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An epic space opera follows a comfort woman as she claims her agency, a soldier questioning his allegiances and a non-binary hero out to save the solar system. First Sister has no name and no voice. She's a priestess of the Sisterhood, travelling the stars alongside the soldiers of Earth who own the rights to her body and soul. When her former captain abandons her, First Sister's hopes for freedom are dashed and she is forced to stay on her ship with no friends, no status and a new captain she knows nothing about. 

When Malachi Baker stumbles into an offer of apprenticeship from the esteemed and powerful Occultist Orykson, he's left in shock and jumps at the chance to learn... Even if it means taking out a few loans. Unfortunately, his new teacher sees him more as a tool than a student. He has set Malachi near-impossible goals before he becomes worthy of Orykson's full attention, and Malachi's innate power is only somewhat above average. Worse, it turns out that Orykson has enemies more powerful than Malachi had ever imagined—and now their attention has landed solidly on him.

Neek makes a living piloting the dilapidated tramp transport Mercy’s Pledge and smuggling questionable goods across systems blessed with peace and prosperity. She gets by - but only just. In her dreams, she is still haunted by thoughts of Ardulum, the traveling planet that long ago visited her homeworld. The Ardulans brought with them agriculture, art, interstellar technology...and then disappeared without a trace, leaving Neek’s people to worship them as gods.

The flame of rebellion burns across the solar system in this dazzling conclusion to Linden A. Lewis’s stunning First Sister trilogy perfect for fans of Red Rising, The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Expanse. Astrid is finally free of the Sisterhood, yet her name carries on. She’s called the...

For 30 years, the Fellowship of the Anointed isolated its members, conditioning them to believe that pain is power. That magic is suffering. That the world beyond the fence has fallen prey to monsters. But when their leader is arrested, all her teachings come into question. Those touched by the Fellowship face a choice: How will they adjust to the world they were taught to fear, and how will they relate to the cult's last crusader, Lark?

Mikal despised the idea of working with an Imperial, for reasons both personal and political, but only the invaders’ magic could repair the artifact weapon that was the last link to a family he’d left behind. Rian was a magician by trade, trying to escape the obligations of his noble birth, and the life his family planned out for him. Living incognito at the border of Imperial territory, he found his solitude interrupted by a mysterious visitor with an impossible commission.

Disgraced aristocrat Jonah is a man by day and a demon named Hunnemus at night. Both his halves have fallen under the power of the dark Priest Sabaste, who crosses boundaries no priest should. Jonah and Hunnemus are thrust into the intrigue of the Rainor court, while at the mercy of a diabolical and lustful priest. Sabaste hurts people in private, but appears charitable in public. What are the motives of the only priest in the world who serves all four gods of Rainor? When Jonah learns he’s evil he must decide whether to stay or to run. Hunnemus wants to run. Jonah hesitates.

In First Time Gay: Shocking Surprise by My Roommate, the steamy relationship between James and his roommate (and captain of the college's basketball team), Mark, becomes more and more intense, hotter and hotter, and more and more kinky.

Mark takes James out for the night: he takes him to a clearing in the woods.... What James does not know is that the whole basketball team is about to join, and, one by one, they start participating in this hot, steamy gay party: With James tied to a felled tree trunk in the clearing, Mark takes control of his "prize" and shares him with his teammates in a hard-and-sweet game that James will never forget.