The war against the AIs is won but the fight for humanity has only just begun. With the xenophobic Clans rampaging though the Rebel Empire, Princess Kelsey Bandar must convince the skeptical resistance to help them to establish a base of operations to fight back. To do that, Kelsey needs every ally she can get and a whole lot of luck. Instead she finds herself trapped in an alien universe while her mother tries to save the day. As her friends struggle to accomplish the work without her, she has to decipher the alien place holding her. Even if she does get free, can she turn the situation around in her own universe before everything comes apart in their faces?

Snow & Winter: Book Four It’s been a full year since the mystery that brought antique shop owner and part-time amateur sleuth Sebastian Snow together with NYPD homicide detective Calvin Winter. Patience, sanity, and their very lives have been put to the test, but love has persevered. Although Sebastian is now New York City’s best-known busybody, he’s done solving crimes and wants nothing more than to plan a romantic budget wedding. Then Snow’s Antique Emporium receives a decapitated human head in the mail and the holidays are gory once again. Sebastian patently disregards the mystery of a lifetime because he is done with death and danger—but the killer escalates. Before Sebastian knows it, his closest friends and family are dragged into a series of horrific murders with antiquated clues hinting to the infamous Victorian American Bones Wars. The clock is ticking to recover a long-lost artifact linked to paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope and to capture a murderer. But it’s not Sebastian who may become the next target—it’s Calvin.

There's evil in all of us – even you! All it needs is the correct circumstances and the evil oozes out. Inspector Walter Darriteau has been fighting evil all his working life. He may be nearing retirement but the fight goes on."Old Cold Bones" introduces the reader to characters they will never forget. Clive Lilley's an old lag whose best days are behind him. So why is he calling Walter, telling him about a forthcoming robbery, though he has no idea where or when, or who's involved. Over at the Chester city antique auctions a priceless Ming Vase has gone under the hammer, but that brings a whole load of trouble. Madeleine Martello has lived a fractious life. She's an opinionated independent woman who won't suffer fools or authority. So what's her story and where does she fit into all of this? And a young man goes missing though no one seems concerned about it, except maybe Walter. Four baffling strands that keep Walter and the team thinking and dreaming and working until they're exhausted. Will it be enough? "Old Cold Bones" will tell you.There's evil in all of us – even you. Can you keep it under control, and more to the point, do you want to? This is the eighth standalone Walter Darriteau murder thriller. It's a chunky novel too, running to more than 500 pages, an ideal summer read for your slow down holiday, or equally at home for long winter nights, or when you might be housebound – which you could be!

Book #5 in The Bare Bones MC series

The Festival of Bones begins with a manuscript and ends with a murder. Jude, a mysterious prodigy invites a professor of ancient literature and a former singer to a nightclub where he shows them a mysterious manuscript—the Prime Edda, which might have been used by the composer Richard Wagner in some sort of ritual related to his Ring Operas. Jude found the manuscript in the Himalayas, along with proof of alternate histories of the world, histories that have overlapped with our own, causing things as we know them to shift and change. He believes that somehow, the stories in the Edda relate to a forthcoming inversion, which he wants to witness. Together, they start to translate the work, but soon find themselves pursued by a number of parties all seeking to seize the Edda—and perhaps bring about the end of the world in the terrible Winter known as Ragnarok.

It's always darkest before the dawn!In Empire of Bones, Commander Jared Mertz and Princess Kelsey scored a stunning victory over the savage Pale Ones. Yet they paid a terrible price for it, one that left their ship crippled and changed the Princess forever.As Kelsey struggles to master the combat enhancements the Pale Ones forcibly implanted inside her and Jared works feverishly to resurrect an ancient battlecruiser, they discover the Pale Ones aren’t as defeated as they seemed.Jared and Kelsey race to unravel the secrets behind the ancient rebellion that destroyed galactic civilization and thwart unseen foes determined to take their new ship and their lives. If they fail, an entire planet dies.

