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Faye agreed to her sister’s brilliant idea to sneak into the Hunter’s Moon ball. A night the vampires in attendance held sacred, lusting under the eerie glow of the blood red moon. Faye was no vampire. She wasn’t even a race that possessed magic. Her ceremony failed, marking her an Anarian. A mortal without magic.

My mother drilled that into my head since I was old enough to walk. Landing Sweetspire's most eligible tycoon might have gotten me away from her, but it turns out a fat diamond ring isn't the best Band-Aid for the rest of your problems. Starting over at thirty-two was never part of the plan. Neither was some twenty-three-year-old who's all too eager to play knight in shining armor.

Crashing into my brothers' best friends was a mistake. Letting them stay might be an even bigger one. After I rear-ended their truck, I thought I'd just get a lecture and be done. But when Dean, Reed, and Lennon decided to move onto our ranch to help out, things got complicated fast. They're not just here to work—they're here to keep an eye on me, whether I like it or not. Dean's gruff attitude could freeze over Hell—especially when he calls me reckless. He made it clear after the accident that he thinks I need supervision.

** Author note: Bonus chapters and they're all spicy. Sadi and Damian have 1 story. Morbid and Angelique have 1 story. Alister and Prinia have 1 story. Sparrow and Vashien have 3 stories. Rune, Faye, and Voshki have 6 stories. **Take a SPICY look into the realms Of Chaos and Darkness with Whispers in the Dark, a companion smut-thology best savored after devouring Invoking the Blood and A Trial of Lace and Bone. Whispers in the Dark is twelve spicy short stories featuring your favorite characters, lore, and SPICE...

Can there be peace without bloodshed? Now in control of a court, Faye allows those without magic entry, offering protection and sanctuary from those who possess it. But when her actions infuriate the old houses in Necromia, Faye is determined to rule without bloodshed and protect her people from the immortals who view the realm of Anaria as it has always been—the peasant lands. As tensions build, the Court of Lace and Bone, led by a sadistic dark-blooded queen named Delilah, openly challenges Faye.

Stepping into the Hollow’s Hunt felt like diving headfirst into a nightmare, especially knowing that my relentless pursuer would be Landon Blackwood. The Hollow’s Hunt—a twisted spectacle where women are ensnared in a labyrinth designed for the sadistic pleasure of Ravenwood’s elite. I naively accepted the invitation, unaware that I would become the centerpiece of Landon’s psychopathic pursuit.“Did you believe I wouldn’t recognize your worth?” Landon drawls, a smirk ghosting his lips as his icy blue gaze lingers on my every move. “Tonight, I’m not just hunting—I’m claiming what’s mine.

Aria Seven years ago, my mother—Judge Victoria Stone—stole my newborn from my hospital bed and made her disappear. Now my mother is dead. And I'm finally going to find my daughter. Except Drake Kingston just bought my building. He tripled my rent. Sabotaged my business. Watches me struggle...

When a snowstorm hits days before Christmas and I'm the only one at the house, I'm quickly informed that I'll be spending Christmas alone, with only my dog for company. That's before things take a turn for the worse. I never would have come if I'd known they'd be here. Fletcher and Boone, my stepbrothers, were never the family I'd hoped for. They're the reason I ran away, the ghosts that haunt my sleep. I was promised they'd be too busy to come to the cabin this year, but someone broke that promise.

Approximately 50 million people suffer from Alzheimer’s worldwide. In the US alone, 5.5 million people have Alzheimer’s - about 10 percent of the worldwide Alzheimer’s population. Alzheimer's disease is a progressive brain disorder that damages and eventually destroys brain cells, leading to memory loss, changes in thinking and other brain functions. While the rate of progressive decline in brain function is slow at the onset, it gets worse with time and age.

Following my abduction, I find myself in the opulent home of Gaston Marques, Mexico's most feared billionaire. He's dark, he's dangerous, and he's obsessed with possessing me. I detest him and resist him, but he doesn't care. He takes what he wants, and he wants me.

ꜱᴋʏʟᴀʀ’ꜱ ʟᴏᴠᴇꜱɪᴄᴋ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʜᴇʀ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ, ɴɪᴄᴏʟᴇ. ꜱʜᴇ’ꜱ ᴅᴇᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴀɪᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ʜᴇʀ, ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴅᴀᴅ’ꜱ ɢᴀꜱʟɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʜᴇʀ ꜱᴇxᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ ɪꜱɴ’ᴛ ʜᴇʟᴘɪɴɢ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀꜱ. ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴀ ʙʀᴜᴛᴀʟ ᴀʀɢᴜᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪᴍ, ɴɪᴄᴏʟᴇ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇꜱ ʜᴇʀ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ɴᴇᴇᴅꜱ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜰᴜɴ.

At what point does coincidence turn into something else? Annika and Brody, two strangers online in a cancer support message group, are about to find out. When so many things line up, when the very stars seem to align in the sky, it can’t be anything else but synchronicity.

Skylennas Welt dreht sich nicht mehr nur um Dessin, als sie von einem neuen Geheimnis erfährt, das er verborgen gehalten hat. Geplagt von Verrat, Wut und lähmenden Wellen der Verwirrung, muss Skylenna ihre Gefühle beiseite legen und sich darauf konzentrieren, DaiSzek vor der Vexamen-Zucht zu retten. Doch nach einer Tragödie begibt sie sich allein auf eine Reise, um dunkle Geheimnisse ihrer Vergangenheit aufzudecken. Die verlorenen Erinnerungen ihrer Kindheit. Die fehlenden Teile von Dessins großem Plan.

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The city is in chaos, but I thrive in the aftermath. Grief surrounds our family as we bury our father. As the eldest son, leading the clan is my responsibility. The first task on my list;Make the Bratva pay for what they did. I’ll take the most precious thing from Spartak and defile her. Viktoria Volkov. Bratva princess and only daughter of the Pakhan. She will pay for the sins of her father. Once I set my eyes on her, sticking to the plan becomes impossible. The Russian beauty calls to my primal urges. My desire for revenge twists into something else entirely.

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies with Sidney Noir. This collection comprises of all new stories set in Sidney, Australia, by 14 authors of crime fiction....

I don’t play any instrument. I can kinda sing, but I’m not one for being the center of attention. I love being in the crowd. Music connects everyone—the nerds, the jocks, the disillusioned, and the broken. To show my love to the rock gods on stage, I rave about them on my somewhat popular blog, Rockin' with Tabby. During the concert of the year, Summer Fest, I have a chance encounter with my music crush, Spencer Tate, head singer of my second favorite band, Suspected Tragedy. And when a drunken kiss turns into more, he offers me a vacation of a lifetime.

J. Ivy is a true pioneer and trendsetter who's bridged the worlds of hip-hop and poetry through his appearances on HBO's Def Poetry and his collaborations with Kanye West and Jay-Z. But throughout his success, he carried with him the pain of being abandoned by his father and growing up in the tough neighborhoods of Chicago's South Side. So he sat down with pen and paper and processed his pain the only way he knew how - through poetry. he resulting poem, Dear Father, became his vehicle of forgiveness and healing.

Garlic is one of worlds healthiest foods. It helps in maintaining a healthy heart, is an excellent remedy for common inflections, and has both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. It is an excellent food supplement that provides some key vitamins and minerals. This audiobook details benefits of garlic and describes many easy recipes for incorporating garlic into the diet.

Groomed from birth to take over the Cartel, darkness was all Dean knew. Except that he had no interest in running a gang, and even less in being the next El Chapo like his abusive father.