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Princess Oona Talomir enjoys the little things that come with her station: a handmaiden, her lavish bedchamber, and scores of fancy dresses - the duty to win a decades-long war, not so much. Oh, did I mention assassins? Seers foretold the conflict would end by her hand. From the moment she drew her first breath, the neighboring kingdom has been trying to kill her so she could not grow powerful enough to destroy them. The burden of her crown becomes too much to bear, yet one thing lifts her spirits amid the gloom. Her servant girl, Kitlyn. Alas, in a kingdom obsessed with the god of purity, she is terrified to confess her forbidden love.

Tyler is approached by an Alien after a meteor shower. What does the alien want? To breed him.

No matter how many times Dezmond breaks her heart, Jazzlynn, better known as Jazzie, can't seem to shake him. He was her first love and his love is all she knows. She doesn’t want to let it go, no matter how much it hurts. Tori, her best friend, is tired of her girl playing the fool. She convinces her to live life for just one night, and Jazzie does just that. One night out and she meets Mr. Right, but she lets him get away because she can't stop playing the fool. Truth and Tori are best friends, but Truth wants more. Although he has proven his love and loyalty on several occasions, Tori ...

Have you ever had to say no to something you desperately craved? Jude Johnson has spent eighteen years living in the shadows of others. Unpopular, and with no real friends, Jude hopes to turn over a new leaf in a new country. And a four-year Computer Science degree at Berkeley offers the perfect opportunity. But sometimes your past follows you. And in this case, it’s Bevan Birmingham-Brownhall, who follows Jude with his very own view of a happy ending. And not one ever likely to be shared by Jude. So, when a misunderstanding enables Jude to gain popularity and fulfill almost every dream, ...

When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an open-and-shut case becomes more complicated, however, when Henrietta, much to Clive’s dismay, begins to believe the spiritualist's strange ramblings.

It started with the insects. Before society realized the danger, the Earth had inexorably begun a transformation into a place where life could not survive. A small group found shelter in the Arc, an underground refuge safe from the toxins ravaging the surface. After centuries of darkness, humanity’s second chance is running out - and Raven Wilder knows it. Her job fixing the machinery in the Arc makes her aware of how close everything is to breaking down. When her six-year-old begins showing signs of oxygen deprivation, Raven refuses to go quietly into oblivion.

What if the people you least expected became the reason you kept going? When five strangers are forced together for an English class project, they each carry a hidden storm: Emmit battles crippling anxiety every time he walks into the classroom. Jake hides grief and survivor’s guilt after losing his brother. Sasha feels torn between two cultures—and two versions of herself. Liam fights depression behind a calm, quiet exterior. Mia struggles to break free from a controlling relationship. Alone, none of them knows how to ask for help. But together, they discover that true strength isn’t...

Earth’s oceans are so vast, not even merfolk have explored everywhere. And for good reason. An unexpected call from the CIA seems initially like a routine job, but Agent Michaels has a surprise for her. At a nondescript Agency warehouse, Alex discovers something she never imagined possible and soon finds herself on the way to Atlantis, deep on the ocean floor halfway around the world. Worse, the denizens of the fabled city are locked in a desperate fight for survival against an adversary older than human civilization... and they’re losing. If Alex gets caught up in the undersea war, she...

Denise and Hugh have it all... mostly. Glorious, high-paying jobs at the most illustrious VC firm in San Francisco and expense accounts that let them wine and dine their clients. At a client party, surrounded by the glitz and glam of the one percent, Denise's problems come to a head, and she has to decide which path she wants to take forward: accepting her life and relationships as they are, or something that makes her feel something she hasn't felt in years—ravenous desire.

“I’m so sorry; she died under the train…” Librarian Tom Raymond takes a phone call from the last person he expected to hear from: his ex-wife Lisa. She says she needs to talk. She can’t say what it’s about, and it has to be face to face. However, Lisa does not show up for their meeting, and later that night Tom finds she apparently met with an accident earlier. Tom later finds that his doubts about Lisa’s accident are shared by attractive but shy Amy Spicer, who worked with Lisa at CitiMarket - a market research company. He and Amy form an unlikely partnership as they try to ...

