Jill Hand

A mysterious cowboy is stalking the eccentric Trapnell siblings. Is he a supernatural entity or a hired killer? To complicate things, the will making them heirs to their billionaire father's estate is missing and a relative has returned from a watery grave. Last time, the Trapnells saved the world from destruction. This time they may not be able to save themselves. Black Willows is a darkly funny Southern-fried adventure, complete with Voodoo, arson, and alligators.

"An ingeniously dark comic thriller about greed, gluttony and murder that is destined for the big screen." -Best ThrillersAimee Trapnell reluctantly leaves her apartment on Manhattan's Central Park West to return to her childhood home in Georgia for her father's ninetieth birthday. Also on hand are her two brothers, wily Marsh and ne'er-do-well Trainor. With a forty-billion-dollar inheritance at stake, they're willing to do whatever it takes to make the old man happy. To their shock they learn that what their father wants for his birthday is to kill someone. He doesn't care who it is. He just wants to know what it's like to commit murder. Betrayal, double-dealing, and fast-paced action set the Trapnells on a collision course with an unexpected villain. Their journey takes them from the swamps of Georgia, to Italy's glittering Amalfi coast, to rugged Yellowstone National Park.

Aliens, battles, cyborgs, robots, and much more. A fourth volume in the prestigious series of space opera collections emerges, featuring ten authors telling bold new tales. Join these award-winning writers as they take you on a journey... beyond the stars. What readers are saying about the BEYOND THE STARS space opera series: "Great stories, great writers, and a blisteringly good collection.""I finished this anthology in less than a day and I was sad because I wanted more.""I can't believe how many good stories are in this one collection.""I really don't know why I'm surprised anymore to find that the quality of every story is so good ""I enjoyed every story in this collection... in fact, I loved most of them... and I'm excited to see more by these authors.""Close to perfect collection.""Great book that entertained and left me thinking. Thanks for the chance to discover these new worlds "BEYOND THE STARS: New Worlds, New Suns includes the following short stories: * Finders Keepers (David Bruns)* Sequester (Ann Christy)* Escaping Eshwar (E. E. Giorgi)* Anamnesis (Josi Russell)* Hope Springs (Lindsay Buroker)* The Patient Warrior (Michael Ezell)* Rebellion on Kepler-186f (Jill Hand)* Solar Flare (Theresa Kay)* Dear Sir or Madam (Anne Kelleher)* The Immortals: Southport (David Adams) BEYOND THE STARS space opera anthologies include: Dark Beyond the Stars Beyond the Stars: A Planet Too Far Beyond the Stars: At Galaxy's Edge Beyond the Stars: New Worlds, New SunsBest of Beyond the StarsBeyond the Stars: Unimagined Realmsand coming in August of 2019Beyond the Stars: Rocking Space