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Faust is one of the pillars of Western literature. This classic drama presents the story of the scholar Faust, tempted into a contract with the Devil in return for a life of sensuality and power. Enjoyment rules, until Faust’s emotions are stirred by a meeting with Gretchen, and the tragic outcome brings Part 1 to an end. Part 2, written much later in Goethe’s life, places his eponymous hero in a variety of unexpected circumstances, causing him to reflect on humanity and its attitudes to life and death.

Pepper has hit rock bottom. After being thrown out on the streets, she's willing to do whatever it takes to survive. Dmitri Strife is a world famous rock star trying to break into the movie industry. Seedy company leads him into a chance encounter with Pepper that will change both of their lives forever. Strife is a story of privilege and poverty, of kindness and cruelty, and of learning who to trust when the whole world seems to have turned its back on you.

Guy Gunaratne's blistering debut, In Our Mad and Furious City, is an unforgettable portrait of 48 hours on a London council estate. For Selvon, Ardan and Yusuf, growing up under the towers of Stones Estate, summer means what it does anywhere: football, music, freedom. But now, after the killing of a British soldier, riots are spreading across the city, and nowhere is safe. While the fury swirls around them, Selvon and Ardan remain focused on their own obsessions, girls and grime.

Xan Sanderlin is a complete pervert - a sinfully handsome pervert with an amazing body that he likes to tempt me with. I'm convinced that he's the devil incarnate. He threatens to fire me if I don't obey his every command. He punishes me for things that no rational woman would endure. And despite all my resolve to remain pure, I'm starting to cave.

They might have been born misfits, but that doesn't stop them from finding love. Hybrid Misfit - A stripper with special DNA finds out the fate of the world depends on her. Good thing she's got two men to help her out in and out of bed. Siren Misfit - A mermaid terrified of the ocean with a killer voice. Literally. She thinks she's doomed until a brash Viking comes into her life. Bunny Misfit - Being a bunny in a family of wolves leads to Claire running away from home. But when her BFF needs someone to investigate a possible lead on her missing parents, Claire hops to the rescue.

All FBI agent Ethan Thomas wants is to come home to his new apartment and enjoy the luxury of his new flat-screen TV and some frozen pizza. Encountering a tiny toddler alone in the hall changes everything for the rough and rugged agent. Relief sets in when the child's mother appears. But when she collapses at his feet just before a blizzard hits Boston, Ethan is in over his head.

Melly’s a free spirit who doesn’t believe in things like receipts or allowable expenses, which probably explains why the IRS ends up on her doorstep. Lucky for her, they sent the cutest geek in glasses. Problem is, even after she breaks them, Theo sees more than he’s supposed to. The more he digs, the bigger the threat he poses to the pride. Can she keep him from the truth, or will she have to go on a hunt?

One moment, completely human and modern-day Carrie Morgan is crocheting in her living room. The next second, a peach alien claiming to be a Celestial Mates agent transports her and her dog 400 years into the future. He leaves her there to be discovered by her supposed fated mate - a blue-skinned cyborg general. The sly agent failed to mention a few things, like the fact humans and cyborgs are at war with each other!

Is it possible to be so much alike that you're completely incompatible? Tess and Sidney have both committed the greatest online dating faux pas possible: uploading old pictures. When the two tough butches meet at a small-town bar, they think they're getting the femmes of their dreams. So begins the awkward - yet sordid - acquaintance of the only two lesbians in town.

Knox, ex-soldier and sheriff's deputy, is a man used to being in control. When it comes to his stepsister, he wants to own every inch of her, but he's tried to do the right thing and not pursue the need to possess her. Forget his good intentions, because Claire's wicked teasing is driving him to the breaking point. Soon, she'll know exactly what it means to belong to a man like him.

A steaming wet paranormal fantasy ride of six multi-book stories to keep you craving to listen. Warning: 18+ audiences only! Are you ready to try something a little more "alpha" than you're used to? Find out if you're up to the task when you buy your copy of this huge box set today!

Ryder has tried to do the right thing and stay away from his tempting young neighbor. When she provokes a response, he takes Kylie with all the pent-up passion he's felt for her the past 18 months. She belongs to him, and a baby bump is just one more way to stake his claim.

When tiger-shifter Devon Manchester went looking for his missing teammate, he found Tianna Barrett instead. A citizen journalist, she's been quietly digging into the secrets of Project: Shift and helps Devon find his next lead. Now that the black ops knows about her existence, she has to come along with him as they pursue clues about a missing teammate's whereabouts into the Canadian wilderness. Having her along is certainly no hardship, since he's soon convinced Tianna is meant to be his mate. He's determined to claim her - if they live long enough...

April Cassidy comes from a long line of women who were gifted with certain special skills. She has inherited the full measure of psychic abilities that allow her to see beyond the normal world, and she considers that talent a curse. Her uncanny guesses scare people away, and she is resigned to spending her life alone as a freak of nature. But then she receives a call that changes everything. For the first time, those hated skills will be required for a very lucrative venture.

When Lex is taken from her teammates, she expects to be eliminated or harvested for Project Enhanced. Instead, Lt. Col. Jasper Caswell, leader of the black ops group pursuing them, has marked her as his mate. It's a fate worse than death, and she is desperate to escape. The mysterious and handsome Aidan, who works in support services, seems like her best chance of doing so. With his help, she discovers what the group really wants from the shifters who have eluded them.

This collection of 25 hot girl-on-girl sex stories is all about lust between horny women. It's time to experience sexy girl-on-girl sex! Hot stories like first time lesbian sex at the office, lesbian sex in public, lesbian sex with the college professor, lesbian revenge sex, and more are in this collection of explicit lesbian erotica. In the mood for some lesbian seduction? Click now and this collection can be on yours in seconds.

Nothing sucks more than losing your humanity in a government experiment. Now I’m something different, something special, and everyone wants a piece of me. Go ahead, give it a try, but don’t be shocked when I turn the tables and try to steal your soul because I am so very, very hungry.... But I don’t want to eat everyone I meet. At least not in a bad way. I know Simon, a big, beastly shifter, and his buddy Gene, an actual djinn living in a bottle, are after more than just my lusty bod.

Busted for underage drinking by Deputy Reynolds, her friend's older brother, Julie tries to convince him to look the other way as he has for past infractions. He's done indulging her or covering for her with her father, the sheriff, so she tries a new way to persuade him. Julie's methods leave Derek no doubt she'll do anything to be with him, including wear his ring and have his baby.

Being a bunny in a family of wolves leads to Claire running away from home. But when her BFF needs someone to investigate a possible lead on her missing parents, Claire hops to the rescue. "My name is Claire, and I am a bunny shifter who happened to be born in a pack of wolf shifters. Which, needless to say, didn't go over well. Before the people I thought of as family made me their next dinner, I ran away, and I might have stayed away forever if my best friend hadn't needed my help."

Ever meet a mermaid terrified of the ocean? The closest I get to salt water is in my bath. As for singing? My siren heritage left me with a killer voice. Literally. Some people can charm animals out of trees. Me? They jump to their deaths rather than listen to another note. I know I’m different. And I’m cool with it. What I’m not cool with is the meathead who decides that he’s my fated mate. Just because he’s tall, handsome, and muscle-bound doesn’t mean I’m going to fall into bed with him.