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Vanguard continues. Prodos's competition is ranking up. Major Lucius Edwards is a year behind. Without victory, Earth's preparation will be severely lacking. War is coming. Can skill compete with overwhelming force?

Elara Vance thought Eldoria Academy was her golden ticket. A scholarship student from the impoverished Undercity, she believed the elite halls of magic would be her escape. But Eldoria hides a sinister truth: its opulent walls are built on stolen power, and promising students like Elara are merely batteries, destined to be harvested. Enter Prefect Caelum Thorne: impossibly beautiful, notoriously cold, and the very instrument of her impending doom. He's the Harvester, bound by an ancient, monstrous lineage to drain Elara's magic and ensure the Academy's survival. Their connection begins with...

Sophie Davies is tired of dating duds. So when the 'LifePreview' app promises to find her perfect soulmate through advanced AI, she dives in. The result? Sim-Max: witty, charming, artistic, and everything she’s ever dreamed of. Their simulated connection is instant, flawless, and deeply romantic. Convinced destiny has delivered, Sophie pays a hefty fee to meet the 'real' Max Thorne. But Real Max is nothing like his digital counterpart. He’s disheveled, cynical, obsessed with quantum physics, and visibly annoyed by her presence. As Sophie tries to subtly nudge him towards his simulated ...

My family has run Sugarville’s one and only B&B for years. Sure, it's a little rundown and the gardens are overgrown, but it’s still got what I like to call rustic charm. If things go my way, it’ll become a cozy shelter for Hellhounds, Alicorns, Kobolds, and more! Yup – I’ve just become the manager of a government-run home for monster girls. Not only will I need to patch the roof, fix the barn, and master my burgeoning magic, but I’ll also need to help our guests adapt to living on Earth! However, unscrupulous forces are prowling about, trying to exploit monster girls for their arcane power.

Elena, a fierce rebel leader, expected torture and death at the hands of the notorious Dark Lord Malakai. Instead, she finds herself confined to his ancient, shadowed fortress, confronted by a ruler profoundly bored with his vast dominion. Malakai, with eyes like frozen iron, sees just another firebrand. But Elena's unwavering defiance and sharp intellect begin to chip away at his millennia of apathy. As Malakai subtly reveals the brutal truth of Elena’s 'benevolent' King—a tyrant far more corrupt than any legend of darkness—her idealism shatters. Betrayed by the very light she fought...

If you’ve prayed, confessed, and done everything right—but your desire for other women never went away—you’re not broken. You’re human. And your body has been trying to tell you the truth for years. SACRED FREEDOM is the first book to reveal how purity culture didn’t just wound men spiritually—it shaped their nervous systems, buried desire in shame, and left the body carrying a conflict the mind could never resolve. Called “essential reading” by Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers, this powerful blend of memoir, theology, psychology, and embodied healing shows men of faith how to ...

The last of the de Wildes, scientist Alex point-blank refuses to believe the family is cursed–even though all her relatives died in mysterious circumstances at their ancestral manor, Wildewood. Now her twin brother has passed away there too. All she wants is to finally sell the old place and move on. But Nick, the brooding, dangerously hot groundskeeper and her brother’s best friend seems determined to stand in her way. He was a suspect in her brother’s death. And Alex can find no records of him before he came to Wildewood 15 years ago…

What does it truly mean to flourish? In a world often consumed by what’s wrong—stress, anxiety, burnout—positive psychology offers a revolutionary perspective: a science dedicated to what makes life worth living. The Beginner’s Guide to Positive Psychology is a clear, practical, and inspiring roadmap to the core ideas of this transformative discipline, perfect for those curious about how to enhance their happiness, resilience, and sense of meaning.

What makes love stick? Is it the irresistible spark when you lock eyes across a piazza in Rome? Is it feeling the earth move under your feet? (Wait—that was an actual earthquake.) In these six serendipitous short stories, bestselling authors turn improbable first encounters into hopelessly romantic happy ever afters.

Called to a fallen realm ruled by an imprisoned goddess, I have been tasked with slaying her captors and freeing her from her cage. I have defeated one already. Power, wealth–anything I could desire, has been promised if I can slay the rest. I am not alone on this quest. Joined by an oni veteran, a half-elf fire mage, a slime knight, and an imp rogue, I hunt the remaining betrayers. Our quest will take us to the depths of a corrupt, volcanic kingdom, and the haunted halls of star-worshiping cultists. Monsters and horrors fall to our might, and secret histories are laid bare.

