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They met under the guise of a masquerade—their faces hidden—and yet they felt seen for the very first time. Eager to learn more about her darkest desires, Freya throws caution to the wind, attending Club Venom's masquerade ball with her best friend, never anticipating how her life would change. She's always known there's something different about her, but she's never given in to her wildest fantasies… until now.

Before he goes out on another bounty hunt, Charlie wants a long soak in a hot bath, a bottle of whiskey, and the pleasure of a woman's company. He has two out of three when a school marm with cornflower-blue eyes invades his privacy. After Charlie makes it clear he only works for pay, Miss Parker offers him one night of sexual favors in exchange for his tracking services. Though he knows bedding a white woman will cause all kinds of trouble, he operates on the philosophy that a bird in hand is better than no bird at all.

James and his women are looking forward to a comfortable autumn at the cabin. A warm fire, good company, and James’s magical quality-of-life improvements will carry them through the cold months. But in an enchanted forest, the autumn months still bring plenty of adventure! A magical prophecy reveals the location of a mysterious artifact. To find it, James will venture deep into the woods to find the shy deer girl that has eluded him so far.

The first snow of winter has arrived! James and his companions are eager to enjoy a season of good company and fun activities, such as the annual Winter Fair. With snowball fights, laughter, and hot cocoa on the horizon, it’s shaping up to be a great one. However, the cabin is getting more crowded by the day.

With all the building that’s been going on at James’s cabin, it’s time to kick back a little and enjoy the season. Most of all, it’s time to go on some fun dates with his women. As the adventure continues, James is about to find out if fox girls can ice skate. And what better place to do so than a disco ice rink? And while he’s driving around in his new truck, James also finds time to hang out with Jackie, the cute mechanic girl he’s been dating.

In "Forbidden Obsession," the first “book” of an exciting trilogy, we meet Rose, a 22-year-old bartender longing for something extraordinary in her life. After a shift, she takes her usual shortcut home through a dimly lit alley and encounters a mysterious masked man, igniting a mix of fear and curiosity.

It was the worst day of my life. I know most people say that about something obviously horrific—a first heartbreak, a fatal illness, or the funeral of a loved one—but my situation was a little different. Not only was it my wedding day, but it was also the day I chose to die. Two men. The first, my master, my impossible love. The other, his brother, a mafioso I was meant to ruin. I had to make a choice. End my old life as I knew it and start fresh, or take down the monsters that hunted me and haunted my master. In the end, the decision was never really mine to make.

The Winter Fair is here, and it’s time for James and his women to go out, meet some people in town… and pelt them with snowballs. There’s even a snowball tournament, so things might get a little competitive. And after some good old winter fun, a new adventure awaits. James’s new allies from the Plane of Fire will provide him and his women with magical gear, allowing them to explore the Broken Grounds and unravel the legend surrounding the mysterious mage who once lived there.

Chloe and Brandon have nothing in common. She’s a spontaneous, people-loving fiber artist; he’s an uptight, introverted law student. The only thing they agree on during their blind date is that they hope to never see each other again. Except they do have something in common—Brandon’s mother Dawn, who happens to be Chloe’s boss and dear friend. And that's how they end up stuck with each other for a six-hour road trip to Dawn’s destination wedding. But as they get to know each other better, their mutual irritation morphs into an inescapable connection.

Spring is in the air in Tour County, and James is eager to get started on new projects and adventures with his loved ones. Together with his devoted companions, James works to expand and improve Corinne's farm using his ever-growing magical abilities. And with spring underway, it's time to tend to the farm as well! To make the farm work a little easier, James will call on a few magical helpers. With their aid, there will be plenty of time left to go on a date or two with Ella and learn a little bit more about the town's corporate banker girl.

