I thought this was the beginning of a life of luxury, now I'm just wondering how I will survive the night.My whole life I have been training to be a princess. Now the day of my ascension is finally here, and I am about to meet my prince for the first time. All I know is that Azriel Vastarien is one of the fiercest warriors in all of Vaterra. I expected him to greet me with open arms, as excited to meet me as I am him. Instead, I am met with contempt and ag...

He is supposed to be my fated mate, but all I can see is a blood-thirsty warlord.I have been sent to this planet all on my own. All I know is that I am to be mated to the greatest warrior the Gok'han empire has ever seen. He is savagely handsome and intimidatingly smart, but I think he might be going crazy.It's my job to convince him to stop the killing, but I can barely stop him from taking me. I think I may have bitten off a little more then I ca...

I have always dreamed of finding my Prince Charming, but I never thought he would want to claim me — body and soul.I just wanted an escape from my increasingly boring life; to let my hair down a little with my old friends. It's just my luck that the moment I start to feel alive again, I am abducted by human-trafficking monster aliens.I have never been so terrified. I have to savor each moment because it might be my last. Not that there is much to s...

We were always told that monsters were real. I never really believed it until now.My name is Nayli. Well, it used to be Nayli, back in my exiled human colony on an isolated moon. Now I'm just another inmate aboard this prison spaceship, headed for a hell planet.It doesn't matter that I'm innocent; the Galactic Federation has mistaken me for one of its most dangerous criminals, and now my future has been ripped away. I'm surrounded by horrific monst...

WylaFrom successful astrophysicist to captive of a brutal alien samurai; where did I go wrong?I have some advice for anyone reading this: if you're ever offered the opportunity to jump head-first into a black hole with a team of amazing but obviously self-destructive women, just stay home and read a book instead.Maybe things wouldn't be quite so bad if we weren't all separated from each other in the void. Once I've landed o...

I have a made a huge mistake.I'm in a gargantuan ship filled with alien warriors hurtling into space at the speed of light. And, oh yeah, The only reason I joined this mission is treating me like shit.Thinking back now, I know I should not have ever boarded this ship, but when I see him, I can't help myself. His power, his intensity, it's just too much to take.It isn't until I am awoken from cryogenic stasis that I find out that this broodi...

I've had visions all my life, but I never saw him coming.I have no one left and I'm on the run.The punishment for killing a nobleman is worse than death.I know I shouldn't return to where it all started, but something is guiding me back.It seems like the whole world is burning—I along with it.The gods that rule our planet are becoming more savage by the day.Everything I have ever loved has been taken away from me, but I ...

I no longer fear death, I fear life.My father sold me into slavery; my brother abandoned me.The river of pain flowing inside me has been blocked by my hardened heart.A slave must accept that she is just an object to be used by her masters.We are simply commodities, traded or sold at will.I am now the property of the Cult of the Dead.This is a place of hellish nightmares.The screams of torture and terror echo throu...

We were told that there was something dreadful up in the mountains, but we didn't listen.Things haven't been the same since Spasma hit. I've never had much in my life, but now I have nothing. The only place I've ever called home is under attack from multiple fronts, and there's nothing I can do to stop it.My only hope is the blood-soaked warrior demon who has rescued me. The problem is, I think he might have saved me so he could kill me himself. Th...

“What a sense you have for finding trouble and entering into it.”Veronica Lake remains one of Hollywood’s greatest icons, from movies like Sullivan’s Travels and The Blue Dahlia. Her trademark ‘peek-a-boo’ blonde hairstyle, partly hiding one eye, is a legend in its own right, but her blend of beauty, ice cool persona and dry comedic style makes the actress a timelessly magnetic screen personality.The persona hid a tumultuous personal life, and thi...

It is estimated that three to five percent of the adult male population of the United States feels the need, at least occasionally, to dress in women's clothing. Judging from enrollment at her academy, Miss Vera would say that figure is low.Veronica Vera founded Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls in 1992 and started a gender revolution. Working from the pink palace of the Academy's intimate Manhattan campus, she has helped hundreds of students embrace and ma...

Studio-Based Approaches for Multimodal Projects examines a cross-section of strategies for studio approaches and models that enable process-oriented multimodal projects and promote student learning. This collection features seven chapters authored or coauthored by leaders and innovators in studio-based approaches. These scholars explore studio models and provide vivid examples of ways in which they are realized as students pursue, design, and create multimodal projects, including ePortfoli...