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Eleanor did not come to London to be proper and boring. After the death of her husband and a year of mourning, the seventeen-year-old wants nothing more than her independence and to have a little fun. She’s hardly looking to remarry, despite pressures from her late husband’s nephew, who is keen on obtaining her inheritance. Eleanor quickly devises a plan that includes a fake engagement. What’s not a part of the plan? Falling for a dashing, quiet man outside of her social circle—a man who is not her betrothed. Can she survive the Season with her heart and her fortune intact?

Darn it, a man has his pride and a caribou of a certain majestic presence - all of which could wind up ruined if he abases himself to play a simple-minded reindeer in the town's Christmas parade. No way was he wearing tinsel in his antlers. Like heck was he sporting a red nose and pulling a sleigh. But he changes his mind when he meets the woman in charge of the event.

Just when I thought I had a grip on the dark world of The Crowned Syndicate, everything spun out of control. I'm in too deep with the most powerful guys at Crestmont University and they've become my protectors, my partners in the dangerous mafia underworld.

Almost dying puts some things in perspective for Reaper. For one, he is getting too old to be dodging bullets. And secondly, who will mourn him when he is gone? Maybe it's time to think about settling down. Problem is, exactly where does a retired assassin meet the right kind of lady? Charming Reaper Montgomery - the first - turns to a dating service to solve his problem and finds himself intrigued by the owner, especially when his first date with her ends with bullets flying. Between her secret past and his killer resume, they'll make a deadly match.

I'm a monster. That's what Brandon thinks when he flees the medical institute that changed him. Living a normal life isn't in the cards for him because, while he can hide his scaly skin, his wings are hard to miss. So he runs and lives in the shadows where monsters belong. What he didn't expect to find were others just like him, and they call themselves dragons. Or so Aimi with the violet eyes tells him when she pins him to the ground. Seriously, though, dragons? He doesn't want to believe, but the evidence is mounting.

The Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the most intense of the riots comprising the nation's Red Summer, has shaped the last century but is not widely discussed. In 1919, award-winning poet Eve L. Ewing explores the story of this event - which lasted eight days and resulted in 38 deaths and almost 500 injuries - through poems recounting the stories of everyday people trying to survive and thrive in the city. Ewing uses speculative and Afrofuturist lenses to recast history and illuminates the thin line between the past and the present.

Brought to you by Penguin. The empire behind the legend Carthage was a power that dominated the western Mediterranean for almost six centuries before its fall to Rome. The history of the realm and its Carthaginians was subsumed by their conquerors and, along the way, the story of the real...

When my family decide it's time to sell this omega off to secure their own future, I tell them to get knotted. Unfortunately, running from them lands me out of the frying pan and into the fire when my scent is picked up by the most superior pack in England.

The living aren’t the only ones listening. People think cemeteries are quiet. They aren’t. Not the old ones. Not the kind with crooked stones and names worn thin by weather and grief. They hum, they breathe, they watch. After a decade tending the dead, the sounds have stitched themselves into me—roots rubbing bones, frost shifting in the dirt, whispers caught in the cedars. It was supposed to be just another burial. Another evening alone with a backhoe and the wind. But this time the dark spoke back.

Finally: Deep, Restorative Sleep Without Pills, Endless Nights, or Starting Over The science-backed, step-by-step guide that teaches women how their hormones, habits, and biology control their sleep and exactly what to do about it. You have tried everything. The chamomile tea. The melatonin. The "just relax" advice that makes you want to scream. Yet the moment your head hits the pillow, your mind races, the clock mocks you, and sleep disappears. This is not your fault. The modern world and your own biology have been quietly working against your rest for years. You're not broken. You're ...

Jess made a mistake. She married too young, to the wrong man. The problem is hawks mate for life. To add more insult to the situation, her mate, Freddie, isn't interested in keeping his vows, and it looks like he isn't coming home anytime soon. Freddie doesn't want Jess...but sexy grizzly bear Travis does. And oh, how Jess wants him too - even though she knows that she can't have him. However, Jess' marital problems aren't the only issue.

The only thing more dangerous than their bond, is the war it will ignite. Every unmated female must run. The males give chase. Whoever catches you becomes your mate. No exceptions. No escape. Kitara Silverbrook was born with the gift of sight, but cursed without the ability to shift. In a world...

The mist is rising so lock your doors and stay inside, for the monsters have returned. On a dark and ominous night, at the edge of the Abyss, Agathe rescues a baby from a monster that should have been extinct. Gravely injured in the process, the elderly Agathe is rewarded by having her youth restored. But that's only the start of the strangeness.

The antichrist is supposed to rule the world, but Chris kind of told the ghost of his father-in-law he’d rather have the love of his wife. And he’d meant it...at the time. However, Chris was born with a destiny. He is the prince in waiting. The Destroyer of Nations. A failure with no magic, no armies, and now, no longer even a psychotic mother he can call upon. Is he destined for a mundane life? Good thing fate has other plans: plans that include him becoming Hell’s king.

Selene's spent her entire life keeping her emotions in check to avoid wolfing out in public. She's single, but not by choice. Not many men can handle a woman who turns furry on the full moon—and every time her adrenaline gets pumping. She's just about given up on love when she meets Dante. The insufferable man is on the same cruise as her and, for some reason, pursues her. As if she'd ever date a womanizer.

Training my Human: I never suspected the lava rock I threw into the firepit was actually an egg. Claims he's a dragon. Says when he grows strong enough, he wants to rule the world. I'm not about to hand over my new pet, but how's a woman who inks tattoos for a living supposed to keep a dragon...

Willa’s been my obsession since the first taste. I didn’t know her name, just the flavor of her sweet, aching cream, delivered in cold glass bottles from a site that caters to men like me. Men who crave certain things. Sweet things. Untouched things. When her virginity goes up for auction, I pay five million without blinking. And when she’s delivered to my penthouse, blindfolded and trembling, I know exactly what to do. I’ll drain her, spread her, and fill her with my baby. She doesn’t know who I am yet. She doesn’t know I’m the man her family called a monster. But once I’ve...

Given the choice between dealing with a psycho killer, a meddling mother, and an all too sexy falcon, this poor doctor does what any sane lion would do - he takes a nice, long nap. Avian Soaring Security has transferred Clarice to the Furry United Coalition so she can help track some escaped psycho patients. As if that weren’t bad enough, they partnered her with the very pampered Dr. Manners. Everything about the attractive feline annoys her except for his flaming-hot kisses.

I gasped in horror. Would it be my friend's dreadful fate to perish in the swirling torrent below? "Take care! Take care!" I shouted. But my worst fears were realized. Ratigan went over the edge, dragging the detective with him!

A blizzard cancels Maya’s flight home, forcing her to spend Thanksgiving alone in her apartment. When the storm traps her inside with her dad’s stoic best friend and her charming neighbor, a search for comfort quickly turns into a passionate, unexpected holiday encounter that gives them all a new reason to be thankful.