These Fragile Regimes

These Fragile Regimes

Ward Wagher

Science Fiction / Alternate History / War / World War II

The year 1946 begins quietly for Heinrich Schloss. No major wars threaten Germany, and Schloss focuses on planning an election for the fall. The Yuletide Zentrum putsch was spectacular in its failure and succeeded in destroying the leadership of the organization. But the unfortunate side effects of the event eliminated the political party of the center and its chances of winning an election against the Nazis. Another event demonstrating a lack of permanence in the political landscape was the Italian Foreign Minister’s coup against Galeazzo Ciano. Later, the death of two key leaders in Vichy France challenged the governing coherence in that land. Schloss is challenged by the instability of the lands bordering Germany while also facing challenges from the regional leadership at home. The Gauleiters, most appointed by Hitler, actively opposed the scheduled election and expressed their displeasure to the Reich Chancellor. All these events collude to present Schloss with the challenge of his life in this tenth story about the Accidental Nazi.
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Super Daddies: A Naughty Nerdy Romantic Comedy Anthology

Super Daddies: A Naughty Nerdy Romantic Comedy Anthology

Anthology

War / Military Fiction / History

Super Stern. Super Sexy. Super… DADDY!! Seven HOT new novellas by some of the best-known authors in the genre. Get ready for love, laughs, and all the comic action that any anthology filled with Daddy Doms who know where to draw the line and Littles who can’t wait to cross them can hold. Have you been super naughty? Don’t worry… have we got a Daddy for that! Included in this anthology are: Weathering Lainey by Stella Moore Lainey Goldberg has spent her entire life believing she's completely normal. Until an evil corporation tries to kidnap her, a man she only knows as "Daddy" rescues her, and she's forced to come to terms with the fact that she has powers she never dreamed of. Can she learn to live under Daddy's rules and come to terms with her new reality? Or will she risk both their lives by doing things her own way? Little Villain by Golden Angel Chaotica is the right hand lady of the city's biggest villain… until she's captured by the vigilante Pluto. Things haven't been going well with her Daddy for a long time, so when Pluto suddenly starts making all the right moves she can't help but wonder… is he just playing a part to get her to talk? Or would she be better off switching sides and taking a chance on a Daddy who seems too good to be true? Super Daddy by Allysa Hart and Rayanna Jamison I wasn’t the damsel in distress type. And yet here I was, wrapped up in a shit-show of epic proportions, with a gang of bad guys after me and a leak somewhere in the ranks of the police department charged with keeping me safe. The next thing I know, I’m holed up in a talking house with Brian, the butter-voiced superhero who ‘rescued’ me against my will. He has a hard-as-steel body and even harder hands, but there’s something about him I just can’t resist. I’ve never needed anyone, and I don’t want to start now, but when he tells me to call him Daddy, I almost believe it when he says he can keep me safe… Almost… Daddy’s Sassy Little Superhero by Adaline Raine I should have paid more attention to the night things changed, but I didn’t. No one ever paid me any attention, but now I’m super strong. I hurt the baddest man in the city and now he’s coming after me. Daddy Shark by Maren Smith Ommin Jones had always been alone. He had a job, his own place, and no friends (just the way he liked it). Sadly, all that changed the night he saved another man’s life. Now, despite all his best efforts, everyone wanted his autograph and the media wouldn’t leave him alone. He hated it… right up until he met Britney, a late-night radio personality and Little as lonely as he was. No, Ommin never meant to be a super hero. But for one very special Little, he wasn’t just Ommin the Sharkman. He was… Daddy Shark! Daddy’s Justice by R.J. Gray When Loki and his dark forces ascend on Midgard, my team is dispatched. The mission: Track down the valkyrie demi-god, Morrigan, and protect her, no matter the cost. The problem: Morrigan has no idea what she is, she doesn’t cooperate, and I, the God of Justice, am not accustomed to disobedience. Also, falling in love wasn’t part of the assignment. Loki is unstoppable; he’ll kill her if he can, but from the moment she calls me Daddy, everything changes. Now, to get to her, he’ll have to go through me… Fat chance. Ultragirl Powers Up by Emily Tilton Midwestern college girl Susan Corday has just discovered she's actually the last survivor of a race of alien warriors, whose almost unlimited powers come directly from her sexual arousal. Can the extremely dominant Nightprince teach the newly minted Ultragirl to keep her powers in check with his considerable skills as a loving daddy? Earth's newest superhero is about to find out that she's really a naughty little at heart, and badly in need of a sound spanking. **
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My Enemy's Cradle

My Enemy's Cradle

Sara Young

Historical / Historical Fiction / War / World War II

Schiedam, 1942. De Poolse, half-joodse Cyrla is door haar vader naar Nederland gestuurd na de inval van Hitler in Polen. Ze woont in bij haar oom en tante. Daar breekt de hel los als haar nichtje Annika zwanger is geraakt van een Duitse soldaat. Haar vader is furieus en dreigt zijn dochter naar een Lebensbornkliniek te sturen - een soort broedplaats speciaal bedoeld voor Arische meisjes die een kind van een Duitse militair verwachten. Cyrla, die als twee druppels water op Annika lijkt, komt inmiddels voor een verschrikkelijke keuze te staan. Hoe langer ze bij haar oom en tante blijft, hoe waarschijnlijker het is dat ze verraden zal worden. Daarom besluit ze in Annika's plaats onder te duiken in het hol van de leeuw, de Lebensbornkliniek. Maar hoe lang kan ze de SS, de artsen en verpleegkundigen om de tuin leiden? Wieg van mijn vijand is een rijk verhaal over de kracht van liefde in een zwarte periode in de Nederlandse geschiedenis.
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November: the Alpha Elite Series, #5

November: the Alpha Elite Series, #5

Sybil Bartel

Romance / Contemporary / War

Airman. Hacker. Mercenary. Hacking one of the government's top agencies was my first mistake. My second was thinking they wouldn't find me. Nineteen hours later, five armed men kicked down my door. They gave me a choice—prison or recruitment. The Air Force took me in and trained me to be the best Cyberspace Operations Officer they'd ever had. Being the gatekeeper for the military's strategic operations was an honor, but it put a target on my back. I never traveled without security—until I made my third mistake. Twenty-two hours later, covered in blood and barely able to stand after events I wasn't at liberty to discuss, I erased my past, changed my identity, and went off the grid. Then I joined Alpha Elite Security. I was invisible... until she saw me. Code name:...
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[What Might Have Been 01] Alternate Empires

[What Might Have Been 01] Alternate Empires

Anthology

War / Military Fiction / History

What would have happened if history had been different -- if the major events that shaped our times had occurred in a different way ... or had not occurred at all? In this stellar collection, twelve of science fiction's most imaginative minds have altered the past to reveal a present of astonishing and startling possibilities...a rare glimpse of what might have been. From a Germany that won the war to a modern exodus from Egypt, from the death of ancient Greece to the true secret of the Soviets, these bold excursions in time depict bizarre new worlds -- oddly familiar, disturbingly different. "In the House of Sorrows" (Poul Anderson) "Remaking History" (Kim Stanley Robinson) "Counting Potsherds" (Harry Turtledove) "Leapfrog" (James P. Hogan) "Everything But Honor" (George Alec Effinger) "We Could Do Worse" (Gregory Benford) "To the Promised Land" (Robert Silverberg) "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 31: The Covenant" (James Morrow) "All Assassins" (Barry N. Malzberg) "Game Night at the Fox and Goose" (Karen Joy Fowler) "Waiting for the Olympians" (Frederik Pohl) "The Return of William Proxmire" (Larry Niven)
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