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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.

Eighteen-year-old Maya has always known the rules for banishing ghosts - but she never imagined she'd be banishing the ghost of her ex-girlfriend, Alana. After years of emotional abuse, Maya finally finds the courage to break up with Alana, stranding her on the remote trail where they'd been hiking. Seeking space, Maya flees her Los Angeles hometown for her older sister's lake house. The sleepy small town of Lake Ember feels like the perfect place to heal; at least, until Alana turns up dead right on her doorstep. Alana's ghost appears, desperate to come back to life, and blackmails Maya.

A romance set in a fantasy world with a modern-day heroine. Curvy, with glasses, and her nose always buried in a book. That's Samantha, a dreamer waiting for her "happily ever after" and looking for her "prince charming". Her whole life changes the day she walks into the oddest bookshop and finds a magical book that transports her to a tropical island with a hunk who thinks he's a wizard.

Vhyl is determined to acquire a certain lost artifact, but when he lands on the forbidden barbarian planet known as Earth, he finds more than expected. An attractive human female is in possession of the priceless object, and she’s agreed to hand it over - for a price. Intrigued by her fearless nature - and her luscious cocoa skin - this acquisition expert can’t resist stealing a kiss. But before he can take more, his enemy arrives to stake a claim. It seems Vhyl isn’t the only one interested in Jilly’s treasure - and Jilly herself.

Cleopatra paid her dues in Hell for her mistakes, but Satan thinks she’s too dangerous to keep around, so he’s kicked her out into the modern world for a second chance. Ambushed by demons, she is rescued by a dark knight, a vampire with whom she feels an instant connection. But can she trust him? For the first time, someone sees past her reputation to the woman. Michael seduces her. Loves her. It should spell happily ever after until Julius shows up.

It’s not fair that only males get to go out and pillage the universe. Being born a female automatically means staying home and birthing the next generation of warriors. Azteriya has other plans. She has a dream of traveling the galaxy and exploring strange new worlds. Fighting fierce foes. Of clubbing a viable male to bring home to her mother so that her transgression is forgiven.

Two alpha billionaire brothers. Be ready for the sizzling hotness and excitement! The Xmas Conquest: One night. One year of searching in vain. One surprise sitting at my secretary's desk. Santa, you've gotta be kidding me.... The Secret: Jordan seems to be the perfect guy every woman dreams of catching...at first. But something from his past is brewing in our future. And the truth may be more than I can handle.

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.

Emily Stark flees her crumbling home with baby sister Sammi and shelters with a shellshocked band of survivors. As she tends the injured and risks her life gathering supplies, she is keeping a secret… her father, her hero, caused this disaster. Fifteen years later. Against all odds, Sammi has grown up in the suffocating darkness and found love with soulmate Declan Chambers. When their hopes of a life together are jeopardised by mutiny in their commune, they slip past the guards and seek a life beyond its walls.

The common problem in our society is precisely this: We are not as alright as we seem. Trauma, physical and mental illness, and disembodied value systems are at an all-time high across our communities. Additionally, issues of pervasive social justice imbalances, inequality for marginalized communities, and painfully charged political dynamics clearly demonstrate a large-scale desire for collective change and transformation. Society is waking up to a new reality without the shackles and numbness that have previously limited our potential.

When Penny Larkin returns to her hometown of Magnolia Springs after 10 years in San Francisco, she’s determined not to get roped back into small town life. She’s there to help on her parents’ apple orchard during the busy harvest season and promises herself she’ll be back to her life in the city by December.

Assistant professor Clara Fernsby is nothing if not driven. She's wanted to teach history since she was fourteen, and she hasn't let anything stand in her way-not even the love of her life. When Theodore Harrison is brought into her department as a visiting scholar, it's an unexpected blast from Clara's past. She hasn't spoken to Teddy since rejecting him over a phone call ten years ago. Now that he's here, she's reminded of everything her teenager self loved about him.

Ariana Grande captured the hearts of a nation with her One Love Manchester concert. Less than a fortnight after a terrorist killed twenty-two people at her Manchester show, the petite princess stood tall at her tribute concert that united and healed a shaken nation. She was the emotional core of a powerful evening that reminded us all of music's redemptive power. But who is Ariana Grande?

Abigail is a proud member of the New America Baptist Church. Living miles away from the nearest town in South Carolina, she is safe from the depraved modern world. She is a good daughter. A valued member of the community. So when she is the sole survivor of a fire that burns her family's home to the ground, it seems like a tragic accident. Until a surprising discovery is made: before the fire, Abigail let a stranger in. Who was the stranger? What started the fire? And was the outside world always the threat - or did danger lurk within the community's walls?

Michigan, 1985. The drowning of a teenage girl causes ripples in the small town of Kettle Lake, though for most the waters settle quickly. For sixteen year old Joanne Kennedy, however, the tragedy dredges up untold secrets and causes her mother to drift farther from reality and her family. When troubled newcomer Lucinda arrives in town, she offers Joanne a chance of real friendship, and together the teenagers push against the boundaries of family, self-image, and their sexuality during the tension of a long, stifling summer.

My name is Princess Carmine, a.k.a. Rose Red. When I learn my longtime protector, Huntsman Draven, has been taken prisoner by my evil uncle, I’m beyond upset. Not to mention the fact that I’ve loved Draven for as long as I can remember. Promised to marry another, I attempt to escape a loveless marriage. But, in the process, I find myself in a precarious situation when my would-be husband decides to take matters into his own hands….

In a world where magic is common, Breanna is among the rarest of her kind and highly sought after—by all the wrong men. With a roll of his dice, in steps the God of Chance, who sets her up on a quest to free the Realm from a powerful spell. There’s just one problem. Chance expects her to team up with a wizard—who is also a devilish rake. Her world is turned sideways when everything seems to happen at once. It’s a race to save the world they know, but with magic gone wild, dangerous foes and pesky gods determined to meddle, will they survive to complete their quest?

For years, Suzie’s been running with her children in tow, determined to not be found by her violent ex-boyfriend. Tired of hiding, she decides to settle down in sweet suburbia. But forget the quiet life - meet Hunter, Suzie’s hot next-door neighbor. Masquerading as a private eye, Hunter is much more than he seems. He’s what’s known as a tracker, and the magical realm he comes from has sent him on a quest to keep his world’s existence secret. A real ladies man, Hunter can’t understand his attraction to the cute mom next door.

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."

What happens when the role you pretended to play becomes your reality? Mateo Remmington is the elite king of a clandestine world brimming with sex, violence, and drugs. He's cunning, corrupt, and possessive to the point of insanity. I've just become his wife, his sole obsession. He’s my addiction, my one and only vice. And together, we play a game of ruin, murder, and betrayal, doing whatever it takes to win.