group of six unabridged short stories by various authors covers such adventures as secret research projects, underground robot organisations, a subjugated Earth, getting trapped in the void, alien minds, and strangers from Jupiter.

Emma James was hoping to start a new life as the new veterinarian in charge of the horses at Cripple Creek Ranch. Instead she is hit full force by her past when Caine Farrelly walks back into her life as the new ranch foreman. Was she going to be able to face the love of her life and keep her dream alive at working at the ranch? Would they find love again after finding out the secrets of their past and the biggest secret of all about the Callum family she now worked for? This can be read as a stand alone in the series or with the others in the series. It is intended for mature readers and ...

Brought together by a twist of fate which leads to a determined dying Grandfather to get his Grandson Jacob Callum and Katie Sanders married. Believing them to be meant for each other he assures his dying wishes to be met by leaving his will set up in a way that will bring them together for sure. In doing so though he unknowingly put Katie in danger. Can these two fall in love and can Jacob keep Katie safe from the danger she's in? By bending to his will can this couple find the love and happiness Grandpa Will believed they were destined for? Please be sure to leave a review and look for ...

Through much of the 20th century, federal policy toward Indians sought to extinguish all remnants of native life and culture. That policy was dramatically confronted in the late 1960s when a loose coalition of hippies, civil rights advocates, Black Panthers, unions, Mexican-Americans, Quakers and other Christians, celebrities, and others joined with Red Power activists to fight for Indian rights. In Hippies, Indians and the Fight for Red Power, Sherry Smith offers the first full account of this remarkable story.

Of all the modern Las Vegas casino operators, none had more flair than Bob Stupak. The self-proclaimed “Polish Maverick” rose from humble origins as the son of a Pittsburgh boss gambler to head one of the largest privately owned casinos in Las Vegas, the infamous Vegas World. Stupak parlayed a small slot joint into a $100 million-a-year gambling operation by manipulating the local and national media with outrageous stunts and promotions. His headline-grabbing handiwork is now the stuff of Las Vegas legend. Remember Vegas World’s VIP Vacations? Stupak’s cleverly worded advertisements...

In Book Two of the Always and Forever Series Lacey Chandler and Tighe Jacobsen are left to face the demons of their past who want nothing more than to keep them apart at any cost. With so many obstacles standing in their way can Tighe and Lacey's love survive? Can they finally have their happily ever after and build the life they were always meant to have. Or will the secrets from their past that finally come to light destroy them forever? Find out in the final chapter of the two part duet in the Always and Forever Series. Must be read with Book One in the series. NOT a standalone but is ...

Lacey Chandler had always believed Tighe Jacobsen was her destiny. That is until one moment of cruel fate left them both shattered and eventually ripped them apart leaving Lacey to flee their hometown and both of them to fall into the arms of other people. Several years later, a recently widowed and very successful Lacey returns home to her family farm to raise her two young children only to find out Tighe is currently single again... after divorcing the woman who tore them apart. Carrying numerous secrets, Lacey and Tighe are thrown together again with the help of a few well meaning ...

Schoolteacher Gemma Hughes is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life. Disorganized and clumsy, she soon finds herself in the capable hands of the beautiful Dr. Maria Moran. Everything goes wonderfully until Gemma starts doubting Maria's intentions and begins listening to the wrong people. But has Maria something to hide, or is it a case of swapping trust for insecurity, respect for jealousy and finishing with a world of heartbreak and deceit? Can Gemma stop her actions before it's too late? Or will she ruin the best thing to happen in her life?

Kisses were covered with lies. Lies were covered with kisses. Hate turned into lust. And lust turned into fantasy. That’s what we were, a fantasy. Nothing more, nothing less. Now it’s time to move on. But how can you when your heart wants to stay stuck in the fantasy? When, even through all the lies and kisses, you still have lust?

