FAME Publishing first opened in 1959 and produced hits for great musicians like Etta James, Clarence Carter and Aretha Franklin. Not long after, the city of Muscle Shoals became known as the "Hit Recording Capital of the World." FAME was the foundation that produced Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, the Nutthouse and Sundrop Sound at Single Lock Records'studios that gave a voice to artists like Drive-By Truckers, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and John Paul White. A new generation, including the ...

Birmingham's rock music scene has thrived on camaraderie and collaboration for decades. With no competitiveness, it has maintained a punk rock ethos while also appealing to a mainstream audience, thanks to DIY clubs and alternative radio support. Once one of the country's most successful AAA radio stations, 107.7 The X and the A&R power of station head Scott Register provided the early radio success that helped break Train, Matchbox Twenty and John Mayer. The same scene produced Jim Bob & ...

I signed up for a research mission with five other women.Instead, we crashed on an alien planet with too many dangers to count. Separated from the other women, I'm on my own until a huge alien with color-changing skin and a massive sword gets me out of a bad spot. I don't understand Savair's language, but I think he's under the impression that I'm his.I am NOT his. I'm a 34-year old divorced scientist with no time for such nonsense. But if he can help me fi...

I survived the destruction of my ship but now I'm stranded on a strange planet, protecting my only shelter—the crashed wreck.I'm a trained soldier, but I'm not prepared for wilderness survival on an alien planet. When a color-shifting alien male named Zurian finds me, I…well, I shoot at him, but after that, I'm intrigued by the gorgeous male who carries a staff and claims to be searching for his missing brothers.After a bad military operation resulted in a ...

RaynaIf one male remained alive in the universe, and that male was Lord Ledos, I'd let both of our species die out. He looks like a rock star, swaggers like the galaxy's greatest gift swings between his leather-clad legs. He's a force of nature. I'm a wallflower. We couldn't be more opposite. It would be so much easier to ignore him if my body didn't light up like a display screen every time he was near.When I'm forced to live on his ship because some marks...

Humans made a deal with the Stryxian males: Help us defend Earth, and when the war is over, we'll send you women to help rebuild your dying species.Now, the war appears to be over and Trinity Bentzer's number has been called in the lottery. Only, instead of winning a boatload of money, she's getting some badass winged alien she's never met. Trin's not thrilled to be shipped off and matched up, until she meets Raig. Maybe she hit the jackpot, after all.Comma...

My research ship crashed, stranding me on an alien planet with no hope of rescue.When I'm captured by frightening, green aliens and given to Grael, a brooding, scythe-wielding Destran male with chameleon-like skin and the darkest eyes I've ever seen, I don't know whether to cower before him or kiss him. I've spent my life puzzling out the human psyche, but can I get through Grael's formidable walls?I am Grael, lord of my living, symbiont ship and protector ...

When Axika Naxek is tasked with upgrading a newly acquired human space station, he comes straight up against Gwen, a brilliant human female whose strategic mind is integral to operations.He thinks little of the weak humans he is in charge of, but to his astonishment, she ignites his mala and his interest. He can resist the sparks between them for a while, but the day will come for him to claim her as his. Gwen Jadin disliked everything about the Stryxian lottery, i...

Xarik Tek-ra is one of few of his kind who do not want to take over the Stryxian empire by force. He is a Vanyi—one of the rare, silver-scaled Stryxians possessing devastating mind powers.When he finds an unconscious human female in the middle of nowhere and returns with her to his settlement, his mala is awakened. She may be his true mate, but she is terrified of him. It was other Vanyi who had abducted her, making winning her trust the greatest challenge of his l...

When Brandy Trentler's wealthy family insists she marry the jerk who cheated on her, she signs up for the Stryxian mate lottery.Who knew her number would be drawn in the first round? Nothing goes right after that - the transport ship is attacked, she is captured by the enemy Morr-ta aliens and thrown in prison. When a gorgeous Stryxian warrior rescues her, she thinks she's won freedom and her fated mate, but he has some big, bad secret, and apparently, it's a deal ...

« Un chef-d’œuvre de thriller et de mystère. Blake Pierce est parvenu à créer des caractères avec un côté psychologique tellement bien décrit, que nous avons l’impression de pouvoir pénétrer leur esprit, suivre le cheminement de leurs pensées et nous réjouir de leurs réussites. Plein de rebondissements, ce livre vous tiendra en haleine jusqu’à la dernière page. »--Critiques de livres et de films, Roberto Mattos (re Sans Laisser de Traces)SI ELLE ENTENDAIT (Un mystère Kate W...

SibylI am an environmental researcher, alone and stranded on an alien world after my vessel crashed. I'm running out of food and water until he arrives in the abandoned village I've taken refuge in. I keep hidden, stealing the scraps he leaves behind. By day he is a nightmare of muscle and steel. By night, he sets fire to my dreams. What will he do to me, when he finds me?DamironI am a Destran warrior. A thing of war and destruction...