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A collection of short stories from one of the most critically acclaimed authors in the fantasy genre, Robin Hobb. Including work written under her pseudonym, Megan Lindholm. Bingtown heiresses rub shoulders in this wonderful collection with vampires and alien musicians, tramps and feral cats. In...

It is at the end of the eighteenth century, in the new French Republic, when the savage is first seen outside the village of Lacaune. The boy quickly becomes a legend among the townsfolk. Is he truly a human child or a wild beast? "Wild Child" is based on the story of Victor of Aveyron, the feral child brought from the French wilderness to Paris in an attempt to civilize him. It is the story of a boy who, at the tender age of five, had his throat slit in the forest and was left for dead.

Fallon Wright has been in love with her brother’s best friend since she was a kid. Days away from her eighteenth birthday, all she can wonder is if her wish will come true. Will Krew be her fated mate? Krew Dawson has wanted Fallon Wright since the moment he laid eyes on her. Puppy love, most people called it but him and his wolf have always known that it was more than that. She’s the only one who has been able to claim his heart.

A high-security luxury housing estate in the Thames Valley is the setting for a disturbing outbreak of violence in this compelling novella from the acclaimed author of ‘Cocaine Nights’ and ‘Super-Cannes’. Pangbourne Village housing estate is exclusive, expensive and protected from the outside world by the very latest in security systems. It should be the perfect place to bring up a child.

No one rejects their fated mate. Right? As the Alpha of the Black River Pack, Killian has to be strong. He’s been the leader since his father died and now it’s time for him to think about finding his mate. When he pictures her in his head, she’s strong, maybe a wolf like him. Then he smells her and she’s nothing like he thought she would be. Sascha is a deer shifter. She’s always been the runt of any pack and has been cast aside more times than she can count.

Come to the small town of Aspen Ridge, Alaska and get ready to watch these swoon worthy wolf and bear shifters fall in love with their fated mates!

Will this Alpha shifter be able to convince his mate that they’re meant to be and that there’s nowhere that she belongs more than with him and his pack?

I’m back in Broken Arrow and trying to get my life together. Things seem to be going according to plan. I have a new job and it’s been great to be around my best friend, Nara, again. There’s just one thing missing. A partner. I’ve never dated before, but I’ve imagined my Prince Charming coming for me ever since I was a kid. He was always tall and charming, a true gentleman. Basically, everything that Caden Michaels isn’t. So, why can’t I stop thinking about the growly biker?

Here are the moments that our fairy tales forgot or deliberately concealed, reimagined by one of the most gifted storytellers of his generation, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Hours. Rarely have our bedtime stories been this dark, this perverse, or this true. The Beast stands ahead of...

Enjoy an anthology of short stories, poems, and essays by Tony Martello. Some stories and poems are reprints while others have yet to be discovered. Included is a personal essay on his perspective of the COVID-19 shutdown. Some called it a curse while others discovered opportunities in its wake!

As part of Counterpoint's celebration of beloved American author Wendell Berry comes this reissue of his 1986 classic, The Wild Birds: Six Stories of the Port William Membership. Those stories include "Thicker Than Liquor," "Where Did They Go?," "It Wasn't Me," "The Boundary," "That Distant Land," and the titular "The Wild Birds." Spanning more than three decades, from 1930 to 1967, these wonderful stories follow Wheeler Catlett, and reintroduce listeners to the beloved people who live in Berry's fictional town of Port William, Kentucky.

Jem and Tean: Guys Gone Wild is a collection of short stories.

Un joven pescador atrapa a una sirena entre sus redes. Ambos se enamoran, pero para estar juntos hay una sola condición: el pescador debe renunciar a su alma. Un relato de amor y pérdida, en el que lo maravilloso se mezcla con un lenguaje potente. El inconfundible estilo de Oscar Wilde, sensual y atractivo, sumerge al lector en una cautivadora fábula sobre la belleza.

¿Qué es la amistad?, ¿hace falta entenderla para ser un buen amigo? Un pinzón está dialogando con una rata acerca de qué significa ser un amigo fiel; de pronto, decide contarle un cuento, rebosante de ironía y sátira, que narra la historia de dos supuestos amigos, Hans, un jardinero, y Hugh, un molinero.

Se ha preparado un espectáculo de fuegos artificiales para la celebración de un matrimonio de la realeza. Entre los diversos explosivos, tenemos a un cohete, sensible, pero petulante; que piensa que todo —incluso la boda— gira a su alrededor, y que está destinado a la fama, el reconocimiento y la admiración.

En El Ruiseñor y la Rosa se narra la historia de un ave que, al descubrir el amor que un joven le tiene a una señorita, hará todo lo posible para ayudarle a que sea correspondido.

Marketing Tycoon Tyler Mackenzie, a.k.a. Wildman Mac, has a knack for knowing what people want and, more importantly, what they need...so when he decides to show sweet and sexy yoga instructor Jess Gray that she's the one for him, he puts a seductive campaign into motion.

En El Príncipe Feliz, Oscar Wilde narra, de manera sumamente conmovedora, el primer y último intento de un príncipe por ayudar a su pueblo; para ello contará con la ayuda de una intrépida golondrina, y juntos, lo entregarán todo en nombre del amor. El sufrimiento de los hombres y de las mujeres es aún más sorprendente, no hay misterio tan grande como la miseria... Vuela sobre mi ciudad, pequeña golondrina, y dime qué ves allí.

I prefer to be left alone. I spend my days at my cabin, working, and that’s the way I like it. Until Vivian stumbles onto my land and collapses at my feet. It takes me a second to realize that I’ve just found my fated mate, and another second to realize that she’s in danger. So, I do the logical thing and bring her inside. I call the Midnight Haven for help and watch over her while she’s treated. She’s still in danger, though, and my bear and I will do anything to protect our mate. Now that we’ve found her, we’ll never let her go. We just need to figure out a way to tell Vivian that.

Trent and Louise have carved out a quiet paradise deep in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, living off the land, off the grid, and far from the chaos of the modern world. For years, their days have been measured in seasons, not headlines, their lives defined by self-reliance and hard-earned peace. But beyond the tree line, the world has shifted, fractured into something unrecognizable. And now, that world is moving closer, drawn by desperation and greed… and by the resources Trent and Louise have fought a lifetime to protect.