When mystery author D. B. Ziegler is late delivering her book, Abi Schore steps in to help. Surely she can give her favorite author moral support over the holiday break and get the manuscript to her boss at Tea & Sympathy Publishing in time for the new year. When Abi shows up on Ms. Ziegler’s doorstep bearing holiday treats, she’s met by the author’s handsome grandson Dov, who reveals a startling plot twist. His grandmother isn’t able to finish the book and Dov promised he’d complete it so fans won’t be disappointed—a task that’s harder than he ever imagined.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she imagined curing sick kids and sporting pink stethoscopes. She never anticipated the sleepless nights, grueling exams, and endless labs. And she certainly never knew that her medical school earned the nickname Dead Med thanks to the tragic history of students overdosing on illegal drugs. But Heather would never consider doing anything like that. That is, until her longtime boyfriend dumps her, she finds herself failing anatomy, and her world starts to crumble.

Tilly Farriday isn’t feeling very jolly this season. Recently divorced and broke, she’s squatting in one of her rental agency’s properties until her new home is ready. The sprinkles on top of the burnt Christmas cookie that is her life? The new owner shows up early, forcing Tilly to hide in the attic to save her job…and what remains of her dignity.

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.

Oakland-bred LaVeesha “Vee” Gilliam (Coco Jones) is a determined single mother of an autistic son and a gifted aspiring coder. When Vee loses her job as a food-services worker at the onsite restaurant at Grapengine, a large Silicon Valley tech company, she’s unable to pay for her son’s much-needed specialized education. By a twist of fate, mistaken identity, and her tech skills, Vee meets Troy Wilson (Keith Powers), the company’s wealthy founder and CEO and a wunderkind in the tech industry, who believes that Vee is a college-educated techie who works at his company.

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut, join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales.

Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family."

As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now, she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her...before he finishes the job he started.

Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids. Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job.

Why do we always want what we don't need? Keshia seemed to think she wanted a bad boy like her best friend My'Aja. She dealt with her crazed boyfriend, D'Wayne's thinking he was the perfect bad boy for her, until she met Lucky. Lucky proved to be all that she desired in a man and more, causing her to fall in love with him! But, when his true colors start to show, will love be enough to keep Keshia happy? Lucky grew up in the streets. He eat, sleeps, and breaths money. Keshia walks into his life making him see there is more to life than money, though. He can't resist being with other women. ...

Can you remain in a marriage knowing that practically every woman around you has tasted that one part of your husband’s body that’s supposed to belong to you…and only you?!? Patience once loved everything about her husband, down to his dirty drawers. In the back of her mind, she always felt that he was seeing other women behind her back, but that was something she could never prove. A turn of events on a day that was supposed to be used for her to relax her mind and free herself of all negative thoughts about her relationship, caused Patience to leave behind the weak version of ...

One of the hardest things to ever endure, is having to let go of someone that you love. That’s what happened in the case of Serayah and Terrell. At a young age, they learned what it meant to love someone, but the love they had for one another was quickly stripped when Terrell ended up moving away.After a tragic event, Serayah went through life with a lot of self-doubt and insecurities, hoping to one day find that one person that would love her for her. Learning that he was by far, the person she didn’t want to spend her life with, Serayah began to wonder if love was truly for her. ...

Patience had grown tired of the way that her husband willing went around slanging his D like numbchucks. Since he wanted to throw his D, there was one D she threw at him and that was a Divorce. That was something Nova wasn’t prepared for. In his mind, when he said “until death do us part,” he meant each and every word.Since Patience knew Nova wouldn’t give up easily, she had another trick up her sleeve. Enlisting one of his old friends to help her out, she didn’t know just how deep the relationship with that friend went and it ends up backfiring on her. She can’t begin to thing ...

People say you should never go looking for love… But they don’t tell you that just because love finds you, that it’s the love you deserve. Keisha’s life has never been the same ever since her first taste of a bad boy. Her once thought to be perfect relationship with Mega is subsequently on the brink of becoming tarnished due to secrets being revealed and the paternity of the twins coming to light. To make matters worse, Lucky refuses to take responsibility for his son unless Keshia gives him another chance to prove his love for her. D’Wayne’s goes for a dangerous ride as Jayohna...

Big. Beautiful. Woman. That’s what everyone thinks when seeing the acronym BBW. Karizma, on the other hand, considers herself as being so much more. Brilliant. Bold. Witty.Karizma could think of several words to break BBW down. For the right man, she could be Bare. Bendable. Wet. However, she chose to break it down, she’d do it without taking away the fact that she was all woman. A woman that was confident in herself and didn’t care what others thought of her. Growing up in poverty, she learned at an early age that she had to remain humble and never give up on something that she ...

