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Ford Harden just paid twelve thousand dollars for a date with me. Me. And I have no idea why. Ford is bad news. He handles the money for his family's underground gambling ring, and weaponizes his smirk on every girl who looks his way. Not that I'm paying attention. I'm just trying to pass math, keep my sourdough starter alive, figure out my "sort of" thing with a very nice firefighter, and stay out of Ford's orbit entirely. Easy, right?

When finding your mate is a matter of life or almost certain death, Harmony Harper is drawn into a world of romance and danger. Secrets of shifters bubble beneath the surface of packed nightclubs, suspicious arrangements, and the world as humans know it. From foster homes to heartache, Harmony has not had an easy life. Complicating matters further is the shocking revelation that she not only has one mate but three.

When my friends force me to advertise for a new roommate, the last person I expect to turn up is the stranger I had a one-night stand with. He says he's a doctor, but I suspect that's a total lie. I can't stand his arrogance or the fact that he's always there, sticking his nose in my business. But I can't seem to keep my hands off him. Even when every part of me screams that the man is dangerous.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Andy Weir and acclaimed illustrator Sarah Andersen tackle what transpires after "happily ever after." What happens to Alice when she comes back from Wonderland? Wendy from Neverland? Dorothy from Oz? The three meet here, at Cheshire Crossing—a boarding...

My mother trained me to be numb. To keep my volatile emotions carefully locked away. But when my drug-addicted stepfather decides to clear his debt by offering my sister to the Ruthless Mafia Men that run our city, I have no choice but to react. Keeping her safe is the only thing I've ever been...

I built my empire on control. My fists in the ring. My brothers at my back. And my rules that keep the vultures from circling. Then, Violet Reeves demands I return the money her father handed over after losing a bet. Trouble is, I’m not running a charity, so I tell her no... And gain an enemy in the process. All it takes is one exception and my business fails. However, the last thing I expect is to see Violet participate in an underground tournament in hopes of earning back her money. And the more she inserts herself into my world, the more I want to keep her here.

All I ever wanted was to keep her safe. The last thing I expected was to fall for the bastards trying to hurt her. The Reapers of Caspian Hills are powerful men. So powerful that when my idiotic stepfather offered them my little sister, I knew no one in their right mind would try to stop them...

The Elite Kings Club left a trail of fear behind every person who whispered their names throughout the centuries that they'd existed. They were the product of every nightmare you were told as a child, only now, they don't go bump in the night. They race modified cars, throw parties to conceal...

When you accidentally set your whole world on fire, sometimes it's easier to just let it burn. The Reapers were always supposed to be the villains in my story. They were the four ruthless brothers who ruled our city with an obscene amount of cash and more blood on their hands than the most...

What if humanity’s next stage of evolution wasn’t discovered…But engineered? Elliot Voss spent decades pursuing a singular vision. Until he found a way to rewrite the rules of life itself.

Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day powerful and fascinating. Weber's highly accessible style is just one of many reasons for his continuing popularity. The book contends that the Protestant ethic made possible and encouraged the development of capitalism in the West.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When Lily shatters her glasses, her vision blurs and so do the boundaries in her household. Mistaking her muscular stepbrother for her boyfriend, she welcomes him into the steamy shower for a slow, sensual back rub that quickly turns scorching. She...

He's a walking nightmare, and our love is a twisted dream… She's been a plaything for the dark elves for far too long. I'll kill all of them to make her mine. Their screams of agony will be replaced… By our screams of pleasure. I know that once I have her in my claws, she'll never want to leave. Yes, I terrify her. But that just makes the pleasure so much stronger. I've been a monster for so long. Now, I've found the woman who will be my mate for the rest of her life. If she surrenders, we will reign forever—our lives lost in bliss. And if she runs, her death will be quick.

She wasn't sleeping. She was waiting. For one hundred years, Princess Aurora has been frozen in a tower—paralyzed by a curse, but never unconscious. She's felt every touch. Remembered every violation. Counted every man who used her body and left her trapped. Forty-six have tried to break her curse. Forty-six have failed. Sir Alistair is the forty-seventh. Desperate to succeed where others couldn't—his life depends on it—he's the first to realize the truth: the curse doesn't respond to kisses or noble intentions. It responds to her desire. To break her free, he'll have to make her want him.

My brother? He’s dead. My first love? Dead. I am alone. Until I’m not. My first love, he had three brothers, and for some reason they are hellbent on not leaving me alone. No matter where I go or what I do, there they are. Always watching in the shadows, waiting for something to happen, but what? I try my best to steer clear of them, but in doing so I stumble across a mystery. It’s one that I must solve, even if it means putting myself in danger, even if it means getting the help of the three brothers I should most decidedly avoid.

Rousseau's Social Contract remains, after a quarter of a millennium, one of the most controversial texts in the history of political philosophy, variously seen as a model for participatory democracy, a blueprint for totalitarianism, and several points in between. In addition to Rousseau’s magnum opus, this production includes an introduction by George Douglas Howard Cole, an English political theorist, economist, writer and historian. Also included are three discourses that Rousseau composed apart from The Social Contract.

I never expected to survive. To be protected. Wanted. Or seen. But somehow, Dallas, Niko, and Rome have managed to do all three. They were always supposed to be temporary. A job. Just the three men hired to pull me out of hell. But ever since they asked me to move in with them, they've become something more. But I'm not healed. Not whole. And I'm not even being honest with them. They have no clue the past I've tried so hard to outrun is creeping in around the edges. And when they find out I've been lying to them... It could destroy everything.

She’s determined to escape the demons of the past. Serenity Woods is running away from the box she was trapped in. She grew up in a home of silent disdain if she was lucky and vocal hate if she was not. Her desire to be loved and accepted seems to be her downfall, as she falls into a relationship that steals her power. When she wakes up and decides to take it back, her controlling ex fights to keep her. While attempting to put her life together, Serenity stumbles into a world she never imagined, full of vampires, shifters, and possibilities. What should be terrifying instead is fascinating.

Caretta Rutledge thought she’d left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind. But an unusual request from her mother – coming just as her own life is spinning out of control – has Cara heading back to the scenic Lowcountry of her childhood summers. Before long, the rhythms of the island open her heart in wonderful ways as she repairs the family beach house, becomes a bona fide “turtle lady” and renews old acquaintances long thought lost.

Captain Cassidy Clitko has just returned from being ravished by a whole ship of muscular green alien women. The commander of those women, Kahgara, wants to make Cassidy her mate and have lots of cute green babies together. And have her warriors breed Cassidy's fellow slutty officers. Cassidy has to run the idea by Admiral Kaelira Kael. But the admiral is mostly concerned with tying Cassidy up and treating her like a sex toy, just like she did back when Cassidy was a cadet at the academy. Will Cassidy spend all her time submitting to sexy older women?