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Sam Aiken is the youngest student studying linguistics at Oxford University. He is obsessed with his studies and is close to graduation, but when Sam's elderly Master, Professor Alfred Moxley, dies suddenly, Sam finds the replacement professor brought in to get him and his classmates through their last few months of study to be more than a little distracting. Dr. Alexander Deveraux becomes Sam's new obsession, and he wants to learn more from the professor than just linguistics!

Nettie Lonesome made a leap—not knowing what she'd become. But now her destiny as the Shadow is calling. A powerful alchemist is leaving a trail of dead across the prairie. And Nettie must face the ultimate challenge: Side with her friends and the badge on her chest or take off alone on a dangerous mission that is pulling her inexorably toward the fight of her life. When it comes to monsters and men, the world isn't black and white. What good are two wings and a gun when your enemy can command a conspiracy of ravens?

It takes a certain kind of courage to live as if favoured by the Gods, ignoring the ever-present ghosts of your past - or perhaps not bravery, but arrogance. And maybe not even that. Ben genuinely believes that the past is behind them - that they deserve to enjoy the life they have created. So it's not hubris that leads him to overlook the signs that Nikolas does not share his faith, it's love. But Nikolas knows something is coming. He can't stop it; he can only decide how he will choose to face it. And without Ben's support, he is entirely alone.

Arthur Blauefee promised to stay away from Jeremy Tyler forever. But when he learns that his troubled, heartbroken ex-lover has been seduced and swindled out of his inheritance, Arthur is off to the rescue. After rekindling their passionate affair, the starry-eyed lovers learn that Jeremy’s plight has gone from terrible to worse. Not only has Jeremy been cheated out of his fortune, he’s been framed for murder.

A Scotsman and an Englishman fall in love...after the most amazing week of his life. The charming, mysterious Samuel Aiken has turned Declan Ramsay's life upside down. Declan has experienced a remarkable change. He has come to terms with the fact he is bisexual, and he has fallen head-over-heels in love with his boss's son Sam. The lovers cannot hide from the looming presence of Sir James Aiken for long! Soon enough James makes his move, and Declan finds out what he will have to endure to stay with Sam.

For the past dozen years, Victor Bayne has solved numerous murders by interrogating witnesses only he can see - dead witnesses. But when his best friend Lisa goes missing from the sunny California campus of PsyTrain, the last thing he wants to find there is her spirit.

In 1851, Paul Cassian joins a mining crew on a journey to newly discovered gold mines in Oregon Territory. Instead of discovering riches, they find themselves fallen prey to supernatural forces bent on trapping them to toil forever in the mines deep in the mountains.

Alinta is determined to make sure she never becomes a victim again, but what can she do when Mel’s previous love shows up at the outback station they are building together? The white woman, with her proper English ways, is like no one she has ever seen before. How can she compete with someone who once held her own love’s heart?

When Aleksey lived in the shadows at the heart of the British Royal Family, he assumed he was the cuckoo in the nest, the one living a double life. He had no idea that he was surrounded by deceits even more deadly than his own. But now, buying Light Island has unearthed a long-buried secret so important that people are willing to kill for it.

Present day, army sergeant and member of the elite Green Berets witnesses a war crime while on a secret mission in Syria. What Sergeant Callaghan saw would change his life forever. On the run from a US government deep in the throes of a far-right dictatorship, now civilian Kade Callaghan takes his dad’s truck and camper trailer from Massachusetts all the way to the farthest corner of the nation to hide out until better accommodations can be made by his father. A father who is a retired Marine general with far-reaching connections across the globe. Kade pulls his trailer on a campsite at ...

Humberto’s extensive criminal activities catch up with him when he is caught using illegal drugs publicly by a Chicago police officer in Little Village. When his new partner, Troy, discovers he’s locked up in nearby Cook County Jail, he does all he can to help Humberto through his difficult time to demonstrate the care he has for him. The incarceration, which both of them expect to be a brief stay in jail, turns out not being what they assume due to Humberto’s extensive RAP sheet of which Troy has had no prior knowledge. The extreme challenges presented to both of them and to their ...

