"Once again, a tour de force from Mr. Wickard..".". ..".right up there with some of the biggest names in the #thriller genre." "Sexy, hot & heart-pounding, this #thriller will turn you inside out " ENCOUNTER You know him... known him... You met in college...you were sweethearts, lovers...remember? He wasn't your first... But, you vowed he'd be your last. For over fifteen years you've been married to him... had children by him... created a life with him... Then... he takes a business trip. Nothing unusual. A normal occurrence for his profession... The problem is... he doesn't return. EVER Do...

In the next installment of the Marching With Caesar(r) saga, Titus Pullus has died peacefully in his sleep after retiring as Camp Prefect and achieving his goal of being elevated to the equestrian order. However, Augustus has decreed that his status will not be inherited by his adopted son and heir, Gaius Porcinus. Consequently, Porcinus is still in the ranks of the Legions where he marches with Tiberius Claudius Nero and his brother Drusus to quell the first of what will be a period of rebellions that mark the beginning of the career of the man who will become the second Emperor of Rome....

A new era in Rome has begun, for both the budding Empire, and the descendants of Titus Pullus, Legionary of Rome. In this next chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Marching With Caesar(r) saga, the torch has passed to Pullus' namesake and adopted grandson, Titus Porcinianus Pullus. Blessed with not only the name and legacy of his adoptive grandfather but his enormous size and strength as well, young Titus enlists in the Legions. Following in the footsteps of his father Gaius Porcinus, Titus joins the Fourth Cohort of the 8th Legion, once commanded by Porcinus himself. But what...

Taylor Price, head librarian, is a brand new arrival in town. Lost, Taylor meets Jamie Underwood, the flag person from a road repair crew who guides her to the town's only veterinarian. Later on, Jamie turns out to be her daughter's soccer coach. The two women have several run-ins on the soccer field, on the roadway in front of Taylor's home, at the library, and in Taylor's basement, her kitchen, and her driveway. Bumping heads creates friction between the two women, but it leads to an undeniable attraction as well. Neither woman realizes the dog Jamie found giving birth to seven puppies in...

"A certain seer warned Caesar to be on his guard against a great peril on the day of the month of March which the Romans call the Ides; 6 and when the day had come and Caesar was on his way to the senate-house, he greeted the seer with a jest and said: 'Well, the Ides of March are come, ' and the seer said to him softly: 'Ay, they are come, but they are not gone." Plutarch, Parallel Lives What if Gaius Julius Caesar had heeded that warning and the other signs leading up to the Ides and survived that day in March of 44 BC? This is the premise behind Caesar Ascending-Invasion of Parthia, which...

Through a series of misunderstandings, female sculptor Dana Nixon loses her job as a server when a diner complains about her attitude to the owner. The complaining diner, Kenya Smithson, turns out to be a patron of the arts that Dana meets again at a gallery opening for local artists. Kenya finds it difficult to believe the rude, on the make, and extremely opinionated woman is the artist who makes such beautiful objects. Since Dana lost her job as a server, she now drives a cab nights because it pays more while she creates artworks during the day. In an odd turn of fate, Dana becomes...