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When Lady Olivia Gosling finds the Book of Love in a musty bookshop, she is most eager to try out its love "recipes" on someone safe. Did she say safe? Well, Beast isn't really safe, but with her odious guardian about to marry her off to one of his unsavory friends, Olivia needs her childhood friend to fall in love with her...fast. If Beast can love her, then any man she chooses will surely do the same. Alexander Beastling, Duke of Hartford, is known as Beast among the ton. He is big and muscled, and there is a dark aura of mystery about him that he makes no effort to dispel.

Berlin, Summer 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. Things have changed – no Eva Braun, no Nazi party, no war. Hitler barely recognises his beloved Fatherland, filled with immigrants and run by a woman. People certainly recognise him, albeit as a flawless impersonator who refuses to break character. The unthinkable, the inevitable happens, and the ranting Hitler goes viral, becomes a YouTube star, gets his own T.V. show, and people begin to listen.

Read by Daniel Henning (The House in the Cerulean Sea). Meet Burke: a young dog (part German Shepherd, part Husky, wolf at heart) who just wants to find his forever home, especially after he fails to meet the rigorous standards of a training programme for service animals. (After a minor incident...

In a realm where the left hand marks a man as cursed, Arlen Wyth has spent his life fighting for acceptance. Scorned by his own people and burdened by a faith he struggles to understand, he seeks only to prove he's more than the affliction of his birth. But when a forbidden journey reveals a terrifying truth—the Saxone war clans are preparing to invade—Arlen finds himself caught between the suspicion of his countrymen and the destruction racing toward their shores. No one will believe the warning of a cursed young man. No one, that is, except those who would use him for their own designs.

'There is a certain star I like above all others. It is named after us. It's called the Dog Star, and shines brighter than any other. If you are ever lost, look for the star. It will guide you home' This is the story of a loveable mixed breed dog named Burke who, shortly after he is born...

"The wise learn many things from their enemies." My name's Atlanta Skolar, and I'm a huntress. No, not the vampire-slaying type, or the ever-brooding Winchester brothers from Supernatural. I live a relatively normal life - during the day at least. I go to school, have friends, and try my best to survive Uncle James' horrendous cooking. However, the nights in the city of Calen are not always calm. There's a thin veil between our world and the world of monsters, the good and the bad. I'm one of the few who stands between the two.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. **MZ, Look Here!** This is the story of a man who has lived thirteen lives and, by the thirteenth, remembers none of them. It is written to him, by himself, in the only voice that could ever reach him — a voice that calls his own name. MZ, look here...

A queer Such Sharp Teeth meets Fatal Attraction, in which a woman’s encounter with a magnetic stranger awakens both forbidden desire and the beast she’s always been meant to become. Elsa has never quite belonged. Growing up, she was always the strange girl, the outcast, the one almost nobody...

Santa Claus just saved Christmas, so why are there dozens of prehistoric nightmares ravaging the streets of Moscow on Christmas Day? With his reindeer team restored and Snoot at his side once again, Santa springs into action, only to find a nefarious force eager to destroy not only Christmas but also the entire human race. As the Lord of Time and Space, the Time Raptor has inherited cosmic powers far beyond his control. Recognizing the evils mankind has perpetrated upon the Earth, the Time Raptor knows he must act to save the planet from its modern-day menace: humanity.

From beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune comes The Stars Look Like Home, a funny and moving adventure novel about finding one’s place in the universe from the perspective of a dog. A promise: The dog does not die in this. As a puppy, Burke’s mother told him that dogs' lives...

Elepha convinces Angel to patch up her relationship with her mother. The band becomes even more famous after a concert in Russia and, by popular demand, the band puts on a concert in Axlerod for the entire state of Nebraska.

It’s three days until Christmas, and Sage has only one thing keeping her from the cozy comfort of home and family at the holidays. Unfortunately, that one thing is Dr. Alec Ashcroft, the cold and condescending postdoc in the magical portomancy department, who also happens to stand in the way of Sage’s degree. But when portal magic goes awry, Sage finds herself trapped with her arch-nemesis and learns that Alec is far less frigid than she’d believed.

As destiny would have it, Percilla, a young, naïve rebel, is struck by tragedy after learning of her family’s sacred oath. In order to save all those she loves, Percilla sets out on a quest for the mystical land of Rou. Escaping through the barriers of her quaint little village, she embarks on an odyssey across the lawless, barren lands scattered with wildly eccentric characters. Some are allies, and some turn out to be foes. Met with adversity by those who seek what she protects, Percilla must learn to rely on herself, even with her powerful allies at her side.

Falsely accused of a crime, John Gatsby follows the real perpetrator through a mirror in an effort to clear his name. A stranger in a strange land, John arrives to find himself in a world at war, and he is immediately drawn into a quest that will save the world or extinguish everything good in it forever. Unable to find the mirror that brought him to the new world, John has no option but to risk his life and join the forces of good in their conflict.

In 2009, people were introduced to stories of hit men, specters, crooks, playful spirits, and empowered heroes. Now, a new batch of stories have come alive. Come to a place where mice gain the ability to speak, where super humans work middle-class jobs, where a mythical man grants chances to feeble victims, and where science has created murder rooms or genetically mutated monsters. Discover worm holes, the supernatural, and a bit of lunacy. Encounter the unexpected.

Psychologist Kate Holly's own life has become the stuff of intensive therapy. She's divorcing her gorgeous firefighter husband, she has an eccentric secretary, her mother and aunt have erected a vaguely sexual sculpture in her front yard, and her psychiatrist ex-boyfriend won't stop calling to find out what color panties she's wearing. Now, Kate's being bombarded with mysterious threats, and the only person who can help her is the one man who always makes her lose her mind - and heart.

After escaping near-death, Kelly Danvers, a famed writer with a dark past retreats to a remote, off-the-grid fire lookout in northern Idaho to finish her novel. But when a freak and hostile snowstorm blows in and a lost forest ranger turns up, shivering, and claiming an EMP has destroyed the power grid, trouble soon follows. As Kelly tries to make sense of the danger and make contact with the outside, she quickly finds herself at odds with the stranger, and fighting for survival.

How does one deal with life after death when death doesn’t seem any different… except the need for blood? As Gabe struggles with his new reality, Lily avoids all her responsibilities to him. But soon, their newest investigation makes confrontation inevitable. They are forced to run from human authorities and the vampire Court, all to protect a new comrade. Can the two resolve their differences and come together for the common good?

Я любил военные преступления и мятные пряники. Ничем хорошим это не кончилось, и я сдох. Казнили, если точнее. Но вместо смерти я... очнулся в другом мире? Здесь и магия, и Россия теперь часть Европейского объединения, и аристократы там что-то.

Ещё вчера я жил обычной жизнью, а сегодня отбиваюсь от магов-террористов и конвоем уезжаю в магический мир. Теперь передо мной открыты все дороги. Интриги, изучение магии и битвы с чудовищами—теперь я часть всего этого. На что я готов ради власти над циклом Жизни и Смерти? Какой путь я выберу?