Claire Thorpe was enjoying a peaceful London life until one day, on a business trip to the Middle East, she unexpectedly bumped into her estranged husband, Nick. Nick, a star journalist at a British TV station, devotes his life to covering stories in the world’s most dangerous hot spots. Claire left him when she could no longer stand the stress of always waiting for him to return home safely, and it’s now just one more year until she can file for divorce. But here they are, reunited in the most unexpected place—she can’t believe it… And despite Claire’s efforts to avoid him and keep her life on track, Nick won’t stop reminding her that she’s still his wife and pressuring her to come back to him. She thinks she knows what’s best for her, but her traitorous body has other ideas!

The wedding dress has been perfectly made—it’s a lace-trimmed satin dream custom ordered to match the dress that an adorable house mouse wears in Lisa’s favorite book. Fran is going to wear the dress and become Litrik’s bride—well, she is going to become Lisa’s mother. After all, the marriage is for Lisa’s sake. So, to please Lisa, Fran will wear the mouse’s wedding dress. Fran is ready to become six-year-old Lisa’s mother and to make the rest of her life happier than ever. So even if she isn’t marrying a man who adores her, she is still marrying for love…

Having traveled to the Age of Apocalypse, X-Force team up with the Amazing X-Men for the final push against Apocalypse's heir, in a battle Royale that will force Wolverine to make the hardest choice of his life. One world must die! Plus: someone has wiped out a small town in Northern Montana and in its place a new alien landscape has grown. What is Tabula Rasa? Can Fantomex and Deadpool work together to survive its harsh terrains long enough to unlock its mystery? Then: the fate of the entire world rests on Deadpool's shoulders! A new Death is born! Refugee mutants from the Age of Apocalypse descend on our world! Can the Merc with a Mouth hold off long enough for X-Force to regroup? Is there any hope of staving off the Age of Archangel? Not if Iceman and the Blob have their say. Monsters of doom and glory, Rick Remender (Venom, Punisher), Jerome Opena (Punisher, Moon Knight) and legendary colorist Dean White (Avengers) reunite to serve up another boss bowl of breakneck action in the hottest book on the stands! COLLECTING: UNCANNY X-FORCE 14-18

Now well and truly embroiled in the black market trade in alcohol and working for the notorious gangster Al Capone, aka "Scarface," Bessie reminisces about her childhood in Texas, where she was hunted by the KKK and saved only by the quick thinking of her friends. Now she's the target of a rival gang and once again her life is threatened. As Bessie loses control of her life, her dream of achieving fame like her idol Eugène Bullard seems to be evaporating like morning mist over the runway. Can she fulfill his prediction to become the "Black Angel"?

The Demon and the Flame Vampires that well not feed on blood, but the thrill of combat. Their thirst for blood will change to the thirst for battle, and the longer they fight the stronger they will become, but there true power will not grow without love for that is what will separate them from the others for their love well be of the purest form.

A young woman struggles with her past and a future thrust upon her with threats coming from the past and now the present. Does she have the strength to withstand and grow? From #1 New York Times bestselling author and literary phenomenon V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina). In her grandmother’s fine, labyrinthine Boston house, Heaven Leigh Casteel dreams of a wonderful new life of new friends, the best schools, beautiful clothes, and most important, love. She is determined to make the Casteel name respectable, find her long-lost brothers and sisters, and have a family again. But even in the world of the wealthy, there are strange forebodings, secrets best forgotten. And as Heaven reaches out for love, she is slowly ensnared in a sinister web of cruel deceits and hidden passions.

Since the publication of the first volume of In Search of the Lost, Volume Two, still the poems in this work are a humble attempt to explore our human search for meaning and purpose. We hope you enjoy the poems in Volume Two. We believe both works should be explored together. Included in the Second Volume of In Search of the Lost, by Emily Jane Elliott and Jeffrey Eugene Elliott are four poems originally included in the First Volume of In Search of the Lost. The four poems from the first volume also included in this volume are, Streets of Fire, Gauisus Dia, Heaven Descends to Dwell, Amelia and Memories. Additionally, the poem, Search was added upon from the version found in Volume One. We hope that you enjoy Volume Two as much as readers indicated they enjoyed Volume One. This poetry is dedicated to Owen, Ryder, Matthew and Trace with great love and pride.