Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

Who is Audrey Hoedemaker? It's a question her sister Maureen has heard more times than she can count, and she doesn't know what the short answer would be. Little sister, troubled teen, backpacker, musical theatre coach, con artist, childcare worker. Murderer. A tragic, traumatic childhood casts a long shadow on the Hoedemaker sisters. Maureen has worked hard to move beyond the violence of the past and build a good, honest life for herself. Audrey, however, just can't seem to do the same, careening from one state of chaos to another.

Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

Academy Award nominee Rachel McAdams stars in Mary Jane, a poignant and intimate drama following a single mother’s journey caring for her chronically ill young son. Set in New York City, the play unfolds in two parts—Mary Jane's small Queens apartment and a pediatric hospital. With unflinching honesty and unexpected humor, we witness Mary Jane's tireless devotion, her interactions with medical professionals, and her struggle to maintain her sense of self.

Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family."

When I was a little girl, I dreamed a handsome knight would come and rescue me from my wretched mother. He'd ride up on his white steed and break the curse I've been fated to carry since the day I was born. Funny how things changed over time, how the fairytale twisted into something far more crooked—and darker—than I ever imagined. In reality, my knight is scarred and broken, living alone in a castle of bones that overlooks the sea. He isn’t searching for me. He never was.

As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now, she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her...before he finishes the job he started.

Original cast members from the beloved TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, reunite for an all-new adventure about connections that never die—even if you bury them. A decade has passed since the epic final battle that concluded Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV). The game-changing spell that gave power to all potential Slayers persists. With new Slayers constantly emerging, things are looking grim for the bad guys.

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut, join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales.

"If I have to choose one of us to sacrifice, then I will choose myself without hesitation, because he is my only love." Having lost my memory, I no longer believe in anyone. Even my past self seems so estranged. I woke up in a cage. While without consciousness, two kinds of poisons were added to my body. One from the wolf, and the other from the vampire. They suppress and oppose each other, and this might cost me my life at any time. I lost my memory, because vampires stole my power. From the mouth of those familiar strangers, I was their friend, family, partner, and even the avatar of the ...

"What is it like to be the secondary role in your own love story? I know." On our wedding day, my fiance betrayed me in front of the whole pack. He brought his new partner, and I became a laughing stock to everyone. Confusion and despair devoured me, but fate brought my destined mate to my side, and he rescued me from the edge of darkness again and again. He is more perfect than anyone, but he happens to be the Alpha of the opposing pack. My destiny is in the hands of my former fiance, because he is the Alpha of my pack. At the time of decisive battle between the two packs, he forces me to ...

I am either London's last queen or its last masochist. My family against all the Children of Twilight, and the person I fell in love with deeply hates everything about me. Starting with a blue pill, I learned my father's secret, who insisted that all he did was to help people, even though I found his face frightening. I discovered my dearest friend's brutality, in whose eyes I stood with her in the city's light when only I knew I was already in the dark. The werewolf with the green eyes, whose life was worthless in my father's sight, was sprinting with me through the darkness. I know you ...

The only one who treated me well died, and I was the murder. “I didn’t do it! River.” I begged my love. “You disgusted me.” I was banished from my home, love, and everything else. Five years passed, I shifted to the Warrior Leader, also known as the most feared warrior in all of the werewolf world. I told Gray what happened to me, and how I was hurt by my love, River. He, in turn, hated River with all his strength and promised that he would at least beat him up at the next centurial Alpha meeting we would have. Will I be cleared of suspicion of Luna the next time we meet? Will I ...

Ophelia James has been tormented her entire life because she had no wolf. On her 18th birthday, she searches for her fated mate but when she finds out who he is, she immediately wants nothing to do with him. But he rejects her first. And then tries to kill her. Afterwards, she meets Jordan. Alpha of the Black River Pack. Will Ophelia get a second chance with her new mate? Will he become her true mate? And what will happen with her first mate that rejected her? Read and find out.

I have a one-night stand with a gorgeous playboy on my first night at Moonhelm Academy. He says I’m his fated mate but I don’t belong to anyone, especially not a wolf shifter. I enrolled in this secret school for shifters to investigate my mother’s disappearance. That brooding playboy turns out to be the son of the school’s wealthy benefactor. His rock-hard body and piercing green eyes are irresistible, But I can’t let him distract me from finding clues about my mother. Unperturbed by my rejection, he wants to claim me. I’m captured by a foe hiding in plain sight, But my ...

