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What happens when a cop decides to take on a lion? Nothing good, I'll tell you that! Officer Bazzar just wants to get on with his life, but there's a lion who won't leave him alone! How is he ever going to get rid of him? Buy now and find out!

Triumph. Tragedy. The empyreal. The infernal. Even the mundane, filtered through the fantastical. Superheroes are, appropriately enough, a sort of super-genre, encompassing all other story types. This YA anthology features thirteen short stories that creatively turn superhero tropes on their head, while still paying homage to the genre that has found fans for more than eight decades. And there will be no mistake—superheroes don’t have to just be generic handsome white dudes.

A small book containing three small stories. Abysmal Accusations: A court case between ex-lovers regarding their claims as to the actions of the other.

Jeff Chase is finding his way as a werewolf in his hometown of Huntington Beach, California, even though he might have screwed up big with the only woman who can help him navigate this new paranormal world...because he MIGHT have fallen for her. Aw, who is he kidding? He DID fall for her, but the girl isn't having it. She doesn't want to be another notch on his bedpost. Not like the girl he boinked, who had just become a werewolf too...and was found dead on the beach.

Gregory Flynn is a normal man. A normal man with regrets, at least until he discovers a genie. With this genie, however, he can only wish for things which don't battle the laws of physics and which don't directly affect other people. Stuck at a crossroad, Gregory documents his journey within a diary as he tries to stabilise his life and fight each new problem.

In this Christmas story starring the crayons from the #1 New York Times bestseller The Day The Crayons Quit, Green Crayon is certain that he is the only Christmas color in the box. Of course, Red, White, Silver and even Tan have something to say about that... When Green Crayon claims that green...

Do you like to decipher clues? Join four friends as they try to solve the mystery surrounding the silver statue with eyes that glow like precious rubies. When Jared is compelled to buy the dragon, he and his friends are catapulted into a clue-solving adventure that could ultimately take their lives.

Lucas was barely 10 years old, but he felt more grown-up ever since they declared the coronavirus a global pandemic. Suddenly there were a bunch of new rules he needed to follow. When he heard on the news that stores were running out of toilet paper, he thought it must be the end of the world! Lucas was not incredibly happy with these new rules, but the one that bothered him the most was having to physically distance himself from his friends.

Fiction, poetry, and music come together to create something new: Verb. Original stories and poems you won't find anywhere else, by the best writers in the country, brought to you in an innovative format. Verb is the ancient oral tradition and the venerable literary magazine combined into a fresh new package: the audioquarterly.

Brin's pack leader sends him on a mission; all he has to do is find the only Diar coin left in the world to save his pack from extinction. How hard can that be? Just takes a little focus, right? Right. Until he meets up with a Jarra, a beautiful little lady who's doing some focusing of her own. Jarra's determined to save her sister from the Dead Walkers. To do that all she needs is Brin's Diar coin.

From legendary comedian D.L. Hughley comes a bitingly funny send-up of the Obama years, as “told” by the key political players on both sides of the aisle. What do the Clintons, Republicans, fellow Democrats, and Obama’s own family really think of President Barack Obama? Finally, the truth...

Tinker and inventor Michael Bishop wants nothing more than to leave his painful past behind and focus on his machines. But when his daughter Eva is stricken by the same magical disease that robbed him of his late wife, Michael devotes himself to finding a cure, no matter the cost.

Missy, a young woman of average intelligence, wants to keep her new home in a community of geeky geniuses. But with a high-school education and no work skills to speak of, what could she possibly offer this population?

She teaches math. He enforces the law. Neither expected to fall for someone so wildly out of sync. Officer Caleb Ward thrives on structure, silence, and neatly filed reports. His small-town routine is steady and predictable until a break-in at Monroe High leads him straight into the most chaotic classroom he’s ever seen... and the path of one infuriatingly brilliant math teacher. Tessa Monroe doesn’t do distractions. Especially not the brooding kind with a badge and a suspiciously dry sense of humor.

The wives in the third round are more out to please, and thus more out to win. The Centurion men will be expecting more from them. How will Kendra do against all of this? And how will her husband, Caleb, react?

Caleb and Kendra are back for round 2. The competition will do much more to win. And the Centurions expect a lot more skin.

Harper Lane is a top-tier realtor who knows every corner of her small-town market, but nothing could’ve prepared her for the crime scene hidden behind the garden walls of her latest listing. Or the brooding detective who shows up with a badge, a scowl, and zero patience for her curiosity. Detective Jace Maddox doesn’t do chatty civilians, and definitely not the ones with camera-ready smiles and cats named after fruit. But Harper’s tangled in something dangerous, and when the bodies start piling up near properties she’s connected to, keeping her at arm’s length stops being an option.

Osman Warning is a gripping, thought-provoking book that explores the chilling consequences of a threat to life and the ripple effect it has on an ordinary family. Inspired by the real-life case of the Osman family, this fictionalized account follows the journey of Yasmin and Ali Osman as they struggle to protect themselves and their loved ones from a seemingly unstoppable danger. As the family grapples with mounting fear, paranoia, and a shattered sense of safety, they must rely on each other and the support of their community.

Lily Morgan is happiest off the grid, with her boots on the trail, a camera in hand, and her fiercely loyal German Shepherd, Finn, by her side. But one wrong step in a restricted zone earns her a citation from the most aggravatingly attractive park ranger she’s ever met. Chase Callahan has a reputation: rule-breaker, risk-taker, and wildly off-limits. As the park’s resident bad boy ranger, he's not looking for complications, especially not in the form of a stubborn, stunning hiker who refuses to stay in her lane.

In the murky depths of the underground silos, a fragile semblance of society clung to life. The surfaces, once vibrant with the colors of nature, now lay beneath a thick blanket of ice, a chilling reminder of humanity's hubris. The cold had crept into every crevice, snuffing out the last embers of hope in the world above. Yet, down below, the remnants of civilization had adapted, crafting a new existence amidst the concrete and steel.