Now a movie starring Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell, USA Today bestselling author Sally Thorne’s hilarious and sexy workplace comedy all about that thin, fine line between hate and love. Nemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. 2) A person’s undoing 3) Joshua...

When Constable Elias Ward is reassigned from his prestigious Toronto post to the remote frontier town of Snowy Ridge, the last thing he expects is a Christmas that will change his life forever. Accustomed to polished city life and the expectations of his wealthy family, Elias arrives in Snowy Ridge determined to endure the assignment, do his duty, and return home as soon as possible. But the rugged beauty of the mountains—and the warmth of a town that refuses to let anyone stand alone—begin to work their way into his guarded heart. No one makes a deeper impression than Clara Dunn, the ...

As a part-time librarian, I cherish the peace of old books, trying to bury a past I'd rather forget. But that peacefulness was shattered one morning with a violent struggle on my porch. I watched in horror as one man ended up dead. Panicked, I fled to the only sanctuary I knew: the newly appointed Captain of the Irish Mafia. I'm just terrified of what he will do when he finds out the truth about who I really am.

Ce volume a exploré l’âme non comme objet métaphysique, mais comme phénomène vécu et émergent — articulé à travers le corps, l’affect, la conscience et le symbole. Chaque chapitre a proposé un pont entre science et poésie, entre neurosciences et phénoménologie, entre psychologie relationnelle et expression artistique. Nous avons traversé la conscience comme processus émergent, l’affect comme langage neuronal, la mémoire comme vibration identitaire, l’intéroception comme ressenti profond, la somatisation comme poésie corporelle, l’expression non verbale comme ...

A black ops wolf rejected me, breaking my vulnerable, virgin heart… I’ve always been bullied and taunted for being nerdy and a witch. But his rejection hurts so much that even my magic can’t help me. So I leave and don’t look back. Except he kidnaps me, takes me to an abandoned cabin, and impregnates me… I knew he was my mate the instant I saw him, but he didn’t want me. The shame I feel from his rejection is overwhelming to the point of destructive. But when I run and the dark wolves attack me, he appears out of the shadows to save me. He hauls me into his car and refuses to ...

All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on every table, firelight drifting between the rafters… all complemented by love and good company. Thing is, Reyna works as one of the Queen’s private guards, and Kianthe is the most powerful mage in existence. Leaving their lives isn’t so easy. But after an assassin takes Reyna hostage, she decides she’s thoroughly done risking her life for a self-centered queen. Meanwhile, Kianthe has been waiting for a chance to flee responsibility–all the better that her girlfriend is on board.

When I spotted him sneaking out the Dean’s window—a woman whose reputation precedes her—I could’ve minded my business. But it’s not every day you catch your nemesis in such a compromising position, so I did what any self-respecting person would’ve done. I added fuel to the scandal that ignited, then laughed while the cops hauled him off in nothing but handcuffs and his boxers. Of course, the arrogant prick found a way to rope me into the lie that got him out of trouble. Which means the only way I come out of this unscathed is to go along with it, pretend we’re a thing.

Una novela divertidísimamente sexi, inteligente y fresca, perfecta para reírte a carcajadas de las aburridas horas de oficina. Lucy Hutton y Joshua Templeman se odian. No es que se caigan mal, que no se entiendan o que no tengan feeling, no… simple y llanamente se ODIAN. Sí, en MAYÚSCULAS. Ambos comparten oficina en el gigante editorial Bexley & Gamin, y mientras Lucy es encantadora y servicial, viste de colores alegres y lleva los labios de un rojo chillón, Joshua es frío, eficiente y calculador, y viste una camisa concreta para cada día de la semana.

After coming face to face with death, Elorion and company have found a dungeon to call their own. They’ve fought hard to earn a stint of peace, but Mistress Nava is still out there and her captain is now on the hunt. The impending arrival of the army of minotaurs will be the greatest threat they have faced thus far. With their new-found freedom comes a myriad of additional dangers. They’re running low on food, the dungeon is in disrepair, and they must find new hunting grounds to continue growing in power.

The Old Gods are dead, and it seems magic along with them. Princess Tori has grown up during the longest peace in recorded history, but still she is at war. A war she fights everyday against the expectations held for a fae princess, in a land where it’s easier to see her as the reckless spare to the throne than the powerful creature she is. As Tori grapples with her own shadows and the weight of her responsibilities, her world is shattered by an invasion that thrusts her into the iron grip of Abraxas, the Dragon King — a man known for his ruthless discipline and unyielding power.