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SCI-FI:  Tess Camon’s parents were biomedical engineers researching prion diseases and gene editing. Her mother died when she was young. Now an adult, Tess has a genius IQ, a degree in biomedical engineering and has served as a medic in the Army with Special Forces units.  She plans to follow in her parents’ footsteps.

WOMEN'S FICTION:  As a member of a large extended family with branches spread around the world, forty-something widow Ivy Marin and her younger sister Shelly leave their homes on the east coast to go to Summer Beach, California. They are planning to attend a family gathering and deal with a run-down property Ivy’s husband purchased before his sudden death.

SCI-FI:  After three brutal years as bond servant to Lucius Mercio, one of the most powerful men in the Twelve systems, Lilian is finally free and serves as protégé for Lucius’ Serengeti Group. Still, the road is not easy. Lilian must deny continuing a liaison with Lucius despite his determined insistence otherwise.

WOMEN'S FICTION:  When Lisa discovers that her late husband had a gambling addiction, she is at a loss at what to do. How will she survive financially? She has been a stay-at-home mom for years, raising her four children and has no work experience. When a friend suggests that she open up her home as a bed and breakfast, she is unsure but ready to take the risk.

TIME TRAVEL/HISTORICAL:  Katie Butler is a Major in the US Army taking two weeks leave in Savannah, Georgia. She hears the story of the cursed Book of Eleanor, but chalks it up to a local legend--until she finds an old book and legend comes to life. Katie wakes up in Confederate territory and is captured by Colm O'Donnell. She has to use her wits to escape being branded a Union spy.

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