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A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know. For more than a...

Molly Ayer has been in foster care since she was eight years old. Most of the time, Molly knows it's her attitude that's the problem, but after being shipped from one family to another, she's had her fair share of adults treating her like an inconvenience. So when Molly's forced to help an elderly woman clean out her attic for community service, Molly is wary. Just another adult to treat her like a troublemaker.

Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All is the story of the cultural collision between Westerners and the Maoris of New Zealand, told partly as a history of the complex and bloody period of contact between Europeans and the Maoris in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and partly as the story of Christina Thompson's marriage to a Maori man.

Winner of the 2020 Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Award for nonfiction and the 2019 NSW Premier's History Awards for general history ‘Wonderfully researched and beautifully written’ Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan ‘Succeeds in conjuring a lost world’ Dava Sobel, author of...

Taylor Valentine, a senior at Western Michigan University, has had her life planned out since kindergarten. Now with the help of her best friends, Joe and Eva, she focuses on graduation and a career—romance in the far distant future. However, when the visiting professor enters the lecture hall, her perfect plan hits a snag. History professor and former Marine, Dr. Stuart Morgan keeps infatuated students at a distance using his own set of strict rules. This time, he’s unnerved by his reaction to Taylor. When death threats upend his boring life, he inadvertently puts her in danger. With ...

A collection of sweet, tender, poetic, beautiful, heart-wrenching, sensual love stories.

Working in nanotechnology, Madeline Pierce, a dedicated scientist, has pain in her heart from an abusive relationship. She hides in her research. Charismatic yet brooding, Joe Roberts searches for an instant chemistry with his soulmate, the one person who will love him for his faults not in spite of them. Dr. Pierce teams up with Agent Roberts to uncover a criminal network within her medical research facility in West Michigan. Feeling an undeniable attraction, they struggle to stay professional while they determine the degree of company involvement.

FBI Agent Joe Roberts and his fiancée, Dr. Madeline Pierce, must track down a rage-producing nano-drug before it devastates the nation, in this fourth book of The Chemical Attraction Series. Staying in Detroit with the FBI, Madeline works to develop an antidote from the confiscated journals. She clashes with the women from Joe’s past. In West Michigan, Joe hunts for the bio-weapon. With a history as a player, he’s worried his relationship with Madeline is at risk. Working apart, they attempt to focus on the threat.

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"One hundred and twenty Marines wounded. Eighteen dead. All for one lousy hill". Based on her father’s letters to his parents throughout the Forgotten War, author Christina Thompson has produced this work of historical fiction to pay tribute to Navy corpsmen by remembering their service to their brothers and their country. Imagining her father had guarded his parents from the carnage of war, Christina elaborates on what could have happened while staying true to the dates and experiences her father shared in his actual letters.

Searching for Her, an anthology of short stories about Joe Roberts from The Chemical Attraction Series, takes place after The Kindred Code leading into Chemical Attraction. During the eight-year span of these seven stories—as seen through the eyes of his family—Joe gradually loses faith that he’ll find his soulmate.His sisters, Taylor and Eva, conspire to help him. Convinced Madeline Pierce is his perfect match, Eva and Madeline’s Aunt Sylvia push for a connection. Each time they try to force a meeting, it backfires. Unbeknownst to Joe and his family, the Synchronicity of the ...

Taylor Valentine, Eva O’Sullivan, and Joe Roberts are siblings by choice. They believe in The Kindred Code: blood means nothing and love is everything. As their lives follow different paths after college, they wonder if their mantra will stay true. When word gets out that Professor Stuart Morgan had dated Taylor while in his class, the publicity takes a toll on their relationship. Under the stress, Stuart struggles with his PTSD. With his son at a sleepover, Officer Matt Connor invites Eva to his home. Over the weekend, volatile confrontations erupt between Matt’s mother and Eva. The ...

Alone and afraid, a young boy calls Allegan Police Chief Matt Connor. He can’t find his mother, Jessica, a protected witness who knows the formula of a deadly nanodrug. The Connor family jumps into action to save the child, who might also be their grandson. With the help of his Uncle Joe, David Connor, a rookie with the FBI, vows to reunite with his long-lost love, Jessica. Has someone abducted her for her knowledge of the bioweapon? Using his limited experience, he must piece together the puzzle to bring Jessica home to him and the child she claims is David’s. Meanwhile, as her husband...

Parallel to The Major’s Dilemma, Christina Thompson nudges her secondary characters into the spotlight. Everyone has a story, and everyone has something they hold dear. What happens when those hearts are stolen? While Division Director Peter Bingaman and his FBI agents investigate a string of robberies, a disgruntled agent steals a private envelope from Peter’s safe. The potential revelation of its contents threatens to shatter Peter’s world. A slow-moving widow in a new fast-paced town, Sylvia Folkert is afraid of change. Her solace has been her wedding ring, recently stolen. At the ...

Retired from an impressive career in the Army, Major Logan McCormick marries Samantha Randall, the daughter of a well-known general. After a year of domestic normalcy, he yearns for the excitement of his covert missions. Four months pregnant, Samantha senses Logan’s restlessness. She wonders if he’ll choose the military over his family, in the way her father had. When a past mission comes back to haunt him, putting his wife in jeopardy, Logan turns to a surprising source for help. But the stress takes its toll on Samantha. Will she raise their child with or without Logan? The ...

Madeline’s independent; Joe needs to be in charge. They marry a month after meeting. Can their relationship really last a lifetime? On their honeymoon at a secluded cabin in Canada, FBI Agent Joe Roberts and Dr. Madeline Pierce deal with the profound effects from their previous case. They have yet to consummate their marriage and struggle to share their apprehensions. They receive a call from the FBI. Someone broke into Joe’s apartment, looking for their whereabouts. The hunt is now on in an epic chase across the wilderness. The stakes are high, and the journey is as perilous as it is ...

Vengeance doesn’t sleep behind bars. Quinn Harris’s grand ambitions have collapsed, leaving him raging through a life sentence—and plotting escape. He wants everything he lost: his freedom, his child hidden away with Carmen, and revenge on anyone who ever stood in his way. Especially Joe Roberts. Joe and his family live on a classified base, protecting scientists whose research threatens powerful drug companies. Their delicate balance between secrecy and normalcy shatters when Madeline’s health plummets—and the only person who can save her is Quinn. When Quinn escapes from prison,...

A few words of encouragement can stay with you for a lifetime. Robert and Brianna’s childhood friendship grew into respect for each other and their ideas. Robert gave her the confidence to stand up for herself. Brianna helped him see his artistic potential and encouraged him to travel for his inspiration. He found it in the letters she wrote. Now struggling to care for Chloe, her six-year-old half-sister, Brianna Carlson receives news that her abusive stepfather will be released from prison. Still limping from a once broken leg, she's terrified he'll come back to hurt Chloe this time. She...

“Some men think there’s a choice between right and wrong. Great men know there is none.” ~General Steven Randall At the Russian Embassy where she lives with her mother and stepfather, Samantha Randall uncovers a plot to assassinate the U.S. President. Her father’s famous speech urges her to act, so she treks cross-country to warn the driver that his cargo has the proof. She soon finds herself stranded in the middle of nowhere. Driving a truck on a covert assignment, Major Logan McCormick has sworn off women after his bitter divorce. Against protocol, he rescues Samantha and gives ...