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What’s the worst thing that can happen to a girl? It can be many things but for me it’s my freedom that is snatched off my life. I am now a pet and serve my owner in every way he wants. I work like animals, live like pigs and punished like prisoners. I can’t describe my life in a sentence, it’s just the worst version of misery a girl can take but it was my choice to come here and surrender myself to goons, and the reason for it is Ira, my sister, who is still a captive and is hidden from the world. I can’t save her and neither can I save myself. We both are living a life of ...

Three monsters. Three dating disasters. Three chances to ruin you. Over 800 pages of chaotic, blush-inducing monster romance—the first three Monster Dating Agency novels, now in one bingeable box set! Includes: Iced by the Minotaur🥛 A shy minotaur with a milking problem. A chaos-magnet human. Opposites attract—and one unexpected craving. Pucked by the Orc🏒 A grumpy green hockey star. A sunshine ballerina single mom. One fake date. No rules. Popped by the Minotaur🍒 An Amish virgin. LA’s naughtiest monster. One taste of freedom, one viral bull, zero chance of staying innocent. ...

Since my stepsister, Nakona Ril, has joined the family, I’ve finally settled into a happy life of cooking and potion brewing at the family inn. But the shadow of war looms ahead, with the fate of the world and my own destiny fast approaching. Monsters are coming, bandits seek to steal my potions, and countries set their sights upon the rumor of a talented alchemist. Why won’t they all just leave me alone?

A bicycle crashes into me one night, and the next thing I know, I’m a baby? Getting reincarnated in another world populated by humans, demi-humans, and mythical beasts is certainly not the turn I thought my life was going to take. I especially didn’t expect to be carried off by a wolf and given into the care of a one-armed former knight. Now, I’m trying to repay him by rebuilding the family inn and healing his arm with alchemy.

I'll admit it. I freaked out for a second. It wasn't my finest moment. As I pulled back the layers of the Ambros triplets' life, secrets became revealed, dark obsessions exposed, and a new sinister world has forced me to take center stage. The boys tried to shield me from it, but now they can't. It's been made very clear that if they want to keep me unharmed, they need to acclimate me into their world, and fast. Foedus was no joke and not to be messed with.

All girls dream of their wedding day. The dress, the flowers, the groom… Being sold to the cartel by their own father. My marriage is mutually beneficial. The cartel gains the legal protection my father offers as the Head of State, and the cartel can help my father with his not-so-legal issues. It's a win-win for everyone except me.

I only have two options: marry him or die. Witnessing a murder is terrifying, but what’s even worse is having to marry the man who committed it. Angelo Bianchi might be an adrenaline chaser, but he is no fool. He knows I can’t testify against him in court if I marry him, and he knows that I have a daughter to live for. What he doesn’t know is that he is her father, and he doesn't remember the night we spent three years ago.

In the near-future United States, where advanced technology can create eggs or sperm from any person’s cells, celebrities face the alarming potential of meeting biological children they never conceived. Famous singer Trace Thorne is tired of being targeted by the Vault, a black market site devoted to stealing DNA. Sick of paying ransom money for his own cell matter, he hires bio-security guard Ember Ryan to ensure his biological safety.

What it means to be the last of my kind: My nature as Spherit Folk is becoming more difficult to hide. I'm faced with a shocking truth: Only one race can produce a Holy Woman who can save the world, and I'm the last remaining descendant of that race! With the human war raging on and traffic to my family's inn cut off during these tremulous times, I must set off to the Mythical Continent to discover my destiny!

She wanted no snakes, no scales, and nothing that slithers. 🚫🐍🎤 Stand-up comic Tessa Quinn joined the Monster Dating Agency for new joke material. At least, that’s what she told herself. The truth? She’s tired of turning loneliness into a punchline. Then Zee, the agency’s resident chaos gremlin, overrides her “no snakes” filter— and the algorithm matches her with Dr. Silas Merod. 💘🐍📚 Professor of Linguistics. Eighteen to twenty feet of green-and-bronze coils. Six-plus feet of sarcasm above the waist. And yes… the same Naga she humiliated live on stage. Now ...