John, a notorious gay street cruiser, suspended his cruising adventures for several years while he partnered with Jose. After their relationship ended, he eventually returned to the streets. He has found the life of a man who street cruises for adventures to be much more challenging now than he previously had. One reason cruising is more difficult is because he is obviously some years older than he was when he had previously had great success at cruising. He was a compulsive street cruiser from his early 20s until his mid-30s, which was when he partnered with Jose. Now, as he returns to the...

Troy, who is a Little Village-street cruiser in Chicago, had dated Nacho for a couple of months. Nacho is a very handsome drifter who can be very charming when going gay-for-pay to make money for his drug addiction. In time, Troy discovers that the man of whom he has become obsessed is an abusively dangerous and criminal gangbanger. When Troy received a series of threatening texts, he easily figured out the anonymous threats from various unknown phone numbers were either coming from Nacho or one of his criminal acquaintances. When Troy avoids Nacho due to the threats, Nacho becomes adamant ...

In a world where magic shapes more than just spells, a young wizard finds himself thrust into a transformative punishment that changes everything he thought he knew about himself, his classmates, and the true meaning of accountability.

In Darkness San Francisco, two main characters from the series, US Army Major Grace Hamilton and her partner, Ship Captain Meg O’Grady, set sail from Astoria to track down the pirate king and bring him to justice. They will chase the outlaw on their ship, Wind Dancer, to his lair in San Francisco, if necessary, to capture him. The Darkness San Francisco novella focuses solely on their adventure. Although much still happens in the city of Astoria, none of the lives of the women there are included in this book. Their stories are set aside for another day.

Dr. Renee Phillips is convinced that Cleopatra, the last of Egypt's pharaohs, was spirited away from Egypt and sailed to the Americas. She has evidence that her remains may be buried deep in an uncharted area of the Amazon jungle. With tremendous conviction and knowledge, she convinces Sage and Court Southerland to document her exploration into the dangerous unknown. The two explorers pack up Jake and Kinga and fly to the airport closest to the jungle, then set out on a boat to reach Renee's location.

Secrets, storms, and stolen glances. A pirate queen and a naval officer are forced into a deadly game where betrayal could cost everything. She was sent to hunt the pirate queen. She never expected to fall for her. Captain Brynn Vale is known as the Shadow of the Caribbean — untouchable, uncatchable, and unstoppable. But when she discovers a stowaway aboard the Midnight Serpent, she realizes her greatest threat isn’t a Royal Navy warship, it’s the woman hiding in her hold. Lieutenant Amara Thorne was sent to hunt the most dangerous pirate on the high seas. But nothing could prepare ...

Memory is a funny thing. Chances are that you can’t recall what you had for lunch two days ago, but can remember with startling clarity that super embarrassing incident from high school. You know the one. Having been a superhero all his life, Neil Harris, the illustrious Striker, does not remember every fight and battle. When the strange, dangerous, and unexpected is routine, it all blends together. Then one incident leaves him unable to remember anything about it at all. For Neil’s husband, Evan Hill, the past is something he actively tries to forget.

What is it about cops that so excites gay men? Could it be the buzz cut and chiseled jaw, those bulging thighs under tight blue serge, the cool mirrored glasses that reflect unbridled lust in the eyes (and other body parts) of their beholders? Maybe it's the promise of punishment at the end of a nightstick. Perhaps it's the sheer pleasure of transgression ? of getting down and dirty with a man who's supposed to enforce the law but seems more interested in the perp than in his crime.

Anna, better known to superheroes as the Auditor, has carved out a name for herself. Any hero unlucky enough to cross her path knows her potential and powers. Surely, success should taste sweet: she has an incredible job with lots of perks, and her boss will literally annihilate anyone who crosses her, and her greatest enemy, the former hero Supercollider, has been utterly defeated and literally ground to a pulp. But Anna still has her sights set on a greater work: destroying the Draft, the organization that makes, trains, and manages the world’s most powerful superheroes.