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West Golden - football star. Playboy. Dead to me. Nothing puts the final bullet in a girl’s rep like a leaked sex tape. Especially one starring her and the cocky quarterback who’s had it out for her since day one. Yep, you guessed it. That girl is me. At Cypress Prep, West is king, but all I see when I look at him is the wicked prick who gets off on trying to break me.

My name is James Browning. Not long ago, I was a proud member of the 92nd Legion, the Star Ravagers. We were super-soldiers that defended humanity from aliens, heretics, and otherworldly threats. But a callous betrayal left my legion decimated, erased, and dishonored. I thought I was doomed to spend the rest of my life on a distant penal colony. But when I suddenly find myself stranded in an alien space station, surrounded by the wrecks of lost spaceships, I know I have a chance at escape.

A brutal ex-assassin soldier. A gentle monk. Both unprepared for each other. Their forbidden love—raw, cathartic and devastating. Ex-Command weapon Elias was trained to kill, not to feel. After a failed mission leaves him severely wounded, he finds refuge in a forgotten monastery tucked beyond Command’s reach. But mercy isn’t part of his programming. Brother Lorne—gentle, devout and disarmingly human—unravels everything he thought he knew about silence, obedience, and desire. This is not a love story. This is what comes after the fire. Sanctum is a dark M/M dystopian military man ...

Finley O’Brien has two jobs, a mountain of debt, and exactly zero time for romance. Her Christmas plans include a steak-for-one, a grumpy cat, and While You Were Sleeping on repeat. Alex King has a tech startup, a meddling family, and a major holiday problem: if he shows up to Christmas without a girlfriend, he’s doomed to a lumpy sofa bed with three sugar-amped kids.

Teaming up with her arch nemesis, and long-time academic rival, Noah Lawrence, Henri must race against time to uncover the source of the potion and prevent future attacks before it's too late. As they delve deeper into the mystery, the tension between them ignites, forcing Henri to confront feelings she never wanted to explore. Caught between her resolve to remain unattached and the undeniable chemistry with Noah, Henri faces a dilemma: can she solve the mystery and save her classmates without losing her heart in the process?

Amidst the pressing chill of winter, a telegram arrives in the night at 221B Baker Street, compelling Sherlock Homes and Dr. Watson to travel at once to Oxford, where Holmes’ old acquaintance, a professor who was held to be a master of the science of chemistry, has taken his own life after being inundated in his final days by a number of letters, all apparently wordless, and bearing but a single mysterious code copied out upon their surface. Who has sent these strange notes to the grounds of one of the most distinguished colleges in the world, and what did the professor see in them that ...

Gifted with the elements of all five kingdoms, Aurelia had never known a minute of peace. No Virium was ever meant to hold all five elements, and now they war inside her, keeping her from rest. Upon turning twenty-one, Aurelia takes the reins of her magic and destroys the tower she was raised in. Taking the only opportunity she's ever had for freedom, she flees in the night in an attempt to escape her future and the four princes who all expect her hand in marriage.

The chance of a lifetime… Noah, a shy IT guy from a small town on Earth gets the chance of a lifetime when he is selected to travel to the planet of Zata among the very first humans ever. He hopes to experience more of the famous Zatan technology, but what he does not expect is to be thrown into the middle of a mating celebration and to meet a Zatan man who claims to be the prince of his planet! …And who says that Noah belongs to him… A lifetime of waiting… Arex, the third prince of Zata, has all but given up hope on finding his true mate. But when their new acquaintances from ...

In the chaos of the magical assault on Pelias, Wren has been swept far from home. She is now a prisoner, in the heart of enemy territory. At least she has the man she loves beside her, keeping their passion alive during the cold nights in this unfamiliar place. Or so she thought… Finn has changed since returning to his father’s kingdom. Instead of serving the princess he’s proven his loyalty to time and again, he is keeping her under guard in a tower. Desire still lights up his eyes when he looks at her. But is he enamoured by Wren, or her power?

You've spent your whole life being convenient. Accommodating. Agreeable. The one who doesn't make waves. The one who keeps the peace. The one who's always fucking fine. And now you're exhausted. Invisible. Forgotten. Living a life that barely feels like yours. This book is your exit strategy. Not gentle. Not inspiring. Not comfortable. Just brutally honest about how you got here, why you stayed, and what it actually takes to become dangerous again.

