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  The Princess's Bodyguard

  Emily Hayes

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  She's a Princess, and I'm her Bodyguard . . . 
   
   
   
  JK Sullivan has recently retired from the US Army. She is offered an "easy" bodyguard job protecting British Princess Tabitha who is spending the summer in the US to escape the British media. 
   
   
   
  Princess Tabitha's time in the US is top secret. She will have a different hairstyle and different clothes and be basically unrecognizable as the Princess that is all over the British Press. 
   
   
   
  The one thing JK doesn't count on with this job is falling for the lovely and genuine Princess underneath it all. 
   
   
   
  Tabitha is so much younger than her, innocent, unspoiled, and a Princess. JK should do everything she can to keep away from her . . . if she can . . . 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Feral Creatures of Suburbia - A...

  D. Liebhart

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  Mothers will do anything to protect their children… but the greatest threats always come from within.  
  Julie White’s once-sweet son has morphed into a teenage terror. She hoped it was normal growing pains but a glimpse into his private messages shatters that illusion. Now she wonders if her moody teen is actually a ticking time bomb… 
  Varvara Perlman’s researcher job is hard, but caring for her emotionally-complex daughter is harder. After dismissing the latest call from the school counselor as another ploy for attention, she can only hope it’s not too late when she finally understands. This latest crisis may not only be real, but deadly… 
  Crystal Carrasco is as warm and fuzzy as steel wool. Nothing gets to her…not even her own terminal illness diagnosis. When she realizes her newly-married son will cancel his upcoming honeymoon if he finds out, she decides to do the only thing that makes sense. Do whatever it takes to hide the truth…  
  The interwoven lives of these ordinary women start to unravel as they are each pushed to the breaking point. When faced with the unthinkable, how far will they go to protect their children?

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  The Adventure of the Three...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  "The Adventure of the Three Gables" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected as one of 12 in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in 1926 as a serial.
  The story begins with a visit to 221B Baker Street from Steve Dixie, a black man and a cowardly ruffian who warns Sherlock Holmes to keep away from Harrow. Although Dixie has come to intimidate Holmes, Holmes secures Dixie's future cooperation by threatening to tell what he knows about the suspicious Perkins death involving Dixie. Dixie's boss is Barney Stockdale, and he must be connected with the Harrow Weald case, of which Holmes has just learnt from a message from Mary Maberley, a lady who lives at Three Gables, a house at Harrow Weald.

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  Fleet Captain Spacemage

  Timothy Ellis

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  A complicated war is about to get a lot more complicated. And Bud's brought it on himself. 
   
   
   
  There's no end in sight to either the Rawtenuga or Trixone wars. And the search for the dinosaur home world is proving just how big the galaxy is, especially where it's not properly mapped. 
   
   
   
  The enemy keep popping up in too many places, and as fast as the sensor network expands, they seem to have expanded faster. 
   
   
   
  Bud's been stepping up continuously since he joined the Imperium military, but now it's time for others to as well. 
   
   
   
  But in the midst of the mission, civilian matters continue to intrude, and being the goto mage has its downsides. Even with unexpected help, more resources, and finally producing shipyards, the Rawtenuga seem unstoppable. 
   
   
   
  The question has always been, where the hell are they from? But is the answer going to be what they need to end the war? Or is it just going to raise a lot more questions? 
   
   
   
  It's all on the shoulders of a very young Fleet Captain Spacemage.

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  King Lear - Full Cast Drama

  William Shakespeare

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  "King Lear," one of William Shakespeare's most renowned tragedies, presents a harrowing narrative of a monarch's downfall amidst familial turmoil and political upheaval. At its core, the play explores themes of power, madness, and the complexities of human nature. Lear's decision to divide his kingdom among his daughters based on their professions of love sets in motion a chain of events that exposes the treachery and ingratitude lurking beneath the surface of filial relationships. 
   
  As Lear descends into madness, wandering the stormy heath in a state of profound despair, he undergoes a spiritual and psychological journey that forces him to confront his own flaws and the consequences of his misguided actions. Meanwhile, his loyal but foolhardy companion, the Earl of Gloucester, suffers a parallel fate, blinded both physically and metaphorically by his misplaced trust in his deceitful son, Edmund. 
   
  Through the interplay of characters such as the virtuous Cordelia, the villainous Edmund, and the morally ambiguous Edmund, Shakespeare crafts a searing indictment of human folly and the corrupting influence of power. The play's tragic conclusion, marked by death, destruction, and a glimmer of redemption, serves as a poignant reminder of the fragility of human existence and the enduring relevance of Shakespeare's timeless exploration of the human condition.

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  Advancement of Learning An

  Reginald Hill

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  The "master of . . . cerebral puzzle mysteries" sends his Yorkshire detectives back to college to be taught a lesson in murder (The New York Times). 
   
   
    
  Reginald Hill "raised the classical British mystery to new heights" when he introduced pugnacious Yorkshire Det. Inspector Andrew Dalziel and his partner, the callow Sgt. Peter Pascoe (The New York Times Book Review). Their chafing differences in education, manners, technique, and temperament made them "the most remarkable duo in the annals of crime fiction" (Toronto Star). The Gold Dagger Award–winning series was adapted into a long-running hit show for the BBC. 
   
   
    
  If Alison Girling, former principal of England's Holm Coultram College, died in an avalanche in Austria, why has her skeleton been unearthed on campus? While no love is lost between conservative detective Andrew Dalziel and the entirety of Liberal Arts, his attention to the grim discovery must be paid. But when he and Peter Pascoe scour the ivory tower for answers, they discover that the shady faculty and creepy student body have more to bury than just one corpse. Try two—and counting. As Pascoe is sidelined by an old college flame, Dalziel's suspicions of academia are becoming dire. Because the deeper he digs for secrets, the dirtier they get in this "steadily, edgily amusing . . . dark comedy" (Kirkus Reviews).

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