Common Or Garden Variety Heroes

Do you have what it takes to be a hero? Whether that’s running into a burning building, standing up for what you know is right, or saving the Princess it’s going to take everything you’ve got and more besides. In this genre-spanning collection of original stories, five women draw on resources they didn’t know they had: Cracking the Code - can Gemma Jones track down a missing woman? Never Going to be a Hero - Veronica, just wants a quiet life on Mephisto station, but Jade Dragon justice comes calling. All in - Rosa Velázquez, famous for rescuing a family, tries to rebuild her life, and Jude Webb is a complication she doesn’t need. Cancelled by the Cartel - Daisy Day has a chance to revenge her dead boyfriend, will she take it? The Second Son Squad - Abby Fisher, finds herself in the body of a teenage girl impersonating a boy in military school. How did she get there, and why? Join them, if you dare.

Danger within. Danger without. Abby Fisher wakes in the body of a girl masquerading as a boy at an Elite Military Academy. She must figure out why she's there before she can get back home. But first, there's the small matter of the rebellion to deal with. And who's side is she on? Princess or the Usurper?

Happily ever after… Or not Celeste Celeste Baillieu's husband seems a perfectly normal person, but he has a secret. And it's not that he's rubbish at renovation. When she starts taking the cottage apart, she finds a body. And that's just the start of it. Because it looks like she might be next.

Zoo doesn't believe in ghosts… Zoo hosts The Ghost Detectors show. As far as he's concerned, it's all mass hysteria. When his show visits Hayward Hall, he's not prepared for what he finds. It will challenge his assumptions. And change his life forever.

The Robin Hood of Private Detectives Georgia Garside. Foul-mouthed Private Investigator. Ex-contorionist. Out of her depth. In over her head. Caught up in the war between a wealthy industrialist and the ex-sugar babe who can’t take a hint. A laugh-out-loud tripartite battle of wits, winner takes all.

In the long dark night of the soul... Mikke squinted, but his eyes refused to focus. He blinked a couple of times, but they didn't clear, so he rubbed them with the knuckles of his index fingers. Mikke can't remember a time before The War. Can't imagine a time after. Can he find hope and a way to move on?

Travelling can be detrimental to your health... Humans have spread across the universe. Super-sized cargo ships ply the space lanes. On board, Space Mariner third class Kumahl Levi detects a biohazard. A human female to be precise. Morag Clementine is grateful to be quarantined and not spaced as a separatist. But can Kumahl get her safely back home?

What is the long shadow of war hiding? Under a blue sky. Bathed in the yellow late Summer sun. The smell of camellias. The sound of birdsong. The war seems a distant nightmare. Until you turn a corner to see bombed out houses full of rubble. Sadie Phillips is an ordinary country girl. Making her war effort in the London Archives. Her almost boyfriend is dead without a mark on him. She needs to know how. And why. And if she can't figure out the truth, the Nazis might just win the war.