To break a heart is easy. All you have to do is reach in, wrap your blood-covered hands around it, and pull. This happened to me. Two hands, both red as my hair, did this exact thing. Tore it away like it wasn't made for me. Maybe it was his to take? Because years on, with those same blood-red hands, he still has it. In his clenched fists. And he won't give it back. But the real question is, do I want it back? He is dangerous, uncontrollable, and downright sexy. I fell for it all, but, in the end, he didn't catch me. He let me fall.

Six often overlooked award-caliber sci-fi short novels and novelettes.

A physicist discovers how to control reality and all hell breaks loose. When physics professor Madison Martin is smashed by a car, her quantum expertise and survival instinct enable her to rewrite reality and save her life. She's freaked about what happened but, luckily, the hot physicist from the office next door volunteers to help her decipher what the hell just happened.

FBI Agent Jax Cooper hadn't planned on falling in love with the beautiful, young woman he was supposed to protect but that's exactly what happened the first time his eyes met Kelly Taylor's beautiful violet-blue ones. From that moment on he knew he had to get to know this girl who had stolen his heart. After all she would be his wife in a few days..... he may as well get to know her since he had already decided he was keeping Kelly as his wife and taking her to his family's ranch to keep her safe. This is Book Three in The Taken series and can be read as a stand alone or as part of the ...

Thirteen-year-old Jessamine Grace and her mother make a living as sham spiritualists - until they discover that Jess is a mesmerist and that she really can talk to the dead. Soon she is plunged into the dark world of Victorian London's supernatural underbelly and learns that the city is under attack by ghouls, monsters, and spirit summoners. Can Jess fight these powerful forces? And will the group of strange children with mysterious powers she befriends be able to help?

Have you ever arrived on the scene of a house fire to find a frantic woman in the driveway? As a firefighter, you know instinctively what this means: there is a child inside. You immediately enter "the zone" because you know what to do. This is based on your training and experience. The feeling of being "in the zone", is referred to in the field of positive psychology as "the flow".

A new start. That's what Kayla Martin had planned for when she moved to Cripple Creek Ranch with her young son. A new house, a new job and new friends were all part of that plan. When she met the local veterinarian Brian McCord she knew she was about to get a much bigger one than she had planned. Could she stop running from her past long enough to allow the only man who ever touched her heart to be her hero...… or would she have to save herself and him when the past came back to haunt her? This is Book 2 of The Men of Cripple Creek Ranch series and can be read as a stand alone or with the...

In Book Two of the Tacony Brothers Series Matto Tacony and Lara Spencer's fiery love story unfolds. After moving back to her hometown after hiding away for years from the past that still haunts her, Lara Spencer is faced to deal with it head on when her best friend calls in need of her help. If only she had known she was being asked to use her nursing skills to care for her friend's badly injured brother-in-law, she might have run. Especially since it plunged her back into the depths of the nightmare she'd run from long ago. But when her eyes landed on a badly injured, but very sexy, Matto ...

Beth Chambers's life is no fairytale, even if she feels like a damsel in distress. After four years in a destructive relationship, Beth has decided enough is enough and leaves her girlfriend, taking with her only her dog Dudley, her broken spirit, and a shattered view of life. At her lowest point, she meets Amy Fletcher, a woman who has it all—and from whom she believes would never want more than friendship. What Beth fails to realize is that there are definitely two sides to every story. Could Amy Fletcher be Beth's Princess Charming? Could her story end with a happily ever after?

Understand what the Bible says about morality, law, and justice. Begin by exploring modern ideas of justice and morality and how these concepts are similar to and different from biblical notions. Examine the meaning of the classic term for justice, "Mishpat", and see how law, morality, and justice are discussed in different types of biblical literature, from the early Hebrew writings and traditions through to the New Testament era - over 1,000 years of biblical history.

A very ordinary day in the lives of the four Hodges-Bradley children takes on frightening dimensions in the aftermath of what seems like a typical California earthquake. A year and a half has passed since the great sorceress Morgana Shee, with the children's help, closed the last gateway to the Wildworld, a shimmering parallel universe of legend and danger.