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.

When Ryan is hijacked and stolen away from Alexander, the Master realizes he’s neglected some important training with his slave and it leads to disaster. Alexander can’t wait any longer for Ryan to become more submissive and he puts his slave in training with Raunchy.

Alexander is determined that no one is going to take Ryan away from him.

Master Alexander and Sloan continue to look for whoever is trying to kill Ryan. In the meantime, Slave Ryan discovers a few things about his Master's past.

After Ryan agrees to enter into a relationship with Alexander he faces a surprising reaction from his Master. Ryan isn't the only one surprised. Alexander never expected to feel this way about anyone.

Alexander Hudson has been a slave and a Master. He's seen the worst and best of both worlds. As a Master, he knows almost everything about his slave Ryan. Ryan insists that he's all right but Master Alexander knows something is wrong. His slave isn't sleeping well, he's having nightmares and he's following commands that were given to him long ago. Alexander has the ability to help him erase the damage done to him in the past but it comes with a price and Alex isn't sure that he's ready to pay it. When things go awry in the dungeon, Alex has no choice but to see Ryan through this.

Alexander and Ryan are happy together and working out some issues in their relationship. All they want is to be happy and get married. Unfortunately, there are people who don't want that to happen. They don't want Lord Alexander Hudson happy because then, he may realize his full potential. They need him for one thing and one thing only. They want his father's research papers and they'll do anything to acquire them.

After the slave auction, Brandon goes home with Jeremiah and they begin to get to know each other. Brandon realizes that many of Sloan’s ideas about training and owning a slave were incorrect which leads him to make a few decisions about his life. During a surprise visit, Master Alexander Hudson arrives with Ryan. There are more than a few surprising reveals as a winter snow storm in Montana traps all four men together in Jeremiah’s cabin.

Master Alexander Hudson's past comes to the forefront and as much as he hates the idea, he must journey through it. Everyone is looking for his father's research. It's rumored to be worth a fortune and greed changes people. If Alexander is ever going to have peace with his Ryan, he has to shake the dust off of tradition and settle this, once and for all.

Beau Hopper is good at good-byes. A minor-league hockey player, he goes where the league tells him. Former Marine Connor Casey's life revolves around his siblings. After Hurricane Harvey took their home and a car crash claimed their parents, Connor is determined to rebuild their house and their lives. When Beau learns Connor might lose custody of his siblings if he can't finish the rebuild in time, he volunteers to help in exchange for a place to stay, and it isn't long before he finds himself in Connor's bed.

Sex is easy. Intimacy requires strength and character from a man. Alexander Hudson has always had that strength but it's been worn away by years of pain and humiliation. In the past, he was someone of good character, perhaps even greatness lived within him, however his life was torn asunder, ruined by Giovanni Marini, a man whom he thought he loved. To renew himself Alexander created a new persona, the BDSM club owner who had sex with everyone but was intimate with no one...until Ryan came along. Now Alexander would give anything to recall the strength and greatness he had within him. But ...