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What happens when one takes a murderous psychopath and forces them to team up with a cowardly tinkerer? Though not a question that Jeremiah ever expected to ponder, he is nevertheless looking forward to seeing what the aforementioned duo will cook up. Success or failure does not matter to Richard, only that the journey be entertaining.

Sorcha has spent her life helping raise her many siblings but now finally has the chance to seek her own adventures. At least, she did, before she was snatched from her horse and peddled by slavers. Taken far from home, she's brought to the worst place imaginable—the craggy western mountains infested with brutal, brutish orcs. All humans know to fear them and stay away, and now she's been sold to the cruelest clan chief of them all. But the first orc she meets is nothing like the stories. He's gentle. He frees her.

I earned my reputation among magicians for a reason: one wrong move and you're dead. Killer, they called me, and killing is what I'm best at. Except her. The one I was supposed to take, the one I should have killed–I didn't. The cult that once controlled me wants her, and I'm not about to lose my new toy to them.

Under the fearless leadership of Captain Jordan Threat, the people of the Carivian Islands have fought valiantly for their freedom. But as they stand on the brink of victory, a secret weapon threatens to destroy their revolution. To turn the tide of the war, Jordan seeks help from a new ally… who is also an old enemy. Commodore Erika is a bewitching yet sadistic dominatrix, and a former Imperial officer. Her loyalties are fickle, but she may be the rebellion’s only hope. If she can be trusted…

Perséphone, déesse du Printemps, n'aurait jamais imaginé qu'une rencontre fortuite avec Hadès, le dieu des Enfers, changerait sa vie à jamais – pourtant, ça a été le cas. Désormais, c'est à deux qu'ils mènent un combat pour l'humanité et des batailles entre les dieux. Perséphone et Hadès sont entrés dans un monde qu'ils n'auraient jamais cru voir. Pour mettre fin au chaos, Perséphone doit puiser dans ses ténèbres et accepter ce qu'elle est devenue : déesse, épouse, reine des enfers.

Centuries before the events of Between Life and Death and Between Sun and Moon... Centuries before she was Sage... She was Aurelia, the Goddess of Life. The decades-long Immortal War has ended, and a new deal has been struck between the two warring sides. In exchange for the freedom of others, Aurelia reluctantly agrees to live in the Spirit Realm, where she will give her hand in marriage to the God of Death—Von.

An erotic novel of discipline, love, and surrender for the enjoyment of men and women. This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, the first of Anne Rice's elegantly written volumes of erotica, continues her explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire. Now Beauty, having...

The monsters already own my body…but do they want my heart? Left to die in a monstrous land, I’m saved by the monster I least expect. He hates me, but he loves what my body can do for him. I shouldn’t want to keep him. I shouldn’t want to keep all of them. I’m just their plaything, after all. But, one by one, they find their way into my heart. Even as the world falls apart around me, I realize that I’ve become just as obsessed with my monsters as they are with me.

Dungeon: a place full of monsters, traps, treasure, and death. Those are the Great Dungeons, with unplumbed depths below the roots of the mountains. That's not for me. Dungeon: a place of rape, torture, and death, to control and corral enemies and slaves. These are the Red Cores, from which the mage-kings draw their power. That's also not for me. I don't like monsters. I don't want adventurers. I want to stay well away from enemies and slaves. Fortunately, there are alternatives....

Welcome to the dark and sorted world of Hemitog Nation, one of the planets last standing cohabitation Quadrants. Hemitog East houses humans, mostly outcasted runaways with nowhere else to go. Hemitog West holds monsters from your nightmares. Vile things that go bump in the night. Between the two is a wall enchanted by the last Royal Blood Witch, Camila Stormgrave. Camila was the Queen of the Western Quadrant; until the night she died. Poisoned by a dark spell that only another Blood Witch can cast.

Jahrhundertelang schützte eine magische Barriere die Welt der Menschen vor Alfheimr, dem Königreich der Fae. Doch als dieser Schleier bei einem Ritual zerbirst, findet sich Estrella mit einem geheimnisvollen Mal gebrandmarkt und auf der Flucht wieder – nicht nur vor der Wilden Jagd, die sie zu ihrem künftigen Fae-Gemahl bringen soll, sondern auch vor ihren Mitmenschen, die sie aus Angst töten wollen, bevor das passiert. Auf ihrer Reise trifft sie auf den attraktiven Caelum, der wie sie mit einem seltsamen Mal gekennzeichnet ist und zu dem sie eine unbestreitbare Anziehung verspürt.

