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She can speak to nature-illegally. Too bad he can read minds. Ryllis Camden has a secret-she can talk to nature, and it speaks to her in return. But her gift is forbidden by the Vilarian Star Realm who controls her planet, and the penalty is death. When she's falsely accused of treason and exiled to the Vilarian home world, hiding her power becomes even more critical. But how can she hide anything when she's forced to toil in the home of the...

With the Haederan Empire mostly ousted from Asria, Avery Rendon should feel freer than she has in years-certainly since the Haederan invasion. Yet when she's nearly assassinated on the day of her long-overdue coronation, intelligence suggests the perpetrator is her estranged brother, Quen. He may have denied wanting the throne years ago, but now it seems he wants another shot-and he won't stop until she no longer stands in his way. Convinced h...

After dealing a major blow to the enemy, Avery Rendon has found her way home to Asria. Safe for now, she spends her time adjusting to her new role in her planet's future and reveling in personal victories. But Asria is still under the control of the Haederan Empire, and their grip has tightened since the invasion. When the Asrian prime minister begs her to ask the Commonwealth for help in person, she agrees. It's a harrowing trip to the Com...

Gareth Chase might be a model Haederan officer, but even his unshakable loyalty to his emperor can't assuage his constant misgivings. Certain his past deeds have destined him to a hellish afterlife, he's not happy to be ordered to his empire's newly conquered planet of Asria to keep watch on their princess. He's even less thrilled to find that his new charge is insolent, reckless, and defiant-and almost certainly an enemy spy. Katryn Holt is...

Kresten Westermark is a prince with a problem. Forced back into the telepathic Shadow Force by his emperor, he's been ordered to his wife's home planet to investigate her father and stop a potential rebellion that could destabilize the Star Realm. Politically and professionally, he can't fail. Personally, he must. Ryllis Westermark-officially Her Imperial Highness Princess Amaryllis since her marriage-couldn't be more unhappy to be returning...

Avery Rendon is weeks away from realizing her dream as a Commonwealth fighter pilot when planetary politics intervene. Reluctantly, she returns to her home planet of Asria, still hoping to break free of her controlling family and their faith. Not much has changed on Asria though, and after her almost-fiancé walks out on her, she's not sure life can get much worse. She's wrong. When the Haederan Empire invades Asria, intent on rebuilding their...

A king in need of a bride. A rebel leader in his dungeon. A farmer's daughter with a choice. This isn't a fairy tale. The last thing Riette expects on a snowy winter's evening is Meirdre's royal guard appearing on her doorstep. Their purpose? The king needs a bride, and tradition dictates the position is hers to accept. Desperate to secure her parents' future, she agrees to the marriage and is whisked away to Lochfeld Castle, all too awar...

A kingdom on the verge of conflict. A sovereign desperate to prove his worth. A crownkeeper pledged to protect them all. The end was just the beginning. To protect her kingdom, Riette has married King Laurent, the tyrant she doesn't love and never will. As a crownkeeper, her foremost purpose now is to shield Meirdre from both natural disasters and outside forces-mortal ones-who would love to see it fall. Ignoring Laurent's existence? That's ...

When Coralie Frazer arrives at Nimbus Station aboard the National Space Research Council starship Triumph, it's not as the engineer she expected to be. Light-years and several wormhole jumps from Earth, she's now the prisoner of her former crew, and they want nothing from her but the blood that keeps them alive. When she's granted a sliver of unexpected freedom, she jumps at the chance to escape-but fleeing seems impossible when Earth might as...

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It Takes a Queen to Save a Kingdom The last thing Riette expects on a snowy winter's evening is Meirdre's royal guard appearing on her doorstep. Their purpose? The king needs a bride, and tradition dictates the position is hers to accept. Desperate to secure her parents' future, she agrees to the marriage and is whisked away to Lochfeld Castle, all too aware her childhood friend is there as well, imprisoned as a rebel in the dungeons below. Bu...

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A foreign crown bent on conquest.An escaped traitor out for vengeance. A realm caught in the middle.Sometimes it takes a queen to save a kingdom. Laurent has left to meet the Vassian Army at the border, leaving Riette in charge of Lochfeld Castle and indeed Meirdre itself. Waiting on war to come to the kingdom she loves is unthinkable, so she escapes to her home village for a visit, searching for one last bit of normalcy in a life that is no l...

A king in need of a bride. A rebel leader in his dungeon. A farmer's daughter with a choice. This isn't a fairy tale. The last thing Riette expects on a snowy winter's evening is Meirdre's royal guard appearing on her doorstep. Their purpose? The king needs a bride, and tradition dictates the position is hers to accept. Desperate to secure her parents' future, she agrees to the marriage and is whisked away to Lochfeld Castle, all too aware her...

Ryllis Camden has a secret-she can talk to nature, and it speaks to her in return. But her gift is forbidden by the Vilarian Star Realm who controls her planet, and the penalty is death. When she's falsely accused of treason and exiled to the Vilarian home world, hiding her power becomes even more critical. But how can she hide anything when she's forced to toil in the home of the emperor's youngest son?Kresten Westermark might be a prince, bu...

A kingdom on the verge of conflict.A sovereign desperate to prove his worth.A crownkeeper pledged to protect them all.The end was just the beginning. To protect her kingdom, Riette has married King Laurent, the tyrant she doesn't love and never will. As a crownkeeper, her foremost purpose now is to shield Meirdre from both natural disasters and outside forces-mortal ones-who would love to see it fall. Ignoring Laurent's existence? That's a not...

Laced with humour and revelation, Anne Wheeler's creative non-fiction stories tell of her serendipitous journey in the seventies, when she broke with tradition and found her own way to becoming a filmmaker and raconteur. Join this celebrated screenwriter and director as she travels south of Mombasa after calling off her wedding, attempts to gain acceptance in a male-dominated film collective, travels to India to visit friends who are devoted t...

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