Found Family - format ePub

Chalk drifted in the air. Micha coughed as she struggled to clean the chalkboard by herself.Stupid Mr. Benenati. Teachers weren't supposed to yell at the kids. Or make one kid clean the whole classroom...

Madison hummed as she turned the stone over in her hands. The blue-green crystal felt heavy for its size. And warm, especially compared to the frost on the windowpanes or the hip-deep snow piling outside...

Family shapes us from the time we're born until the day we die. The scars family leave on our hearts influences everything. Good, bad, indifferent, the bonds of family wrap through this collection, showing...

Morgan ducked down behind a plasteel crate bigger than xyr runabout. Frankie Delaney. What in the name of the Drath was Frankie Delaney doing on Tasma Station 2?Had to be a trap. It had to. He'd hired...

The Courtyard of the Courtesans glimmered in the slant of the evening sun. Summer's lush growth of ivy and morning glories had bronzed as frost crept in on the night's breeze.Along with death. Or perhaps...

Eight worlds. Eight adventures. Eight brushes with death, destiny and destruction.In Questionable Empires, Meyari McFarland collects together eight exciting stories of adventure, danger and discovery...

"Stand by for contact."Ihsan held xir breath as the lander slowly touched down on their asteroid. A decade and a half of work and they finally had the start of their generation ship.Hollow the asteroid...

The Drath: Wolf-like alien rulers of the galaxy. Unknowable, all-powerful, predatory.Melin: Desert world settled thousands of years ago by a human generation ship.Nthanda Ceelen: Ruler of the Ceelen,...

The six days between new and old year in Aingeal were a time of feasting and family.Gwen was more than happy to feast. She'd rather spend less time helping her brother Cadfael shop instead of eating.Until...

Darkness abounds, creeping into the corners and sweeping over all life, all hope, all freedom.In Gathering of Shadows, Meyari McFarland explores the dark corners of the heart, mind and reality in ways...

Sabah sighed as he cautiously dropped into one of the black fake-leather seats by gate S12. Another trip to Japan and Sabah would rather stay home. It used to be glorious to write travel articles about...

The Dana Clan: wild, unpredictable and bafflingly successful traders.Their children were even wilder, challenging social norms and each other at every turn.This collection of short stories reveals the...

"It's really broken," Raelin said as she followed Mother around the Tourmaline Seas' hulk.The Tourmaline Seas barely made it back to port, masts broken and hull cracked.Raelin volunteered to work at Mistress...

and she couldn't see a thing.Dream, nightmare, it has hard to tell the difference between that and reality. Until she spoke, light bloomed, and Madeline realized that she was in more trouble than expected.She...

Shahnaz hummed as he sculpted the Wave around his asteroid tug. It was a simple life, herding asteroids to the space stations at Tasma's core.Until he found a drifting escape capsule. Caelan was everything...

Never mess with a woman on a mission. Five stories of women determined to do what's necessary; Meyari McFarland delivers another collection of science fiction and fantasy stories full of action, adventure...

Red Rock was gorgeous, no doubt about it, hot but gorgeous. Vivian's fossil site on Turtlehead Mountain was more beautiful than most.Not that it mattered if she couldn't get her fossil out of the field...

Duty defined Jing Althus' life.Duty to Nthanda, his cousin. To the Ceelen who expected him to lead if Nthanda fell.Someone had targeted the Ceelen for destruction.Only one person could help Jing discover...

Divorce. Morgan supposed she should consider it a defeat. She didn't. Now she was free at last. It was glorious, though she desperately needed furniture now.Quinn's life was a disaster. Customer service...

Imani had a problem: Bala Wirnhier, Platinum Consort of the Crystal Palace.Since her arrival, Bala had taken over. Overnight, Imani had gone from Chief of Staff to clerk. Nothing Imani did made a difference.That...

In the Darkest Part of the Night, There's Comfort in Wandering. Kaitlyn's favorite fleece blanket, as soft as the softest kitten belly fluff, settled around her shoulders as she slipped from her bedroom....

Darkness always gives way to light... eventually. Darkness consumes the world. Eating away at the foundations of society, crumbling our resolve and gaining power by the moment. Yet it isn't unstoppable....

ranging around him, finding his memory meant certain execution. Not finding it might mean the downfall of galactic civilization.Then, in Stranded With You, Min-Su Truman is stranded after the interstellar...

Six months filming trash in the Great Garbage Patch from under the water's surface had dolphin-shifter Barrie ready for a vacation. A good long one, preferably with someone cute. Once his report was done...

