Books with author Kathy Mclaughlin

What can you do when the thing you hate most in the world is also the only thing which might keep you alive? ★★★★★Ryan Blackwell never wanted to have magical abilities. He'd rather leave them as far behind him as possible - and never look back! Arriving at the military college of Northshield University was supposed to be a chance to start over and build a new life for himself. One without magic, thank you very much!But Northshield holds a secret: a powerful nexus of ley lines. Where these converging lines of raw magical force intersect, strange things can happen and even stranger beings are attracted to the site. Almost overnight Ryan is faced with a choice: accept his magic or die.But even that may not be enough, because as the threats grow stronger and students begin dying, even Ryan will find his power tested to the limit.Giving up isn't an option, and flight is impossible. That only leaves one path to survival...fight back!

The alien Naga have reached out to contact humanity and a response is required. Rather than invite trouble by allowing the warrior race to send more ships to Earth, the decision is made to detach a delegation to the Naga homeworld. Dan Wynn will command the newly restored starship Independence on its maiden flight.Meanwhile, the Satori will carry a group of humans to the ruined world of Dust. The only remnants of the race which built the Satori still rest there, and Earth desperately needs any technological edge it can acquire.But an ancient force is moving between the stars again for the first time in a millennium. As this old enemy of both Naga and Human alike prepares to reveal itself, neither race will ever see the universe the same way again!

The alien Naga tried to destroy all life on Earth, but what doesn't kill us makes us stronger.Six months ago we fought a short but devastating war against the invaders. Our ships burned, and whole cities were annihilated, but we defeated them.Now out of the ashes rises a new Space Force, led by the heroes from that final terrible battle. Beth Wynn wants nothing more from life than to retreat back into the design and invention she's always loved most. But Earth needs her mind and leadership now more than ever.Because not all the ashes are cold and dead. Even in the calm after the fires have gone out, danger lurks close to home. A team sent to the abandoned lunar base vanishes without a trace. Security forces guarding one of the captured Naga starships go silent. Enemies close in, and our very survival will rest on a knife’s edge.In this game of interstellar survival of the fittest, Earth’s heroes will need to put all their courage and brilliance into play to win.

Charline Foster was marooned on a desert planet during an alien attack.Taking command of the handful of people stranded with her, she struggles to survive a desolate and hostile world. But the predators stalking them are the least of their worries. The aliens who forced the Satori to flee return, seeking the survivors.Charline must forge her small band into an effective fighting force and engage the enemy. Together, they must strive to do the impossible if they want to ever see Earth again.

Space Pirates aren’t supposed to exist.But apparently, nobody told them that. When Thomas’s first command is ambushed in space, only quick thinking will keep his crew alive.*** A USA Today Bestselling Author! ***One random pirate ship would be bad enough, But the truth is far more deadly. Multiple ships of unknown origin are striking freighters and kidnapping their crews.Then the pirates turn their eyes toward the planets.One man has prepared for this; Thomas’s estranged father, Admiral Nicholas Stein. Hero and villain of the last great war, he has spent decades preparing for the conflict he always knew was coming.Now he and Thomas are all that stands between humanity and a ruthless enemy who will stop at nothing to control space - and from there, to enslave us all.

Summer break is supposed to be relaxing for college students, but not for Ryan Blackwell.Leaving campus means heading back home and potentially having to deal with his Dad, which is enough all by itself to make him wish he could be anyplace else. But then he runs into a hellcat: a magical creature capable of stripping the magic away from a victim. The hellcat might not even be the most dangerous enemy prowling out there, either!He’s alone. Without backup or support. When Ryan finds himself cut off from his magic he must rely on his wits and will to survive.Beating his foes will require him to recover his powers, but that’s easier said than done. He’ll have to evade assassins and defeat a hellish creature that was created to hunt down spell-casters like himself.No one said life was easy. But for Ryan, it’s going to be almost impossible to escape the Claws That Catch!

