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The war with the orcs has reached its peak, and Aderyn must use every Warmaster skill she has to defeat their violent, relentless onslaught. But when a former enemy appears with new information about the Fated One quest, Aderyn’s loyalties are tested: keep her promise to lead the human armies, or travel deep into the Blighted Range to find and destroy the orcs’ stronghold of Charnel Keep?

Sun Aranya just wants a stable job so she can care for her ailing grandfather. After years of relentless magic training, she has finally earned a city wardenship—only to discover on her first day that annoyingly handsome Shi Kai is laying claim to her position. There’s only one option: they’ll just have to compete for it. But while Aranya and Kai are forced to work together until one of them wins their competition, trouble brews in the empire. Whispered threats of enemy invasion abound, and magic-wielders are disappearing across the empire without a trace.

Sofia Rian prides herself on doing the right thing. Work hard. Contribute to society. Follow the rules, even when they’re written by monsters wearing the faces of men. But when she discovers she’s pregnant—by a father who isn’t human—her simple life begins to unravel, thrusting her into a world of secrets, compromises, and the sly seductions of privilege.

The heroine of A Noble Cunning, Bethan Glentaggart, Countess of Clarencefield, a persecuted Catholic noblewoman, is determined to try every possible means of saving her husband's life, with the help of a group of devoted women friends. Amid the turbulence of the 1715 Rebellion against England's first German king George I, Bethan faces down a mob attack on her home, travels alone from the Scottish Lowlands to London through one of the worst snowstorms in many years, and confronts a cruel king before his court to plead for mercy for her husband Gavin.

Pop superstar Jojo needs to disappear for a few weeks to finish writing songs for a new album and get some space from her controlling manager. Fortunately, when her trademark makeup and wigs come off, she’s practically invisible to reporters and fans. At a lakeside cabin in Vermont, she can work without distraction, until one evening when a father and daughter paddle their canoe up to her dock.

Bestselling author Melissa Ferguson invites you to curl up by the fire with two delightfully cozy holiday novellas that will fill your heart with festive joy. Dashing Through the Snow Left heartbroken on the eve of a romantic getaway, Willow embarks solo on The Christmas Express--a two-week...

Jane’s investigation into the origins of her clone batch stall when her best source, the enigmatic Dean, disappears. Unable to continue her search, she heads to college and tries to settle into a normal life. But on her first day at Harbortown University, Jane meets a girl who looks just like her.

Emmy Jenkins knows what it feels like to have a serial killer come after her. She escaped him twice. Emmy and Brian must start over in a new town, away from the tragic events and the killer’s family. Unfortunately, he escapes custody. The authorities think the killer committed suicide by drowning himself in the river. They do not locate his body, but they do find a girl drowned in Elk Lake. Her death is ruled an accidental drowning, but Emmy knows he is still alive. And he is coming for her.

Three years ago, Alžběta Černá, an officer in the Czech military intelligence, learned that she’s got angel blood. In fact, she’s one of the Elioud, the hybrid race tasked by Archangel Michael to protect humanity. A lone wolf, Beta ignores her newfound ancestry.

Proving her family innocent of treason is taking a toll on lady-turned-maid Juliet. Her latest investigation has brought her into the service of the spoiled Miss Dunbar and her salacious older brother, who pursues Juliet despite repeated rebuffs.

At three in the morning, Detective Ame Bassette receives a panicked call from her sister Delphine who has just killed her drug-dealing boyfriend. Ame makes a snap decision—to risk everything to save her sister from spending life behind bars. Together, they go on the run, but quickly discover that some secrets will follow wherever you go.

Jane lives on an island of trash. And even though she has to scavenge garbage and deal with sinister robots, she still loves her home. It’s all she’s ever experienced, from her most cherished memories to her foggy past that she can’t quite remember.

On a frigid winter night, Daniel Klein was stabbed to death in his penthouse suite by his wife, Julia. At least that’s what the police report reads. The truth, however, is far more sinister. After relocating to a remote cabin in the middle of the mountains, Julia’s only goal in life is to piece together her broken past. But questions about that fateful night arise when Logan, Julia’s brother-in-law, shows up on her doorstep—with evidence that things are not as they appear.

Thanks to James, Anna, and the people of North Park, a stable, thriving community has arisen from the ashes. The stable part is the problem. In the two decades since the great dying, only one male baby has survived for more than a few days.

Nothing in James’ young life could have prepared him for this convergence of apocalyptic events. The vast wealth his father forced upon him is as worthless as the banking empire that created it. He won’t miss the money. James didn’t ask to be born into wealth. He would gladly trade it all to protect the Blue River Ranch and those who live there. The greatest tragedy of his young life is that he can’t even do that. How can he when he may not even be able to save himself?

Betrayed by love, Anna’s new life suits her just fine. With memories of youth and the Blue River Ranch pushed to the back of her mind, college life in Oregon is perfect. Then came V-1....

Continue on a journey that chronicles an experimental group of 23 genetically engineered children, as they come of age in an underground city that has forced them into a life of servitude. After Kimber and Tristan find and expose a truth so dark that it breaks the bonds of their slavery, another secret surfaces that has been long buried: The cave civilization of Inanna, thought to be last metropolis on Earth, is not the last surviving city. A journey ensues across the wasteland of America, to a place where beauty, surprise, and unparalleled tragedy awaits.

James and Anna were of the last generation born before the great dying. When the lights went out for the last time, James didn’t even know where Anna was. Determined to find her, he must first find a way to survive.

Mariana, a young girl full of dreams and aspirations, lives an idyllic life on a lush California citrus ranch. Her world is turned upside down when her brother is killed, and a powerful man orchestrates her family's deportation. Mariana's life transforms from the protected embrace of life on the ranch to the chaotic whirlwind of Tijuana in the 1920s. As Prohibition rages north of the border, Tijuana descends into debauchery, with saloons, casinos, and brothels—earning the moniker Satan's Playground.

Ocean High in Monterey, California, was supposed to be another new start for Sammie Flowers; however, Sammie befriends another, named Becca, who is just like her. Sammie has the belief the two will be lifelong friends, only to learn all too quickly that Becca is not who she claims to be. When the headmaster at the Draiocht coven in Ireland senses imminent danger for Sammie, she sends a guardian named Brendon Finnegan to the states to protect her. Sammie learns of her lineage and a necklace that holds something of value.