Multicultural Fantasy

Every item I touch tells me a story, shows me a painful end. But I get results, I solve crimes, and I get even. It's enough for me. Humans don't like my kind - STRANDs, created by humans through scientific experiments - but they'd hate to know how many other creatures came out publicly under our name. So we police our own to keep the boogeymen from getting free. I help keep humans safe, and you better thank me for it.

Everything in 12-year-old Pilar Violeta “Purp” Ramirez’s world is changing, and Pilar doesn’t care for it one bit. Her Chicago neighborhood is gentrifying, and her chores have doubled since her sister, Lorena, left for college. The only constant is Abuela and Mami’s code of silence around her cousin, Natasha - who disappeared in the Dominican Republic 50 years ago during the Trujillo dictatorship. So when Pilar hears that one of Lorena's professor's studies disappearances under the Trujillato, she hops on the next train.

In the real world, Bugz is a shy and self-conscious Indigenous teen who faces the stresses of teenage angst and life on the Rez. But in the virtual world, her alter ego is not just confident but dominant in a massively multiplayer video game universe.

After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji but also some nobles with magic ancestry. Now, Zélie struggles to unite the maji in an Orïsha where the enemy is just as strong and magical as they are. When Amari's mother forms an army of royals with newly awakened powers, Zélie fights to secure Amari's right to the throne and protect the new maji from the monarchy's wrath.

Eleven-year-old Josephine knows that no one is good enough for her daddy. That's why she makes a habit of scaring his new girlfriends away. She's desperate to make it onto her school's cricket team because she'll get to play her favorite sport and use the cricket matches to distract Daddy from dating. But when Coach Broomes announces that girls can't try out for the team, the frustrated Josephine cuts into a powerful silk cotton tree and accidentally summons a bigger problem into her life.

You know how in Bollywood when people are in love, they sing and dance from the mountaintops? Eleven-year-old Sonali wonders if they do the same when they’re breaking up. The truth is, Sonali’s parents don’t get along, and it looks like they might be separating. Sonali’s little brother, Ronak, is not taking the news well, constantly crying. Sonali would never do that. It’s embarrassing to let out so many feelings, to show the world how not okay you are. But then something strange happens, something magical, maybe.

Sixteen-year-old Suzume is a shadow weaver, trained in the magical art of illusion. She can be anyone she wants to - except herself. Is she the girl of noble birth, trapped by the tyranny of her mother’s new husband, Lord Terayama? A lowly drudge scraping a living in the ashes of Terayama’s kitchens? Or Yue, the most beautiful courtesan in the Moonlit Land? Even Suzume is no longer sure of her true identity. But she is determined to steal the heart of the Moon Prince and exact revenge on her stepfather.

Can two very different men find love with one another? Linc came to Pacific Palms, an exclusive all-gay resort, just to hang out with his friends, Rufus and Joey. He’s hoping a week of sun and fun will heal his heart that was broken by a divorce he didn’t want. His friends don’t understand why he won’t hook up, but he’s just not sure that’s his style. Adam, a handsome hairy handyman, is at Pacific Palms for one reason. He’s there to have sex. Love may happen, but he’s not going to chase it. When these two men meet, the connection is instant but inexplicable. It doesn’t ...

When Meena finds snakebites on her chest, her worst fears are realized: someone is after her and she must flee India. As she plots her exit, she learns of the Trail, an energy-harvesting bridge spanning the Arabian Sea that has become a refuge for itinerant vagabonds and loners on the run. This is her salvation. Slipping out in the cover of night, with a knapsack full of supplies including a pozit GPS, a scroll reader, and a sealable waterproof pod, she sets off for Ethiopia, the place of her birth.

Iraya Adair has spent her life in a cell. Heir of an overthrown and magically gifted dynasty, she was exiled from her home on the island nation of Aiyca when she was just a child. But every day brings her closer to freedom—and vengeance. Jazmyne Cariot grew up dressed in gold, with stolen magic at her fingertips. Daughter of the self-crowned doyenne, her existence is a threat to her mother's rule. But unlike her sister, Jazmyne has no intention of dying to strengthen her mother's power.