Aliens? No thanks. Josh has no interest in the Zatans – or their planet. He doesn't get the hype and just wants to return to Earth ASAP. If not for his sickly mother, he wouldn't even be here. He just wants the prize money that comes with the trip, not the cultural exchange. But when he meets one of the hulky aliens, he experiences an attraction he can't deny. Which is all the more confusing because they're both men and he definitely isn't gay... or so he'd thought. Already given up all hope... Drak, the first and oldest prince of Zata, has no illusions about finding his mate anymore. He ...

I’m Sorcha McMurphy. I thought magic didn’t exist until I found a stolen dragon hatchling and got a letter of acceptance to a supernatural school for dragon riders. I’m literally flown away to a college that teaches sword fighting, magic casting, and general ass-kicking. Here, the dragon clans are at war, and there’s an evil that threatens to destroy the riders forever. They think I’m the chosen one destined to save the clans, but I’m no hero. If only I could stop myself from loving the cursed guy in my dragon keeping class long enough to save the world.

An immersive, page-turning novel about surviving as a funny woman in the male-dominated world of comedy—and what happens when the most promising female star of her generation disappears. “An utterly addictive read.”—Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen for the Lie In...

My father’s best friend. Older. Untouchable. Everything I should run from… and the only place I feel safe. I never planned on moving in with a billionaire. But after my abusive ex threw me out, my dad called the only man he trusted—Julian Hart. Living under Julian’s roof was supposed to be temporary—just until I got back on my feet. But then my private photos were leaked, the media twisted the story, and suddenly I’m the “mysterious fiancée” of New York’s most powerful man. We agree to fake it to protect me. Except, he looks at me like I’m something he can’t have… ...

Have you ever felt completely alone—while lying next to someone who says they love you? You smile. You stay. You shrink. And yet, the ache only gets louder. This is not the loneliness of being single. This is the heartbreak of being half-loved. Of reaching for someone who’s right there—but never really with you. Of silencing your needs just to keep the peace… and slowly disappearing in the process. You Were There, But I Still Felt Alone is for the woman who’s done explaining her pain. Done begging for presence. Done calling it love when it only hurts. In these pages, you’ll find...

Do you like your Sherlock Holmes stories with a hint of the preternatural, the seemingly inexplicable, the Gothic? Selecting six of the darkest and most suspenseful cases from author Compton Thorne’s The Continuing Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes, and assembling them together for the first time in one cover, here we find mysteries set amid shadowy forests, inside manor houses with long histories of hauntings, and out on deserted, moonlit moors. This collection also includes a return to the infamous Baskerville Hall scene of Sherlock Holmes’ most celebrated investigation. This unique ...

This book will explore 10 powerful and surprising ways your brain handles learning. We’ll uncover why repetition works, how your environment affects memory, why making mistakes can be a good thing, and what sleep and music have to do with learning faster. And we’ll do it without complicated jargon or boring theories.

With artificial intelligence reshaping every business and industry today, who better to reimagine the rules of entrepreneurship than the very team who create groundbreaking companies, teach applied entrepreneurship at top universities, and empower founders with their Entrepreneur Residency program and Audos, the revolutionary AI cofounder for future entrepreneurs? Me, My Customer, and AI is both a roadmap and a rallying cry for the 60 percent of people in the US who have an idea for a new business.

“Women are never entirely to be trusted–not the best of them. The motives of women are so inscrutable. How can you build on such a quicksand?” –Sherlock Holmes So says the great detective, yet so many memorable of cases from 221B Baker Street have the fairer sex at their heart, and collected here are eight favorite mysteries from The Continuing Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes in which women play a central rôle in the tales, sometimes as victims in need of aid, other times as the perpetrators of heinous miscarriages of justice. Brought together for the first time are: The Case of the ...

I’m forced to mate with the firefighter wolf who rejected me. And now I’m pregnant. I’m the pack weirdo, nerdy and awkward. He’s my best friend’s brother, the resident bad boy. I loved him until he callously rejected me. Now I find out I have to marry him for the pack’s sake. Next thing I know, I’m pregnant with his baby… I grew up an orphan, never fitting into the pack for being considered weird. I spend my time in libraries and museums, trying to forget about his rejection. But lately, he’s been stalking me everywhere I go, getting overly protective. And things get worse...