A MAN OF HONOR And honor was the only reason well-muscled former mercenary Aloysius Murdock agreed to be Catherine Price's bodyguard. For Murdock owed Catherine's father his life. But once Murdock laid eyes on his best friend's beautiful daughter, he realized he would do anything for her…. A WOMAN IN LOVE Catherine knew better than to succumb to the passion Murdock clearly offered, for she believed in love—and Murdock had given up on love long ago. Still, something in his heated gaze made her believe that the battle-worn bachelor needed her. Maybe just as much as she needed him….

We have incoming... From Gavin Chappell, editor-in-chief of imprint Rogue Planet Press and editor E.S. Wynn comes the ultimate space opera anthology, full of stories of rebellion, ambition and supersonic, hyperbolic aerial dogfights that will leave you shaken and stirred by both G-force and unashamed conflict.

In a distant future, the Galactic Empire stretches from one end of the Milky Way to the other. Its capital lies on a soulless, metallic world-city close to Galactic Center, its fortress planets guard every spiral arm. At its heart, its citizens dwell in sybaritic indulgence, their lives eased by luxuries imported from the outer worlds whose populations toil as slaves beneath the stinging electro-lash of the overseers. For a million years the Empire has been expanding, but its star cruisers can venture no further until a spacedrive is invented that can cross the unimaginable gulfs between this galaxy and Andromeda. Now the Empire begins to turn inward. The ensuing revolt will set the Galaxy at war. Does this spell the end of Empire? When it is gone, what will take its place? Freedom? Or a tyranny far worse? For now, all the citizens of the galaxy can do is prepare themselves for the FALL OF THE GALACTIC EMPIRE...

SECRETLY WED… Jack Merriman was back in town—making things very sticky for Annie McClain. Especially since Annie had a secret: in a burst of midnight passion, she and her best friend, Jack had conveniently wed; then she'd had no choice but to send the groom packing before the honeymoon began. Annie knew that the man she'd always loved was a heartache waiting to happen, for Jack didn't believe in forever after. Now, after stumbling onto a drug ring, Jack was on Annie's doorstep, vowing to keep his bride safe—at his side. So Annie had just one choice: to convince her doubting spouse that love was the only thing that mattered after all…

THE LEAST LIKELY BODYGUARD… When Cassie Bowers awoke in a hospital bed to see her ex-husband, she was bewildered—and bombarded by bittersweet memories. But she soon discovered that Luke Slater hadn't come back to discuss old times or what might have been. He was here as a detective, to uncover the one thing Cassie COULDN'T remember: a killer's identity. Luke knew Cassie's amnesia wouldn't last forever. But until she recalled the details of the murder she had witnessed, he would keep her safe. He knew how headstrong and impulsive she could be, but he still loved her enough to risk his life for her….

STREETS OF FIRE Sandra Aikens knew taking over as her crime-plagued city's new police chief wasn't going to be easy. The men in her department weren't exactly happy about taking orders from 'some woman.' And that went double for one man in particular—Detective Mike Rawlings, the ex-husband she'd never quite gotten out of her system… But the city was close to the flash point, and she needed him desperately—his street smarts, his strength—to keep it from exploding. And that meant spending day after day with this man who had hurt her so much—and trying to keep control, even as an undying passion burst into flame again….

HIS HIJACKED WIFE Allyn Meyers was inexplicably drawn to the jogger running alongside her car even before he hopped in and kidnapped her at gun-point. But dangerously handsome Jeth Levoie was no ordinary carjacker. He was an undercover agent who'd just risked everything to save a child's life. And the only hope Jeth and the infant had of staying alive now was if Allyn would become his wife! But when Jeth sealed their temporary pack with a soul-shattering kiss, Virginal Allyn was drawn to him like a moth to the flame. And Allyn somehow knew that fate—not chance—had brought them together. Could she turn their drive-by-wedding into a real-life trip down the aisle?