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Zach Riley is a man on the run… from something, or someone, that he just can’t figure out. What, pray tell, might that be? Women who are around him want to jump him, and get him into bed. But Zach can’t figure out why! He simply can’t take it anymore, so he escapes, taking refuge in his own spaceship and he never, ever, leaves it. But his comfortable, if lonely, lifestyle is suddenly thrown into chaos.

A Heavenly messenger warns of an upcoming apocalypse, thrusting Akio into a new reality filled with endless dangers and miraculous opportunities. But those who dwell within jealously guard their wealth and power. Accompanied by an enigmatic and beautiful Faerie princess, the only chance for Akio — and Earth — is to gather companions, level up, and become the unlikely saviours of both their worlds. When you start from nothing, the only way to go is up!

Escaping from a government hit squad requires more than luck. It needs tradecraft. To survive, I accepted the position of Professor of Defensive Magics at Ravenwick Academy. My plan was to hide in plain sight. But my cover has a complication. You see, it turns out I'm a Null. A void in the magical spectrum. This makes me invisible to the Academy's wards, but something of a beacon to its women. Having no magic of my own, I act as a grounding rod for the elite grad students and am able to amplify their magic.

Only a few years ago, I was a mage in a world filled with magic and supernatural creatures. Now, I'm in a world where science has made people into superpowered titans. As the only mage in this world, I'm using my talismans and spells to even the odds. Working as a private investigator, I'm hunting down leads on what landed me among the supers. But I'm not the only supernatural creature who showed up here, and it's a problem that's about to get out of hand.

I thought I’d left my past behind for good. But when my older brother gets killed in a car accident, I’ve got to come back to take over his car-tuning business. But things are not like I remember. There’s something weird going on in Santo Domingo, something that seems connected to the city’s underground street racing scene. There’s the orange-haired mechanic at the tuning shop with the FOXGRRL license plate. There’s the strange black cat hanging around my house, and the dreams I’ve been having about a racer girl with cat ears and a tail.

Alex Rowan just wanted a normal college life. Then a pub night exploded into a chaotic maelstrom of magic, and he found himself at the epicenter of a power he can’t control—and never asked for. Swept into the secretive Court Cygnus, Alex is thrust into a hidden world of ancient factions and lethal politics. His crash course in survival comes with a catch: six stunning, powerful witches bound to him by an electrifying, dangerous connection.

The early Anita Blake novels find new life in trade paperback-as perfect collectibles for long-time fans or as great ways for new readers to sink their teeth into the series. In The Laughing Corpse, a creature from beyond the grave is tearing a swath of murder through St. Louis. And Anita will...

A werewolf gang soars to ever greater heights—making the inevitable fall all the more terrifying—in this barking mad LitRPG from the author of My Vampire System. Gary Dem and his Howlers are running wild these days: claiming territory, making money, and preparing to hit the big time...

In An Uncertain Magic, the second book in AM Kvita’s award-winning Green Witch Cycle, Brooklyn's most chaotic coven has to take on ancient gods (yes, gods) to avoid a magical apocalypse and save the city—no big deal. ? “An impressively assured urban fantasy that packs a paranormal punch...

A lycan-powered punk with a heart of gold finds himself under attack by a lethal new breed of enemy as this thrilling LitRPG fantasy series continues. Young Gary Dem has come a long way from the streets of Tier-3 Slough. With the ever-increasing power of his ill-gotten Werewolf System, he's...

The world is changing, and it needs a new Alpha. It needs me. I was doing well enough before the Apocalypse, but fast cars and penthouses mean nothing when the world changes into a wasteland filled with parasite-infested mutants. Now, the iron will that made me king of the boardroom is going to make me king of this new world. I am going to unlock my true power, I’m going to cultivate it, and I am going to dominate!

Praised for having “the perfect blend of action, romance, suspense, and paranormal”*, #1 New York Times bestselling author Patrica Briggs's Alpha and Omega series now takes readers into the middle of some bad supernatural business… For once, mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna...

In a world where magic is controlled by wealthy families and vast corporations, one young man will need all the help he can get in this riveting contemporary fantasy from the author of the Alex Verus novels. Stephen Oakwood’s ambitions used to be simple. Pay his bills, track down his father...

The early Anita Blake novels find new life in trade paperback-as perfect collectibles for long-time fans or as great ways for new readers to sink their teeth into the series. In The Laughing Corpse, a creature from beyond the grave is tearing a swath of murder through St. Louis. And Anita will...

Now released for the first time as a standalone audiobook, House of the Rising Sun, previously apart in the Dark Bites story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Sherrilyn Kenyon. The eldest son in a family of three boys, Aricles had no desire to be a soldier, even though his...

Winning a seat on the Council was supposed to be the victory lap. Instead, Alex finds himself guarding the Unravelling Engine—a magical doomsday device ticking down to erase every scrap of magic from the world. Six beautiful, deadly witches who wield magic more powerful than anything the Courts have seen in centuries are his warriors, his strategists, his family... and his lovers. An ancient, parasitic madness—the Insanity—is spreading through the Celestial Courts, turning allies into monsters and leaders into puppets.

While New Meridian narrowly survived Anton and the Blood Moon, Xay learned two impossible facts about himself: he carries the essence of a Primordial God in his soul and, as if that weren’t enough, he’s a lost prince. Unsure what to do about the first truth and skeptical of the second, Xay and his friends set out for the Kingdom of Illantari to meet this supposed royal family.

For years, fans have been clamoring for an all-in-one collection of #1 bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon's novellas. At their enthusiastic behest, we have delivered this brand-new short story collection, Dark Bites, including stories previously exclusive to Sherrilyn's website, as well as an...

As an ancient Sumerian god, Sin was one of the most powerful among his pantheon. . . Until the night Artemis brutally stole his godhood and left him for dead. For millennia, this ex-god turned Dark-Hunter has dreamed only of regaining his powers and seeking revenge on Artemis. If only life were...

In L.A. Banks' latest Vampire Huntress Legends novel, Minion, there is one woman who is all that stands between us and the eternal night. Here is an account of her legend.... All Damali Richards ever wanted to do was create music and bring it to the people. Now she is a Spoken Word artist and...