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What if Elizabeth Bennet met Mr Darcy before she knew he was Mr Darcy? While touring Pemberley with her aunt and uncle, Elizabeth encounters a handsome gentleman working among the roses. With his coat discarded and his hands marked by honest labour, she naturally assumes he is one of the estate’s gardeners —and speaks to him with all her usual openness. Fitzwilliam Darcy knows he ought to correct her mistake. Instead, charmed by a young woman who sees neither his fortune nor his consequence, he allows their conversation to continue.

Fourteen short tales of grief, desperation, and survival --or not-- in the face of various horrors. A single mother sees insanity in the worst person possible. An estranged stepfather puts his life and family back together, but loses it all to his bathroom wall. Strangers come together to fight...

Elizabeth Bennet isn't made to stand idly by and watch people suffer. Especially not when the Bennet sisters' stepfather, a one-time British spy, has trained her, Jane, and Mary so well. But when Netherfield Park is let and the new residents move in, the lighthearted game of reimagined Robin Hood she and her sisters have been playing could turn deadly, both for the neighborhood’s newest gentlemen and for Elizabeth's heart.

Lady Rachiele, 18, has spent the last eight years dreaming of a life at court with a loving husband. Then her parents sell her hand in marriage to a stranger. Sir Telon of Yovren is handsome enough, and seems charming at first. But when Rachiele learns he’s a drunkard and in love with someone else, she grows determined to escape and chart her own destiny. She’ll even brave the dangerous, monster-infested woods surrounding castle Yovren if she has to.

Lady Ayla of Blackfell has spent the last three years living in fear of her cruel husband, surviving through quiet, daring acts of resistance. But when a traitorous knight conquers the castle, Ayla finds herself the personal hostage of a warrior far deadlier than the one she married. Niel doesn't care whether his father’s rebellion succeeds, but he'll gladly use the war to exact his own revenge against the nobility. There's just one problem: right as he's about to ransom the castle’s lady back to her lord, he sees the bruises covering her arm.

In an age dominated by logic and science, we’ve forgotten why we instinctively fear the dark. The ancient stories passed down by our ancestors, meant to warn us of the horrors lurking just beyond the reach of light, have faded into obscurity. Yet the entities that stalked them are not gone—they wait in the shadows, watching and waiting for their next unsuspecting victim.

Elizabeth Bennet isn't made to stand idly by and watch people suffer. Especially not when the Bennet sisters' stepfather, a one-time British spy, has trained her, Jane, and Mary so well. But when Netherfield Park is let and the new residents move in, the lighthearted game of reimagined Robin Hood she and her sisters have been playing could turn deadly, both for the neighborhood's newest gentlemen and for Elizabeth's heart.

A spoiled royal hungry for excitement. A young man who hates nobles. Can they foil a kidnapping before they fall prey to an enemy's deadly magic? Seventeen-year-old Princess Nora Abrios is lonely and bored. Though she’s a frost eater who creates magical ice, she’d give anything for a chance to really cut loose. When a commoner’s flying antics capture her attention, she seizes the opportunity to partner up and escape her dreary palace duties.

On the day of her wedding to the Crown Prince, Aveline is cursed for helping the wrong person. Not entirely a ghost, she is in between, having no control over what form she takes at any given moment. To break it, Aveline is forced to turn to the man she helped: the ostracised Magic Collector. Sebastian, known to everyone else as The Magic Collector, is shrouded in mystery. His castle disappears, sometimes for months, and then reappears without warning.

Will the magic of holly bring Josephine and Ace together for an unforgettable Christmas...When Josephine and Ace are sent to find all of the necessary trimmings for a Christmas ball at Fortuna's Parlor, they find more than they bargained for. But can a seamstress and a gaming hell bouncer find love together? Indulge in this short holiday tale of Christmas shenanigans today.

English professor Elijah M. Clayton, Jr., has promised his dying cousin he’ll raise her unborn daughter, but he knows he can’t do it on his own. His search for a wife fails miserably until he meets Beatrix-35 at a speed-dating event. Unfortunately, the ASD he does his best to conceal turns his best hope into another failure. Plumber Beatrix Glouster is convinced she’s finally met a good guy in Elijah-34—until his probing questions about babies and breastfeeding lead her to suspect he’s more pervert than perfect.

Elizabeth Bennet is giving up her secret life as a highwayman in favor of her next great adventure...being courted by Fitzwilliam Darcy. But when new guests arrive at Netherfield Park, they bring danger and tumult with them. Can Elizabeth and her sisters contend with the evil Hargreaves while still successfully navigating matters of the heart, or will they be forced to choose between love, honor, and family?

When 20-year-old Elianas father orders her to court, it is with one purpose: to save their noble, destitute family through marriage to a wealthy suitor. Eliana would much rather be studying healing and making use of her rare magical talent for medicines, but there is no escaping his command. She has eight short weeks to find a match she can stomach, or else shell be married off to the cruel, despicable man of her father's choosing.

When a snowstorm strands her at a hundred-year-old inn, Sloan Hanson's holiday season gets off to a rocky start. Especially when the innkeeper happens to be her former best friend and the guy who broke her heart in two like an overbaked sugar cookie.

Aeryn is hungry, perpetually exhausted, and short on hope. Ever since her merchant father lost everything to pirates, the 22-year-old has worked endlessly to meet the needs of her impoverished family. But it's never enough. That all changes when a mysterious faerie invites her to a competition hosted by a Fae beast looking for a wife. Tor, the castle-dwelling creature, is wealthy enough to provide for Aeryn's family, and she's desperate enough to say yes.

The End, Rena wrote on the calendar square. Rena Abrios, the only living seer on the planet of Anyari, has her most horrific vision yet - she foresees the apocalypse. Soon, nearly every human on her peaceful, technologically advanced planet will die. Rena even knows who’s behind it: philanthropist Alvun Merak. This type of prophecy can’t be averted. Despite that, Rena believes her sister, 17-year-old Ellin, is meant to fight it. The more Ellin learns about Merak, the more alarmed she becomes.

Seventeen-year-old Princess Nora is a frost eater who creates magical ice. Her royal life is luxurious but stifling. Krey West has a rare magical talent: when he eats feathers, he can fly. His one goal is to find his missing girlfriend, Zeisha. He thinks someone in power abducted her. Krey’s daring feats of magic earn him an invitation to the palace. Craving adventure and friendship, Nora offers to help him find Zeisha. He’s desperate enough to accept - though he hates the monarchy. The truth is more terrible than they could imagine.

Magic can’t be real, right? Tell that to the werewolf glaring at me with his near-black eyes or the handsome vampire lounging in the corner. Did I enjoy growing up rejected by everyone I encountered because of my physical abnormalities? Hell no! The only thing I ever wanted was to be accepted by someone. Not everyone, just anyone. A normal job and one solid meal a day would’ve been nice too.

Can Nora take her father’s crown...before his dark magic takes her life? Ulmin Abrios, King of Cellerin, has gone mad. He’s invading and terrorizing his own cities. Princess Nora, his estranged daughter, is determined to seize the crown and save her people. Along with her boyfriend Ovrun and her friends Krey and Sarza, she secretly returns to Cellerin. As she plots to take down her father, Nora wrestles with her desire to find love. She knows how confining life in the palace will be. Could Ovrun - or any man - ever truly embrace the restrictive life of a king?

With her 18th birthday fast approaching, crown princess Josselyn deLure knows it’s her duty to choose a husband, but that doesn't mean she has to be happy about it. She'd much rather be practicing her swordplay with her best friend, Edmund, or teasing her straight-laced guard, Alex. Marriage isn't exactly high on her list of priorities.