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When Cait Douglass resolves to get over her broken heart, throw off her inhibitions, and start really living, she's unprepared for the two sensual men who cross her path. Torn between them, she doesn't know which to choose - or what kind of dire consequences could follow. Jim Heron, fallen angel and reluctant savior, is ahead in the war, but he puts everything at risk when he seeks to make a deal with the devil - literally.

This is a world where sin and salvation collide. This is a world where a cynical fallen angel struggles with the seven deadly sins and seven chosen souls. With the spellbinding Immortal, the riveting series that "changed the face of paranormal romance" comes to an epic close as mankind's reluctant savior struggles with his greatest challenge yet.

The data your company generates is enormously valuable. But without the right strategy, you’ll never unlock that value - and you might even put your company at risk. Data Leverage is the first comprehensive book on the exploding opportunity of corporate data partnerships. The authors, Christian and Jay Ward, are experts - a business strategist and a lawyer who, together, have executed hundreds of deals.

Implacable y brillante, Vishous, hijo del Sanguinario, se encuentra bajo la influencia de una maldición y una aterradora habilidad para ver el futuro. Antes de su transformación, creció en el campo de batalla de su padre en el que sufrió abusos y estuvo constantemente atormentado. Como miembro de la Hermandad, no tiene ningún interés en el amor o en los sentimientos, solo piensa en la lucha contra la Sociedad Restrictora. Pero una herida mortal le deja bajo el cuidado de una enfermera humana, la doctora Jane Whitcomb.

Butch O'Neal es un luchador nato. Un duro ex policía de homicidios y el único al que se le ha permitido el acceso a la Hermandad de la Daga Negra. Y quiere adentrarse más aún en ese mundo, para comprometerse con la guerrera contra los restrictores.

Redemption isn't a word Jim Heron knows much about - his specialty is revenge and, to him, sin is all relative. But everything changes when he becomes a fallen angel and is charged with saving the souls of seven people from the seven deadly sins. And failure is not an option. Vin Di Pietro long ago gave himself up to his business - until fate intervenes in the form of a tough-talking, Harley-riding, self-professed saviour, and a woman who makes him question his destiny.

The location of the glymera's notorious prison camp was lost after the raids. When a freak accident provides Nyx clues to where her sister may still be doing time, she becomes determined to find the secret subterranean labyrinth. Embarking on a journey under the earth, she learns a terrible truth - and meets a male who changes everything, forever. The Jackal has been in the camp for so long, he cannot recall anything of the freedom he once knew. Trapped by circumstances out of his control, he helps Nyx because he cannot help himself.

Possessed by the demon Devina, Balthazar is once again on the hunt for the Book of Spells—and fighting an undeniable attraction to a woman. As a thief, he has stolen a lot of things...but he never thought his heart would be taken by another. Especially not a human. As a homicide detective, Erika Saunders knows there is something otherworldly going on in Caldwell, New York. Mutilated bodies that cannot be explained are all over her case list—and then there are her nightmares.

The disfigured criminal genius Dr. Phibes rises from the dead once again to torment his arch-enemy, Scotland Yard Inspector Harry Trout, with another macabre murder. Phibes has murdered a famous stage actor in a bizarre and grisly fashion, but this is only the first stage of his twisted plan to rid himself of his enemies and achieve his black heart's deepest desire—immortality for himself and his late wife, Victoria.

Lydia Susi is passionate about protecting wolves in their natural habitat. When a hotel chain develops a tract of land next to the preserve, Lydia is one of the most vocal opponents of the project - and becomes a target. One night, a shadowy figure threatens Lydia's life in the forest and a new hire at the Wolf Study Project comes from out of nowhere to save her. Daniel Joseph is both mysterious and someone she instinctively wants to trust. But is he hiding something?

On a restless ocean, a group of weary survivors contemplate their grim fortune: What had started out as a fun little fishing trip soon turns into a nightmare of damnation, trapped on a floating prison. The continents have been hit by a plague that has turned humanity into living corpses - leaving our castaways at sea to fend for themselves. With provisions low, hope comes in the form of a luxury liner sailing into view on the horizon. All they needed to survive would be onboard, but who among them has what it takes to find out what happened to its crew and passengers?

