Download or read book Zero Gravity Outcasts written by Kay Keppler and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minka Shokat only needs two things in life: her fourth-generation Wayfarer spaceship, and two best friends and crewmates by her side. Anjali and Tex were the only people to stand by her after she was falsely branded a traitor and kicked out of Central Command five years ago. Since then, Minka has kept as far from Command as the galaxy will allow. Working with her friends on their own terms beats flying warships any day. But keeping her junker of a ship flying takes money—money that Minka and her crew don't have. As a last resort, she reluctantly accepts a job transporting cargo for Central Command. Then she finds out what her "cargo" is: the very general who ruined her reputation and currently needs Minka to deliver him safely to a peace conference. Now Minka and her biggest rival must work together to fight off space pirates, commandos and rebels who are determined to stop their mission—or be blown out of the skies for good. 25,000 words

Download or read book Flight of the Outcast written by Brad Strickland and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asteria Locke's Fight has just begun... Asteria Locke has never left her father's farm on the remote planet of Theron. But in one terrible moment, a surprise attack by space raiders destroys everything she's ever known. Orphaned and alone, Asteria vows to avenge her father's death by joining the Royal Spacefleet Academy. . . even if she has to lie to get in. Branded an outcast at the Academy from the start, Asteria must work twice as hard as the other students to prove herself. But in time, she suspects that the Aristocrats who torment her have more sinister motives than shaming a commoner. They'll stop at nothing to hide a secret from her father's past—a secret that could shift the balance of power throughout the entire universe. Praise for Flight of the Outcast: "Strickland creates a fast-moving story with plenty of action and a plucky central character, and the series' next installment will no doubt give more clues as to the nature of an evil conspiracy that involves aliens and a leading aristocratic family."—Booklist "Good character development and plenty of momentum make this an enjoyable read, but there is clearly a lot more story ahead—this installment ends not with a cliffhanger but an anticipation of action yet to come."—Kirkus "Strickland's first in a new space series is that rarest of creatures: well-done Hard Science Fiction Adventure for middle grade readers. Excellent world-building, strong character development, and a swift pace will have fans of the genre eagerly anticipating Asteria's next year at the Academy."—Voya

Download or read book The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place written by E.L. Konigsburg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited new novel by the two-time Newbery Medalist stars Margaret Rose Kane, Connor Kane's older half-sister in "Silent to the Bone," who tells the story of the summer she was 12 years old.

Download or read book Warrior Outcast Book Four written by Dawn Ross and published by Dawn Ross. This book was released on 2023-01-04 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warrior Outcast: Book Four of the Dragon Spawn Chronicles** After escaping his abusive father, the young warrior, Prince Jori, finds himself on a military spaceship belonging to his old enemies. His only allies are Commander J.D. Hapker and a new friend with an insidious agenda. As the ship’s crew suffers a series of mysterious deaths, Jori must prove his allegiance and expose the real enemy. *Caution: Violence. The violence in this book is not as dark as in books 2 and 3. However, this is still recommended for readers 18 and over only. Grimdark. **Dragons are symbolic. No actual dragons.

Download or read book Serious Play written by Bonnie Dee and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luke Bailey has dreams of building homes and putting down roots. But for a man with a rough past, finding any job isn't easy. When Mary Scott offers him a job—and a place to stay—mixing drinks and tapping beer at her theme bar, My Parents' Basement, Luke accepts. Customers flock to the cozy pub, designed to evoke memories of lost childhood, to meet and mingle and play games. For Mary, her gorgeous new employee should be off-limits. She's his boss. And they're very different—something her interfering family constantly points out. But Mary's done playing the good girl. And Luke isn't the bad boy everyone thinks he is. Their attraction simmers until Mary seduces Luke into playing some deliciously adult games. Then a shocking betrayal threatens everything... 68,000 words