Your favorite couple is back again still trying to turn the friendship they built over the years into an everlasting love.Jaxson couldn’t deal with the fact that his father was cheating on his mother with Giah’s mother. Wanting to extract revenge for his mother, Jaxson did the unthinkable, now he’s faced with charges that could ruin his future.Giah is heartbroken after Jaxson attacked her mother and walked away from her thinking that she betrayed him. Although Jaxson hurt her, she was willing to do whatever she could to make their relationship work. But how can you make a relationship...

Clarice “Reese” Jordan is a hardworking, successful black woman who has never really wanted anything outside of her own company and a man that could remain loyal. She is married to her high school sweetheart, Travis, and owns an Accounting Firm; everything appears to be going in the right direction or so she thought. After leaving work early to give Travis an afternoon quickie, Reese walks into her home to find the unthinkable. Reese decides it’s time to move on from her husband and his many indiscretions, but soon finds that it isn’t as easy as she thought it would be. Travis will ...

For Kway and Shatee', blood couldn't make them any closer. The bond the two shared often caused rifts in their own individual relationships. But were those rifts enough for them to leave each other alone? With the loss of her job, car, and boyfriend, Shatee' was tired of being dealt a bad hand. She turned to her best friend, Kway, for comfort, but, his girlfriend, Jerica, often made things hard for her. Knowing that Jerica was not the one for Kway, Shatee' was too afraid to tell him that she thought they would be the perfect match. Little did she know, Kway felt the same way. Kway was never...

Growing up, Keyla lived the life that most people could only dream of. Being the only child, she found herself being very close to her cousin. The tragic death of her cousin at a young age due to an overdose caused Keyla to shun dope boys. She vowed that her parents would never have to worry about her falling for a dope boy.College student and pizza delivery driver by day and hustler by night, Maziah found himself ready to walk away from the game. With money disappearing, his relationship with his brother tarnishing, and his crew getting shorter, he knew his time to walk away was near.One ...

Love is blind, and it can take over your mind. Those song lyrics proved to be true for Akoya. Spending two years in an abusive relationship, she knew it was time to leave when she got the shock of her life. Enough was enough, so Akoya planned her exit. What she didn’t anticipate was the craziness that her lover had in store. Will she be able to walk away with her life? Or will it be too late? Black’s mind was solely on bettering himself, building up his business, and taking care of his mother. That was, until he met Akoya. Instantly stepping in to be Akoya’s knight in shining armor, ...

“Poor is when you have too much month at the end of your money.” -Unknown If Quanni doesn’t know anything else, she knows about living in poverty. Quanni’s determination to no longer be a victim of circumstance causes her to leave her hometown in search of happiness. At the finish line of reaching her dreams, Quanni finds herself in a dilemma when she runs into a man that could potentially give her the life she’s always wanted. A man that is easy on the eyes with fat pockets is exactly what Quanni needs to turn her life around. How far is she willing to go to get her happily ever ...

The beautiful Mignon always prided herself as the all around “Good Girl.” Even when she began dating her boyfriend of five years, sexy thug Javi, she still did everything she could to maintain her good girl image. When Javi caught a sudden charge, Mignon made sacrifices to stand by his side. Never missing a beat: Every visit, countless phone calls and complete loyalty became her newfound reality. All was well, however, as Javi's day in court neared, an eerie feeling overcame Mignon and she learned very quickly to expect the unexpected as something happened that shattered her heart. Javi...

“You can call me anything you want to call me, but FAT better not ever come out of your mouth when you address me,” Necole. Michelle Necole played about a lot of things, but her weight wasn’t one of them. A true BBW, she was everything other women around her wished they could be. Beautiful inside and out, smart, witty, confident, and amazing to say the least. Thinking so highly of herself and living life with the man of her dreams, her world came crumbling down when she heard him insult her in a way she couldn’t fathom. Learning her life with him was a lie, she walked away in the ...

The couple you love to hate is back. Maziah (Maze) is still keeping Keyla (KeKe) sheltered from what he really does, which starts to cause a strain on their relationship. As their story continues to unfold, Keyla begins to notice things that couldn’t possibly be linked to someone who was only a delivery driver and student. The moment Keyla lets her guard down to give Maziah a shot as being her man, everything that could go wrong… DOES. From thinking he slept with her best friend to not being able to keep her ex out of their relationship, Keyla struggles with making things last with ...