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Ultrarunner Andy Glaze has spent years moving through landscapes that test the limits of the human body—hundred-mile races, multi-day marathons, mountains and deserts that demanded everything. But the toughest endurance challenge Andy faced wasn’t found in any of those miles, it was in rebuilding a life shattered by addiction, institutional abuse, and a childhood full of chaos. This is the unfiltered story of how a kid fell hard but got back up even harder.

Cruel tyrant Taxian-jun killed his way to the throne and now reigns as the first ever emperor of the mortal realm. Yet somehow, he is unsatisfied. Left cold and bereft, abandoned by all he held dear, he takes his own life...only to be reborn anew. Awakening in the body of his younger self--Mo Ran, a disciple of the cultivation sect Sisheng Peak--he discovers the chance to relive his life. This time, he vows to attain the gratification that once eluded him: all who defied him will fall, and never again will they treat him like a dog.

In a kingdom of velvet corridors and hidden daggers, Queen Selvaris de Marenne has lived a life of duty, grace, and silence. Her royal marriage masks a web of betrayal, while whispers of treason threaten her powerful family. When a mysterious handmaiden from another world arrives, foreknowledge of tragedy becomes a dangerous weapon. As rivals rise and loyalties crumble, Selvaris must decide whether to endure, to fight, or to seize the throne herself.

The Unlikely Spare is a royal romantic comedy/suspense featuring a party prince learning his place in the world and an undercover bodyguard with a chip on his shoulder. As threats escalate and attraction intensifies, both men must decide what they’re willing to risk—and what they’re willing to fight for.

The second semester at the Academy was underway, and Benedict's life was now even more complicated than it ever had been. His relationship officially expanded when Sadie joined him and Atropos, not just at their party, but as a girlfriend. That caused some bumps as old traumas resurfaced and cast doubts over their new relationship. All of them were determined to make it work, and because they were able to work through those moments, they grew closer together.

Shirley Whitaker, a brilliant postgraduate student at Oxford, thought she had everything—a loyal fiancé, a promising career, and a future built on trust. But when a hot mic during a virtual lecture exposes a betrayal too cruel to ignore, she doesn’t cry. She strategizes. In a world of elite ambition and quiet deception, Shirley turns heartbreak into a calculated game of social chess—one move at a time. As her ex spirals and the girl who wronged her reaches for dreams built on lies, Shirley orchestrates their fall with precision only a scholar could master.

When Maya Lin lands an internship at Heart & Arrow—an elite matchmaking agency in Los Angeles—she’s determined to make a perfect first impression. Instead, she accidentally crashes the company’s entire client database… and ends up working under Ethan Black, the agency’s most brilliant (and most infuriating) strategist. As they scramble to fix mismatched couples, Maya’s unorthodox approach clashes with Ethan’s data-driven precision. But when her mistakes spark unexpected love stories—and undeniable chemistry between them—they’re forced to admit that the best matches can’t always be calculated.

A concert pianist built on discipline and silence meets the one truth she can’t outplay: a tremor in her right hand and the unfinished songs of a life lived for perfection. In luminous, breath-held chapters, The Distance Between Heartbeats follows a return from burnout to belonging—through a recording studio’s red light, a doctor’s gentle orders to rest, the memory of a lover who taught her to “slow the pauses,” and the terrifying grace of stepping back onstage without guarantees.

Literary agent Zoey Moody has been exiled from the Manhattan publishing scene to small-town Pennsylvania with her best friend and only remaining client, romance novelist Hazel Hart. Zoey’s bank account is running on fumes, forcing her to liquidate her designer wardrobe to make ends meet.

At St. Alden’s College, Sandra Elwood lives by one golden rule—never fall for the boy next door, no matter how tempting he is. But when Collins Tiffin, her quiet and infuriatingly composed best friend, becomes the target of her teasing, the game between them turns into something dangerously real. Beneath Sandra’s mischief hides a heart that longs for more, while Collins’s calm mask begins to fracture under the weight of unspoken desire. Between debates in ivy-covered halls and stolen glances in candlelit libraries, their friendship teeters on the edge of something neither can name.

Eleven-year-old Lila lives in a place known only as Silent Town — where the clocks no longer tick, and no one remembers why. But one midsummer night, as lanterns fade and moonlight spills across the square, the great tower clock begins to sing. Its haunting melody awakens long-buried memories and stirs the hearts of four children who will become its guardians. With her friends Jonas, a gift that returns lost laughter and vanished love, but also revives the pain people tried to forget.

Amid the sharp angles and soft rain of Bristol, Maggie Kross moves through life with a beauty that opens doors—and slams others shut. Her elegance invites admiration, but also assumptions that cut deeper than words. When a spilled drink and a quiet apology bring her face-to-face with Martin Thompson, a man who sees beyond surfaces, Maggie finds herself unmoored. He’s nothing like the world she’s built walls against—steady, sincere, disarmingly kind. Yet in a city that never stops watching, every glance between them feels like a gamble.

The final war against the Iceheart Dynasty has already started, and now it is a race against time to catch up before their enemies can wipe them out completely. But after everything that has been done to her, Selena struggles heavily with the effects of magic. Managing the full impact of it while fighting on the losing side of a war might just prove to be impossible. At least alone. But her friends are battling their own demons, and not everyone comes out unscathed.

Theo had thought that after saving the city of Rosewind (again…) he would finally be done with all his adventuring nonsense. Sadly, the universe had a different opinion. Stretched between organizing the most spectacular wedding the world has ever seen and being a reluctant participant in a mage tower contest, the dungeon must shuffle between magic, city planning, and petty politics in order to maintain its cover.

Salt Letters to a Younger Me is a tender correspondence between memory and tide—a series of lyrical letters written by a marine biologist to his younger self. Each letter drifts between science and solitude, salt and sorrow, tracing how the sea mirrors the human heart: its erosion, its return, its endless capacity to begin again. Through quiet observations of coral bleaching, migrating whales, and the hush of coastal dawns, the narrator learns that every loss leaves behind a mineral trace—something that glimmers even after grief recedes.

Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.

When eleven-year-old Finn notices that his shadow no longer follows the rules, his ordinary days in a quiet town unravel into something extraordinary. What begins as a trick of light soon becomes a secret friendship—and a dangerous curiosity. Each time Finn trades shadows with the creatures around him, he borrows a piece of their life: a sparrow’s flight, a lion’s courage, a cat’s grace, a fisherman’s patience. But every borrowed gift leaves his own shadow thinner, until one morning, it disappears completely.

When logic meets chaos, love doesn’t stand a chance of staying predictable. Harper Lane believes every successful relationship can be solved with data. As a top analyst at HeartMatch, her algorithms have turned romance into science—until her company merges with LoveCast, the wildly popular, feelings-first dating brand run by Mason Cruz, a hopeless romantic with a podcast and a smirk that could melt her spreadsheets.

At Elderglow Manor, where ancient enchantments linger, two sisters grow up bound by secrets that are not of their making. Elyse, frail yet determined, yearns for love and belonging, while Amara, graceful and quiet, carries the shadow of a forbidden past. A cousin’s playful promises turn into dangerous entanglements, drawing them both into the intrigues of court and heart. Between whispered vows, broken trust, and the cruelty of destiny, their bond is tested until only one sister can hold the other’s name with love—or betrayal.

Dr. Ben Song likes his life orderly, predictable, and blissfully private. By day, he’s a forensic anthropologist running a controversial research project. By night, he’s the anonymous author of a bestselling cozy mystery series. What he absolutely doesn’t need? One viral moment turning him into the internet’s new favorite grumpy heartthrob.