Between a rock and a hard place!After winning a hard-fought victory, Commander Jared Mertz and Princess Kelsey discover another insidious foe blocking their way home. A remnant of the Old Empire still exists and seems allied with the savage, AI-dominated Pale Ones.With the existence of the Terran Empire at stake, another enemy, this one from Jared’s past, threatens everything they’ve worked so hard to achieve. Jared and Kelsey must fight for survival while the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.

When going to war, it pays to know your enemy. Particularly when they can crush you like a bug. Princess Kelsey Bandar has one fleeting opportunity to steal the tech the Terran Empire needs to survive. To seize it, she must lead a bold strike deep into enemy held space. Success gives them a fighting chance. Failure dooms them to death and worse. Kelsey and her friends once again risk everything for their people. If you love military science fiction and grand adventure on a galactic scale, grab “Reconnaissance in Force” and the rest of The Empire of Bones Saga today!

Shelter from the Storm: Book #6 in The Bare Bones MC series

Kit Salter and her friends Rachel, Waldo and Isaac tumble into another adventure when their coach is hijacked on the wilds of Dartmoor. Their arch enemies, the Baker Brothers, are behind the kidnapping. They force the children into a perilous voyage to China in search of a secret martial arts manual. From bustling Shanghai, their journey takes them to the hidden heart of Imperial China--Peking's Forbidden City. En route they battle opium smugglers, pirates and kung-fu fighters, before a climactic encounter with the mysterious Wooden Men, giant killers armed with lethal powers and a dastardly will of their own.Will Kit and her friends survive the danger and mysteries of China and win back their freedom? Find out in this twisting, thrilling adventure.

When on deadly ground, fight!Jared and Kelsey won the battle for Harrison’s World, but the enemy holds thousands of Fleet personnel prisoner. They must get their people back without revealing who they really are or the sentient AIs will eradicate the new Terran Empire.Coordinator Olivia West sees an opportunity to free her people from Harrison’s World now that the AI that had crushed them under its heel was no more. To do that, she must outwit the Fleet officers holding the keys to her planet’s destruction.But foes striking from the shadows will go to any length to derail their plans. Can the three of them settle their differences before the ghosts of the Old Empire return to haunt them all?

Legends tell of battles with strange beings living under the earth, beings whose origins lie beyond the stars.When Bones Bonebrake finds himself stranded in a small New Mexico town, he comes face-to-face with a local legend and dangerous enemies.Joined by old friends and new, Bones finds himself caught up on an action-packed search for a lost Native American artifact that may hold the key to unlocking one of the world's most enduring mysteries. Hounded by conspiracy theorists and secret government agencies, he must stay alive long enough to find The Book of Bones!

Terus, beautiful city of the Confederacy, home to the Artisans, Gurdians, and Consuls. A place of balance. But, something festers within, disrupting that balance, something that threatens the foundations of the whole world. All Laila ever prepared for was to become a Citizen. A Consul like her father, or a Guardian like her mother. But on the eve of her Test she meets a strange old man that forever changes that path. Now she must seek the answers she needs and come to terms with what she has become, all before everything she's ever known comes crashing down around her.

It's 1867, and the Civil War is over. But the blood has just begun to flow.For Asher Rook, Chess Pargeter, and Ed Morrow, the war has left its mark in tangled lines of association and cataclysmic love, woken hexslinger magic, and the terrible attentions of a dead god. "Reverend" Asher Rook is the unwilling gateway for the Mayan goddess Ixchel to birth her pantheon back into the world of the living, and to do it she'll force Rook to sacrifice his lover and fellow outlaw Chess Pargeter. But being dead won't bar Chess from taking vengeance, and Pargeter will claw his way back out of Hell, teaming with undercover-Pinkerton-agent-turned-outlaw Ed Morrow to wreak it. What comes back into the world in the form of Chess Pargeter is a walking wound, Chess's very presence tearing a crack in the world and reshaping everything around him while Ixchel establishes Hex City, a city state defying the very laws of nature--an act that will draw battle lines between a passel of dead gods...

