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Cast aside since birth and denied my true heritage, they know me as the bastard prince. For years I played their game, doing allI could to assist my half-brothers shuffle refugees from the castle, while keeping them and the dying Nobles safe in the old mine tunnels. The Prince of Rats, one girl called me.

They call me Zen-man, the cool-headed one, the protector. I keep an eye out for everyone, take them in, find them homes. They think I’m the calm and collected one, the self-assured one, the one who knows the way. They think they see me. They think they know me. But they’re all wrong, because inside I’m broken. I have a jagged hole in my soul I can’t fix, a festering blackness. I’ve been to the pits of hell, and nobody comes back unscathed. Life in foster care fucked me up, and now a thread is all that’s holding me together.

When their son brings home his dorm roommate, Kelly and Annie Doll are more than a little unnerved. Annie can barely remember the last time she interacted with a man as big, black, and attractive as Steven's roommate, Jeremiah. When Jeremiah makes a pass at her, Annie is as shocked as she is secretly flattered. She had never thought of herself as overly attractive, but when Jeremiah deems here a "MILF", she accepts his offer. It isn't long before Jeremiah is taking her mature, hot body to levels she can't even imagine.

Once I met a boy and gave him my heart. But what if he never gives it back? He’s our neighbors’ adopted son. He’s quiet, brooding, hot. We walk together down the street after school and we talk. I want him a lot. But he thinks he’s bad luck, a bad son, and that misunderstandings will tear us apart. This is the story of how Gigi and Jarett met. It is a prequel to Bad Wolf, book four of the Wild Men series.

The land of Evgard is divided. Asher and Meleya’s stories finally collide as the Knights of the Torch face off against the Mage Hunters in a showdown that will leave both sides scarred. But while the factions struggle to pull together, the real enemy grows stronger.

Jarett was our neighbors’ adopted son. Handsome, strong, and quiet, he was my protector and my friend. Now he’s back, and he’s still gorgeous. Tall, dark, and sexy. All man. But he’s a bad guy, moving with a dangerous crowd. So why do I keep winding up in his arms? On his lap. In his bed. I know better than this—I’m better than this. I should stop. Only my heart tells me there’s good inside Jarett. That I could save him. Then again, what happens to gullible girls who climb into bed with the big, bad wolf?

Cupidville is overrun with new cupid recruits, and it’s up to me to train them in time for Valentine’s Day. Too bad I have four mates who keep insisting that it’s time for me to take a break. Juggling my role as the cupid boss, being a mate, and handling motherhood isn’t always easy, but it’s sure as hearts worth it. Let’s just hope I can get these cupid flunkies trained in time.

Catherine Raven has lived alone since the age of 15. After finishing her PhD in biology, she built herself a tiny cottage on an isolated plot of land in Montana, in a place as far away from other people as possible. She viewed the house as a way station, a temporary rest stop where she could...

In einer fernen Vergangenheit, einer Zeit voller Magie und Schwertkampf, lebte Harold, der mächtigste aller Liche – ein Meister der arkanen Wissenschaften und ein Herausforderer der Götter. Nachdem er den Gipfel seiner Macht erreicht hatte und ihn überraschend langweilig fand, führte Harold einen katastrophalen Krieg gegen die Götter, um das System zu zerschmettern, das ihn gefangen hielt.

Almost three years ago, a car crash took Audrey's dad and scarred her for life. Now 18, she returns to her hometown for the first time after the accident. She's here to start again. Go to college and have fun. Make new friends. Get over the past. But the past won't let go. Asher is here - her first kiss, her first heartbreak. More handsome and distant than ever, he's still the boy who used to be her best friend. That was before he changed into someone she hardly knows anymore—the boy who started getting into fights and gave her the cold shoulder for years.

In Locked Inside, Abigayle Roland—a psychologist renowned for her composure—is thrust into a nightmare when her latest patient, Deon Knight, arrives at the mental hospital. A man of unnerving charm and malevolence, Deon is accused of crimes too heinous to comprehend. But as their sessions progress, Abigayle finds herself ensnared in his magnetic darkness, her professional detachment crumbling under his relentless provocations.

Discover simple and powerful self-care techniques that will help new moms conquer postpartum - find joy and fulfillment in motherhood without feeling guilty!

Sadie "the Goat" Ferrell is one of the criminal superstars of the gangs of New York. Gallus Mag is her mortal enemy…and in an epic bar fight Gallus Mag bites off Sadie's ear — and puts it in the pickle jar of other ears she has bitten off! — as the bouncer for the Hole-in-the-Wall bar in the notorious Fourth Ward.

Dick Dumas....Millionaire, entrepreneur, leader of men, ****ole boss, money grubbing cheapskate bastard, cuckold? Dick was aptly named, but he doesn't care what you think of him. He's rich and gets everything that he wants. If he cared about your respect, or his employees respect, he'd just pay you to act like you like him. There's only one person who might be able to bring Dick down a peg. His wife Valerie is coming to work at his company and is shocked at how he treats his employees.

There's me: Micah Owens. Tattoo artist at Damage Control. No parents or siblings. A past that still gives me nightmares. And then there's her: Evangeline, the girl who saved my life and haunts my more pleasant dreams. Only she doesn't know who I really am, and telling her might well send her fleeing for the hills. She deserves better than a loser like me. She's pretty. She's clever. She's goddamn sexy and has a heart of gold. Which is why I can't tell her.

I was taken as a baby and trained to become an elite member of Troupe Delirium. My time with them is as permanent as the damn collar on my neck. Until Heathcliff helps me escape. I have nothing but the clothes on my back and the good sense to get as far away as I can. But then, I stumble into someone else’s territory and get snagged by a shifter-happy cop who brings me to a pack.

In these seven explicit stories, empowered, hot wives find ways to make their husbands useful again and keep their bulls interested as well.

I've lived in the mud quarter my entire life, watching as the fireguards came every five years to select the prettiest girls to go to the Seat to start new lives. They get it all: husbands, houses without a speck of dirt, and enough food that hunger wasn't a constant pain in your belly. This year, it's my turn. The dragon that forces our kingdom to cower under our magnificent dome and hide behind stone walls hasn't shown any signs of leaving.

A hilarious, smart and incredibly singular debut from Raven Smith, whose exploration of the minutiae of everyday modern life and culture is totally unique and painfully relatable. Is being tall a social currency? Am I the contents of my fridge? Does yoga matter if you’re not filthy rich? Is a bagel four slices of bread? Are three cigarettes a meal? 

His name is Rafaele Vestri, Rafe to his friends. He’s tall, strong, handsome. Distant. He often comes to the coffee shop where I work, but we don’t talk much. He looks at me, though. Stares at me, his gaze heated, and I can’t help but stare back. I want him, I won’t deny it. I’ve never seen anyone that beautiful, anyone that powerful, in my life. But he’s growing more withdrawn by the day. Something’s up, and he won’t tell. I know about his past - the murder of his family when he was 15. I can imagine how much it must have cost him.