It’s been a year since James moved to Tour County and became a High Mage, and his life couldn’t be better! There’s excitement, magic, adventure, but also plenty of peace and quiet at the side of his beautiful women. Now, the time has come to unravel the secrets of Tour and expand his magical influence over his domain. Lofty goals, but there’s also plenty of other stuff to do! With summer in full swing, the farm will be busy. And considering James’s expanding properties, he has some… corporate recruiting to do. Of course, he has his eye on a certain girl at the Tour Bank.

This story follows on from the events of the Pride trilogy. Four years ago, Harry’s first act of Humility sent her hurtling to the deepest recesses of the dream world. When Death gives her the chance to save her family, her second act will prove infinitely worse. When Persephone arrives at the Cardinal, it’s time for Harry to keep her end of the deal. But it isn’t Pride, or even Humility, that Persephone wants; it’s Wrath. Emilia must join ranks with four forces of evil that long predate the Seven Deadly Sins; Death, Pestilence, War, and Famine.

Oligarchy is Scarlett Thomas' fierce and brilliant new novel about power, privilege and peer pressure. When Natasha, daughter of a Russian oligarch, arrives for her first day at an all-girl boarding school, she finds herself thrown into a world of fierce pecking orders, eating disorders and Instagram angst. Then her friend Bianca mysteriously vanishes, and the world of the school gets ever darker and even weirder. Scarlett Thomas' first adult fiction since 2015 is a major return.

First comes possession, then comes a new enemy to steal your soul...Tara’s in trouble. The ex-vampire she’s been hunting has found a way to regain his powers, she’s starting to hear strange voices in her head. Seems our heroine assassin is no longer the one doing the hunting. A ghoul called the Soul Hunter wants to sink his flail into this dragon rider's pretty little skull. Tara and Percival keep running, but the Soul Hunter just keeps finding her. But that’s the least of her problems. Time isn’t on her side - her soul is slowly being consumed by memories from another life.

Since her twin sister Sylvie's disappearance seven years ago, single mother Mabel Reynolds has turned grief into action and become a strong voice for victims of violence and abuse. When new revelations shed light on what may have happened not only to Sylvie, but dozens of other women, Mabel's hope for answers is reignited. But the new oh-so-charming DA overseeing the investigation seems more interested in a quick rather than an accurate resolution. With little faith in the system, Mabel isn't about to stay quiet, not when she's finally close to the truth.

Toth Krag is infamous among bounty hunters. Nobody has ever seen his face and lived to tell the tale. He doesn't fail. He doesn't quit. And he doesn't take prisoners. But maybe he's getting soft. For once, he showed mercy, and no good deed goes unpunished, so now he's tracking the deadbeats who run Volant's Fabulous Spectacle.

While travelling on the London Underground one afternoon, Alice meets the gaze of a man standing on the platform of a mysterious 'ghost station'. As her train hurtles into a tunnel, he's gone. She's convinced that the man was her brother Alan who has been missing presumed dead for the past five years. This fleeting encounter is the beginning of Alice's increasingly bizarre, desperate and labyrinthine search for her missing brother, a journey that leads her back through time into London's past.

Blake is in community college, and working as a waiter at retro 50s diner. At school, he’s not interested in the girls he meets at parties. It’s the mysterious woman he waits on at the diner who captivates him with her commanding presence. When Victoria leaves her business card with the bill, Blake realizes that he has a world of experiences to explore with this enchanting, dominating woman…and it must start with him over Victoria’s knee.

On December 14, 2012, Scarlett Lewis experienced something that no parent should ever have to endure: She lost her son Jesse in an act of unimaginable violence. The day started just like any other, but when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Scarlett's life changed forever. However, this isn't a story about a massacre. It's a story about love and survival. It's about how to face the impossible, how to find courage when you think you have none, and how to choose love instead of anger, fear, or hatred.

Bree and Sara had it all planned out. They'd start with blowjobs and end with blowjobs. They do it in the same room, and that was all the husbands would get. Maybe it wasn't a complete wife swap but it was exactly what they were both comfortable doing.