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Jamie Hernandez loves his life. He has his family, his friends, and a successful freelance career at just 23. The only thing missing? His monster. The one Jamie has seen in his dreams for the past five years. Jamie doesn’t know much about the enigmatic man from his visions, but he doesn’t need to. He knows enough. He knows they belong together. Lucien Volaire has been losing his mind for almost half a century, the monster within him steadily taking greater control over his thoughts and actions.

I never imagined the protector I longed for would be a mob boss who demanded complete control. I shouldn’t have gone to Lucien’s office. Once I looked into his eyes, I couldn’t leave. He commanded me to kneel. Beg. Obey. I couldn’t help myself. One taste, and I craved more. Lucien vowed to protect me from his enemies...But who’s going to protect my heart from him?

Lucien has always been able to spin a bad situation to his advantage. From his childhood on the dangerous streets of Shadycreek Run to his years living off the grid and learning blood magic from the Claret Orders, the charismatic blood hunter will find a way to get the upper hand. When Lucien is on a job in the frozen wastelands of Eiselcross with his fellow mercenaries, a rough-and-tumble crew called the Tombtakers, fate leads him to a mysterious journal in the ruins of an ancient city.

Lucien, an Eros vampire, has finally found what he had been searching for. The one woman that will fulfill his every need. Not only is she a rockstar, but the adopted daughter of Aleksander, the wolf's Alpha, and the vampire's long-time enemy. Jade, bass guitarist for the Darkest White, and human daughter to the Alpha, has spent most of her life wishing that she fit in. She wasn't even above begging for her bandmates to turn her even knowing that it would only get both of them in trouble. But when Lucien steps into her life, she finally sees her opportunity, and knows that as his mate his ...

Set in a fractured world where justice has long decayed, Lucien Adrien Belland is summoned from obscurity and pulled into a path carved by something far older than war. He carries no banner, but the world recoils at his presence. His silence is not empty—but forged, watched, and waiting.

In an England where monsters have spilled into the world out of myth, only London is magically protected from the monstrous threat. The University runs the city, allowing family of graduate Hunters, Healers, Scholars, and Artificers to live behind the wards.

Hannah Gold never thought she’d speak to Ethan Reisner ever again. Getting dumped in high school will do that to you. But when she needs to find a beloved sweater in time for her parents’ 50th anniversary, she begins her search where she last saw it: Ethan’s childhood home. She thought calling Ethan out of the blue would be the hardest part, but breaking fifteen years of silence was just the beginning. Why is Ethan being so friendly? And helpful? And funny? And is it possible for someone to be handsome over the phone?

When Elena’s name is drawn to be sacrificed to the Storm Dragon, she expects only death. For three seasons, the rains have failed, and Pyraxis—once a gentle guardian—has become savage. No tribute has ever returned. But the dragon’s hoard hides more than gold. Among its treasures lies a presence that calls to Elena with a power she cannot resist. When she encounters a creature so vast she mistakes him for the mountain itself, she realizes her village’s stories are only half-truths. To save her drought-stricken valley, Elena must unravel the mystery of what truly ails the Storm ...

A True Story (Ancient Greek: Ἀληθῆ διηγήματα, Alēthē diēgēmata; Latin: Vera Historia or Latin: Verae Historiae), also translated as True History, is a long novella or short novel written in the second century AD by the Syrian author Lucian of Samosata. The novel is a satire of outlandish tales that had been reported in ancient sources, particularly those that presented fantastic or mythical events as if they were true. It is Lucian's best-known work.

The son of working-class Czech immigrants, Christopher “Atlas” Novotny is a talented painter who arrives at Harvard on a full scholarship. Raised amid hardship, he is unprepared for the privileged world introduced to him by his freshman roommate, Lucien Orsini-Conti. Born to wealthy European diplomats, Lucien plays the part of the confident, sophisticated bon vivant. Where Lucien is bold and brash, Atlas is timid and introverted. Growing up a lonely outsider, Atlas is insecure, impressionable, and in awe of his brilliant roommate. But is Lucien all that he seems?

Cassandra has one goal: to become the greatest sorceress of her generation. No distractions. No indulgence. No weakness. But when she unlocks a forbidden spell, her carefully guarded discipline shatters. From the magic emerges the side of herself she’s spent a lifetime denying—sexy, shameless, and impossible to control. Now Cassandra is caught in a dangerous struggle with her own seductive alter ego. Every rule she breaks, every forbidden temptation, pulls her deeper into a spiral of pleasure and peril. Can the Academy’s brightest mind survive when her darkest self refuses to be ...

