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After the death of a grandfather he never knew, Caleb Holdstock inherits a mysterious mansion. The place needs a lot of work if it's to be liveable, but the truly strange thing about it is what's in the basement. A doorway drawn in chalk. It seems harmless at first, until a midnight encounter with a silver-haired elf proves that this doorway is, in fact, the entrance to another world. With knowledge of a magical world beyond Earth, Caleb's life will never be the same again. And the best thing about it? He can travel back and forth freely.

Contains four intense hucow domination stories, including lezdom, domination, BDSM, and humiliation.

Lady Miranda Hawthorne acts every inch the lady, but inside she longs to be bold and carefree. Entering her fourth Season and approaching spinsterhood in the eyes of society, she pours her innermost feelings out not in a diary but in letters to her brother's old school friend, a duke - with no intention of ever sending these private thoughts to a man she's heard stories about but never met.

Keine Geheimnisse mehr. Das ist das Motto, das ich meinem Alpha einbläuen will. Ich bin es leid, ständig hingehalten und vertröstet zu werden – es ist an der Zeit für Antworten. Und die bekomme ich ... mehr, als mir lieb ist. Allerdings gibt es da noch ein großes Fragezeichen, was meinen Wolf betrifft, doch die Person, die etwas darüber weiß, ist wie vom Erdboden verschluckt. Und der Einzige, der vielleicht Licht ins Dunkle zu bringen vermag, ist ausgerechnet derjenige, der mir gefährlich werden könnte. Im doppelten Sinn, denn die Rede ist vom attraktivsten Wikinger der Welt: Fynn Hansen.

As Ayla continues to hone her craft of fighting and perfecting the use of weapons with the help of her mentors, Evan and Karina, she continues searching for both the vampire who turned her into the hybrid she's become and head vampire Linden, the one responsible for ripping her family apart.

Since Bailey Rae Rigby’s adoptive aunt Winnie passed, Bent Oak, South Carolina, doesn’t have much of a hold on her anymore. So it seems. Bailey Rae aims to settle the small estate and, armed with her aunt’s inspiring personal cookbook, buy a food truck with an ocean view in Myrtle Beach. Everything goes awry when a distraught young mother arrives in town clutching a copy of that same cookbook. Embedded inside is a code that promises a safe place in Bent Oak for desperate women on the run. For Bailey Rae it opens up a world of questions.

All FBI agent Ethan Thomas wants is to come home to his new apartment and enjoy the luxury of his new flat-screen TV and some frozen pizza. Encountering a tiny toddler alone in the hall changes everything for the rough and rugged agent. Relief sets in when the child's mother appears. But when she collapses at his feet just before a blizzard hits Boston, Ethan is in over his head.

Le temps d'une lettre, Beckett, soldat américain en mission au Moyen-Orient, oublie les horreurs du quotidien. Même s'il ne la connaît qu'à travers leur correspondance, il tombe sous le charme d'Ella, la sœur de son meilleur ami. Avant de succomber au combat, ce dernier demande à Beckett de veiller sur elle, d'autant que la jeune mère se démène depuis que sa petite fille souffre d'un cancer.

Ten women, guests at the lesbian-owned Adelheid Inn, are stranded in the Cascade Mountains after a mudslide closes the only road out. One goes missing. One is killed. More than one is not who she pretends to be, and every one of them has a secret. When another woman is attacked, it becomes clear there's a killer in their midst, and it has to be one of them. Is it Beatrice, the judge, surly and sad after the death of her long-term partner?

Dear diary... I'm not exactly a farm girl, but even I was excited to meet farmers Sam and Abby Heyworth. Through their CSA (that's Community Supported Agriculture), they supply most of River Heights with fresh fruits and veggies. But lately Black Creek's food has been making people sick. Really sick. In fact tests revealed that their fruits and vegetables are crawling with deadly bacteria!

Authors Kristen Wetherell and Sarah Walton have walked through, and are walking in, difficult times. So these 30 biblical reflections are full of realism about the hurts of life yet overwhelmingly full of hope about the God who gives life. This book will gently encourage and greatly help any woman who is struggling with suffering, whether physical, emotional, or psychological and whether for a season or for longer. It is a book to buy for yourself or to buy for a member of your church or friend. 

Nobody knows our story or the reason I loathe Hudson Carmichael, and he will never know the way he broke me. Yet I can't rid myself of the attraction I feel for him or the way he makes my body burn. Will one night in his arms purge me of my need for him or have I just made the biggest mistake of my life? Audrey thinks I betrayed her that I walked away, she will never know just how much I sacrificed to save the only woman I have ever loved.

If you love older men with a fierce need to protect and short, steamy romance, you'll love The Ultimate Filthy Romance Collection!

Forced to wed: A grieving mafia princess trapped in a deadly alliance… with the one man she swore she could never have. She's my best friend's daughter. Barely twenty-two. Sacred. Forbidden. Mine. She never dreamed she'd wear my ring, share my name, warm my bed... But with her father's blood...

Nikolai: She came to my territory to spy on me. No one does that and lives. But this girl, she's a rare beauty. She's a temptation I have to conquer, and so I make her an offer. My mark, on her skin. The Volkov family insignia tattooed on her shoulder, to tell the world she's mine, and she earns my protection. It starts out as a game but becomes an obsession. Trouble is, I can't tell who is winning the game.

Nachdem ihr letzter Einsatz in einer Tragödie endete, soll Scharfschützin Nell Gallows in das Sonderkommando Malum versetzt werden. Die Soldaten dieser Einheit sind bekannt dafür, nur die gefährlichsten Aufträge zu übernehmen – und Neuzugängen das Leben zur Qual zu machen. Doch der Unbekannte, mit dem Nell diese verbringt, ist der, den sie am meisten fürchten sollte: Bradshaw, ihr künftiger Vorgesetzter. Bradshaw ist grausam und gnadenlos – und dennoch ist da etwas, dass die beiden unaufhaltsam zueinander zieht.

You don’t have a productivity problem. You’ve been trying to succeed in a world that was never designed for your brain. If you’re a high-functioning woman with ADHD who looks successful on the outside —but feels overwhelmed, scattered, and exhausted behind the scenes —you’re not alone. You’re not lazy. You’re not inconsistent. And you’re definitely not broken. You’ve just never been shown how to work with your brain instead of against it.

Missing teens. A town on edge. Something is hunting. On Halloween night, two girls vanished and the town of Foggy Hollow has been holding its breath ever since, praying for their safe return. So when one of them comes home unharmed, fear gives way to hope. Selah Whitlock and Jude Vandenberg...

Brought to you by Penguin. Dark academia meets horror in this gripping fantasy series which is perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo's NINTH HOUSE. HELL IS EMPTY AND ALL THE DEVILS ARE AT RAVENSWOOD ACADEMY . . . Mourning the sudden death of her sister, Andy Emmerson knows she must come to terms...

When Tegan's family is torn apart by a terrible tragedy, she runs away in search of somewhere to keep safe from the past that haunts her, and the painful secrets she's never told anyone. Arriving in Copper Canyon, Colorado, where no one knows her name, Tegan breathes easy for the first time in years. And when she grows close with Jack, another lost soul, it seems she's found the perfect companion to explore with. But just as Tegan starts to think maybe safety isn't a place, it's a person, she notices the box of photos and newspaper clippings that Jack has in the trunk of his car.