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I was supposed to walk down the aisle to Finn Gallagher, heir to the Gallagher mafia. Instead, I walked out of my own life as the favored mafia daughter to start a new one in Hawai’i. On my terms. Now they’ve found me. He’s found me. Cian Mahoney, the most wanted and despised enforcer in the Gallagher Mafia. My nemesis. And the man whose kiss intoxicated me the night I disappeared. If he drags me back to New York, my life is over. So I formulate an escape plan. Make Cian believe I want him. Need him. Crave him. Except my performance turns real.

The powerful alien empire of the Gumalagians turns their attention to the United Interplanetary Republic. While Carter has faced dangerous opponents, nothing could prepare him for what’s to come. He must find allies and grow stronger — without sacrificing the people he loves. Along with an audacious and alluring Admiral, Carter races against the clock to assemble a fleet that can save them all.

After a surprising victory, Carter Ash finds himself leading a large civilization during a tumultuous time. But there’s no time to rest—The remnants of his former enemies still threaten his people’s stability, while an old foe grows ever stronger. The only way to survive is to keep building the United Interplanetary Republic. With the help of a flirtatious scientist’s eager experiments, he struggles against increasingly bleak odds.

Ancient cultures around the world spoke of a vast cycle of time with alternating dark and golden ages; Plato called it the Great Year. Most of us were taught in school that the dark ages were real but the golden age was just a universal myth. But new scientific evidence suggest this cycle of high and low ages may have some basis in fact. Now that the astronomical community has discovered that something massive is tugging on our solar system the stage is set for discovering the motion that moves us from high ages of enlightenment to low ages of darkness.

Don't start a war. Don't get your trainees killed. And most importantly, don't date them. Hunting monsters for coin was enough for me, until the King begged me to tame the wildest beast of all: a guild with no humans.

I didn’t plan to sleep with the president of the Iron Serpents MC. It was supposed to be a distraction. A mistake I’d never repeat. Until two pink lines flipped my entire world upside down. I thought I’d raise the baby alone. Until they made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. Move into the clubhouse. Let them protect me. In exchange, I’d give them something they all want—a legacy.

From USA Today & WSJ Bestselling Author Bink Cummings comes Dark & Deceitful—a dark, found-family biker romance with mature characters, fierce loyalty, and secrets that could tear them apart. Eight years ago, my husband came home with a surprise that shattered our lives. I hate him for what he's done to me and the damage he’s caused our family. Moving on seems impossible—Dark still won't let me go, and my ties to the club run deep. Some days, I feel like I’m barely holding on. Without my father-in-law, the only constant in my life, I would have lost my sanity years ago.

Three hearts. Two betrayals. One impossible choice. Six years ago, DEA psychologist Nina Palmer lost the man she loved to deep cover—and buried the grief so deep it almost broke her. When Chris Longo came back from the dead, nothing was the same. Not for her. Not for the man she’d learned to trust in the aftermath. Wyatt Booth never meant to fall for Nina. Never meant to get tangled in her past. But he stayed anyway—through the silence, through the scars, through the night that changed everything. A shared night of reckless, blistering intimacy cracks their fragile triangle wide open.

Melmarc Lockwood dreams of becoming a Gifted, unlocking a Skill and Class that will set him apart. For the minute few fortunate enough to gain these abilities, becoming Delvers who enter and seal Portals is just the beginning. Melmarc's wish is far greater: he wants to become a Delver so powerful that battles end before they even start, with his mere presence. But, that goal feels quite distant, almost unattainable. However, with an uncle who has an odd penchant for collecting 'civilized discarded items', and a brother with a unique Class, maybe Melmarc just might achieve the impossible.

KiaraI’ve only ever wanted the two things I can’t have —love and freedom. Instead, I’m a prisoner. Forced to create art for the De Lucas to exploit. Until my father is murdered. Now my monstrous cousin is the new don, and life as I know it is about to end. Instead of just selling my paintings, he's planning to auction me off to the highest bidder. So I run. Right into the hottest guy I’ve ever seen, who pins me to the wall and kisses me until my body lights up inside like a Christmas tree, before helping me escape. But he’s no savior.

Carter Ash wakes up with no memories in a virtual basic training. All the recruits will die within the next six weeks. Lucky for them, they’ve all got three lives. He’s assigned to a squad with his goofy friend and another captivating cadet, Iris. They have to keep each other alive as long as possible because when they die, they get assigned their permanent character class. And everyone in the squad wants a valuable class, ideally the kind where you don’t get killed immediately.

Don’t start a war. Don’t get your trainees killed. And most importantly, don’t date them. Hunting monsters for coin was enough for me, until the King begged me to tame the wildest beast of all: a guild with no humans. Catgirls run the damn place. The bunny alchemist’s afraid of her students. And a wolfgirl thigh-choked me in the woods.

Joseph Anderson is the patriarch of the world-famous Anderson Empire who believes in family above all else. There’s nothing he hasn’t accomplished, and now he has a new mission — to take down the scum of Seattle. And he’s doing this by funding an elite special ops team no one will see coming, but everyone will feel the impact from. As Katherine’s life hangs in the balance, Joseph uncovers a world he didn’t want to believe existed.

From USA Today & WSJ bestselling author Bink Cummings comes Sunshine & Sinful—book two of the Sinful Deceit duet. This dark, found-family biker romance weaves a story of unexpected love and buried secrets that threaten to unravel everything. For months, I’ve stayed away from the men who broke me, piecing myself back together from the fragments they left behind. I thought I’d moved on and started to heal. But they refuse to let me go. No matter how hard I try to escape, they linger—ghosts haunting the edges of my mind.

Eyes gets in deeper than he thought with a battle he never imagined he'd have to fight - in the arena of love. Will he be able to focus on the mission at hand while this breathtaking woman is now front and center in his life? Follow Eyes, Sleep, Brackish, Smoke, and Green on the last steps of this journey - showing what a team of true alpha males can accomplish when their focus is on the same goal and have all the resources they ever want.

Kellin Brennan is the answer to my prayers. If his company invests in my boutique Santa Monica hotel, I can finally escape my family. My destiny. And run my hotel on my terms, free from my father’s mafia world.

DC Barnes is back on the job after an eighteen-month suspension. He’s offered this case no one else wants—and he’s in no position to refuse. A one-punch homicide. The accused is Mandy’s partner James. An honest, upright citizen and a firefighter. The victim is Mandy’s ex, an aggressive alcoholic. James’s acquittal is a sure thing. No jury will convict this good man defending his girlfriend.

Become a shifter. Build my pride. Be the leader these people need. I’ve always known I was different. There’s a beast inside me, clawing to get free—and it finally breaks loose when I return to Thornveil City, a magic-soaked metropolis crawling with shifters.

Dark forces are gathering on John’s horizon, and they want nothing more than to end his life before he becomes unstoppable. John possesses the flux magic of a Dungeon Lord, capable of altering, shaping, and building dungeons. In addition, he has mana magic, making him unique, potentially powerful, and a grave threat to stopping the curse. Of course, this puts a lot of pressure on John, but he's not alone. Ellie, a talented sorceress with exquisite flare, joins John in his valiant cause.

David is trapped in the suburbs of Ashburn, forced to serve as the supernatural enforcer for his master, Ahriman. He's starting to get the hang of his demonic body and his new role. And then he sees a human dressed like a monk kill one of the nastiest, baddest demons he's ever encountered. Sybil recognizes the human for what he is—a Demon Slayer. Most demons think that Slayers are only a myth. But, as David discovers, they're deadly real, and one of them is on the job in Ashburn with a mission to kill all the demons he can find. And he will, unless David can stop him.