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When she entered school at a recently integrated college in North Carolina, Adirah Messa was looking forward to a bright future. Then she met a man of another kind who turned her world upside down. After being turned into a blood-sucking being and then giving birth to a child fathered by the King of Vampires, Adirah thinks that life can't get any stranger. But when her ancient past becomes a part of the present, she learns that her son has a destiny that is out of her control. The only way to protect him is for old enemies to put their differences behind them....

Against all odds, Adirah Messa has been accepted to Billet University, a prestigious institution founded in the 1800s for people of color. Determined to excel, she arrives at the university intent on minimizing distraction and focusing on her studies. That goal is soon interrupted when she is noticed by members of the "in" crowd, who invite her to the most popular frat party on campus. Adirah finds herself smitten with someone of another race and is taken on a ride she can never return from. Unbeknownst to her, Adirah's newfound love is not only a master seducer.

Gita Chithra, the captain of the intergalactic ship The Tempest, is used to leading her crew on simple retrieval and assistance missions. But when she receives a frantic distress call from Ri, the AI she trained from inception—making her like a daughter to Gita—she knows she’s in for something much more dangerous. Ri is trapped in the depths of Loki’s Ring, an artificial alien-made solar system, and says everyone in the vicinity has been infected and killed by a mysterious contagion. Gita and her team investigate, only to discover horrors at every turn.

Persephone Station, a seemingly backwater planet that has largely been ignored by the United Republic of Worlds, becomes the focus for the Serrao-Orlov Corporation as the planet has a few secrets the corporation wants to exploit. Rosie, owner of Monk's Bar, serves members of a rather exclusive criminal class and those who seek to employ them. Angel, ex-marine and head of a semi-organized band of beneficent criminals, wayward assassins, and washed-up mercenaries with a penchant for doing the honorable thing, is asked to perform a job for Rosie.

For centuries, the Kingdom of Eledore has relied upon the kainen race's natural magical talents to retain its elevated and seemingly impervious status in the world, particularly above the humans in Acrasia. Plots and assassination attempts grow against the royal twin heirs, Nels and Suvi, as the Acrasians seem to be doing more than saber rattling against what they see as an evil, tyrannical nation.   

Best friend rule number one: Never want the guy’s sister. Oops.

One-night stand rule number one: Always check the condom’s expiry date.

A chance encounter with a masked stranger at a charity ball led to an incredible kiss and a night of hot sex. The kiss was my goal for that night, a baby step forward after my husband’s death a year ago. The hot sex? Not so much. You know what else hadn’t been my goal? To be knocked up by a man whose identity is a mystery to me.

She’s pregnant with another man’s baby. He’s now the father to his little niece. A sexy rom com with all the feels! My software company has been my number one, two, and three priorities. But that all changes when I suddenly become the guardian of my three-year-old niece. Now my world has turned topsy-turvy with princesses and little-girl tea parties. When Hannah Morrell needs a place to stay after the pipes in her apartment burst, I invite her to move in with my niece and me. Hannah is a pediatric nurse, and given my situation, who could ask for a better roommate. Sounds easy.

Fake boyfriend rule number one: Never fall for your fake girlfriend. Oops. I run Aphrodite’s Boutique, a store that specializes in all things love-related. A store that I adore with all my heart, and which is at risk of being shut down and replaced with a condo development. To save it, all I have to do is pretend to be Travis Hamilton’s girlfriend. Sounds simple enough. Right?

Kissing-under-the-mistletoe rule number one: Never kiss your ex-fiancée. Oops. My plans for the Christmas break include: drive to Lake Tahoe, learn to ski, enjoy hot, earth-shattering sex (and end my sex drought), and meet my "forever love" under the mistletoe. Right. The last one was my friend’s prediction, but you never know. What I don’t count on is a flat tire, a major blizzard, and for Liam Quade, my ex-fiancé and the man who broke my heart 10 years ago, to come to my rescue.

Amber Scott should be enjoying life as a college freshman. She should be pursuing her dream of becoming a veterinarian. She should be working hard to make sense of her precalculus math class. She shouldn't be waking up her college roommate with screaming nightmares. She shouldn't be flashing back, reliving the three weeks of hell she barely survived last year. And she definitely shouldn't be spending time with sexy player Marcus Reid. But engineering student Marcus is the only one keeping Amber from failing her math course, so she grudgingly lets him into her life....

