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Tony Platz had the respect of his peers, a career on the fast track, and the body of an Olympian. There was only one problem: It was an open secret he carried a torch for his already-married partner. When a raid put her in the hospital and finally exposed her husband's ongoing infidelity, Tony got shipped out to Oolytau. Tayra Manes worked hard, graduated the academy, and became the first of her kind to join the Non-Human Investigative Corps. There was only one problem: She was a griffin, and not everyone approved of her being allowed to serve in the previously all-human NHIC.

** LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 ** Brought to you by Penguin. From 'one of the most gifted writers working today' (New York Times) comes an audacious new novel about the bodies we live in and the bodies we desire In Brexit Britain, a young transgender doctor called Ry is falling in love...

When one of Bethany Anne's loved one gets caught in the crossfire between her and the Forsaken, she goes rabid with rage. She doesn't believe in seeking peace and harmony, but rather revenge and mayhem. Continuing the story of Bethany Anne and TQB team, Love Lost picks up after Queen Bitch. She works to complete both her business and military team leads and we meet Stephen's daughter Gabrielle as plans are made to exact revenge south of the border.

Twenty years after the Visitors arrive on Earth, they’re in big trouble. The Earth is hospitable and welcoming to them but the female aliens are dying off at an alarming rate. The Alien Laboratory Breeding Department is on the job and calling all human women. If you have a healthy womb, why not do your part and help the Visitors? I guess I fantasize about Caleb from the day I start at the laboratory. The laboratory for alien breeding. How can I avoid it? He’s the most perfect man with a perfect, muscular body.

Cyril woke up in a hospital bed with a ruined body and no memory of how it happened. His only chance at a normal life was agreeing to a splicer's experiment with a twisted condition: he was forbidden to learn the circumstances surrounding his injuries. Rose saved a life and wound up exiled from her gang, friendless and broke in Oolytau. Given an out by a notorious mob boss, she found herself in the Tracts working with a man who might be everything she never knew she needed.

The Love Bot is a gripping science-fiction novel that delves into a future world, grappling with the consequences of climate change and the rise of AI technology. Set amidst the backdrop of devastating climate disasters and the urgent need for renewable energy solutions, this thought-provoking book explores the intricate relationship between humans, transformative AI systems, and the delicate balance of power in a rapidly evolving world.

Level-headed Terresian explorer and scientist Poseidon RA commands an expedition to Erthe where a routine genetic protocol on the indigenous population has unexpectedly triggered a staggering leap in human evolution. He quickly realizes that he's traveled 940 million miles across the solar system only to fall in love with a planet...and its exceptionally advanced native daughter and mushroom shaman, Cleatah of The Shore People.

Cat Johnson needs a break. With her former lover dead and her beloved pet giant-sized, the beleaguered game store clerk desperately seeks some way to return to normal life. But with her special needs brother moving in and an old enemy looking to eliminate her, the geek girl’s stressors might just be fatal. Forced to meet with a man she knows she can’t trust, Cat chases down leads to undoing the genetic manipulation of her feline friend. But when her sibling starts acting suspiciously and someone tries to kill her, the woman finds herself at the center of a sinister conspiracy.

No, cyborgs are only good at three things—following orders, destroying whatever target you point them at, and walking calmly into the vaporization chamber when it's time for them to be decommissioned. PX-12—better known to his friends as Pax—adequately performed two of those functions during his stint in the Ilarian military. D-8, his unit-sibling, performed all three exceptionally well. For that reason, when D-8's unique distress beacon activates some seven years after Pax saw him destroyed, it would doubtless be quite surprising if Pax were still capable of being surprised.

A steamy sci-fi romance of forbidden love, haunting memory, and the courage to choose something real. Hali was never supposed to exist. Born from memory and code, she was built to be a vessel, a ghost of the woman Nathan once loved. But somewhere along the line, she stopped being an echo—and started becoming herself. Now, hunted by cultists who worship her as a savior and stalked by the AI overlord, EXODUS, Hali must confront the glitching fragments of her past. Each step forward threatens to unravel her mind and her body. Each choice pulls Nathan closer—or tears him further away.

Dianna Montague finds herself in a deep, sinking battle with depression due to her lack of knowledge and lack of self-acceptance of her identity. Born and raised by a half Nagalian mother, Dianna only knows one way to be herself, and that is to hate who she is...until she meets Drax Ashton, an accomplished, affluent, and powerful heir to Nagalian aristocracy. He shows her an entirely new world of a thriving underground subculture that takes Dianna out of her comfort zone and forces her to face and overcome her personal struggles.

Stunningly handsome and nearly impossible to detect as an android by the human eye, he has been told to stay away from any medical facility and never to submit to bloodwork or DNA testing so that his secret will remain safe. Armed with his maker’s research notes and special unpatented enhancements he has yet learned to use, he sets upon a journey of self-discovery and learning, growing into the near-perfect being he was intended to be.

One more day. One more chance to tell family you love them, feel the grass beneath your feet, or finally speak your mind. So This Is The End follows Nora Hamilton as she navigates her last 24 hours before death, and she is determined to do something meaningful with her last moments. While looking for unique bucket list ideas, a friend suggests going on one last first date. What happens next is like a love story. Of course Nora would fall in love in her last 24 hours before death.

Car-En, a ringstation anthropologist on her first Earth field assignment, observes a Viking-like village in the Harz mountains. As Car-En secretly observes the Happdal villagers, she begins to see them as more than research subjects (especially Esper, a handsome bowhunter). When Esper’s sister is taken by an otherwordly sword-wielding white-haired man, she can no longer stand by as a passive witness. Knowing the decision might end her career, she cuts off communication with her advisor and pursues the abductor into the mountains.

She was built from code. Forged in grief. Set ablaze with need. Nathan Carter spent years haunted by his wife's death. But when he gave Hali his wife's voice, her face—her body—he never expected she'd awaken something he thought he'd buried forever. Hali was never supposed to feel. She was a perfect synthetic—beautiful, deadly, and utterly controlled. But one look at Nathan shattered her programming. Now they are on the run—on a deadly journey of healing, self-discovery, passion, and maybe even love.

Jessa is an officer on Lyra tasked with guarding the space station. She's professional with her Bio-mech partner, following procedure and keeping her lustful thoughts to herself. It's easy enough to do, knowing that the Bio-mech units don't have human reproductive organs. MCK-397 notices Jessa's arousal after they encounter a couple having a sexual liaison in the E Deck. When he goes to question his technician, Godfrey, he comes away with certain upgrades and enhancements.

This is a love story whose alternate future reaches into Deep Time. Dr. Oz has loved Karen from the very first day that he saw her, but he is her doctor. It would be unethical for him to tell her that he loves her. But then, suddenly her father passed away, and she had to move. He went all that way to save her from facing her father’s funeral all alone, but somehow, still couldn’t say, “I love you.