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For Lori Straford, born into the lowest caste of citizens—the pleasure arts strata of their society—it is an inescapable fate that she can only hope to better by enlisting as a spa attendant and masseuse on one of the luxury world colonies under the purview of Darvel Exploration Corporation. When she is talked into working on one of their mining planets for a year with the promise of a hefty bonus and to be transferred to her choice planet after more non-gratas can be sent over, it is too good of an opportunity to pass up.

Меня вытащили из сна и забросили в другой мир. Здесь никогда не тает снег, люди сражаются с нечистью, правят драконы, и магия - счастье избранных. Здесь пять веков вспоминают виновника вечной зимы, Ужасного Винга - бывшего правителя, сына бога огня и королевы ледяных драконов. А я в этом мире вообще по ошибке!

When our transport crash-lands on a hostile world full of monsters and death, it's up to me, the only man on the planet, to use my strength and wits to keep the women alive. With danger lurking around every bend and the world itself against us, what am I supposed to do with five very different, but very beautiful women?

Isabella Martinez war schon immer besonders gut darin, gegen alles und jeden zu rebellieren, egal ob Eltern, Schule oder Freunde. Niemand konnte es ihr recht machen und kein Mensch war je in der Lage, sie und ihre abgründig finsteren Sehnsüchte zu bändigen. Als sie mit ihrer zügellosen Art schließlich Schwierigkeiten mit dem Gesetz bekommt und zwischen einem Gefängnisaufenthalt oder der Reise als interstellare Braut zu einem fremden Planeten wählen muss, zögert sie keine Sekunde lang. Einsam und verlassen auf der Erde, fiel ihr die Entscheidung nicht besonders schwer.

Natalie Montgomery sehnt sich nach einem neuen Leben. Sie mag zwar reich sein, aber ihr Leben bietet ihr keine Erfüllung. Ihre Eltern waren nie für sie da, denn sie waren zu reich und mächtig, um sich mit ihrer Tochter zu befassen. Sie zieht den Schlussstrich, als sie Natalie mit einem kaltherzigen Verlobten verkuppeln wollen. Als Freiwillige im Programm für Interstellare Bräute ist sie überglücklich, als sie auf den heißen Wüstenplaneten Trion und in die Arme eines verführerischen Kriegers entsendet wird, der ihren Körper zum Glühen bringt.

I never expected to find a second mate. When my first mate didn’t immediately kill him, I was hopeful - only to have those hopes dashed when their packs turned against us. We were deemed unnatural, a threat, something to be destroyed. Now we’re on the run with nowhere to hide. As if that’s not enough, my old alpha’s obsession with me hasn’t ended. News of my unusual relationship must have reached him by now, but I know he won’t give up.

Als Kunsthändlerin in New York hat Sophia Antonelli hart für ihre Karriere gearbeitet. Das Schicksal zwingt sie jedoch, einen Deal mit der organisierten Kriminalität einzugehen. Als etwas schief geht, wird sie vor die Wahl gestellt: 25 Jahre Gefängnis oder Teilnahme am Interstellare Brautprogramm. Die Entscheidung ist leicht und Sophia ist schockiert zu erfahren, dass sie nicht einem, sondern drei Viken-Kriegern zugeteilt ist.

De cerca todos somos extravagantes, cada ser humano tiene sus propias perverciones y obsesiones. Hematoma es un libro que invita a observar con recelo y cuidado cada centímetro del cuerpo, con sensualidad e incluso morbo sin censura; cada palabra de la historia, el estilo y narrativa de Yael Weiss parten de lo micro a lo macro y a lo largo de esta historia nos absorbe con su visión íntima y provocadora que explora el límite de la cordura. Con este título Weiss se posiciona cómo una de las escritoras fundamentales en las letras mexicanas contemporáneas.

After making several profitable deals, it was time to go back through the Twurgh Gate and return to Earth. Alvin and Gothy had been surprised to learn that the newest member of their harem was a princess, but neither was willing to leave Desiree behind. Once they were back on Earth, Alvin proposed a new destination, much to the amusement of his companions. They all agreed and went south out of Colorado, into New Mexico. The road south led them back to old friends in new places; Johnny, the native shaman from Bridgeport, was in Ignacio and in desperate need of help.

