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Highly acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin lends a resonant voice to a pivotal yet often overlooked character of Vergil's The Aeneid. Born into peace and freedom, Lavinia is stunned to learn that she will be the cause of a great war - or so the prophecies and omens claim. Her fate is sealed, however, when she meets a man from Troy.

Luke's Surprise Is true love with your soul mate worth risking your life for? When werewolf Luke Morgan runs an errand with his brother Kelan, the last thing he expects to find at their neighbor's ranch is his soul mate. The tall, muscular ranch foreman Mark Malone is every gay man's fantasy. The only problem? Neither Luke nor Mark is gay. Unable to deny the attraction they feel for one another, they decide to try and make things work. The relationship at first seems all they could hope for but trouble in the guise of Ethan Walker, a werewolf who has his sights set on Luke, threatens to ...

Lavinia is the daughter of the King of Latium, a victorious warrior who loves peace; she is her father's closest companion. Now of an age to wed, Lavinia's mother favours her own kinsman, King Turnus of Rutulia, handsome, heroic, everything a young girl should want. Instead, Lavinia dreams of mighty Aeneas, a man she has heard of only from a ghost of a poet, who comes to her in the gods' holy place and tells her of her future and Aeneas' past....

Lavinia crece sin conocer otra cosa que la paz y la libertad hasta la llegada de sus pretendientes. Su madre exige que contraiga matrimonio con el apuesto y ambicioso Turno, pero los augurios y las profecías de los manantiales sagrados afirman que deberá casarse con un extranjero, que provocará una guerra y que su marido no vivirá demasiado tiempo. Al ver que una flota de barcos troyanos llega remontando el Tíber, la joven decide tomar las riendas de su propio destino. Y así nos cuenta lo que Virgilio no hizo: la historia de su vida y del amor de su vida.

¿Vale la pena arriesgar tu vida por el amor verdadero con tu alma gemela? Cuando el hombre lobo Luke Morgan hace un recado con su hermano Kelan, lo último que espera encontrar en el rancho de su vecino es a su alma gemela. El alto y musculoso capataz del rancho, Mark Malone, es la fantasía de todo hombre gay. ¿El único problema? Ni Luke ni Mark son gays. Incapaces de negar la atracción que sienten el uno por el otro, deciden intentar que las cosas funcionen. Al principio, la relación parece todo lo que podrían desear, pero los problemas en forma de Ethan Walker, un hombre lobo que ...

Welcome to Pine Valley, Montana—where second chances bloom like cherry blossoms and love finds a way home. Pine Valley is a place where everyone knows your name, neighbors become family, and the past doesn't have to define your future. These three heartwarming stories prove that sometimes the love you left behind is exactly the love you need to find again. The Cowboy She Left Behind (Book 1) When equine therapist Naomi Williams returns to treat a traumatized stallion, she never expects to face Cole Dawson. He's the rancher who broke her heart five years ago. With her career soaring and a ...

When Lady Olivia Gosling finds the Book of Love in a musty bookshop, she is most eager to try out its love "recipes" on someone safe. Did she say safe? Well, Beast isn't really safe, but with her odious guardian about to marry her off to one of his unsavory friends, Olivia needs her childhood friend to fall in love with her...fast. If Beast can love her, then any man she chooses will surely do the same. Alexander Beastling, Duke of Hartford, is known as Beast among the ton. He is big and muscled, and there is a dark aura of mystery about him that he makes no effort to dispel.

Books 5 - 8 in the Shifters' Haven series Nate's Deputy Werewolf Nate Stanford is riddled with guilt over his brother Rick's death...so much so that when he meets his mate-Deputy Sheriff Jared Ambrose, he rejects him, believing he is not good enough for Jared and not worthy of being loved. The only thing that matters to him is buying his childhood home in honor of his brother's memory. Since their father died, Jared Ambrose has taken on responsibility for his younger brother, whose drinking binges are constantly getting him into trouble. Jared's only hope of saving his brother is finding ...

¿De verdad puede el amor con todo? Expulsado de su manada por ser gay, Rafe, un cambiante león, tendrá que ser fuerte para sobrevivir, pero es una tarea difícil para alguien que detesta la violencia. Cuando una coalición de leones jóvenes lo desafía, Finn, el macho dominante, le salva el pellejo; sin embargo, la vida de Rafe se complica todavía más cuando descubre que Finn es su pareja predestinada. En una sociedad en la que el amor podría significar una muerte segura, ¿encontrarán estos dos hombres la manera de estar juntos o están destinados a acabar solos?