Sparked, A Romance Book by Sheena Snow

No good deed goes unpunished…Admiral Jared Mertz and Princess Kelsey Bandar saved billions of lives and staved off an invasion of the Terran Empire, but not everyone is cheering their success. Their triumphant return sets off a chain of events that threaten not only their lives, but everyone they hold dear.Crown Prince Ethan Bandar, heir to the Imperial Throne, will stop at nothing to claim his birthright. He won’t allow anyone to stand between him and ultimate power. Not his sister. Not his half-brother. Not even his father.Kelsey, Jared, and their battle-hardened allies must fight to survive his insidious attacks and race to stop a looming civil war. With the future of humanity on the line, can they save the world they love from blood and fire?

From the co-author of *The Dangerous Book for Boys,* the Khan series is a triumph of historical fiction—a bold, epic account bursting with gritty realism and exhilarating action. Now this eBook bundle assembles the entire series—*Birth of an Empire, Lords of the Bow, Bones of the Hills, Empire of Silver,* and *Conqueror*—sparing no detail, from the Great Khan’s first conquest and the heights of his unprecedented empire, to his brutal ancestral legacy and the rise of Kublai Khan. **GENGHIS: BIRTH OF AN EMPIRE** ** ** “Invigorating . . . zesty historical fiction, the kind with plenty of unbridled combat, accurate research, rampaging hordes and believable characters.”—*USA Today* ** ** Genghis Khan was born Temujin, the son of a khan, raised in a clan of hunters and driven by a singular fury: to survive in the face of death, to kill before being killed. Through a series of courageous raids, Temujin’s legend grew until he was chasing a vision: to unite many tribes into one, to make the earth tremble under the hoofbeats of a thousand warhorses, to subject all nations and empires to his will. ** ** **GENGHIS: LORDS OF THE BOW** ** ** “Readers who enjoy well-researched tales of historical adventure with an emphasis on political intrigue, exotic settings, and military conflict will enjoy the ride.”—*Library Journal* ** ** For centuries, primitive tribes have warred with one another. Now, under Genghis Khan, they have united as one nation to face the ultimate test: the great, slumbering walled empire of the Chin. In Yenking—modern-day Beijing—the Chin will make their final stand. But Genghis will strike with breathtaking audacity, never ceasing until the emperor himself is forced to kneel. ** ** **GENGHIS: BONES OF THE HILLS** ** ** “Page-turning . . . a sweeping historical saga [that] will appeal to fans of gritty combat fiction.”—*Booklist* ** ** As Genghis enters a strange new land of towering mountains and arid desert, he stirs an enemy greater than any he has met before. Shah Ala-ud-Din Mohammed has under his command thousands of fierce Arab warriors, teeming cavalry, and terrifying armored elephants. But another battle is taking shape—between two of Genghis’s feuding sons. Soon the most powerful man in the world must choose a successor, touching off the most bitter conflict of all. ** ** **KHAN: EMPIRE OF SILVER** ** ** “Epic . . . alpha-male fiction . . . The book has much to teach about a time and a people long shrouded in legend.”*—The Wall Street Journal* The Great Khan is dead—and his vast empire, forged through raw courage, tactical brilliance, and indomitable force, hangs in the balance. Even as the sons of Genghis Khan maneuver for supremacy, the Khan’s armies extend his reach farther than ever before, into southern China and across the rugged mountains of Russia to the vulnerable heart of Europe, where the most courageous warriors the West commands await the coming onslaught. ** ** **CONQUEROR** “A rip-roarin’ read, and inspiration to go and sack a few cities on your own.”—*Kirkus Reviews* A succession of ruthless leaders have seized power in the wake of the Great Khan’s death—all descendants of Genghis, but none with his indomitable character. It is Kublai—refined and scholarly, always considered too thoughtful to take power—who will devise new ways of warfare and conquest as he builds the dream city of Xanadu. His gifts will serve him well when an epic civil war breaks out among brothers, the outcome of which will literally change the world.