As the future CEO of my grandmother’s fashion empire, I’m not supposed to want to design a line of fancy dresses for girls with special needs. But when I pull out all the stops and present my vision to my grandmother, she agrees to let me try on one very questionable condition. The condition? I have to complete every item on the bucket list I wrote in college.

The Acrasian army has swept through Eledore, nearly massacring the entire race in fear and hatred of the magic they possess. This same magic is all that was keeping the demon incursion at bay, but now the great evil that was banished is seeping into the world. Watchers are formed to warn of any sightings of the demons, but little can be done if one encounters them in shadow or at night.

After her husband became an agnostic, Stina Kielsmeier-Cook was left "spiritually single" - struggling to live the Christian life on her own, taking her kids to church by herself, and wrestling with her own questions and doubts. In this memoir, Kielsmeier-Cook tells the story of her mixed-faith marriage and how she found community in an unexpected place: an order of Catholic nuns in her neighborhood. As she spent time with them and learned about female Catholic saints, she began to see that she was not "spiritually single" after all - and that no one really is.

Three years ago, Lelle's daughter went missing in a remote part of Northern Sweden. Lelle has spent the intervening summers driving the Silver Road under the midnight sun, frantically searching for his lost daughter, for himself and for redemption. Meanwhile, 17-year-old Meja arrives in town hoping for a fresh start. She is the same age as Lelle's daughter was - a girl on the brink of adulthood. But for Meja, there are dangers to be found in this isolated place. As autumn's darkness slowly creeps in, Lelle and Meja's lives are intertwined in ways that they could never have imagined.

Die junge Musikerin Elizabeth kann es kaum fassen: Durch eine unerwartete Erbschaft nennt sie plötzlich ein schmuckes Anwesen samt Grundbesitz in Duncan's Hill ihr Eigen! Überglücklich kommt sie nach Texas, um ihr Erbe anzutreten und ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Doch die Koffer sind noch nicht einmal fertig ausgepackt, da läuft Elizabeth ausgerechnet ihrem Pächter, dem gut aussehenden Rancher Sam Carpenter, in die Arme. Jackpot! Denn der aufbrausende Sam ist schon aus Prinzip dagegen und außerdem gerade mal wieder auf hundertachtzig.

Männer machen nur Ärger, davon ist die junge Tierärztin Katherine fest überzeugt und geht schon aus Prinzip allen Vertretern dieser Spezies aus dem Weg. Herzklopfen, Liebe und überschäumende Hormone? Bloß nicht, vielen Dank! Beruflich hingegen würde sie gern voll durchstarten, doch das klappt bislang auch nicht wie erhofft: Ihr Boss macht ihr nichts als Ärger und ein besserer Job ist zunächst auch nicht in Sicht. Zu allem Überfluss begegnet sie auch noch diesem umwerfenden Fremden, der mit seinen heißen Blicken und ungestümen Küssen ihr Herz zum Ausflippen bringt und ganz nebenbei ihre Welt aus den Angeln hebt.

I de dybe norrlandske skove er sommernætterne evigt lyse, og med midnatssolen hængende højt på himlen kører Lelle søvnløs rundt hver nat og leder efter sin forsvundne teenagedatter. Det har han gjort i tre år. Hun forsvandt en dag, hvor hun stod og ventede på bussen. Ingen så noget, og politiet har ikke nogen spor. Derfor har Lelle taget sagen i egen hånd og tjekker minutiøst hver eneste lille side- og skovvej langs landevej 95, også kaldet Silvervägen. En dag ankommer Meja og hendes mor til den lille by. De skal bo hos en ældre mand, Mejas mor har mødt på nettet.

Ödesmark, en el norte de Suecia, es un pequeño pueblo de catorce casas desperdigadas, de las cuales solo cinco siguen habitadas. Una de ellas es el hogar de Liv Björnlund, que comparte con su hijo y con su tiránico y anciano padre, Vidar. Aunque viven de forma austera, uno de los rumores que corre sobre ellos es que el cabeza de familia amasó una gran fortuna especulando con terrenos y bosques de sus vecinos.