¿Podrán estos dos hombres testarudos vencer a sus demonios para unirse como compañeros? El hombre lobo Nate Stanford está consumido por la culpa por la muerte de su hermano Rick... tanto que cuando conoce a su pareja destinada, el ayudante del sheriff Jared Ambrose, lo rechaza, creyendo que no es lo suficientemente bueno para Jared y que no merece ser amado. Lo único que le importa es comprar la casa de su infancia en honor a la memoria de su hermano. Desde que murió su padre, Jared Ambrose ha asumido la responsabilidad de su hermano menor, cuyos excesos con la bebida le meten ...

From a New York Times bestselling and Hugo award-winning author comes a modern masterwork of science fiction, introducing a captain, his crew, and a detective as they unravel a horrifying solar system wide conspiracy that begins with a single missing girl. Now a Prime Original series. Humanity...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Philip Stevens. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Christopher Brooke. Thomas Hobbes lived through the Thirty Years War and Britain's civil wars, and the trauma of these events led to his great masterpiece of...

Besieged by gambling debts, a desperate gentleman purchases a diary as a tool for blackmail. But he does not live to carry out his plans. He is murdered, and the diary is stolen. Now Tobias March, discrete private investigator, has been hired to find the incriminating diary. Tobias is familiar with danger, but when his inquiries lead him to the beautiful entrepreneur Lavinia Lake, his emotions are sidetracked.

USS Bull Shark is running for Pearl Harbor after leaving New London and her victory over the Nazi Q-ship, but all is not well aboard the boat. The Japanese are planning a major offensive and the clock is rapidly ticking – with what will become one of the most decisive battles of the war looming on the horizon, the Navy still doesn’t know exactly where or when it’s going to happen. Can Bull Shark play her part in the Battle of Midway? Or will she meet with Yamamoto’s secret weapon and be swept aside in Japan’s quest for power?

The best short fiction, handpicked by the best voice in podcasting and presented in 3D immersive audio. In every episode, host LeVar Burton (Roots, Reading Rainbow, Star Trek) invites you to take a break from your daily life, and dive into a great story. LeVar’s narration blends with gorgeous soundscapes to bring stories by Stephen King, Toni Morrison, Nnedi Okorafor, Kurt Vonnegut, Ken Liu and more to life. So, if you’re ready, let’s take a deep breath... Our immersive audio is best with headphones! If you'd prefer to listen without immersive audio, visit levarburtonpodcast.com/mono.

Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais. Dramatised by Lavinia Murray. Episode 1: Gargantua. The bawdy, exuburant adventures of medieval giants. A dizzying blend of fantasy, comedy, philosophy and scatological humour. The world's a messy place. The first episode depicts the young life of...

She left to build her dreams. He stayed to save his legacy. Now a traumatized horse needs them both. When equine therapist Naomi Williams accepts a call to treat a traumatized stallion, she never expects it to lead her back to Pine Valley, Texas—or to Cole Dawson, the rancher who broke her heart five years ago. With a successful career in Dallas and a prestigious job offer in Alabama, returning to her hometown was never part of Naomi's carefully constructed plan. Cole has spent five years regretting the ultimatum that drove Naomi away, while struggling to keep his family's ranch afloat. ...

È fuggito dalla gabbia... ma riuscirà a sopravvivere abbastanza a lungo da raggiungere il suo compagno? Dopo due anni di brutale prigionia sotto un alfa sadico, il mutaforma lupo Logan riesce finalmente a liberarsi. Segnato dalle cicatrici, esausto e disperato, c'è solo una cosa che lo spinge ad andare avanti: Riley, il compagno da cui è stato strappato via. Ma la libertà ha un prezzo. Proprio mentre la baita di Riley appare all'orizzonte, un crudele scherzo del destino fa finire Logan in una trappola. Ferito e vulnerabile, il suo ululato straziante allerta proprio gli sgherri da cui ...

Are you experiencing physical or emotional symptoms that no one is able to explain? If so, you may be suffering a traumatic reaction to a past event, teaches Dr. Peter A. Levine. Medical researchers have known for decades that survivors of accidents, disaster, and childhood trauma often endure...

This is how it ends. Leviathan Falls is the explosive final novel in the New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award–winning Expanse series, now a major TV series. The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient...