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In Falling Between Semesters, Aria Chen, a driven English literature major, navigates the pressures of scholarships, internships, and a carefully controlled life—until a spilled latte and a charming stranger, Noah Rivera, disrupt her plans.

Jane Collins thought loyalty would be enough—until betrayal shattered the life she built with Ian. From their childhood in group homes to the opulence of their billion-dollar life, Jane and Ian’s bond is as deep as it is broken. But when a chance encounter with the introspective and grounded Evan sparks something real, Jane is forced to ask herself: is loyalty enough when love no longer feels like home? Set against the glittering backdrop of Toronto, We Once Loved So Deeply is a stirring story of love, loss, and the courage to begin again.

To erase memories she’d long tried to bury, Lana Anderson returns to her late mother Helen’s old house in a quiet Ontario town. A hidden diary unveils painful truths: Helen’s initial lack of love for her newborn daughter and a forbidden love buried under fear and shame. Through each page, Lana grapples with anger, grief, and the slow unraveling of a mother who lived in silence, torn by her own contradictions. Her journey is an emotional odyssey, from resentment to belated empathy, as she learns to forgive both her mother and herself.

To the colonized, the term 'research' is conflated with European colonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicated in the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory. This essential volume explores intersections of imperialism and research—specifically, the ways in which imperialism is embedded in disciplines of knowledge and tradition as 'regimes of truth.

Their Eyes Were Watching God, an American classic, is the luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance has inspired writers and readers for close to 70 years.

Arwen Valondale never expected to be the brave one, offering her life to save her brother’s. Now she’s been taken prisoner by the most dangerous kingdom on the continent, and made to use her rare magical abilities to heal the soldiers of the vicious Onyx King. Arwen knows better than to face the ancient, wicked woods that surround the castle on her own, which means working with a fellow prisoner might be her only path to freedom. Unfortunately, he’s as infuriating as he is cunning—and seems to take twisted pleasure in playing on Arwen’s deepest fears.

I'm an omega, but I'm wrong. Tainted. A glitch in the natural order. My dreams drag me to a shadow kingdom of cruel beauty where sinful alpha monsters reign supreme—crowned heads of various courts, their very presence igniting my inner omega that's laid dormant impatiently. Their crowns gleam with unholy light, their scents ignite a hunger in me I don't understand. I should submit. I should want to obey. Instead, I feel power stirring dangerously in my veins.

Arwen Valondale is sailing for the mysterious Kingdom of Citrine after the battle of Siren’s Bay. Still reeling from the loss of her mother and the shock of her newfound powers, Arwen directs all of her pain and rage toward the man who betrayed her: King Kane Ravenwood. But Kane’s presence is unavoidable as he leads Arwen and her friends on an expedition to recover the Blade of the Sun—a weapon with the power to kill tyrannical Fae King Lazarus. Their uneasy truce proves difficult to maintain, as Arwen battles her feelings, and Kane is willing to become darkness itself to protect her.

Sophie makes a new friend when she is swapped into another class at school. But with camp coming up, will she be forced to choose between her new bestie and her old bestie?

A geek named Joss, working on his PhD thesis on motivation, rents a house away from the noise and takes in a roommate named Marcy to help pay the bills. Little does he know how lucky he will be to have Marcy as his roommate. She is another PhD candidate, also working on a thesis about motivation. Gorgeous and intelligent, Marcy motivates Joss to discover things he never would have dreamed of, and they learn about motivation, love, sensuality, and femininity. She soon has Joss fully crossdressed and feminized to experience life as Jossie, a desirable girl rather than his geek self.

Cassie is convinced her big sister hates her. First, Hillary cuts off Cassie's hair (so she won't look like such a baby!). Then she stops talking to her. But Cassie knows a secret about Hillary's biggest fear. And she's going to use it to win her big sister back!

Usually Annabelle loves her birthday party, but this year everything keeps going wrong! Will she be able to make it the best birthday ever, or will it be a total disaster?

Gemma loves gymnastics, and she might actually have a chance at competing at the Olympic level one day. But she's just had the worst class EVER, and her coach isn't happy. She messed up big time, but she has an idea for how to win back her coach's favor ... if she can pull it off. Is Gemma's life as a gymnast over? Or will her clever plan keep her on the team?

Chloe's nervous about going back to school. She has to get used to a new teacher and harder, more challenging work. But she didn't expect to be the only student to find the new math so difficult.

Bec loves swimming – and she loves being the fastest in the class! But when she joins junior squad, Bec discovers that there's more to swimming than just winning.

Buried beneath a ruined world, The Haven was built to protect humanity—by imprisoning it. In this sprawling, subterranean dystopia, survival means obedience, and truth is just another casualty of control. But Lyra Caulder refuses to stop dreaming of the sky. Haunted by forbidden questions and driven by a stolen map, Lyra risks everything to escape The Haven and reach the surface—a journey that will test her body, mind, and the very beliefs that shaped her. What she discovers is not the wasteland she was promised, but a world alive with possibility, secrets, and danger.

Kane Ravenwood, King of Onyx Kingdom, would go to the ends of the continent for Arwen Valondale, but what if she’s beyond even that? Broken in ways he never imagined he could be, Kane must survive to fulfill the prophecy and kill his father, Fae King Lazarus. After what he's endured, Kane is willing to save all of Evendell by whatever means necessary—even if that spells his own death. Little does Kane know, he's not the only one desperate for revenge. Arwen is no longer afraid to fight—no sacrifice is too great, no enemy too daunting. Now, nothing will stop her from destroying Lazarus.

When Clara Thorne arrives at the prestigious and secretive Veritas University on scholarship, she expects academic rigor and ancient architecture—not vanishing students, whispering books, and a conspiracy buried beneath the cobblestones. Haunted by strange dreams and drawn to the eerie clocktower that ticks to its own rhythm, Clara discovers a hidden society that believes truth is not taught—but protected.

At ten years old, she catches more than her parents and older sister suspect. Over their summer break, her mother plans to finish her novel, her father wants to grill and watch cricket, and her fifteen-year-old sister hopes to catch the eye of a local lifeguard. With everyone around her distracted, she teams up with a new friend to solve a mystery that haunts this vacation community: they'll close the case of what happened to Charlotte, a child who was presumed drowned two years earlier.

Raven Merlot and Rod Fetcher are back with 10 more stories of cuckolded husbands and liberated hot wives. This bundle has story after story of cuckold husbands learning that they must not only be submissive to their wives, but to the bigger, better men that their wives prefer. These stories combine the joy of cuckolding with the sublime exploration of one's sexuality.