Commanders Little Surprise

A precious reminder of her one fall from grace… Baranovian royal Victoria Bernard's cherished daughter had the same dimple and sparkling eyes as her father, a man forever forbidden to Victoria. She should never have seen him again—except she was assigned to diplomatic duty at Lieutenant Commander Dan O'Hara's JAG post! She only hoped Dan would not recognize her… Dan was a commander with a five-year plan, with marriage and kids far off in the future. But something about Victoria reminded him of the mystery woman with whom he'd spent one tantalizing night. It was crazy to think this off-limits royal might be her. Honor demanded he walk away—until he saw Victoria's baby girl, and his five-year plan became five seconds to fatherhood!

Equipped with an experimental faster-than-light drive, a United Systems cruiser is converted and recommissioned as the exploratory vessel New Horizon. During its first jump, something goes terribly wrong, damaging the ship and hurtling it thousands of light-years from its destination. With the FTL drive destroyed, the handpicked crew's only option is to settle in a nearby star system. Fortunately, a habitable planet exists in the system, populated by creatures that are strikingly similar to those of Earth's past. Internal politics, along with a series of accidents, plagues the fledgling colony while they struggle to gain a foothold and discover the secrets of the planet. The prospects become grim when the dominant rulers of the world arrive to dispute the New Horizon crew's precarious claim.

Defeat and Triumph tells the story of the still controversial, important, dramatic but little known Allied invasion of the French Riviera on August 15, 1944. This was known as Operation Anvil and later renamed Operation Dragoon. Notwithstanding the massive opposition of Winston Churchill, his military advisors, and many notable American generals, Dragoon happened. After suffering four years of humiliating and devastating defeat, French men and women were assisted by their American and British Allies and this invasion ensured World War II victory in Europe. Defeat and Triumph: The Story of a Controversial Allied Invasion and French Rebirth thoroughly analyzes the pros and cons of Dragoon. The book provides a panoramic history of Operation Dragoon and related events in France, Germany, Great Britain, the United States, and the Mediterranean from 1940-1945. The author is in the unique position of having served on Day of Dragoon as Helmsman of LST 1012 (Landing Ship Tank).The LST 1012 participated in the most dangerous and tragic event of the invasion. He has gathered and analyzed a treasure trove of previously unpublished American, British, French and German archival materials, diaries, letters, periodical articles, maps and interviews.

“The new master of the modern spy game.”—Mark Sullivan From Black Ops veteran Leo J. Maloney comes a nonstop thrill ride straight into the secret world of covert agents . . . Rogue Commander Four-star general James Collins has been accused of stealing a cache of Tomahawk missiles—and reaches out to his friend, CIA veteran Dan Morgan, for help. But Morgan is playing with fire. The Zeta Division, chasing down a black-market middleman, discovers a connection to a North Korean military officer—and one of his team winds up a prisoner in Pyongyang. As Morgan takes a series of escalating risks, it becomes clear that a global plot is already in motion—and if they can’t stop it, an unimaginable number of innocent civilians will be slaughtered . . . Praise for Leo J. Maloney and His Novels “Utterly compelling! Dan Morgan is one of the best heroes to come along in ages.” —Jeffery Deaver “Fine writing and real insider knowledge.” —Lee Child “Everything a thriller reader wants.” —Ben Coes “A ripping story!” —Meg Gardiner “Rings with authenticity.” —John Gilstrap

The Commander chronicles is a science fiction story about a universal police force officer and his cat, Kato. In his travels he meets an android woman that he makes a member of his crew. He meets other people in space, and has a friend with four arms and a face chiseled out of granite with a dull chisel. He finds out his cat is also an android and his purring is his way of talking. He chases a genius who makes weapons of mass destruction. The woman is a computer genius and helps him chase the terrorist, across the galaxy . They kill him, only to have to kill him again.

"I Do…For Now." She might be the last twenty-nine-year-old virgin in Greece, but Melina Kostos did not need her overprotective father and brothers handpicking her husband! So when American businessman and single dad Adam Blake proposed a convenient marriage on her terms, she accepted. By Zeus, their bargain gave her everything she wanted: a gold band, a little girl to love and a green card. So why wasn't it enough? Because Melina wanted to break her no-touching-in-private rule and make her husband her first. Because she didn't want to be just a child's friend, she wanted to have Adam's babies. Because she wanted the whole thing—big fat Greek wedding and all!

Soldiers who formed a comedy and musical troupe dodge bullets during World War II.

Employer, Enemy—Or Fiance? As a single mother of two, Lili Soule will do everything she can to save the day-care center in the building where she works, even if it means challenging Tom Eldridge, her handsome boss. She can't really afford to put her job on the line, but she also can't afford to find other arrangements for the twins. Tom Eldridge is in a bind—stuck between building management, a demanding father who wants Tom to settle down right now, and the irksome Ms. Soule. Then a chance encounter with Lili and her two children gives him an idea that will solve all his problems in one fell swoop…. So just when Lili thinks she's going to have to put up the fight of her life, Tom offers her a proposal she's having trouble refusing!