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Some locales seem to come with their own soundtrack. Don Ho and his tiny bubbles provide the background music for Hawaii, Edith Piaf for Paris. The reggae of Bob Marley evokes Jamaica. The soundtrack for Alabama is without question provided by our troubled troubadour Hank Williams. The 2016 biography Hank by Mark Ribowsky paints a dark picture of the musician's short, alcoholic, drug-filled life: a life of loneliness and pain. He goes so far as to call Hank's life story "noir-ish"....

Frank Morgan has one son he knows of - and Kid Morgan has become famous in his own right. But in Montana, Frank comes face-to-face with a young man with a deadly swagger and a stunning claim: that he's Frank's son, too. And he's here to gun his old man down. For Frank, the first thing to do is find out if Brady Morgan is truly his own flesh and blood. That means tracking down a woman he once loved, and then untangling her lies, lust and a scheme to steal prime Montana ranch land.

Freedom is on the march as the rebellion against the Kurian Occupation of Earth takes the offensive. David Valentine has recruited an ad hoc company of former Quisling soldiers and puts them through a trial by fire with a successful raid against an enemy armory. Now, they're ready to join forces with a guerilla army planning to establish a new freehold in the Appalachian Mountains. Valentine knows that a permanent outpost near the East Coast would provide a strategic victory over the Kurians - and he believes that only his old ally Ahn-Kha could be leading the guerillas.

What would you do if you had a secret and you were afraid to tell anyone yet it had become a vital part of your existence? Art is an overweight, uncoordinated, and feminine teenager. He keeps staring at men who wear plaster casts for their broken bones. At first, it intrigued him because having a broken bone would have excused him from the torture chamber and bullying in grade school physical education.

Reynard Silver is the Prince of Loremstein. Known as a playboy and "untamable bachelor," he is enjoying life to its fullest. When he comes to America to prove he's more than just a spoiled, royal brat, life as a commoner is much harder than he imagined.

Solomon's overseas trip for his father's company was a rousing success, and he gets home just in time to attend a New Year's Eve party hosted by one of his best friends. But as a young, successful alpha, Sol can't be seen in public without someone on his arm.

Knit me into a cocoon. Help me eat a burrito. Pretend to be a chair at my dinner party. Wrestle a Komodo dragon. Race me in a lobster suit. Author Kelly Mahon posts absurd gig ads online and shares the conversations she had with the brave souls who wanted the job.