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Charlie Kroft’s job at the crisis center means she’s often seen as a hero: she’s helped countless people climb out of the deepest pits of personal despair. But when one phone call thrusts Charlie into the spotlight, she must contend with the hidden pain that drives her…and with the mysterious stranger who knows the truth.

When I left the Army, I left behind pieces of myself. The things I did haunt me. So do the friends I lost. I thought I'd always be broken until I took a job protecting Winter Pyke. This curvy songbird touches parts of me that haven't seen the light in years. But a crazy fan has made her life a living hell. That's a feeling I'm all too familiar with. And I won't allow her to live the way I have for so long. I will save her . . . and then I'm making her mine.

Podemos ser héroes es la amarga y voraz supervivencia del día a día, en la decadencia e incluso en la derrota. Los personajes de estos trece cuentos, jóvenes, marginales y rebeldes, deambulan por la convulsiva Lima de los años 80 con el rock subte a viva voz...

A new selection of Yukio Mishima (author of Spring Snow and The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea) short stories from the 1960s—his final decade—Voices of the Fallen Heroes offers a unique glimpse into the mind of one of Japan’s greatest writers. In the title story, "Voices of the...

Ethel fell for the handsome George Wiseman when she was only sixteen. She found the love of her life only to lose him too early. Determined to live her life with purpose, she became a foster mother. And discovered a new kind of love as she offered her home, her heart, and her wisdom to the heroes she raised, through a lifetime of Christmases.

Polly’s fourth-grade daughter has been spending a lot of time with her classmate Sylvie—maybe too much. Sylvie’s clothes are a little…flashy…and her phone (a ten-year-old with a phone!) doesn’t seem to have any parental controls. It seems that Sylvie’s mother, with her vape pens and her too-high heels, may not be making good choices. As Polly tries to exert a positive influence, she discovers just how little anyone can tell about a family from the outside.

Heroes of Normandy: The Untold Stories delivers seven action-packed combat stories. You'll parachute behind enemy lines with a young Airborne soldier in the early morning hours of D-Day in "The Stovepipe Bluff" and lead British troops forward to battle with "Mack the Knife" and Lieutenant Julian as they discover the truest definition of heroism.

What is a hero? Do you have what it takes to be a hero? Find out.

Another story of Roma Eterna. A Roman nobleman is sent in punishment to a remote corner of the Empire–the Arabian city we know as Mecca...

A brother and sister play at being heroes, and the game changes their lives. This is a novella. It stands alone but is set about 12 years after Street Fox and several generations after The King's Sword.

When Simon Serrailler was a rookie constable with the Met, he did something reckless in the course of a night's work which caused a man's death. But his act was praised by his colleagues, and he was called a hero. Years later, now a detective chief superintendent who has been badly injured in the course of duty, he receives a medal for bravery at Buckingham Palace while recollecting that fateful night of his early career, when chance disguised itself as bravery.

Inside this book are stories about insects, piano teachers, talking birds, dead birds, ex-convicts, suicide attempts, tarot cards, and bible verses. Some of the stories happened to Korby and some of them he just made up. It doesn't really matter which are which. Up to this point in his life, he has been a professional singer-songwriter, traveling around by himself, playing songs for small audiences, selling CDs out of a suitcase.

The first and ultimate Steampulp novel, Khan Dynasty features an epic adventure spanning two centuries in time and linking the incredible lives of history's most popular Victorian Age adventurers of the 1800s with the greatest action heroes of the Pulp Era and an assortment of well-known, real-life figures.

It's the year 2030, and the whole world is watching while American soldiers fight insurgents in Syria. But with TV networks in charge of the war, what's the real goal, and is a hero really a hero?

Everyone always tells stories about the hero. But what about the guy who wasted his whole frickin’ life looking for the hero? Well, this is the story of that guy, and the day he finally found the hero he’d spent decades looking for.

Join the Smitey Heroes as they embark on exciting (and ridiculous) adventures. This Smitey Heroes collection includes five stories: "The Four Squires", "A Suitor for the Princess", "The Grossest Dragon", "Dragon Mountain", and "Peasant Poison Pony".

Who doesn't want to ride on a Griffin or a Pegasus, or a Unicorn, or a Giant Eagle? Unfortunately, after what happened to the poor Hydra they all went to live in the Valley of Mythical Beasts. The Scout is dispatched to the Valley on a secret mission.

It wasn't easy being a peasant; at any moment, a knight could ride in and sack your whole village. In fact, that was the favorite hobby of the Ruthless Knight. When his village was attacked, only a chance ride on a Unicorn saved the life of a young Farmer, but if he wanted to defeat the Ruthless Knight, he was going to need a Smiteyer mount. He was going to need a dragon.

Dragons live on Dragon Mountain, and because dragons are the Smiteyest mounts around, heroes will stop at nothing to acquire their services. Two knights will make a perilous quest up Dragon Mountain to find the silver and blue dragons, trailed only by a ranger who will stop at nothing to ride a dragon.

The princess doesn't particularly want to get married, but that doesn't stop the evil king from declaring that the Smiteyest knight in the kingdom will have the hand of the princess in marriage. A tournament is organized to determine who will win the princess as a bride. (Even worse for the princess, the evil king lends the ruthless knight the ruby encrusted sword to help him win.) But you better believe this princess won't be wed without a fight.