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Using fast and furious hit-and-run tactics, Marcus GioAvanti and his Avanti's Angels mercenaries have earned a tough reputation throughout the Inner Sphere.

Five short novels by five masters of military science fiction. It’s a war out there. In these pulse-pounding tales, the best (or worst) soldiers in the galaxy are pitted against powerful aliens on distant battlefields. Never-before-published stories about monsters, deadly combat tech, treachery, and honor.

Fausto DeLuca has been away for twenty years. His biggest regret was pushing the love of his life, Marguerite, out of his life. Now he's back and it's time to reclaim his woman. He soon finds that she is not the same young impressionable woman he left behind. She now has money and power of her own. He may be a savage, but he has met his match. Marguerite Devereaux has spent the last twenty years waiting for him to come home. Focusing on her career was the only way she made it through. Now he’s home, looking better than she remembered. She can’t let him know the power he has over her.

Corporate lawyer Nicolo DeLuca is a made man. After the death of his beloved grandfather, he is sent by his cousin to live in Charlotte, NC, to head the mergers and acquisitions division of the DeLuca family business. As a condition of his new promotion, he must take a bride. Not any bride will do. He must take the hand of the daughter of the Baldwin family. Plus-sized diva Simone Baldwin will do anything for family, including marry a man to keep the peace. When a rogue FBI agent targets Simone, she will need the family’s support to save her.

Ari's boyfriend has just granted her a hall pass to sleep with Hollywood's sexiest actor, should the opportunity present itself. When she suddenly gets her big chance to live out her fantasy, things take an unexpected turn. Dallas Monroe is sick of being labeled a man trophy. He wants desperately to find true love and change his sex symbol image to that of a serious actor.

Sharon "Obsession" Coley is on a journey of self-discovery. Tired of being the object of random men's affection, she longs to be loved for who she is. Therein lie the problems. One, she has no clue who she is, and two, she has fallen in love with two men. The fact that they are club brothers makes it more of a challenge. In the midst of dating both men, she decides she can't choose and opts to have her Matrix and Baby too. As the men reluctantly agree to this unusual relationship, the MC is faced with unforeseen challenges.

In the aftermath if his brother Garrison's death, Whiskey finds himself fighting demons of his own making. The pressure from his father to take his rightful place as the Prince of the Daniels Clan proves to be too much for him. Whiskey finds himself once again thrust into the darkness in which he never wanted to return.

Grad student Patricia Woods finds herself on the brink of homelessness. Needing a job that pays immediately, she reluctantly sets her sights on the local redneck bar where the bikers are notorious, and the tips are flowing. All she wants is to make a little cash to pay her way through school, but what she finds is so much more. Her dream of finally having a family to call her own is just beyond her reach.

Using fast and furious hit-and-run tactics, Marcus GioAvanti and mercenaries have earned a tough reputation throughout the Inner Sphere. But the Inner Sphere isn't where their newest job is taking them, because their latest employer resides in that remote and mysterious region of space known as the Periphery. Marcus and his Angels will have to face the real force behind the hostilities, the religious cult known as Word of Blake. This fanatical group has a scheme deadly enough to trap even Avanti's Angels!

One short trip to the wine store had me returning with a red wine stain on my white outfit and an attitude. When the cocky man who gave me both shows up for my "welcome home" party, things get interesting. Sexy and cocky, Max Shine, the locally famous weatherman, is the life of the party. His dance moves have all the ladies standing in line for a chance. I hate him. So why do I want his mouth on me? Why do I want to fight the woman hanging on him? Then he opens his mouth and reminds me. Yep, I hate him.

Tragedy has a way of launching us into living our best lives. When Josey decides life is too short to be unhappy, she quits her mundane job and buys a ranch to fulfill her lifelong dream. Jax has his life turned upside down. When he can find no way out, he leaves all that he has ever known behind in pursuit of happiness. The Bohemian Outlaw Inn has a way of bringing people together.

Gryphon Long was the forbidden fruit that I just couldn’t resist. His brooding demeanor had me panting after him despite my friends’ shallow warnings to stay away. If not for the interventions of friends and family, we could have been a power couple. Instead we went our separate ways without even as much as a hookup. Who knew it could be so hard to fall for a guy? Ten years, later we have a second chance to be together.

Meeting Rebel Kane on the set of Hoop World Magazine’s Nekked photo shoot was a dream come true. Hooking up with her in the dressing room was unbelievable. But when she became co-owner of the pro basketball team that I coach, I was caught with my pants down. Being the MVP of the WPBL was an honor. So when I was asked to pose nude for the most popular sports magazine, I jumped at the chance to show my athletic body. Meeting Ansel O’Shearon was the icing on the cake. Every straight woman in the league has fantasized about him and that sexy beard. I was fortunate enough to ride it.

Garrison Daniels is on the run. After his failed attempt to murder his brother and overthrow his father as boss of The Enterprise Faction, his days are numbered. So, why was he in a mansion filled to the brim with his father’s deadliest associates? One word: Malina.

Birmingham, AL, has been a hot bed for civil rights since the 1960s. The Lady Guardians Motorcycle Club has been instrumental in continuing the cause today. As vice president of the Birmingham chapter of the Lady Guardians, Lark "Lil Mama" Decker is an integral part of this fight, especially when it comes to police brutality. Things get tricky when a Caucasian security guard saves her from being accosted by a group of aggressive teenagers. Lark finds herself enthralled with this man as they launch into a whirlwind relationship.

LaRue “Church Mouse” Simmons is a feisty pain in my ass. I knew I loved her when we met in that biker bar two years ago. She blew me off then, but now, she’s back and needs my help. I will do anything to show her she belongs with me. Even help her avenge her father’s death. If I can only get her to curb that attitude and listen, we’ll get along just fine. But, who said love was easy?