Friends run into each other in unexpected circumstances. Lloyd is an undercover crossdresser who needs help getting in touch with his feminine side, so he finds some hired help. Sylvia is a friend from his game night group, but he has no idea that she moonlights as a high-price escort. Not until they end up in the same room together. Two secrets revealed in an instant. What could go wrong? Hired Help is a sweet crossdressing romance story about a man who get feminized by one of his female friends to become the woman of his dreams.

The City of Los Angeles holds its breath as LAPD detective Sam Leroy pits his wits against a cruel and brilliant serial killer. Seven years ago, Leroy shot and killed Harlan Cordell, and breathed a sigh of relief that the reign of the infamous Pentagram Killer was over. But now, the killings have begun again. The police believe they are dealing with some fanatical copycat, but these new murders share a small detail with those before, which only the police and the killer would know. How can today’s killer know the intimate details of seven years ago? Or, as he fears, did Leroy kill the ...

Go back to the beginning for LAPD detective Sam Leroy in the engrossing mystery thriller LAST TO DIE. Los Angeles, late September, and the hot Santa Ana winds are blowing, covering the city with a thin layer of dust from the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. That night, there are three mysterious and unexplained deaths. The official view is that they are unrelated. The fact that they occurred on the same night is coincidental. The deceaseds had no apparent connection, and all died in different parts of the city. The cases are assigned to Leroy, who disagrees with the official view, and ...

Sarah Wright woke up a few times after parties in strange places - but the morgue's a first. At 18, she's eager for a taste of independence, moving out of state to attend college. A change of scenery is extra-needed due to a bad breakup with her boyfriend, Scott. However, soon after escaping the body cooler, she makes two startling realizations: vampires are real and she is one. There's nothing quite like an untimely death to ruin plans. California's sunny beaches aren't the best place for vampires to chill, and worse, she winds up stuck in Seattle, living with her parents.

Kim Kowalski’s good friend Nikki Crescent invites her to an epic Halloween party, so Kim decides to have a little fun with her husband. James has no idea of Kim’s plans until the last minute, but his wife has every intention of turning him into a girl for the event. Kim is beyond excited to have her husband all dressed up and womanly, but neither of them knows what's coming their way when Kim drags James through the party doors.

Christmas just isn't my jam. The crowds. The cold. That Mariah Carey song blasting everywhere I go. Thanks, but no thanks. Don't get me wrong. I'm no Grinch. The holidays are awesome if you have a great family and money to shower them with gifts. Unfortunately for me, I have neither of those things. All I want for Christmas (great, now I'm quoting that damn Mariah song) is to focus on my internship at the Vet Shop Boys clinic and hanging out with my best friend and roommate. Turns out Chester has got other ideas.

Sweet, innocent Carla was dragged along to her husband's yearly camping and fishing trip with his overbearing older brother, Jerry. While Carla doesn't look like most girls, her curves are so luscious that they practically spill out of her bathing suit, it doesn't stop Jerry from making sexual advances toward her. Ever the loving and good girl wife, Carla tries her best to shy away from Jerry. But when they end up alone together, she can't resist his flirting and the call of his big, strong hands on her body. He takes her hard and rough even with her husband sleeping only a few feet away! ...

After a brutal fight to the Mississippi River, Jonathan Fisher and the few survivors that follow him have begun their journey south. His task is clear and his reason to live has been renewed. Somewhere out there is power, working airplanes and a possible refuge from the nightmare around them. A small mute girl known as Geeda deserves a chance at life, and they want to make sure she has it. But it will not be easy. Lack of food, shelter and weapons makes their trip difficult. Foreign invaders, infected crazed citizens, and treasonous “Wranglers” make it perilous.

What if a lifetime of being told to repress anger, hide it away and fear it, has shown up in your body in a myriad of ways you can't control? As a woman, when was the last time you were allowed to be truly angry? Have you ever? The answer to this, argues Jennifer Cox, is never. Women are never allowed to really express their anger, and it is making us all mad. From toddlerdom when girls are conditioned to be 'good' and not make a fuss, to the sandwich years of midlife when the burden of myriad responsibilities is overwhelming, women's anger is hidden, repressed and toxic.

Ronald is an arrogant restaurant owner who thinks he can do what he wants whenever he wants. At least until he meets Edna, a business owner slash powerful witch. After disrespecting Edna at her club, she casts a spell to strip Ronald of what he loves most… his masculinity. Ronald will have a lot to deal with when he wakes up as one of Edna’s dancing girls. Hard Lessons is a magical man-to-woman feminization romance.