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Welcome to Suddenly a Duke—the new Regency romance world from USA Today bestselling author Alexa Aston. Eight titled peers who never expected to become dukes do just that—and are attracted to females whom Polite Society does not believe worthy of the title duchess, due to their desires to be more than typical ladies of the ton. But these sudden dukes choose to forge their own paths with the remarkable women who are already doing just that—and the resulting love proves that trusting one’s heart is always the right choice. A fun-loving man who has become a staid duke . . .

Left for dead. Hunted by the living. Surrounded by the infected. Warren’s story should have ended in the ruins of London. Betrayed and abandoned, survival was meant to be impossible. Yet in the shadow of a city that devours everything, Warren claws his way back into the fight—driven not just by the need to endure, but by the need for truth, and for justice. The world is fractured beyond repair. The virus, with no cure in sight, has erased safety, mercy, and trust.

The world burned, rebuilt, and burned again. In the ashes, only the desperate can survive. Can Warren find the truth before the fate that has taken so many others, consumes him too? And when every step drags him further from safety, is escape even possible anymore? Great Bitten: Desolation is the brutal concluding chapter in the Great Bitten series. Coming on the Ides of April 2026.

AI Security is no longer theoretical. Autonomous systems are already being tested. We are no longer in the early days of experimentation. AI agents now execute thousands of autonomous decisions daily across finance, telecom, healthcare, and enterprise infrastructure. Adversaries are studying those decision pathways. They do not crash servers. They manipulate logic. They exploit reasoning.

A rule-following viscount who becomes a sudden duke . . . A young woman who loses her parents and turns to music for solace . . . Two people who want very different things from life . . . Lord Henry Vaughn witnesses the deaths of his father and grandfather and becomes the new Duke of Linberry. A decent, kind, and responsible man, Henry knows after this double tragedy that it is important he take a wife and provide a ducal heir since death can come calling unexpectedly. Lady Sophia Sawyer loses both her parents closely together and mourns them the requisite year.

As sparks fly, deceptions run wild... Lady Ruby Ballimore has had enough of the Marriage Mart. After offending yet another Marquess, Ruby flees London for the holiday house of a glamorous yet absent princess. Armed with a forged invitation and her like-minded friends, Ruby arrives in Cornwall...

Karim is an émigré in Edinburgh, working respectably for a global Canadian cybersecurity company. But under the screen name L0ck$ley—a nod to Robin Hood—he wages a private war against greed. Using the same tools the FBI fears—Kali Linux, Metasploit, and an arsenal of real-world exploits—he steals from corrupt corporations and quietly funds those in need through anonymous GoFundMe-style causes. To the world, he looks like an entire hostile nation-state cell.

What happens when the wolf already walks through your front door? Your team adopted AI faster than anyone built the rules to hold it. Free chatbots handle client data. AI agents read your email, update your CRM, and move money. Connectors no one vetted now reach your most sensitive systems. The...

One decision. One moment. One twist you didn’t see coming. Ten unforgettable stories where ordinary lives collide with extraordinary consequences. Short Stories With A Twist is a compelling collection of emotionally charged fiction exploring life, love, hope, and triumph — each story delivering an unexpected ending that stays with you long after the final tick. From life-or-death decisions and first love tested by temptation, to chance encounters that change everything, these stories follow ordinary people facing extraordinary moments.

In the heart of Victorian England, where steam and iron threaten to smother the ancient countryside, artist Robert McKinley is swept into a world of enchantment and peril. When the actress he loves vanishes with her mysterious troupe, Robert’s search leads him beyond the veil of ordinary life—into a realm where forgotten gods and immortal lords dwell beneath the hills, wielding magic older than time itself.

Zemeland has always loved its labels. Human. Elf. Dwarf. Useful. Dangerous. Acceptable. And then there are the half-breeds—too much of this, not enough of that, forever expected to apologise for existing. When a curse mark resurfaces, it does not choose its victims at random. It settles into old prejudices, feeds on fear, and grows stronger every time someone decides that “different” is the same as “wrong.” A quartet of unlikely companions—bound more by circumstance than a call for glory—find themselves caught in the fault lines of a world that prefers simple answers and visible enemies.

Eight titled peers who never expected to become dukes do just that—and are attracted to females whom Polite Society does not believe worthy of the title duchess, due to their desires to be more than typical ladies of the ton. But these sudden dukes choose to forge their own paths with the remarkable women who are already doing just that—and the resulting love proves that trusting one’s heart is always the right choice.

On Keyfaetuun's Fortune Island, Russell is a widowed goatherd who one day notices raccoons are stealing the feed from his goats. When he set up several pain-free traps to catch them and relocate them, he doesn't find a masked mammal with whiskers caught within. Instead, a red-faced, crying, nine-month-old baby has found her way into his trap and into his life.

A wrong committed millennia ago leads Padric on a quest to stop a plot that threatens all of humanity. There is only one catch—Padric must first prove himself worthy to be heir of the ancient charioteer.

A serious clergyman whose brothers die, leaving him an unexpected duke... A woman who is making her way as a Bow Street runner... An investigation that leads them to the truth—and each other... Jasper Lincoln is happy tending to his congregation when news arrives of his brother’s death in battle. Jasper’s father, ailing for several months, slips away, unable to bear the news. And on that same night, Jasper’s brother, Lord Sutton, drunkenly falls down the stairs, dying instantly, making Jasper a sudden duke.

When a routine interrogation erupts into violence, his partner is left fighting for life, and Dion is forced off the case. Officially, he is done. Unofficially, the truth has never been closer. A name buried in his father’s old investigations resurfaces. A trail hidden in corporate silence begins to breathe again. And somewhere behind it all, Victor Stanton is waiting. Stripped of his badge and hunted by the very system he once served, Dion steps beyond the law, crossing borders under a borrowed identity. London waits ahead, restless and watchful, its streets hiding more than answers.

Discover how everyday people are generating cash flow and creating financial freedom through the powerful Rent to Rent strategy. Whether you're priced out of the housing market or simply looking for a low-risk way to enter the property world, Rent to Rent for Beginners gives you a clear, no-nonsense roadmap to start and scale your own income-generating portfolio—without mortgages, massive deposits, or years of experience.

A powerful sorceress. A cursed knight. A cryptic prophecy. AD 1356 Padric thinks his recent assignment as lieutenant knight of quiet Chaddesden, Derbyshire, should be easy enough to manage. Until villagers disappear under mysterious circumstances, and the task falls on Padric to find them. However, his investigations become complicated when a cryptic prophecy charges him to rescue the villagers and find an ancient artifact before the solstice. As though that weren’t enough, days later, the mastermind behind the chaos is revealed: a powerful sorceress.A powerful sorceress.

Haberdasher Pierce Selkirk always knew he was the son of an earl. Much to his surprise, he learns he is not illegitimate as he had been led to believe. With his father’s death, he becomes the Duke of Stoneham and must take up responsibilities beyond his comprehension.

There’s Something on the Shore. Ten years ago, something emerged from the sea. It looked like nothing else. Smooth. Silent. Impossible. And when it vanished, it left no trace—except in the mind of one man. Since that day, he’s been haunted by what he saw. Obsessed. Isolated. Searching for answers no one else would believe existed. But what if the truth is worse than anyone imagined? In this dark, honest, and often grimly funny personal account, an artist confronts the terrifying reality that we are not alone— —and never were.