As children, Mick and Adrian forged a promise as they looked up at the stars. Time and money pulled them apart with harsh words and bitter regrets, and their wish was cast aside. Now, space is a haven for the wealthy, who flaunt their riches aboard the opulent Empyrean Station, dining on crab with a spectacular view of Earth and enjoying a permanent vacation in one of Empyrean's many temperate biospheres. The stars are a long-forgotten dream to starship mechanic Mick, who lives in the Old New York shanty town swallowing his remorse as he struggles to meet his basic needs. Until Adrian returns to him with heart-rending news—he's terminally ill with Miasma, a pollutant-driven, degenerative illness. With Adrian only having months to live, Mick realizes nothing matters except loving him and reaching for their dream together. Stealing a spaceship, they launch into space to see the stars with their own eyes. Mick and Adrian end up...

New York Times "16 Books to Read in September" • Longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction​ • A sweeping and beautifully rendered exploration of home and yearning, following the fracturing of a family upon the demise of its patriarch"A gorgeous novel from one of our most outstanding writers to be savored for its beautiful language and profound insights into families, relationships and life" —Bernardine Evaristo, Booker prize winning author of Girl, Woman, OtherIn the early hours of June 14, 2017, the world watches as flames leap up the sides of a residential high-rise in West London, consuming Grenfell Tower and many of the lives within it. Across town, an earlier spark has caught fire. A cigarette left burning in an ashtray. A table strewn with post-it reminders and old newspapers. And one Cornelius Winston Pitt—estranged husband, complicated dad, and Pitt family patriarch—takes his...

The incredible untold origin story of cyberwar and the hackers who unleashed it on the world, tracing their journey from the ashes of the Cold War to the criminal underworld, governments, and even Silicon Valley. Two years before 9/11, the United States was attacked by an unknown enemy. No advance warning was given, and it didn't target civilians. Instead, tomahawk missiles started missing their targets, US agents were swept up by hostile governments, and America’s enemies seemed to know its every move in advance. A new phase of warfare—cyber war—had arrived. And within two decades it escaped Pandora's Box, plunging us into a state of total war where every day, countless cyber attacks perpetrated by states and mercenaries are reshaping the world. After receiving an anonymous email with leaked NATO battle plans during the bombardment of Kosovo, journalist Matt Potter embarked on a twenty-year investigation into the origins of cyber war...

As a child, Katie loved ponies, all things pink and sparkly and dashing event rider Roger Fleming Bowen. Now in her twenties, she's escaped a desk job in London, packed her collection of pink polo shirts and moved to Northumberland to work for her childhood hero. The attraction between the two of them is instant and Katie's keen to win more than rosettes and the silver spurs on offer at the Scottish Championship, but Roger has vowed to never again get involved with his staff, having learnt from casual but disastrous relationships in the past. Then, at an international competition near Inverness, catastrophe strikes for Katie, and Roger is forced to question everything he has been so certain of...

Jolene Winters only wants to be left alone, but her new-found safety and contentment will be both challenged and shattered. When the chance to escape the clutches of her villainous girlfriend finally appears, twenty-five-year-old Jolene Winters takes it. All she wants is to live a life of her choosing, and to be left alone and in peace to write her novels. A year into living in the quiet solitude of a cabin nestled into a remote slice of Alaskan wilderness, her sense of safety evaporates when a threat literally falls from the sky. At forty-three, Courtney Sarks, the owner of the most successful private investigations businesses on the West Coast, is only there to do a to find and retrieve stolen money. Hired by Giselle Merrick, a powerful Portland defense attorney, Court fears there is more to the job than meets the eye. On her way to the homestead named Thumbknuckle, Courtney finds herself injured and in the hands of the beautiful and kind Jolene Winters. Without a way to contact the outside world, Court gets to know Jo, and quickly realizes that just finishing the job is no longer an option. Especially since Court develops a deep affection for Jolene, and she's sure the feeling is mutual. Jo’s life is on the line, and Court vows to keep her safe, unaware of what that promise might entail.When Jolene’s past catches up to her, will she and Courtney be able to make it out alive?  

In this rom com from the author of Someone Else's Summer, a hopeless romantic juggles senior year stress, family problems, and faulty friendships around the end of senior year and prom. Quincy Walker is a hopeless romantic, so when she's kissed by a stranger in a dark theater, her rom-com obsessed imagination begins plotting the perfect movie-version ending to her senior year (which ends, like all great high school rom-coms, with the prom). With the help of her friends, Operation Mystery Kisser is born: a plan to set Quin up on dates with all the guys who were at the theater that night so she can discover who kissed her. The only problem? Her friends insist on blind dates, and Quin hates letting go of control—just ask the members of her group for her final project for film class. As prom draws nearer, Quin is no closer to finding who her mystery kisser was, and she's not sure she wants to continue looking. Maybe it's her dad's failing...

She's got an acute case of heartthrob! Rodeo rider Corinne Hawkins has had a thing for Mike Burris for years. Now their on-again, off-again relationship might be off—for good. Mike is in medical school, and their attempts at long-distance romance have been a disaster. Corinne doesn't want to walk away from her brainy, sexy cowboy but feels she has no choice. Luckily for Corinne and Mike, their meddling, matchmaking families are on the job! From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness.Montana Mavericks: Lassoing Love Book 1: The Maverick's Surprise Son by Christine RimmerBook 2: A Maverick Reborn by Melissa SenateBook 3: A Maverick for Her Mom by Stella BagwellBook 4: Falling for Dr. Maverick by Kathy DouglassBook 5: The Maverick's Holiday Delivery by Christy JeffriesBook 6: A Maverick's Holiday Homecoming by Brenda Harlen

The past is forgotten, but not gone. A magical empire of grey-skinned giants erupts into civil war as Verletzt, a bold idealist, challenges the stagnant doctrine of his rulers. His iconoclast movement struggles desperately against the brutal theocrats to win freedom and lead his people to a glorious destiny. Five thousand years later, Kayla Freeland's prophetic sight shows her an approaching worldwide apocalypse. The devastating threat is somehow connected to an ancient weapon, hidden elemental forces and Vertletzt's long-vanished civilization. Racing against time, she assembles an expedition to delve into the past and solve the riddle of her visions before it is too late....