What happens when you finally meet the girl you've been dreaming about your entire life? For pro football player Colin Schaeffer, the answer is as easy as his entire life has been. Since childhood, Colin Schaeffer has been destined for greatness. Descended from a line of football stars, Colin was born to play the game. And despite the tragic death of his mother and his subsequent picture-perfect family, everything in life had gone pretty much according to plan. There was only one thing that stumped him, and that was the dreams he had of a mystery girl, one that he assumed was a part of his ...

All her life, 17-year-old Iph has protected her sensitive younger brother, Orr. But this summer, with their mother gone at an artist residency, their father decides it’s time for 15-year-old Orr to toughen up at a wilderness boot camp. When their father brings Iph to a work gala in downtown Portland and breaks the news, Orr has already been sent away against his will. Furious at her father’s betrayal, Iph storms off and gets lost in the maze of Old Town.

2020: Close to getting expelled and caught up in a deadly feud, the tensions surrounding Esso seem to be leading to a single moment in a Peckham alleyway that could shatter his future. 2035: Stripped of everything, football prodigy Rhia has just one thing left on her mind - figuring out how to avert a bullet that was fired 15 years in the past. Everything changes when Esso gains access to a mysterious world where he can see glimpses of the past and future, and when Rhia starts understanding the physics of it.

Xochitl is destined to wander the desert alone, speaking her troubled village's stories into its arid winds. Her only companions are the blessed stars above and enigmatic lines of poetry magically strewn across dusty dunes. Her one desire: to share her heart with a kindred spirit.

Dragons are meant to be creatures of fire and fury, not salt water and mercy. But Bastian isn’t an ordinary dragon. And when he rescues a beautiful, mysterious woman from stormy waves, he finally finds something worth fighting for. So why does she insist that his feelings are false? Saina only meant to use her siren song to enthrall the handsome, gentle lifeguard long enough to heal and escape. But now, he wants to keep her forever.

A wickedly sexy sci-fi new adult series that continues with His Human Hellion, that brings us Finn and Marissa. A sexy alien and the human hellion he couldn't resist, even when she was his intended target. Now she's someone else's target and he's a planet away. Can he get there in time to save her and the baby she's carrying? Emotions wreak havoc on an Asazi soldier when he discovers the human he loves is pregnant with the child that could kill her. Finn has a new mission. Save Marissa. Any way he can. That's no easy task when Marissa is the most stubborn, headstrong woman--correction--...

Minerva Soledad Miranda is determined to reach her goals, despite shouldering more responsibility than the other kids at school—like caring for her two sisters while her mom works two jobs. But one night, Minerva's mom doesn't come home, and Minerva has to figure out what to do. Was Mamá snapped up by immigration enforcement? Will the girls be sent to foster homes or holding centers for migrant kids? Minerva and her sisters can't let anyone know Mamá has disappeared. They'll just pretend everything is normal until she comes back.

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Wanted criminal, Lisa Moss, has come out of hiding to find her missing twin brother. She's carrying top-secret corporate technology that has the law hot on her tail. An alien pirate captain with smoldering eyes and a rock-hard body is the last distraction she needs - but he's also her only hope of escape.

Silas Knight, La Patron, and his mate Jasmine are the top Alphas to over 33 million wolves in the US, have a problem. Just as their den has expanded with four half-breed pups, so has the Wolf Nation. Millions of half-breeds are accepting their rightful place in the nation and Silas couldn’t be happier. Unfortunately, not everyone is happy of the inclusion of mixed blood and take matters into their own hands by shedding innocent blood. In its infancy stage, KnightForce captains, Angus, Asia and Tyrone step up to the challenge to eradicate any and all threats. In a battle of wit and will, ...