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An American naval officer marries a Japanese geisha girl known as Butterfly and then abandons her. Butterfly steadfastly awaits his return for three years, only to learn when Pinkerton returns that he has married an American woman.

"The sun is dying...and it's happening way too damn fast. With the clock ticking, the Nine Planets' only hope of survival rests on a fancy space station and the alien artifact it's carrying. Which is why it really sucks when some jackass doesn't want the universe saved and blows that station up-- while you're still on it. So if your only choices are flaming death or stealing a flying hunk of space junk--you pick that busted-ass spaceship. Even if...

Facing impending extinction, an Intermediary decides to help the Human Colonies stop the Architects who are back consuming entire planets after eighty years of a fragile peace, in the second novel of the series, following Shards of Earth. After eighty years of fragile peace the Architects are back, wreaking havoc as they consume entire planets. In the past, Originator artifacts– vestiges of a long-vanished civilization– could save a...

"After a messy public breakup leaves her face splashed across the tabloids, soap opera darling Jasmine Lin Rodriguez returns to New York City to film the starring role in a bilingual romantic comedy for the number one streaming service in the country. A casting shake-up pairs her with telenovela hunk Ashton Suarez, who is worried about his career after his last telenovela character was killed off. A disastrous first impression smothers the embers...

A pair of sisters find out that the mother they thought was dead is alive and starring on a soap opera. Rachel is a level-headed stage manager who keeps the family balanced and Jackie is an off-kilter actress.

The lines. The soul of every ship. It was once thought there were only ten, but that was before an alien vessel appeared at the edge of spacebefore Ean Lambert heard more lines singing. Eans ways of communicating with lines is strange. But his abilities make him a valuable toolor weaponto command. Captain Selma Kari Wang has lost everythingher ship, her crew, her legs. But the New Alliance of Worlds is not done with her yet. After they rebuild her...

"The Divide. It's the edge of the universe. Now it's collapsing--and taking everyone and everything with it. The only ones who can stop it are the Sentinels--the recruits, exiles, and court-martialed dregs of the military. At the Divide, Adequin Rake, commanding the Argus, has no resources, no comms--nothing, except for the soldiers that no one wanted. They're humanity's last chance."--Provided by publisher.