She doesn't believe in alien life on Earth... Brin Andersen is a hoax buster with a big internet following. And now she's on a quest to reveal the most ridiculous hoax ever: the rumor of—get this—an extraterrestrial dating service in some tiny Montana town. But after her production equipment is stolen, she's stranded without resources. When an aloof, sexy security guard asks for her help with a missing person search, maybe this episode featuring the would-be secrets of Sunset Falls won't be a total bust after all. He doesn't believe in alien loving on Earth... Fynix Sol is to blame for his beast battalion's exile from Xymir. And now they are hiding on Earth until they can bind their hungry beasts to willing mates. But that chance will be lost if the IDA outpost reopening fails to launch. Sol knows he doesn't rate a mate, not after what he did, but if he can trick an unsuspecting Earther into finding the missing proprietor of...

From 2004 to 2006, JJ Thompson wrote a series of strange and idiosyncratic plays that delighted and enraged readers in equal measure. Staggeringly original, disarmingly surreal, charged with political righteousness and an almost devilish wit, Mr. Thompson's plays are a bizarre form of "outsider art" that blends the Manichean logic of the morality play with Brechtian modes of representation.From 2004 to 2006, JJ Thompson wrote a series of strange and idiosyncratic plays that delighted and enraged readers in equal measure. His work can be described as a bizarre form of "outsider art" that blends the Manichean logic of the morality play with Brechtian modes of representation. Staggeringly original, disarmingly surreal, charged with political righteousness and an almost devilish wit, Mr. Thompson's plays still have the power to bewitch and bewilder readers. Now, for the first time, we are proud to present the complete collected works of JJ Thompson, including his Linkful Triad Trilogy and the still-incomplete Stranger Trilogy.This book includes:The Rose on Martha's Breast:Part I of the Linkful Triad Trilogy. Martha is a normal girl with a deep secret. WHAT IS IT?A Gangster's Life Can Be in Jeopardy Too:Part II of the Linkful Triad Trilogy. What will Axel do when he finds himself facing the deadliest challenger of them all!What's Your Take on Cassavetes, Yo?Part III of the Linkful Triad Trilogy. John Cassavetes is a director of films with a single vice in life...Taste of SilenceIssei Sagawa is a serial killer. But what will he do when he finds himself with emotional attachments to one of his victims?A Brief History of CrimeJohn Kerry has won the Presidency. Will time be altered forever?The Abortionist's DaughterPart I of The Stranger Trilogy. Piper is a young woman in search of love. Will she find it in the most unlikely of places?Romance of the Three CommiesTwo small children realize the horror that lies beneath this cruel and unjust world!Leprosy Killed the LeperPart II of The Stranger Trilogy. A gay man and a straight man sit down to discuss their differences and discover they're not so different after all...Skeeter's InfernoSkeeter gets lost on a long, loensome trail, and encounters some people he thought he'd never see again...

It's high summer in Angels Rest...With her very practical accounting degree in hand, Brandy Wick had a simple wish: to finally be normal. After growing up all but orphaned as one of the "weird Wick sisters"—witches, if anyone believed in those—she was determined to find a regular life in the big anonymous city. But while passing through the small desert town of Angels Rest, a passionate encounter with a sexy fella in snug Wranglers left her with an extraordinary problem…Bear shifter Mac Montero just wanted to rebuild his clan's standing in the shifter community after a tragic betrayal left the bears pariahs in their own lands. He has to prove he's strong, steady, and trustworthy—and devoted to the secrets of his dangerous world. But then a sweet temptation from his past returns…with a shocking surprise.Now the Montero cousins and weird Wick sisters are discovering, in the shadow of Mesa Diablo, paranormal is the new...

Dain, Regent to the pixies, and sworn protector of his people. Rune, scientist to the FAE and indirectly responsible for the deaths of a great many souls. Kerrick, leader of the elves and nemesis of the pixie, dragons, phoenix, and shifters... How is Dane going to handle it when he discovers he is Bound to the Enemy?

A beautiful and heart-rending short story about the slave called Yona and a huge Calliston, set on the world of Dirt. Yona is cold, as are the others, but with the help of a stranger, they escape from confinement and flee across the continent of Bind on a huge beast. This fantasy tale is set during the same period as the events in Dirt, series one, but can be read on its own.A beautiful short story about the slave called Yona and a huge Calliston, from the World of Dirt.Yona was cold and so were all the others. Shut in a freezing room in a hall buried in a gorge in the North Hoar Ridge, she knew she had two possible fates: She would die here or be forced to work in the mines. That much they knew.But then, as those around her were beginning to succumb to the cold, a young man smashed down the door and told them they were free.So begins the incredible tale of Yona and the Beast as the slaves escape across the huge continent of Bind on an incredible Calliston, a giant beast.This short story relates what happens to a few characters that we met briefly in Dirt, book one of the Dirt Fantasy Epic. But you do not need to read the main books to enjoy this small offering. It is completely standalone and can be read on its own.

