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Arianna Grace liked her boring, Midwestern, teenage life where she ignored the many unanswered questions of her childhood. Why were her parents dead? Why did she not have family? Where was she raised until she was five? When someone offers to explain it all, Arianna thinks she's just getting answers. Instead, she is thrown into a world of night humans who drink blood. On Arianna's 16th birthday, her world is thrown upside down when she changes into a vampire.

In the summer of 1905, Katherine Arthur's mother arrives on her doorstep, dying, forcing her to relive a past she wanted to forget. When Katherine was young, the Arthur family had been affluent city dwellers until shame sent them running for the prairie, into the unknown. Taking her family, including young Katherine, to live off the land was the last thing Jeanie Arthur had wanted, but she would do her best to make a go of it. For Jeanie's husband, Frank, it had been a world of opportunity. Dreaming, lazy Frank.

Arianna Grace is about to turn 17, and her life has been very complicated lately. She is the leader of four clans of night humans: dearg-dul, baku, tengu, and lycan. While the four clans seem to get along better with one another, there is internal conflict on both sides of her family, not to mention the three boys vying for her attention. Devin is set on keeping her safe above all else. Turner's goal is to make her happy. And Andrew wants her for himself. At some point Arianna will have to choose between them, but first she needs to survive the plots against her.

Arianna has gathered the outside clans to decide her fate in marriage. A tournament will be held, and she is the prize, whether she wants to be or not. The only thing for her to do is watch the clan leaders fight over her, or is it? Thanks to her team's well-made plans, Arianna has other strategies in place. Hopefully one of those plans will earn her freedom. As the contestants gather and she learns more about the night human world, there are new allies to keep close and more enemies to keep even closer.

A magical tale of love frustrated, tested, and finally triumphant, A Midsummer Night's Dream has always been one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. It is also one of his most accessible, and its broad humor remains vivid and compelling to this day. On the serious side, as a dramatic examination of love in all its guises - romantic, conjugal, filial, parental, and patriotic - A Midsummer Night's Dream has never been surpassed.

Eva must accept the tragic fate her mother has chosen for her, to be forever chained to the boy who will become the human form of the Greek river god. But Tristan, the Azorean Islander boy she loves, has willingly chosen another destiny, one fraught with just as much danger and sorrow. Are Eva and Tristan destined to live forever together, but eternally apart? Diogo, an intense boy driven by a mysterious power, will drive them even further apart if they cannot find a way to break the curse they've fallen under.

"For the love of God, cut off my head." The last request in Uncle Silas's will shocks everyone speechless, everyone except his favorite niece, Anna. More than death itself, the claustrophobic Silas fears a premature burial. Will her elders carry out his request? Anna is certain they will not. It's up to her to do the right thing, even if it is a bit grisly. Armed with butcher knife and candle, Anna heads for the crypt underneath the church in the dead of night. All does not go according to Anna's careful planning.

Avery Lane is driven to discover the fate of the 117 missing colonists of Roanoke. When she encounters a mysterious group called the Descendants, who are determined to keep the colony's secret hidden, Avery must choose between her obsession for the past and her own survival. Will solving this mystery cost her everything? Is there more to this secret than what is buried at Roanoke? Haunted by visions of the past, she must find answers before the Descendants stop her and forever banish the truth.

Serena's normal day takes a fated turn after a random encounter, and she is forced to face her fears. But what if everything isn't as it seems?

In the mysterious bayou country of Louisiana, Jennifer Hale, orphaned and destitute in the wake of the Civil War, arrives at Darkwater full of hope, but the cold reception she receives alarms her. So do the screams of Alicia, the dying mistress of the plantation, who appears to be suffering from a psychosomatic illness that causes her to choke uncontrollably. Perhaps even more frightening is Jennifer's dangerous attraction to Walter Dere, her handsome employer. But her fear is forgotten when Alicia's death frees Walter to propose to Jennifer.

Grace Carson is desperate to find her sister who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The search takes her to a strange world with supernatural creatures. Philip Daventry offers his assistance, but will trusting Philip be the biggest mistake she'll ever make?

In the sleepy town of Shadow Hills, Kate Sheridan is determined to move beyond the loss of her mother. What she doesn't know is that she is the object of Michael Frost's obsession. Michael has been alone for too long, but loving Kate could destroy what he's worked for centuries to protect. In this paranormal romance, Michael battles his remaining human emotions and the supernatural rules that bind him. Will Kate be able to stand against him? Or will Michael betray himself and those he's sworn to defend?

Life is simple, right? You are born, you live, and you die. But what if...what if you get a second chance to live the life that you were supposed to live? And what if you had known love, real love? Would you give it a second chance, or would you consider loyalty to family over true love? Abigail Watson's mother marries a stranger and moves her across country into a place that would be fitting for Dracula. Abby then meets a mysterious boy, Ethan, and she feels an immediate connection to him.

Alice lives a quiet life in the small hamlet of Kendawyn until she risks everything to save a hunted man. Will that choice give her everything she's ever wanted or ruin her life?

From the author of novels like The Moonstone and The Woman in White, Caprisha Page masterfully narrates the short story Mrs. Zant and the Ghost, the tale of a widower and his daughter as they encounter a mysterious woman in a London park. This chance encounter leads to them along a path that involves lost love, murder, (possibly) a ghost, and a fairly vicious love triangle. Is there a ghost? Can Mrs. Zant be saved? Or is it all merely madness?

In the sleepy town of Shadow Hills, Kate Sheridan is determined to move beyond the loss of her mother. What she doesn't know is that she is the object of Michael Frost's obsession. Michael has been alone for too long, but loving Kate could destroy what he's worked for centuries to protect. In this paranormal romance, Michael battles his remaining human emotions and the supernatural rules that bind him. Will Kate be able to stand against him? Or will Michael betray himself and those he's sworn to defend?

In the sleepy town of Shadow Hills, Kate Sheridan is determined to move beyond the loss of her mother. What she doesn't know is that she is the object of Michael Frost's obsession. Michael has been alone for too long, but loving Kate could destroy what he's worked for centuries to protect. In this paranormal romance, Michael battles his remaining human emotions and the supernatural rules that bind him. Will Kate be able to stand against him? Or will Michael betray himself and those he's sworn to defend?

Annie Bridges and Jared Remington are on their way to Nevada and Annie is excited to meet her first werewolf and the other demons employed by Jared's security company. Investigating a few deaths is nothing that a half-demon woman and her vampire boyfriend can't handle until the black-clad assassin from their previous operation returns and ensnares her in his world.

Meet Catherine and Erin. The relationship is complicated and sometimes toxic. When they invite another friend into their life, they discover that, of the three, only one of them can survive. Who will outlive the dysfunction?

Initially published in 1914, Papa was the first major dramatic work by playwright and poet Zoë Akins (1886-1958). A subtle but quietly savage comedy of manners, the play was not a commercial success but has since come to be regarded as a masterpiece. As a skillfully drawn portrait of genteel corruption, it ranks with the works of masters of dramatic satire like Moliere and Oscar Wilde.