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Having rescued her people in the eastern territories and thwarted another plot to undermine Armelia, Iris throws herself back into the work of governing her duchy. It's only through work that she can make herself forget her growing feelings for Dean, but she can't avoid thoughts of marriage forever. A foreign prince has come to the duchy seeking an alliance--and Iris's hand to cement the deal. If Iris gives herself to the prince, she secures Armelia's future...and gives up her heart forever.

Duchess Merellis Armelia, mother of Iris Armelia, is the Flower of High Society, a gorgeous woman known for her unmatched skills on the social battlefield. Now begins the untold tale of her girlhood, during which she wielded not her charms, but her blade.

Iris overcame the threat of excommunication, but now she faces something far worse. The bells of war are tolling, and an enemy nation stands poised to strike. Why, then, is there talk of dismantling the kingdom's armed forces? As Iris desperately shores up her duchy's own defenses, she must answer a question from one of her closest companions, Dida: "If it comes to war, are you prepared to order us to kill?"

Ekata’s family is in trouble and since she survived the curse, she must survive the throne–but first she needs to find out how to save the people she loves. All Ekata wants is to stay alive—and the chance to prove herself as a scholar. Once Ekata's brother is finally named heir to the...

Abby lives a content life in the woods until people come to her home looking for her. She escapes but for how long? She'll need help in her fight for a free life, one where she can live instead of just survive.

A trans teen who steals and ransoms body parts with magic investigates a string of missing girls―falling in love with one of them from afar. Wielding a magic that allows him to pop off limbs, con artist Phyllis steals body parts and his partner Lucent ransoms them. Everyone who knows about...

Es war die Schuld, die mich von zu Hause fortgetrieben hat, obwohl ich in meinem ganzen Leben noch keinen Tag woanders gewesen war. Die Schuld ist es auch, die mich nach Hause zurückgeholt hat, weil ich weiß, dass ich nicht die Einzige bin, die mit der Vergangenheit zu kämpfen hat. Womit ich nicht rechnete, war der Schmerz. Ich dachte, ich hätte ihn und alles hinter mir gelassen, fest in meinen Erinnerungen verschlossen, sodass es sich nur nachts in meine Träume schleicht. Aber jetzt weiß ich, dass ich mir in den letzten Jahren nur etwas vorgemacht habe.