Download or read book Cruel Numbers written by Christopher Beats and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the North loses the War of Southern Secession, money buys power in the Magnocracy, and people can disappear in a blink. War veteran Donovan Schist's specialty is finding these missing persons. There isn't much money in it, but he sleeps a little better. This time, Donovan is looking for a girl named Bridget Cleary. Her family's had no word from her for months. Donovan's certain he'll find her belly-up, but it seems her talent for analytical machines has made her a valuable asset to the powers that be—an asset that they're determined to keep hidden and out of reach. In over his head, Donovan enlists his friend Verhalen to help. The eccentric inventor may be unstable, but his steam-powered gadgets give Donovan the edge. Donovan's no stranger to the rougher edges of society, but when the usual threats turn to attacks on his life, it quickly becomes clear that someone very important does not want him to find Bridget Cleary... 42,000 words

Download or read book North of Heartbreak written by Julie Rowe and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since her divorce, Willa Hayes has thrown herself into her work as a nurse practitioner in the remote town of Stony Creek, Alaska. She's regained her self-confidence and her heart is almost healed. Then her newfound peace is shaken by the arrival of sexy flyboy Liam Reynolds. Willa can't deny she's instantly, intensely attracted to him—even if she's convinced he's yet another Mr. Wrong. Liam has his own reasons for fleeing to the isolation of the north, and a relationship is the last thing he wants. He wasn't counting on being drawn to the pretty nurse who accompanies patients on his flights to southern hospitals. Fortunately, the temptation—and the desire to avoid anything serious—is mutual. So the pair comes up with an arrangement: sensual, steamy, no-strings fun. But when things heat up on a cold Alaskan night, the rules of the game may change forever... 48,000 words

Download or read book Acceptable Risks written by Natalie J. Damschroder and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When security expert Jason Templeton's team is ambushed while protecting a weapons manufacturer vital to U.S. interests, he risks his life to save the man's daughter...and loses. Unbeknownst to Jason, his mentor had been funding experimental medical procedures after losing his young wife. Using the untested drugs, Jason is brought back to life, stronger and faster than before, but also vulnerable in new ways. He's determined to find the traitor in their midst, who is after the miracle drug. That means protecting the brilliant scientist Lark Madrassa. Their attraction and compatibility are undeniable, but Jason tries to deny his growing feelings for her, thinking he is too damaged. When Lark's father is kidnapped they have to rely on each other in a dangerous plot to uncover the double agent. Before, Jason always accepted the risks—but what about when the life of the woman he loves is on the line? 95,000 words

Download or read book Surrender to the Roman written by M.K. Chester and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-04-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Romans storm the last stronghold of Dacia, Princess Ademeni awaits her fate. Taken as a slave, she is deposited into General Marcus Cordovis's home as a gift. Driven to avenge her family, Ademeni plots to kill her captor and escape. Though not the cruel victor she expects, Marcus keeps her too close to make escape easy—so close that Ademeni is soon tormented by an unbidden, traitorous attraction. In a moment of weakness, a passionate kiss almost undoes them both. But the handsome, widowed general has another surprise for Ademeni: a young daughter. Marcus dares ask Ademeni to help him bridge the gap between him and his little girl. And now, Ademeni is growing too fond of those she is supposed to despise. As Marcus prepares for the triumphal march and the opening of the gladiatorial games—where captives of her homeland will be sacrificed—Ademeni readies for her own battle—between revenge and love. 59,000 words

Download or read book Brook Street Fortune Hunter written by Ava March and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-04-09 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1822 Impoverished Julian Parker returns to London with one goal: marry an heiress. He'll do whatever it takes, even if it means denying his desire for men. After all, with a fortune comes happiness and social acceptance—which have eluded Julian his entire life. The only things a vast fortune has brought Oscar Woodhaven are greedy relatives and loneliness. At twenty-one years of age, he has everything a man could possibly want—except someone to love him. When he meets devastatingly handsome Julian Parker, he believes his luck has turned. Between Oscar's lavish gifts and their searing-hot nights, Julian is caught between what he thinks he needs and what his heart truly desires. But when a betrayal threatens to tear them apart, Julian discovers he'll do whatever it takes to convince Oscar the greatest fortune of all is love. 44,000 words