In 1897 London, sixteen year-old Finley Jayne can depend on no one but the 'thing' inside her. But, when a freak accident puts her in the path of Griffin King, a powerful young lord with secrets of his own, Finley realizes she's not so alone after all. She joins Griffin's team of strange and gifted teens to fight a dark presence threatening the empire, but it will take all of her strength to stand against the force of darkness within herself.

Three great space adventures in one volume! Launch into the bestselling Starship Satori series with this special omnibus edition!Ad AstraDan Wynn wanted to explore space more than life itself, but a tragic accident left him too injured for NASA’s space program. Second chances don’t come along every day, so when an old friend offered him one, he grabbed on with both hands. The next thing Dan knew, he was on the moon, piloting humanity's first starship while fighting his way through one peril after another.Little did Dan know that simple offer was anything but, and would lead him to the stars far beyond our own. The risks are great. But if life knocked you down, what would you gamble to have one more shot at your dreams?Stellar LegacyA wild jump into uncharted space saves the starship Satori and her crew from their near brush with death. With a badly damaged ship and injured crew, the planet with breathable air they find on the far side of their jump seems like a stroke of luck. But they quickly learn that they’ve only gone from one danger into another far greater threat.Deep WatersHome again, they lick their wounds, repair the badly damaged starship, and try to make sense of all the things they saw during their first mission beyond our star system. But they’ve brought danger back with them. Charline and Beth undertake a mission home to Earth which will prove more perilous than they could possibly guess.Home should be a safe place, a place to rest and recover. A place to heal. Instead, each of the crew finds themselves in the middle of more trouble, each of them in over their heads in Deep Waters.

Even death didn't stop the Army from coming after Samantha to finish her term of service.You'd think that dying would let you off the hook. But Sam's mind was uploaded to a digital world where she's been living ever since, so she comes back after each death.And now the military needs her back. Badly.*** A USA Today Bestselling author! ***We knew there was life out there in other solar systems. We also knew it wasn't friendly. Now they've arrived. It's just a single ship, but that could be more than enough. The aliens are building something out near Neptune. What the construction is and what they will do once it's complete, we don’t know. But it’s probably not a good thing for Earth.None of our ships can reach Neptune in time to stop them.No human could survive the acceleration required.But there might be an alternative, a long shot crew that can survive the journey - because they have no bodies. The proposed crew are digital minds, the uploaded consciousness of human beings. There's one catch: this venture isn't a game. Death is for keeps.Can Samantha and her friends from Valhalla Online rise to this new challenge? Or is Earth doomed?

"Raw, unflinching, and authentic, Kate McLaughlin's thoughtful What Unbreakable Looks Like carefully crafts a story exposing the vulnerability of underage trafficked girls and what it takes to begin the process of healing from sexual trauma."–Christa Desir, author, advocate, and founding member of The Voices and Faces ProjectLex was taken–trafficked–and now she’s Poppy. Kept in a hotel with other girls, her old life is a distant memory. But when the girls are rescued, she doesn’t quite know how to be Lex again. After she moves in with her aunt and uncle, for the first time in a long time, she knows what it is to feel truly safe. Except, she doesn’t trust it. Doesn't trust her new home. Doesn’t trust her new friend. Doesn’t trust her new life. Instead she trusts what she shouldn’t because that's what feels right. She doesn’t deserve good things. But when she is sexually assaulted by her so-called boyfriend and his friends, Lex is forced to reckon with what happened to her and that just because she is used to it, doesn’t mean it is okay. She’s thrust into the limelight and realizes she has the power to help others. But first she’ll have to confront the monsters of her past with the help of her family, friends, and a new love.Kate McLaughlin’s What Unbreakable Looks Like is a gritty, ultimately hopeful novel about human trafficking through the lens of a girl who has escaped the life and learned to trust, not only others, but in herself.

The alien fleet is here.Nothing we have can do more than slow it down.*** A USA Today Bestselling Author! ***Stopping the alien gate wasn't enough. One ship escaped - and one ship is all it took to recreate the ring and summon another invasion fleet! Earth's forces desperately seek out that final adversary - but they're too late.The enemy has arrived in force, and it will take everything the Ghost Squadron and the Intrepid can muster to stand between the invaders and their homeworld!