When the alien ship holding me malfunctions, I'm thrown into a shuttle and expelled from the ship. I awaken to find myself on what looks like a toxic waste dump - miles of inhospitable, eerie land where the ground smokes, the hills are black and barren, and it's unpleasantly cold. Soon I discover I'm not alone. There's an alien on the awful island. A familiar alien. He's the one who bought me from my captors. He's the one who paid extra because I'm a virgin. And he's the one who put me aboard the shuttle and saved my life when the ship went down.

Twenty-four hours later, Brawley is a power mage with two incredible women and one hell of a mission statement. Next stop: Miami, where flesh mages party hard in Heaven and Hell, an underground nightclub featuring wild sex and brutal fighting side-by-side. If Brawley opens his Carnal strand, he’ll gain super strength, speed, and healing. Meanwhile, everyone is hunting him, including mafia hit men, government agents, and a voluptuous bounty hunter harboring a dark secret only Brawley can solve...if he lives that long.

The curse that made Lord Hugh of Stasiek the most dangerous man in the empire also destroyed his will to live. He now yearns for nothing more than dissolution, to lose himself in strong wine, reckless gambling, and in the arms of countless beautiful women. Yet when the call comes from the one man he cannot disobey - his elder brother, the duke - he puts aside his dreams of death and rides forth to secure the fate of a seemingly insignificant border town.

When Malichai Fortunes attacks a problem, he does it full force - a habit that earns the GhostWalker a painful injury and a forced vacation in San Diego, California. With nothing but physical therapy on the horizon, Malichai is starting to get restless...until a striking blue-eyed blonde makes all his senses come alive. Amaryllis is kind and warm and sees beyond Malichai's rough exterior, but he can tell there's something she's hiding. Her innate healing abilities indicate she might be a GhostWalker - albeit an untrained one.

Emily O´Banion lebt vom Einbruch, doch so langsam erkennt sie, dass es so nicht weitergehen kann. Die junge Frau beschließt herauszufinden, was es mit dem Söldnerlager in der Nähe von Ballyganon auf sich hat, um das sich so viele Gerüchte ranken. Dieser letzte Einbruch soll ihr den Start in ein bürgerliches Leben erleichtern. Dummerweise wird sie direkt beim ersten Versuch von David Mc´Dorrell und seiner Truppe erwischt. Die Gestaltwandler finden diesen Überfall überhaupt nicht amüsant und David nimmt sie mit, um sie zu verhören.

Jacob and his band of succubi have made it to the Fourth Circle of Hell, but that was the easy part. In order to defeat Azazel on his own home turf, Jacob will need to hone his powers and level up before he takes on the Demon Lord of War. And what better way to do that than competing in demonic jousts, going head to head with the dragon Leviathan, and giving the Circle’s most renowned pirate a run for his money? The throne is so close, and Jake’s going to do whatever it takes to seize it.

When I'm rescued by space pirates, they tell me I'm safe. I'm told I can be myself again, get as angry as I want, laugh and cry and scream all I need. I don't believe them, of course. I certainly don't believe Alyvos, the "muscle" of the pirate ship. Everyone says he likes nothing more than a good fight, but to me, he's kind and protective. How can I fear someone who holds me tenderly through the night and has fuzzy skin? But my pirate wants more from me than I'm ready to give. He wants my fiery spirit...and I'm not sure it's there anymore.

When the philanthropic, genial Dr. Jekyll becomes intensely submersed in the problems of good and evil and their affects on the nature of man, his deliberations soon drive him into his laboratory. There, he pursues to answer a question that has become his obsession: can the two opposing forces be separated?

Wander through visions of the most terrible of angels, the Seven who would undo the world. Venture through Hell and back, and lands more terrestrial and darker still. Linger a while in childhoods, and seasons of change by turns tragic and monstrously transformative. Lose yourself amongst the haunted and those who can't let go, in relationships that might have been and never were. Witness in dreams and reflections, hungers and horrors, the shadows cast upon the wall, and linger in forests deep.

Aliena is a nice person who turns out to be an alien in a human host. She just has things to learn about the human form and society. When her body starts immune-rejecting the alien brain, and the brain has to be replaced by another alien brain, maintaining the semblance of marriage and family becomes a challenge for both Aliena and the man who loves her.

The classy dame who walks into fledgling private eye Philemon's office is like Venus in motion and is most definitely a Witch. But dealing with Supernaturals - or "Supes" for short - is Phil's beat, since he himself is a shape-changing Were. And this sexy sorceress is offering him the "friendship of her thighs" to investigate a murder, so how can he possibly refuse? But the Warlock slaying in question turns out to be only the first in a series of homicides, because someone - or something - is picking off Supes like insects.