Download or read book Desert Blade written by Ella Drake and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the post-apocalyptic Midwest, now a ravaged dust bowl, former guardsman Derek Covington must find help for a sick boy. With nothing but memories of all he lost, Derek crosses the desert alone in search of the doctor who saved his own life ten years ago. Drifter gangs who loot and pillage don't dare come near, for Derek has a formidable weapon: a prosthetic arm with a deadly blade. For a decade, Dr. Lidia Sullivan has fantasized about the handsome guardsman who'd been in her care. And now she can't deny his dangerous request. But as they make the treacherous journey back to Old St. Louis, they must contend with much more than fierce desert winds and their unthinkable attraction. A fearless gang has spotted Lidia—a rare woman—and will fight Derek to the death to get her. And though he risks his life to save her for the sake of the child who needs her, she fears there's one thing Derek will never risk: his heart. 27,000 words

Download or read book Darkest Caress written by Kaylea Cross and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two-hundred-year-old Daegan Blackwell is one of the last remaining Empowered, an ancient magical race. Daegan's duty is to lead and protect his remaining Brethren in the coming war foretold by prophecy. The last thing he expects is to meet the one woman who will either save or destroy him—his destined mate. Fiercely independent Realtor Olivia Farrell believes darkly handsome Daegan is simply a prospective client. Until she's attacked by a man with a strange aura—and Daegan fights him off, taking away her pain with just his touch. At first, Olivia refuses to believe she's part of a magical race, yet mounting evidence and her powerful chemistry with Daegan are too strong to deny. But as Daegan's partner, Olivia becomes a target in the battle between good and evil that threatens her life, as well as the very existence of the Empowered. And the only one who can save her is the man claiming to be her destiny... 92,000 words

Download or read book Outcasts written by F A S A Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Tale of the Outcasts Vol 4 written by Makoto Hoshino and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After so long on the run, Marbus and his allies finally face the Sword Cross Knights, and the power of the Thirteen Calamities of the Wasteland is revealed. As Marbus and his friends struggle to defend themselves, more miracles emerge from the conflict.

Download or read book The Tale of the Outcasts Vol 3 written by Makoto Hoshino and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the demon Marbas and his companion Wisteria continue on their journey, they meet Diana Blackbell, a highborn girl who has more in common with Wisteria than their youth. But what has Diana sacrificed in her pride? The Blackbell family saga begins!

Download or read book Outcasts written by Gail R. Delaney and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victor has walked a dangerous line for decades. He knows what is expected of him, but he turns his back on everything he knows - everything he thinks he is as an Areth - to help Michael Tanner be free from his lifelong tormentors. Now, Victor is at the mercy of Phoenix and their mission to be free of the very enemy Victor represents.Something dark and sinister haunts Victor's thoughts, threatening to steal his sanity. Turning his own mind against him to steal his life. He doesn't understand it, has no name for it. He only knows the malicious darkness in his mind he calls his demon wants him dead for his treachery in helping the Humans. Only in the empathic presence of Beverly Surimoto does he find some fraction of peace. She silences the demon . . . most of the time.Beverly Surimoto was born to, raised, and educated in the world of Phoenix as the child of some of the first founders of the rebellion group. To be associated so closely with the enemy could undermine her authority and perhaps everything Phoenix has built, but she senses deception like some smell flowers. There is no deception in Victor, only confusion and fear. Phoenix exists to end fear and find the truth, so how can she deny him safe haven? Even when he wears the name of the enemy?The mask is ripped away, the face of the enemy is revealed, and Earth is plunged into a war it isn't prepared to fight? and unequipped to win. There may be allies somewhere far beyond the edge of Earth's system, but will the messenger sent to find help survive the voyage? There is no way to know who will found: allies, or even worse enemies.

Download or read book The Outcasts written by William Alexander Fraser and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Outcasts" by William Alexander Fraser. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.