Darius son of Marklon isn't looking for love the night destiny comes to claim him. He's also not interested in crashing his new car. But when a human woman runs out into the road and he must swerve to avoid killing her, everything goes off course. Disillusioned by his King's lack of leadership and the losses in the war against the Lessening Society, Darius finds purpose in protecting a woman he cannot make his own. Love finds a way, however—until the truth of what he is comes out and she leaves him in horror.

Rio Hernandez-Guerrero has been working undercover to bring down Caldwell's worst drug lord, the elusive and sadistic Mozart. She knows she's finally getting close to him when she's ordered to negotiate a massive deal with a shadowy supplier. But what shows up at the meeting...is nothing she expects.

Sola Morte, antiga ladra, desistiu da sua vida pregressa do lado errado da lei. Fugindo de uma família de traficantes de drogas, hoje ela mora longe de Caldwell, mantendo sua amada avó a salvo e permanecendo afastada de encrencas. Seu coração, no entanto, ainda está voltado para o único homem que conseguiu derrubar suas defesas: Assail, que nunca teve a intenção de se apaixonar - ainda menos por uma humana.

Zu Unrecht wegen Mordes an seiner Frau verurteilt, fristet der Vampir Kane seit Langem ein elendes Dasein im berühmt-berüchtigten Prison Camp. Als er während eines Gefangenenaufstandes versucht, zwei seiner Mithäftlinge zu retten, wird er schwer verletzt. Seither liegt er – mehr tot als lebendig – auf der Krankenstation, wo sich die attraktive Krankenschwester Nadya aufopferungsvoll um ihn kümmert. Doch auf Kane wartet ein düsteres Schicksal, und am Ende ist es einzig die Liebe zu Nadya, die ihn möglicherweise vor dem Schlimmsten bewahren kann.

Eine mächtige Dynastie: skrupellose Machtspiele und verbotene Gefühle.

Die glänzende Fassade der Bradfords beginnt zu bröckeln, als William Baldwine, der Patriarch, tot aufgefunden wird. Zudem ist das komplette Vermögen verloren. Es liegt nun an Lane, den Betrieb und seine Familie vor dem Untergang zu bewahren...

An einem geheimen Ort, tief unter der Erde, befindet sich das berühmt-berüchtigte Gefängnis der Glymera. Als die schöne Vampirin Nyx einen Hinweis erhält, wo das Gefängnis liegt, in dem ihre Schwester einsitzt, macht sie sich sofort auf den Weg, um sie zu befreien. In dem düsteren verschlungenen Labyrinth begegnet sie einem Gefangenen, den alle nur den "Schakal" nennen. Er ist geheimnisvoll, gefährlich und hat eine fatale erotische Ausstrahlung.

Seit Generationen geben die Bradfords in Kentucky den Ton an. Der Handel mit Bourbon hat der Familiendynastie großen Reichtum und viel Anerkennung eingebracht. Doch hinter der glänzenden Fassade verbergen sich verbotene Liebschaften, skrupellose Machtspiele, Verrat, Intrigen und skandalöse Geheimnisse.

Hollywood has thrilled—and titillated—audiences with tales of women who love monsters since King Kong and The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Our love affair with the ultimate “others” continued as we made the acquaintances of Barnabas Collins, Swamp Thing, the Vampire Lestat, Hellboy, and Shrek. It should come as no surprise that when ViceTV decided to do an episode on “Monsters Fantasies”, they came to Riverdale Avenue Books to interview some of those authors in an episode that aired in March 2018.

What has been missing from the daring tales of fairy tale heroes is quite simply some heft. In Burly Tales, Lambda Literary Award-winning editor Steve Berman has gathered a dozen stories of whimsy and romance that feature gay men with plenty of curves and fur. Run away with us to enchanted woods, where the cubs and bears are not going to eat you (not without informed, enthusiastic consent), where no one will judge if you take up residence in a house with seven bearded men and only one bed.