It's Christmas in Carbon County, and not a creature is stirring, not even a cyborg…He was never meant to be awakened. In the matrix of genetically and cybernetically enhanced contract killers, he was the Omega — brought out only the last resort, the final answer, the end times. But crash-landing on the planet Dirt made Cosmo just another cowboy, albeit one with a time bomb in his massive body forever set to 00:00:00:01.Vic Ray thought she was so smart. As a reformed black-hat hacker, she cracked every code ever put in front of her. Except the one that explains people. But then she found out about aliens. Turns out, though, Cosmo Halley is worse than any people. At least she doesn't have to be nice to a killer robot to get what she wants: Off this world.But when an old enemy and a new one join forces to expose the CWBOIs on Earth, Cosmo and Vic will have to figure out what it means to love before everything they know is lost forever. Can the Spirit of...

Griz is emphatic that the hunters are not being led by the council. When all signs show Thai differently what’s he supposed to do? Believe in the facts that are building against them or believe in his big bear of a mate? His mongoose tells him to trust his mate his computer says trust in what he knows. When someone starts taking shots at him on council grounds…well that’s a conundrum.

It's high summer in Angels Rest…The second book in the MONTERO BEARS "Shifters in Love: Fun & Flirty" trilogy from Elsa Jade, author of the Wolves of Angels Rest series.The Four Corners bear clan is slowly recovering its place in shifter society, so Ben Leblanc has decided its time to find his mate. But Angels Rest is a small town and the cellular reception is so bad he can't even reach a dating site. He'll have to use his bro bear charm and the town's new gardening club to choose among the likely ladies.Gin Wick thinks Angels Rest is all dust and cactus, but she needs to add some local flavor to the herbal sachets required for her upcoming ordination as a witch. And a certain burly bear shifter certainly seems tasty enough.But when her Anti-Love Potion No. 96 goes awry and threatens a big chill, Gin and Ben will have one chance to claim this summer lovin' forever.A new Fun & Flirty trilogy in the world of the...

The Theta shroud designation was always meant to be an outsider—a spy and saboteur lurking on the fringes of the elite cyborg soldiers. So even as he built a personality out of the dust of Diamond Valley, Montana, Troy Lehigh stayed apart from his brothers while they lived and loved. A Theta could never hope for such a bond. His only desire, from the first moment he stole his consciousness from the soulless programming that controlled him, was to destroy the consortium that doomed him to solitude. He would’ve done it too, except his brothers chose love over war and trapped him in their midst. But then, a hundred and fifty years ago, he met a sassy soiled dove in a Montana saloon… Nell Dearly had wandered too far from home and was struggling to survive. But the long-lost farm girl has no idea just how far out she’ll go… The cyborg cowboys of Carbon County have fought for each other, for love, and for Earth itself. But the shroud consortium they escaped never stopped seeking them. Now every star they see from Big Sky Country is in danger, and only a lonely Theta and the saloon girl he kissed once upon a time might save us.

She lost her childhood and her mother on a wild journey through a jungle deep and dark—now she is losing what's left... Freelance illustrator Cecily Serrao has painted herself into a corner—and she likes it there. She has her pastel watercolors, her tiny Portland apartment with nice indirect lighting, and just enough work to let her drift through her perfect quiet life. Until a supersecret agent with eyes as brilliant gold as the deadly jaguars that haunt her dreams tells her she's missing one thing: herself. Ronan Conrad joined the First Responders: Extrasensory Capabilities Unit—freaks for short—to atone for his troubled, misspent youth. When unknown forces as covert as any of his unit's ops threaten ExCap's mission, the lieutenant guide controller who usually handles other agents with power and precision finds himself hunting the shadows on his own. Alone until he finds her: subtle, strong,...

If Tritona’s war is over, who feeds the forgotten sharks of war? Designed and trained to be a war-torn planet’s merciless killing machine, Sting was sent to the deeps when the battles ended. But the end of the fighting doesn’t always mean peace. Then one of the Wavercrest women from Earth goes missing, and he’s tasked with finding her. But how can this one small mission soothe the monster he was made to be? Lana Wavercrest has been running for what feels like forever. She thought she’d finally found her home on a faraway ocean world…only to discover that her heritage—the same unnerving powers that ruined her life on Earth—is considered a curse on Tritona too. Is there nowhere in the universe she can be herself? But when Tritona’s enemy returns, they will have one last chance to decide the fate of worlds—and their lonely, drifting hearts.