AJ

Jensen, Finn, Christian, and Rhys. One is my protector, another my best friend, the third my betrothed, and the fourth...something else entirely. And I want them all. I never thought I'd fall for more than one man, but then again, I didn't think I would wake up on my birthday the queen of the Shadow Court, hunted, in danger, and unable to control my newfound fae powers. Which seem to get stronger the more I give in to my need for these men. In order to claim my title, I have to complete a set of trials with my men at my side. But a dark force is out to kill me.

Leo Tolstoy's classic story of doomed love is one of the most admired novels in world literature. Generations of readers have been enthralled by his magnificent heroine, the unhappily married Anna Karenina, and her tragic affair with dashing Count Vronsky.

After crashing into a police officer's car while driving drunk, 18-year-old Ashley Lewis finds herself sentenced to a correctional facility for wayward young women. Despite her intent to keep a stiff upper lip, however, she is shocked by the way inmates are treated at the facility, and to make matters worse, the warden lets it be known that he intends to single her out for special, intimate attention. In desperation, Ashley makes a run for it as soon as the opportunity arises.

After 18-year-old Darla Hawkins is caught shoplifting, she is sentenced to spend six months in the custody of former Marine colonel Mike Beckwith, who will act as her daddy and disciplinarian during that time. Mike is more than ready to be as firm as necessary, and when Darla doesn't obey him promptly during their first meeting he wastes no time in baring her bottom, pulling her over his knee, and spanking her until she's a very sorry little girl.

On the run from dark-web criminals, Lucian Bolt has given up on a permanent safe place - all he needs is a temporary one, so he can earn some quick cash and run again. Better to flee than linger in the truth: Because of his electronic whispering abilities, his family has been murdered. A person like him doesn't deserve happiness. Then Lucian meets Knox, and things change.

Less than 250,000 people live in the Northern Territory, an area more than twice the size of Texas. If you want to escape from civilisation, you don’t have to go far. But you can’t outrun the heat. Every year during October and November the sweltering climate can drive people wild; they call it ‘Suicide Season’, ‘Mango Madness’ or, more plainly, ‘The Build-up’. It’s during this blistering heat that Jim O’Connell’s body is found in a creek bed, mummified and with his genitals removed.

When tall, handsome Ben Weathers catches 18-year-old Stacy Miller watching porn and touching herself, the shy girl is utterly mortified. But Ben feels no hesitation in informing Stacy that he thinks he's the right man to punish her thoroughly for her disgraceful behavior, and she soon finds herself over his knee for a painful and humiliating bare-bottom spanking. Ben doesn't stop there, though. He decides to enlist the help of her naughty viewing habits in training her to please a man.