Estrella ist am Boden zerstört. Wochenlang hat Caelum sie mit geflüsterten Versprechungen und manipulativen Halbwahrheiten umgarnt, um ihr Herz zu erobern. Bis er schließlich die Wahrheit über sich offenbarte: Er ist Caldris – ein Gott, über den nur hinter vorgehaltener Hand und mit geflüsterten Worten gesprochen wird. Und er ist ihr Fae-Gemahl. Entschlossen, sie nach Alfheimr zu bringen, muss Caldris Estrella nicht nur vor seinen Feinden beschützen, die ihren Tod wollen, sondern auch vor den Menschen, die sie für die Zerstörung der Barriere verantwortlich machen.

With dinosaurs as house pets and a powerful dragon on his side, Sid Marshall isn’t just surviving on K’Shaul, he’s thriving. Of course his magical A.I., Opal, has to cancel the thriving part. She has a primary mission Sid’s been avoiding, and she won’t stop talking about it.

I've been longing for something more, something exciting. So many fish in the sea and not a single one ever catches my eye. A ship is dragged into the sea by a storm, and there she is. The human that takes my breath away with one glance. I rescue her, returning her to the beach before darting away, but I long to return to her. The only way to return is to make a deal with the sea witch. Will the price be too high if I don't gain her love before the time runs out? The sea witch winning what my heart desires instead.

Ohne Geld, ohne Baum und ohne meine Familie steht mir das schlimmste Weihnachtsfest aller Zeiten bevor – aber natürlich kommt es noch schlimmer. Ein Raumschiff bruchlandet direkt vor meiner Haustür und der Besitzer/Kapitän des besagten Raumschiffes, ein attraktiver Hüne mit Hörnern und Hufen, ist auf der Suche nach einer knapp zwei Meter großen Spinne, die sich angeblich nicht weit von meiner Wohnung entfernt aufhält.

Fleeing my father's cruelty, the wicked king who robbed me of a future, I face death in the streets, caught between a rebellion and a tyrant's reign. Captured by those sworn to kill me, the rebels remain blind to my true identity—the missing daughter of the despised king. Faced with an impossible choice, I stand before them: join the rebels or face their blades. Yet, Dacre, the son of the ruthless rebellion commander, becomes torn between suspicion and a desire that mirrors my own. He allows no one to touch me, tries to protect me, yet threatens me at every turn.

Arseny Lebedev lives a normal life. During the day, he’s a mechanic. At night, he livestreams a fairy tale video game called Paladin. And sometimes—only sometimes—he kills people. But they all deserve it. Ever doesn’t know his last name. He doesn’t know much of anything. Most of his life has been torture, bought and sold by a woman who calls herself his mother. He’s resigned himself to a life of servitude, until he meets Arsen.

I escaped my Council-ordered execution by the skin of my beak, only to be faced with an even worse situation. My father, the King of Serpent Court, will try to get to me by any nefarious means possible, including hurting my friends. Meanwhile, the mere presence of the five mates I’ve rejected torments me at every turn. Savage, the unhinged wolf who now seems besotted with me. Scythe, the mob-boss Great White shark whose icy eyes see right through my skin and Xander, the arrogant, sneering dragon.

I've got a lot on my plate. Not only do I have my own pack to protect, but I keep the whole six-pack territory secure by training and running the security squad. The new recruits are here for the summer, and it's my job to whip them into shape. I can't afford any distractions, but one of the female recruits is doing just that- distracting me. Fallon is the most frustrating girl I've ever met; she's all alpha female and she openly challenges my authority. She's so far from my type, but for some reason, I'm drawn to her.

In Olympus, you either have the power to rule...or you are ruled. Achilles Kallis may have been born with nothing, but as a child he vowed he would claw his way into the poisonous city's inner circle. Now that a coveted role has opened to anyone with the strength to claim it, he and his partner, Patroclus Fotos, plan to compete and double their odds of winning. Neither expect infamous beauty Helen Kasios to be part of the prize...or for the complicated fire that burns the moment she looks their way.