This collection of mindfulness exercises is designed to teach kids techniques for managing their bodies, breath, and emotions. Best of all, these thirty simple, short breathing practices and movements can be performed anytime, anywhere: in the car on the way to the grocery store, during heavy homework nights at home, or even at a child's desk at school. Breathe Like a Bear is sure to help kids find calm, gain focus, and feel energized during the day, while also encouraging families to establish fun and consistent mindfulness practices, whether at home or on the go.

Faith changed her name to escape a life she never chose. Now a second-grade teacher in small-town Idaho, she’s traded runways and deadlines for quiet mornings and snow-dusted streets. Life is finally her own—until Adam Peters walks into her classroom. But Adam’s heart is still guarded, and Faith’s secrets could shatter everything. In a town blanketed by snow, falling in love might be the one risk neither planned to take.

I wasn’t supposed to break up with my boyfriend of two years at my birthday party. I definitely wasn’t supposed to lose my virginity that same night or do it all over again the next morning. I wasn’t supposed to move in with the three men that drive me insane—while also making my panties wet—after I’m kicked out of my apartment. And I really shouldn’t be falling for them.

You know what's the worst day of my life? It wasn’t the day when I lost my mom, or when I was abandoned by my own father, but it was the day when I was sold to a man. People often are unhappy due to a shortage of wealth and love but for me? I don’t even have freedom, my will, my independence. Yes, I am being owned and I lost it all the day I was sold to my master. Now the only thing left in my life is to obey, to follow commands and I am bond to do it, and the times I care about anything other than my master, I get punished. Here is my story of how I turned my beautiful life into a ...

She is the salve to his tortured soul. He is the answer to her darkest fantasies. Together they are the target of a deadly villain in this thrilling dark college romance from international bestselling author Kira Shell. After barely surviving Player 2511’s attack, Selene decides to move back...

Plus-sized, she never expected to fall in love… and certainly not with a fiery demon. She thought she was investigating Zee’s disappearance. Instead, the Monster Dating Agency sent her into the arms of Lucien D’Argent, Demon Lord of Sanctum Nine. 🔥 LA’s most dangerous VIP client, trading in suffering, not money 🩸 Owner of a velvet dungeon empire where every indulgence is a chain 😈 Eyes like fire, watching her as if she’s already his One spotlight. A jeering monster crowd. A red dress ripped from her shoulders. Humiliation was supposed to break her. Instead, it starts to ...

She wanted to go viral investigating a cold case. She wasn’t planning to become one. 🩸📸 Vivian joined Monster Dating Agency for two reasons: to break the Hana Ortiz disappearance on livestream, and turn LA’s biggest monster mystery into her follower-count payday. On her ABSOLUTELY NOT list? Silent types. Brooding recluses. Monsters who hate sunbathing. So obviously, she matched with Sebastian Voss. 📖🦇 He owns Midnight Volumes, a teleporting bookshop that never stays in one city and never lets a guest leave until the story is over. Old money, cold hands, fangs, and eyes that ...

She wanted no berserkers, no rage issues, and absolutely no “muscle mountains.” 🚫🪓❄️ Officer Isla Navarro signed up for Monster Dating Agency half as a joke, half out of frustration with human men who treated her badge like a fetish or a threat. Then she matched with Rurik. 💘❄️🪓 Seven feet of Frostborn barbarian. Runes that blaze when he rages. And a double-headed axe he refuses to put down. One trial date. One ice barbarian. And an order she can’t refuse. Now she’s stuck with a monster who: • Freezes the ground just by walking across it ❄️ • Calls her ...

If we're seeking more happiness in our lives, it can be challenging to figure out where to start or what habits to change. But with this workbook from UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, based on cutting-edge wellness research and the center’s wildly popular "The Science of Happiness" course and podcast, listeners have a new resource for finding fulfillment and meaning in their everyday experiences.

Volume I, Part 1. Iason Mink: Jupiter's Golden Boy, Head of the Syndicate, and the ultimate Amoian Elite. When Tanagura's leading Blondie takes on a new Pet, all of Eos is abuzz with the news. His choice is none other than Riki the Dark, the infamous gang leader of Bison, a mongrel with no respect for Iason's rank or authority. What will it take to tame the notorious wild boy of Midas? By Best-Selling Author Kira Takenouchi. Note from the Publisher: This is not the same book as Ai no Kusabi, the original inspiration or idea for the series. The world and characters of Taming Riki are vastly ...