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Horatio Peabody is a contemporary novella set in the fictional, seaside village of Caring Cove, Oregon. This fable tells the story of a lonely, nondescript hardware store clerk, who, as the last in a long line of Peabodys, is tasked with keeping the century-old, family business afloat. Horatio’s priorities change in a dramatic way when a strange child enters his life, and his intercourse with the humble, surrounding town takes on multiple layers of complexity.

The Goddess Samantha, new domains of deific influence primed for the world below, charges ahead to kindle the fires of a new order. Questions of her true origins and significance abound, but the path forward is the same as it is for any mortal: one foot in front of the other. Buried in the dirt is the call of risk, reward, and sacrifice. Time to dig deep, baby.

Titan wakes up in chains with a damsel to save and he’s somehow already at level two. Turns out, Titan made a pact with the Goddess of Time. With her time-stopping magic at his disposal, Titan frees Zelara, a deadly swordswoman with a magical parasite. He quickly learns that he can use Zelara’s parasite to cast spells... so if Titan wants to get stronger and discover the secrets of this world, he'll need more partners like Zelara.

I made a big mistake. In my defense, I had just caught my boyfriend cheating on me, and I'd had a few too many shots of tequila on an empty stomach. But when I try to refill my birth control three months later, I realize just how badly I've messed up.

Sean and his women are about to embark on an adventure to the frozen wasteland of Astarapholes’s demonic realm. It won’t be easy, but it’s their only chance to save Daisy’s sister and the other students from Colmar Magical Academy. In the heart of the icy realm, they’ll uncover ancient secrets about the magical history of Waycross, gain new abilities, and face trials that will test their strength—and their bonds—like never before.

Gideon and his climbing team have been hiding on the fifth floor to take a much needed break before they resume ascending the Tower. Now, the time has come for them to defeat the Floor Boss and continue growing their personal power. While things heat up between Gideon and Esme, and his relationships with the others grows stronger, he is faced with the new dangers around every corner.

Everyone knew the Dexter brothers. In school, they were royalty, and their kingdom was the football field, the crowd their subjects. While most people in our small town stayed and went to the community college nearby, the Dexter brothers all left, each with a full-ride football scholarship to play at some hotshot university on the other side of the country. I left too, but I only went one state away, far enough away to get out of the small town I grew up in.

Dominic tore through the lands to raise his magical might as well as his prestige. He reached the pinnacle of the realm, becoming an SS Ranked Sorcerer, and yet, it never gave him the fulfillment he desired. A lost love and a fractured party of adventurers through constant battles sent his purpose adrift. His wayward journey encountered a point of tedium, and so, when the King asked him to take the helm of Herexei Academy, he humbly accepted. The thing is, there are a lot of problems when you're the Dean.

There was once a man born with a noble pedigree and peerless talent. His name was Xi Tianyi, and he was a man destined for immortal ascension. This is not his story. This is a story about Juedai Fenghua, Xi Tianyi's first clone. Due to unfortunate circumstances, she fell from the world of immortals to the mortal world. With no means to contact Tianyi, Fenghua claw her way back up to the immortal world. This is her journey...but why does it feel like she is not the protagonist?

Progress has been made, but has the progress been meaningful? Player has found himself in a world inspired by his favorite video game and, together with his new family, have been defeating all the threats they have faced thus far while enjoying each new day with one another. Yet, they cannot help but feel that they are missing the bigger picture. Stagnation is not an option. Whatever Player chooses, he has to keep moving forward to win whatever "game" the entities are using to test him.

Silas Waite doesn’t want his big-C Conservative Alberta family to know he’s barely making rent. They’d see it as yet another sign that he’s not living up to the Waite family potential. When Silas unexpectedly needs a new roommate, he ends up with the gregarious—and gorgeous—personal trainer Dino Papadimitriou. Silas’ parents try to browbeat him into visiting for Thanksgiving, where they’ll put him on display as an example of how they’re so tolerant for Silas’ brother’s political campaign, but Dino pretends to be his boyfriend to get him out of it.

A sci-fi action novel filled with mystery and thrills. Join the eclectic crew of the Coalition ship, Destiny Aurora, as they set out to find the assassin responsible for the murder of Inspector Jayce Carver's wife. But what they find will be the last thing they expect and may change them all forever.

Gemma's a successful architect in London, but her personal life has been a mess since her engagement ended in a very public disaster. She throws herself into work until a chance meeting with an aloof and dominating billionaire at a Christmas party awakens a side of her she never knew she had, a side that wants to let someone else take control for a while.

Everyone warned me against him, but I chose to try to see the good in him. Now, I’m running home with what I could fit in my car and my two-year-old daughter with my tail tucked between my legs. But when I get home, I realize I can’t tell my parents about what my husband did. I would just be proving them right, and I couldn’t stand letting them down again. So, I create a web of lies, protect my pride, and distract them with their only grandchild.

Captured by COVID is a true story that begins with author Michael Bowers’ hospitalization for COVID-19 and evolves into a series of unimaginable events. The details of torture, abandonment, and betrayal are real. Captured by COVID is an emotional journey that begs the question "Is reality real?" How would you know?

Once upon a time, Amy's future seemed golden. Training to be a world-class ice dancer with her partner Austin, she dreamed of Olympic glory and the day when Austin would see her as something more than just the little girl he skated with. Then, in the blink of an eye, her whole life changed. Four years later, she's just another face in the crowd at her university journalism program and everyone calls her Mia. Only her closest friends and family know anything about her past or the dreams she used to have.

The Void are being hunted, and Brandon is learning just how much danger Earth is in. Humans are about to be able to use Wild Magic. The Organization is being used as the first wave of a change that will destroy humanity. In hunting the Void, Brandon has found out about a secret so big, that he has no choice but to seek others' help. This is now something that he cannot do alone. And in the process he'll probably end up doing a service for America, when he didn’t intend to. That has bigger consequences than he expected.

Now that Titan knows the evil he’s fighting, he’s dead-set on taking them down. But when he goes from his level screen back to Mantle, Titan encounters an AI who tries to delete him. He barely escapes, but now he’s armed with a glitched weapon and new information: his goddess is imprisoned, but she has the key to the world’s freedom.

After making peace with Austin and everything that happened between them, Mia finds herself back in the world of high-level ice dancing she thought she'd left behind for good. It's an incredible opportunity and she doesn't want to do anything to mess it up, including getting involved with the one man she's never been able to resist.

Humans—unmodified humans—are no longer dominant on Earth. In their place, the transhuman Bionics are using microscopic nanobots to adjust their genes, reshape their bodies, and perhaps even change human nature itself. Only in a few traditionalist communities do people attempt to live as they have in the past, resisting the allure of this new technology.