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Mars is at war with Earth, and things are not going well. Isadora Banner, an experienced pilot, is as desperate for cash as Mars is for soldiers. Before flying out, her thoughts turn to her lost love, Charisse, a courtesan at the Artful Plaisir club in the pleasure district of Laurus City known as the Borough. Isa travels to the Borough in hopes of spending one last night together, but Charisse is less than pleased to see the woman who ran out on her without explanation. Can they mend their wounds from misunderstandings of long ago before it’s too late?

Cass is seriously bummed out that her boyfriend had the gall to confess to having an affair one week before Valentine’s Day. Now painfully single on one of the hardest days to be single out of the year, she reaches out to her good friend Jeannie for support. When Jeannie comes over to Cass’ apartment with flowers and chocolates, Cass is beyond pleased. She grows even more pleasantly surprised when Jeannie begins to hit on her.

Amanda, long divorced, encounters her ex-husband, Mark, for the first time in several years when they attend their daughter’s wedding rehearsal. Their divorce had been amicable, and during the event, they begin to realise how much they miss one another. When Amanda accepts her ex-husband’s offer to take her home, she feels a rekindling of the smouldering embers of the desire they once shared. But will it be reciprocated? This short story from Michael Bracken contains graphic and explicit language of a sexual nature and is strictly for adults only.

They’re an unconventional couple, but they love each other. She wants to trust him, but she needs him to prove she’s the one for him. Cross-dressing and a sound spanking might be the way to find out once and for all how much he loves her.

After adopting a bedraggled Border collie from the local animal shelter, a tenure-track professor of comparative literature discovers the canine’s secret - cursed to live life alternating between human and animal form. As their relationship develops, the professor finds herself drawn into an emotional and sexual relationship unlike any she’s ever previously experienced.

In today's super-stressed workplace, an ethical dilemma can come at you when you least expect it. Here's how to do the right thing without losing your integrity - or your job. You've Got to Be Kidding will help you create an ethics-based workplace that's a joy to work in. This isn't the usual top-down, executive-only manual, but an approach to workplace ethics that's as relevant and accessible to employees as it is to managers and executives.

Le nombre d'indépendants explose chaque année. Mais qu'en est-il de leur niveau de revenus ? S'il est facile de créer son statut, le quotidien des freelances n'est pas toujours simple : comment sortir du lot ? Comment trouver des clients qui vous ressemblent ? Ce livre vous fera gagner des mois, voire des années d'expérience. Alexis Minchella vous partage ici les principes et les méthodes pour réussir à vivre de votre activité, même en partant de zéro.

Staatsanwältin Femke Michelsen ermittelt mit nordischer Gelassenheit und dem typisch friesischen Charme. Staatsanwältin Femke Michelsen ist keine Teamplayerin. Sie bearbeitet die ungelösten Fälle aus der Vergangenheit, die sogenannten Cold Cases. Aber eine beim Eidersperrwerk geborgene Wasserleiche lässt sie kurzerhand an die Nordsee reisen. Als kurz nach ihrer Ankunft in der idyllischen Kleinstadt Tönning ein Mord geschieht, übernimmt sie die Ermittlungen. Gemeinsam mit dem jungen Polizeimeister Ole Westermann begibt sie sich in einen Sumpf aus Lügen, Gier und Macht.

Mick McGraw is an aggressive Hollywood agent who reps famous singers. Moira Halimi-Joubert is a headstrong criminal defense attorney who studied opera. Brad Davenport is an arrogant billionaire hedge-fund manager who has a soft spot for dogs. Mick wants to make Moira a superstar, but she may have to dump Brad. What does the battle of the sexes look like when the combatants are equally matched—and might actually like each other? #MeThree?

The Career Ninja Mindset™ is not your average career advice book. It’s a sharp, refreshingly real guide for ambitious professionals who are ready to stop spinning their wheels and start making meaningful moves - without burning out, selling out, or giving up what matters most to them. Drawing from her own winding and wildly successful career journey- from banking to corporate training to tech, real estate, and entrepreneurship- author Alexis King offers a practical framework for navigating change with clarity, courage, and confidence.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton offers a sexy, suspenseful novel of human—and inhuman—passions, as vampire hunter Anita Blake must repay a favor to a man almost as dangerous as the ancient evil she's about to face... Edward is a hit man, specializing in monsters...

When a vampire serial killer sends Anita Blake a grisly souvenir from Las Vegas, she has to warn Sin City's local authorities what they're dealing with. Only it's worse than she thought. Police officers and one executioner have been slain-paranormal style...

Anita Blake is a vampire hunter. But when someone else sets his sights on her prey, she must save them both from the inferno...

Anita Blake has been asked to raise the dead-but the results aren't going to make everybody happy...

First time in trade paperback: the fourth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Vampire hunter and zombie animator Anita Blake is an expert at sniffing out the bad from the good. But in The Lunatic Cafe-now in trade paperback for the first time-she's about to learn that nothing is...

Anita Blake is a vampire hunter. But when someone else sets his sights on her prey, she must save them both from the inferno...

First time in trade paperback: the fourth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Vampire hunter and zombie animator Anita Blake is an expert at sniffing out the bad from the good. But in The Lunatic Cafe-now in trade paperback for the first time-she's about to learn that nothing is...

"The End of Men is a fiercely intelligent page-turner, an eerily prescient novel, at once thoughtful and highly emotive." --Paula Hawkins, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Girl on the Train Set in a world where a virus stalks our male population, The End of Men is an electrifying and...

A collection of sixteen sci-fi and fantasy stories edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton and author William McCaskey. A child’s wish for her father comes true. The end of the world has never been so much fun. Conquering personal demons becomes all too real. It’s...

Three heart-pounding stories of courage and passion, where heroes fight to shield the vulnerable and find love amidst the chaos. Defending the Child by Sharon Dunn Caught in a mountain blizzard…with a child to protect. After Marielle Coleman’s foster son witnesses his mother’s murder, he...