Auctioned off at the Alpha shifter ball, my fear turned into my fated mate. Searching for my twin sister had left me broke and up for auction at the Alpha shifters Ball. Adrian, the alluring Wolf who bought me, expected submission. All he got from me was a slap in the face. Despite my insubordination, he offered to help find my sister. In exchange, I was at his service. Working with him tested my resolve as I tried to deny the desire I had for his talented tongue. I indulge in the attention he provides, and he fills me with more than satisfaction and joy. But when my magical powers began to...

Can I trust a werewolf with my life? The Bad Boy I shouldn't love but Do. I'm a witch on the run from a relentless stalker, My brother’s best friend was destined to be the next alpha until I entered his life. Desperate to sever the bond with my supposed mate, I turned to a werewolf, the Alpha-in-training, with a plea. With his bulging biceps and unwavering confidence, He agreed to mark me as his own, sending his pack into chaos. But the more time I spend with him, The more I yearn to make him mine. Now, he must choose between his destiny and our forbidden love. All I know is that my heart...

Only my fated mate's touch can satisfy my raging hunger...and, as Alpha King, I will claim her at any cost. As Clarion's formidable ruler who shifts effortlessly into a wolf, bear, or lion, I pursue my treasonous twin and find the gorgeous human he attacked. Though forbidden, I'm compelled to take Crystal to my kingdom for healing. When she awakens demanding to leave, I refuse. I must unravel why she was targeted and why I burn for her so fiercely. Every heated exchange makes me want her more, and the need to protect her consumes me. Under the chaos of the Blood Moon, our bodies ignite into...

This bundle includes Bitten, Shy, and Luminous.

When Luna is discovered in the swamps near the neighboring wolf pack's territory, the Alpha instantly knows she's the rarest of treasures--his True Mate. From there, everything goes wrong. The pack doesn't understand Luna, and their customs are foreign to the young, lone wolf. Soon, their leader must make a terrible choice--to save the young wolf he's just met, who put the pack in danger, or put the pack first and lose his True Mate by severing their bond.

Mating to my date’s invisible sister? my wolf must be crazy...I lived a perfect life with enormous power and fortune. Until I turned twenty-one when I found my fated mate. In my date's pack... Fated mating to an unshifted?! That must be kidding. I rejected her immediately, ignoring my wolf’s crazy moaning to possess her. But when my selected wife proposed to kill our mates, I began to hesitate. And finding out that she was the same age as my missing Beta's daughter, I realized it was a huge mistake...She's mine...But maybe it's too late...

The Werewolf Shifter promised me my freedom if I played along with him. But the longer I faked it, the deeper we fell, and the more my heart wanted anything but freedom. I'm the pack’s most valued witch, trapped in servitude, craving freedom. He’s a mysterious, smoking-hot wolf shifter exiled from his pack. Now, he needs to overcome their rejection by pretending to be my fated mate. Except I know it's not pretend. Our genuine mating bond has been concealed by a powerful potion. It's a thrilling masquerade but oh-so-tempting, and he's oblivious to the truth. Activating the alpha bad ...

I never wanted an arranged marriage to a stubborn but scorching hot alpha. Fate has other plans. Wolf shifter Xander saves me from becoming a cult's living sacrifice. The seers reveal we’re fated mates that can break the curse on his pack. I can’t keep my eyes off his infuriatingly sculpted body, Yet this brooding alpha makes me want to pull out my hair and tear off his clothes. Torn between duty and his first love, the Alpha doesn't want me as his Luna. But we agree to an arranged marriage to save his kind from extinction. His fiery touch unleashes a power I never imagined possible. ...

Look out, Shifters of Silver Peak, there's a new sheriff in town. Unfortunately, it's curvy, clumsy Chelsea Wintergreen, who knows how to make 20 flavors of cake pop but knows nothing about law enforcement. And, even worse, after she's suckered into letting the local pack deputize her, she finds out that her first assignment is...bringing in sexy, deadly Roman Kincaid, the leader of a rogue band of shifters.