During the spontaneous act of saving the BarCats from certain death, Ethan meets and falls in love with Annie, a mysterious woman who is sentenced to prison while trying to protect her Mafia uncle. Ethan finds himself in the crosshairs of the Feds and the mob as he risks all to obtain the release of Annie, now his wife. Along the way he inherits responsibility for a behemoth Sicilian bodyguard, learns some hard lessons from a dying con man, becomes entangled with a sleazy real estate agent and seeks assistance from a rebel Italian priest and a curious university law professor. The BarCats?...

Realistic portrayal of an adolescent's journey through cancer treatment. This vivid story is told through the unfiltered voice of 14-year-old Dustin as letters to his dad. Emotional, inspiring and humorous, Dustin describes situational friendships, love/hate relationships with caregivers, strains on family members, insights about life and death. This memoir is no more about cancer than about any obstacle that interferes with the natural progression of growing up. Recommended for adults and young adults.

"Flawed" columnist Shawn Shaw is lured into the hunt for an escaped prodigy. Chuti Tiu was conceived by scientists, raised in an underground "treatment" chamber, and carries a rare gene. Her captors want her back to complete their experiments. Ruthless billionaire James Berk, an agent for the scientific Destiny Foundation, is on Tiu's trail. He must bring her back, preferably alive. Failure is unacceptable, even fatal for Berk. Only Shaw and a bartender ex-cop stand in Berk's way.