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Minimum Safe Distance

First contact was nothing like we expected. Can the aliens save Earth? Should they?

With the Earth teetering on recovery from humanity’s 21st century mistakes, two highly advanced aliens observing from the Moon are suddenly on opposite sides of an ethical battle over a dire cosmic threat.

As governments seek to destroy them, the aliens wrestle and scheme, entangling all of humanity as they influence and empower specific humans to achieve their contrary objectives. Among them are a brilliant AI expect who has channeled her autism in the service of science, and a violent, anti-secular zealot who hates everything she stands for.

Drawn into the conflict, Laurence and Matt must reach minimum safe distance from human nature itself — their own, the rest of humanity’s, and of the former-human, techno-demon ‘monstas’.

Chased into the ruins of the US, they struggle to distill the meaning of personhood, discover the value of their own lives, and in so doing decide the fate of the solar system.

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Enemy Closer

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On the run from her ex-husband, a powerful federal agent, Abigail takes shelter in a cabin in rural southwest Colorado with her trusty German shepherd, Dude. When she learns someone else has been using the cabin to hide out too, she’ll find herself stuck with a shady, surprise roommate for the summer. While they figure out how to get along, they’ll learn their stories were intertwined long before they met.

Enemy Closer is a suspense thriller that allows you to experience each new piece of information along with the characters right to the end, when you realize everything you thought you knew was a lie. A deeper story has only just begun to unfold.

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The Crystal Pawn

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Deirdre Hawes had never thought of her life as extraordinary until one day she met the father she never knew and thus began the adventure of a lifetime. Armed only with the knowledge that she is heir to magical gifts that would allow her to call on the aid of the long-vanished dragons, she finds herself drawn into a web of intrigue and murder where the powers behind the throne are aligning to make sure she doesn’t succeed, no matter the cost.

Deirdre soon finds her life in the hands of those she’s been told not to trust, but trust them she must if she is to have any hope of not only completing her quest but surviving to make the journey home.

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The Shadow’s Grasp

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Demons and their illegal magic are dangerous. Even as a child, Coura was aware of these facts. That didn’t stop her from striking up a deal with one.

Years later, as a gifted dark mage and trained combatant, she believes fate will lead her to serve in the kingdom’s army. A visit to the capital city alongside her mentor, Byron, exposes her to the world outside of their academy where she befriends an herbalist, an assistant general, and even the crowned prince. However, the journey home tests her physical and mental fortitude when the group is attacked by angels, the so-called protectors of humanity.

Coura finds words won’t save them as the secret locked away within herself is forced to the forefront. Can her supposedly evil power stand up to that of legend? Will she be prepared for the repercussions of her past decision, or is she destined to be swept away by the consequences?

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Darkness Turning

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If loss was to be the theme of my life, then so be it.

Found amongst the ruins of a charred and annihilated village, Red lost not only her loved ones but her entire identity. With no knowledge of what happened, the land she dwells in or even her real name, Red must accept the help of those who rescued her. Even if that means trusting those that wield the same destructive force that has taken everything from her.

But there are many mysteries to be uncovered in this strange new land. Red can either stay the course, on her quest to reveal the secrets of her past. Or embrace her uncertain future and the promise it may bring.

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Cassie’s Miracle

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As Cassandra Black travels her own trail of tears from tragedy to romance, she discovers true friends and faithful families who support her with unflinching generosity. The “Wild West” becomes Cassie’s haven amid deep sorrow and the miracle of a healing heart. Yvette Blake weaves her story with compassion, courage, and humor, always painting a picture with rich detail underlined with an appreciation of old-fashioned American values.

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Joey’s Place

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It was a life-changing, secret-revealing day when sweet young Andrew Cooper met scared little Elizabeth Clark. He held her hand and comforted her. She was his Beth, and he was her Drew, and for a little while, they weren’t alone.

Fifteen years later, Beth finds herself down on her luck and returns to town, where she accepts a job from Drew’s dad at his bar, Joey’s Place. When she discovers the two men now have a rocky relationship, Beth decides she has to be the one to fix it…

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Willow Weeps

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It was 1993 when Andy last saw his sister, Willow, one minute he was holding her hand, and the next she was gone.

Thirty years later, Andy has a family of his own, but he’s never forgotten his little sister.

How could he?

Her disappearance destroyed his family and ended his childhood, and with all the leads dried up and no new clues he’s had to accept that she’s gone forever. That’s until he’s contacted by a woman who claims to have a message for him from Willow, sceptical, but unable to resist trying anything Andy meets up with her.

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Abduction

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Tiffany Tremblay has always felt trapped in a boring existence, with an unfaithful fiance, Alan, preventing her from experiencing true happiness. But everything changes when she is unexpectedly abducted to a planet inhabited by beings with blue skin and horns for ears and where magic is commonplace. She realizes that she, too, possesses the capacity to use magic and joins a community of people who can transform into werewolves and bears, all united in their mission to protect Zartoto’s residents from the dangerous energy vampires.

As Tiffany dives deeper into this new world, she finds the threats are far greater than she could have imagined and that she must employ all of her newly gained powers to survive.

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The Silver Eclipse: Akkron

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Something’s wrong in the city of Akkron. When Wren discovers her teacher is a member of a secret group called The Dark Cloud, she has no choice but to open an illegal portal to earth. When she returns home, she finds she has brought back a boy named Graham, and she doesn’t have the power to take him home.

Graham’s goal in life is to get a basketball scholarship and become a doctor so he can help people and be free of his controlling aunt. His plans are derailed when he finds himself transported to a strange and magical world. With the help of new friends, Graham must confront the problem the adults are afraid to act on. As Graham becomes involved in an ancient prophecy, he comes to suspect he might not be a stranger to Akkron after all.

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