What began as a sleep-learning experiment became one of the most careful first-person maps of consciousness in the modern era. The Gateway Experience: Book One - Out of Body traces Robert A. Monroe’s path from a practical broadcasting executive to a disciplined explorer who logged hundreds of out-of-body experiences, tested what he could, and taught others to do the same. Inside you will find a clear narrative of Monroe’s early vibrational episodes, his verification attempts in the here-and-now environment he called Locale I, his passage into the broader nonphysical territory of Locale ...

Le Génie Littéraire de Patrice Modiano contribue au succès du film Lacombe Lucien, réalisé par Louis Malles et qui est tout à fait captivant. C’est certainement une très belle œuvre d’art. La contribution de Patrick Modiano est sans doute l’élément le plus important quant à la densité et l’intensité des dialogues, s’ils sont d’une si grande portée, si bien faits, à la fois simples et concis mais riches de sens et pleins d’esprit, c’est grâce au génie littéraire et au don de la parole narrative et conversationnelle qui se sont déjà manifestés dans ses ...

Eight years ago, healer Senra Grail found the one man who saw every hidden part of her—and wanted her exactly as she was. For five unforgettable nights, Corven matched her desires, her needs, her soul. Then he vanished, leaving her alone with grief that froze her heart. Now he’s back—bleeding out on her healer’s table. Saving him was her duty. Keeping him is her choice. After years of emptiness, Senra can’t let him slip away again without knowing what his absence truly cost her. But the fire that once bound them still burns, and some needs, once awakened, never die. A sensual tale...

She’s never been worshipped by a mortal man. Her sisters think that’s laughable. On Beltane, everything changes. Nerida has lived centuries as a forest nymph, yet she has never once known the intoxicating reverence her sisters collect with ease. While they are showered in offerings and devotion, she has remained on the outside, unsure of her own power. Determined to prove herself during Greywold’s Beltane festival, Nerida sets her sights on a village watchman—but her borrowed charms and awkward appeals falter. Then Thane risks his life to protect her from an ancient evil. For the ...

In a time of pandemics and disease, the ailing world finds itself on its knees, desperate for the cure promised by leading geneticist Dr. Lucien Sabara. With his simple EVE-0 treatment, he seemingly offers an answer to the world's prayers. Though as Gabrielle and Chris learn, the geneticist's true agenda is to play God over humankind, forcing women to require medical intervention to conceive, allowing Lucien to edit unborn embryos in order to create a better race, a more equal race, a more evolved race.

When a werewolf hunter captures a monster that begs for death, he discovers something far more dangerous— a woman who needs to be saved. Dirk has hunted werewolves for years, following a simple code: kill the beast, collect the bounty, move on. But when the wolf terrorizing a remote village does the unthinkable—surrendering rather than fighting to the death—everything changes. As dawn breaks, the creature transforms into Lyra, a woman cursed and desperate, her humanity hanging by threads of silver rope. Bound by silver-threaded restraints that keep her human but remind them both of ...

Grumpy billionaire seeking wife…must enjoy sudden trips to Paris, love poems, sparkly diamonds and being pampered. That’s what the headline in the newspaper read right next to the photo of my best friend’s brother, billionaire tycoon Wes Carrington. His handsome, arrogant face is now plastered all over the City with women calling him morning, noon, and night seeking dates.

Lucian Freud (1922-2011) is one of the most influential figurative painters of the 20th century. His paintings are in every major museum and many private collections here and abroad. William Feaver's daily calls from 1973 until Freud died in 2011, as well as interviews with Freud's family and friends, were crucial sources. Freud's circle was broad, including not just other well-known artists but writers, bluebloods, royals in England and Europe, drag queens, fashion models, gamblers, bookies, and gangsters like the Kray twins.

I was drowning in debt and my sister needed help, so I made a terrible choice. I borrowed money from the infamous Marchesi family, knowing I had no way to pay them back. Did I think I could evade them? Did I think I’d win the lottery? No, I didn’t think at all. I just acted. Now, a killer is at my door, a man known for his ruthlessness, his persistence, and the way he can bring a man to his knees–for business or pleasure. I’ve got to find a way to pay him back, and the only thing I own free and clear is my body.