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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?

When I bound myself to a rundown magical manor, I never expected I’d become a mighty hearthomancer, warden of an imprisoned demon and protector of Earth. Still, it worked out pretty well. I’ve got a few side hustles opening up, rent income is steady, and wedding bells are in the air. But now, some jerk who calls him Damnation’s Architect is trying to ruin everything. He’s been conspiring for centuries to destroy my home and bring about the apocalypse. It’s up to me and my brides-to-be to save the day.

The Alpha rejects me as his arranged mate, then changes his mind and claims me. After the trauma and bullying I experienced, after all the hurt, I wanted a break. Instead, I’m chosen to be mated. To an Alpha who despises me because I’m human. I run. But he hunts down my scent and traps me until my first psychic vision crashes over me. I shouldn’t be eligible for their mating and breeding rituals. I can’t even shift. He says no human has any business mating with an Alpha like himself. Until our forced proximity triggers all of his predatory instincts. Until he rolls me on my back and...

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 ...

Reclaiming Sanity: Top 10 Myths About Mental Illness Debunked by Ezra Thorne is a powerful and compassionate guide that challenges the most persistent and damaging myths surrounding mental health. In a world where misinformation and stigma still shape how we understand emotional and psychological wellbeing, this book serves as both a corrective and a call to action. Through clear explanations, evidence-based insights, and a deep sense of empathy, Thorne dismantles ten widespread misconceptions that keep people suffering in silence.

Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothic. Beautifully unhinged and deeply satisfying, Diavola is a sharp twist on the classic haunted house story, exploring loneliness, belonging, and the seemingly inescapable bonds of family mythology.

My name is Robert Grailmont. Since I was young, I felt a call to serve, to be a respectable and dependable leader. But when my ambitions were derailed by corruption and greed, I found a new calling—one from another world. "Dark Lord, we need you!" Now I must take up the crown. Duskhaven, the land of my ancestors, was conquered and enslaved by Alruna, Goddess of Light. With the blessing of the Goddess of Night, I shall retake our land and bring forth Ascendant Queens, my lovers and avatars of darkness’s might.

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.

I got bullied, rejected, and knocked up with the Alpha’s secret baby girl… It was a bad idea to fall in love with my brother’s bullying best friend, but I couldn’t help it. After taking my V-Card, he brutally rejected me for my plus-size curves and outcast status. I ran, but now I’m forced to return to the small town of my youth. To my secret baby’s daddy. I never knew why people tormented me, except that I was weird and had psychic visions. He couldn’t risk his Alpha reputation for someone like me, so he bullied and broke me. But the minute I return, he’s obsessed with ...

Memory Mastery offers a powerful roadmap to transform how your brain processes, stores, and retrieves information using easy-to-follow, science-backed methods. In this practical, empowering guide, author Ezra Thorne breaks down the myths about memory and reveals the truth: memory isn’t fixed—it’s flexible, trainable, and remarkably responsive to lifestyle changes. Whether you’re a student, professional, parent, or lifelong learner, this book will equip you with the strategies to unlock your full cognitive potential.

What is the soul? Where does it dwell? How does it transform between myth, memory, and neural networks? This volume is a transdisciplinary journey into the heart of a question that resists closure. From founding myths and religious promises of immortality to philosophical tensions between ontology and consciousness, from poetic maps of sensitivity to biological correspondences between body and affect, the book explores the soul as a living, relational, and symbolic phenomenon. Each chapter opens a window into a distinct paradigm—historical, religious, philosophical, poetic, biological, ...

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?

It hasn't even been a year since I took down LuxCorp and helped pioneer a bold new model for Elseworlder integration. How did I do it? Why, with an old country Bed & Breakfast Inn and a bevy of beautiful women by my side. But things aren't all roses and daffodils just yet. In fact, Earth has just blipped onto the radar of the ancient sphinxes—powerful beings who will judge if our world is fit to keep our Elseworlders portals. The Arbiter has deemed a series of trials we need to pass in order to prove our worth.

On the night of her kidnapping, all Reyna wanted was a relaxing cup of tea. She didn’t expect to be dropped in a hidden prison cell, but what the hells. She’s flexible. With appropriate fanfare, Kianthe “rescues” her wife...but Reyna’s actually a terrible damsel in distress. Even worse, Reyna's cell was booby trapped with a mysterious alchemy circle. What does a radical alchemist want with the Arcandor’s wife? And why did they think they could get away with this?

Creativity, often romanticized as an elusive muse that graces a lucky few, is far more universal and accessible than we tend to believe. While some may picture the creative mind as the domain of eccentric geniuses, lost in thought or splattering paint in bursts of chaotic inspiration, the truth is that creativity is a fundamental human capacity—a cognitive tool available to all of us.

Lucy Hutton has always been certain that the nice girl can get the corner office. She's charming and accommodating and prides herself on being loved by everyone at Bexley & Gamin. Everyone except for coldly efficient, impeccably attired, physically intimidating Joshua Templeman. And the feeling is mutual. Trapped in a shared office together 40 (ok, 50 or 60) hours a week, they've become entrenched in an addictive, ridiculous never-ending game of one-upmanship.

The government has accelerated their super soldier program. Their new Virtual Reality system is the perfect tool to train soldiers for the coming war. There is a shortage of enlisted men and women that possess the "talent". Everyone from athletes to professional gamers must be sorted and vetted. Humanity is on the line. Lucius is one of those lucky few selected to participate in Codename: Freedom, a new game that promises to push Virtual Reality to the ultimate level.

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.

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.

I accidentally cast the wrong spell. Now I’m forced to be his mate. Life can be cruel. First, my black ops mate rejected me. Then my house burned down. The pack forces me to live with the mate who rejected me and work with him closely. That’s when I cast the wrong spell—the spell that performs a forced marriage bond…with him. I’m a loner, loved by no one and broken by my mate. My sunshine personality has hidden, the scars too deep. But if he thinks his grumpy smirks are going to bring me down ever again, he’s mistaken. I’m not going to let our forced mating bond break me again...