When storms blow through, it blocks the sun, and everything seems dark. Despite that, the sunshine remains, waiting for a chance to break through. The stories in this collection capture both the storms...

Cymbals clashed as drums made of old bowls, binds and a Saurid's belly sounded. Emse dodged past the musicians.A Day of Joy on the Final Oblivion. Not a bad thing though Esme preferred the days where...

Chi hummed under her breath as she rocked on toes to heel. Patience. A nurse was patience personified.Even when her doctors were idiots who couldn't see what was in front of them and when their so-called...

A spot of tea… and a fascinating bit of murder. Visiting was one of Vivian's favorite tasks. So much gossip. So many fascinating bits of news about her neighbors. Of course, it was frequently irritating...

Love waits patiently. Hate lingers in the cold. The way home takes Ignatz through thigh-deep snow, but he doesn't hesitate. Aunt Ruth would be waiting. She was always waiting with her bitter comments...

Love comes in all kinds of packages. In this short collection, Meyari McFarland turns to stories of love. Slow-growing in moments of holiday celebration, emerging from the threats of death, homelessness...

StellaLike far too many people here in New York, I've just graduated from film school. Unlike most of them, I did this after getting a bachelor's in Early Childhood education and while working to (mostly)...

Beneath the shimmering façade of wealth, power, and desire lies a tangled web of deception that no one saw coming.Adrian thought he had it all figured out—his charm, his intellect, and his carefully calculated...

A child of prophecy. A city of secrets. An empire that wants him dead.Reality teeters on a razor's edge - to one side hope and the other darkness, where there will be great weeping and gnashing of teeth.Nathenual's...

Twelve guests. One island. Nowhere to run.When six couples accept an exclusive invitation to the luxurious Haven's End resort, they expect a dream getaway. The private island offers everything—stunning...

Levi Jacobs always dreamed of being more like his father, the greatest wizard in the world, but had no real understanding of what it would be like if he got his wish.Follow Levi's journey from bumbling...

Two sisters. Two fates. One choice that changes everything.Amy and Annie have always been inseparable, but their eighteenth birthday awakens a destiny neither could have imagined. As witches torn between...

He burns for his fated mate.EmersonI just moved to Twisted Oak and sunk all of my money into a small house here on the outskirts of town.This move is meant to be my fresh start and so far, things are...

Having escaped the Belira mines and killer dwarrows, Otta and Lored find a place to rest; in the valley of a monstrous sharresh-idenru. "I really like the characters despite their 'backgrounds' rooted...

   Dr. Ethan Vance, a brilliant inventor, builds the Multiplier — a device capable of amplifying energy into catastrophic force — for a man he later realizes has sinister motives: Victor Kain. To protect...

She's a millennia-old shadow dragon.He's a ruthless and cunning warlord.Their hearts are playing a villainous game of chicken.Who will flinch?And who will fall?

Two sisters. Two fates. One choice that changes everything.Amy and Annie have always been inseparable, but their eighteenth birthday awakens a destiny neither could have imagined. As witches torn between...

Wilder is a supernatural creature who exists off the energy of dreams. He's never questioned his life in the mystical forest. But when he encounters Meara, he falls in love with her and strange events...

Klaria avoided town. It was too close to the ocean. She couldn't control herself near the sea, the urge to take to the waves too strong. She'd already scared herself once by nearly drowning. It turned...

After a nearly fatal encounter with a Fenshian that is more than one hundred and fifty feet long and nearly half as many high, I, Alexandra, go into hibernation for several thousands of years. When I...

Jessie had always felt like something was missing. When she graduated, she left her small town to find herself at school. Instead she ended up with a roommate from hell. Literally. She kept giving the...

A funny, emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes. 'Heartwarming' Good Housekeeping'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick For fans of Ruth Hogan, Veronica...

The instant number one Sunday Times bestseller and thrilling sequel to the global phenomenon, Fourth Wing! THE IRON FLAME PAPERBACK EDITION INCLUDES A BRAND NEW CHAPTER FROM XADEN'S POINT OF VIEW!'Yarros...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century,...

DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT: 'Pure escapism - think Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades' The Sun'We weren't expecting to become obsessed . . . but we very...

The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the Number One New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive. Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future...

A heart-wrenching grim cozy pirate's tale with a little bit of romance. This is not 'Cozy' in the traditional sense, unless you find misery and betrayal to be as comforting as a cup of hot cocoa."This...

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has passed into the English language as a symbol of the horrors of totalitarianism. George Orwell's...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire,...

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being...

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Dune Messiah, the sequel to one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for...

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'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent'Captivating' The Sunday Times'An absorbing thriller' Mail on SundayNO...