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With Ransom in Thanatos’s hands, the worst has happened. The god of death has everything he needs to break the shadow curse and loose the starving fangers on the innocents of Azar.

I don't mess with vanilla girls. Especially not ones as innocent as Talia. But when a snowstorm traps us at Club Protocol, I break my own rules. It's supposed to be simple revenge against my college rival. But her eager innocence stirs my dominant nature, and I can't resist inviting her into my world of kink and ecstasy. The way she blossoms under my command stirs up feelings I'm not used to, and revenge is a distant memory.

Being restrained isn't what anyone wants. Not emotionally, anyway. But Elliott is shackled by guilt. ensnared by grief, tethered by dark and taboo secrets, and immured by wicked desires. But Jonah is the only man who has been able to rid her of the emotional ropes she's wrapped herself up in. After learning about Jonah's responsibilities, though, she becomes convinced that he is caged by expectation and constrained by belief.

My entire life I was certain of one thing: Vampires were the enemy. Then I met him and let my guard down. That witty banter, those mischievous eyes, and that gorgeous smile lulled me into complacency. Now I was a prisoner, captured by the very vampire who was responsible for my parents’ death. The rebel king wants to use my wolf to take down the royal queen, but I refuse to become his assassin. With the help of an unlikely ally, I manage to break free. I’m going back to get my revenge even if that means partnering up with a stupidly attractive vampire.

The sequel to Negus volume one, Negus II continues with another compilation of African-American science fiction. With memories of the planet Earth not too far behind, Huey's journey on the new planet of Negus resumes with Rosa and Kwame. Rosa discovers another phenomenon related to the decalcification of pineal glands. Previously introduced in book one and the stand-alone book, The Melanins continue as visitors from another planet trek to the United States.

In a world where nothing is ever as it seems, the seeds of love take root on the precipice of chaos, danger, and a great destiny. In the shadow of an ancient prophecy, two individuals will be drawn together to meet a dangerous calling--or die trying.

With the murder attempts behind us, I just want to focus on getting to know these bachelors. Fun not forever, lust not love. That’s my motto, and I plan on sticking to it. Until some of these males start sneaking their way into my heart. A tiger, a dragon, an angel—who can keep them all straight? Then there’s my ex’s twin. He has no right to be anywhere near my stupid, fragile heart that suddenly starts beating wildly whenever he’s around.

Joshua Bennet needs some answers. After growing up with impossible stories about the undead, the young African American journalist receives a large and unexpected inheritance after his father’s suspicious death. Curious about his dad’s tall tales, he quits his hated newspaper job and sets off to unearth the terrifying truth.

Everything I thought I knew about my life was a lie. Now I’m the only one left to assemble the broken pieces. With new mystical powers and both sides of fangers on my tail, my best option is to run, but I can’t. Not when the vampire who killed my “parents” is trying to raise the god of death. If he succeeds in resurrecting the immortal who sired all vamps, all of Azar is royally screwed.

When I entered this competition, I never thought there would be so much at stake. Not only is my poor little battered heart on the line, but so is my life. As the dreaded family visits continue, more devastating secrets are revealed. And one changes everything. I’m only just recovering from the shock when it’s time for another elimination, and this one proves to be the hardest of all. Broken and torn apart, I’m forced to move on to the worst part of this entire competition: introducing the remaining bachelors to my crazy family. This should go well…

I moved to Florida to leave behind the old Jamie Flynn and the small town that fostered all her insecurities and self-hatred of being a plus sized woman. I needed a fresh start. Somewhere not tainted by faulty memories. Somewhere I could focus on myself and all the things I wanted to achieve. But when a couple of drunk idiots left my painstakingly crafted confidence shattered, I ran out into the night so fast I didn’t even stop to thank the sexy stranger that defended me.

It is 2005. The multi-billion dollar company, Whittmeyer Industries, is under threat of bankruptcy. The CEO and founder, Harry Whittmeyer, has been mysteriously murdered. His daughter and successor, Megan Whittmeyer, is kidnapped soon after.

The war has taken a turn, and those the Renegade once thought were allies have turned out to be an even bigger threat than Golan. Brock wakes up on the Developer's warship after being dematerialized and mistaken for a Developer. He has no way to contact his team and no way of knowing where he is heading, and it is only a matter of time before he is discovered.

What if you woke up alone in a different galaxy with superhuman abilities and post-traumatic amnesia during a galactic war? In the near future, twelve-year-old Conor Hawk wakes up on an advanced planet, in the palace of a charismatic military leader just before vicious alien warriors attack. Conor departs for the Academy to train in the fight for survival against the fearsome Kravii, but he isn't just honing his combat skills as he encounters strange species, mythical weapons, colossal ships, and danger around every curious corner

When private detective Barney Little is kidnapped by two creeps trying to overthrow Hell, banished demon Samm is on the case! Tasked by Satan to stop the potential coup d'etat, with fellow demon Jude, witch-in-training Adesina, and a three-year-old kid who seems to be more than meets the eye, Samm will have to travel around the globe and beyond to solve his latest assignment. But first, he'll have to get his hands on the object everyone wants.

With the Developers destroying any race they find a threat to their advancements, the Renegades must destroy them quickly or risk losing more civilizations. Bixom is back from behind enemy lines, and he knows the threat is even greater then he could have imagined. He is ready to wage war when he unexpectedly runs into his lifemate. How can he protect her in the midst of a battle he does not even understand himself?

Only one thing keeps me from turning this world into a nightmare...and that's the angel of a woman I've fallen in love with. Her purity and beauty are the only things that soothe my tortured soul. The world fears me. It doesn't matter if you're a human, orc, or dark elf—you shrink away in terror when I come into view.

Almost a year has passed since the kidnapping and unlikely return of heiress Megan Whittmeyer. Now CEO of her family's company, Megan is dealing with the cleanup effort of its sordid past, while her rescuers try to move on and manage the everyday drama of their own lives. Before long, cryptic poems and the appearance of a strange man in black makes it apparent that their troubles with John Styles are not over...despite the small problem of him being dead.

The Splinter Galaxy, once believed to be nonexistent, now holds the fate of life in the universe. The phantom galaxy hidden within the Draco constellation is a system in conflict. See how the universe is affected when Earthlings are abducted to fight in the war of other worlds - only to find that wars never really end. Now, the peacekeepers create Bounty Hunters to aide in the disputes. Korbalus Gunson is one such Operative. The terminally brain-damaged gunslinger may be the missing key to unlock everyone’s desires. The only problem is he wants out.

A colored human Android device, Chad is also the first fully functional sentient Afro-American robot. It has a mission to assimilate into Afro-American culture and use its supplemental characteristics to improve and enhance. Welcome to the world of Chad! Chad will excite and thrill, opening up doors and the possibilities of Afro-Americans in the 21st century.